Teams

Italy	New Zealand
Tries Bonomi, M Cuttitta	Tries Brooke, Hewett, Innes, Tuigamala
Cons Dominguez 2	Cons Fox 3
Pens Dominguez 3	Pens Fox 3
Team 15 FB Paolo Vaccari 14 W Edgardo Venturi 13 C Fabio Gaetaniello 12 C Diego Dominguez 11 W Marcello Cuttitta 10 FH Massimo Bonomi 9 SH Ivan Francescato 1 P Massimo Cuttitta 2 H Giancarlo Pivetta (c) 3 P Franco Properzi-Curti 4 L Roberto Favaro 5 L Giambattista Croci 6 F Alessandro Bottacchiari 7 F Massimo Giovanelli 8 N8 Carlo Checchinato     Replacements 16 Daniele Tebaldi 17 Stefano Bordon 18 Francesco Pietrosanti 19 Gianni Zanon 20 P Giovanni Grespan 21 Carlo Orlandi	Team 15 FB Terry Wright 14 W John Kirwan 13 C Craig Innes 12 C Walter Little 11 W Inga Tuigamala 10 FH Grant Fox 9 SH Jason Hewett 1 P Steve McDowall 2 H Sean Fitzpatrick 3 P Richard Loe 4 L Ian Jones 5 L Gary Whetton (c) 6 F Alan Whetton 7 F Mark Carter 8 N8 Zinzan Brooke     Replacements 16 FB Shayne Philpott 17 Bernie McCahill 18 Jon Preston 19 Paul Henderson 20 Andy Earl 21 Graham Dowd

Notes

Result New Zealand won by a margin of 10 points

Rugby World Cup points New Zealand 3, Italy 1

Ground name Welford Road, Leicester (neutral venue)

Attendance 15711

Referee K Fitzgerald (Australia)

Italy Test debuts A Bottacchiari

New Zealand Test debuts JA Hewett, S Philpott

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Rugby World Cup
Argentina	12 - 35	Samoa	Pontypridd
France	19 - 13	Canada	Agen