Brazil’s debut World Cup ends will loss to Italy

Brazil’s debut at a Rugby World Cup ended on Sunday with a loss to Italy. The 64-3 defeat meant As Yaras ended their campaign with a third defeat from three matches in England. The challenging tournament saw Brazil facing South Africa, France and Italy in pool play.

Brazil opened the scoring through the boot of fly half Raquel Kochhann. Her three-pointer was the only score of the afternoon from As Yaras. The Brazilians had a disallowed try while Italy played impressive rugby as they scored twelve tries. Only two of the tries were converted.

• The contest opened international competition between Italy and Brazil.
• 13,228 were in attendance at Northampton.
• Fullback Vittoria Minuzzi and winger Francesca Granzotto both scored hat-tricks for Italy.
• Prop Gaia Buso scored two tries for Italy.
• Neither Italy nor Italy reached the Quarter Finals. The two slots from the pool went to France and South Africa. France face Ireland in the final eight while South Africa take-on New Zealand.

BRAZIL (3)
PEN – Kochhann (1)

ITALY (64)
TRY – S Mannini (13′), V Fedrighi (17′), F Granzotto 3 (20′, 41′, 78′), V Minuzzi 3 (23′, 25′, 60′), G Corradini (49′), G Buso 2 (73′, 75′), S Stefan (80′)
CON – Bitonci (1), Granzotto (1)

BRAZIL
15 Fernanda Tenório, 14 Giovanna Barth, 13 Marina Fioravanti, 12 Mariana Nicolau, 11 Bianca Silva, 10 Raquel Kochhann, 9 Aline Mayumi Bednarski, 8 Camilla Ísis Carvalho, 7 Larissa Carvalho, 6 Larissa Henwood, 5 Dayana Dakar, 4 Eshyllen Coimbra (c), 3 Pâmela Santos, 2 Júlia Leni, 1 Franciele Barros

Replacements: 16 Isabela Saccomanno, 17 Taís Prioste, 18 Giovana Mamede, 19 Marcelle Cruz, 20 Ana Carolina Santana, 21 Letícia Medeiros, 22 Leila Silva, 23 Edna Santini

ITALY
15 Vittoria Minuzzi, 14 Aura Muzzo, 13 Giada Corradini, 12 Sara Mannini, 11 Francesca Granzotto, 10 Veronica Madia, 9 Alia Bitonci, 8 Elisa Giordano, 7 Isabella Locatelli, 6 Francesca Sgorbini, 5 Alessandra Frangipani, 4 Valeria Fedrighi, 3 Sara Seye, 2 Vittoria Vecchini, 1 Gaia Maris

Replacements 16 Lara Gurioli, 17 Silvia Turani, 18 Alessia Pilani, 19 Beatrice Veronese, 20 Alissa Ranuccini, 21 Sofia Stefan, 22 Emma Stevanin, 23 Gaia Buso

Referee: Maggie Cogger-Orr (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Ella Goldsmith (Australia); Maria Heitor (Portugal)
Television Match Official: Andrew McMeneny (Scotland)
FPRO: Leo Colgan (Ireland)