Full time22 October 1983
Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo, Italy · Tour 1983Head-to-head
Australia won by 22 points.
Scoring
- 1’CAustralia conversion · David Campese0–2
- 1’CAustralia conversion · David Campese0–4
- 1’CAustralia conversion · David Campese0–6
- 1’PAustralia penalty · David Campese0–9
- 1’TAustralia try · Mike Hawker0–13
- 1’TAustralia try · Mike Hawker0–17
- 1’TAustralia try · Brendan Moon0–21
- 1’TAustralia try · Mark Ella0–25
- 1’TAustralia try · Steve Williams0–29
- 36’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello3–29
- 63’TItaly try · Gianni Zanon7–29
Line-ups
Italy
- 1Renato De BernardoProp
- 2Giorgio MorelliHooker
- 3Guido RossiProp
- 4Antonio ColellaSecond row
- 5Stefano AnnibalSecond row
- 6Marzio InnocentiFlanker
- 7Gianni ZanonFlanker
- 8Claudio TinariNumber 8
- 9Alessandro GhiniScrum-half
- 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
- 11Alberto OstiWing
- 12Rino FrancescatoCentre
- 13Massimo MasciolettiCentre
- 14Serafino GhizzoniWing
- 15Claudio TorresanFull-back
- Luigi De JoanniBench
Australia
- 1Johnny CoolicanProp
- 2Mark McBainHooker
- 3Mark HardingProp
- 4David HillhouseSecond row
- 5Steve WilliamsSecond row
- 6Chris RocheFlanker
- 7Simon PoidevinFlanker
- 8Duncan HallNumber 8
- 9Dominic VaughanScrum-half
- 10Mark EllaFly-half
- 11Brendan MoonWing
- 12Mike HawkerCentre
- 13Andy SlackCentre
- 14David CampeseWing
- 15Glen EllaFull-back
- Ross HanleyBench
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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
- Previous meeting: 4 November 1976, Italy 15–16 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 1 June 1986
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.