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England
v Italy⁠

54–21

Full time

England v Italy finished 54–21.

England
Jon Sleightholme, Andy Gomarsall, Andy Gomarsall, Martin Johnson, Tim Rodber, Lawrence Dallaglio, Chris Sheasby
Italy
Paolo Vaccari 48', Alessandro Troncon 62', Orazio Arancio 71'
Date
Saturday 23 November 1996 · England in 1996
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jeremy Guscott (not used)
  • No. 17, Alex King (not used)
  • No. 18, Kyran Bracken On in the 79'
  • No. 19, Martin Corry (not used)
  • No. 20, Rob Hardwick On in the 71'
  • No. 21, Phil Greening On in the 76'

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Massimo Cuttitta Prop
  • No. 2, Carlo Orlandi Hooker
  • No. 3, Franco Properzi-Curti Prop
  • No. 4, Walter Cristofoletto Lock
  • No. 5, Carlo Checchinato Lock Off in the 80'
  • No. 6, Massimo Giovanelli (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Corrado Covi Flanker Off in the 57'
  • No. 8, Orazio Arancio Number 8
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half Off in the 63'
  • No. 10, Diego Dominguez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Leonardo Manteri Wing
  • No. 12, Ivan Francescato Centre
  • No. 13, Stefano Bordon Centre
  • No. 14, Paolo Vaccari Wing
  • No. 15, Javier Pertile Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andrea Castellani (not used)
  • No. 17, Andrea Barattin On in the 80'
  • No. 18, Andrea Sgorlon On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Gianluca Guidi On in the 32'
  • No. 20, Andrea Scanavacca (not used)
  • No. 21, Nicola Mazzucato (not used)

Referee: Pablo Deluca. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 2 meetings before this one

1991 – 1995

01 31 May 1995
Rugby World Cup Kings Park Stadium, Durban

Italy 20–27 England England won

England tries: Tony Underwood 8', Rory Underwood 49'

Italy tries: Paolo Vaccari 40', Massimo Cuttitta 80'

Match page: Italy v England, 31 May 1995

02 8 Oct 1991
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 36–6 Italy England won

England tries: Rory Underwood 11', Jeremy Guscott 40', Jeremy Guscott 49', Jonathan Webb 61'

Italy tries: Marcello Cuttitta 58'

Match page: England v Italy, 8 October 1991

Official meetings since 1991

England v Italy stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings33In our results database
England wins32England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Italy wins1Italy victories

England have scored 1289 points to Italy's 427 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

6

Austin Healey

6 tries against Italy in matches we hold scorer data for.

Italy · Fixture leader

3

Mirco Bergamasco

Italy's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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