The 2008 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa and Argentina by Italy national rugby union team.
The "Azzurri" lost heavily the first a match against "Springboks", and won afgainst the "Pumas”
Results First test
Conrad JantjesFB15FBAndrea Marcato Odwa NdunganeW14WKaine RobertsonGcobani BoboC13CAndrea Masi Jean de VilliersC12CGonzalo Garcia Bryan HabanaW11WMatteo PratichettiFrans SteynFH10FHLuke McLean Ricky JanuarieSH9SHSimon Picone Ryan KankowskiN88N8Josh SoleJuan SmithF7FRobert Barbieri Luke WatsonF6FAlessandro Zanni(capt.) Victor MatfieldL5LCarlo Del Fava Bakkies BothaL4LSantiago Dellapè 76'-80' CJ van der LindeP3PCarlos NietoBismarck du PlessisH2HLeonardo Ghiraldini (capt.) Tendai MtawariraP1PMichele Rizzo Replacements Schalk BritsH16HFabio Ongaro Brian MujatiP17PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet Andries BekkerL18LTommaso Reato Joe van NiekerkN819CJaco Erasmus Schalk BurgerF20SHPablo Canavosio Peter GrantFB21CEnrico Patrizio Ruan PienaarSH22FBRiccardo Pavan Coaches Peter de Villiers Nick Mallett
Second test
Bernardo StortoniFB15FBAndrea MarcatoLucas BorgesW14WKaine RobertsonMarcelo BoschC13CMirco BergamascoMiguel AvramovicC12CGonzalo GarciaHoracio AgullaW11WMatteo Pratichetti Juan Martín HernándezFH10FHLuke McLeanNicolas VergalloSH9SHSimon Picone Juan Manuel LeguizamónN88N8Sergio Parisse (capt.)Álvaro GalindoF7FMauro BergamascoMartín DurandF6FJosh Sole Esteban LozadaL5LCarlo Del Fava Manuel CarizzaL4LSantiago Dellapè Juan GomezP3PCarlos NietoAlvaro TejedaH2HFabio Ongaro (capt.) Rodrigo Roncero P1PIgnacio Fernandez Rouyet Replacements Pablo Gambarini 16HLeonardo Ghiraldini Pedro LedesmaP17PAlejandro Moreno James StuartL18LTommaso Reato Alejandro CamposN819FAlessandro Zanni Alfredo Lalanne 20SHPablo Canavosio Federico Martín AramburúFH21Enrico Patrizio Hernán Senillosa 22Jaco Erasmus Coaches Santiago Phelan Nick Mallett