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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Vélodrome, Marseille · 8 September 2007Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 62 points.Half-time 43–7 · Tries 11–2 · NZL 1 yellow card · ITA 1 yellow card

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3813161930395157606971724736Attacks1121Ball won61102194675572619311415257%Own 2237%Own half57%Opp half69%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL1119
ITA8920
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL9/91/10
ITA2/20/00
← Italy attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′New ZealandTry, Richie McCaw, converted5–0
8′New ZealandTry, Richie McCaw, converted12–0
13′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett, converted22–0
16′New ZealandTry, Mils Muliaina, converted29–0
19′New ZealandTry, Sitiveni Sivivatu, converted36–0
30′New ZealandTry, Sitiveni Sivivatu43–0
39′ItalyTry, Marko Stanojevic, converted43–5
51′New ZealandTry, Chris Jack, converted48–7
57′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett, converted55–7
60′New ZealandTry, Doug Howlett62–7
69′New ZealandTry, Jerry Collins, converted67–7
71′New ZealandTry, Jerry Collins, converted74–7
72′ItalyTry, Mirco Bergamasco, converted76–12
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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020406080HT0′20′40′60′80′1 NZL card · 1 ITA card
3′Richie McCaw8′Richie McCaw13′Doug Howlett16′Mils Muliaina19′Sitiveni Sivivatu30′Sitiveni Sivivatu39′Marko Stanojevic51′Chris Jack57′Doug Howlett60′Doug Howlett69′Jerry Collins71′Jerry Collins72′Mirco Bergamasco
NZL

Team stats

ITA
45%Possession55%
42%Territory58%
116Carries90
587Metres gained300
21Defenders beaten12
108Passes112
34Offloads19
111Tackles made89
9Tackles missed20
59/59Rucks won60/64
14/17Lineouts won8/9
3/3Mauls won4/7
6Turnovers won1
3Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 9/9, penalties 1/1 · ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Carl HaymanProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Ali WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Jerry CollinsFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Rodney So'oialoNumber 8
  9. 9Byron KelleherScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Sitiveni SivivatuWing
  12. 12Luke McAlisterCentre
  13. 13Mils MuliainaCentre
  14. 14Doug HowlettWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Anton OliverBench
  17. 17Neemia TialataBench
  18. 18Chris MasoeBench
  19. 19Sione LauakiBench
  20. 20Brendon LeonardBench
  21. 21Aaron MaugerBench
  22. 22Isaia ToeavaBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Roland de MarignyFly-half
  11. 11Marko StanojevicWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Andrea MasiCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Andrea Lo CiceroBench
  18. 18Valerio BernabòBench
  19. 19Manoa VosawaiBench
  20. 20Paul GriffenBench
  21. 21Gonzalo CanaleBench
  22. 22Ezio GalonBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 19–0 Italy in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Italy going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.