History of rugby union matches between Italy and New Zealand

The All Blacks first played against Italy at the opening game of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, beating them 70-6 at Eden Park, Auckland. The two teams have played a total of twelve Test matches recognized by both sides as full internatonals, with New Zealand winning all of them by an average margin of 51 points. The two sides have been in the same pool in every World Cup tournament except 1995. However they were in different pools for the 2011 event.

Overall summary

Results

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
17 November 2012	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10 – 42	New Zealand	2012 Autumn International
14 November 2009	San Siro Stadium, Milan	6 – 20	New Zealand	2009 Autumn Internationals
27 June 2009	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	27 – 6	New Zealand	2009 mid-year tests
8 September 2007	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	76 – 14	New Zealand	2007 Rugby World Cup
13 November 2004	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	10 – 59	New Zealand	2004 Autumn Internationals
11 October 2003	Colonial Stadium, Melbourne	70 – 7	New Zealand	2003 Rugby World Cup
8 June 2002	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	64 – 10	New Zealand	2002 Italy rugby union tour
25 November 2000	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	19 – 56	New Zealand
14 October 1999	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield	101 – 3	New Zealand	1999 Rugby World Cup
28 October 1995	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	6 – 70	New Zealand
13 October 1991	Welford Road Stadium, Leicester	31 – 21	New Zealand	1991 Rugby World Cup
22 May 1987	Eden Park, Auckland	70 – 6	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup

Other match

The two teams also met in a match in 1979 which is not regarded as a full international by New Zealand.^[1]

Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Competition	Comments
28 November 1979	Rovigo	12 – 18	New Zealand	1979 New Zealand tour of England, Scotland & Italy	Classed as a full international by Italy only

References

• Pick and Go Test Match Results Database