History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Italy

A scrum during Italy vs Ireland at the Six Nations 2011

The History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Italy dates back to New Year's Eve 1988 when Ireland defeated Italy in a friendly, 31–15. Ireland have dominated the meetings, with the Italians having achieved four victories. The teams' most recent meeting was in a 2021 Six Nations in Rome, where Ireland won 10–48.

Summary[]

Overview[]

Records[]

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results[]

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	31 December 1988	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	31–15	Ireland
2	6 May 1995	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	22–12	Italy
3	4 January 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	29–37	Italy
4	20 December 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	37–22	Italy
5	10 April 1999	Lansdowne Road	39–30	Ireland
6	4 March 2000	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	60–13	Ireland	2000 Six Nations Championship
7	3 February 2001	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	22–41	Ireland	2001 Six Nations Championship
8	23 March 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	32–17	Ireland	2002 Six Nations Championship
9	22 February 2003	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	13–37	Ireland	2003 Six Nations Championship
10	30 August 2003	Thomond Park, Limerick	61–6	Ireland	2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
11	20 March 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	19–3	Ireland	2004 Six Nations Championship
12	6 February 2005	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	17–28	Ireland	2005 Six Nations Championship
13	4 February 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	26–16	Ireland	2006 Six Nations Championship
14	17 March 2007	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	24–51	Ireland	2007 Six Nations Championship
15	24 August 2007	Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast	23–20	Ireland	2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests
16	2 February 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	16–11	Ireland	2008 Six Nations Championship
17	15 February 2009	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–38	Ireland	2009 Six Nations Championship
18	6 February 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	29–11	Ireland	2010 Six Nations Championship
19	5 February 2011	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	11–13	Ireland	2011 Six Nations Championship
20	2 October 2011	Otago Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand	36–6	Ireland	2011 Rugby World Cup
21	25 February 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	42–10	Ireland	2012 Six Nations Championship
22	16 March 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	22–15	Italy	2013 Six Nations Championship
23	8 March 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	46–7	Ireland	2014 Six Nations Championship
24	7 February 2015	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	3–26	Ireland	2015 Six Nations Championship
25	4 October 2015	Olympic Stadium, London, England	16–9	Ireland	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D
26	12 March 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	58–15	Ireland	2016 Six Nations Championship
27	11 February 2017	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10–63	Ireland	2017 Six Nations Championship
28	10 February 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	56–19	Ireland	2018 Six Nations Championship
29	03 November 2018	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	54–7	Ireland	2018 Autumn Internationals
30	24 February 2019	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	16–26	Ireland	2019 Six Nations Championship
31	10 August 2019	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29–10	Ireland	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests
32	24 October 2020	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	50–17	Ireland	2020 Six Nations Championship
33	27 February 2021	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10–48	Ireland	2021 Six Nations Championship

External links[]

• Complete Results and Details at ESPN
• Pick and Go Rugby test match database
• Ireland v Italy stats on irishrugby.ie