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Full time17 December 1978
Italy
35–3
Spain
Venue not recorded · Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur Championship 1978Head-to-head

Italy won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 12’CItaly conversion · Loredano Zuin2–0
  2. 12’TItaly try · Fabrizio Gaetaniello6–0
  3. 22’TItaly try · Massimo Mascioletti10–0
  4. 27’CItaly conversion · Loredano Zuin12–0
  5. 27’TItaly try · Ambrogio Bona16–0
  6. 35’PItaly penalty · Loredano Zuin19–0
  7. 39’PSpain penalty · Jose Francisco Lorenzo Berberana19–3
  8. 48’PItaly penalty · Loredano Zuin22–3
  9. 59’CItaly conversion · Loredano Zuin24–3
  10. 59’TItaly try · Nello Francescato28–3
  11. 67’PItaly penalty · Loredano Zuin31–3
  12. 79’TItaly try · Manrico Marchetto35–3

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Anacleto AltigieriProp
  2. 2Claudio RobazzaHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Andrea LijoiSecond 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. 12Fabrizio GaetanielloCentre
  13. 13Nello FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Massimo MasciolettiWing
  15. 15Rocco CaligiuriFull-back
  16. Bruno FrancescatoBench

Spain

  1. 1Maximo Romero GimenezProp
  2. 2Jose Miguel Galdos OronozHooker
  3. 3Antonio Martin SanchezProp
  4. 4Francisco Javier Camiña MartinezSecond row
  5. 5Manuel Coloma LamigueiroSecond row
  6. 6Carlos (Flauta) Reguero FuertesFlanker
  7. 7Luis Alfonso Paul GarciaFlanker
  8. 8Felipe Blanco PalmeroNumber 8
  9. 9Miguel Angel Ribera VirtusScrum-half
  10. 10Manuel Moriche MostajoFly-half
  11. 11Francisco Godas BastidaWing
  12. 12Fernando Garcia de la TorreCentre
  13. 13Jose Luis Ruiz CristinCentre
  14. 14Jose Francisco Lorenzo BerberanaWing
  15. 15Jose Ramon Apraiz FeliuFull-back
  16. Juan Francisco Neira VazquezBench
  17. Fernando Manero ZabalaBench

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Context

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

Italy going in
Spain 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.