In the first game on the second night of action in the World Rugby Classic saw Canada take an early lead going with the strong breeze, Jeff Williams went over for a Try and Joe Haley kicked the Conversion for a 7 – 0 lead. The Canadians had a great build up as they broke from their half and raced away with Haley leading the charge.
In the 44th minute the scores were level as the Classic Lions player Andrew Howell scored a Try and then Ben Breeze kicked the Conversion. Two minutes later the Classic Lions went ahead as Daffyd James who has 48 caps for Wales and 3 for the Lions went over for a Try, while Breeze added the Conversion for the 14 – 7 lead.
With no time on the clock Dan Harlow scored a Try in the corner for Canada but John Graff missed the conversion as the Classic Lions win 14-12.
Australia 45 Italy 7 Australia and Italy Battle Australia scored the games first Try 3 minutes into the affair with Brad Fitler going over for a Try, with Andrew Jones missing the Conversion. In the 13th minute Italy’s Matteo Mazzantuni missed a penalty for Italy, however one minute late Australia doubled their lead when James Herbert went over and Jones kick the Conversion to make the score 12-0.
Jay Havelu scored Australia’s 3rd Try and Jones kicked the Conversion to extend the lead to 19-0, in the 32nd minute Peter Playford ripped the ball from an Italian player and scored a Try to make the score 24-0 to Australia. The lead then went to 31 – 0 in the 37th minute when Garrick Morgan scored a Try and Nick Reilly kicked the Conversion.
In the 44th minute Damon Murphy scored a Try for Australia out running the Italy defense from his half and Reilly kicked the Conversion to move the score on to 38-0, in the 53rd minute Playford scored a Try for the second time, while Jones kicked the Conversion moving the score to 45-0, however three minutes later Fabio Faggiotto scored for Italy the Conversion was good to make the score final score 45-7.
Australia and Italy Battle