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The 2008 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Argentina was a series of matches played in June 2008 in South Africa and Argentina by Italy national rugby union team.
The "Azzurri" lost heavily the first a match against "Springboks", and won afgainst the "Pumas”
| 21 June 2008 |
| South Africa | 26–0 |  Italy |
| Try: Steyn 6' du Plessis 16' 43' Mtawarira 56' | report |
| Newlands, Cape Town Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Clancy |
 57' Conrad Jantjes | FB | 15 | FB | Andrea Marcato 67' |
| Odwa Ndungane | W | 14 | W | Kaine Robertson |
| Gcobani Bobo | C | 13 | C | Andrea Masi 36' |
| Jean de Villiers | C | 12 | C | Gonzalo Garcia 67' |
| Bryan Habana | W | 11 | W | Matteo Pratichetti |
| Frans Steyn | FH | 10 | FH | Luke McLean |
| 65' Ricky Januarie | SH | 9 | SH | Simon Picone 63' |
| 36' Ryan Kankowski | N8 | 8 | N8 | Josh Sole |
| Juan Smith | F | 7 | F | Robert Barbieri |
| 56' Luke Watson | F | 6 | F | Alessandro Zanni |
| (capt.) Victor Matfield | L | 5 | L | Carlo Del Fava  36' to 46' |
| 64' Bakkies Botha | L | 4 | L | Santiago Dellapè 67' |
 76'-80' 64' CJ van der Linde | P | 3 | P | Carlos Nieto |
| Bismarck du Plessis | H | 2 | H | Leonardo Ghiraldini (capt.) 67' |
| 76' Tendai Mtawarira | P | 1 | P | Michele Rizzo 47' |
| Replacements | ||||
| 65' Schalk Brits | H | 16 | H | Fabio Ongaro 67' |
| 64' Brian Mujati | P | 17 | P | Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet 47' |
| 64' Andries Bekker | L | 18 | L | Tommaso Reato 67' |
| 36' Joe van Niekerk | N8 | 19 | C | Jaco Erasmus 67' |
| 56' Schalk Burger | F | 20 | SH | Pablo Canavosio 63' |
| 57' Peter Grant | FB | 21 | C | Enrico Patrizio 33' |
| 65' Ruan Pienaar | SH | 22 | FB | Riccardo Pavan 67' |
| Coaches | ||||
| Peter de Villiers | Nick Mallett |
| 28 June 2008 |
| Argentina | 12–13 | Italy |
| Pen: Hernández 2, Bosch 2 | Report | Try: Ghiraldini Con: Marcato Pen: Marcato 2 |
| Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata Attendance: 45,000 Referee: M.Goddard |
          Argentina | Italy |
| Bernardo Stortoni | FB | 15 | FB | Andrea Marcato |
| Lucas Borges | W | 14 | W | Kaine Robertson |
| Marcelo Bosch | C | 13 | C | Mirco Bergamasco |
| Miguel Avramovic | C | 12 | C | Gonzalo Garcia |
| Horacio Agulla | W | 11 | W | Matteo Pratichetti |
| 18' Juan Martín Hernández | FH | 10 | FH | Luke McLean |
| Nicolas Vergallo | SH | 9 | SH | Simon Picone 66' |
| 57' Juan Manuel Leguizamón | N8 | 8 | N8 | Sergio Parisse (capt.) |
| Álvaro Galindo | F | 7 | F | Mauro Bergamasco |
| Martín Durand | F | 6 | F | Josh Sole 58' |
| Esteban Lozada | L | 5 | L | Carlo Del Fava |
| 76' Manuel Carizza | L | 4 | L | Santiago Dellapè 64' |
| 46' Juan Gomez | P | 3 | P | Carlos Nieto |
| Alvaro Tejeda | H | 2 | H | Fabio Ongaro 71' |
| (capt.) Rodrigo Roncero | P | 1 | P | Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet 66' |
| Replacements | ||||
| 46' Pablo Gambarini | 16 | H | Leonardo Ghiraldini 71' | |
| Pedro Ledesma | P | 17 | P | Alejandro Moreno 66' |
| 76' James Stuart | L | 18 | L | Tommaso Reato 64' |
| 57' Alejandro Campos | N8 | 19 | F | Alessandro Zanni 58' |
| Alfredo Lalanne | 20 | SH | Pablo Canavosio 66' | |
| Federico Martín Aramburú | FH | 21 | Enrico Patrizio | |
| 18' Hernán Senillosa | 22 | Jaco Erasmus | ||
| Coaches | ||||
| Santiago Phelan | Nick Mallett |
Rugby union tours of South Africa | |
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| British & Irish Lions | |
New Zealand  | |
Australia  | |
| Argentina | |
England  | |
France  | |
Ireland  | |
| Italy | |
Russia  | |
Scotland  | |
Wales  | |
Fiji  | |
Western Samoa  | |
Tonga  | |
| Various selections |
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Rugby union tours of Argentina | |
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| Australia | |
British & Irish Lions  | |
| England | |
| Fiji | |
| France | |
| Ireland | |
| Italy | |
Japan  | |
| New Zealand | |
Romania  | |
| Samoa | |
| South Africa | |
| Scotland | |
| Wales | |
| Other teams | |
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