Australia March On
There was little doubt about the result of this game, between the champions, who have dominated the World Cup throughout its history, and the minnows of Italy.
Both teams got through their opening sets cleanly, but Australia made far more territory in their first six tackles than the Italians did, which was no surprise.
What was a surprise though, was Jeremiah Nanai making the first mistake of the the game, knocking on at the play-the-ball in the Kangaroos second set.
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