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 are the best performed team 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.

Italy has yet to host the World Cup, although the Italian Rugby Federation made unsuccessful bids for the 2015 and 2019 competitions.

By position

Scotland vs Italy at St Etienne, 2007 World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	For	Against
1987	Pool	–	3	1	–	2	40	110
1991	Pool	–	3	1	–	2	57	76
1995	Pool	–	3	1	–	2	69	94
1999	Pool	–	3	–	–	3	35	196
2003	Pool	–	4	2	–	2	77	123
2007	Pool	–	4	2	–	2	85	117
2011	Pool	–	4	2	–	2	92	95
2015	Pool	–	4	2	–	2	74	88
2019
Total	–	–	28	11	–	17	529	899

Matches

1987 Rugby World Cup

Pool 3 matches -

Team	P	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
New Zealand	3	3	0	190	34	6
Fiji	3	1	2	56	101	2
Argentina	3	1	2	49	90	2
Italy	3	1	2	40	110	2

Fiji qualified for the highest number of tries (Fiji 6, Italy 5, Argentina 4)

1987-05-22

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

Eden Park, Auckland
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bob Fordham

1987-05-28

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

Lancaster Park, Christchurch
Referee: Roger Quittenton

1987-05-31

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

Carisbrook, Dunedin
Referee: Keith Lawrence

1991 Rugby World Cup

Pool A matches -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
New Zealand	3	0	95	39	9
England	2	1	85	33	7
Italy	1	2	57	76	5
United States	0	3	24	113	3

1991-10-05

Italy	30 – 9	United States
Tries: Barba, Francescato, Vaccari, Gaetaniello Con: Dominguez (4) Pen: Dominguez (2)		Tries: Swords Con: Williams Pen: Williams

Cross Green, Otley
Referee: Owen Doyle

1991-10-08

England	36 – 6	Italy
Tries: Guscott (2), Underwood, Webb Con: Webb (4) Pen: Webb (4)		Tries: Cuttitta Con: Dominguez

Twickenham, London
Referee: Brian Anderson

1991-10-13

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

Welford Road, Leicester
Attendance: 16,800
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald

1995 Rugby World Cup

Pool B matches -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
England	3	0	95	60	9
Western Samoa	2	1	96	88	7
Italy	1	2	69	94	5
Argentina	0	3	69	87	3

1995-05-27

Italy	18 – 42	Western Samoa
Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Marcello Cuttitta Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez Drop: Diego Dominguez		Tries: Brian Lima (2), George Harder (3), Darren Kellet, Shem Tatupu Con: Darren Kellet (2) Pen: Darren Kellet (1)

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: Joel Dume

1995-05-31

England	27 – 20	Italy
Tries: Rory Underwood, Tony Underwood Con: Rob Andrew Pen: Rob Andrew (5)		Tries: Massimo Cuttitta, Paolo Vaccari Con: Diego Dominguez (2) Pen: Diego Dominguez (2)

Kings Park Stadium, Durban
Attendance: 21 000
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)

1995-06-04

Argentina	25 – 31	Italy
Tries: Matias Corral, Rolando Martin, José Cilley Con: José Cilley Pen: José Cilley		Tries: Paolo Vaccari, Mario Gerosa, Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez (2) Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London
Attendance: 11 000
Referee: Clayton Thomas

1999 Rugby World Cup

Pool 2 matches -

Team	Won	Lost	For	Against	Points
New Zealand	3	0	176	28	6
England	2	1	184	47	4
Tonga	1	2	48	171	2
Italy	0	3	35	196	0

1999-10-02

England	67 – 7	Italy
Tries: Jonny Wilkinson, Richard Hill, Dan Luger, Neil Back, Phil de Glanville, Martin Corry, Matt Dawson, Matt Perry Con: Jonny Wilkinson11 Pen: Jonny Wilkinson		Tries: Diego Dominguez Con: Diego Dominguez

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 73,470
Referee: Andre Watson

1999-10-10

Italy	25 – 28	Tonga
Tries: Alessandro Moscardi Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez (6)		Tries: Taunaholo Taufahema, 'Isileli Fatani, Sateki Tuipulotu Con: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Pen: Sateki Tuipulotu (2) Drop: Sateki Tuipulotu

Welford Road, Leicester
Referee: David McHugh

1999-10-14

New Zealand	101 – 3	Italy
Tries: Jeff Wilson (3), Glen Osborne (2), Jonah Lomu (2), Taine Randell, Tony Brown, Christian Cullen, Mark Hammett, Daryl Gibson, Scott Robertson, Dylan Mika Con: Tony Brown (11) Pen: Tony Brown (3)		Pen: Diego Dominguez

McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield
Referee: Jim Fleming

2003 Rugby World Cup

Group D matches -

Team	Won	Lost	For123	Against	BP	Points
New Zealand	4	0	282	57	4	20
Wales	3	1	132	98	2	14
Italy	2	2	77	123	0	8
Canada	1	3	54	135	1	5
Tonga	0	4	46	178	1	1

2003-10-11

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

Telstra Dome, Melbourne
Attendance: 41,715
Referee: Andrew Cole

2003-10-15

Italy	36 – 12	Tonga
Tries: M. Dallan, D. Dallan (2) Con: Wakarua (3) Pen: Wakarua (5)		Tries: Payne, Tu'ifua Con: Tu'ipulotu

Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 18,967
Referee: Steve Walsh

2003-10-21

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

Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 20,515
Referee: Paddy O'Brien

2003-10-25

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

Canberra Stadium
Attendance: 22,641
Referee: Andrew Cole

2007 Rugby World Cup

Pool C matches -

Main article: 2007 Rugby World Cup - Pool C

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/-	BP	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	46	309	35	+274	4	20
Scotland	4	3	1	14	116	66	+50	2	14
Italy	4	2	2	8	85	117	−32	1	9
Romania	4	1	3	5	40	161	−121	1	5
Portugal	4	0	4	4	38	209	−171	1	1

	ITA	NZL	POR	ROM	SCO
Italy	–	14 – 76	31 – 5	24 – 18	16 – 18
New Zealand	–	–	108 – 13	85 – 8	40 – 0
Portugal	–	–	–	10 – 14	10 – 56
Romania	–	–	–	–	0 – 42
Scotland	–	–	–	–	–

2011 Rugby World Cup

Main article: 2011 Rugby World Cup

Pool C of the 2011 Rugby World Cup began on 11 September 2011 and was completed on 2 October. The pool was composed of Australia, Ireland, Italy, Russia and the United States.^[1]

Key to colours in pool tables
	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup
	Eliminated but qualified for 2015 Rugby World Cup

Team	Pld	W	L	TF	PF	PA	+/−	BP	Pts
Ireland	4	4	0	15	135	34	+101	1	17
Australia	4	3	1	25	173	48	+125	3	15
Italy	4	2	2	13	92	95	−3	2	10
United States	4	1	3	4	38	122	−84	0	4
Russia	4	0	4	8	57	196	−139	1	1

All times are local New Zealand time (UTC+12 until 24 September, UTC+13 from 25 September^[2])

11 September 2011
15:30

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+'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
Attendance: 25,731
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


Australia
FB	15	Kurtley Beale
RW	14	Adam Ashley-Cooper
OC	13	Anthony Fainga'a	48'
IC	12	Pat McCabe
LW	11	Digby Ioane
FH	10	Quade Cooper
SH	9	Will Genia	62'
N8	8	Radike Samo
OF	7	David Pocock	61'
BF	6	Rocky Elsom	69'
RL	5	James Horwill (c)
LL	4	Daniel Vickerman	69'
TP	3	Ben Alexander	65'
HK	2	Stephen Moore	62'	74'	78'
LP	1	Sekope Kepu
Replacements:
HK	16	Tatafu Polota-Nau	62'	74'	78'
PR	17	James Slipper	65'
LK	18	Rob Simmons	69'
N8	19	Ben McCalman	61'
FL	20	Scott Higginbotham	69'
SH	21	Luke Burgess	62'
WG	22	James O'Connor	48'
Coach:
Robbie Deans


Italy
FB	15	Andrea Masi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Gonzalo Garcia	62'
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Luciano Orquera	73'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato	70'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Robert Barbieri	52'
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Corniel van Zyl
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava	61'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni		74'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero	68'	74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tommaso D'Apice
PR	17	Lorenzo Cittadini	68'
LK	18	Marco Bortolami	61'
FL	19	Paul Derbyshire	52'
SH	20	Edoardo Gori	70'
FH	21	Riccardo Bocchino	73'
FB	22	Luke McLean	62'
Coach:
Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
James Horwill (Australia)

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

20 September 2011
19:30

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)

Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 12,418
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


Italy
FB	15	Andrea Masi		60'
RW	14	Giulio Toniolatti
OC	13	Tommaso Benvenuti
IC	12	Matteo Pratichetti
LW	11	Luke McLean
FH	10	Riccardo Bocchino		73'
SH	9	Edoardo Gori		57'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)		57'
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco		36' 47'
BF	6	Paul Derbyshire
RL	5	Marco Bortolami		48'
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys
TP	3	Lorenzo Cittadini
HK	2	Fabio Ongaro	33' to 43'	47'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini		48'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tommaso D'Apice		36'
PR	17	Martin Castrogiovanni		48'
LK	18	Corniel van Zyl		48'
FL	19	Alessandro Zanni		57'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio		57'
OC	21	Gonzalo Canale		73'
FB	22	Alberto Sgarbi		60'
Coach:
Nick Mallett


Russia
FB	15	Igor Klyuchnikov	33'
RW	14	Vasily Artemyev
OC	13	Andrei Kuzin
IC	12	Alexei Makovetskiy
LW	11	Vladimir Ostroushko
FH	10	Konstantin Rachkov
SH	9	Alexander Shakirov	28'
N8	8	Victor Gresev
OF	7	Andrei Garbuzov	69'
BF	6	Viacheslav Grachev	64'
RL	5	Adam Byrnes	65'
LL	4	Alexander Voytov
TP	3	Ivan Prishchepenko	77'
HK	2	Vladislav Korshunov (c)	61'
LP	1	Vladmimir Botvinnikov	54' 77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Valeri Tsnobiladze	61'
PR	17	Alexander Khrokin	54'
LK	18	Denis Antonov	65'
FL	19	Artem Fatakhov	64'
SH	20	Alexander Yanyushkin	28'
WG	21	Mikhail Sidorov	69'
FB	22	Yuri Kushnarev	33'
Coaches:
Nikolay Nerush Kingsley Jones

Man of the Match:
Victor Gresev (Russia)

Touch judges:
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Garratt Williamson (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

27 September 2011
19:30

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'

Trafalgar Park, Nelson
Attendance: 14,997
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)


Italy
FB	15	Luke McLean
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti	54'
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Gonzalo Garcia
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco	70'
FH	10	Luciano Orquera	67'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato	67'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Corniel van Zyl
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni	72'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	73'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	51' 72'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro	73'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero	51'
LK	18	Marco Bortolami
FL	19	Paul Derbyshire	70'
SH	20	Edoardo Gori	67'
FH	21	Riccardo Bocchino	67'
WG	22	Giulio Toniolatti	54'
Coach:
Nick Mallett


United States
FB	15	Chris Wyles
RW	14	Takudzwa Ngwenya
OC	13	Paul Emerick
IC	12	Andrew Suniula		72'
LW	11	James Paterson
FH	10	Roland Suniula		46'
SH	9	Mike Petri		64'
N8	8	Nic Johnson		68'
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Louis Stanfill	59' to 69'
RL	5	Hayden Smith
LL	4	John van der Giessen
TP	3	Matekitonga Moeakiola	8' to 14'	56'
HK	2	Chris Biller		29'
LP	1	Mike MacDonald
Replacements:
HK	16	Phil Thiel		29'
PR	17	Shawn Pittman		8' 14' 56'
LK	18	Scott LaValla		68'
FL	19	Pat Danahy
SH	20	Tim Usasz		64'
FH	21	Valenese Malifa		72'
FB	22	Blaine Scully		46'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

Man of the Match:
Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

2 October 2011
20:30

Ireland	36 – 6	Italy
Try: O'Driscoll 47' c Earls (2) 52' c, 80+' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Sexton (1/1) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 7', 18', 35', 44' Sexton (1/1) 70'	Report	Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (2/3) 11', 21'

Otago Stadium, Dunedin
Attendance: 28,027
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


Ireland
FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Tommy Bowe
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)	74'
IC	12	Gordon d'Arcy
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara	67'
SH	9	Conor Murray	74'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7	Sean O'Brien
BF	6	Stephen Ferris	73'
RL	5	Paul O'Connell
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan	59'
TP	3	Mike Ross
HK	2	Rory Best	53'
LP	1	Cian Healy	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Sean Cronin	53'
PR	17	Tom Court	73'
LK	18	Donnacha Ryan	59'
N8	19	Denis Leamy	73'
SH	20	Eoin Reddan	74'
FH	21	Jonathan Sexton	67'
WG	22	Andrew Trimble	74'
Coach:
Declan Kidney


Italy
FB	15	Andrea Masi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Gonzalo Garcia
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Luciano Orquera	41'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato	57'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)	77'
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco	49'
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Corniel van Zyl	61'
LL	4	Quintin Geldenhuys
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni	37'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	67'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro	67'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero	37'
LK	18	Marco Bortolami	61'
FL	19	Paul Derbyshire	49'
SH	20	Edoardo Gori	57'
FH	21	Riccardo Bocchino	41'
FB	22	Luke McLean	77'
Coach:
Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
Sean O'Brien (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Chris Pollock (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Hosting

Main article: Rugby World Cup hosts

The Rugby World Cup is held every four years, and tends to alternate between the northern and southern hemispheres. Every northern hemisphere tournament so far has been held in Europe, but no games have been held in Italy itself.

2015

2019

The host for the 2019 tournament is Japan. Bids have been received from Australia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and Wales.

References

Davies, Gerald (2004) The History of the Rugby World Cup (Sanctuary Publishing Ltd, (ISBN 1860746020)
Farr-Jones, Nick, (2003). Story of the Rugby World Cup, Australian Post Corporation, (ISBN 0-642-36811-2)

↑ . Retrieved on 2011-09-11.
↑ The change in time zone is due to the start of daylight saving time in New Zealand, at 2:00am on Sunday 25 September

Rugby union in Italy

Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR)

National teams

Women's	Italy 7's

Men's	Italy A 7's U-20 U-18

League competitions

Men's	Pro12 Excellence Serie A Serie B Serie C

Cup competitions

Men's	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition Excellence Trophy

Clubs
Players
Coaches
Referees
Venues

National team appearances in the Rugby World Cup by tier

Tier 1 teams	Argentina Australia England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tier 2 teams	Canada Fiji Georgia Japan Namibia Portugal Romania Russia Samoa Spain Tonga United States Uruguay

Tier 3 teams	Ivory Coast Zimbabwe

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