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Full time2 April 1972
Portugal
7–15
Italy
Estadio Nacional, Lisbon, PortugalHead-to-head

Italy won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’PPortugal penalty · Nuno Lynce de Faria3–0
  2. 33’DItaly drop goal · Aldo Caluzzi3–3
  3. 52’TItaly try · Francesco Dotto3–7
  4. 62’TItaly try · Francesco Dotto3–11
  5. 70’TItaly try · Agostino Puppo3–15
  6. 79’TPortugal try · Nuno Lynce de Faria7–15

Line-ups

Portugal

  1. 1João Carlos FernandesProp
  2. 2António DuqueHooker
  3. 3Arnaldo NetoProp
  4. 4António Cabral FernandesSecond row
  5. 5Olavo LeiteSecond row
  6. 6José Filipe Nobre GuedesFlanker
  7. 7José Gaspar RamosFlanker
  8. 8Raul MartinsNumber 8
  9. 9Antonio Cardoso PintoScrum-half
  10. 10Francisco Nobre GuedesFly-half
  11. 11Carlos Ramos PintoWing
  12. 12César PegadoCentre
  13. 13Nuno Lynce de FariaCentre
  14. 14Joaquim Gomes SilvaWing
  15. 15João Paulo BessaFull-back
  16. 16José Carlos AugustoBench
  17. 17Carlos Nobre FerreiraBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo GiniProp
  2. 2Paolo PaolettiHooker
  3. 3Ettori AbbiatiProp
  4. 4Ivo MazzucchelliSecond row
  5. 5Antonio Di ZittiSecond row
  6. 6Loris SalsiFlanker
  7. 7Marco BollesanFlanker
  8. 8Giancarlo CeccottiNumber 8
  9. 9Agostino PuppoScrum-half
  10. 10Mario GallettoFly-half
  11. 11Francesco DottoWing
  12. 12Roberto Luise IIICentre
  13. 13Marco PulliCentre
  14. 14Aldo CaluzziWing
  15. 15Elio LazzariniFull-back

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Context

All-time, Portugal 1–11 Italy, 1 drawn in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Portugal 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.