1980 Italy rugby union tour of the United States, New Zealand and the South Pacific

The 1980 Italy rugby union tour of the United States, New Zealand and the South Pacific was a series of matches played from 11 June–8 July 1980 in the United States, South Pacific Islands and New Zealand by the Italian rugby union team.

It was the first Italian team tour to New Zealand and followed 7 years after the tour in South Africa in 1973.

Italy lost six matches and won three.

Results

Scores and results list Italy's points tally first. Opposing Team For Against Date Venue StatusGrizzlies (Pacific Coast RU)91811 June 1980Long BeachTour matchFiji31614 June 1980SuvaTest matchNelson Bays91321 June 1980NelsonTour matchWairarapa Bush13925 June 1980MastertonTour matchTaranaki93028 June 1980New PlymouthTour matchHorowhenua21122 July 1980LevinTour matchJunior All Blacks12305 July 1980AucklandTest matchCook Islands6155 July 1980AvaruaTest matchTahiti7408 July 1980PapeeteTour match

Bibliography Valerio Vecchiarelli, Francesco Volpe, 2000, Italia in meta, GS editore, 2000.

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