1973 Italy rugby union tour of Rhodesia and South Africa

Manager

Amos Du Plooy

Tour captain(s)

Mauro Bollesan

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

9^[1]	1	0	6

Test match

1	0	0	1

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Rhodesia

1	0	0	1

The1973 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of matches played between June and 1973 in South Africa and Rhodesia by Italy national rugby union team.

It was the second time that the "azzuris" move to a tour outside Europe after a short tour in Madagascar in 1973.

The experience, sign a turn in the story of Italian rugby: before of that the contact with the bigger union members was almost near to zero (some test between 1952 and 1967 with France) .

The tour was arranged by Italian federation ad SARB, that send in Italy to prepare the team the coach Amos du Plooy. It was an historical tour, but the results were very poor: only a victory against the "Leopard" the selection of the SARF.

Hero of the last match against Transvaal XV, was Rocco Caligiuri. The fly-half (but normally play ad full-back), score three drops. It was the first time that a player score three drops in an international match in South Africa, after then a plate, were put on the wall of Ellis Park Stadium.

Results

Scores and results list Italy's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Rhodesia	4	42	16 June 1973	Salisbury
Western Transvaal	6	32	20 June 1973	Potchefstroom
Border	12	25	23 June 1973	East London
North East Cape	12	31	27 June 1973	Cradock
Natal	3	23	30 June 1973	Kings Park, Durban
Eastern Transvaal	12	39	4 July 1973	Witbank
Leopards	24	4	7 July 1973	Port Elizabeth
Northern Free State	11	12	9 July 1973	Welkom
Transvaal XV	24	28	11 July 1973	Ellis Park, Johannesburg

Bibliography

(Italian) Valerio Vecchiarelli, Francesco Volpe, 2000, Italia in meta, GS editore, 2000.

Notes

↑ The Italian Rugby Union assigned a cap for every match, despite the fact that no national team plays against the Italian team.

Italy national rugby union team tours

Australia	1981 (no test) 1986 1994 2005

New Zealand	1980 (no test) 2002 2003 (no test)

South Africa	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Argentina and South America	1989 2001 2005 2007

Europe	1988-89 2004

South Pacific	1980 2000 2006

North America	1980 1983

Other African Countries	1970 1973 1985 1991 2001

Asia	2004 2006

Rugby union tours of South Africa

British and Irish Lions	1891 1896 1903 1910 1924 1938 1955 1962 1968 1974 1980 1997 2009

New Zealand	1928 1949 1960 1970 1976 1992 1996

Australia	1933 1953 1961 1963 1969 1992

Argentina	1965 (no test) 1971 (no test) 1994 2002 2003

England	1972 1984 1994 1998 2000 2007 2012

France	1958 1964 1967 1971 1975 1980 1993 2001 2005 2006

Ireland	1961 1981 1998 2004 2016

Italy	1973 (no test) 1999 2001 2008

Scotland	1999 (no test) 2003 2006

Wales	1964 1995 1998 2002 2004 2008 2014

Fiji	1996

Samoa	2003 (no test) 2007

Tonga	1997

Various selections	1978 (American Cougars) 1980 (S.A.Jaguars) 1982 (S.A.Jaguars) 1985 (Cavaliers) 1987 (South Sea Barbarians) 1989 (World XV)

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