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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · OL Stadium, Lyon · 6 October 2023Head-to-head
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France won by 53 points.Half-time 31–0 · Tries 8–1

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7′41′81′2132238475464717538%Own 2238%Own half40%Opp half87%Opp 22
← Italy attack · France 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
2′FranceTry, Damian Penaud, converted5–0
13′FranceTry, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, converted15–0
22′FranceTry, Thomas Ramos, converted22–0
38′FranceTry, Damian Penaud, converted29–0
47′FranceTry, Matthieu Jalibert, converted36–0
54′FranceTry, Peato Mauvaka, converted43–0
64′FranceTry, Yoram Moefana, converted50–0
71′ItalyTry, Manuel Zuliani, converted52–5
75′FranceTry, Yoram Moefana, conversion missed57–7
7′FrancePenalty goal scored
41′FrancePenalty goal missed
81′FrancePenalty 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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2′Damian Penaud13′Louis Bielle-Biarrey22′Thomas Ramos38′Damian Penaud47′Matthieu Jalibert54′Peato Mauvaka64′Yoram Moefana71′Manuel Zuliani75′Yoram Moefana
FRA

Team stats

ITA
56%Possession44%
58%Territory42%
143Carries112
513Metres gained457
11Clean breaks4
22Defenders beaten9
164Passes164
10Offloads4
132Tackles made162
9Tackles missed22
87/90Rucks won85/92
14/15Lineouts won10/12
6/7Scrums won2/4
5/5Mauls won3/4
7Turnovers won6
6Penalties conceded16
26Kicks from hand13
993Kick metres403
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 7/8, penalties 2/3 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. 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

France

  1. 1Cyril BailleProp
  2. 2Peato MauvakaHooker
  3. 3Uini AtonioProp
  4. 4Cameron WokiSecond row
  5. 5Thibaud FlamentSecond row
  6. 6Anthony JelonchFlanker
  7. 7Charles OllivonFlanker
  8. 8Gregory AlldrittNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime LucuScrum-half
  10. 10Matthieu JalibertFly-half
  11. 11Louis Bielle-BiarreyWing
  12. 12Jonathan DantyCentre
  13. 13Gael FickouCentre
  14. 14Damian PenaudWing
  15. 15Thomas RamosFull-back
  16. 16Pierre BourgaritBench
  17. 17Reda WardiBench
  18. 18Dorian AldegheriBench
  19. 19Romain TaofifenuaBench
  20. 20Francois CrosBench
  21. 21Baptiste CouilloudBench
  22. 22Yoram MoefanaBench
  23. 23Melvyn JaminetBench

Italy

  1. 1Simone FerrariProp
  2. 2Hame FaivaHooker
  3. 3Pietro CeccarelliProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian NegriFlanker
  7. 7Michele LamaroFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen VarneyScrum-half
  10. 10Tommaso AllanFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Paolo GarbisiCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Pierre BrunoWing
  15. 15Ange CapuozzoFull-back
  16. 16Marco ManfrediBench
  17. 17Federico ZaniBench
  18. 18Marco RiccioniBench
  19. 19David SisiBench
  20. 20Manuel ZulianiBench
  21. 21Alessandro FuscoBench
  22. 22Luca MorisiBench
  23. 23Lorenzo PaniBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, France 76–4 Italy, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Italy 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.