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USA face off against Italy in Internationals on Sat 18th June 2016 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 02:00. In South Africa it’s at 03:00 SAST, 13:00 NZST in New Zealand, 11:00 AEST in Australia and 18:00 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 USA holds 16.
The two sides are separated by 6 places in the rankings with USA in position 16 and Italy in position 10 as such Italy are favourites on paper.
The official squads for USA vs Italy 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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Carlo Canna adds the three points for Italy.
Alan MacGinty makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Tony Lamborn scores a try for USA.
Carlo Canna converts the try.
Ornel Gega scores a try for Italy.
Cameron Dolan (USA) is shown a yellow card.
Alan MacGinty does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.
Carlo Canna has kicked a drop goal.
Carlo Canna makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Ornel Gega scores a try for Italy.
Alan MacGinty has kicked a conversion.
Carlo Canna (Italy) is shown a yellow card.
Carlo Canna kicks the penalty.
Alan MacGinty has kicked a penalty goal.