Canada 19 Wales 33

Italy returned to winning ways with a comfortable 49-17 win over Uruguay in the first match of the four-team tournament in Aquila.

The Italians, playing under new coach Massimo Mascioletti for the first time, scored seven tries in all with two from veteran winger Paolo Vaccari who was making his long-awaited return from injury.

However, in a tight first-half Uruguay kept the score close with two tries from captain Diego Ormaechea although in the second half the Azzurri raced away with the game.

Further tries from former Wallaby Matt Pini, Stefano Saviozzi, Christian Stoicca and two from Fabio Roselli secured Italy's first win in seven games.

The teams:

Canada:  1 Richard Bice, 2 Mark Cardinal, 3 Rod Snow, 4 Mike James, 5 John Tait, 6 Dan Baugh, 7 John Hutchinson, 8 Alan Charron, 9 Morgan Williams, 10 Gareth Rees (c), 11 Courtney Smith, 12 Scott Bryan, 13 Dave Lougheed, 14 Winston Stanley, 15 Scott Stewart
Reserves:  Ryan Banks, Bobby Ross, Mike Schmid, John Thiel
Unused:  Dale Burleigh, Julian Loveday, Brian McCarthy

Wales:  1 Ben Evans, 2 Jonathan Humphreys, 3 Peter Rogers, 4 Andrew Moore, 5 Craig Quinnell, 6 Geraint Lewis, 7 Martyn Williams, 8 Scott Quinnell, 9 Rob Howley (c), 10 Neil Jenkins, 11 Nick Walne, 12 Leigh Davies, 13 Scott Gibbs, 14 Allan Bateman, 15 Shane Howarth
Reserves:  Stephen Jones, Andrew Lewis, Gareth Llewellyn, Chris Wyatt, Dai Young
Unused:  David Llewellyn, Neil Boobyer

Attendance:  50000
Referee:  Mchugh d.

Points Scorers:

Canada
Tries:  Lougheed D.C. 1
Conv:  Rees G.L. 1
Pen K.:  Rees G.L. 3
Drop G.:  Rees G.L. 1

Wales
Tries:  Walne N.J. 1, Jenkins N.R. 1
Conv:  Jenkins N.R. 1
Pen K.:  Jenkins N.R. 7