Full time8 March 1981
Venue not recordedHead-to-head
France won by 8 points.
Scoring
- 31’PFrance penalty · Bernard Vivies0–3
- 34’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello3–3
- 47’DItaly drop goal · Stefano Bettarello6–3
- 48’TFrance try · Jean-Luc Averous6–7
- 56’TFrance try · Christian Delage6–11
- 59’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello9–11
- 68’CFrance conversion · Bernard Vivies9–13
- 68’TFrance try · Christian Belascain9–17
Line-ups
Italy
- 1Renato De BernardoProp
- 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
- 3Ambrogio BonaProp
- 4Massimo TrippiteliSecond row
- 5Stefano AnnibalSecond row
- 6Giuseppe ArtusoFlanker
- 7Franco BargelliFlanker
- 8Gianni ZanonNumber 8
- 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
- 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
- 11Serafino GhizzoniWing
- 12Rino FrancescatoCentre
- 13Nello FrancescatoCentre
- 14Alberto OstiWing
- 15Fabrizio GaetanielloFull-back
France
- 1Michel CremaschiProp
- 2Jean-Louis DupontHooker
- 3MontagnyProp
- 4Alain GuilbertSecond row
- 5Patrick SalasSecond row
- 6CordierFlanker
- 7Rene TrailleFlanker
- 8RongierasNumber 8
- 9Jean Pierre ElissaldeScrum-half
- 10Bernard ViviesFly-half
- 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
- 12Francois SangalliCentre
- 13Christian BelascainCentre
- 14PellicciaWing
- 15Christian DelageFull-back
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Context
All-time, Italy 4–76 France, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Italy going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 17 February 1980, Italy 9–46 France
- Next meeting on record: 21 February 1982
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.