Italy A sink Tonga

Published: Saturday, 18. June, 2011 in category Northern Hemishere
Bortolami: Italy captain

The Azzurri second string, captained by former Test team skipper and Gloucester lock Marco Bortolami, never looked back after building a 10-3 interval lead.

Fly-half Riccardo Bocchino scored their opening try, and he was followed over the Tongan line by centre Andrea Pratichetti and wing Giovanbattista Venditti.

Scrum-half Tito Tebaldi converted all three touchdowns and kicked two penalties, while Tonga's try-scorers were wing Viliami Iongi and full-back Mateo Malupo.