Full time27 March 1949
Venue not recordedHead-to-head
France won by 27 points.
Scoring
- 8’PFrance penalty · Francis Desclaux3–0
- 13’TFrance try · Fernand Cazenave6–0
- 23’TFrance try · Durand9–0
- 25’PFrance penalty · Francis Desclaux12–0
- 41’PFrance penalty · Francis Desclaux15–0
- 47’TFrance try · Jean-Claude Bourrier18–0
- 60’TFrance try · Fernand Cazenave21–0
- 70’TFrance try · Francis Desclaux24–0
- 74’TFrance try · Marquey27–0
Line-ups
France
- 1BichendaritzProp
- 2AymardHooker
- 3LafitteProp
- 4Alban MogaSecond row
- 5FargnareySecond row
- 6Jean-Claude BourrierFlanker
- 7Andre FremauxFlanker
- 8DurandNumber 8
- 9LavagueScrum-half
- 10HelianFly-half
- 11LoiseauWing
- 12MarqueyCentre
- 13Francis DesclauxCentre
- 14Fernand CazenaveWing
- 15LoustalatFull-back
Italy
- 1Sergio LanfranchiProp
- 2Italo MatacchiniHooker
- 3Mario TurcatoProp
- 4Umberto SilvestriSecond row
- 5Luciano BoveSecond row
- 6Piero GabrielliFlanker
- 7Giovanni BoninoFlanker
- 8Prima MasciNumber 8
- 9Giorgio DagniniScrum-half
- 10Piero MariniFly-half
- 11Fulvio PitorriWing
- 12Buby FarinelliCentre
- 13Paolo RosiCentre
- 14Enrico RossiniWing
- 15Silvanno TartagliniFull-back
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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
- Previous meeting: 28 March 1948, France 39–6 Italy
- Next meeting on record: 17 May 1952
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.