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Nations Championship 2026 · Sky Stadium, Wellington · 11 July 2026Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 30 points.Half-time 14–10 · Tries 7–2

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38304248515457814093Attacks1024Ball won18616734472675166131731550430%Own 2253%Own half84%Opp half92%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL11713
ITA24337
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL6/70/00
ITA2/21/10
← Italy attack · New Zealand attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
3′ItalyTry, Tommaso Menoncello, converted0–5
8′New ZealandTry, Sam Darry, converted5–7
30′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted12–10
42′New ZealandTry, Cam Roigard, converted19–10
48′New ZealandTry, Ethan de Groot26–10
51′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted31–10
54′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted38–10
57′ItalyTry, Leonardo Marin, converted40–15
81′New ZealandTry, Tupou Vaa'i, converted45–17
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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3′Tommaso Menoncello8′Sam Darry30′Will Jordan42′Cam Roigard48′Ethan de Groot51′Will Jordan54′Will Jordan57′Leonardo Marin81′Tupou Vaa'i
NZL

Team stats

ITA
63%Possession37%
49%Territory51%
187Carries98
618Metres gained332
12Clean breaks7
37Defenders beaten13
313Passes129
12Offloads6
117Tackles made243
13Tackles missed37
146/148Rucks won74/76
8/10Lineouts won7/7
6/8Scrums won7/7
3/3Mauls won2/2
4Turnovers won3
7Penalties conceded6
16Kicks from hand19
465Kick metres433
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 6/7, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Sam DarrySecond row
  5. 5Tupou Vaa'iSecond row
  6. 6Wallace SititiFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Leroy CarterWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Billy ProctorCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Samisoni Taukei'ahoBench
  17. 17George BowerBench
  18. 18Pasilio TosiBench
  19. 19Josh LordBench
  20. 20Anton SegnerBench
  21. 21Cortez RatimaBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Josh MoorbyBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Tommaso Di BartolomeoHooker
  3. 3Marco RiccioniProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Ross VintcentFlanker
  7. 7Michele LamaroFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen VarneyScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Louis LynaghWing
  12. 12Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Malik FaissalWing
  15. 15Tommaso AllanFull-back
  16. 16Gianmarco LucchesiBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Muhamed HasaBench
  19. 19Giulio MariniBench
  20. 20Federico RuzzaBench
  21. 21Riccardo FavrettoBench
  22. 22Alessandro GarbisiBench
  23. 23Leonardo MarinBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 19–0 Italy in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand 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.