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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Parc des Princes, Paris · 19 September 2007Head-to-head
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Italy won by 26 points.Half-time 16–5 · Tries 3–1 · ITA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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53473781616Attacks39Ball won6056293396734230533227850%Own 2252%Own half57%Opp half62%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA746
POR9615
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA2/24/40
POR0/00/00
← Portugal attack · Italy 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
5′ItalyTry, Andrea Masi, converted5–0
34′PortugalTry, David Penalva13–5
73′ItalyTry, Mauro Bergamasco24–5
78′ItalyTry, Andrea Masi, converted29–5
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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5′Andrea Masi34′David Penalva73′Mauro Bergamasco78′Andrea Masi
ITA

Team stats

POR
56%Possession44%
62%Territory38%
92Carries59
509Metres gained176
15Defenders beaten4
164Passes77
12Offloads6
74Tackles made96
6Tackles missed15
65/68Rucks won51/56
21/22Lineouts won14/20
8/9Mauls won4/4
13Turnovers won5
7Penalties conceded7
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · POR conversions 0/0, 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

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Sergio ParisseFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Manoa VosawaiNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Roland de MarignyFly-half
  11. 11Matteo PratichettiWing
  12. 12Andrea MasiCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Pablo CanavosioWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Salvatore PeruginiBench
  19. 19Valerio BernabòBench
  20. 20Silvio OrlandoBench
  21. 21Paul GriffenBench
  22. 22Ezio GalonBench

Portugal

  1. 1Rui CordeiroProp
  2. 2Joao CorreiaHooker
  3. 3Cristian SpachukProp
  4. 4Goncalo UvaSecond row
  5. 5David PenalvaSecond row
  6. 6Tiago GiraoFlanker
  7. 7João UvaFlanker
  8. 8Vasco UvaNumber 8
  9. 9Jose PintoScrum-half
  10. 10Duarte Cardoso PintoFly-half
  11. 11Antonio AguilarWing
  12. 12Diogo MateusCentre
  13. 13Federico Abreu De SousaCentre
  14. 14David MateusWing
  15. 15Pedro CabralFull-back
  16. 16Juan Murre PekeBench
  17. 17Andre Lourenco Da SilvaBench
  18. 18Duarte FigueiredoBench
  19. 19Paulo MurinelloBench
  20. 20Luis PissarraBench
  21. 21Diogo GamaBench
  22. 22Goncalo ForoBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Italy 11–1 Portugal, 1 drawn in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Portugal 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.