Full time4 February 1978
Venue not recordedHead-to-head
France won by 22 points.
Scoring
- 5’TFrance try · Anne0–4
- 6’PFrance penalty · Christian Delage0–7
- 32’TFrance try · Christian Delage0–11
- 37’PItaly penalty · Oscar Collodo3–11
- 43’CFrance conversion · Christian Delage3–13
- 43’CFrance conversion · Christian Delage3–15
- 43’TFrance try · Michel Taffary3–19
- 43’TFrance try · Roland Petrissans3–23
- 55’TFrance try · Patrick Mesny3–27
- 56’CItaly conversion · Oscar Collodo5–27
- 56’TItaly try · Fiorenzo Blessano9–27
- 58’TFrance try · Patrick Mesny9–31
Line-ups
Italy
- 1Nick ScrenciProp
- 2Pietro MonfeliHooker
- 3Pasquale PresuttiProp
- 4Adriano FedrigoSecond row
- 5Pierluigi CamiscioniSecond row
- 6Loris SalsiFlanker
- 7Fiorenzo BlessanoFlanker
- 8Salvatore BonettiNumber 8
- 9Gianni FranceschiniScrum-half
- 10Oscar CollodoFly-half
- 11Serafino GhizzoniWing
- 12Bruno FrancescatoCentre
- 13Nello FrancescatoCentre
- 14Manrico MarchettoWing
- 15Rocco CaligiuriFull-back
- Paolo MarianiBench
France
- 1Bernard ForestierProp
- 2Philippe DintransHooker
- 3LeesProp
- 4Alain MaleigSecond row
- 5M AlliouSecond row
- 6CoulaisFlanker
- 7TerrainFlanker
- 8Roland PetrissansNumber 8
- 9BeraudScrum-half
- 10Michel TaffaryFly-half
- 11AnneWing
- 12LaferrereCentre
- 13Patrick MesnyCentre
- 14Michel DuffrancWing
- 15Christian DelageFull-back
- PeccoloBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 6 February 1977, Italy 3–10 France
- Next meeting on record: 18 February 1979
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.