TheBreakdown
Full time18 February 1979
Italy
9–15
France
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

France won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PItaly penalty · Loredano Zuin3–0
  2. 19’PFrance penalty · Servien3–3
  3. 24’PFrance penalty · Servien3–6
  4. 28’CItaly conversion · Loredano Zuin5–6
  5. 28’TItaly try · Manrico Marchetto9–6
  6. 32’PFrance penalty · Servien9–9
  7. 58’CFrance conversion · Servien9–11
  8. 58’TFrance try · Louis Bilbao9–15

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Anacleto AltigieriProp
  2. 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Salvatore BonettiSecond row
  5. 5Giuseppe ArtusoSecond row
  6. 6Paolo MarianiFlanker
  7. 7Fiorenzo BlessanoFlanker
  8. 8Elio De AnnaNumber 8
  9. 9Bruno AncillottiScrum-half
  10. 10Loredano ZuinFly-half
  11. 11Manrico MarchettoWing
  12. 12Nello FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Bruno FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Serafino GhizzoniWing
  15. 15Rocco CaligiuriFull-back
  16. Mario PiovanBench

France

  1. 1Bernard ForestierProp
  2. 2Bernard HerreroHooker
  3. 3Michel CremaschiProp
  4. 4DuhartSecond row
  5. 5Jean-Francois MarchalSecond row
  6. 6BiauFlanker
  7. 7CoulaisFlanker
  8. 8Michel ClementeNumber 8
  9. 9BeraudScrum-half
  10. 10ServienFly-half
  11. 11Jean-Luc AverousWing
  12. 12CastagneCentre
  13. 13Thierry MerlosCentre
  14. 14Louis BilbaoWing
  15. 15Serge GabernetFull-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

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.