History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Italy
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The History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Italy dates back to New Year's Eve 1988 when Ireland defeated Italy in a tour test match, 31–15. Ireland have dominated the meetings, with the Italians having achieved only four victories. The teams' most recent meeting was in the 2024 Six Nations Championship in Dublin, where Ireland won 36–0.[1]
Summary
[edit]Overview
[edit]Details | Played | Won by Ireland |
Won by Italy |
Drawn | Ireland points | Italy points |
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In Ireland | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 772 | 263 |
In Italy | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 454 | 253 |
Neutral venue | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 22 |
Overall | 37 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 1,332 | 538 |
Records[edit]Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.
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Attendance[edit]Up to date as of 11 February 2024.
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Results
[edit]No. | Date | Venue | Score | Winner | Competition | Attendance | Ref. |
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1 | 31 December 1988 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 31–15 | ![]() |
1988–89 Italy tour of Ireland | — | [2] |
2 | 6 May 1995 | Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso | 22–12 | ![]() |
1995 Ireland tour of Italy | — | [3] |
3 | 3 January 1997 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 29–37 | ![]() |
1997 Italy tour of Ireland | 25,000 | [4] |
4 | 20 December 1997 | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna | 37–22 | ![]() |
1997 Ireland tour of Italy | — | [5] |
5 | 10 April 1999 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 39–30 | ![]() |
Six Nations Preperation International[a] | 25,000 | [6] |
6 | 4 March 2000 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 60–13 | ![]() |
2000 Six Nations Championship | 40,000 | [7] |
7 | 3 February 2001 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 22–41 | ![]() |
2001 Six Nations Championship | 30,000 | [8] |
8 | 23 March 2002 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 32–17 | ![]() |
2002 Six Nations Championship | 49,000 | [9] |
9 | 22 February 2003 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 13–37 | ![]() |
2003 Six Nations Championship | 22,500 | [10] |
10 | 30 August 2003 | Thomond Park, Limerick | 61–6 | ![]() |
2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match | 14,000 | [11] |
11 | 20 March 2004 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 19–3 | ![]() |
2004 Six Nations Championship | 49,250 | [12] |
12 | 6 February 2005 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 17–28 | ![]() |
2005 Six Nations Championship | 30,000 | [13] |
13 | 4 February 2006 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 26–16 | ![]() |
2006 Six Nations Championship | 49,500 | [14] |
14 | 17 March 2007 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 24–51 | ![]() |
2007 Six Nations Championship | 24,973 | [15] |
15 | 24 August 2007 | Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast | 23–20 | ![]() |
2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match | 14,100 | [16][17] |
16 | 2 February 2008 | Croke Park, Dublin | 16–11 | ![]() |
2008 Six Nations Championship | 75,387 | [18] |
17 | 15 February 2009 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 9–38 | ![]() |
2009 Six Nations Championship | 32,000 | [19] |
18 | 6 February 2010 | Croke Park, Dublin | 29–11 | ![]() |
2010 Six Nations Championship | 77,686 | [20] |
19 | 5 February 2011 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 11–13 | ![]() |
2011 Six Nations Championship | 32,000 | [21] |
20 | 2 October 2011 | Otago Stadium, Dunedin (New Zealand) | 36–6 | ![]() |
2011 Rugby World Cup | 28,027 | [22] |
21 | 25 February 2012 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 42–10 | ![]() |
2012 Six Nations Championship | 51,000 | [23] |
22 | 16 March 2013 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 22–15 | ![]() |
2013 Six Nations Championship | 74,174 | [24] |
23 | 8 March 2014 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 46–7 | ![]() |
2014 Six Nations Championship | 52,000 | [25] |
24 | 7 February 2015 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 3–26 | ![]() |
2015 Six Nations Championship | 57,700 | [26] |
25 | 4 October 2015 | Olympic Stadium, London (England) | 16–9 | ![]() |
2015 Rugby World Cup | 53,817 | [27] |
26 | 12 March 2016 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 58–15 | ![]() |
2016 Six Nations Championship | 51,700 | [28] |
27 | 11 February 2017 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 10–63 | ![]() |
2017 Six Nations Championship | 50,197 | [29] |
28 | 10 February 2018 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 56–19 | ![]() |
2018 Six Nations Championship | 51,700 | [30] |
29 | 3 November 2018 | Soldier Field, Chicago (United States) | 54–7 | ![]() |
2018 Autumn International | 35,000 | [31] |
30 | 24 February 2019 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 16–26 | ![]() |
2019 Six Nations Championship | 49,720 | [32] |
31 | 10 August 2019 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 29–10 | ![]() |
2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match | 30,000 | [33] |
32 | 24 October 2020 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 50–17 | ![]() |
2020 Six Nations Championship | 0* | [34] |
33 | 27 February 2021 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 10–48 | ![]() |
2021 Six Nations Championship | 0* | [35] |
34 | 28 February 2022 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 57–6 | ![]() |
2022 Six Nations Championship | 51,000 | [36][37] |
35 | 25 February 2023 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 20–34 | ![]() |
2023 Six Nations Championship | 51,034 | [38] |
36 | 5 August 2023 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 33–17 | ![]() |
2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match | 43,500 | [39] |
37 | 11 February 2024 | Aviva Stadium, Dublin | 36–0 | ![]() |
2024 Six Nations Championship | 51,700 | [1][40] |
38 | 15 March 2025 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 2025 Six Nations Championship |
Results by Decade
[edit]Decade | Ireland | Italy | Drawn | Series winner |
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1980s | 1 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
1990s | 1 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
2000s | 12 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2010s | 13 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2020s | 6 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
Gallery
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External links
[edit]- Complete Results and Details at ESPN
- Pick and Go Rugby test match database
- Ireland v Italy stats on irishrugby.ie
Notes
[edit]- ^ In the year preceding Italy joining the Six Nations, the fixtures were played in a shadow format, with Italy playing each of the then Five Nations during the 1999 Five Nations tournament.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ireland 36-0 Italy". Six Nations Guide. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "ITALY TOUR - Lansdowne Road, 31 December 1988". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "IRELAND TOUR - Treviso, 6 May 1995". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "ITALY TOUR - Lansdowne Road, 4 January 1997". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "IRELAND TOUR - Bologna, 20 December 1997". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "ITALY TOUR - Lansdowne Road, 10 April 1999, 16:15 local, 15:15 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Spellbinding Ireland crush Italy". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 3 February 2001, 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Lansdowne Road, 23 March 2002, 14:00 local, 14:00 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 22 February 2003, 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Italy tour in Ireland/Scotland 2003 2003". espnscrum. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Lansdowne Road, 20 March 2004, 13:30 local, 13:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 6 February 2005, 15:30 local, 14:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Lansdowne Road, 4 February 2006, 13:30 local, 13:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 17 March 2007, 14:30 local, 13:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Late O'Gara Try Leads Ireland To Ravenhill Win". Irish Rugby. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Ireland 23-20 Italy". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Ireland scrape past Italy". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 15 February 2009, 15:30 local, 14:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland labour to opening win". espnscrum. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 5 February 2011, 15:30 local, 14:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "RUGBY WORLD CUP , Pool C - Dunedin, 2 October 2011, 20:30 local, 07:30 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Six Nations 2012". espnscrum. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Italy claim historic victory over Ireland". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland take big step towards Six Nations title". Scrum. ESPN Sports Media. 8 March 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
- ^ "Ireland relieved by second-half try burst". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "RUGBY WORLD CUP , Pool D - London, 4 October 2015, 16:45 local, 15:45 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Record-breaking Ireland bounce back in style". Six Nations Rugby. Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 11 February 2017, 15:25 local, 14:25 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland 56-19 Italy". six nations guide. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "IRELAND TOUR / ITALY TOUR - Chicago, 3 November 2018, 15:00 local, 22:00 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "SIX NATIONS - Rome, 24 February 2019, 16:00 local, 15:00 GMT". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland 29-10 Italy". Autumn Internationals. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ "Six Nations 2020: Debutants among tries as Ireland beat Italy 50-17 to go top". bbc.
- ^ "Italy (10) 10 - 48 (27) Ireland (FT)". espnscrum. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ "Ireland rack up 57 points after red card forces Italy down to 13 players". the42. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Ireland 57-6 Italy: Michael Lowry scores twice on Test debut in Six Nations win against 13-man Azzurri". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Ireland survive Italy scare in Rome to keep Six Nations Grand Slam hopes alive". The Telegaph. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "Ireland 33-17 Italy". Autumn Internationals. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Farrell 'happy enough' but Ireland can improve". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
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