Teams

Italy	Japan
Tries Blessano, Bonetti, Francescato, Marchetto, Rossi	Tries none
Cons Ponzi	Cons none
Pens Ponzi	Pens Ueyama
Team 15 FB Rocco Caligiuri 14 W Manrico Marchetto 13 C Nello Francescato 12 C Fiorenzo Blessano 11 W Nino Rossi 10 FH Ennio Ponzi 9 SH Gianni Franceschini 1 P Anacleto Altigieri 2 H Pietro Monfeli 3 P Ambrogio Bona 4 L Pierluigi Camiscioni 5 L Adriano Fedrigo 6 F Umberto Cossara 7 F Narcisio Zanella 8 N8 Salvatore Bonetti (c)     Replacements 16 SH Ercole Manni	Team 15 FB Nobuyuki Ueyama 14 W Masaru Fujiwara 13 C Shigetaka Mori 12 C Masao Yoshida 11 W Ken Aruga 10 FH Yuji Matsuo 9 SH Ryozo Imazato 1 P Tsukasa Takada (c) 2 H Manabu Sasada 3 P Masayuki Miyauchi 4 L Takeshi Hatakeyama 5 L Toshio Terai 6 F Yoshiaki Izawa 7 F Hideo Akama 8 N8 Ichiro Kobayashi

Notes

Result Italy won by a margin of 22 points

Ground name Appiani Stadium, Padova

Attendance 7000

Referee S Zanesco

Italy Test debuts E Manni, N Zanella

Japan Test debuts T Hatakeyama

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