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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Carisbrook, Dunedin · 31 May 1987Head-to-head
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Italy won by 3 points.Half-time 3–10 · Tries 1–3

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Tacklesmademissed
FIJ4219
ITA5033
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FIJ1/12/21
ITA0/01/11
← Italy attack · Fiji 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.
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  • 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
13′ItalyTry, Marcello Cuttitta0–7
59′ItalyTry, Giancarlo Cucchiella6–14
66′ItalyTry, Massimo Mascioletti9–18
68′FijiTry, Salacieli Naivilawasa, converted13–18
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
13′Marcello Cuttitta59′Giancarlo Cucchiella66′Massimo Mascioletti68′Salacieli Naivilawasa
FIJ

Team stats

ITA
25%Possession75%
124Carries112
664Metres gained487
17Clean breaks12
33Defenders beaten19
165Passes146
15Offloads21
42Tackles made50
19Tackles missed33
23/25Rucks won22/24
34/48Lineouts won14/18
13/17Scrums won13/15
6/6Mauls won14/15
6Penalties conceded7
37Kicks from hand92
Goal kicking
FIJ conversions 1/1, 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

Fiji

  1. 1Peni VolavolaProp
  2. 2Salacieli NaivilawasaHooker
  3. 3Sairusi NaitukuProp
  4. 4Aisake NadoloSecond row
  5. 5Ilaitia SavaiSecond row
  6. 6John SandayFlanker
  7. 7Manasa QoroFlanker
  8. 8Koli RakoroiNumber 8
  9. 9Paula NawaluScrum-half
  10. 10Elia RokowailoaFly-half
  11. 11Serupepeli TuvulaWing
  12. 12Tom MitchellCentre
  13. 13Kaiava SalusaluCentre
  14. 14Tomasi CamaWing
  15. 15Severo KoroduaduaFull-back
  16. 16Watisoni NasaloBench
  17. 17Jone KubuBench
  18. 18Epineri NaitukuBench
  19. 19Mosese TagaBench
  20. 20Rusiate NamoroBench
  21. 21Livai KididromoBench

Italy

  1. 1Giancarlo CucchiellaProp
  2. 2Stefano RomagnoliHooker
  3. 3Tito LupiniProp
  4. 4Mauro GardinSecond row
  5. 5Antonio ColellaSecond row
  6. 6Raffaele DolfatoFlanker
  7. 7Marzio InnocentiFlanker
  8. 8Piergianni FarinaNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro GhiniScrum-half
  10. 10Oscar CollodoFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Stefano BarbaCentre
  13. 13Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Daniele TebaldiFull-back
  16. 16Antonio GaleazzoBench
  17. 17Franco BerniBench
  18. 18Giuseppe ArtusoBench
  19. 19Fulvio LorigiolaBench
  20. 20Rodolfo AmbrosioBench
  21. 21Sergio ZorziBench

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Context

All-time, Fiji 6–6 Italy in 12 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Fiji 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.