TheBreakdown
Full time22 September 1979
France
38–12
Italy
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

France won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte2–0
  2. 1’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte4–0
  3. 1’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte6–0
  4. 1’CFrance conversion · Guy Laporte8–0
  5. 1’PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte11–0
  6. 1’PFrance penalty · Guy Laporte14–0
  7. 1’TFrance try · Serge Blanco18–0
  8. 1’TFrance try · Louis Bilbao22–0
  9. 1’TFrance try · Patrick Mesny26–0
  10. 1’TFrance try · Didier Codorniou30–0
  11. 1’TFrance try · Yves Malquier34–0
  12. 1’TFrance try · Yves Malquier38–0
  13. 4’PItaly penalty · Stefano Bettarello38–3
  14. 20’DItaly drop goal · Stefano Bettarello38–6
  15. 56’PItaly penalty · Fabio Trentin38–9
  16. 64’PItaly penalty · Fabio Trentin38–12

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Daniel DubrocaProp
  2. 2Philippe DintransHooker
  3. 3Robert PaparembordeProp
  4. 4Alain MaleigSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois MarchalSecond row
  6. 6Christian BeguerieFlanker
  7. 7Yves MalquierFlanker
  8. 8Jean-Luc JoinelNumber 8
  9. 9Yves LaffargeScrum-half
  10. 10Guy LaporteFly-half
  11. 11Frederic CostesWing
  12. 12Didier CodorniouCentre
  13. 13Patrick MesnyCentre
  14. 14Louis BilbaoWing
  15. 15Serge BlancoFull-back
  16. Jean-Michel AguirreBench

Italy

  1. 1Giancarlo CucchiellaProp
  2. 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Jean Louis BaseiSecond row
  5. 5Paolo MarianiSecond row
  6. 6Elio De AnnaFlanker
  7. 7Franco BargelliFlanker
  8. 8Andrea AngrisianiNumber 8
  9. 9Fulvio LorigiolaScrum-half
  10. 10Stefano BettarelloFly-half
  11. 11Massimo MasciolettiWing
  12. 12Nello FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Rino FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Serafino GhizzoniWing
  15. 15Fabrizio GaetanielloFull-back
  16. Fabio TrentinBench

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Context

All-time, France 76–4 Italy, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.