New Zealand 96–17 Italy, 29 September 2023

Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · OL Stadium, Lyon · 29 September 2023Head-to-head

Full-time report

New Zealand won by 79 points.Half-time 42–3 · Tries 14–2

Pitch map

Layers

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← Italy attack · New Zealand 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

Min	Team	What	Score
6′	New Zealand	Try, Will Jordan, converted	5–0
17′	New Zealand	Try, Aaron Smith, converted	12–3
19′	New Zealand	Try, Mark Tele'a, converted	19–3
22′	New Zealand	Try, Ardie Savea, converted	26–3
27′	New Zealand	Try, Aaron Smith, converted	33–3
34′	New Zealand	Try, Aaron Smith, converted	40–3
45′	New Zealand	Try, Ardie Savea, converted	47–3
48′	Italy	Try, Ange Capuozzo, converted	49–8
50′	New Zealand	Try, Brodie Retallick, converted	54–10
56′	New Zealand	Try, Dalton Papali'i, converted	61–10
61′	New Zealand	Try, Dane Coles, conversion missed	68–10
67′	New Zealand	Try, Damian McKenzie, converted	73–10
70′	New Zealand	Try, Will Jordan, converted	80–10
73′	New Zealand	Try, Dane Coles, converted	87–10
76′	New Zealand	Try, Anton Lienert-Brown, converted	94–10
81′	Italy	Try, Montanna Ioane, converted	96–15
10′	Italy	Penalty 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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6′Will Jordan17′Aaron Smith19′Mark Tele'a22′Ardie Savea27′Aaron Smith34′Aaron Smith45′Ardie Savea48′Ange Capuozzo50′Brodie Retallick56′Dalton Papali'i61′Dane Coles67′Damian McKenzie70′Will Jordan73′Dane Coles76′Anton Lienert-Brown81′Montanna Ioane

NZL

Team stats

ITA

57%Possession43%

53%Territory47%

135Carries98

806Metres gained445

20Clean breaks6

33Defenders beaten16

190Passes166

14Offloads4

108Tackles made125

16Tackles missed33

70/71Rucks won67/72

15/15Lineouts won6/11

5/6Scrums won2/8

4/4Mauls won1/2

6Turnovers won1

7Penalties conceded14

25Kicks from hand11

772Kick metres376

Goal kicking
NZL conversions 13/14, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 2/2, 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

New Zealand

1Ofa TuungafasiProp
2Codie TaylorHooker
3Nepo LaulalaProp
4Brodie RetallickSecond row
5Scott BarrettSecond row
6Shannon FrizellFlanker
7Dalton Papali'iFlanker
8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
9Aaron SmithScrum-half
10Richie Mo'ungaFly-half
11Mark Tele'aWing
12Jordie BarrettCentre
13Rieko IoaneCentre
14Will JordanWing
15Beauden BarrettFull-back
16Dane ColesBench
17Tamaiti WilliamsBench
18Tyrel LomaxBench
19Samuel WhitelockBench
20Sam CaneBench
21Cam RoigardBench
22Damian McKenzieBench
23Anton Lienert-BrownBench

Italy

Match officials

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Referee: Sample Referee
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 1
Assistant referee: Sample Assistant 2
TMO: Sample TMO

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 19–0 Italy in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in

Italy going in

Previous meeting: 6 November 2021, New Zealand 47–9 Italy
Next meeting on record: 23 November 2024

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.