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Full time8 November 2008
Italy
20–30
Australia
Stadio Euganeo, Padova, Italy · Tour 2008Head-to-head

Australia won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock0–3
  2. 7’PItaly penalty · Andrea Marcato3–3
  3. 10’TAustralia try · Lachie Turner3–8
  4. 11’PItaly penalty · Andrea Marcato6–8
  5. 18’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau6–11
  6. 27’DItaly drop goal · Andrea Marcato9–11
  7. 32’TItaly try · Mirco Bergamasco14–11
  8. 40’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau14–14
  9. 48’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau14–17
  10. 51’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau14–20
  11. 54’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera17–20
  12. 61’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera20–20
  13. 73’TAustralia try · Quade Cooper20–25
  14. 74’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau20–27
  15. 80’PAustralia penalty · Matt Giteau20–30

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Carlos NietoProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Josh SoleFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Pablo CanavosioScrum-half
  10. 10Andrea MarcatoFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Fabio OngaroBench
  17. 17Matias AgueroBench
  18. 18Tommaso ReatoBench
  19. 19Alessandro ZanniBench
  20. 20Giulio ToniolattiBench
  21. 21Luciano OrqueraBench
  22. 22Matteo PratichettiBench

Australia

  1. 1Ben AlexanderProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Matt DunningProp
  4. 4Mark ChisholmSecond row
  5. 5Hugh McMenimanSecond row
  6. 6Dean MummFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Berrick BarnesFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Timana TahuCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15Adam Ashley-CooperFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Sekope KepuBench
  18. 18Wycliff PaluBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Matt GiteauBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22James O'ConnorBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 2–21 Australia in 23 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Australia going in

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