TheBreakdown
Full time13 June 2009
Australia
31–8
Italy
Canberra Stadium, Canberra, Australia · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Australia won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’TAustralia try · James O'Connor5–0
  2. 30’TAustralia try · James O'Connor10–0
  3. 34’TAustralia try · Matt Giteau15–0
  4. 35’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau17–0
  5. 43’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean17–3
  6. 44’TItaly try · Kaine Robertson17–8
  7. 49’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock22–8
  8. 50’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau24–8
  9. 60’TAustralia try · James O'Connor29–8
  10. 61’CAustralia conversion · Matt Giteau31–8

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Al BaxterProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Dean MummFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Richard BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Matt GiteauFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Berrick BarnesCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15James O'ConnorFull-back
  16. 16Tatafu Polota-NauBench
  17. 17Ben AlexanderBench
  18. 18Peter KimlinBench
  19. 19David PocockBench
  20. 20Josh ValentineBench
  21. 21Quade CooperBench
  22. 22Adam Ashley-CooperBench

Italy

  1. 1Salvatore PeruginiProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Fabio StaibanoProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Pablo CanavosioScrum-half
  10. 10Craig GowerFly-half
  11. 11Alberto SgarbiWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Matteo PratichettiCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Franco SbaragliniBench
  17. 17Ignacio Fernandez- RouyetBench
  18. 18Marco BortolamiBench
  19. 19Paul DerbyshireBench
  20. 20Tito TebaldiBench
  21. 21Kris BurtonBench
  22. 22Gonzalo GarciaBench

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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.