Savagery of British game that's ending with Italy beaten (9)

I believe the answer is:

brutality

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'savagery' is the definition.
('brutality' can be a synonym of 'savagery')

'british game that's ending with italy beaten' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'game' becomes 'ru' (rugby union).
'that's ending with' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beaten' indicates an anagram.
'italy' anagrammed gives 'ality'.
'b'+'ru'+'t'+'ality'='BRUTALITY'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for brutality that I've seen before include "Savagery" , "Ruthlessness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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