TheBreakdown
Full time30 June 1985
Zimbabwe
10–12
Italy
Venue not recorded · Tour 1985Head-to-head

Italy won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello0–3
  2. 34’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello0–6
  3. 39’TZimbabwe try · S McIntosh4–6
  4. 61’CZimbabwe conversion · Mansfield6–6
  5. 61’TZimbabwe try · J Smith10–6
  6. 64’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello10–9
  7. 76’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello10–12

Line-ups

Zimbabwe

  1. 1Andy TuckerProp
  2. 2Lance BrayHooker
  3. 3Douglas WatsonProp
  4. 4S McIntoshSecond row
  5. 5Neville KloppersSecond row
  6. 6W SmithFlanker
  7. 7LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8WattNumber 8
  9. 9YellicoeScrum-half
  10. 10W McIntoshFly-half
  11. 11Van StaadenWing
  12. 12WallaceCentre
  13. 13MansfieldCentre
  14. 14J SmithWing
  15. 15RenehanFull-back

Italy

  1. 1Giancarlo PivettaProp
  2. 2Giorgio MorelliHooker
  3. 3Guido RossiProp
  4. 4Stefano RomagnoliSecond row
  5. 5Franco BerniSecond row
  6. 6Gianni ZanonFlanker
  7. 7Roberto CorvoFlanker
  8. 8Antonio ColellaNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro GhiniScrum-half
  10. 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
  11. 11Serafino GhizzoniWing
  12. 12Daniele TebaldiCentre
  13. 13Fabio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Claudio TorresanFull-back
  16. Stefano AnnibalBench

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Context

All-time, Zimbabwe 0–4 Italy in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Zimbabwe 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.