TheBreakdown
Full time4 November 1976
Italy
15–16
Australia
Venue not recorded · Tour 1976Head-to-head

Australia won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 3’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi3–0
  2. 5’TAustralia try · Phillip Crowe3–4
  3. 34’CItaly conversion · Ennio Ponzi5–4
  4. 34’TItaly try · Ercole Manni9–4
  5. 40’CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean9–6
  6. 40’TAustralia try · Mark Loane9–10
  7. 50’CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean9–12
  8. 50’TAustralia try · Butch9–16
  9. 56’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi12–16
  10. 62’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi15–16

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Mario PiovanProp
  2. 2Pietro MonfeliHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Pierluigi CamiscioniSecond row
  5. 5Adriano FedrigoSecond row
  6. 6Franco BaraldiFlanker
  7. 7Paolo MarianiFlanker
  8. 8Salvatore BonettiNumber 8
  9. 9Ercole ManniScrum-half
  10. 10Ennio PonziFly-half
  11. 11Nino RossiWing
  12. 12Nello FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Fabrizio GaetanielloCentre
  14. 14Manrico MarchettoWing
  15. 15Rocco CaligiuriFull-back
  16. Umberto CossaraBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Steve FinnaneProp
  4. 4David HillhouseSecond row
  5. 5Reg SmithSecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10James HindmarshFly-half
  11. 11John RyanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Phillip CroweCentre
  14. 14ButchWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back

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Context

All-time, Italy 2–21 Australia in 23 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Australia going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.