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Six Nations 2026 · Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq · 22 February 2026Head-to-head
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France won by 25 points.Half-time 19–8 · Tries 5–1 · ITA 1 yellow card

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415293271773687Attacks1127Ball won124118292810513423341261736429%Own 2251%Own half44%Opp half88%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA14710
ITA14132
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/50/00
ITA0/11/10
← 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, converted5–0
15′FranceTry, Emmanuel Meafou12–0
29′FranceTry, Thomas Ramos, converted17–0
32′ItalyTry, Ange Capuozzo19–5
71′FranceTry, Gael Drean, converted24–8
77′FranceTry, Emilien Gailleton, converted31–8
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 ITA card
4′Louis Bielle-Biarrey15′Emmanuel Meafou29′Thomas Ramos32′Ange Capuozzo71′Gael Drean77′Emilien Gailleton
FRA

Team stats

ITA
52%Possession48%
51%Territory49%
136Carries103
449Metres gained248
7Clean breaks5
32Defenders beaten10
142Passes144
12Offloads7
147Tackles made141
10Tackles missed32
84/90Rucks won77/80
8/9Lineouts won10/16
7/10Scrums won6/8
6/6Mauls won2/4
8Turnovers won7
7Penalties conceded5
29Kicks from hand27
774Kick metres667
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/5, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 0/1, 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste GrosProp
  2. 2Julien MarchandHooker
  3. 3Dorian AldegheriProp
  4. 4Thibaud FlamentSecond row
  5. 5Emmanuel MeafouSecond row
  6. 6Francois CrosFlanker
  7. 7Oscar JegouFlanker
  8. 8Anthony JelonchNumber 8
  9. 9Antoine DupontScrum-half
  10. 11Louis Bielle-BiarreyWing
  11. 12Fabien Brau-BoirieCentre
  12. 13Emilien GailletonCentre
  13. 14Gael DreanWing
  14. 14Theo AttissogbeFull-back
  15. 15Thomas RamosFly-half
  16. 16Peato MauvakaBench
  17. 17Rodrigue NetiBench
  18. 18Georges-Henri ColombeBench
  19. 19Charles OllivonBench
  20. 20Mickael GuillardBench
  21. 21Lenni NouchiBench
  22. 22Baptiste SerinBench
  23. 23Pierre-Louis BarassiBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Giacomo NicoteraHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Michele LamaroFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro FuscoScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Leonardo MarinCentre
  13. 13Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  14. 14Louis LynaghWing
  15. 15Ange CapuozzoFull-back
  16. 16Pablo DimcheffBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Giosue ZilocchiBench
  19. 19Federico RuzzaBench
  20. 20Riccardo FavrettoBench
  21. 21David OdiaseBench
  22. 22Alessandro GarbisiBench
  23. 23Paolo OdogwuBench

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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.