TheBreakdown
Full time28 November 1979
Italy
12–18
New Zealand
Stadio Mario Battaglini, Rovigo, Italy · Tour 1979Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson0–2
  2. 1’CNew Zealand conversion · Alan Hewson0–4
  3. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · Alan Hewson0–7
  4. 1’PNew Zealand penalty · S Wilson0–10
  5. 1’TNew Zealand try · Bernie Fraser0–14
  6. 1’TNew Zealand try · Murray Mexted0–18
  7. 7’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello3–18
  8. 13’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello6–18
  9. 70’CItaly conversion · Stefano Bettarello8–18
  10. 70’TItaly try · Nello Francescato12–18

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Giancarlo CucchiellaProp
  2. 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Jean Louis BaseiSecond row
  5. 5Giuseppe ArtusoSecond row
  6. 6Elio De AnnaFlanker
  7. 7Franco BargelliFlanker
  8. 8Paolo MarianiNumber 8
  9. 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
  10. 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
  11. 11Manrico MarchettoWing
  12. 12Rino FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Nello FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Fabrizio GaetanielloFull-back
  16. 16Paolo PavesiBench
  17. 17Giancarlo PivettaBench
  18. 18Andrea AngrisianiBench
  19. 19Concetto AngelozziBench
  20. 20Fabio TrentinBench
  21. 21Serafino GhizzoniBench

New Zealand

  1. 1BA ThompsonProp
  2. 2Rod KetelsHooker
  3. 3Andy DaltonProp
  4. 4Mike BurgoyneSecond row
  5. 5Andy HadenSecond row
  6. 6John FlemingFlanker
  7. 7Graham MourieFlanker
  8. 8Murray MextedNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Eddie DunnFly-half
  11. 11Bernie FraserWing
  12. 12Kieran KeaneCentre
  13. 13Tim TwigdenCentre
  14. 14S WilsonWing
  15. 15Alan HewsonFull-back
  16. 16Ken StewartBench
  17. 17Dave LoveridgeBench
  18. 18Peter SloaneBench
  19. 19Richard WilsonBench
  20. 20John SpiersBench
  21. 21Murray TaylorBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 0–19 New Zealand in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
New Zealand 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.