History of rugby union matches between France and Italy

France and Italy have played each other at rugby union a total of 38 matches, with France winning 35 times, Italy winning 3 times, and no matches drawn. Since 2007, the winner of the meeting between the teams in the Six Nations Tournament has received the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

Summary

Note: Summary below reflects test results by both teams.

Details	Played	Won by France	Won by Italy	Drawn	France points	Italy points
In France	20	19	1	0	614	234
In Italy	16	14	2	0	444	147
Neutral venue	2	2	0	0	66	32
Overall	38	35	3	0	1124	413

Records

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

Record	France	Italy
Longest winning streak	18 (17 Oct 1937–22 March 1997)	1 (3 Feb 2013)
Largest points for
Home	60 (26 March 1967)	27 (23 March 2003)
Away	56 (19 March 2005)	40 (22 March 1997)
Largest winning margin
Home	47 (26 March 1967)	5 (3 February 2013)
Away	43 (19 March 2005)	8 (22 March 1997)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
38	6 February 2016	Stade de France, Saint Denis	23 – 21	France	2016 Six Nations Championship
37	19 September 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	32 – 10	France	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D
36	15 March 2015	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	0 – 29	France	2015 Six Nations Championship
35	9 February 2014	Stade de France, Saint Denis	30 – 10	France	2014 Six Nations Championship
34	3 February 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	23 – 18	Italy	2013 Six Nations Championship
33	4 February 2012	Stade de France, Saint Denis	30 – 12	France	2012 Six Nations Championship
32	12 March 2011	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	22 – 21	Italy	2011 Six Nations Championship
31	14 March 2010	Stade de France, Saint Denis	46 – 20	France	2010 Six Nations Championship
30	21 March 2009	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	8 – 50	France	2009 Six Nations Championship
29	9 March 2008	Stade de France, Saint Denis	25 – 13	France	2008 Six Nations Championship
28	3 February 2007	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	3 – 39	France	2007 Six Nations Championship
27	25 February 2006	Stade de France, Saint Denis	37 – 12	France	2006 Six Nations Championship
26	19 March 2005	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	13 – 56	France	2005 Six Nations Championship
25	21 February 2004	Stade de France, Saint Denis	25 – 0	France	2004 Six Nations Championship
24	23 March 2003	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	27 – 53	France	2003 Six Nations Championship
23	2 February 2002	Stade de France, Saint Denis	33 – 12	France	2002 Six Nations Championship
22	3 March 2001	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	19 – 30	France	2001 Six Nations Championship
21	1 April 2000	Stade de France, Saint Denis	42 – 31	France	2000 Six Nations Championship
20	18 October 1997	Stade du Moulias, Auch	30 – 19	France	2nd Coupe Latine de Rugby
19	22 March 1997	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	32 – 40	Italy	1995-97 European Cup final
18	14 October 1995	Ferrocaril Oeste, Buenos Aires	34 – 22	France	1st Coupe Latine de Rugby
17	26 March 1967	Stade Mayol, Toulon	60 – 13	France	1967–68 FIRA Nations Cup
16	9 April 1966	Stadio Arturo Collana, Naples	0 – 21	France	1966–67 FIRA Nations Cup
15	18 April 1965	Gare de La Croix du Prince, Pau	21 – 0	France	Test Match
14	29 March 1964	Stadio XXV Aprile, Parma	3 – 12	France	Test Match
13	14 April 1963	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	14 – 12	France	Test Match
12	22 April 1962	Stadio Mompiano, Brescia	3 – 6	France	Test Match
11	2 April 1961	Stade Municipal, Chambéry	17 – 0	France	Test Match
10	17 April 1960	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	0 – 26	France	Test Match
9	29 March 1959	Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes	22 – 0	France	Test Match
8	7 April 1958	Stadio Arturo Collana, Naples	3 – 11	France	Test Match
7	21 April 1957	Stade Armandie, Agen	38 – 6	France	Test Match
6	2 April 1956	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	3 – 16	France	Test Match
5	10 April 1955	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	24 – 0	France	Test Match
4	24 April 1954	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	12 – 39	France	1954 Rugby Union European Cup
3	26 April 1953	Stade de Gerland, Lyon	22 – 8	France	Test Match
2	17 May 1952	Arena Civica, Milan	8 – 17	France	1952 Rugby Union European Cup
1	17 October 1937	Parc des Princes, Paris	45 – 5	France	1937 FIRA Tournament

XV Results

Below are a list of matches that Italy has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but France did not award caps.

Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
30 January 1999	Stadio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa	24 – 49	France	Test Match - for Italy
4 December 1994	Stade Digione, Digione	14 – 9	France	Test Match - for Italy
11 November 1993	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	16 – 9	Italy	1992–94 FIRA Trophy
25 June 1993	Stade de la Méditerranée, Béziers	31 – 6	France	Mediterranean Cup
20 February 1993	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	12 – 14	France	Test Match - for Italy
2 March 1991	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9 – 15	France	1990–92 FIRA Trophy
18 February 1990	Stadium Municipal d'Albi, Albi	22 – 12	France	1989–90 FIRA Trophy
19 February 1989	Stadio Mompiano, Brescia	12 – 40	France	1987–89 FIRA Trophy
7 February 1988	Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, Monaco	19 – 9	France
22 February 1987	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	6 – 22	France	1985–87 FIRA Trophy
15 February 1986	Union Sportive Annecy Rugby, Annecy	18 – 0	France
3 March 1985	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	9 – 22	France	1984–85 FIRA Trophy
19 February 1984	Stade Léo Lagrange, Chalon-sur-Saône	38 – 16	France	1983–84 FIRA Trophy
13 September 1983	COC Stadium, Casablanca	26 – 12	France	Mediterranean Cup
6 February 1983	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	6 – 6	Drawn	1982–83 FIRA Trophy
21 February 1982	Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne	25 – 19	France	1981–82 FIRA Trophy
8 March 1981	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	9 – 17	France	1980–81 FIRA Trophy
17 February 1980	Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand	46 – 9	France	1979–80 FIRA Trophy
22 September 1979	Makarska RC, Makarska	38 – 12	France	Mediterranean Cup
18 February 1979	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	9 – 15	France	1978–79 FIRA Trophy
4 February 1978	Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila	9 – 31	France	1977–78 FIRA Trophy
6 February 1977	Stade Lesdiguières, Grenoble	10 – 3	France	1976–77 FIRA Trophy
7 February 1976	Arena Civica, Milan	11 – 23	France	1975–76 FIRA Trophy
15 February 1975	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9 – 16	France	1974–75 FIRA Trophy
28 February 1971	Stade du Ray, Nice	37 – 13	France	1970–71 FIRA Nations Cup
9 November 1969	Stadio Santa Maria Goretti, Catania	8 – 22	France	1969–70 FIRA Nations Cup
21 July 1955	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Barcelona	16 – 8	France	Mediterranean Cup
27 March 1949	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille	27 – 0	France	Test Match - for Italy
28 March 1948	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo	6 – 39	France	Test Match - for Italy
22 April 1935	Stadio Nazionale PNF, Rome	6 – 44	France	Test Match - for Italy