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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Twickenham, London · 8 October 1991Head-to-head
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England won by 30 points.Half-time 24–0 · Tries 4–1

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ENG4511
ITA11024
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ENG4/44/40
ITA1/10/00
← Italy attack · England 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
12′EnglandTry, Rory Underwood, converted10–0
41′EnglandTry, Jeremy Guscott, converted22–0
50′EnglandTry, Jeremy Guscott, converted28–0
59′ItalyTry, Marcello Cuttitta, converted30–4
62′EnglandTry, Jonathan Webb, converted34–6
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′
12′Rory Underwood41′Jeremy Guscott50′Jeremy Guscott59′Marcello Cuttitta62′Jonathan Webb
ENG

Team stats

ITA
80%Possession20%
135Carries45
569Metres gained195
14Clean breaks5
24Defenders beaten11
227Passes70
32Offloads7
45Tackles made110
11Tackles missed24
47/57Rucks won15/26
11/14Lineouts won7/14
24/24Scrums won8/9
8/11Mauls won1/2
9Penalties conceded33
39Kicks from hand31
Goal kicking
ENG conversions 4/4, penalties 4/4 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. 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

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Nigel RedmanSecond row
  6. 6Mike TeagueFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Chris OtiWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Rory UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16Dewi MorrisBench
  17. 17David PearsBench
  18. 18Simon HallidayBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  21. 21Micky SkinnerBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Giancarlo PivettaHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Giambatista CrociSecond row
  6. 6Roberto SaettiFlanker
  7. 7Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  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. 16Guido RossiBench
  17. 17Massimo BonomiBench
  18. 18Giovanni GrespanBench
  19. 19Carlo ChecchinatoBench
  20. 20Francesco PietroscantiBench
  21. 21Edgardo VenturiBench

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Context

All-time, England 32–1 Italy, 1 drawn in 34 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Italy going in

Also on this day

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