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Full time21 October 1976
Italy
25–3
Japan
Appiani Stadium, Padova, Italy · Tour 1976Head-to-head

Italy won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 20’TItaly try · Nello Francescato4–0
  2. 26’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi7–0
  3. 34’TItaly try · Salvatore Bonetti11–0
  4. 41’PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama11–3
  5. 50’CItaly conversion · Ennio Ponzi13–3
  6. 50’TItaly try · Fiorenzo Blessano17–3
  7. 59’TItaly try · Manrico Marchetto21–3
  8. 74’TItaly try · Nino Rossi25–3

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Anacleto AltigieriProp
  2. 2Pietro MonfeliHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Pierluigi CamiscioniSecond row
  5. 5Adriano FedrigoSecond row
  6. 6Umberto CossaraFlanker
  7. 7Marciso ZanellaFlanker
  8. 8Salvatore BonettiNumber 8
  9. 9Gianni FranceschiniScrum-half
  10. 10Ennio PonziFly-half
  11. 11Nino RossiWing
  12. 12Nello FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Fiorenzo BlessanoCentre
  14. 14Manrico MarchettoWing
  15. 15Rocco CaligiuriFull-back
  16. Ercole ManniBench

Japan

  1. 1Tsukasa TakataProp
  2. 2Manabu SasadaHooker
  3. 3Masayuki MiyauchiProp
  4. 4Takeshi HatakeyamaSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Hideo AkamaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Yuji MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Ken ArugaWing
  12. 12Masao YoshidaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Nobuyuki UeyamaFull-back

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Context

All-time, Italy 8–3 Japan in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy going in
Japan 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.