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Full time18 April 1998
Russia
18–48
Italy
Central Stadium, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1999Head-to-head

Italy won by 30 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CRussia conversion · Yuri Nikolaev2–0
  2. 1’PRussia penalty · Yuri Nikolaev5–0
  3. 1’PRussia penalty · Yuri Nikolaev8–0
  4. 1’TRussia try · Alexander Zakarlyuk13–0
  5. 1’TRussia try · Vladimir Negodin18–0
  6. 5’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–3
  7. 8’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–6
  8. 17’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–9
  9. 32’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–12
  10. 36’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez18–15
  11. 39’TItaly try · Fabio Roselli18–20
  12. 54’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez18–22
  13. 54’TItaly try · Cristian Stoica18–27
  14. 64’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez18–29
  15. 64’TItaly try · Javier Pertile18–34
  16. 70’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez18–36
  17. 70’TItaly try · Marcello Cuttitta18–41
  18. 92’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez18–43
  19. 92’TItaly try · Luca Martin18–48

Line-ups

Russia

  1. 1Igor KhohlovProp
  2. 2Igor NikolaychukHooker
  3. 3Rashid BikbovProp
  4. 4Nikolay KiselevSecond row
  5. 5Pyotr IlvovskySecond row
  6. 6Dmitri DyatlovFlanker
  7. 7Vyacheslav GrachevFlanker
  8. 8Vladimir NegodinNumber 8
  9. 9Yuri KrasnobaevScrum-half
  10. 10Yuri NikolaevFly-half
  11. 11Vladimir BalashovWing
  12. 12Konstantin RachkovCentre
  13. 13Sergey PatlasovCentre
  14. 14Andrey KuzinWing
  15. 15Alexander ZakarlyukFull-back
  16. Roman ShelepkovBench
  17. Sergey KashcheevBench
  18. Vladimir ChernykhBench
  19. Andrey EpimakhovBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Stefano SaviozziHooker
  3. 3Andrea CastellaniProp
  4. 4Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  5. 5Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  8. 8Carlo CaioneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Luca MartinCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Fabio RoselliWing
  15. 15Javier PertileFull-back
  16. Giampiero De CarliBench
  17. Andrea MorettiBench

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Context

All-time, Russia 0–5 Italy in 5 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Russia going in
Italy going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.