Canada come close to upsetting Italy in entertaining Pool D fixture

Italy hung on against an inspired Canada to claim a 23-18 victory and keep their outside chance of reaching the RWC quarter finals alive. Italy scored through Michele Rizzo and Gonzalo Garcia, with points from the boot coming from Tommaso Allan, but have a lot to work on ahead of Ireland next weekend. With some Sevens stars making a huge impact, and former Glasgow Warriors winger DTH van der Merwe inspiring the side, Canada gave Six Nations side Italy a real scare as they scored some stunning tries and were disallowed another that could have been the killer blow. Van der Merwe scored one of t…