TheBreakdown
Full time21 November 1973
Italy
21–59
Australia
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Australia won by 38 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PAustralia penalty · David L'Estrange0–3
  2. 11’TAustralia try · Geoff Shaw0–7
  3. 14’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi3–7
  4. 18’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill3–9
  5. 18’TAustralia try · Laurence Monaghan3–13
  6. 28’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi6–13
  7. 31’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill6–15
  8. 31’TAustralia try · Peter Rowles6–19
  9. 36’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill6–21
  10. 36’TAustralia try · Michael Freney6–25
  11. 41’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill6–27
  12. 41’TAustralia try · Jeffrey McLean6–31
  13. 45’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill6–33
  14. 45’TAustralia try · Garrick Fay6–37
  15. 49’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill6–39
  16. 49’TAustralia try · Michael Freney6–43
  17. 54’CItaly conversion · Elio Lazzarini8–43
  18. 54’TItaly try · Angelo Visentin12–43
  19. 60’PItaly penalty · Ennio Ponzi15–43
  20. 62’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill15–45
  21. 62’TAustralia try · Ken McCurrach15–49
  22. 65’CItaly conversion · Ennio Ponzi17–49
  23. 65’TItaly try · Loris Salsi21–49
  24. 74’CAustralia conversion · Arthur McGill21–51
  25. 74’TAustralia try · Jeffrey McLean21–55
  26. 78’TAustralia try · Geoff Shaw21–59

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Anacleto AltigieriProp
  2. 2Mauro ZingarelliHooker
  3. 3Ambrogio BonaProp
  4. 4Giancarlo ChechinatoSecond row
  5. 5Adriano FedrigoSecond row
  6. 6Marco BollesanFlanker
  7. 7Antonio TassinFlanker
  8. 8Loris SalsiNumber 8
  9. 9Angelo VisentinScrum-half
  10. 10Giorgio LariFly-half
  11. 11Elio De AnnaWing
  12. 12Giovanni Di ColaCentre
  13. 13Ennio PonziCentre
  14. 14Berardinio Di ColaWing
  15. 15Elio LazzariniFull-back
  16. Giancarlo CucchiellaBench

Australia

  1. 1Ronald GrahamProp
  2. 2Michael FreneyHooker
  3. 3Stuart MacdougallProp
  4. 4Garrick FaySecond row
  5. 5Reg SmithSecond row
  6. 6Richard CocksFlanker
  7. 7Bruce BattishallFlanker
  8. 8Ken McCurrachNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RowlesFly-half
  11. 11Jeffrey McLeanWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13David L'EstrangeCentre
  14. 14Laurence MonaghanWing
  15. 15Arthur McGillFull-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

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.