TheBreakdown
Full time23 November 1996
England
54–21
Italy
Twickenham, London, EnglandHead-to-head

England won by 33 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CEngland conversion · Mike Catt2–0
  2. 1’CEngland conversion · Mike Catt4–0
  3. 1’CEngland conversion · Mike Catt6–0
  4. 1’CEngland conversion · Mike Catt8–0
  5. 1’CEngland conversion · Mike Catt10–0
  6. 1’PEngland penalty · Mike Catt13–0
  7. 1’PEngland penalty · Mike Catt16–0
  8. 1’PEngland penalty · Mike Catt19–0
  9. 1’TEngland try · Jon Sleightholme24–0
  10. 1’TEngland try · Andy Gomarsall29–0
  11. 1’TEngland try · Andy Gomarsall34–0
  12. 1’TEngland try · Martin Johnson39–0
  13. 1’TEngland try · Tim Rodber44–0
  14. 1’TEngland try · Lawrence Dallaglio49–0
  15. 1’TEngland try · Chris Sheasby54–0
  16. 49’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez54–2
  17. 49’TItaly try · Paolo Vaccari54–7
  18. 63’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez54–9
  19. 63’TItaly try · Alessandro Troncon54–14
  20. 72’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez54–16
  21. 72’TItaly try · Orazio Arancio54–21

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Tim RodberFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Chris SheasbyNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Adedayo AdebayoWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Tim StimpsonFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy GuscottBench
  17. 17Alex KingBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Martin CorryBench
  20. 20Rob HardwickBench
  21. 21Phil GreeningBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  5. 5Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Corrado CoviFlanker
  8. 8Orazio ArancioNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Leonardo ManteriWing
  12. 12Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Stefano BordonCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Javier PertileFull-back
  16. 16Andrea CastellaniBench
  17. 17Andrea BarattinBench
  18. 18Andrea SgorlonBench
  19. 19Gianluca GuidiBench
  20. 20Andrea ScanavaccaBench
  21. 21Nicola MazzucatoBench

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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.