Teams

France XV	Italy
Tries Amade 4, Faillon 2, Lalubie	Tries Abbiati, Puglisi
Cons Berges-Cau 5	Cons Lazzarini 2
Pens Berges-Cau 2	Pens none
Drops none	Drops Lazzarini
Team 15 FB Rene Berges-Cau 14 W Jean-Charles Amade 13 C Jean-Michel Mazas 12 C Patrick Nadal 11 W P Lalubie 10 FH Maurice de Matos 9 SH Jacques Fouroux 1 P Jean-Louis Martin 2 H Jean-Louis Ugartemendia 3 P Laurent 4 L Michel Savitsky 5 L Michel Sappa 6 F Daniel Herrero 7 F Victor Boffelli 8 N8 Andre Faillon     Replacements 16 F Francis Biescas 17 P Jacques Rougerie	Team 15 FB Luciano Modonesi 14 W Aldo Caluzzi 13 C Lelio Lazzarini 12 C Claudio della Valle 11 W Pierluigi Pacifici 10 FH Gianmatteo Cecchin 9 SH Umberto Conforto II 1 P Massimo Gini 2 H Pietro Monfeli 3 P Ettore Abbiati 4 L Ivo Mazzucchelli 5 L Umberto Cossara 6 F Giuseppe Puglisi 7 F Lucio Boccaletto 8 N8 Marco Bollesan (c)     Replacements 16 W Francesco Dotto 17 H Alessandro Brunelli

Notes

Result France XV won by a margin of 24 points

FIRA Championship D1 points France XV 2, Italy 0

Ground name Stade du Ray, Nice

Referee WKM Jones (Wales)

France XV Test debuts no Test caps awarded

Italy Test debuts G Puglisi

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