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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne · 9 September 2023Head-to-head
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Italy won by 44 points.Half-time 17–8 · Tries 7–1 · NAM 1 yellow card

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4′8′40′111521465574788355%Own 2244%Own half59%Opp half62%Opp 22
← 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′ItalyTry, Lorenzo Cannone, converted8–3
15′ItalyTry, Paolo Garbisi, converted15–3
21′NamibiaTry, Gerswin Mouton, conversion missed17–8
46′ItalyTry, Dino Lamb, converted22–8
55′ItalyTry, Ange Capuozzo, converted29–8
74′ItalyTry, Hame Faiva, converted36–8
78′ItalyTry, Manuel Zuliani, converted43–8
83′ItalyTry, Paolo Odogwu, converted50–8
4′NamibiaPenalty goal scored
8′ItalyPenalty goal scored
40′NamibiaPenalty goal missed
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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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′1 NAM card
11′Lorenzo Cannone15′Paolo Garbisi21′Gerswin Mouton46′Dino Lamb55′Ange Capuozzo74′Hame Faiva78′Manuel Zuliani83′Paolo Odogwu
ITA

Team stats

NAM
52%Possession48%
46%Territory54%
137Carries115
726Metres gained324
12Clean breaks3
41Defenders beaten12
178Passes141
13Offloads4
129Tackles made107
12Tackles missed41
58/62Rucks won78/81
20/21Lineouts won9/12
6/6Scrums won6/6
9/9Mauls won2/3
8Turnovers won9
9Penalties conceded13
21Kicks from hand28
844Kick metres1,103
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 7/7, penalties 1/1 · NAM conversions 0/1, penalties 1/2. 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. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Giacomo NicoteraHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Dino LambSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian NegriFlanker
  7. 7Michele LamaroFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen VarneyScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Luca MorisiCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Ange CapuozzoWing
  15. 15Tommaso AllanFull-back
  16. 16Hame FaivaBench
  17. 17Ivan NemerBench
  18. 18Marco RiccioniBench
  19. 19David SisiBench
  20. 20Manuel ZulianiBench
  21. 21Martin Page-ReloBench
  22. 22Paolo OdogwuBench
  23. 23Pierre BrunoBench

Namibia

  1. 1Desiderius SethieProp
  2. 2Torsten Van JaarsveldHooker
  3. 3Johan CoetzeeProp
  4. 4Adriaan LudickSecond row
  5. 5Tjiuee UaniviSecond row
  6. 6Wian ConradieFlanker
  7. 7Johan RetiefFlanker
  8. 8Richard HardwickNumber 8
  9. 9Damian StevensScrum-half
  10. 10Tiaan SwanepoelFly-half
  11. 11JC GreylingWing
  12. 12Danco BurgerCentre
  13. 13Johan DeyselCentre
  14. 14Gerswin MoutonWing
  15. 15Divan RossouwFull-back
  16. 16Louis Van der WesthuizenBench
  17. 17Jason BenadeBench
  18. 18Casper ViviersBench
  19. 19Tiaan De KlerkBench
  20. 20Prince GaosebBench
  21. 21Jacques TheronBench
  22. 22Andre van der BergBench
  23. 23Le Roux MalanBench

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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.