The History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Italy dates back to New Year's Eve 1988 when Ireland defeated Italy in a tour test match, 31–15. Ireland have dominated the meetings, with the Italians having achieved four victories. The teams' most recent meeting was in the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches in Dublin, where Ireland won 33–17.^[1]

Summary

Overview

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Report
1	31 December 1988	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	31–15	Ireland	1988–89 Italy rugby union tour of Ireland		[2]
2	6 May 1995	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	22–12	Italy			[3]
3	3 January 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	29–37	Italy		25,000	[4]
4	20 December 1997	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna	37–22	Italy			[5]
5	10 April 1999	Lansdowne Road	39–30	Ireland		25,000	[6]
6	4 March 2000	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	60–13	Ireland	2000 Six Nations Championship	40,000	[7]
7	3 February 2001	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	22–41	Ireland	2001 Six Nations Championship	30,000	[8]
8	23 March 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	32–17	Ireland	2002 Six Nations Championship	49,000	[9]
9	22 February 2003	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	13–37	Ireland	2003 Six Nations Championship	22,500	[10]
10	30 August 2003	Thomond Park, Limerick	61–6	Ireland	2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	14,000	[11]
11	20 March 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	19–3	Ireland	2004 Six Nations Championship	49,250	[12]
12	6 February 2005	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	17–28	Ireland	2005 Six Nations Championship	30,000	[13]
13	4 February 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	26–16	Ireland	2006 Six Nations Championship	49,500	[14]
14	17 March 2007	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	24–51	Ireland	2007 Six Nations Championship	24,973	[15]
15	24 August 2007	Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast	23–20	Ireland	2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests	14,100	[16][17]
16	2 February 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	16–11	Ireland	2008 Six Nations Championship	75,387	[18]
17	15 February 2009	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	9–38	Ireland	2009 Six Nations Championship	32,000	[19]
18	6 February 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	29–11	Ireland	2010 Six Nations Championship	77,686	[20]
19	5 February 2011	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	11–13	Ireland	2011 Six Nations Championship	32,000	[21]
20	2 October 2011	Otago Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand	36–6	Ireland	2011 Rugby World Cup	28,027	[22]
21	25 February 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	42–10	Ireland	2012 Six Nations Championship	51,000	[23]
22	16 March 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	22–15	Italy	2013 Six Nations Championship	74,174	[24]
23	8 March 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	46–7	Ireland	2014 Six Nations Championship	52,000	[25]
24	7 February 2015	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	3–26	Ireland	2015 Six Nations Championship	57,700	[26]
25	4 October 2015	Olympic Stadium, London, England	16–9	Ireland	2015 Rugby World Cup Pool D	53,817	[27]
26	12 March 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	58–15	Ireland	2016 Six Nations Championship	51,700	[28]
27	11 February 2017	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10–63	Ireland	2017 Six Nations Championship	50,197	[29]
28	10 February 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	56–19	Ireland	2018 Six Nations Championship	51,700	[30]
29	03 November 2018	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	54–7	Ireland	2018 Autumn Internationals	35,000	[31]
30	24 February 2019	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	16–26	Ireland	2019 Six Nations Championship	49,720	[32]
31	10 August 2019	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29–10	Ireland	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up tests	30,000	[33]
32	24 October 2020	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	50–17	Ireland	2020 Six Nations Championship	0*	[34]
33	27 February 2021	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	10–48	Ireland	2021 Six Nations Championship	0*	[35]
34	28 February 2022	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	57–6	Ireland	2022 Six Nations Championship	51,000	[36][37]
35	25 February 2023	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	20–34	Ireland	2023 Six Nations Championship	51,034	[38]
36	5 August 2023	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	33–17	Ireland	2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches	43,500	[1]
*Denotes match in which Covid-19 restrictions limited attendance

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