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Full time20 June 2009
Australia
34–12
Italy
Etihad Stadium, Melbourne | Narrm, Australia · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Australia won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean0–3
  2. 12’TAustralia try · Tatafu Polota-Nau5–3
  3. 25’PAustralia penalty · James O'Connor8–3
  4. 27’TAustralia try · Ryan Cross13–3
  5. 28’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor15–3
  6. 32’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean15–6
  7. 40’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper20–6
  8. 47’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean20–9
  9. 64’PItaly penalty · Luke McLean20–12
  10. 71’TAustralia try · Lachie Turner25–12
  11. 72’CAustralia conversion · James O'Connor27–12
  12. 77’TAustralia try · Adam Ashley-Cooper32–12
  13. 78’CAustralia conversion · Berrick Barnes34–12

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Pek CowanProp
  2. 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4James HorwillSecond row
  5. 5Dean MummSecond row
  6. 6Peter KimlinFlanker
  7. 7David PocockFlanker
  8. 8George SmithNumber 8
  9. 9Luke BurgessScrum-half
  10. 10Berrick BarnesFly-half
  11. 11Peter HynesWing
  12. 12Quade CooperCentre
  13. 13Ryan CrossCentre
  14. 14Lachie TurnerWing
  15. 15James O'ConnorFull-back
  16. 16Stephen MooreBench
  17. 17Benn RobinsonBench
  18. 18Nathan SharpeBench
  19. 19Phil WaughBench
  20. 20Josh ValentineBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Adam Ashley-CooperBench

Italy

  1. 1Matias AgueroProp
  2. 2Franco SbaragliniHooker
  3. 3Fabio StaibanoProp
  4. 4Tommaso ReatoSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Jean-Francois MontauriolFlanker
  7. 7Simone FavaroFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Tito TebaldiScrum-half
  10. 10Craig GowerFly-half
  11. 11Alberto SgarbiWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Gonzalo CanaleCentre
  14. 14Giulio RubiniWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Salvatore PeruginiBench
  18. 18Quintin GeldenhuysBench
  19. 19Alessandro ZanniBench
  20. 20Giulio ToniolattiBench
  21. 21Kris BurtonBench
  22. 22Roberto QuartaroliBench

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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.