Italy vs Australia · International Tests

International Tests · 2025Full time
Italy
26–19
Australia

Match report

Italy beat Australia 26-19 in the International Tests on Saturday, 8 November 2025.

The win ends a run of two defeats for Italy. Australia have now lost two in a row. Andrew Brace refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

2
Italy wins (67%)
0
Draws (0%)
1
Australia wins (33%)

Last 3 meetings, since November 2022

Biggest Italy win
26–19
8 Nov 2025
Biggest Australia win
57–10
18 Jul 2026

Last 3 meetings

  • 18 Jul 2026 · Nations Championship
    Australia57
    Italy10
  • 8 Nov 2025 · Friendly International
    Italy26
    Australia19
  • 12 Nov 2022 · Friendly International
    Italy28
    Australia27

Lineups

Avg. age
27.5
Avg. age
26.9

Italy

  1. 1Danilo Fischetti
  2. 2Giacomo Nicotera
  3. 3Simone Ferrari
  4. 4Niccolò Cannone
  5. 5Andrea Zambonin
  6. 6Ross Vintcent
  7. 7Manuel Zuliani
  8. 8Lorenzo Cannone
  9. 9Stephen Varney
  10. 10Paolo Garbisi
  11. 11Monty Ioane
  12. 12Tommaso Menoncello
  13. 13Juan Ignacio Brex
  14. 14Louis Lynagh
  15. 15Ange Capuozzo
Replacements
  1. 16Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
  2. 17Mirco Spagnolo
  3. 18Marco Riccioni
  4. 19Federico Ruzza
  5. 20Alessandro Izekor
  6. 21Martin Page Relo
  7. 22Tommaso Allan
  8. 23Leonardo Marin

Australia

  1. 1Angus Bell
  2. 2Matt Faessler
  3. 4Nick Frost
  4. 5Jeremy Williams
  5. 6Tom Hooper
  6. 7Fraser McReight
  7. 8Harry Wilson
  8. 9Jake Gordon
  9. 10Carter Gordon
  10. 11Harry Potter
  11. 12Hunter Paisami
  12. 13Joseph Suaalii
  13. 14Corey Toole
  14. 15Andrew Kellaway
Replacements
  1. 16Billy Pollard
  2. 17Aidan Ross
  3. 18Zane Nonggorr
  4. 19Rob Valetini
  5. 20Peter Samu
  6. 21Ryan Lonergan
  7. 22Tane Edmed