Italy national rugby union team

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]

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.

Lineup of the Italy national rugby union team vs France, 1975

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.

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 current badge on the Italy jersey

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]

Italy vs All Blacks at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium with a record 80,000 sellout crowd, November 2009

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. Italy won two pool games at the 2003 World Cup, defeating both Canada and Tonga, but lost to the All Blacks and Wales. 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, though the tournament was ultimately disappointing as the Welsh gained revenge with a 27–15 success that meant that Italy were the only Six Nations country not to advance to the knock-out stage. Their third 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.

Italy contesting a lineout with Scotland during the 2012 Six Nations

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]

Italian fans on their way to see Italy play Scotland at Murrayfield in the Six Nations Championship, 2013

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 and 2019 tournaments, a losing run of 22 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 Stephen Aboud 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).

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by an Italy national XV at test level up until 6 February 2021.[44]

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	27	0	27	0	0.00%	324	1092	−768
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	12	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	2	0	0	100.00%	59	39	+20
Germany	6	2	4	0	33.33%	27	54	−27
Ireland	32	4	28	0	12.50%	485	1124	−639
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	32	8	24	0	25.00%	532	794	−262
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	29	2	26	1	6.90%	454	992	−538
West Germany	14	13	0	1	92.86%	226	69	+157
Zimbabwe	3	3	0	0	100.00%	70	25	+45
Total	515	187	314	14	36.31%	8883	12040	-3157

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 2019, 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.

Year	Position	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
Overall		12	1	92	1445	3307	−1964	2–0–18	0–0–20	1–0–19	2–1–17	7–0–13

	England	France	Ireland	Italy	Scotland	Wales
Tournaments	124	91	126	21	126	126
Outright wins (shared wins)
Home Nations	5 (4)	N/A	4 (4)	N/A	10 (3)	7 (4)
Five Nations	17 (6)	12 (8)	6 (5)	N/A	5 (6)	15 (8)
Six Nations	7	5	4	0	0	5
Overall	29 (10)	17 (8)	14 (9)	0 (0)	15 (9)	27 (12)
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	4
Overall	26	N/A	11	N/A	10	21
Wooden Spoons
Home Nations	11	N/A	15	N/A	8	8
Five Nations	14	17	21	N/A	21	12
Six Nations	0	1	0	15	4	1
Overall	25	18	36	15	33	21

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.

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 the victory in 1995–97 FIRA Trophy.

Team	First place	Second place	Third place
Italy	1	9	8

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

Head Coach: Franco Smith

• Caps updated: 26 January 2021

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Luca Bigi (c)	Hooker	(1991-04-19) 19 April 1991	32	Zebre
Gianmarco Lucchesi	Hooker	(2000-09-10) 10 September 2000	2	Benetton
Marco Manfredi	Hooker	(1997-09-18) 18 September 1997	0	Zebre
Pietro Ceccarelli	Prop	(1992-02-16) 16 February 1992	14	Brive
Danilo Fischetti	Prop	(1998-01-26) 26 January 1998	8	Zebre
Marco Riccioni	Prop	(1997-10-19) 19 October 1997	7	Benetton
Daniele Rimpelli	Prop	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997	0	Zebre
Cherif Traorè	Prop	(1994-04-10) 10 April 1994	10	Benetton
Giosuè Zilocchi	Prop	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997	10	Zebre
Niccolò Cannone	Lock	(1998-05-17) 17 May 1998	8	Benetton
Riccardo Favretto	Lock	(2001-10-10) 10 October 2001	0	Mogliano/Benetton
Marco Lazzaroni	Lock	(1995-05-18) 18 May 1995	11	Benetton
David Sisi	Lock	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993	11	Zebre
Cristian Stoian	Lock	(1999-12-19) 19 December 1999	2	Fiamme Oro/Zebre
Michele Lamaro	Back row	(1998-06-03) 3 June 1998	2	Benetton
Maxime Mbanda	Back row	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992	25	Zebre
Johan Meyer	Back row	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993	9	Zebre
Sebastian Negri	Back row	(1994-06-30) 30 June 1994	28	Benetton
Federico Ruzza	Back row	(1994-08-04) 4 August 1994	19	Benetton
Callum Braley	Scrum-half	(1994-03-24) 24 March 1994	9	Benetton
Guglielmo Palazzani	Scrum-half	(1991-04-11) 11 April 1991	41	Zebre
Stephen Varney	Scrum-half	(2001-05-16) 16 May 2001	3	Gloucester
Tommaso Allan	Fly-half	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993	60	Benetton
Carlo Canna	Fly-half	(1992-08-25) 25 August 1992	47	Zebre
Paolo Garbisi	Fly-half	(2000-04-26) 26 April 2000	5	Benetton
Ignacio Brex	Centre	(1992-05-26) 26 May 1992	0	Benetton
Federico Mori	Centre	(2000-10-13) 13 October 2000	5	Calvisano/Zebre
Marco Zanon	Centre	(1997-10-03) 3 October 1997	4	Benetton
Mattia Bellini	Wing	(1994-02-08) 8 February 1994	28	Zebre
Monty Ioane	Wing	(1994-10-30) 30 October 1994	1	Benetton
Luca Sperandio	Wing	(1996-01-28) 28 January 1996	6	Benetton
Jacopo Trulla	Fullback	(2000-11-05) 5 November 2000	3	Calvisano/Zebre

• * Denotes injured/unavailable players.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Leonardo Ghiraldini	Hooker	(1984-12-26) 26 December 1984	107	Unattached
Federico Zani*	Hooker	(1989-04-09) 9 April 1989	14	Benetton
Simone Ferrari*	Prop	(1994-03-28) 28 March 1994	34	Benetton
Tiziano Pasquali*	Prop	(1994-07-14) 14 July 1994	21	Benetton
Giovanni Licata*	Back row	(1997-02-18) 18 February 1997	11	Zebre
Jake Polledri*	Back row	(1995-11-08) 8 November 1995	19	Gloucester
Braam Steyn*	Back row	(1992-05-02) 2 May 1992	44	Benetton
Giulio Bisegni*	Centre	(1992-04-04) 4 April 1992	16	Zebre
Luca Morisi*	Centre	(1991-02-22) 22 February 1991	34	Benetton
Matteo Minozzi*	Wing	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996	22	Wasps
Jayden Hayward	Fullback	(1987-12-11) 11 December 1987	27	Benetton
Edoardo Padovani*	Fullback	(1993-05-15) 15 May 1993	26	Benetton

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only.[46]

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only. [46]

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

#	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
	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
4.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	28	1	7	3	0	Netherlands	Calvisano	21 May 1994
5.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	27	1	2	6	0	Ireland	Bologna	20 December 1997
6.	Diego Domínguez	Fly-half	25	0	5	5	0	Romania	Tarbes	26 October 1997
7.	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
10.	3 players on 23 points

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

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

Last updated: Wales vs Italy, 5 December 2020. Statistics include officially capped matches only.