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Full time31 December 1988
Ireland
31–15
Italy
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1988Head-to-head

Ireland won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CIreland conversion · Vince Cunningham2–0
  2. 1’PIreland penalty · Phil Danaher5–0
  3. 1’PIreland penalty · Phil Danaher8–0
  4. 1’TIreland try · Keith Crossan12–0
  5. 1’TIreland try · Keith Crossan16–0
  6. 1’TIreland try · Fergus Aherne20–0
  7. 1’TIreland try · Phil Matthews24–0
  8. 1’TIreland try · Phil Matthews28–0
  9. 1’DIreland drop goal · Paul Dean31–0
  10. 24’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani31–3
  11. 32’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani31–6
  12. 71’CItaly conversion · Luigi Troiani31–8
  13. 71’TItaly try · Massimo Brunello31–12
  14. 93’PItaly penalty · Luigi Troiani31–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Tom ClancyProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Neil FrancisSecond row
  5. 5Donal LenihanSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Noel MannionNumber 8
  9. 9Fergus AherneScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Vince CunninghamCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14John SextonWing
  15. 15Phil DanaherFull-back
  16. 16Fergus DunleaBench
  17. 17David IrwinBench
  18. 18Rab BradyBench
  19. 19Patrick O'HaraBench
  20. 20Des FitzgeraldBench
  21. 21John McDonaldBench

Italy

  1. 1Guido RossiProp
  2. 2Moreno TrevisiolHooker
  3. 3Renato De BernardoProp
  4. 4Roberto FavaroSecond row
  5. 5Pietro RealeSecond row
  6. 6Roberto SaettiFlanker
  7. 7Corrado CoviFlanker
  8. 8Vittorio PesceNumber 8
  9. 9Francesco PietroscantiScrum-half
  10. 10Daniele TebaldiFly-half
  11. 11Luigi SalvatiWing
  12. 12Giulio MorelliCentre
  13. 13Rodolfo AmbrosioCentre
  14. 14Massimo BrunelloWing
  15. 15Luigi TroianiFull-back
  16. 16Giancarlo PivettaBench
  17. 17Alberto PaoloneBench
  18. 18Raffaele DolfatoBench
  19. 19Umberto CasellatoBench
  20. 20Luigi CapitaniBench
  21. 21Edgardo VenturiBench

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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.