TheBreakdown
Full time18 August 2007
Italy
36–12
Japan
Stadio Piergiorgio Perucca, Saint Vincent, ItalyHead-to-head

Italy won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PItaly penalty · David Bortolussi3–0
  2. 7’TItaly try · Marko Stanojevic8–0
  3. 11’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi10–0
  4. 11’TItaly try · Marko Stanojevic15–0
  5. 21’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi17–0
  6. 21’TItaly try · Kaine Robertson22–0
  7. 27’CJapan conversion · Eiji Ando22–2
  8. 27’TJapan try · Tatsukichi Nishiura22–7
  9. 58’TJapan try · Hare Makiri22–12
  10. 69’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi24–12
  11. 69’TItaly try · Andrea Lo Cicero29–12
  12. 81’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi31–12
  13. 81’TItaly try · Mauro Bergamasco36–12

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Carlo FestucciaHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Marko StanojevicWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Salvatore PeruginiBench
  18. 18Valerio BernabòBench
  19. 19Manoa VosawaiBench
  20. 20Pablo CanavosioBench
  21. 21Andrea MasiBench
  22. 22Roland de MarignyBench

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Hare MakiriFlanker
  7. 7Philip O'ReillyFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Eiji AndoFly-half
  11. 11Christian LoamanuWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Bryce RobinsFull-back
  16. 16Taku InokuchiBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Luatangi Samurai VatuveiBench
  19. 19Ryota AsanoBench
  20. 20Chulwon KimBench
  21. 21Kosei OnoBench
  22. 22Go ArugaBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 8–3 Japan in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Japan 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.