History of rugby union matches between England and Italy

The national rugby union teams of England and Italy have been playing each other in Test rugby since 1991, and by February 2024, they had met in 31 test matches, all of which have been won by England.

Their first meeting was on 8 October 1991 in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, England won 36–6. England had played Italy three times in Rugby World Cups, once in a Rugby World Cup qualifier at Huddersfield and once in an Autumn International, prior to them joining the Six Nations Championship. Italy's inclusion into the Six Nations Championship in 2000 has ensured regular meetings between the sides.

England have dominated the matches between the sides despite some excellent, spirited displays by Italy, who have yet to register their first win or draw in the fixture. The closest result between the two sides came in the opening round of the 2024 Six Nations Championship tournament, with England winning by a three-point margin.

The most recent match between the two sides ended in a 27-24 victory for England in Stadio Olimpico, Rome during the first round of the 2024 Six Nations Championship.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by England	Won by Italy	Drawn	England points	Italy points
In England	17	17	0	0	721	204
In Italy	13	13	0	0	476	156
Neutral venue	1	1	0	0	27	20
Overall	31	31	0	0	1,224	380

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Record	England	Italy
Longest winning streak	31 (8 Oct 1991–Present)	N/A
Largest points for
Home	80 (17 February 2001)	24 (3 February 2024)
Away	59 (18 March 2000)	23 (17 February 2001)
Largest winning margin
Home	60 (2 October 1999)	N/A
Away	47 (18 March 2000)	N/A

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	8 October 1991	Twickenham Stadium, London	36–6	England	1991 Rugby World Cup
2	31 May 1995	Kings Park Stadium, Durban (South Africa)	27–20	England	1995 Rugby World Cup
3	23 November 1996	Twickenham Stadium, London	54–21	England	1996 Italy tour of Great Britain
4	22 November 1998	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield	23–15	England	1999 Rugby World Cup qualification
5	2 October 1999	Twickenham Stadium, London	67–7	England	1999 Rugby World Cup
6	18 March 2000	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	12–59	England	2000 Six Nations Championship
7	17 February 2001	Twickenham Stadium, London	80–23	England	2001 Six Nations Championship
8	7 April 2002	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–45	England	2002 Six Nations Championship
9	9 March 2003	Twickenham Stadium, London	40–5	England	2003 Six Nations Championship
10	15 February 2004	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–50	England	2004 Six Nations Championship
11	12 March 2005	Twickenham Stadium, London	39–7	England	2005 Six Nations Championship
12	11 February 2006	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	16–31	England	2006 Six Nations Championship
13	10 February 2007	Twickenham Stadium, London	20–7	England	2007 Six Nations Championship
14	10 February 2008	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	19–23	England	2008 Six Nations Championship
15	7 February 2009	Twickenham Stadium, London	36–11	England	2009 Six Nations Championship
16	14 February 2010	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	12–17	England	2010 Six Nations Championship
17	12 February 2011	Twickenham Stadium, London	59–13	England	2011 Six Nations Championship
18	11 February 2012	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	15–19	England	2012 Six Nations Championship
19	10 March 2013	Twickenham Stadium, London	18–11	England	2013 Six Nations Championship
20	15 March 2014	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	11–52	England	2014 Six Nations Championship
21	14 February 2015	Twickenham Stadium, London	47–17	England	2015 Six Nations Championship
22	14 February 2016	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	9–40	England	2016 Six Nations Championship
23	26 February 2017	Twickenham Stadium, London	36–15	England	2017 Six Nations Championship
24	4 February 2018	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	15–46	England	2018 Six Nations Championship
25	9 March 2019	Twickenham Stadium, London	57–14	England	2019 Six Nations Championship
26	6 September 2019	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne	37–0	England	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
27	31 October 2020	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	5–34	England	2020 Six Nations Championship
28	13 February 2021	Twickenham Stadium, London	41–18	England	2021 Six Nations Championship
29	13 February 2022	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	0–33	England	2022 Six Nations Championship
30	12 February 2023	Twickenham Stadium, London	31–14	England	2023 Six Nations Championship
31	3 February 2024	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	24–27	England	2024 Six Nations Championship
32	9 March 2025	Twickenham Stadium, London			2025 Six Nations Championship

Non-test results

Below is a list of matches that Italy has awarded matches test match status by virtue of awarding caps, but England did not.

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Ref	Notes
1	10 May 1986	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	15–15	draw	England XV tour			[a]

Notes

1. Not classed as a full international by England who played as an England XV

References