Hat-trick for Ioane as Italy continue to build

By NICK POWELL

Italy.................. 42
Japan................ 21
Italy continued their excellent preparation for the World Cup as Monty Ioane scored a terrific hat-trick against Japan.
The hosts made the perfect start as Paolo Garbisi scythed through the Japanese defence before feeding Stephen Varney for the opener.
Jone Naikabula scored from range to narrow the gap to two, but Ange Capuozzo kicked through for Ioane who scored his first and gave the Azzurri a two-score lead.
The sides then exchanged penalties before Lee Seung Sun knocked over his second from the tee to cut the gap to 17...

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