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Full time6 February 2016
France
23–21
Italy
Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France · Six Nations 2016Head-to-head

France won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’DItaly drop goal · Carlo Canna0–3
  2. 15’TFrance try · Virimi Vakatawa5–3
  3. 26’TItaly try · Sergio Parisse5–8
  4. 33’TFrance try · Damien Chouly10–8
  5. 44’PItaly penalty · Carlo Canna10–11
  6. 46’TItaly try · Carlo Canna10–16
  7. 47’CItaly conversion · Carlo Canna10–18
  8. 60’TFrance try · Hugo Bonneval15–18
  9. 61’CFrance conversion · Jules Plisson17–18
  10. 69’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson20–18
  11. 74’PItaly penalty · Kelly Haimona20–21
  12. 76’PFrance penalty · Jules Plisson23–21

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Eddy Ben ArousProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Paul JedrasiakSecond row
  5. 5Yoann MaestriSecond row
  6. 6Wenceslas LauretFlanker
  7. 7Damien ChoulyFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Sebastien BezyScrum-half
  10. 10Jules PlissonFly-half
  11. 11Virimi VakatawaWing
  12. 12Jonathan DantyCentre
  13. 13Gael FickouCentre
  14. 14Hugo BonnevalWing
  15. 15Maxime MedardFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Uini AtonioBench
  18. 18Jefferson PoirotBench
  19. 19Alexandre FlanquartBench
  20. 20Yacouba CamaraBench
  21. 21Maxime MachenaudBench
  22. 22Jean Marc DoussainBench
  23. 23Maxime MermozBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea LovottiProp
  2. 2Ornel GegaHooker
  3. 3Lorenzo CittadiniProp
  4. 4George BiagiSecond row
  5. 5Marco FuserSecond row
  6. 6Francesco MintoFlanker
  7. 7Alessandro ZanniFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Edoardo GoriScrum-half
  10. 10Carlo CannaFly-half
  11. 11Mattia BelliniWing
  12. 12Gonzalo GarciaCentre
  13. 13Michele CampagnaroCentre
  14. 14Leonardo SartoWing
  15. 15David OdieteFull-back
  16. 16Davide GiazzonBench
  17. 17Matteo ZanussoBench
  18. 18Martin CastrogiovanniBench
  19. 19Valerio BernabòBench
  20. 20Andries van SchalkwykBench
  21. 21Guglielmo PalazzaniBench
  22. 22Kelly HaimonaBench
  23. 23Luke McLeanBench

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Context

All-time, France 76–4 Italy, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.