Full time24 March 1956
Venue not recordedHead-to-head
Italy won by 9 points.
Scoring
- 21’TItaly try · Gennaro Mancini0–3
- 30’TItaly try · Carlo Cantoni0–6
- 36’PGermany penalty · Hans Albers3–6
- 44’PItaly penalty · Sergio Lanfranchi3–9
- 66’DItaly drop goal · Franco Perrini3–12
Line-ups
Germany
- 1Heinz MonpetainProp
- 2Karl-Heinz MeffertHooker
- 3Hans DubacProp
- 4Rolf EggersSecond row
- 5Peter BachSecond row
- 6Arno BleschFlanker
- 7Hans AlbersFlanker
- 8Klaus WeschNumber 8
- 9Hermann SchwarzeScrum-half
- 10Klaus-Dieter BremerFly-half
- 11Karl WiegmannWing
- 12Friedel BukovskiCentre
- 13Klaus BirkCentre
- 14Gerhard MorschWing
- 15Wolfgang LeutzFull-back
Italy
- 1Andrea TaveggiaProp
- 2Gennaro ManciniHooker
- 3Umberto LevoratoProp
- 4Sergio LanfranchiSecond row
- 5Giovanni RaisiSecond row
- 6Giancarlo MalostiFlanker
- 7Lomberto SimonelliFlanker
- 8Giorgio FornariNumber 8
- 9Ferdinando SartoratoScrum-half
- 10Artuzo ZuccheloFly-half
- 11Ciano LuiseWing
- 12Carlo CantoniCentre
- 13Nando BarbiniCentre
- 14Paolo PescettoWing
- 15Franco PerriniFull-back
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Context
All-time, Germany 4–15 Italy, 1 drawn in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Germany going in
Italy going in
- Previous meeting: 13 March 1955, Germany 8–24 Italy
- Next meeting on record: 12 December 1957
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.