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Italdonne inaugurates in the best way, winning victory and bonus point, its path in the European Rugby World Cup Qualifier: at the “Lanfranchi” in Parma, home of the quadrangular that will assign the winner a place for next year’s World Cup in New Zealand, Manuela Furlan and her companions need only a while to regulate Scotland. It ends 38-13, but already at the interval Di Giandomenico’s blues put their mortgage on the match with four tries and a territorial and game domination that materializes from the very first bars: immediately in attack, Italy scores before the stroke in the second minute with a pick-and-go from Giada Franco after she immediately moved close to the British goal line. Scotland tries to react with a placed from the Nelson opening, Italdonne produces a large volume of play but struggles in the central phase of the first portion of the game to materialize, then between 22 ‘and 25’ settles the one-two that breaks the equilibrium of the match: first Magatti, served off, accelerates along the out, avoids a tackle and crushes the flag, then Gai holes in the middle of the field on the opponents 10 meters, flies towards the poles and before being stopped he serves Sara Barattin who stretches on 19-3. The guests still try to shorten the foot, 19-6, but before the final whistle a percussion by Arrighetti from the twenty-two finds no opposition and launches the winner of the “Braglia” 2021 Trophy in goal for the bonus marking: you go to rest on the 26-6. The start of the second half sees the Scots win the battle of territory and possession, without however moving the scoreboard: instead Italy does it in the quarter of an hour with a splendid Magatti-Sillari combination that brings the center in the middle of the goalposts and immediately after with captain Furlan, who crushes a Madia football behind the defense line of the highlanders in the goal area. Above for 38-6 and with the match virtually over Italy allows itself a small distraction in the 20 ‘- yellow to Sgorbini, just entered, for a professional foul – which costs the numerical inferiority and a Scottish goal: it is just around 70’ , it is 38-13 and the result does not change anymore, with Di Giandomenico making the first lines Vecchini and Seye debut in blue. Sunday the second day at the «Lanfranchi» will see the Italians face Ireland, engaged in the opening round against Spain. –