Teams

Italy	Soviet Union
Tries none	Tries Mironov
Cons none	Cons Dzagnidze
Pens Bettarello 4	Pens Dzagnidze 2
Drops none	Drops Mironov 2
Team 15 FB Luigi Troiani 14 W Edgardo Venturi 13 C Stefano Barba 12 C Sergio Zorzi 11 W Luigi Salvati 10 FH Stefano Bettarello (c) 9 SH Stefano Boccazzi 1 P Guido Rossi 2 H Moreno Trevisiol 3 P Tito Lupini 4 L Roberto Favaro 5 L Antonio Colella 6 F Raffaele Dolfato 7 F Pietro Reale 8 N8 Corrado Covi     Replacements 16 F Roberto Saetti 17 SH Alessandro Ghini	Team 15 FB David Dzagnidze 14 W Vladislav Vorapaev 13 C Vinokodov 12 C M Parshin 11 W Igor Mironov 10 FH I Nechaev 9 SH Demidov 1 P Sergei Molchanov 2 H R Malikov 3 P Igor Khokhlov 4 L Sergey Sergeev 5 L Sapiega 6 F Andrei Sokolov 7 F R Khairulin 8 N8 Alexandr Tikhonov

Notes

Result Soviet Union won by a margin of 6 points

FIRA Championship D1 points Soviet Union 3, Italy 1

Ground name Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso

Referee M Lamoulie (France)

Italy Test debuts R Saetti

Soviet Union Test debuts N Dzagnidze, S Molchanov, Sapiega, Vinokodov

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

Other scores

New Zealand Maori tour
Spain	12 - 22	New Zealand Maori	Seville
Welsh Districts tour
Sweden	3 - 28	Welsh Districts	Malmo
Argentina tour
France	29 - 9	Argentina	Nantes
Australia tour
England	28 - 19	Australia	Twickenham