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Full time10 November 2012
Italy
28–23
Tonga
Stadio Mario Rigamonti, Brescia, Italy · Tour 2012Head-to-head

Italy won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa0–3
  2. 7’TItaly try · Lorenzo Cittadini5–3
  3. 12’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa5–6
  4. 15’PItaly penalty · Kris Burton8–6
  5. 26’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa8–9
  6. 28’PItaly penalty · Kris Burton11–9
  7. 34’TTonga try · Sona Taumalolo11–14
  8. 35’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa11–16
  9. 40’TItaly try · Leonardo Ghiraldini16–16
  10. 41’CItaly conversion · Kris Burton18–16
  11. 53’PItaly penalty · Kris Burton21–16
  12. 64’TItaly try26–16
  13. 65’CItaly conversion · Kris Burton28–16
  14. 68’TTonga try · Fetu'u Vainikolo28–21
  15. 69’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa28–23

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Josh FurnoSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Robert BarbieriFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Tobie BotesScrum-half
  10. 10Kris BurtonFly-half
  11. 11Luke McLeanWing
  12. 12Alberto SgarbiCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Tommaso IannoneWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Davide GiazzonBench
  17. 17Alberto De MarchiBench
  18. 18Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  19. 19Antonio PavanelloBench
  20. 20Simone FavaroBench
  21. 21Edoardo GoriBench
  22. 22Luciano OrqueraBench
  23. 23Giovanbattista VendittiBench

Tonga

  1. 1Sona TaumaloloProp
  2. 2Elvis TaioneHooker
  3. 3Halani 'AulikaProp
  4. 4Joseph TuineauSecond row
  5. 5Tukulua LokotuiSecond row
  6. 6Sitiveni MafiFlanker
  7. 7Sione VaiomoungaFlanker
  8. 8Viliami Ma'afuNumber 8
  9. 9Taniela MoaScrum-half
  10. 10Fangatapu ApikotoaFly-half
  11. 11Will HeluWing
  12. 12Sione PiukalaCentre
  13. 13Suka HufangaCentre
  14. 14Fetu'u VainikoloWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Soane Tonga'uihaBench
  17. 17Tevita MailauBench
  18. 18Hale T PoleBench
  19. 19Paula KahoBench
  20. 20Samisoni FisilauBench
  21. 21Alipate FatafehiBench
  22. 22Viliame IongiBench
  23. 23Ilaisia Ma'asiBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 4–2 Tonga in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Tonga going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.