History of rugby union matches between France and Italy

France and Italy have played each other at rugby union a total of 52 matches, with France winning 48 times, Italy winning 3 times, and one match drawn.^[1] Since 2007, the winner of the meeting between the teams in the Six Nations Tournament has received the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

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Details	Played	Won by France	Won by Italy	Drawn	France points	Italy points
In France	28	26	1	1	909	335
In Italy	22	20	2	0	683	246
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	66	32
Overall	52	48	3	1	1,658	613

Record	France	Italy
Longest winning streak	18 (17 October 1937 – 22 March 1997)	1 (3 February 2013)
Largest points for
Home	60 (26 March 1967; 6 October 2023)	27 (23 March 2003)
Away	73 (23 February 2025)	40 (22 March 1997)
Largest winning margin
Home	53 (6 October 2023)	5 (3 February 2013)
Away	49 (23 February 2025)	8 (22 March 1997)

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	17 October 1937	Parc des Princes, Paris	43–5	France	1937 FIRA Tournament
2	17 May 1952	Arena Civica, Milan	8–17	France	Europe Cup 1952
3	26 April 1953	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	22–8	France	1952 Italy tour of Europe
4	24 April 1954	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	12–39	France	Europe Cup 1954
5	10 April 1955	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	24–0	France	1955 Italy tour of France
6	2 April 1956	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	3–16	France	1956 France tour of Italy
7	21 April 1957	Stade Armandie, Agen	38–6	France	1957 Italy tour of France
8	7 April 1958	Stadio Arturo Collana, Naples	3–11	France	1958 France tour of Italy
9	29 March 1959	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes	22–0	France	1959 Italy tour of France
10	17 April 1960	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	0–26	France	1960 France tour of Italy
11	2 April 1961	Stade Municipal, Chambéry	17–0	France	1961 Italy tour of France
12	22 April 1962	Stadio Mompiano, Brescia	3–6	France	1962 France tour of Italy
13	14 April 1963	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	14–12	France	1963 Italy tour of France
14	29 March 1964	Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma	3–12	France	1964 France tour of Italy
15	18 April 1965	Gare de La Croix du Prince, Pau	21–0	France	1965 Italy tour of France
16	9 April 1966	Stadio Arturo Collana, Naples	0–21	France	1966–67 Nations Cup
17	26 March 1967	Stade Mayol, Toulon	60–13	France	1967–68 Nations Cup
18	17 February 1985	Treviso	22–9	France
19	14 October 1995	Estadio Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires (Argentina)	34–22	France	1995 Latin Cup [es; fr; it]
20	22 March 1997	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	32–40	Italy	1995–97 FIRA Trophy
21	18 October 1997	Stade du Moulias, Auch	30–19	France	1997 Latin Cup [es; fr; it]
22	1 April 2000	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	42–31	France	2000 Six Nations Championship
23	3 March 2001	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	19–30	France	2001 Six Nations Championship
24	2 February 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	33–12	France	2002 Six Nations Championship
25	23 March 2003	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	27–53	France	2003 Six Nations Championship
26	21 February 2004	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	25–0	France	2004 Six Nations Championship
27	19 March 2005	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	13–56	France	2005 Six Nations Championship
28	25 February 2006	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	37–12	France	2006 Six Nations Championship
29	3 February 2007	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	3–39	France	2007 Six Nations Championship
30	9 March 2008	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	25–13	France	2008 Six Nations Championship
31	21 March 2009	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	8–50	France	2009 Six Nations Championship
32	14 March 2010	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	46–20	France	2010 Six Nations Championship
33	12 March 2011	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	22–21	Italy	2011 Six Nations Championship
34	4 February 2012	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	30–12	France	2012 Six Nations Championship
35	3 February 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	23–18	Italy	2013 Six Nations Championship
36	9 February 2014	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	30–10	France	2014 Six Nations Championship
37	15 March 2015	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	0–29	France	2015 Six Nations Championship
38	19 September 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London (England)	32–10	France	2015 Rugby World Cup
39	6 February 2016	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	23–21	France	2016 Six Nations Championship
40	11 March 2017	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	18–40	France	2017 Six Nations Championship
41	23 February 2018	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	34–17	France	2018 Six Nations Championship
42	16 March 2019	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	14–25	France	2019 Six Nations Championship
43	30 August 2019	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	47–19	France	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
44	9 February 2020	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	35–22	France	2020 Six Nations Championship
45	28 November 2020	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	36–5	France	Autumn Nations Cup
46	6 February 2021	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10–50	France	2021 Six Nations Championship
47	7 February 2022	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	37–10	France	2022 Six Nations Championship
48	5 February 2023	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	24–29	France	2023 Six Nations Championship
49	6 October 2023	Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu	60–7	France	2023 Rugby World Cup
50	25 February 2024	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq	13–13	draw	2024 Six Nations Championship
51	23 February 2025	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	24–73	France	2025 Six Nations Championship
52	22 February 2026	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	33–8	France	2026 Six Nations Championship

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
22 April 1935	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome	6–44	France XV	1935 France XV tour of Italy
28 March 1948	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	6–39	France XV	1948 France XV tour of Italy
27 March 1949	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	27–0	France XV	1949 Italy tour of France
21 July 1955	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona (Spain)	16–8	France XV	1955 Mediterranean Cup
9 November 1969	Stadio Santa Maria Goretti, Catania	8–22	France XV	1969–70 FIRA Nations Cup
28 February 1971	Stade du Ray, Nice	37–13	France XV	1970–71 FIRA Nations Cup
15 February 1975	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–16	France XV	1974–75 FIRA Trophy
7 February 1976	Arena Civica, Milan	11–23	France XV	1975–76 FIRA Trophy
6 February 1977	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	10–3	France XV	1976–77 FIRA Trophy
4 February 1978	Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila	9–31	France XV	1977–78 FIRA Trophy
18 February 1979	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	9–15	France XV	1978–79 FIRA Trophy
22 September 1979	Makarska RC, Makarska (Croatia, Yugoslavia)	38–12	France XV	1979 Mediterranean Cup
17 February 1980	Stade Marcel-Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand	46–9	France XV	1979–80 FIRA Trophy
8 March 1981	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	9–17	France XV	1980–81 FIRA Trophy
21 February 1982	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	25–19	France XV	1981–82 FIRA Trophy
6 February 1983	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	6–6	draw	1982–83 FIRA Trophy
13 September 1983	COC Stadium, Casablanca	26–12	France XV	1983 Mediterranean Cup
19 February 1984	Stade Léo Lagrange, Chalon-sur-Saône	38–16	France XV	1983–84 FIRA Trophy
3 March 1985	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	9–22	France XV	1984–85 FIRA Trophy
15 February 1986	Union Sportive Annecy Rugby, Annecy	18–0	France XV	1985–87 FIRA Trophy
22 February 1987	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	6–22	France XV	1985–87 FIRA Trophy
7 February 1988	Stade Louis II, Fontvieille (Monaco)	19–9	France XV	1987–89 FIRA Trophy
19 February 1989	Stadio Mompiano, Brescia	12–40	France XV	1987–89 FIRA Trophy
18 February 1990	Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi	22–12	France XV	1989–90 FIRA Trophy
2 March 1991	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–15	France XV	1990–92 FIRA Trophy
20 February 1993	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	12–14	France XV	1993 France XV tour of Italy
25 June 1993	Stade Raoul-Barrière, Béziers	31–6	France XV	1993 Mediterranean Cup
11 November 1993	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	16–9	Italy	1992–94 FIRA Trophy
4 December 1994	Stade Digione, Digione	14–9	France XV	1994 Italy tour of France
30 January 1999	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	24–29	France XV	1999 France XV tour of Italy

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