Italy Player Ratings vs Brazil: Women's Rugby World Cup 2025

The Italians started slow with the debutants Brazil taking advantage and had a real dominant first 10 minutes, opening the scoring seven minutes in with a successful penalty kick by Raquel Kochhann. Now behind the Italians looked to put points on the board. After a tough opening 10 minutes for the Italians, they got themselves over the try line with a try for Sara Mannini.

This seemed to open the floodgates for Le Azzure, scoring another 4 tries in around 15 minutes, with Valera Fedrighi finding her way over the white line 17 minutes in and Francesca Granzotto following 2 minutes later. Still in this try scoring frenzy, Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi found herself over the try line twice is two minutes.

Towards the final 10 minutes of the first half Brazil did have a period of attack and get themselves over that try line however a knock on meant the try didn't stand. The momentum then swung back in the favour or the Italians who finished the half with Francesca Granzotto bagging her 2nd try of the game.

Despite the 6 try deficit, Brazil came out strong however the Italians pushed back scoring their first try of the second half, with Giada Corradini crossing the white line at the 48 minute mark. Just over ten minutes later, Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi stormed over the try line for the third time bagging herself a hat trick. Similar to the first half, Italy had another goalscoring frenzy in the last ten minutes of the game scoring 4 tries, which included Francesca Granzotto bagging her third try of the game, Gaia Buso doing the double in the space of two minutes and then Sofia Stefan finishing the game off with a great try in the final moment.

Italy: 64

Tries: 12 Mannini (12') Fedrighi (17') Granzotto (19', 40', 77') Minuzzi (22', 24', 59') Corradini (48') Buso (72', 74') Stefan (79')

Conversions: 2 Bitconci (49') Granzotto (77')

Starting XV: 1 Gaia Maris, 2 Vittoria Vecchini, 3 Sara Seye, 4 Valera Fedrighi, 5 Alessandra Frangipani, 6 Francesca Sgorbini, 7 Isabella Locatelli, 8 Elisa Giordano (Captain), 9 Alia Bitonci, 10 Veronica Madia, 11 Francesca Granzotto, 12 Sara Mannini, 13 Giada Corradini, 14 Auro Muzzo, 15 Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi

Replacements: 16 Laura Gurioli, 17 Silivia Turani, 18 Alessia Pilani, 19 Beatrice Veronese, 20 Alissa Ranuccini, 21 Sofia Stefan, 22 Emma Stevanin, 23 Gaia Buso

Brazil: 3

Penalties: Kochhannn (7')

Yellow Cards: Proste (73')

Starting XV: 1 Franciele Barros, 2 Julia Leni, 3 Pamela Santos, 4 Eshyllen Coimbra (Captain), 5 Dayana Dakar, 6 Larissa Henwood, 7 Larissa Carvalho, 8 Camilla Carvalho, 9 Aline Mayumi Bednarski, 10 Raquel Kochhann, 11 Bianca Silva, 12 Mariana Nicolau, 13 Marina Fioravanti, 14 Giovanni Barth, 15 Fernando Tenorino

Replacements: 16 Isabela Saccomanno, 17 Tais Prioste, 18 Giovana Mamade, 19 Marcelle Cruz, 20 Ana Carolina Santana, 21 Leticia Medeiros, 22 Leila Silva, 23 Edna Santini

Solid game for the prop making some strong tackles especially during periods of continued Brazilian pressure.

Strong game for the hooker, playing a key part in the success of the Italian scrums and line outs.

The prop had a good game, making some great tackles, however just before half time she took a big hit forcing her off the field.

The Lock had a really strong game, scoring the second try of the game for the Italians but also making some great runs, tackles and carries.

A solid but quiet game for the Lock, she didn't have any superstar moments but did her job well.

Strong game for the flanker making some great runs and carries along with working well with her fellow flanker and making so great sequences of play.

Outstanding game for the flanker creating some great passages of play, making some great runs, carries and tackles throughout the game.

An immense performance from the Italian captain playing a key part in her teams win orchestrating play and being the key connection between the forwards and the backs.

In terms of open play the scrum-half has a really solid game however her kicking game was not up to par with only scoring one conversion out of seven.

The fly half had a good game making some great runs and her connection with her fellow backs led to some great passages of play by the Italians.

The winger had a super game in open play, bagging herself a hat trick and playing vital roles in other tries, the only thing to let her down today was her kicking missing 3 out of three conversion kicks she took.

After a tough first ten minutes for Le Azzure, and it was her try that was a game-changing for Italy and was instrumental to their victory.

With Brazil's strong start to second half, Italy had to ensure they put the first points on the scoreboard of the second half to keep the momentum Italy's way and Corradini's try was instrumental to this.

Had a really a really solid game connecting well with her fellow backs and creating some great runs and passages of play throughout her time on the pitch.

What a superstar performance from the full-back bagging herself a hat-trick of tries, while also orchestrating fellow teammates tries.

What a game for Gaia Buso who came on in the 51st minute and had such impact bagging herself two tries in two minutes in 72nd and 74th minute of the game. Sofia Stefan also had an solid game bagging herself a try in the final minute.