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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Welford Road, Leicester · 13 October 1991Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 10 points.Half-time 3–16 · Tries 2–4

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Tacklesmademissed
ITA6722
NZL257
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA2/23/30
NZL3/33/30
← New Zealand 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
2′New ZealandTry, Zinzan Brooke, converted0–4
27′New ZealandTry, Craig Innes3–16
44′New ZealandTry, Va'aiga Tuigamala, converted3–20
58′ItalyTry, Marcello Cuttitta, converted10–25
66′New ZealandTry, Jason Hewett, converted12–29
77′ItalyTry, Massimo Bonomi, converted19–31
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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2′Zinzan Brooke27′Craig Innes44′Va'aiga Tuigamala58′Marcello Cuttitta66′Jason Hewett77′Massimo Bonomi
ITA

Team stats

NZL
33%Possession67%
42Carries109
157Metres gained444
1Clean breaks15
7Defenders beaten22
57Passes111
3Offloads24
67Tackles made25
22Tackles missed7
13/16Rucks won39/45
15/19Lineouts won13/16
11/12Scrums won21/22
6/8Mauls won13/14
12Penalties conceded15
49Kicks from hand42
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · NZL conversions 3/3, penalties 3/3. 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. 6Alessandro BottacchiaraFlanker
  7. 7Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  8. 8Carlo ChecchinatoNumber 8
  9. 9Ivan FrancescatoScrum-half
  10. 10Massimo BonomiFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Diego DominguezCentre
  13. 13Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Edgardo VenturiWing
  15. 15Paolo VaccariFull-back
  16. 16Daniele TebaldiBench
  17. 17Stefano BordonBench
  18. 18Francesco PietroscantiBench
  19. 19Gianni ZanonBench
  20. 20Giovanni GrespanBench
  21. 21Carlo OrlandiBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Mark CarterFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Jason HewettScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Walter LittleCentre
  13. 13Craig InnesCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Terry WrightFull-back
  16. 16Shayne PhilpottBench
  17. 17Bernie McCahillBench
  18. 18Jon PrestonBench
  19. 19Paul HendersonBench
  20. 20Andy EarlBench
  21. 21Graham DowdBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 0–19 New Zealand in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
New Zealand 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.