TheBreakdown
Full time28 February 1971
France
37–13
Italy
Venue not recorded · Federation Internationale de Rugby Amateur Championship 1971Head-to-head

France won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PFrance penalty · Rene Berges-Cau3–0
  2. 7’CFrance conversion · Rene Berges-Cau5–0
  3. 7’TFrance try · Jean-Charles Amade8–0
  4. 13’CFrance conversion · Rene Berges-Cau10–0
  5. 13’TFrance try · Jean-Charles Amade13–0
  6. 30’PFrance penalty · Rene Berges-Cau16–0
  7. 34’CFrance conversion · Rene Berges-Cau18–0
  8. 34’TFrance try · Jean-Charles Amade21–0
  9. 50’TFrance try · Faillon24–0
  10. 54’TFrance try · Jean-Charles Amade27–0
  11. 61’DItaly drop goal · Elio Lazzarini27–3
  12. 71’CFrance conversion · Rene Berges-Cau29–3
  13. 71’TFrance try · Lalubie32–3
  14. 76’CItaly conversion · Elio Lazzarini32–5
  15. 76’TItaly try · Ettori Abbiati32–8
  16. 79’CItaly conversion · Elio Lazzarini32–10
  17. 79’TItaly try · Giuseppe Puglisi32–13
  18. 81’CFrance conversion · Rene Berges-Cau34–13
  19. 81’TFrance try · Faillon37–13

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean MartinProp
  2. 2Jean UgartemendiaHooker
  3. 3LaurentProp
  4. 4SavitskiSecond row
  5. 5Michel SappaSecond row
  6. 6Andre HerreroFlanker
  7. 7FaillonFlanker
  8. 8BoffeliNumber 8
  9. 9Jacques FourouxScrum-half
  10. 10De MatosFly-half
  11. 11LalubieWing
  12. 12NadalCentre
  13. 13JM MazasCentre
  14. 14Jean-Charles AmadeWing
  15. 15Rene Berges-CauFull-back
  16. BiescasBench
  17. Jacques RougerieBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo GiniProp
  2. 2Pietro MonfeliHooker
  3. 3Ettori AbbiatiProp
  4. 4Ivo MazzucchelliSecond row
  5. 5Umberto CossaraSecond row
  6. 6Giuseppe PuglisiFlanker
  7. 7Lucio BoccalettoFlanker
  8. 8Marco BollesanNumber 8
  9. 9Umberto ConfortoScrum-half
  10. 10Gianmatteo CecchinFly-half
  11. 11Pierluigi PacificiWing
  12. 12Claudio Della ValleCentre
  13. 13Elio LazzariniCentre
  14. 14Aldo CaluzziWing
  15. 15Luciano ModonesiFull-back
  16. Francesco DottoBench
  17. Alessandro BrunelliBench

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Context

All-time, France 76–4 Italy, 2 drawn in 82 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Italy 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.