Italy 46–0 United States — Group D, 2017 Rugby League World Cup

5 Nov 2017 · Townsville Stadium, Townsville, Australia · Attendance: 7,732

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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Group D, 2017 Rugby League World Cup: Italy 46–0 United States, at Townsville Stadium, Townsville, Australia on 5 Nov 2017.

Scorers

Italy	Tries: Tramontana (2); Tedesco (2); Mantellato; Ghietti; Vaughan; Cerruto Goals: Mantellato (7/8)
United States	No scorers recorded.

Teams

Italy			United States
2	Mason Cerruto	Fullback	Corey Makelim	1
19	Chris Centrone	Wing	Ryan Burroughs	2
3	Justin Castellaro	Centre	Junior Vaivai	3
4	Nathan Milone	Centre	Joshua Rice	21
5	Josh Mantellato	Wing	Bureta Faraimo	5
1	James Tedesco	Stand off/Five eighth	Kristian Freed	6
7	Ryan Ghietti	Scrum half/Half back	Tui Samoa	7
8	Paul Vaughan	Prop forward	Eddy Pettybourne	8
9	Joey Tramontana	Hooker	Dave Marando	9
10	Daniel Alvaro	Prop forward	Mark Offerdahl (c)	10
17	Jayden Walker	Second row	Daniel Howard	11
12	Mark Minichiello (c)	Second row	Matt Shipway	12
13	Nathan Brown	Loose forward/Lock forward	Gabriel Farley	17
Substitutes
11	Joel Riethmuller		Sam Tochterman-Talbott	14
15	Brenden Santi		Fotukava Malu	15
16	Shannon Wakeman		CJ Cortalano	18
21	Christophe Calegari		David Ulch	20

Cameron Ciraldo		Coach	Brian McDermott

Match officials

Referee	Ashley Klein (Australia)
Touch judges	James Child — single-sourced, Adam Gee — single-sourced
Player of the match	Not confirmed to Tier-1 standard

Match report

Italy shut out the United States 46-0 at Townsville, James Tedesco and Joey Tramontana each scoring twice.

Sources

← 2017 Rugby League World Cup — full match archive

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