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England men · Six Nations Championship

Italy
v England⁠

9–45

Full time

Italy v England finished 9–45.

Italy
None
Date
Sunday 7 April 2002 · England in 2002
Venue
Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Italy

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Giampiero De Carli Prop Off in the 80'
  • No. 2, Alessandro Moscardi (c) Hooker Off in the 76'
  • No. 3, Federico Pucciarello Prop Off in the 59'
  • No. 4, Marco Bortolami Lock
  • No. 5, Mark Giacheri Lock Off in the 60'
  • No. 6, Aaron Persico Flanker
  • No. 7, Mauro Bergamasco Flanker
  • No. 8, Matthew Phillips Number 8 Off in the 48'
  • No. 9, Alessandro Troncon Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Diego Dominguez Fly Half
  • No. 11, Denis Dallan Wing
  • No. 12, Giovanni Raineri Centre Off in the 48'
  • No. 13, Cristian Stoica Centre Off in the 43'
  • No. 14, Nicola Mazzucato Wing
  • No. 15, Gert Peens Full Back Off in the 74'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andrea Moretti On in the 76'
  • No. 17, Carlos Nieto On in the 59'
  • No. 18, Santiago Dellapè On in the 60'
  • No. 19, Andrea de Rossi On in the 48'
  • No. 21, Christian Zanoletti On in the 48'
  • No. 22, Matteo Mazzantini On in the 43'

Referee: Mark Lawrence. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2001

01 17 Feb 2001
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 80–23 Italy England won

England tries: Iain Balshaw, Iain Balshaw, Austin Healey, Austin Healey, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Mark Regan, Joe Worsley

Italy tries: Denis Dallan 6', Carlo Checchinato 25'

Match page: England v Italy, 17 February 2001

02 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

03 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

05 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

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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