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Full time29 April 1956
Czechoslovakia
9–19
Italy
Venue not recordedHead-to-head

Italy won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TItaly try · Paolo Pescetto0–3
  2. 14’TCzechoslovakia try · Hricka3–3
  3. 26’CItaly conversion · Sergio Lanfranchi3–5
  4. 26’TItaly try · Paolo Pescetto3–8
  5. 46’TItaly try · Sergio Lanfranchi3–11
  6. 51’TItaly try · Paolo Pescetto3–14
  7. 61’CItaly conversion · Franco Perrini3–16
  8. 61’TItaly try · Lomberto Simonelli3–19
  9. 76’PCzechoslovakia penalty · Vondracek6–19
  10. 79’PCzechoslovakia penalty · Vondracek9–19

Line-ups

Czechoslovakia

  1. 1HrickaProp
  2. 2KradecHooker
  3. 3BenkoProp
  4. 4Zdenek BarchanekSecond row
  5. 5KoditekSecond row
  6. 6BartaFlanker
  7. 7JakubicekFlanker
  8. 8VondracekNumber 8
  9. 9KoresScrum-half
  10. 10KresjciFly-half
  11. 11VupalenskiWing
  12. 12SottaCentre
  13. 13HalamicekCentre
  14. 14CernyWing
  15. 15BoubinFull-back

Italy

  1. 1Andrea TaveggiaProp
  2. 2Gennaro ManciniHooker
  3. 3Guglielmo GeremiaProp
  4. 4Gianni RiccardiSecond row
  5. 5Mateo SiliniSecond row
  6. 6Sergio LanfranchiFlanker
  7. 7Giorgio FornariFlanker
  8. 8Mario PercudaniNumber 8
  9. 9Guiseppe BottacinScrum-half
  10. 10Alberto CominFly-half
  11. 11Carlo CantoniWing
  12. 12Ciano LuiseCentre
  13. 13Lomberto SimonelliCentre
  14. 14Paolo PescettoWing
  15. 15Franco PerriniFull-back

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Context

All-time, Czechoslovakia 1–10 Italy, 1 drawn in 12 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Czechoslovakia 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.