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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Cross Green, Otley · 5 October 1991Head-to-head
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Italy won by 21 points.Half-time 9–3 · Tries 4–1

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Tacklesmademissed
ITA4015
USA2418
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA4/42/20
USA1/11/10
← USA attack · Italy 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
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′ItalyTry, Stefano Barba, converted4–0
43′ItalyTry, Ivan Francescato, converted13–3
65′ItalyTry, Paolo Vaccari, converted19–3
69′USATry, Kevin Swords, converted21–7
75′ItalyTry, Fabio Gaetaniello, converted25–9
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
4′Stefano Barba43′Ivan Francescato65′Paolo Vaccari69′Kevin Swords75′Fabio Gaetaniello
ITA

Team stats

USA
80%Possession20%
54Carries68
255Metres gained266
10Clean breaks6
18Defenders beaten15
78Passes91
5Offloads11
40Tackles made24
15Tackles missed18
19/21Rucks won20/20
16/22Lineouts won14/21
13/13Scrums won17/17
8/9Mauls won12/12
19Penalties conceded8
60Kicks from hand39
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 4/4, penalties 2/2 · USA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Giancarlo PivettaHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Giambatista CrociSecond row
  6. 6Roberto SaettiFlanker
  7. 7Carlo ChecchinatoFlanker
  8. 8Gianni ZanonNumber 8
  9. 9Ivan FrancescatoScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Stefano BarbaCentre
  13. 13Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. 16Carlo OrlandiBench
  17. 17Giovanni GrespanBench
  18. 18Massimo GiovanelliBench
  19. 19Francesco PietroscantiBench
  20. 20Massimo BonomiBench
  21. 21Stefano BordonBench

USA

  1. 1Chris LippertProp
  2. 2Tony FlayHooker
  3. 3Fred PaoliProp
  4. 4Kevin SwordsSecond row
  5. 5Bill LeverseeSecond row
  6. 6Brian VizardFlanker
  7. 7Rob FarleyFlanker
  8. 8Tony RidnellNumber 8
  9. 9Barry DailyScrum-half
  10. 10Michael de JongFly-half
  11. 11Eric WhitakerWing
  12. 12Kevin HigginsCentre
  13. 13Mark WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Gary HeinWing
  15. 15Ray NelsonFull-back
  16. 16Lance MangaBench
  17. 17Shawn LipmanBench
  18. 18Pat JohnsonBench
  19. 19Mark PidcockBench
  20. 20Paul SheehyBench
  21. 21Chris O'BrienBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 5–0 USA in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
USA going in

Also on this day

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