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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Italy⁠

80–23

Full time

England v Italy finished 80–23.

Italy
Denis Dallan 6', Carlo Checchinato 25'
Date
Saturday 17 February 2001 · England in 2001
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Andrea Lo Cicero Prop
  • No. 2, Alessandro Moscardi (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Andrea Muraro Prop Off in the 48'
  • No. 4, Andrea Gritti Lock
  • No. 5, Wilhelmus Visser Lock
  • No. 6, Carlo Caione Flanker Off in the 69'
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker
  • No. 8, Carlo Checchinato Number 8
  • No. 9, Juan Manuel Queirolo Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Giovanni Raineri Fly Half
  • No. 11, Denis Dallan Wing
  • No. 12, Walter Pozzebon Centre Off in the 67'
  • No. 13, Cristian Stoica Centre
  • No. 14, Luca Martin Wing
  • No. 15, Andrea Scanavacca Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Giampiero De Carli On in the 48'
  • No. 17, Tino Paoletti (not used)
  • No. 18, Andrea de Rossi (not used)
  • No. 19, David Dal Maso On in the 69'
  • No. 20, Matteo Mazzantini (not used)
  • No. 21, Ramiro Pez (not used)
  • No. 22, Marco Rivaro On in the 67'

Referee: Stuart Dickinson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1995 – 2000

01 18 Mar 2000
Six Nations Championship Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Italy 12–59 England England won

England tries: Penalty try 28', Matt Dawson 36', Austin Healey 46', Austin Healey 48', Austin Healey 54', Ben Cohen 59', Ben Cohen 72', Matt Dawson 77'

Italy tries: Luca Martin 7', Cristian Stoica 21'

Match page: Italy v England, 18 March 2000

02 2 Oct 1999
Rugby World Cup Twickenham, London

England 67–7 Italy England won

England tries: Matt Dawson 9', Richard Hill 33', Phil De Glanville 36', Matt Perry 48', Jonny Wilkinson 51', Dan Luger 68', Neil Back 71', Martin Corry 77'

Italy tries: Diego Dominguez 22'

Match page: England v Italy, 2 October 1999

04 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

05 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

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

Luca Morisi

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

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