Fiji 10 Italy 66

In a one-off international in Treviso, Italy ran in seven tries and Diego Dominguez scored 31 points as the home side crushed Fiji 66-10.

Italy, who opened the scoring with a Diego Dominguez penalty in the first minute, eventually led 31-10 at half-time, but they had found themselves 10-3 down after the first four minutes of play after Sevens master Waisale Serevi had scored a 65-metre break-away try, the conversion and one penalty goal.

But Italy stormed back and managed to keep the physical Fijians, who had one player red-carded and two yellow-carded, scoreless, for the rest of the game.

Skipper Alifereti Doviverata was red-carded in the 52nd minute for levelling Italian fullback Paolo Vaccari with a flying forearm, while Serevi and Sisa Koyamaibole were the yellow-card recipients.

Diego Dominguez's boot was a major factor in Italy's win, and coach Brad Johnstone, who coached Fiji at the 1999 World Cup, would have been satisfied with his side's performance after their poor showings in the Six Nations.

The win, Italy's second in six matches against Fiji, also avenged Italy's 45-9 loss to Fiji last year.

The Teams:

Fiji:  1 Billy Cavubati, 2 Isaia Rasila, 3 Apisai Nagi, 4 Isoa Domolailai, 5 Emori Katalau, 6 Alifereti Doviverata (c), 7 Jope Tuikabe, 8 Mesake Davu, 9 Sami Rabaka Nasagavesi, 10 Waisale Serevi, 11 Vilimoni Delasau, 12 Saimoni Rokini, 13 Viliame Satala, 14 Marika Vunibaka, 15 Jonetani Waqa
Reserves:  Paula Biu, Sisa Koyamaibole, Fero Lasagavibau, Nicky Little, Henry Qiodravu

Italy:  1 Andrea Lo Cicero, 2 Alessandro Moscardi (c), 3 Andrea Muraro, 4 Marco Bortolami, 5 Carlo Checchinato, 6 Mauro Bergamasco, 7 Aaron Persico, 8 Carlo Caione, 9 Alessandro Troncon, 10 Diego Dominguez, 11 Denis Dallan, 12 Walter Pozzebon, 13 Cristian Stoica, 14 Massimiliano Perziano, 15 Paolo Vaccari
Reserves:  Andrea Benatti, Luca Martin, Wim Visser, Giampiero De Carli, Francesco Mazzariol, Tino Paoletti, Juan Manuel Queirolo

Attendance:  7000
Referee:  Turner a.

Points Scorers:

Fiji
Tries:  Serevi W.T. 1
Conv:  Serevi W.T. 1
Pen K.:  Serevi W.T. 1

Italy
Tries:  Dallan D. 1, Martin L. 1, Checchinato C. 1, Moscardi A. 1, Persico A.R. 1, Stoica A.C. 1, Vaccari P. 1
Conv:  Dominguez D. 4, Mazzariol F. 1
Pen K.:  Dominguez D. 7