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Full time21 December 1980
Spain
13–18
Italy
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Italy won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello0–3
  2. 26’PSpain penalty · Enrique Lobo Sanchez3–3
  3. 31’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello3–6
  4. 35’TItaly try · Nello Francescato3–10
  5. 43’TSpain try · Rafael Canosa Sevillano7–10
  6. 58’CSpain conversion · Enrique Lobo Sanchez9–10
  7. 58’TSpain try · Fernando Garcia de la Torre13–10
  8. 66’TItaly try · Franco Bargelli13–14
  9. 71’TItaly try · Gianluca Limone13–18

Line-ups

Spain

  1. 1Antonio Machuca CharroProp
  2. 2Santiago Santos MunozHooker
  3. 3Francisco Javier Camiña MartinezProp
  4. 4Tomas Pardo VidalSecond row
  5. 5Carlos Rodriguez GarciaSecond row
  6. 6Felipe Blanco PalmeroFlanker
  7. 7Ignacio Alvarez CienfuegosFlanker
  8. 8Juan Francisco Neira VazquezNumber 8
  9. 9Enrique Lobo SanchezScrum-half
  10. 10Javier Goicoechea TabarFly-half
  11. 11Salvador Torres OrtegaWing
  12. 12Fernando Garcia de la TorreCentre
  13. 13José Tormo LopezCentre
  14. 14Jose Luis Ruiz CristinWing
  15. 15Rafael Canosa SevillanoFull-back
  16. Luis Alfonso Paul GarciaBench

Italy

  1. 1Renato De BernardoProp
  2. 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Massimo TrippiteliSecond row
  5. 5Stefano AnnibalSecond row
  6. 6Franco BargelliFlanker
  7. 7Fabrizio SinitichFlanker
  8. 8Claudio TinariNumber 8
  9. 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
  10. 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
  11. 11Serafino GhizzoniWing
  12. 12Rino FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Gianluca LimoneCentre
  14. 14Nello FrancescatoWing
  15. 15Fabrizio GaetanielloFull-back
  16. Fabio GaetanielloBench

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Context

All-time, Spain 3–23 Italy, 1 drawn in 27 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Spain 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.