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Full time23 November 2002
Italy
3–34
Australia
Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genova, Italy · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Australia won by 31 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’TAustralia try · Justin Harrison0–5
  2. 10’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke0–7
  3. 13’TAustralia try · Scott Staniforth0–12
  4. 24’TAustralia try · Scott Staniforth0–17
  5. 39’PItaly penalty · Ramiro Pez3–17
  6. 43’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke3–20
  7. 46’TAustralia try · Toutai Kefu3–25
  8. 57’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke3–27
  9. 66’TAustralia try · Stirling Mortlock3–32
  10. 67’CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke3–34

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Enrico PavanelloSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Aaron PersicoFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Juan Manuel QueiroloScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Nicola MazzucatoWing
  12. 12Matteo BarbiniCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Mirco BergamascoFull-back
  16. 16Andrea MorettiBench
  17. 17Gianluca FalivaBench
  18. 18Scott PalmerBench
  19. 19Mark GiacheriBench
  20. 20Alessandro TronconBench
  21. 21Christian ZanolettiBench
  22. 22Gert PeensBench

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Adam FreierHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Dan VickermanSecond row
  5. 5Justin HarrisonSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Elton FlatleyFly-half
  11. 11Scott StaniforthWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Stirling MortlockFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18David GiffinBench
  19. 19David CroftBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Mark BartholomeuszBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 2–21 Australia in 23 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Australia 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.