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Full time24 November 2012
Italy
19–22
Australia
Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy · Tour 2012Head-to-head

Australia won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera3–0
  2. 8’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes3–3
  3. 17’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes3–6
  4. 20’TAustralia try · Nick Cummins3–11
  5. 21’CAustralia conversion · Berrick Barnes3–13
  6. 26’PAustralia penalty · Berrick Barnes3–16
  7. 29’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale3–19
  8. 31’PAustralia penalty · Kurtley Beale3–22
  9. 35’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera6–22
  10. 43’CItaly conversion · Luciano Orquera8–22
  11. 43’TItaly try · Robert Barbieri13–22
  12. 51’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera16–22
  13. 56’PItaly penalty · Luciano Orquera19–22

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Francesco MintoSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Robert BarbieriFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Luciano OrqueraFly-half
  11. 11Mirco BergamascoWing
  12. 12Alberto SgarbiCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Giovanbattista VendittiWing
  15. 15Andrea MasiFull-back
  16. 16Davide GiazzonBench
  17. 17Michele RizzoBench
  18. 18Lorenzo CittadiniBench
  19. 19Antonio PavanelloBench
  20. 20Simone FavaroBench
  21. 21Manoa VosawaiBench
  22. 22Tobie BotesBench
  23. 23Luke McLeanBench

Australia

  1. 1Benn RobinsonProp
  2. 2Stephen MooreHooker
  3. 3Ben AlexanderProp
  4. 4Sitaleki TimaniSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6Scott HigginbothamFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
  9. 9Brett SheehanScrum-half
  10. 10Kurtley BealeFly-half
  11. 11Drew MitchellWing
  12. 12Ben TapuaiCentre
  13. 13Adam Ashley-CooperCentre
  14. 14Nick CumminsWing
  15. 15Berrick BarnesFull-back
  16. 16James HansonBench
  17. 17James SlipperBench
  18. 18Sekope KepuBench
  19. 19Dave DennisBench
  20. 20Liam GillBench
  21. 21Nick PhippsBench
  22. 22Mike HarrisBench
  23. 23Digby IoaneBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 2–21 Australia in 23 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Australia 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.