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England men · Rugby World Cup

England
v Italy⁠

67–7

Full time

England v Italy finished 67–7.

Italy
Diego Dominguez 22'
Date
Saturday 2 October 1999 · England in 1999
Venue
Twickenham, London
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Federico Pucciarello Prop
  • No. 2, Alessandro Moscardi Hooker Yellow card 65'
  • No. 3, Franco Properzi-Curti Prop
  • No. 4, Walter Cristofoletto Lock Off in the 55'
  • No. 5, Mark Giacheri Lock
  • No. 6, Massimo Giovanelli (c) Flanker Yellow card 55'
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker Off in the 19'
  • No. 8, Orazio Arancio Number 8
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Diego Dominguez Fly Half Off in the 77'
  • No. 11, Nicolas Zisti Wing
  • No. 12, Luca Martin Centre Yellow card 76'
  • No. 13, Cristian Stoica Centre
  • No. 14, Paolo Vaccari Wing
  • No. 15, Matt Pini Full Back Off in the 21'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Nicola Mazzucato On in the 21'
  • No. 17, Francesco Mazzariol On in the 77'
  • No. 18, Giampiero Mazzi (not used)
  • No. 19, Andrea de Rossi On in the 19'
  • No. 20, Carlo Checchinato On in the 55'
  • No. 21, Andrea Castellani (not used)
  • No. 22, Andrea Moretti (not used)

Referee: Andre Watson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 4 meetings before this one

1991 – 1998

02 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

03 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

04 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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