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England men · Rugby World Cup · Qualifier

England
v Italy⁠

23–15

Full time

England v Italy finished 23–15.

Italy
None
Date
Sunday 22 November 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Massimo Cuttitta Prop Off in the 44'
  • No. 2, Alessandro Moscardi Hooker
  • No. 3, Giampiero De Carli Prop
  • No. 4, Carlo Checchinato Lock
  • No. 5, Walter Cristofoletto Lock Off in the 44'
  • No. 6, Massimo Giovanelli (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker Off in the 21'
  • No. 8, Carlo Caione Number 8
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Diego Dominguez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Luca Martin Wing
  • No. 12, Manuel Dallan Centre
  • No. 13, Cristian Stoica Centre
  • No. 14, Fabio Roselli Wing
  • No. 15, Matt Pini Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Stefano Saviozzi (not used)
  • No. 17, Giuseppe Lanzi On in the 44'
  • No. 18, Andrea Castellani On in the 44'
  • No. 19, Orazio Arancio On in the 21'
  • No. 20, Francesco Mazzariol (not used)
  • No. 21, Giovanni Raineri (not used)
  • No. 22, Giampiero Mazzi (not used)

Referee: Didier Mene. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 3 meetings before this one

1991 – 1996

01 23 Nov 1996
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 54–21 Italy England won

England tries: Jon Sleightholme, Andy Gomarsall, Andy Gomarsall, Martin Johnson, Tim Rodber, Lawrence Dallaglio, Chris Sheasby

Italy tries: Paolo Vaccari 48', Alessandro Troncon 62', Orazio Arancio 71'

Match page: England v Italy, 23 November 1996

02 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

03 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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