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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · North Harbour Stadium, North Harbour · 11 September 2011Head-to-head
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Australia won by 26 points.Half-time 6–6 · Tries 4–0

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505558663019Attacks48Ball won971192537188775924762330861%Own 2245%Own half71%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS702
ITA11610
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS3/42/30
ITA0/02/30
← Italy attack · Australia 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
50′AustraliaTry, Ben Alexander, conversion missed11–6
55′AustraliaTry, Adam Ashley-Cooper, converted16–6
58′AustraliaTry, James O'Connor, converted23–6
66′AustraliaTry, Digby Ioane, converted30–6
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
50′Ben Alexander55′Adam Ashley-Cooper58′James O'Connor66′Digby Ioane
AUS

Team stats

ITA
61%Possession39%
66%Territory34%
120Carries67
533Metres gained220
11Defenders beaten1
156Passes70
70Tackles made116
2Tackles missed10
84/87Rucks won50/55
9/11Lineouts won14/18
4/4Mauls won5/6
15Penalties conceded9
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 3/4, penalties 2/3 · ITA conversions 0/0, penalties 2/3. 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

Australia

  1. 1Sekope KepuProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5James HorwillSecond row
  6. 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8Radike SamoNumber 8
  9. 9Will GeniaScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Digby IoaneWing
  12. 12Pat McCabeCentre
  13. 13Anthony FaingaaCentre
  14. 14Adam Ashley-CooperWing
  15. 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Rob SimmonsBench
  19. 19Ben McCalmanBench
  20. 20Scott HigginbothamBench
  21. 21Luke BurgessBench
  22. 22James O'ConnorBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Cornelius Van ZylSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Robert BarbieriFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Fabio SemenzatoScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Tommaso BenvenutiWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Tommaso D'ApiceBench
  17. 17Lorenzo CittadiniBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Paul DerbyshireBench
  20. 20Edoardo GoriBench
  21. 21Riccardo BocchinoBench
  22. 22Luke McLeanBench

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Context

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

Australia 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.