Italy at the Rugby World Cup

Italy have competed in all the Rugby World Cup tournaments, having made their first appearance in the inaugural 1987 tournament. They have finished third in their pool at every tournament, except in 1999, the only tournament where they lost more than two games. Having never finished in the top two in their pool, they have never qualified to progress to the quarter-finals. They have won the most matches of those that have never made it to the quarter-finals.

Because they finished third in Pool C of the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, they automatically qualified to compete in the 2011 tournament in New Zealand. A similar finishing position in that tournament saw them automatically qualify for the 2015 World Cup in England, where they retained the third place and the automatic qualification for France 2023.

Rugby World Cup record									Qualification
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	Squad	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA
1987	Pool stage	3	1	0	2	40	110	Squad	Invited
1991		3	1	0	2	57	76	Squad	1st	3	3	0	0	83	38
1995		3	1	0	2	69	94	Squad	2nd	4	3	0	1	210	52
1999		3	0	0	3	35	196	Squad	2nd	6	5	0	1	302	92
2003		4	2	0	2	77	123	Squad	1st	2	2	0	0	75	20
2007		4	2	0	2	85	117	Squad	1st	2	2	0	0	150	7
2011		4	2	0	2	92	95	Squad	Automatically qualified
2015		4	2	0	2	74	88	Squad
2019		4	2	1	1	98	78	Squad
2023		4	2	0	2	114	181	Squad
2027	Qualified
2031	To be determined								To be determined
Total	—	36	15	1	20	741	1158	—	—	17	15	0	2	820	209
Champions Runners–up Third place Fourth place Home venue

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	3	3	0	190	34	+156	30	6	Knockout stage
Fiji	3	1	2	56	101	−45	6	2^[a]	Knockout stage
Italy	3	1	2	40	110	−70	5	2^[a]
Argentina	3	1	2	49	90	−41	4	2^[a]

New Zealand	70–6	Italy
Try: Kirwan (2) Kirk (2) Green (2) Penalty try Jones Taylor McDowell Stanley Whetton Con: Fox (8) Pen: Fox (2)	Report	Pen: Collodo Drop: Collodo

Argentina	25–16	Italy
Try: Lanza Gómez Con: Porta Pen: Porta (5)	Report	Try: Innocenti Cuttitta Con: Collodo Pen: Collodo (2)

Fiji	15–18	Italy
Try: Naivilawasa Con: Koroduadua Pen: Koroduadua (2) Drop: Qoro		Try: Cuttitta Cucchiella Mascioletti Pen: Collodo Drop: Collodo

Italy at the Rugby World Cup

Tournaments

1987 Rugby World Cup

1991 Rugby World Cup

1995 Rugby World Cup

1999 Rugby World Cup

2003 Rugby World Cup

2007 Rugby World Cup

2011 Rugby World Cup

2015 Rugby World Cup

2019 Rugby World Cup

2023 Rugby World Cup

Overall record

Team records

Individual records

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Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	95	39	+56	6
England	3	2	1	85	33	+52	4
Italy	3	1	2	57	76	−19	2
United States	3	0	3	24	113	−89	0

Italy	30–9	United States
Try: Barba Francescato Vaccari Gaetaniello Con: Domínguez (4) Pen: Domínguez (2)		Try: Swords Con: Williams Pen: Williams

England	36–6	Italy
Try: Guscott (2) Underwood Webb Con: Webb (4) Pen: Webb (4)		Try: Cuttitta Con: Domínguez

Italy	21–31	New Zealand
Try: Cuttitta Bonomi Con: Domínguez (2) Pen: Domínguez (3)		Try: Brooke Innes Tuigamala Hewett Con: Fox (3) Pen: Fox (3)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
England	3	3	0	95	60	+35	9
Western Samoa	3	2	1	96	88	+8	7
Italy	3	1	2	69	94	−25	5
Argentina	3	0	3	69	87	−18	3

Italy	18–42	Western Samoa
Try: Vaccari Cuttitta Con: Domínguez Pen: Domínguez Drop: Domínguez	Report	Try: Lima (2) Harder (2) Kellett Tatupu Con: Kellett (3) Pen: Kellett (2)

England	27–20	Italy
Try: R. Underwood T. Underwood Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew (5)		Try: Cuttitta Vaccari Con: Domínguez (2) Pen: Domínguez (2)

Argentina	25–31	Italy
Try: Corral MartínMartín Cilley Con: Cilley Pen: Cilley		Try: Vaccari Gerosa Domínguez Con: Domínguez (2) Pen: Domínguez (4)

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	176	28	+148	9
England	3	2	1	184	47	+137	7
Tonga	3	1	2	47	171	−124	5
Italy	3	0	3	35	196	−161	3

England	67–7	Italy
Try: Wilkinson Hill Luger Back De Glanville Corry Dawson Perry Con: Wilkinson (6) Pen: Wilkinson (5)		Try: Domínguez Con: Domínguez

New Zealand	101–3	Italy
Try: Wilson (3) Osborne (2) Lomu (2) Randell Brown Cullen Hammett Gibson Robertson Mika Con: Brown (11) Pen: Brown (3)		Pen: Dominguez

Italy	25–28	Tonga
Try: Moscardi Con: Domínguez Pen: Domínguez (6)		Try: Taufahema Fatani Tuipulotu Con: Tuipulotu (2) Pen: Tuipulotu (2) Drop: Tuipulotu

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	4	4	0	282	57	+225	4	20	Quarter-finals
Wales	4	3	1	132	98	+34	2	14	Quarter-finals
Italy	4	2	2	77	123	−46	0	8
Canada	4	1	3	54	135	−81	1	5
Tonga	4	0	4	46	178	−132	1	1

New Zealand	70–7	Italy
Try: B. Thorn R. Thorne Howlett (2) Spencer (2) Rokocoko (2) Marshall Carter MacDonald Con: Carter (6) Pen: Spencer		Try: Phillips Con: Peens

Italy	36–12	Tonga
Try: M. Dallan D. Dallan (2) Con: Wakarua (3) Pen: Wakarua (5)		Try: Payne Tuʻifua Con: Tuipulotu

Italy	19–14	Canada
Try: Parisse Con: Wakarua Pen: Wakarua (4)		Try: Fyffe Pen: Barker (3)

Italy	15–27	Wales
Pen: Wakarua (5)		Try: M. Jones Parker D. Jones Con: Harris (3) Pen: Harris (3)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	B	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	309	35	+274	4	20	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	Scotland	4	3	1	116	66	+50	2	14	Qualified for the quarter-finals
3	Italy	4	2	2	85	117	−32	1	9	Eliminated, automatic qualification for RWC 2011
4	Romania	4	1	3	40	161	−121	1	5
5	Portugal	4	0	4	38	209	−171	1	1

New Zealand	76–14	Italy
Try: McCaw (2) 2' c, 7' c Howlett (3) 12' c, 56' c, 59' m Muliaina 15' c Sivivatu (2) 18' c, 29' m Jack 50' c Collins (2) 68' c, 70' c Con: Carter (7/9) McAlister (2/2) Pen: Carter (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Stanojevic 38' c Mi. Bergamasco 71' c Con: Bortolussi (1/1) De Marigny (1/1)

Italy	24–18	Romania
Try: Dellapè 6' m Penalty try 55' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Bortolussi (1/2) 14' Ramiro Pez (3/3) 62', 66', 72'	Report	Try: Manta 43' m Țincu 47' c Con: Dimofte (1/1) Pen: Dimofte (2/2) 70', 74'

Italy	31–5	Portugal
Try: Masi (2) 4' c, 77' c Ma. Bergamasco 72' m Con: Bortolussi (2/3) Pen: Bortolussi (4/4) 17', 30', 40+', 63'	Report	Try: Penalva 33' m

Scotland	18–16	Italy
Pen: Paterson (6/6) 2', 6', 32', 35', 47', 53'	Report	Try: Troncon 13' c Con: Bortolussi (1/1) Pen: Bortolussi (3/6) 18', 56', 62'

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	4	4	0	135	34	+101	15	1	17	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
2	Australia	4	3	1	173	48	+125	25	3	15
3	Italy	4	2	2	92	95	−3	13	2	10	Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup
4	United States	4	1	3	38	122	−84	4	0	4
5	Russia	4	0	4	57	196	−139	8	1	1

Australia	32–6	Italy
Try: Alexander 50' m Ashley-Cooper 55' c O'Connor 58' c Ioane 66' c Con: O'Connor (3/4) Pen: Cooper (2/3) 19', 30'	Report	Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (2/3) 38', 40+'

Italy	53–17	Russia
Try: Parisse 6' c Toniolatti (2) 13' m, 23' c Benvenuti (2) 16' m, 48' m Penalty try 29' c Gori 37' c McLean 64' m Zanni 77' m Con: Bocchino (4/6) Benvenuti (0/3) Pen: Bocchino (0/1)	Report	Try: Yanyushkin 34' c Ostroushko 50' m Makovetski 71' m Con: Rachkov (1/3)

Italy	27–10	United States
Try: Parisse 3' c Orquera 30' m Castrogiovanni 40' m Penalty try 66' c Con: Mi. Bergamasco (2/4) Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (1/1) 22'	Report	Try: Wyles 18' c Con: Wyles (1/1) Pen: Wyles (1/1) 28'

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	4	4	0	134	35	+99	16	2	18	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	France	4	3	1	120	63	+57	12	2	14
3	Italy	4	2	2	74	88	−14	7	2	10	Eliminated but qualified for 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Romania	4	1	3	60	129	−69	7	0	4
5	Canada	4	0	4	58	131	−73	7	2	2


19 September 2015	France	32–10	Italy	Twickenham Stadium, London
26 September 2015	Italy	23–18	Canada	Elland Road, Leeds
4 October 2015	Ireland	16–9	Italy	Olympic Stadium, London
11 October 2015	Italy	32–22	Romania	Sandy Park, Exeter

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	3	1	0	157	22	+135	22	2	16	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup
2	South Africa	4	3	0	1	185	36	+149	27	3	15
3	Italy	4	2	1	1	98	78	+20	14	2	12	Eliminated but qualified for 2023 Rugby World Cup
4	Namibia	4	0	1	3	34	175	−141	3	0	2
5	Canada	4	0	1	3	14	177	−163	2	0	2

(1 BP) Italy	47–22	Namibia
Try: Penalty try 11' Allan 26' c Tebaldi 40+1' c Bellini 44' c Canna 47' c Polledri 70' m Minozzi 76' c Con: Allan (3/3) 27', 40+2', 45' Canna (2/3) 48', 77'	Report	Try: Stevens 6' c Greyling 57' m Plato 79' c Con: Loubser (2/3) 7', 80' Pen: Loubser (1/1) 51'

(1 BP) Italy	48–7	Canada
Try: Steyn 8' c Budd 13' c Negri 44' c Penalty try 59' Bellini 62' m Zani 73' c Minozzi 79' m Con: Allan (3/4) 9', 14', 45' Canna (1/2) 74' Pen: Allan (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Coe 69' c Con: Nelson (1/1) 71'