| 2007 Italy rugby union tour of South America | |||||
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 Uruguay |
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 Argentina |
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The 2007 Italy rugby union tour of South America was a series of matches played in June 2007 in South America by Italy national rugby union team.
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| Uruguay |
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The 2007 Italy rugby union tour of South America was a series of matches played in June 2007 in South America by Italy national rugby union team.
| 2 June 2007 |
| Uruguay | 5–29 |  Italy |
| Try: Arocena | report | Try: Agüero, Pratichetti 3 Con: Burton 3 Pen: Burton |
| Estadio Gran Parque Central, Montevideo Referee: Rob Debney (England) |
| Uruguay | Italy | |||
| Mathias Arocena | FB | 15 | FB | Kris Burton |
| Nicolas Morales | W | 14 | W | Kaine Robertson |
| Joaquin Pastore | C | 13 | C | Enrico Patrizio |
| Juan Martin Llovet | C | 12 | C | Cristian Stoica |
| Francisco Bulanti | W | 11 | W | Matteo Pratichetti |
| Martin Crosa | FH | 10 | FH | Roland de Marigny |
| Juan Labat | SH | 9 | SH | Paul Griffen |
| (capt.) Ignacio Conti | N8 | 8 | N8 | Alessandro Zanni |
| Ignacio Lussich | F | 7 | F | Robert Barbieri |
| Alfredo Giuria | F | 6 | F | Josh Sole |
| Carlos Protasi | L | 5 | L | Valerio Bernabò |
Juan Alzueta  | L | 4 | L | Carlo Del Fava |
| Mario Sagario Cagnani | P | 3 | P | Fabio Staibano |
| Carlos Arboleya Sarazola | H | 2 | H | Carlo Festuccia |
| Rodrigo Sanchez | P | 1 | P | Andrea Lo Cicero (capt.) |
| Replacements | ||||
 Ivo Dugonjic | W | 16 | H | Fabio Ongaro |
| Roberto Pose | L | 17 | P | Matías Agüero |
| Santiago Ariano | F | 18 | F | Roberto Mandelli |
| Sebastian Levaggi | P | 19 | F | Silvio Orlando |
| Gaston Szabo | P | 20 | UB | Ezio Galon |
| Martin Espiga | H | 21 | UB | Alessio Galante |
| Manuel Martinez | SH | 22 | FB | David Bortolussi |
| Coaches | ||||
| Brancato and Berruti | Pierre Berbizier  | |||
| 9 June 2007 |
| Argentina | 24–6 | Italy |
| Try: Leonelli, Serra Miras Con: Serra Miras Pen: Serra Miras | report | Pen: Bortolussi 2 |
| Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand) |
| Argentina | Italy | |||
| Federico Serra Miras | FB | 15 | FB | David Bortolussi |
| Horacio Agulla | W | 14 | W | Kaine Robertson |
| Martín Gaitán | C | 13 | C | Alessio Galante |
| Manuel Contepomi | C | 12 | C | Cristian Stoica |
| Francisco Leonelli | W | 11 | W | Matteo Pratichetti |
| Marcelo Bosch | FH | 10 | FH | Kris Burton |
| Nicolás Fernández Miranda | SH | 9 | SH | Pablo Canavosio |
| Juan Manuel Leguizamón | N8 | 8 | N8 | Robert Barbieri |
| Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe | F | 7 | F | Roberto Mandelli |
| (capt.) Martín Durand | F | 6 | F | Josh Sole |
| Manuel Carizza | L | 5 | L | Valerio Bernabò |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | L | 4 | L | Carlo Del Fava |
| Omar Hasan | P | 3 | P | Carlos Nieto |
| Pablo Gambarini | H | 2 | H | Fabio Ongaro |
| Pablo Henn | P | 1 | P | Andrea Lo Cicero (capt.) |
| Replacements | ||||
| Eusebio Guiñazú | P | 16 | H | Carlo Festuccia |
| Santiago González Bonorino | P | 17 | P | Matías Agüero |
| Rimas Álvarez Kairelis | L | 18 | P | Fabio Staibano |
| Martín Schusterman | F | 19 | L | Antonio Pavanello |
| Nicolas Vergallo | 20 | F | Silvio Orlando | |
| Juan Fernández Miranda | FH | 21 | SH | Paul Griffen |
| Tomás de Vedia | 22 | UB | Ezio Galon | |
| Coaches | ||||
| Marcelo Loffreda | Pierre Berbizier | |||
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| France | |
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Japan  | |
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Romania  | |
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| Other teams | |
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