TheBreakdown
Full time23 October 1996
Italy
18–40
Australia
Stadio Plebiscito, Padova, Italy · Tour 1996Head-to-head

Australia won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke0–2
  2. 1’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke0–4
  3. 1’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke0–6
  4. 1’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke0–8
  5. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–11
  6. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–14
  7. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–17
  8. 1’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke0–20
  9. 1’TAustralia try · Tim Horan0–25
  10. 1’TAustralia try · David Wilson0–30
  11. 1’TAustralia try · David Wilson0–35
  12. 1’TAustralia try · Daniel Manu0–40
  13. 21’TItaly try · Stefano Bordon5–40
  14. 31’DItaly drop goal · Diego Dominguez8–40
  15. 45’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez10–40
  16. 45’TItaly try · Diego Dominguez15–40
  17. 55’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–40

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Mauro Dal SieProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  5. 5Diego ScagliaSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  8. 8Orazio ArancioNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Leonardo ManteriWing
  12. 12Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Stefano BordonCentre
  14. 14Massimo RavazzoloWing
  15. 15Javier PertileFull-back
  16. Andrea BarattinBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew HeathProp
  4. 4John WelbornSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Daniel ManuFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10David KnoxFly-half
  11. 11Tim HoranWing
  12. 12Pat HowardCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14David CampeseWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. Brett RobinsonBench
  17. Sam PayneBench
  18. Joe RoffBench
  19. Marco CaputoBench
  20. Jason LittleBench
  21. Andrew BladesBench

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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.