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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Eden Park, Auckland · 22 May 1987Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 64 points.Half-time 17–3 · Tries 12–0

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Tacklesmademissed
NZL200
ITA7145
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL8/82/20
ITA0/01/11
← Italy attack · New Zealand 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
15′New ZealandTry, converted4–0
31′New ZealandTry, Michael Jones13–0
38′New ZealandTry, David Kirk17–0
44′New ZealandTry, Warwick Taylor, converted21–6
50′New ZealandTry, Craig Green27–6
55′New ZealandTry, Craig Green, converted31–6
64′New ZealandTry, Steve McDowall, converted40–6
69′New ZealandTry, John Kirwan, converted46–6
71′New ZealandTry, John Kirwan, converted52–6
73′New ZealandTry, David Kirk, converted58–6
76′New ZealandTry, Joe Stanley64–6
80′New ZealandTry, Alan Whetton, converted68–6
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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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′
15′NZL31′Michael Jones38′David Kirk44′Warwick Taylor50′Craig Green55′Craig Green64′Steve McDowall69′John Kirwan71′John Kirwan73′David Kirk76′Joe Stanley80′Alan Whetton
NZL

Team stats

ITA
100%Possession0%
110Carries17
709Metres gained41
31Clean breaks1
45Defenders beaten0
166Passes39
14Offloads0
20Tackles made71
0Tackles missed45
27/35Rucks won5/6
17/21Lineouts won9/15
18/18Scrums won19/21
7/8Mauls won4/5
7Penalties conceded12
30Kicks from hand34
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 8/8, penalties 2/2 · ITA conversions 0/0, 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Richard LoeProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Steve McDowallProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Alan WhettonFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9David KirkScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Craig GreenWing
  12. 12Warwick TaylorCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Terry WrightBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Bruce DeansBench
  19. 19Zinzan BrookeBench
  20. 20Albert AndersonBench
  21. 21John DrakeBench

Italy

  1. 1Guido RossiProp
  2. 2Giorgio MorelliHooker
  3. 3Tito LupiniProp
  4. 4Franco BerniSecond row
  5. 5Mauro GardinSecond row
  6. 6Piergianni FarinaFlanker
  7. 7Marzio InnocentiFlanker
  8. 8Giuseppe ArtusoNumber 8
  9. 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
  10. 10Rodolfo AmbrosioFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  13. 13Oscar CollodoCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Serafino GhizzoniFull-back
  16. 16Daniele TebaldiBench
  17. 17Sergio ZorziBench
  18. 18Alessandro GhiniBench
  19. 19Mario PavinBench
  20. 20Antonio ColellaBench
  21. 21Stefano RomagnoliBench

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Context

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

New Zealand going in
Italy 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.