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 only four victories. The teams' most recent meeting was in the 2026 Six Nations Championship in Dublin, where Ireland won 20–13.

Summary Overview Details Played Won by Ireland Won by Italy Drawn Ireland points Italy points In Ireland 21 20 1 0 792 276 In Italy 15 12 3 0 476 270 Neutral venue 3 3 0 0 106 22 Overall 39 35 4 0 1,374 568

Records Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set. RecordIrelandItalyLongest winning streak17 (8 March 2014 – present)3 (6 May 1995 – 10 April 1999)Largest points forHome61 (30 August 2003)37 (20 December 1997)Away63 (11 February 2017)37 (4 January 1997)Neutral 54 (3 November 2018)9 (4 October 2015)Largest winning marginHome55 (30 August 2003)15 (20 December 1997)Away53 (11 February 2017)8 (4 January 1997)Neutral 47 (3 November 2018)

Attendance Up to date as of 14 February 2026.

Total attendance*1,493,346Average attendance*43,922Highest attendance77,686 Ireland 29–11 Italy 6 February 2010*Excludes three matches in which no attendance was reported and two matches in which Covid restricted attendance

Results No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Attendance 1 31 December 1988 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 31–15 1988–89 Italy tour of Ireland 2 6 May 1995 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso 22–12 1995 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 3 3 January 1997 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 29–37 1997 Italy tour of Ireland 25,000 4 20 December 1997 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna 37–22 1997 Ireland tour of Italy 5 10 April 1999 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 39–30 Six Nations Preparation International 25,000 6 4 March 2000 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 60–13 2000 Six Nations Championship 40,000 7 3 February 2001 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 22–41 2001 Six Nations Championship 30,000 8 23 March 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 32–17 2002 Six Nations Championship 49,000 9 22 February 2003 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 13–37 2003 Six Nations Championship 22,500 10 30 August 2003 Thomond Park, Limerick 61–6 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 14,000 11 20 March 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–3 2004 Six Nations Championship 49,250 12 6 February 2005 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 17–28 2005 Six Nations Championship 30,000 13 4 February 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 26–16 2006 Six Nations Championship 49,500 14 17 March 2007 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 24–51 2007 Six Nations Championship 24,973 15 24 August 2007 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 23–20 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 14,100 16 2 February 2008 Croke Park, Dublin 16–11 2008 Six Nations Championship 75,387 17 15 February 2009 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 9–38 2009 Six Nations Championship 32,000 18 6 February 2010 Croke Park, Dublin 29–11 2010 Six Nations Championship 77,686 19 5 February 2011 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 11–13 2011 Six Nations Championship 32,000 20 2 October 2011 Otago Stadium, Dunedin (New Zealand) 36–6 2011 Rugby World Cup 28,027 21 25 February 2012 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 42–10 2012 Six Nations Championship 51,000 22 16 March 2013 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 22–15 2013 Six Nations Championship 74,174 23 8 March 2014 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 46–7 2014 Six Nations Championship 52,000 24 7 February 2015 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 3–26 2015 Six Nations Championship 57,700 25 4 October 2015 Olympic Stadium, London (England) 16–9 2015 Rugby World Cup 53,817 26 12 March 2016 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 58–15 2016 Six Nations Championship 51,700 27 11 February 2017 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 10–63 2017 Six Nations Championship 50,197 28 10 February 2018 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 56–19 2018 Six Nations Championship 51,700 29 3 November 2018 Soldier Field, Chicago (United States) 54–7 2018 Autumn International 35,000 30 24 February 2019 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 16–26 2019 Six Nations Championship 49,720 31 10 August 2019 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 29–10 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 30,000 32 24 October 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 50–17 2020 Six Nations Championship 33 27 February 2021 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 10–48 2021 Six Nations Championship 34 28 February 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 57–6 2022 Six Nations Championship 51,00035 25 February 2023 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 20–34 2023 Six Nations Championship 51,03436 5 August 2023 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 33–17 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 43,50037 11 February 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 36–0 2024 Six Nations Championship 51,70038 15 March 2025 Stadio Olimpico, Rome17–22 2025 Six Nations Championship68,981 39 14 February 2026 Aviva Stadium, Dublin20–13 2026 Six Nations Championship51,700

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External links Complete Results and Details at ESPN Pick and Go Rugby test match database Ireland v Italy stats on irishrugby.ie

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