Grande luke

And there you have it, the first 40 minutes of play here in Italy has come to a close. The Italians started well and with the first points and the first try coming through them they began to feel that this was going to be an easy match and sat back for a while. As they were relaxing the Aussies pinned 3 tries on them gaining 19 points in just 15 minutes. Both kickers are not playing to their potential with numerous misses between them even with ideal conditions. The Italians need to come out with a different game face on in the second half and they need to play the ball rather than kick for territory, Too much ball is handed to the opposition giving them a chance to counter attack. An interesting second half is in store... Will Australia bag a few more tries and run wild on the score board or will Italy think differently and continue to play as they did in the first 20 to achieve their first ever win against this Australian side?... Stay with us to find out.

The Italians win the ball back and manage to put a good few phases together. DiBernardo makes ground and brings the ball inside the Aussie 10 metre. Australia Penalised for diving over the rock and DiBernardo gets another chance to narrow the Aussie lead to 6 points.

Australia have stolen the Italian ball and Genia with a sneaky chip in behind makes a healthy 30 metres.

Unfortunately the kick drops just short and bounces over the dead ball.

Dai con questi calci però...

The blues get a penalty just inside the Australian half and DiBernardo is confident he can slot the 48 metre kick

Another try for the Australians. Cooper sends a snappy pass outside to Cummins who awaited on the wing. Cummins did well to beat the tackle of McLean and dive for the line to push his side 9 points clear after 30 minutes.

I've just noticed the Italians have a very quick defending line and they are all up together with impressive speed, although this may scare the Wallabies all it takes is one small hole in the line and Australis will breach and have all the open space in the world ahead of them

The Italians began well but have taken the for off the pedal and have given too many attacking opportunities to the visitors. The Wallabies on the attack once again inside the Italian 22