FULL-TIME: ITALY 38-17 URUGUAY. After being down at the break the order was restored and Italy scored 31 uncontested points after the break. Great work by them and that will do their confidence the world of good before the All Blacks game. Thank you for joining us.
Garbisi goes for a drop but it's well short and Uruguay launch an attack. They make their way to the halfway line before turning it over at the ruck for an Italian penalty. Oh Dear.
Italy clear the subsequent line-out before securing a scrum. The scrum is cleared and they storm ahead, Great work by Uruguay to hold the ball up for a goal line drop-out. Phew!
A period of scrappy play now from both teams before Italy earn yet another scrum penalty. Uruguay are just folding now.
Garbisi the man of the moment sees a gap and works the fringes.. The ball finds Alessandro Fusco but he is shoved into touch.
PENALTY, ITALY, GARBISI! 38-17: A no arms tackle hand Italy a penalty right in front. Garbisi takes the kick and it's OVER!
Silly mistakes by Uruguay as they give away an offside penalty. Relief for them as Allan cannot find touch. Uruguay run the ball before a poor pass flies into touch near their 10 metre line. It's just not working!
Great work by Uruguay to make their way to the Italian 22 before spilling it in the tackle. Italy launch an attack inside their 22. Exciting stuff!
Uruguay with some rare second half possession now and they make good ground before the scrumhalf is in need of attention. He ran into another player.
CONVERSION, ITALY, ALLAN! 35-17: Allan converts the fifth try.
TRY, ITALY, BREX! 33-17: After a few resets at the scrum the penalty goes to Italy. They opt for another scrum. Italy make their way to within five of the line and they are looking dangerous now. Out of nowehere Juan Ignacio Brex is into a gap to score! It's too easy now.
CONVERSION, ITALY, ALLAN! 28-17: Allan adds the extras again.
TRY, ITALY, CANNONE! 26-17: Italy come again into the Uruguay 22. It's wave after wave before Cannone barges OVER!
CONVERSION, ITALY, ALLAN! 21-17: Allan adds the extras.
TRY, ITALY, IOANE! 19-17: A pick up at the back of the scrum for Uruguay. They go wide before Etcheverry's kick is CHARGED-DOWN! Ioane storms into a gap and Italy reach the 22. Allan with a flat ball to his forwards before the ball finds Ioane, who SCORES!
Italy on the attack again before Paolo Garbisi spills the ball for a Uruguay scrum.
It's just constant go forward for Italy now after being outplayed before the break.
TRY, ITALY, LAMARO! 14-17: Italy on the attack again and Cannone making good ground. The ball is recycled before the cover-defence of Uruguay let them down and it's too much too handle as Michele Lamaro SCORES! The conversion is OVER!
Allan finds touch and the line-out is secured. They drive forward and are held up. The TMO confirms it and we now have a goal line drop-out. Italy waste a chance!
Lots of kicking to start the half from both teams and eventually Itally start putting the phases together. Italy secure a penalty at the breakdown near halfway. The TMO is involved regarding a shoulder charge by Andres Vilaseca. As a result Andres Vilaseca is sin-binned!
Kick-off! We are back underway in the second half.
HALF-TIME: ITALY 7-17 URUGUAY. The surprise leaders at the break are Uruguay thanks to two Itallians being sin-binned. The Italians need to get their act together and will surely get a talking to from their coach. Uruguay are playing with all that they have.
DROP-GOAL, URUGUAY, ETCHEVERRY! 7-17: Great work by Uruguay and Etcheverry sees an opportunity and goes for the drop. It's CLOSE BUT OVER!
CONVERSION, URUGUAY, ETCHEVERRY! 7-14: Felipe Etcheverry adds two more. Italy are back to 15 men.
TRY, URUGUAY, FREITAS! 7-12: Uruguay drive but are then forced to go wide. They string the phases together before coming close on three occasions. Eventually they go wide again and Nicolas Freitas is OVER in the corner after a superb offload from Felipe Etcheverry !
Italy concede a high-tackle penalty and they are warned again. Uruguay go for the corner and have two minutes left before one Italian returns.
Italy steal the subsequent line-out and go wide and to the right before turning it over yet again.
Italy make good ground with their 13 men and they reach the Uruguay 10 metre line before securing an offside penalty. The TMO is involved again and the penalty is overturned due to foul play by Federico Zani. Italy need to calm down.
Italy secure a line-out under pressure and keep it tight. It's a counter-ruck by Uruguay and they turn it over! They were looking dangerous with numbers in their favour before the ball is spilled.
They go for the corner and secure the line-out. They celebrate after crossing the line but the referee says HELD UP! The TMO agrees! However Danilo Fischetti is sin-binned for pulling the maul down TWICE in the build-up. Italy are down to 13 men.
Etcheverry steals a lose ball and storms into a gap. He is reeled in five metres from the line and the ball is recycled. They drive further forward and after 12 phases Uruguay have a penalty. Canonne is also sin-binned for Italy after handling the ball on the ground.
Smart work by Uruguay to turn a ball over inside the Italian 22. Unfortunately Etcheverry pushes the kick WIDE AGAIN!
There has been quite a bit of kicking from both teams but Italy's are better at the moment.
Italy come away with it and after another kick into the in-goal area Uruguay have a 22 drop-out. It's too long!
The penalty tally is high for Uruguay as they concede another. The pressure is telling. Allan finds a good touch.
Italy secure the scrum five metres from their own line and they go wide under a scrum penalty advantage before the referee brings them back. Allan finds touch near halfway.
The line-out is secured and they drive forward but great work from Italy to hold it up and turn the ball over!
The TMO is involved again to check for foul play. A Uruguayan player comes away from the breakdown but they are all happy that it was a low degree of danger and Uruguay earn a penalty as a result of the head injury. The go for the corner.
TRY, ITALY, PANI! 7-0: After a few resets at the scrum Italy come away with it and they appear to have scored. The referee says NO TRY but the TMO says there waws a clear grounding and Lorenzo Pani SCORES! The conversion is OVER!
Great pressure from Italy with a kick forward and Uruguay are forced to carry it over their line for a five metre scrum.
They fail to convert the advantage as Felipe Etcheverry pushes the kick WIDE!
A deep kick by Uruguay take them to the Italian 22 where they secure the first penalty at the breakdown.
Kick-off! We are underway here in a very wet Nice!
Match officials : Our referee is Australian Angus Gardner. He will be assisted by Andrew Brace and Jordan Way. The TMO is Tom Foley.
Uruguay: 15 Baltazar Amaya, 14 Gaston Mieres, 13 Tomas Inciarte, 12 Andres Vilaseca (captain), 11 Nicolas Freitas, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 9 Santiago Arata, 8 Manuel Diana, 7 Santiago Civetta, 6 Manuel Ardao, 5 Manuel Leindekar, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 3 Ignacio Peculo, 2 German Kessler, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti.
Replacements: 16 Guillermo Pujadas, 17 Facundo Gattas, 18 Diego Arbelo, 19 Ignacio Dotti, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Agustin Ormaechea, 22 Felipe Berchesi, 23 Bautista Basso
Italy: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Lorenzo Pani, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Paolo Garbisi, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Alessandro Garbisi, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (captain), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti. Replacements: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Dino Lamb, 20 Manuel Zuliani, 21 Giovanni Pettinelli, 22 Alessandro Fusco, 23 Paolo Odogwu.
None of these team's have ever made it to the next round at the World Cup and Italy will have to get the better of the All Blacks on the 29th of September if they want to reach the knock-out stages this time around.
In their last game Italy beat Namibia 52-8 to earn their first points of the tournament.
Uruguay are fourth on the table with no points but they did give a good account of themselves in their opening game against the hosts France, despite going down 27-12.
Italy are currently third on the table with five points but having played a game less than the All Blacks, who have the same number of points in second position.
Good afternoon and welcome to the Allianz Riviera in Nice for our coverage of this Rugby World Cup Pool A clash between Italy and Uruguay.
