Teams

Italy	England Under-23s
Tries none	Tries Halliday
Pens Bettarello 2	Pens 1
Drops Bettarello 2	Drops Barnes
Team 15 FB Fabrizio Gaetaniello (c) 14 W Serafino Ghizzoni 13 C Fabio Gaetaniello 12 C Giancarlo Morelli 11 W Alberto Osti 10 FH Stefano Bettarello 9 SH Alessandro Ghini 1 P Renato de Bernardo 2 H Claudio Robazza 3 P Guido Rossi 4 L Stefano Annibal 5 L Massimo Trippitelli 6 F Beppe Artuso 7 F Marzio Innocenti 8 N8 Gianni Zanon     Replacements 16 SH Alessandro Fusco 17 C Gianluca Limone	Team 15 FB Chris Martin 14 W John Goodwin 13 C Simon Halliday 12 C Andrew Mason 11 W Rory Underwood 10 FH Stuart Barnes 9 SH Stephen Baker 1 P Simon Henderson 2 H Mike Dixon 3 P Steve Ashmead 4 L John Brain 5 L David Cusani 6 F Andy Dun (c) 7 F Daryl Jelinek 8 N8 Mike Teague     Replacements 16 John Carr 17 Paul Curtis 18 Brian Moore 19 Graham Paige 20 Nigel Roberts 21 David Walsh

Notes

Result Italy won by a margin of 5 points

Ground name Stadio Plebiscito, Padova

Referee Cadamuro

Italy Test debuts A Fusco

England Under-23s Test debuts no Test caps awarded

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

Other scores

FIRA Championship D1
Soviet Union	10 - 10	France XV	Moscow
Switzerland tour
Finland	0 - 60	Switzerland	Helsinki