Italy national rugby union team

Italy

Nickname(s)	Gli Azzurri (The Blues)
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Head coach	Kieran Crowley
Captain	Luca Bigi
Most caps	Sergio Parisse (142)
Top scorer	Diego Dominguez (983)
Top try scorer	Marcello Cuttitta (25)
Home stadium	Stadio Olimpico
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	14 (as of 14 November 2020)
Highest	8 (2007)
Lowest	15 (2015 and 2017)
First international
Spain 9–0 Italy (Barcelona, Spain; 20 May 1929)
Biggest win
Italy 104–8 Czech Republic  (Viadana, Italy, 18 May 1994)
Biggest defeat
South Africa 101–0 Italy (Durban, South Africa, 19 June 1999)
World Cup
Appearances	9 (First in 1987)
Best result	Pool stage, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019
Website	www.federugby.it

The Italy national rugby union team (Italian: Squadra nazionale italiana di rugby) represents Italy in men's international rugby union. The team is known as gli Azzurri (the Blues). Savoy blue is the common colour of the national teams representing Italy, as it is the traditional colour of the royal House of Savoy which reigned over the Kingdom of Italy from 1860 to 1946.

Italy has played international rugby since 1929, and for decades was considered one of the best European teams outside the Five Nations Championship. Since 2000, Italy has competed annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 2013, they were holders of the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy which is played annually between Italy and France. Italy is ranked 15th in the world by the IRB as of 10 July 2021.

Italian rugby rose to prominence in 2000 when it was added to the Five Nations, creating the Six Nations. Initially on the receiving end of some heavy defeats, the side has grown in competitiveness, recording a fourth-place finish in 2007 and 2013, and one-sided defeats have become less frequent. The Azzurri have shown respectable results when playing at home in recent years: they defeated France 22–21 in the 2011 Six Nations; and during the 2013 Six Nations, they again beat France 23–18,^[1] also defeating Ireland 22–15.^[2] However, Italy has not won a Six Nations match since their 22–19 away win against Scotland in Round 3 of the 2015 tournament, losing every game since; this equates to a losing run of 30 matches.

Italy has competed at every Rugby World Cup since the first tournament in 1987, where Italy played the inaugural game against New Zealand, but is yet to progress beyond the first round. The team has developed a reputation for being a consistent middle player at the tournament. Italy's results since the inception of a new group stage formula in 2003 have consistently followed a pattern of two wins against Tier 2 teams and two losses against Tier 1 ones; in 2019 however, the game against New Zealand was cancelled due to typhoon Hagibis.

The current head coach is Kieran Crowley, and the captain is currently Luca Bigi.^[3]

History[]

Early history: 1911–34[]

The first match played by an Italian XV was in 1911 between US Milanese and Voiron of France. On 25 July of the same year the "Propaganda Committee" was formed which in 1928 became the Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) (Italian Rugby Federation).

In May 1929, Italy played their first international losing 0–9 against Spain in Barcelona. In 1934, Italy was one of the founder members of FIRA, today's Rugby Europe; the others were France, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Catalonia, Romania, Holland and Germany.^[4]

1945–85[]

World War II meant a hiatus for Italian rugby union, as it did in other rugby-playing nations. Post-war, there was a desire to return to normal and Italian rugby union entered a new dimension thanks to the help of Allied troops in Italy.

In the 1970s and 1980s rugby union made enormous progress thanks to great foreign players (John Kirwan, Naas Botha, David Campese, Michael Lynagh) and coaches (Julien Saby, Roy Bish, Greenwood, Nelie Smith) in the Italian championship. Even foreign coaches were and continue to be chosen for the national team, like Bertrande Fourcade and Georges Coste. In 1973, the national team went on a tour of South Africa, coached by ex-Springbok prop Amos Du Plooey. Tours of England and Scotland followed, as well as games against Australia and New Zealand, the masters of their day. In 1978, Italy first played Argentina at Rovigo, winning 19–6.

1986–99[]

Since the mid 1980s, Italy had been pursuing the ambition of playing in an expanded Five Nations Championship. Consistently winning against nations that now play in the European Nations Cup (Romania, Spain, Georgia, etc.), and good results against the major nations such as France, Scotland, Wales and Ireland meant that they were often talked as strong candidates.^[5]

In 1986, Italy hosted an England XV squad in Rome, drawing 15–15. The Azzurri took part in the first-ever Rugby World Cup match against New Zealand on 22 May 1987. The match proved a one-sided affair with New Zealand convincing 70–6 winners against a young Italy side. John Kirwan, later to become the Italy national coach, scored one of the tournament's greatest-ever tries for the All Blacks. Italy beat Fiji but lost to Argentina and finished third in their pool, failing to make the finals. In 1988, they played Ireland for the first time.

At the 1991 World Cup, Italy were grouped in a tough pool with the likes of England and the All Blacks. They lost both of these games but beat the USA. Italy first played Wales in 1994. At the 1995 World Cup in South Africa, Italy came close to beating England; losing 20–27, but recovered to beat Argentina. They finished third in their pool again below England and Western Samoa, but above the Argentines.

The late 1990s saw the Italians build a formidable side and record Test victories over Five Nations opposition. In 1996, a deal between British Sky Broadcasting and the Rugby Football Union meant that England home games were exclusively shown on Sky. England were threatened with being expelled from the Five Nations to be replaced by Italy. This threat was never carried out as a deal was worked out.

In 1996, Italy toured England, Wales and for the first time Scotland, losing all matches. The team recorded two consecutive victories over Ireland in 1997; 37–29 on 4 January, at Lansdowne Road, and 37–22 on 20 December, in Bologna.^[6] On 22 March 1997 they recorded their first win over France, 40–32, (in Grenoble). In January 1998, Scotland were the victims with Italy winning 25–21 (in Treviso); in the same year in the Rugby World Cup Qualifiers, they narrowly lost 15–23 against England at Huddersfield, but they argued for a try by Alessandro Troncon disallowed by the referee.^[7]

At the 1999 World Cup, Italy were drawn with New Zealand for the third time and lost again. They did not win a single pool match and went home before the knock-out stage.^[8]

Six Nations era: 2000–present[]

Italy finally joined the Six Nations Championship in 2000 but their admission coincided with the departure of some of their best players. Nevertheless, they won their opening game against the reigning champions Scotland 34–20. Thereafter they struggled to compete against the other nations and their participation was called into question. The 2001 and 2002 tournaments were particularly disappointing as they did not win a single game. Coach Brad Johnstone was sacked in 2002 after an alleged show of 'player power'.

John Kirwan was then appointed coach. They managed to win their second Six Nations game in 2003, a 30–22 victory over Wales, thus avoiding the wooden spoon. They followed up by winning two games at the World Cup, another first. The tournament was, however, ultimately disappointing as the Welsh gained revenge with a 27–15 success. This, coupled with defeat against New Zealand, that meant that Italy were the only Six Nations country not to advance to the knock-out stage. Their third Six Nations win came against Scotland in 2004.

Italy, along with other nations, had made good use of IRB rules which allowed them to select foreign-born players if they had Italian ancestry or had lived in Italy for a qualifying period of three years. From 2004 they announced that they would only pick three such 'non-Italians' per team in order to develop their own domestic players.

In the 2005 Six Nations Italy finished bottom of the table again and failed to win a single game. Kirwan was sacked and replaced with Pierre Berbizier. Italy then went on a tour of Argentina where they surprised many by beating the Pumas 30–29 and drawing the series 1–1 (the only 2005 victory of a Northern Hemisphere team visiting a Southern Hemisphere team). However, the Pumas had their revenge when they visited Genoa and beat Italy 39–22.

In the 2006 Six Nations Championship Italy performed strongly against every team, leading against both England and France in the first half, but lost their first three games. They did, however, get a creditable 18–18 draw away to Wales, their first away point in the tournament, and were unlucky not to draw with Scotland in Rome in the final game, losing 10–13 courtesy of a late Scottish penalty. In the 2007 Six Nations Championship, Italy started poorly, losing to France 3–39. However, Italy's performance improved, and they held England to a 20–7 result at Twickenham. Italy followed with a stunning start to their match at Murrayfield against Scotland, scoring three quick tries to give Italy a 21–0 lead after seven minutes, and the Azzurri went on to a 37–17 victory; their first-ever away win in the Six Nations. Italy's next match was against Wales in Rome, with Italy winning 23–20, for their first consecutive victories in the competition and help them achieve their highest-ever position in the competition. The domestic interest in rugby reached new heights with Italy's new success front page media coverage and the sport being held up as a model of fair play.^[9] Media and public interest in the national team was very high during the side's newfound success,^[9] despite losing their last game to Ireland. 10,000 fans later greeted the national team at Rome's Piazza del Popolo.^[9]

The 2008 Six Nations Championship saw Italy again finish in last place, albeit by only a three-point margin. They took part in close matches against Ireland, Wales England and France respectively and managed a sole victory, defeating Scotland 23–20 in Rome in the last round of matches.^[10] In the summer tests they lost to South Africa but again managed to surprise 3rd ranked Argentina with a 13–12 victory. At the 2008 end of year tour Italy pushed the Wallabies in their clash in Padova, but the Australians eventually went on to win 30–20. A week later Italy were defeated by Argentina, 14–22.

Italy's 2009 Six Nations campaign was ill-fated almost from the beginning, with both scrum-halves ruled out of the competition before a ball was kicked, and a third alternative ruled out of the opener at England due to injury. Head coach Nick Mallett tried flanker Mauro Bergamasco at scrum-half. Mallett's gamble failed in epic fashion, with Bergamasco's mistakes leading to three England tries before he was replaced at half-time; England went on to win 36–11.^[11] In week two Italy also put in a poor performance against Ireland losing 9–38.^[12] The two poor performances were followed by another loss to Scotland. The Azzurri were competitive in their 15–20 loss at the Flaminio to a Wales side resting many of its key players for the championship decider against Ireland the next week.^[13] Italy finished in last place for the second straight year after losing to France on the final weekend of the tournament.

In the 2010 Six Nations Championship, Italy were well beaten by Ireland 11–29 before narrowly losing to England and defeating Scotland.^[14][15] Italy were defeated in their last two matches against France and Wales.^[16]

Italy finished the 2011 Six Nations with a 1–4 record. In the opening match of the 2011 Six Nations, Italy was beaten by Ireland 11–13 at home, with Ireland scoring a drop goal less than two minutes before the final whistle. The Azzurri claimed a 22–21 home victory over the reigning Six Nations champions, France, gaining Italy's first win over France in a Six Nations game.^[17] At the final whistle, the English language commentator declared it the greatest win in Italian rugby history thus far.

Italy finished the 2012 Six Nations in fifth place with a 1–4 record, following a 13–6 win over Scotland before over 72,000 fans at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. Italy's 15–19 loss to England was their smallest margin of defeat.^[18] The championship also saw Italy lose to Wales, Ireland and France.^[19]

Italy played three matches in the 2012 November internationals, losing two and winning one. Italy lost to New Zealand and Australia 19–22, with Italian fly half Luciano Orquera missing a penalty in the last minute which would have secured Italy's first draw against Australia.^[20] Italy did manage a win in the series, beating Tonga 28–23.^[21]

Italy gained their second Six Nations win over France when they beat them 23–18 on their opening match of the 2013 Six Nations Championship.^[22] Three defeats by Scotland, Wales and England followed.^[23] On their final game of the championship Italy won against Ireland 22–15 for the first time in a Six Nations match in front of 75,000 fans at the Stadio Olimpico.^[24][25] Overall Italy finished fourth,^[26] behind Scotland in third on points difference, to make it one of their most successful Six Nations.^[27] In November 2013, Italy hosted Australia at Turin for a 20–50 loss, then defeated Fiji 37–31 at Cremona and was defeated by Argentina 14–19 at Rome.

Italy were whitewashed at the 2014 Six Nations Championship, including a 20–21 home loss to Scotland, a 7–46 loss to Ireland and an 11–52 loss to England. In June the team made an Asia-Pacific tour, where they were defeated by Fiji, Japan and Samoa. In November they scored a home win to Samoa, a two-point loss to Argentina and another loss to South Africa.

In the 2015 Six Nations Championship, Italy took a 22–19 away win over Scotland to avoid the wooden spoon, but suffered heavy home losses to France and Wales. The victory against Scotland was their last win in the Six Nations, and they lost all games in the 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 tournaments, a losing run of 32 games. At the 2015 Rugby World Cup, they defeated Romania and Canada but lost to Ireland and France, repeating their performance of the previous three editions.

After another poor performance in 2016, losing all their Six Nations matches, Italy hired former Ireland international and Harlequin F.C. coach Conor O'Shea to coach the team; with him they also hired IRFU developmental director to direct youth programs aimed at strengthening the level of rugby in the country.^[28] In June, Italy lost to Argentina and won over the United States and Canada. On 19 November, Italy achieved a famous upset victory by defeating South Africa 20–18 which was Italy's first win against the Springboks in 13 attempts at Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence.^[29] This victory also marked their first win over one of the three big Southern Hemisphere nations (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa).

Wins against Tier 1 nations[]

Date	Home	Score	Away	Place
24 October 1978	Italy	19–6	Argentina	Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo
6 May 1995	Italy	22–12	Ireland	Stadio comunale di Monigo, Treviso
4 June 1995	Argentina	25–31	Italy	Buffalo City Stadium, East London, South Africa
4 January 1997	Ireland	29–37	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
22 March 1997	France	32–40	Italy	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble
20 December 1997	Italy	37–22	Ireland	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna
24 January 1998	Italy	25–21	Scotland	Stadio Comunale Monigo, Treviso
7 November 1998	Italy	23–19	Argentina	, Piacenza
5 February 2000	Italy	34–20	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
15 February 2003	Italy	30–22	Wales	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
6 March 2004	Italy	20–14	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
11 June 2005	Argentina	29–30	Italy	Estadio Olímpico, Córdoba
24 February 2007	Scotland	17–37	Italy	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
10 March 2007	Italy	23–20	Wales	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
15 March 2008	Italy	23–20	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
28 June 2008	Argentina	12–13	Italy	Estadio Olímpico, Córdoba
27 February 2010	Italy	16–12	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
12 March 2011	Italy	22–21	France	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
17 March 2012	Italy	13–6	Scotland	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
3 February 2013	Italy	23–18	France	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
16 March 2013	Italy	22–15	Ireland	Stadio Olimpico, Rome
28 February 2015	Scotland	19–22	Italy	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
19 November 2016	Italy	20–18	South Africa	Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

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Stadium and attendance[]

Before joining the Six Nations in 2000 Italy did not have a set stadium and played their home matches in various stadiums around Italy. From 2000–2011 Italy played all of their home Six Nations matches at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. The Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) announced, in January 2010, that the stadium would undergo an expansion, that will increase its capacity to 42,000.^[36] Continued delays to the start of construction meant that the revamp could not be completed in time for the 2012 Six Nations so all of Italy's home Six Nations games were moved to the Stadio Olimpico, also in Rome.^[37] The expansion of the Stadio Flaminio was originally promised to be complete by 2014. It was planned that upon completion of the renovation, the team would move back to the Stadio Flaminio,^[38] however little was achieved and as of September 2016 the stadium was still in a state of abandoned disrepair.^[39] More Italians are attending rugby union games and whereas before most of the fans at the Stadio Flaminio were away fans.^{[citation needed]} Since moving to the Stadio Olimpico attendances have increased by huge numbers.^[40] Italy has drawn large crowds since 2008, particularly for Six Nations matches and for matches against New Zealand:

Highest attended home matches

Rank	Attendance	Opponent	Date	Venue
1	80,074	New Zealand	14 Nov 2009	San Siro (Milan)
2	80,054	Ireland	16 Mar 2013	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
3	73,526	Wales	23 Feb 2013	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
4	73,000	New Zealand	17 Nov 2012	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
5	72,354	Scotland	17 Mar 2012	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
6	71,257	England	15 March 2014	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
7	70,000	England	14 February 2016	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
8	67,721	Scotland	27 February 2016	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
9	67,529	France	3 Feb 2013	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)
10	67,127	France	15 March 2015	Stadio Olimpico (Rome)

Strip[]

Italy traditionally plays in blue jerseys, white shorts and blue stockings at home. Its away uniform consists of a uniform with the inverted colours. Both uniforms have on the chest the Scudetto, even if until the 1990s the non-test Italian teams had the coat of arms of the Maritime republics on the jersey.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1981–1989	Adidas	None
1990–1993	Lotto[41]
1991 Rugby World Cup
1993–1995	Gilbert[42]
1995 Rugby World Cup
1996–1997	Reebok
1997 European Nations Cup
1998–1999	None
1999
2000 Six Nations – 2000 mid-year internationals	Canterbury	Alliance UniChem
2000 end-of-year internationals – 2002 mid-year internationals	Kappa
2002 end-of-year internationals – 2006 end-of-year internationals		Jaguar
2007 Six Nations championship – 2012 mid-year internationals		Cariparma
2012 end-of-year internationals – 2017 mid-year internationals	Adidas
2017 end-of-year internationals – 2018 mid-year internationals	Macron
2018 end-of-year internationals –		Cattolica Assicurazioni

1970s Home

1987 Home

1991 Home

1995 Home

1995 Away

1999 Home

2000 Home

2000 Away

2001 Home

2003 Home

2007 Home

2007 Away

2011 Home

2012-13 Home

2012-13 Away

2013-14 Home

2013-14 Away

2014-16 Home

2015 RWC Home

2017 Home

2017 Away

2018 Home

2018 Away

2018 Home

2019 Home

2019 Away

Awards[]

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
Rugby World Cup	0	0	0	0
European Nations Cup	1	9	8	18
Total	1	9	8	18

Record[]

Overall[]

Men's World Rugby Rankings v t
Top 20 rankings as of 23 August, 2021[43]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		South Africa	094.49
2		New Zealand	089.29
3		England	085.44
4		Ireland	084.85
5		France	083.87
6		Australia	083.14
7		Argentina	082.86
8		Scotland	082.02
9		Wales	080.59
10		Japan	079.13
11		Fiji	076.87
12		Georgia	073.73
13		Samoa	073.59
14		Italy	070.65
15		Tonga	068.57
16		United States	068.10
17		Uruguay	067.02
18		Romania	066.22
19		Portugal	065.67
20		Spain	064.82
21		Hong Kong	061.23
22		Canada	061.11
23		Russia	060.94
24		Netherlands	059.30
25		Namibia	059.04
26		Brazil	056.32
27		Belgium	056.16
28		Chile	055.20
29		Switzerland	054.12
30		Germany	053.13
*Change from the previous week
Italy's historical rankings
See or edit raw graph data.
Source: World Rugby - Graph updated to 23 August 2021[43]

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by an Italy national XV at test level up until 20 March 2021.^{[44][citation needed]}

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Argentina	22	5	16	1	22.73%	383	557	−174
Australia	18	0	18	0	0.00%	251	631	−380
Australia XV	2	0	2	0	0.00%	36	75	−39
Belgium	2	2	0	0	100.00%	75	0	+75
Border Bulldogs	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	25	−13
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	100.00%	17	0	+17
Canada	9	7	2	0	77.78%	246	128	+118
Catalonia	2	1	0	1	50%	10	8	+2
Cook Islands	1	0	1	0	0.00%	6	15	−9
Croatia	1	1	0	0	100.00%	76	11	+65
Czech Republic	1	1	0	0	100.00%	104	8	+96
Czechoslovakia	12	10	1	1	83.33%	266	62	+204
England	28	0	28	0	0.00%	342	1133	−791
England XV	1	0	0	1	0.00%	15	15	+0
England B	1	0	1	0	0.00%	9	21	−12
England U23	3	1	1	1	33.33%	31	42	−11
Fiji		6	6	0	50.00%	282	275	+7
France	45	3	42	0	6.67%	518	1389	−871
France XV	30	1	28	1	3.33%	289	751	−462
France Espoirs	1	0	1	0	0.00%	18	21	−3
Georgia		2	0	0	100.00%	59	39	+20
Germany	6	2	4	0	33.33%	27	54	−27
Ireland	33	4	29	0	12.12%	495	1172	−677
Japan	8	6	2	0	75.00%	241	146	+95
Leopards	3	2	1	0	66.66%	55	46	+9
Madagascar	2	2	0	0	100.00%	26	15	+11
Middlesex	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	28	−16
Morocco	8	6	2	0	75.00%	184	52	+132
Golden Lions	1	0	1	0	0.00%	24	28	−4
Namibia	4	2	2	0	50.00%	122	96	+26
Sharks	1	0	1	0	0.00%	3	23	−20
Netherlands	4	4	0	0	100.00%	178	27	+151
New Zealand	14	0	14	0	0.00%	131	820	−689
New Zealand XV	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	18	−6
Junior All Blacks	1	0	1	0	0.00%	13	30	−17
North-Eastern Cape	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	31	−19
Northern Free State	1	0	1	0	0.00%	11	12	−1
Oxfordshire	1	0	1	0	0.00%	6	30	−24
Pacific Islanders	1	0	1	0	0.00%	17	25	−8
Poland	7	6	1	0	85.71%	165	49	+116
Portugal	12	10	1	1	83.33%	333	71	+262
Romania	42	23	16	3	54.76%	609	634	−25
Russia	5	5	0	0	100.00%	283	76	+207
Samoa	7	2	5	0	28.57%	109	175	−66
Scotland	33	8	25	0	24.24%	542	846	−304
Scotland A	3	1	2	0	33.33%	51	55	−4
Serbia and Montenegro	3	3	0	0	100.00%	60	22	+38
South Africa	15	1	14	0	6.67%	174	701	−527
Soviet Union	14	4	9	1	28.57%	171	165	+6
Spain	27	23	3	1	85.19%	581	187	+394
Steval Pumas	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	39	−27
Sussex	1	0	1	0	0.00%	7	16	−9
Tonga	5	3	2	0	60.00%	154	82	+72
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	100.00%	60	19	+41
United States	5	5	0	0	100.00%	154	74	+80
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	100.00%	92	25	+67
Wales	30	2	27	1	6.67%	461	1040	−579
West Germany	14	13	0	1	92.86%	226	69	+157
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	100.00%	70	25	+45
Total	519	187	318	14	36.03%	8928	12229	–3301

Six Nations[]

Italy entered the International Championship in 2000 when it became the Six Nations, and made a positive start by winning their debut match 34–20 against Scotland. They finished fifth in 2003 above Wales in the final standings, having defeated them 30–22, and were again fifth the following year above Scotland, after beating them 20–14. In 2006, Italy drew with Wales 18–18 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

Italy's first three Six Nations match victories, in 2000, 2003, and 2004, had been in front of a home crowd at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. However, on 24 February 2007, they defeated Scotland 37–17 at Murrayfield for their first away win in the competition. Two weeks later, they defeated Wales for the second time, 23–20 back in Rome. This was the first time that Italy had won two of their five games in the championship, and they finished the 2007 Six Nations Championship in fourth place.

Italy won the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy for the first time in 2011 with a close-fought 22–21 victory over France. Two years later, they lifted the trophy for a second time by defeating France 23–18. Italy also recorded a first Six Nations victory over Ireland in 2013, beating them 22–15, and equalling their best finish of fourth place in the final standings. On 28 February 2015, Italy achieved their second away win against Scotland, a tight 22–21 victory, but they have not won a game in the tournament since that date.

As of March 2021, Italy have won twelve Six Nations matches, seven of these against Scotland, two against both France and Wales, and one against Ireland. England is the only team that Italy have yet to beat in the championship.

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Year	Pos	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	FRA	ENG	IRL	WAL	SCO
2000	6th	1	0	4	106	228	−122	L	L	L	L	W
2001	6th	0	0	5	106	207	−101	L	L	L	L	L
2002	6th	0	0	5	70	183	−113	L	L	L	L	L
2003	5th	1	0	4	100	185	−85	L	L	L	W	L
2004	5th	1	0	4	42	152	−110	L	L	L	L	W
2005	6th	0	0	5	55	179	−124	L	L	L	L	L
2006	6th	0	1	4	72	125	−53	L	L	L	D	L
2007	4th	2	0	3	94	147	−53	L	L	L	W	W
2008	6th	1	0	4	74	131	−57	L	L	L	L	W
2009	6th	0	0	5	49	170	−121	L	L	L	L	L
2010	6th	1	0	4	69	137	−68	L	L	L	L	W
2011	6th	1	0	4	70	138	−68	W	L	L	L	L
2012	5th	1	0	4	53	121	−68	L	L	L	L	W
2013	4th	2	0	3	75	111	−36	W	L	W	L	L
2014	6th	0	0	5	63	172	−109	L	L	L	L	L
2015	5th	1	0	4	62	182	−120	L	L	L	L	W
2016	6th	0	0	5	79	224	−145	L	L	L	L	L
2017	6th	0	0	5	50	201	−151	L	L	L	L	L
2018	6th	0	0	5	92	203	−111	L	L	L	L	L
2019	6th	0	0	5	79	167	−88	L	L	L	L	L
2020	6th	0	0	5	44	178	−134	L	L	L	L	L
2021	6th	0	0	5	55	239	−184	L	L	L	L	L
Overall		12	1	97	1559	3780	−2221	2–0–20	0–0–22	1–0–21	2–1–19	7–0–15

	England	France	Ireland	Italy	Scotland	Wales
Tournaments	125	92	127	22	127	127
Outright wins (shared wins)
Home Nations	5 (4)	N/A	4 (3)	N/A	9 (2)	7 (3)
Five Nations	17 (6)	12 (8)	6 (5)	N/A	5 (6)	15 (8)
Six Nations	7	5	4	0	0	6
Overall	29 (10)	17 (8)	14 (8)	0 (0)	14 (8)	28 (11)
Grand Slams
Home Nations	0	N/A	0	N/A	0	2
Five Nations	11	6	1	N/A	3	6
Six Nations	2	3	2	0	0	4
Overall	13	9	3	0	3	12
Triple Crowns
Home Nations	5	N/A	2	N/A	7	6
Five Nations	16	N/A	4	N/A	3	11
Six Nations	5	N/A	5	N/A	0	5
Overall	26	N/A	11	N/A	10	22
Wooden Spoons
Home Nations	7	N/A	10	N/A	5	2
Five Nations	10	9	15	N/A	15	6
Six Nations	0	1	0	16	4	1
Overall	17	10	25	16	24	9

Rugby World Cup[]

Rugby World Cup										Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Squad		Pos	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	40	110	Squad		Invited
1991	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	57	76	Squad		1st	3	3	0	0	83	38
1995	Pool Stage	3	1	0	2	69	94	Squad		2nd	4	3	0	1	210	52
1999	Pool Stage	3	0	0	3	35	196	Squad		2nd	6	5	0	1	302	92
2003	Pool Stage	4	2	0	2	77	123	Squad		1st	2	2	0	0	75	20
2007	Pool Stage	4	2	0	2	85	117	Squad		1st	2	2	0	0	150	7
2011	Pool Stage	4	2	0	2	92	95	Squad		Automatically qualified
2015	Pool Stage	4	2	0	2	74	88	Squad		Automatically qualified
2019	Pool Stage	4	2	1	1	98	78	Squad		Automatically qualified
2023										Automatically qualified
Total	Pool Stage	31	13	0	18	627	977				17	15	0	2	820	209
Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

Italy have competed at every Rugby World Cup since the competition's inception in 1987. Italy finished third in their pool at their first World Cup, defeating Fiji, but not making the finals. They did not make the finals in 1991, grouped in a tough pool with England and the All Blacks. At the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, they finished behind England and Western Samoa, but above Argentina in their pool.

In 1999 they did not make the finals, with their defeats by the All Blacks and Tonga. Italy won two pool games at the 2003 World Cup, defeating both Canada and Tonga, but lost to the All Blacks and Wales. Italy played the 2007 Rugby World Cup in Pool C, against New Zealand, Scotland, Romania and Portugal (who had been beaten 83–0 by Italy in the qualifiers), with the goal of reaching the quarter finals for the first time. However, in the crucial group match against Scotland, Italy were undone by indiscipline. Chris Paterson kicked all of Scotland's points in an 18–16 victory, despite Italy crossing the line for the game's only try.

European championships[]

Before 2000, Italy was one of the leading European teams outside the Five Nations, along with Romania, and for a while the USSR.

Italy competed in the original European Championships from 1936–38, but World War II meant that the tournament would not resume until 1952. Italy then competed in these tournaments from 1952–2000. Italy achieved only one victory, the 1995–97 FIRA Trophy.

Team	First place	Second place	Third place
Italy	1	9	8

Thirties wins[]

Year	Host city	Winner	Second place	Third place
1936	Berlin	France	Germany	Italy
1937	Paris	France	Italy	Germany

The fifties: the European Cup, Italian positions[]

Year	Winner	Second place	Third place
1952	France	Italy	West Germany
1954	France	Italy	Spain

The Nations Cup 1966–73[]

Year	Winner	Second place	Third place
1965/1966	France	Italy	Romania
1966/1967	France	Romania	Italy
1969/1970	France	Romania	Italy

The FIRA Trophy 1974–97[]

Year	Winner	Second place	Third place
1974/1975	Romania	France	Italy
1975/1976	France	Italy	Romania
1976/1977	Romania	France	Italy
1979/1980	France	Romania	Italy
1981/1982	France	Italy	Romania
1982/1983	Romania	Italy	Soviet Union
1983/1984	France	Romania	Italy
1984/1985	France	Soviet Union	Italy
1990/1992	France	Italy	Romania
1992/1994	France	Italy	Romania
1995/1997	Italy	France	Romania

Players and coaches[]

Current squad[]

On 25 January 2021, Franco Smith named a 32-man squad and five invited players for the 2021 Six Nations Championship.^[45]

On 8 February 2021 Smith added Lovotti and Bruno in substitution of the injured Zanon.^[46]
On 8 March 2021 Smith added Fabiani, Violi and Padovani at the list.^[47] On 15 March 2021 Smith added Zambonin at the list.^[48]

Head Coach: Kieran Crowley

• Caps updated: 20 March 2021

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Luca Bigi (c)	Hooker	(1991-04-19) 19 April 1991 (age 30)	37	Zebre
Oliviero Fabiani	Hooker	(1990-07-13) 13 July 1990 (age 31)	11	Zebre
Gianmarco Lucchesi	Hooker	(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000 (age 20)	6	Benetton
Marco Manfredi	Hooker	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997 (age 23)	0	Zebre
Pietro Ceccarelli	Prop	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992 (age 29)	14	Brive
Danilo Fischetti	Prop	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998 (age 23)	12	Zebre
Andrea Lovotti	Prop	(1989-07-28) 28 July 1989 (age 32)	47	Zebre
Marco Riccioni	Prop	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997 (age 23)	15	Benetton
Daniele Rimpelli	Prop	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 24)	1	Zebre
Cherif Traorè	Prop	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994 (age 27)	11	Benetton
Giosuè Zilocchi	Prop	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 24)	15	Zebre
Niccolò Cannone	Lock	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 23)	13	Benetton
Riccardo Favretto	Lock	(2001-10-10) 10 October 2001 (age 19)	1	Mogliano/Benetton
Marco Lazzaroni	Lock	(1995-05-18) 18 May 1995 (age 26)	15	Benetton
David Sisi	Lock	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993 (age 28)	15	Zebre
Cristian Stoian	Lock	(1999-12-19) 19 December 1999 (age 21)	2	Fiamme Oro/Zebre
Andrea Zambonin	Lock	(2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 20)	0	Calvisano
Michele Lamaro	Back row	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 23)	7	Benetton
Maxime Mbanda	Back row	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29)	29	Zebre
Johan Meyer	Back row	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 28)	14	Zebre
Sebastian Negri	Back row	(1994-06-30) 30 June 1994 (age 27)	33	Benetton
Federico Ruzza	Back row	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994 (age 27)	22	Benetton
Callum Braley	Scrum-half	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994 (age 27)	10	Benetton
Guglielmo Palazzani	Scrum-half	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991 (age 30)	44	Zebre
Stephen Varney	Scrum-half	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001 (age 20)	7	Gloucester
Marcello Violi	Scrum-half	(1993-10-11) 11 October 1993 (age 27)	21	Zebre
Tommaso Allan	Fly-half	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 28)	61	Benetton
Carlo Canna	Fly-half	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 29)	52	Zebre
Paolo Garbisi	Fly-half	(2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 21)	10	Montpellier
Ignacio Brex	Centre	(1992-05-26) 26 May 1992 (age 29)	5	Benetton
Federico Mori	Centre	(2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 (age 20)	9	Bordeaux
Marco Zanon	Centre	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997 (age 23)	6	Benetton
Mattia Bellini	Wing	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 27)	31	Zebre
Pierre Bruno	Wing	(1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 25)	0	Zebre
Monty Ioane	Wing	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994 (age 26)	6	Benetton
Luca Sperandio	Wing	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 (age 25)	11	Benetton
Edoardo Padovani	Fullback	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 28)	28	Benetton
Jacopo Trulla	Fullback	(2000-11-05) 5 November 2000 (age 20)	7	Calvisano/Zebre

Invited players[]

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Renato Giammarioli	Back row	(1995-03-23) 23 March 1995 (age 26)	4	Zebre
Tommaso Boni	Centre	(1993-01-15) 15 January 1993 (age 28)	11	Zebre
Tommaso Menoncello	Centre	(2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 19)	0	F.I.R. Academy/Benetton
Michelangelo Biondelli	Fullback	(1998-05-15) 15 May 1998 (age 23)	0	Zebre

Recent call-up not selected[]

• * Denotes injured/unavailable players.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Leonardo Ghiraldini	Hooker	(1984-12-26) 26 December 1984 (age 36)	107	Unattached
Federico Zani*	Hooker	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989 (age 32)	16	Benetton
Simone Ferrari*	Prop	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994 (age 27)	34	Benetton
Tiziano Pasquali	Prop	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994 (age 27)	21	Benetton
Giovanni Licata*	Back row	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997 (age 24)	11	Zebre
Jake Polledri*	Back row	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995 (age 25)	19	Gloucester
Braam Steyn*	Back row	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992 (age 29)	44	Benetton
Giulio Bisegni	Centre	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992 (age 29)	16	Zebre
Luca Morisi	Centre	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 (age 30)	34	Benetton
Matteo Minozzi	Wing	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 25)	22	Wasps
Jayden Hayward	Fullback	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987 (age 33)	27	Benetton

Coaches[]

Current coaches[]

• Franco Smith (Head of High Performance)
• Kieran Crowley (Head Coach)
• (Defence)
• Corrado Pilat (Backs)
• Andrea Moretti (Forwards)
• (Skills)

Coaching history[]

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	% W/P
Arnaldo Cortese  John Thomas	20 May 1929	–	1	0	0	1	0
Luigi Bricchi	29 May 1930	–	1	1	0	0	100
Luigi Bricchi	1 November 1932	26 December 1934	4	3	0	1	75
Luigi Bricchi	26 December 1934	7 April 1935	1	1	0	0	100
	7 April 1935	14 May 1936	2	0	0	2	0
Luigi Bricchi  Michel Boucheron	14 May 1936	16 May 1936	2	1	0	1	50
Luigi Bricchi	1 January 1937	17 October 1937	5	2	1	2	40
Luigi Bricchi	6 March 1938	20 November 1938	1	0	0	1	0
Luigi Bricchi  Giuseppe Sessa	20 November 1938	19 March 1940	2	1	0	1	50
Romano Bonifazi	19 March 1940	9 February 1941	2	1	0	1	50
Luigi Bricchi  Franco Chiaserotti	9 February 1941	2 May 1942	–	–	–	–	–
Luigi Bricchi  Franco Chiaserotti	2 May 1942		1	1	0	0	100
	18 May 1947	27 March 1949	2	1	0	1	50
Giorgio Briasco  Antonio Radicini	27 March 1949	26 February 1950	2	0	0	2	0
Romano Bonifazi	26 February 1950	29 July 1950	–	–	–	–	–
Francesco Vinci	29 July 1950	4 October 1950	–	–	–	–	–
Renzo Maffioli	4 October 1950	25 February 1951	–	–	–	–	–
Renzo Maffioli	25 February 1951	1 August 1954	9	6	0	3	66.7
Aldo Invernici  Umberto Silvestri	1 August 1954	22 December 1956	8	5	0	3	62.5
Giulio Fereoli  Aldo Invernici  Umberto Silvestri	22 December 1956	8 December 1957	2	1	0	1	50
Sergio Barilari  Aldo Invernici  Umberto Silvestri	8 December 1957	19 July 1958	1	0	0	1	0
Sergio Barilari    Aldo Invernici	19 July 1958	10 April 1960	2	1	0	1	50
Sergio Barilari  Romano Bonifazi	10 April 1960	22 April 1962	4	2	0	2	50
Aldo Invernici	22 April 1962	8 December 1965	7	2	0	5	28.5
Sergio Barilari  Mario Martone	8 December 1965	28 October 1967	7	3	1	3	42.8
Aldo Invernici	28 October 1967	24 May 1970	8	7	0	1	87.5
Giordano Campice	24 May 1970	25 October 1970	2	2	0	0	100
Sergio Barilari	25 October 1970	10 April 1971	3	0	0	3	0
	11 April 1971	27 May 1971	1	0	0	1	0
Aldo Invernici	28 May 1971	19 February 1972	–	–	–	–	–
Umberto Levorato	20 February 1972	25 November 1972	4	1	2	1	25
Gianni Villa	26 November 1972	14 February 1975	20	6	1	13	30
	15 February 1975	1º April 1977	15	8	1	6	53.3
	2 April 1977	1º May 1977	2	1	0	1	50
Gwyn Evans	23 October 1977	23 October 1978	5	1	1	3	20
Pierre Villepreux	24 October 1978	24 October 1981	24	10	1	13	41.6
Paolo Paladini  Marco Pulli	25 October 1981	9 November 1985	28	16	2	10	57.14
Marco Bollesan	10 November 1985	4 November 1988	19	7	1	11	36.8
Loreto Cucchiarelli	5 November 1988	29 September 1989	7	1	0	6	14.3
Loreto Cucchiarelli  Bertrand Fourcade	29 September 1989	31 December 1989	2	1	0	1	50
Bertrand Fourcade	1 January 1990	30 August 1993	27	16	0	11	59.3
Georges Coste	31 August 1993	19 June 1999	48	19	1	28	39.6
Massimo Mascioletti	20 June 1999	19 November 1999	5	2	0	3	40
Brad Johnstone	20 November 1999	26 April 2002	27	5	0	22	18.5
John Kirwan	27 April 2002	18 April 2005	32	10	0	22	31.3
Pierre Berbizier	19 April 2005	30 September 2007	30	12	1	17	40
Nick Mallett	3 October 2007	30 October 2011	42	9	0	33	21.4
Jacques Brunel	1 November 2011	31 May 2016	50	11	0	39	22.0
Conor O'Shea	1 June 2016	17 November 2019	26	6	0	19	23.08
Franco Smith	21 November 2019	19 May 2021	13	0	0	13	0
Kieran Crowley	19 May 2021	current time	0	0	0	0	0

Player records (career)[]

Most caps[]

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1	Sergio Parisse	Number 8	2002–2019	142	139	3	83	16	35	106	1	25.00
2	Martin Castrogiovanni	Prop	2002–2016	119	91	28	60	12	30	88	1	25.63
3	Alessandro Zanni	Flanker	2005–2020	118	92	26	20	4	31	86	1	26.92
4	Marco Bortolami	Lock	2001–2015	112	92	20	35	7	29	82	1	26.33
5	Leonardo Ghiraldini	Hooker	2006–2020	107	84	23	25	5	20	87	0	18.86
6	Mauro Bergamasco	Flanker	1998–2015	106	90	16	75	15	30	76	0	28.30
7	Andrea Lo Cicero	Prop	2000–2013	103	79	24	40	8	32	70	1	31.55
8	Alessandro Troncon	Scrum-half	1994–2007	102	95	7	95	19	34	67	1	33.82
9	Andrea Masi	Fullback	2000–2015	95	82	13	65	13	23	72	0	24.21
10	Mirco Bergamasco	Wing	2002–2012	89	82	7	256	17	22	66	1	25.28
	Luke McLean	Fullback	2008–2017	89	75	14	74	7	18	71	0	20.22

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.^[49]

Most tries[]

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1	Marcello Cuttitta	Wing	1987–1999	55	55	0	115	26	0	0	0
2	Paolo Vaccari	Wing	1991–2003	65	63	1	112	23	0	0	0
3	Carlo Checchinato	Number 8	1990–2004	84	74	10	105	21	0	0	0
		Wing	1972–1981	43	39	4	84	21	0	0	0
5	Alessandro Troncon	Scrum-half	1994–2007	102	95	7	95	19	0	0	0
6	Mirco Bergamasco	Centre	2002–2012	89	82	7	256	17	12	49	0
	Serafino Ghizzoni	Wing	1977–1987	60	59	1	77	17	0	0	3
	Massimo Mascioletti	Wing	1977–1990	54	54	0	68	17	0	0	0
9	Ivan Francescato	Centre	1990–1997	38	38	0	77	16	0	0	0
	Sergio Parisse	Number 8	2002–2019	142	139	3	83	16	0	0	1

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points[]

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	1991–2003	74	73	1	983	9	127	208	20
2	Stefano Bettarello	Fly-half	1979–1988	55	54	1	483	7	46	104	17
3	Tommaso Allan	Fly-half	2013–	61	42	19	327	12	54	52	1
4	Luigi Troiani	Fullback	1985–1995	47	47	0	294	2	57	57	0
5	Ramiro Pez	Fly-half	2000–2007	40	33	7	260	4	33	52	6
6	Mirco Bergamasco	Centre	2002–2012	89	82	7	256	17	12	49	0
7	Luciano Orquera	Fly-half	2004–2015	48	27	21	154	3	20	31	2
8	David Bortolussi	Fullback	2006–2008	16	15	1	153	1	35	25	1
9	Carlo Canna	Fly-half	2015–	52	28	24	152	5	20	26	3
10		Fly-half	1973–1977	20	20	0	133	0	17	31	2

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only. ^[49]

Most matches as captain[]

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1	Sergio Parisse	Number 8	2008–2019	93	18	75	0	19.35	68	13	0	0	1
2	Marco Bortolami	Lock	2002–2014	39	14	24	1	37.17	35	7	0	0	0
3	Marco Bollesan	Number 8	1968–1975	37	15	20	2	43.24	21	6	0	0	0
	Massimo Giovanelli	Flanker	1992–1999	37	14	22	1	39.18	15	3	0	0	0
5	Massimo Cuttitta	Prop	1993–1999	22	10	12	0	45.45	15	3	0	0	0
6	Alessandro Troncon	Scrum-half	2000–2007	21	7	14	0	33.33	25	5	0	0	0
7	Marzio Innocenti	Flanker	1985–1988	20	7	12	1	37.50	8	2	0	0	0
8	Alessandro Moscardi	Hooker	2000–2002	19	4	15	0	21.05	5	1	0	0	0
9		Prop	1978–1981	18	9	9	0	50.00	4	1	0	0	0
10	Leonardo Ghiraldini	Hooker	2008–2019	17	5	12	0	29.41	5	1	0	0	0

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Player records (single match)[]

Most points in a match[]

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Stefano Bettarello	Fly-half	29	1	2	5	2	Canada	Toronto	1 July 1982
	Andrea Scanavacca	Fly-half		1	3	6	0	Croatia	Makarska	6 June 1998
	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half		0	1	6	3	Scotland	Rome	5 February 2000
	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half		0	4	7	0	Fiji	Treviso	10 November 2001
5.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	28	1	7	3	0	Netherlands	Calvisano	21 May 1994
6.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	27	1	2	6	0	Ireland	Bologna	20 December 1997
7.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	25	0	5	5	0	Romania	Tarbes	26 October 1997
		Wing	25	5	0	0	0	Denmark	Brescia	1 November 1997
9.	Luigi Troiani	Fly-half	24	0	12	0	0	Czech Republic	Viadana	18 May 1994
	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half		0	0	8	0	Romania	Catania	1 October 1994
	Mirco Bergamasco	Wing		0	0	8	0	Fiji	Modena	27 November 2010

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match[]

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.		Wing	25	5	0	0	0	Denmark	Brescia	1 November 1997
2.		Wing	12	4	0	0	0	Belgium	Paris	10 October 1937
	Ivan Francescato	Centre	20		0	0	0	Morocco	Carcassonne	19 June 1993
4.	15 players on 3 tries

Last updated: Scotland vs Italy, 20 March 2021. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

See also[]

• Italy A national rugby union team
• Italy national rugby league team
• Top12
• Pro14

References[]

External links[]

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• Federazione Italiana Rugby official site