Teams

Italy	Soviet Union
Tries none	Tries Plotnikov
Pens Bettarello	Pens none
Team 15 FB Claudio Torresan 14 W Nino Rossi 13 C Rino Francescato 12 C Nello Francescato (c) 11 W Serafino Ghizzoni 10 FH Stefano Bettarello 9 SH Fulvio Lorigiola 1 P Renato de Bernardo 2 H Paolo Pavesi 3 P Giancarlo Pivetta 4 L Louis Basei 5 L Salvatore Bonetti 6 F Mario Pavin 7 F Narcisio Zanella 8 N8 Claudio Tinari	Team 15 FB Gonyani 14 W Pavel Berzin 13 C Karpushkin 12 C Salavatov 11 W Igor Mironov 10 FH Sljussar 9 SH Kliushnikov 1 P Sheverev 2 H Barbariusch 3 P Epfnaov 4 L N Plotnikov 5 L Ochitkov 6 F Juravliov 7 F Barinov 8 N8 Alexandr Tikhonov

Notes

Result Soviet Union won by a margin of 1 point

FIRA Championship D1 points Soviet Union 3, Italy 1

Ground name Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini, Rovigo

Referee JC Doulcet (France)

Italy Test debuts R de Bernardo, M Pavin

Soviet Union Test debuts Barbariusch, Barinov, P Berzin, Epfnaov, Gonyani, Juravliov, Karpushkin, Kliushnikov, I Mironov, Ochitkov, N Plotnikov, Salavatov, Sheverev, Sljussar, A Tikhonov

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