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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Twickenham, London · 19 September 2015Head-to-head
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France won by 22 points.Half-time 15–3 · Tries 2–1

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5′7′11′14′21′28′34′38′40′42′44526944141Attacks851Ball won91851926148703920822123624%Own 2252%Own half68%Opp half80%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA10915
ITA12023
← Italy attack · France 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
44′FranceTry, Rabah Slimani, converted23–3
52′ItalyTry, Giovanbattista Venditti, converted25–8
69′FranceTry, Nicolas Mas, converted30–10
5′FrancePenalty goal missed
7′FrancePenalty goal scored
11′FrancePenalty goal scored
14′ItalyPenalty goal missed
21′FrancePenalty goal missed
28′FrancePenalty goal scored
34′ItalyPenalty goal scored
38′FrancePenalty goal scored
40′FrancePenalty goal scored
42′FrancePenalty goal scored
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
44′Rabah Slimani52′Giovanbattista Venditti69′Nicolas Mas
FRA

Team stats

ITA
46%Possession54%
43%Territory57%
107Carries94
431Metres gained298
7Clean breaks2
23Defenders beaten15
157Passes107
10Offloads3
109Tackles made120
15Tackles missed23
68/71Rucks won70/78
12/14Lineouts won13/14
4/4Scrums won3/8
8/8Mauls won5/5
12Turnovers won5
16Penalties conceded18
28Kicks from hand26
554Kick metres478
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 2/2, penalties 6/8 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/2. 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.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Eddy Ben ArousProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Pascal PapeSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Damien ChoulyFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien Tillous-BordeScrum-half
  10. 10Frederic MichalakFly-half
  11. 11Noa NakaitaciWing
  12. 12Alexandre DumoulinCentre
  13. 13Mathieu BastareaudCentre
  14. 14Yoann HugetWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Benjamin KayserBench
  17. 17Vincent DebatyBench
  18. 18Nicolas MasBench
  19. 19Bernard Le RouxBench
  20. 20Alexandre FlanquartBench
  21. 21Morgan ParraBench
  22. 22Remi TalesBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

Italy

  1. 1Matias AgueroProp
  2. 2Leonardo GhiraldiniHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Quintin GeldenhuysSecond row
  5. 5Josh FurnoSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  7. 7Francesco MintoFlanker
  8. 8Samuela VunisaNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Tommaso AllanFly-half
  11. 11Giovanbattista VendittiWing
  12. 12Andrea MasiCentre
  13. 13Michele CampagnaroCentre
  14. 14Leonardo SartoWing
  15. 15Luke McLeanFull-back
  16. 16Andrea ManiciBench
  17. 17Michele RizzoBench
  18. 18Lorenzo CittadiniBench
  19. 19Valerio BernabòBench
  20. 20Simone FavaroBench
  21. 21Guglielmo PalazzaniBench
  22. 22Carlo CannaBench
  23. 23Enrico BacchinBench

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Context

All-time, France 76–4 Italy, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.