AUS
No.Name
2Stephen Moore, H
9Will Genia, SH
7Michael Hooper, FL
1Scott Sio, P
8Lopeti Timani, -
3Allan Alaalatoa, P
5Adam Coleman, L
4Rory Arnold, L
6Ned Hanigan, FL
15Israel Folau, FB
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2
14Dane Haylett-Petty, W
13Rob Horne, C
12Karmichael Hunt, C
11Sefa Naivalu, W
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2
11Sefa Naivalu, W
Replacements
10Bernard Foley, FH
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5
16Tatafu Polota-Nau, -
17Toby Smith, -
18Sekope Kepu, -
19Sam Carter, -
20Jack Dempsey, -
21Joe Powell, -
22Quade Cooper, -
23Reece Hodge, -
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*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Suncorp Stadium
8:00 PM, June 23, 2017
Attendance: 21,849
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'+140-27 End of second half
80'Australia have maintained their undefeated record against Italy, but that was far more difficult that it should have been after leading 28-13 in the 45th minute. Scrum continues to be an issue, and discipline, but they can take something from the way they finished in the final five minutes when it had seemed that a shock was in the offing. That's all we have time for. Until next time.
80'40-27 Try - Reece Hodge , Australia
79'Australia finish the game in style, with a length of the field try having run from inside their own 22. Bernard Foley put Dan Haylett-Petty into space, and then Reece Hodge raced clear down the right wing.
79'Player substituted - Will Genia , Australia
79'Substitute on - Joe Powell , Australia
79'Substitute on - Pietro Ceccarelli , Italy
79'Player substituted - Simone Ferrari , Italy
79'35-27 Conversion - Bernard Foley , Australia
79'Player substituted - Tommaso Boni , Italy
79'Substitute on - Carlo Canna , Italy
77'33-27 Try - Bernard Foley , Australia
76'Yellow card - Braam Steyn , Italy
75'Bernard Foley surely ices the game, running straight after phases to go through the Italian line.
75'Good lineout from Australia, and the pack rumbling forwards under penalty advantage. Braam Steyn yellow-carded for pulling the maul down. Equally dumb from Italy. Australia go for the corner to set up another driving maul.
75'Australia under real pressure here. Italy concede a penalty for not releasing the player, however, and Australia have an attacking lineout just outside the Italian 22.
74'Yellow card - Toby Smith , Australia
73'Australia penalised for going to ground. Toby Smith is yellow-carded. Just dumb from Australia. Just dumb.
72'Italy have a 5m scrum under their own posts; no doubt they'll be looking for a penalty to gift them an easy way out.
70'Australia now deep in Italian territory with Dane Haylett-Petty involved twice before Quade Cooper spills the ball under pressure in front of the posts.
70'
70'Substitute on - Jack Dempsey , Australia
70'Player substituted - Rory Arnold , Australia
69'
69'Wallabies have no ball and no territory, and seemingly ignoring the tenet that you must go forwards before you go wide if you're not to go only lateral. Amazingly poor play from Australia the past 20 minutes. Lacking leadership, and perhaps also a little respect for the opponents.
69'28-27 Conversion - Tommaso Allan , Italy
68'28-25 Try - Tommaso Benvenuti , Italy
67'Tommaso Benvenuti intercepts a poor pass from Rory Arnold inside the Wallabies 22 and beats the cover defence to score a try.
66'Substitute on - Braam Steyn , Italy
66'Player substituted - Marco Fuser , Italy
66'Substitute on - Quade Cooper , Australia
66'Player substituted - Rob Horne , Australia
66'Player substituted - Andrea Lovotti , Italy
66'Substitute on - Federico Zani , Italy
65'Australia really have gone off the boil in the past 15 minutes, and Italy now are right back in a game they were out of. Struggling to put pressure on their opponents as they have no ball all territory.
65'28-20 Conversion - Tommaso Allan , Italy
64'28-18 Try - Edoardo Padovani , Italy
62'Substitute on - Sam Carter , Australia
62'Player substituted - Adam Coleman , Australia
61'Tommaso Allan launches a high speculative bomb towards the right, where Dane Haylett-Petty collects the ball then spills it and Edoardo Padovani goes over.
61'Australia somehow withstand the pressure, and Italy put the ball through phases without necessarily being threatening under penalty advantage again after the Wallabies were offside.
61'Penalty Italy. Australia now on a final warning after conceding three consecutive scrum penalties.
60'Australia take a quick throw to try to maximise an opportunity, but Izzy Folau's long pass goes to ground and Bernard Foley spills the ball forwards under the posts. 5m attacking scrum for Italy.
60'Player substituted - Tito Tebaldi , Italy
60'Substitute on - Edoardo Gori , Italy
59'
59'Player substituted - Carlo Canna , Italy
59'Substitute on - Tommaso Allan , Italy
58'The game has gone into a little lull with the changes, and Michael Cheika will likely be concerned now with the mounting number of penalties his Wallabies scrum is conceding.
57'Player substituted - Allan Alaalatoa , Australia
57'Substitute on - Sekope Kepu , Australia
57'Substitute on - Marco Lazzaroni , Italy
57'Player substituted - Maxime Mbanda , Italy
57'Player substituted - Luca Bigi , Italy
57'Substitute on - Ornel Gega , Italy
55'Smash-up tackle in centre-field, and Will Genia breaks into space only for his long, looping pass to Bernard Foley to go direct in to touch. Chance goes begging as Dane Haylett-Petty offered a short-ball option.
54'Player substituted - Tommaso Allan , Italy
54'Substitute on - Carlo Canna , Italy
51'
51'Wallabies look to run through Rob Horne from the ensuing scrummage, and Australia exit their danger zone with relative ease before Bernard Foley roosts the pill down towards the Italian 22.
51'Substitute on - Tommaso Benvenuti , Italy
51'Player substituted - Angelo Esposito , Italy
50'Italy go for a set play from a solid scrum but poor hands in the backs and the chance goes begging without really threatening to cross the line.
50'Substitute on - Tatafu Polota-Nau , Australia
50'Player substituted - Stephen Moore , Australia
49'Player substituted - Sefa Naivalu , Australia
49'Substitute on - Reece Hodge , Australia
49'Player substituted - Scott Sio , Australia
49'Substitute on - Toby Smith , Australia
48'Dries van Schalkwyk picks up from the base of the scrum, but Italy can't take full advantage under another penalty advantage. They elect for another scrum in a threatening position in centre field five metres from the Wallabies tryline.
48'Italy elect to take a scrum with the penalty, appreciating that multiples of three don't achieve much when you're 15 points down with 32 minutes to play.
47'Replays show a knee injury to Sefanaia Naivalu that causes the crowd to wince audibly but the winger seems to be OK to continue.
47'Italy on the attack, two or three phases after a scrum deep in Australian territory, but the passing lacks zip and allows Australia to cover the threat before the referee goes back for a penalty under the posts.
45'Michael Cheika says the Wallabies are "very keen" to show their skills, and he's very pleased with the players' "urgency at the ruck" in response to the criticism after their defeat by Scotland.
45'28-13 Conversion - Bernard Foley , Australia
44'26-13 Try - Sefa Naivalu , Australia
43'Will genia.Bernard Foley and Michael Hooper involved from the back of the ensuing scrum before Karmichael Hunt throws a cutout pass for Sefanaia Naivalu to score his second try of the game unopposed.
42'No Try. Allan Alaalatoa having been pinging for moving himself forward in the tackle, but the try is delayed only one "phase".
42'Bernard Foley is pulled down shy of the line after 12 phases. Allan Alaalatoa goes for the line from the ensuing ruck and TMO asked Try Yes or No under penalty advantage with Italy having been offside.
41'Six phases and good hands from Adam Coleman to put Rory Arnold into a little hole.
41'We're back underway, and Australia firmly on the front foot after Italy knock-on under pressure from Sefanaia Naivalu after the kick-off.
41'21-13 End of first half
40'And that's half-time. An uptempo 40 minutes of football, without perhaps enough structure. More haste less speed might be something for Michael Cheika to communicate over oranges. Back shortly.
40'21-13 Start of second half
38'Dane Haylett-Petty collects another box-kick but his offload under pressure goes to ground -- not for the first time by a Wallabies player. Perhaps just need to focus on basics at the minute.
37'21-13 Conversion - Tommaso Allan , Italy
35'Simple break there from Italy in midfield. Giovanbattista Venditti makes a bust from a set play and offloads to Michele Campagnaro, who streaks clear.
35'21-11 Try - Michele Campagnaro , Italy
32'Wallabies have beaten 11 defenders to 1 from 5 clean breaks to 2 at this point. Michael Hooper has made 59 metres from 6 carries in another prominent performance.
32'Italy have had 54 percent of the ball and 58 percent of territory yet find themselves 21-6 down. It's what you do with the ball that counts.
32'21-6 Conversion - Bernard Foley , Australia
31'
31'
30'19-6 Try - Israel Folau , Australia
28'Strong break from Italy off the back of a scrum inside their own 22, Dries van Schalkwyk linking with Angelo Esposito to get over halfway, but a loose pass back inside gifts possession to the Wallabies. Australia put the ball through phases, with Stephen Moore straightening in centre field, before Karmichael Hunt puts Israel Folau over with two spare men outside him.
28'14-6 Penalty goal - Tommaso Allan , Italy
26'
22'For all that Australia are spreading the ball wide, you'd like them also to play hard up the guts with the forwards. Easier to go wide if you're also going forward.
20'Couple of phases there that show the two different teams: Italy one-out runners before the scrum-half, Tito Tebaldi, launches a box kick; Israel Folau collects the high ball and breaks a couple of tackles before the forwards and backs look to display their basketball handling skills.
20'Australia have an attacking lineout on the Italian 22 down the right, and somehow recycle. Put the ball through hands again -- quick hands -- but Izzy Folau spills the pill. Full of confidence now.
20'Australia were not in the game through the opening 10 minutes. Fair to say they've put themselves in it through the second 10. Passes going to hands, and they're firmly on the front foot now.
19'14-3 Conversion - Bernard Foley , Australia
18'
18'Izzy Folau has now scored five Test tries this season.
17'12-3 Try - Israel Folau , Australia
16'And there we go. Dane Haylett-Petty break from a lineout taken off the top. Australia recycle and go left, where Israel Folau touches down in the corner.
16'That try -- the first time pretty much that Australia had been out of their 22 let alone their own half -- should settle any sense of nerves.
15'7-3 Conversion - Bernard Foley , Australia
14'5-3 Try - Sefa Naivalu , Australia
13'Australia finally get some ball and bang. Rob Horn draws Michele Campagnaro and Angelo Esposito from a set play off a scrum and Sefanaia Naivalu outsrips the opposition in a footrace down the left wing.
10'Italy again go through multiple phases before they elect for a kick behind to give the Wallabies a lineout. Strong defence there from the Wallabies, who bent but did not break.
8'Scott Sio penalised for going to ground on a Wallabies put in at the scrum. Really poor opening 10 minutes from Australia. Sloppy and lacking execution. Italy clearly on top at the minute.
6'
6'
6'TMO has decided that Giovanbattista Venditti was in touch. His index finger was still on the ball. Really tight decision, and that's a let off for Australia.
5'Italy putting the ball through phases and stretching the play from east to west before working the shortside brilliantly where Giovanbattista Venditti pops a pass to Dean Budd as he slides into touch. The lock then goes through the tackle of Will Genia and Bernard Foley.
4'
4'Australia look to run the ball again after Israel Folau collects a high ball, the full-back launching the counterattack only for Rob Horne to knock-on under no pressure on the left wing. Poor high pass but should have taken that with space in front of him.
2'0-3 Penalty goal - Tommaso Allan , Italy
1'Australia spin the ball from the opening kick-off, but they spill the pill and then knock on. Really sloppy from the Wallabies but Italy cannot take advantage before Australia are penalised for offside.
1'Sterling renditions of the national anthems, and we're underway with Italy kicking off.
1'Welcome to our Live commentary of the Test in Brisbane. Australia looking to redeem themselves after losing to Scotland, bu they'll feel they should defeat Italy. The Wallabies have won all 18 Tests they've played against Italy, while the Azzurri come here without a victory this year and on the back of a 22-19 defeat by Fiji in Suva.
1'0-0 Start of first half