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Full time3 December 1988
Italy
6–55
Australia
Stadio Flaminio, Roma, Italy · Tour 1988Head-to-head

Australia won by 49 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–2
  2. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–4
  3. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–6
  4. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–8
  5. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–10
  6. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–12
  7. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–14
  8. 1’CAustralia conversion · Michael Lynagh0–16
  9. 1’PAustralia penalty · Michael Lynagh0–19
  10. 1’TAustralia try · Andrew Leeds0–23
  11. 1’TAustralia try · Acura Niuqila0–27
  12. 1’TAustralia try · Acura Niuqila0–31
  13. 1’TAustralia try · Acura Niuqila0–35
  14. 1’TAustralia try · David Campese0–39
  15. 1’TAustralia try · David Campese0–43
  16. 1’TAustralia try · David Campese0–47
  17. 1’TAustralia try · Michael Lynagh0–51
  18. 1’TAustralia try · Scott Gourley0–55
  19. 56’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello3–55
  20. 60’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello6–55

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Guido RossiProp
  2. 2Moreno TrevisiolHooker
  3. 3Tito LupiniProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Franco BerniSecond row
  6. 6Pietro RealeFlanker
  7. 7Marzio InnocentiFlanker
  8. 8Corrado CoviNumber 8
  9. 9Francesco PietroscantiScrum-half
  10. 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
  11. 11Carlo De BiaseWing
  12. 12Rodolfo AmbrosioCentre
  13. 13Stefano BarbaCentre
  14. 14Edgardo VenturiWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. 16Carlo PratichettiBench
  17. 17Renato De BernardoBench
  18. 18Sergio AppianiBench
  19. 19Mirko VisentinBench
  20. 20Filippo GaetaniBench
  21. 21Daniele TebaldiBench

Australia

  1. 1Mark HartillProp
  2. 2Tommy LawtonHooker
  3. 3Andy McIntyreProp
  4. 4Damien FrawleySecond row
  5. 5Steve CutlerSecond row
  6. 6Jeff MillerFlanker
  7. 7Scott GourleyFlanker
  8. 8Steve TuynmanNumber 8
  9. 9Nick Farr-JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Lloyd WalkerCentre
  13. 13Michael CookCentre
  14. 14Acura NiuqilaWing
  15. 15Andrew LeedsFull-back
  16. 16Bradford BurkeBench
  17. 17Stephen JamesBench
  18. 18James GrantBench
  19. 19Mark McBainBench
  20. 20Ewen McKenzieBench
  21. 21Tim GavinBench

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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.