TheBreakdown
Full time10 April 1999
Ireland
39–30
Italy
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, IrelandHead-to-head

Ireland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood5–0
  3. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood8–0
  4. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood11–0
  5. 1’PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood14–0
  6. 1’TIreland try · Conor O'Shea19–0
  7. 1’TIreland try · Conor O'Shea24–0
  8. 1’TIreland try · Justin Bishop29–0
  9. 1’TIreland try · Girvan Dempsey34–0
  10. 1’TIreland try · Paddy Johns39–0
  11. 2’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez39–2
  12. 2’TItaly try · Walter Cristofoletto39–7
  13. 13’DItaly drop goal · Diego Dominguez39–10
  14. 22’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez39–13
  15. 26’DItaly drop goal · Diego Dominguez39–16
  16. 28’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez39–18
  17. 28’TItaly try · Marco Baroni39–23
  18. 41’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez39–25
  19. 41’TItaly try · Fabio Roselli39–30

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Justin FitzpatrickProp
  2. 2Ross NesdaleHooker
  3. 3Peter ClohessyProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6Trevor BrennanFlanker
  7. 7Dion O'CuinneagainFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Ciaran ScallyScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Girvan DempseyWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Kevin MaggsCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan BellBench
  17. 17Brian O'DriscollBench
  18. 18Conor McGuinnessBench
  19. 19David CorkeryBench
  20. 20Andy WardBench
  21. 21Paul WallaceBench
  22. 22Keith WoodBench

Italy

  1. 1Giampiero De CarliProp
  2. 2Alessandro MoscardiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  5. 5Mark GiacheriSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Stefano SaviozziFlanker
  8. 8Orazio ArancioNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marco BaroniWing
  12. 12Luca MartinCentre
  13. 13Giacomo PreoCentre
  14. 14Fabio RoselliWing
  15. 15Javier PertileFull-back
  16. 16Roberto RampazzoBench
  17. 17Gianluca FalivaBench
  18. 18Simone StoccoBench
  19. 19Wilhelmus VisserBench
  20. 20Giampiero MazziBench
  21. 21Matteo PioveneBench
  22. 22Lorenzo ZoinBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 35–4 Italy in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.