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England men · Rugby World Cup

Italy
v England⁠

20–27

Full time

Italy v England finished 20–27.

Italy
Paolo Vaccari 40', Massimo Cuttitta 80'
Date
Wednesday 31 May 1995 · England in 1995
Venue
Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Competition
Rugby World Cup

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jon Callard (not used)
  • No. 17, Damian Hopley (not used)
  • No. 18, Dewi Morris (not used)
  • No. 19, Steve Ojomoh (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, John Mallett (not used)

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Massimo Cuttitta (c) Prop
  • No. 2, Carlo Orlandi Hooker
  • No. 3, Franco Properzi-Curti Prop
  • No. 4, Paolo Pedroni Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Giacheri Lock
  • No. 6, Orazio Arancio Flanker
  • No. 7, Andrea Sgorlon Flanker
  • No. 8, Julian Gardner Number 8
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Diego Dominguez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Mario Gerosa Wing
  • No. 12, Ivan Francescato Centre
  • No. 13, Stefano Bordon Centre
  • No. 14, Paolo Vaccari Wing
  • No. 15, Luigi Troiani Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Massimo Ravazzolo (not used)
  • No. 17, Francesco Mazzariol (not used)
  • No. 19, Roberto Favaro (not used)
  • No. 20, Mauro Dal Sie (not used)
  • No. 21, Moreno Trevisiol (not used)

Referee: Stephen Hilditch. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 1 meeting before this one

1991 – 1991

01 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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