Teams

Russia	Italy
Tries Bondarev	Tries Checchinato 2, Filizzola
Cons Nikolayev	Cons Dominguez 3
Pens Nikolayev 4	Pens Dominguez 3
Team 15 FB Alexandr Zakarlyuk 14 W Vladislav Vorapaev (c) 13 C Vitaly Sorokin 12 C Vyacheslav Bondarev 11 W Andrei Shalyuta 10 FH Yuri Nikolayev 9 SH Yuri Krasnobaev 1 P Sergey Perepyolkin 2 H Vladimir Negodin 3 P Sergey Borisov 4 L Andrei Shabolin 5 L Sergey Kryksa 6 F Andrei Sorokin 7 F Igor Nikolaychuk 8 N8 Vyacheslav Zykov     Replacements 16 N8 Vyacheslav Grachev	Team 15 FB Luigi Troiani 14 W Paolo Vaccari 13 C Stefano Bordon 12 C Gabriel Filizzola 11 W Vittorio d'Anna 10 FH Diego Dominguez 9 SH Francesco Pietrosanti 1 P Massimo Cuttitta (c) 2 H Carlo Orlandi 3 P Franco Properzi-Curti 4 L Pierpaolo Pedroni 5 L Mark Giacheri 6 F Andrea Sgorlon 7 F Julian Gardner 8 N8 Carlo Checchinato     Replacements 16 P Giovanni Grespan 17 F Orazio Arancio

Notes

Result Italy won by a margin of 11 points

FIRA Championship D1 points Italy 3, Russia 1

Ground name Sparta Stadium, Moscow

Referee G Barrabes (France)

Russia Test debuts V Bondarev, V Grachev, Y Krasnobaev, S Perepyolkin, A Shabolin

Italy Test debuts O Arancio, V d'Anna

Other scores

1995 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
Czechia	28 - 0	Israel	Amsterdam
Netherlands	31 - 6	Sweden	Amsterdam
Australia tour
France	3 - 24	Australia	Parc des Princes
South Africa tour
Argentina	26 - 29	South Africa	Buenos Aires
FIRA Championship D2
Poland	30 - 10	Andorra	Sochacewz
FIRA Championship D3
Latvia	10 - 0	Switzerland	Riga
Bulgaria	9 - 9	Lithuania	Gabrovo