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Italy face off against Tonga in Internationals on Sat 26th November 2016 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:00. In South Africa it’s at 16:00 SAST, 03:00 NZST in New Zealand, 01:00 AEST in Australia and 06:00 EST in the US.
Italy won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Italy sits at 10 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Tonga holds 18.
The two sides are separated by 8 places in the rankings with Italy in position 10 and Tonga in position 18 as such Italy are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Italy vs Tonga will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Sonatane Takulua adds the three points for Tonga.
Edoardo Padovani does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.
Sonatane Takulua makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Tommaso Allan (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
A series of passes by Italy results in a try for Tommaso Allan.
Sonatane Takulua converts the try.
Great hands by Tonga leads to a try for Siale Piutau.
Sonatane Takulua kicks the penalty.
Sami Panico (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Sonatane Takulua has kicked a penalty goal.
Valentino Mapapalangi (Tonga) is shown a yellow card.
Carlo Canna has kicked a conversion.
Italy are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Lorenzo Cittadini touching down.