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 internationals, with New Zealand winning all of them by an average margin of 51 points. The two sides have been in the same pool in five of the eight Rugby World Cup tournaments to date. The first 11 meetings between the two sides since their first clash in 1987 were never played at the same venue, then two tests had been held back to back at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Overall

Details	Played	Won by  Italy	Won by  New Zealand	Drawn	Italy points	New Zealand points
In New Zealand	3	0	3	0	22	161
In Italy	6	0	6	0	61	315
Neutral venue	4	0	4	0	45	278
Overall	13	0	13	0	128	754

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Italy	New Zealand
Longest winning streak	NA	13 (22 May 1987–Present)
Largest points for
Home	19 (25 November 2000)	70 (22 May 1987)
Away	21 (13 October 1991)	101 (14 October 1999)
Largest winning margin
Home	NA	64 (22 May 1987)
Away	NA	98 (14 October 1999)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
13	12 November 2016	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10 – 68	New Zealand	2016 end-of-year internationals
12	17 November 2012	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10 – 42	New Zealand	2012 end-of-year internationals
11	14 November 2009	San Siro Stadium, Milan	6 – 20	New Zealand	2009 end-of-year internationals
10	27 June 2009	AMI Stadium, Christchurch	27 – 6	New Zealand	2009 mid-year internationals
9	8 September 2007	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	76 – 14	New Zealand	2007 Rugby World Cup
8	13 November 2004	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	10 – 59	New Zealand	2004 end-of-year internationals
7	11 October 2003	Colonial Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	70 – 7	New Zealand	2003 Rugby World Cup
6	8 June 2002	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	64 – 10	New Zealand	2002 Italy rugby union tour
5	25 November 2000	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	19 – 56	New Zealand	2000 end-of-year internationals
4	14 October 1999	McAlpine Stadium, Huddersfield	101 – 3	New Zealand	1999 Rugby World Cup
3	28 October 1995	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	6 – 70	New Zealand
2	13 October 1991	Welford Road Stadium, Leicester	31 – 21	New Zealand	1991 Rugby World Cup
1	22 May 1987	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	70 – 6	New Zealand	1987 Rugby World Cup

XV Results

Below is a match that Italy has awarded test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but New Zealand did not award caps.

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