ITALY v SCOTLAND
Saturday 15 March 2008
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch judges: 1 Chris White (England), 2 Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Romain Poite (France)

Head to Head
Played 13
Italy won 4
Scotland won 9

Biggest wins
Italy Points & Margin 37-17 2007
Scotland Points & Margin 47-15 2003

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

Italy (since joining Six Nations)
Win
Points and Margin 37-17 v Scotland 2007

Loss
Points and Margin 23-80 v England 2001

Scotland
Win
Points 38-10 v Ireland 1997
Margin 38-10 v Ireland 1997
31-3 v France 1912
Loss
Points 16-51 v France 1998
Margin 3-43 v England 2001

Italy wins and draws in Six Nations
2000 Scotland Rome W34-20
2003 Wales Rome W30-22
2004 Scotland Rome W20-14
2006 Wales Cardiff D18-18
2007 Scotland Murrayfield W37-17
2007 Wales Rome W23-20

Italy - form guide from start of 2007 Six Nations
France (6N) H L 3-39
England (6N) A L 7-20
Scotland (6N) A W 37-17
Wales (6N) H W 23-20
Ireland (6N) H L 24-51
Uruguay A W 29-5
Argentina A L 6-24
Japan H W 36-12
Ireland A L 20-23
NZ (RWC) N L 14-76
Romania (RWC) N W 24-18
Portugal (RWC) N W 31-5
Scotland (RWC) N L 16-18
Ireland (6N) A L 11-16
England (6N) H L 19-23
Wales (6N) A L 8-47
France (6N) A L 13-25

Scotland - form guide from 2007 Six Nations
England (6N) A L 20-42
Wales (6N) H W 21-9
Italy (6N) H L 17-37
Ireland (6N) H L 18-19
France (6N) A L 19-46
Ireland H W 31-21
SA H L 3-27
Portugal (RWC) N W 56-10
Romania (RWC) N W 42-0
NZ (RWC) N L 0-40
Italy (RWC) N W 18-16
Argentina (RWC) N L 13-19
France (6N) H L 6-27
Wales (6N) A L 15-30
Ireland (6N) A L 13-34
England (6N) H W 15-9
(Scotland have scored two tries (Cusiter v Argentina RWC2007, Webster v Ireland 2008) in their last 7 games)

Italy - most capped players
101 Alessandro Troncon
83 Carlo Checchinato
75 Andrea lo Cicero
74 Diego Dominguez
71 Cristian Alessandro Stoica
69 Massimo Cuttitta
66 Marco Bortolami
65 Mauro Bergamasco
64 Paolo Vaccari

Italy - all time leading points scorers
983 Diego Dominguez
483 Stefano Bettarello
294 Luigi Troiani
260 Ramiro Pez
153 David Bortolussi

Italy - all time leading try scorers
25 Marcello Cuttitta
22 Paolo Vaccari
21 Carlo Checchinato
21 Enrico Marchetto
19 Alessandro Troncon
17 Serafino Ghizzoni
17 Massimo Mascioletti
16 Ivan Francescato
15 Mirco Bergamasco
13 Mauro Bergamasco
12 Kaine Robertson