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Full time22 June 1985
Zimbabwe
6–25
Italy
Venue not recorded · Tour 1985Head-to-head

Italy won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’DZimbabwe drop goal · Mansfield3–0
  2. 19’PZimbabwe penalty · Mansfield6–0
  3. 20’TItaly try · Massimo Mascioletti6–4
  4. 22’CItaly conversion · Claudio Torresan6–6
  5. 22’TItaly try · Gianni Zanon6–10
  6. 62’CItaly conversion · Claudio Torresan6–12
  7. 62’TItaly try · Giancarlo Pivetta6–16
  8. 72’CItaly conversion · Claudio Torresan6–18
  9. 72’TItaly try · Daniele Tebaldi6–22
  10. 80’PItaly penalty · Claudio Torresan6–25

Line-ups

Zimbabwe

  1. 1Andy TuckerProp
  2. 2Lance BrayHooker
  3. 3Douglas WatsonProp
  4. 4NorrisSecond row
  5. 5Neville KloppersSecond row
  6. 6W SmithFlanker
  7. 7LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8LocheNumber 8
  9. 9WockolmScrum-half
  10. 10W McIntoshFly-half
  11. 11Van StaadenWing
  12. 12RenehanCentre
  13. 13WallaceCentre
  14. 14J SmithWing
  15. 15MansfieldFull-back

Italy

  1. 1Giancarlo PivettaProp
  2. 2Giorgio MorelliHooker
  3. 3Stefano RomagnoliProp
  4. 4Stefano AnnibalSecond row
  5. 5Franco BerniSecond row
  6. 6Francesco SalvadegoFlanker
  7. 7Gianni ZanonFlanker
  8. 8Antonio ColellaNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro GhiniScrum-half
  10. 10Daniele TebaldiFly-half
  11. 11Serafino GhizzoniWing
  12. 12Luigi De JoanniCentre
  13. 13Rino FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Claudio TorresanFull-back
  16. Stefano BoccazziBench
  17. Fabio GaetanielloBench

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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.