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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City · 22 September 2019Head-to-head
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Italy won by 25 points.Half-time 14–7 · Tries 7–3

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51′61126414447577076791255Attacks219Ball won11477282214896392810541371018%Own 2260%Own half61%Opp half72%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA9510
NAM12727
← Namibia 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
6′NamibiaTry, Damian Stevens, converted0–5
11′ItalyTry7–7
26′ItalyTry, Tommaso Allan, converted12–7
41′ItalyTry, Tito Tebaldi, converted19–7
44′ItalyTry, Mattia Bellini, converted26–7
47′ItalyTry, Carlo Canna, converted33–7
57′NamibiaTry, JC Greyling, conversion missed35–15
70′ItalyTry, Jake Polledri, conversion missed40–15
76′ItalyTry, Matteo Minozzi, converted45–15
79′NamibiaTry, Chad Plato, converted47–20
51′NamibiaPenalty goal scored
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
6′Damian Stevens11′ITA26′Tommaso Allan41′Tito Tebaldi44′Mattia Bellini47′Carlo Canna57′JC Greyling70′Jake Polledri76′Matteo Minozzi79′Chad Plato
ITA

Team stats

NAM
57%Possession43%
63%Territory37%
122Carries80
537Metres gained317
22Clean breaks7
27Defenders beaten10
141Passes91
11Offloads6
95Tackles made127
10Tackles missed27
70/73Rucks won56/59
14/17Lineouts won6/8
9/9Scrums won11/11
8/8Mauls won2/2
6Turnovers won6
5Penalties conceded9
22Kicks from hand23
694Kick metres759
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 5/6, penalties 0/0 · NAM conversions 2/3, 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.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Nicola QuaglioProp
  2. 2Luca BigiHooker
  3. 3Tiziano PasqualiProp
  4. 4Alessandro ZanniSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Braam SteynFlanker
  7. 7Maxime MbandàFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Tito TebaldiScrum-half
  10. 10Tommaso AllanFly-half
  11. 11Mattia BelliniWing
  12. 12Luca MorisiCentre
  13. 13Tommaso BenvenutiCentre
  14. 14Edoardo PadovaniWing
  15. 15Jayden HaywardFull-back
  16. 16Oliviero FabianiBench
  17. 17Simone FerrariBench
  18. 18Marco RiccioniBench
  19. 19Dean BuddBench
  20. 20Jake PolledriBench
  21. 21Guglielmo PalazzaniBench
  22. 22Carlo CannaBench
  23. 23Matteo MinozziBench

Namibia

  1. 1Andre RademeyerProp
  2. 2Torsten Van JaarsveldHooker
  3. 3Johan CoetzeeProp
  4. 4Pieter-Jan Van LillSecond row
  5. 5Tjiuee UaniviSecond row
  6. 6Rohan KitshoffFlanker
  7. 7Wian ConradieFlanker
  8. 8Janco VenterNumber 8
  9. 9Damian StevensScrum-half
  10. 10Cliven LoubserFly-half
  11. 11JC GreylingWing
  12. 12Darryl De La HarpeCentre
  13. 13Justin NewmanCentre
  14. 14Chad PlatoWing
  15. 15Johan TrompFull-back
  16. 16Louis Van der WesthuizenBench
  17. 17AJ de KlerkBench
  18. 18Nelius TheronBench
  19. 19Johan RetiefBench
  20. 20Max KatjijekoBench
  21. 21Peter John WaltersBench
  22. 22Eugene JantjiesBench
  23. 23Helarius KistingBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 4–2 Namibia in 6 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Namibia 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.