Teams

Italy	France XV
Tries Blessano, de Anna	Tries M Barrau, Cimarosti, Harize, Kaczorowski
Cons none	Cons Taffary 2
Pens Ponzi	Pens Taffary
Team 15 FB Rocco Caligiuri 14 W Manrico Marchetto 13 C Fiorenzo Blessano 12 C Pietro Vezzani 11 W Elio de Anna 10 FH Ennio Ponzi 9 SH Gianni Franceschini 1 P Anacleto Altigieri 2 H Paolo Ferracin 3 P Ambrogio Bona 4 L Isidoro Quaglio 5 L Adriano Fedrigo 6 F Franco Baraldi 7 F Umberto Cossara (c) 8 N8 Ivo Mazzucchelli     Replacements 16 P Fulvio di Carlo 17 H Giorgio Morelli	Team 15 FB Michel Taffary 14 W Dominique Harize 13 C Michel Billac 12 C Jacques Cimarosti 11 W Andre Dubertrand 10 FH Michel Barrau 9 SH Max Barrau 1 P Daniel Revailler 2 H Christian Swierczinski 3 P Pierre Dospital 4 L August 5 L Alain Guilbert 6 F Daniel Kaczorowski 7 F Patrice Peron 8 N8 Gilbert Genevoix

Notes

Result France XV won by a margin of 12 points

FIRA Championship D1 points France XV 3, Italy 1

Ground name Arena Civica, Milan

Referee T Witting (Romania)

Italy Test debuts G Morelli

France XV Test debuts no Test caps awarded

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

Other scores

Five Nations
France	26 - 3	Ireland	Parc des Princes
Wales	28 - 6	Scotland	Cardiff