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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · ABSA Stadium, Durban · 31 May 1995Head-to-head
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England won by 7 points.Half-time 16–10 · Tries 2–2

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9415081
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Tacklesmademissed
ENG505
ITA619
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG1/15/50
ITA2/22/20
← Italy attack · England 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
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
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  • 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
9′EnglandTry, Tony Underwood, converted5–0
41′ItalyTry, Paolo Vaccari, converted16–8
50′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood21–10
81′ItalyTry, Massimo Cuttitta, converted27–18
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
9′Tony Underwood41′Paolo Vaccari50′Rory Underwood81′Massimo Cuttitta
ENG

Team stats

ITA
50%Possession50%
69Carries62
272Metres gained205
7Clean breaks5
9Defenders beaten5
93Passes89
9Offloads9
50Tackles made61
5Tackles missed9
29/38Rucks won21/28
15/17Lineouts won25/35
15/15Scrums won15/15
10/12Mauls won10/10
11Penalties conceded11
67Kicks from hand51
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 1/1, penalties 5/5 · ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2. 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

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Martin BayfieldSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Ben ClarkeNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  14. 14Tony UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Damian HopleyBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Steve OjomohBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21John MallettBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Paolo PedroniSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Orazio ArancioFlanker
  7. 7Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  8. 8Julian GardnerNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Mario GerosaWing
  12. 12Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Stefano BordonCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. 16Massimo RavazzoloBench
  17. 17Francesco MazzariolBench
  18. 19Roberto FavaroBench
  19. 20Mauro Dal SieBench
  20. 21Moreno TrevisiolBench

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Context

All-time, England 32–1 Italy, 1 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.