TheBreakdown
Full time22 November 1998
England
23–15
Italy
Alfred McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield, England · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

England won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson2–0
  2. 1’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson4–0
  3. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson7–0
  4. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson10–0
  5. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson13–0
  6. 1’TEngland try · Will Greenwood18–0
  7. 1’TEngland try · Dan Luger23–0
  8. 27’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–3
  9. 36’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–6
  10. 61’DItaly drop goal · Diego Dominguez23–9
  11. 81’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–12
  12. 88’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–15

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Ben ClarkeFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Austin HealeyWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Dan LugerWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Nick BealBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Richard HillBench
  20. 20Tim RodberBench
  21. 21Graham RowntreeBench
  22. 22Phil GreeningBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Alessandro MoscardiHooker
  3. 3Giampiero De CarliProp
  4. 4Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  5. 5Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Carlo CaioneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Luca MartinWing
  12. 12Manuel DallanCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Fabio RoselliWing
  15. 15Matt PiniFull-back
  16. 16Stefano SaviozziBench
  17. 17Giuseppe LanziBench
  18. 18Andrea CastellaniBench
  19. 19Orazio ArancioBench
  20. 20Francesco MazzariolBench
  21. 21Giovanni RaineriBench
  22. 22Giampiero MazziBench

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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.