GENOA, Italy (AP) — Italy recovered from a mid-game slump to record a far from comprehensive 34-19 victory over Chile on Saturday in the first international rugby contest between the teams.

The Azzurri scored five tries with Ange Capuozzo setting Italy on the way. Tommaso Di Bartolomeo scored a try in each half before Monty Ioane added another two.

Giacomo Da Re converted three of those tries and added a penalty.

It was a somewhat poor performance from Italy, which allowed Chile to cross for three tries.

“Obviously I’m not happy with the match,” Italy coach Gonzalo Quesada said. "We can find many excuses, but we have to be much more precise. There was a lack of precision in attack, with more than 20 balls lost, so it was a difficult match.

“We have to be able to play these games, that

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