History of rugby union matches between Italy and Scotland

Italy and Scotland have played each other at rugby union in 37 matches, with Scotland winning 28 times, Italy winning 9 times and no matches drawn.[1]

Their most recent encounter on 9 March 2024, during the 2024 Six Nations Championship, was won 31–29 by Italy.

The two nations compete for the Cuttitta Cup, an annual trophy contested during the Six Nations to commemorate Massimo Cuttitta, a former Italian captain and Scotland scrum coach.

Summary

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Overall

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Details Played Won by
Italy
Won by
Scotland
Drawn Italy points Scotland points
In Italy 16 7 9 0 302 344
In Scotland 18 2 16 0 262 533
Neutral venue 3 0 3 0 58 82
Overall 37 9 28 0 622 959

Records

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

Record Italy Scotland
Longest winning streak 1 (nine times) 13 (22 Aug 2015 – 29 July 2023)
Largest points for
Home 34 (5 February 2000) 52 (20 March 2021)
Away 37 (24 February 2007) 36 (27 February 2016)
Largest winning margin
Home 14 (5 February 2000) 42 (20 March 2021)
Away 20 (24 February 2007) 17 (16 February 2002 & 22 February 2020)

Results

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No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition
1 14 December 1996 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 29 – 22   Scotland
2 24 January 1998 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso 25 – 21   Italy
3 6 March 1999 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 30 – 12   Scotland
4 5 February 2000 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 34 – 20   Italy 2000 Six Nations Championship
5 17 March 2001 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 23 – 19   Scotland 2001 Six Nations Championship
6 16 February 2002 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 12 – 29   Scotland 2002 Six Nations Championship
7 29 March 2003 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 33 – 25   Scotland 2003 Six Nations Championship
8 23 August 2003 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 47 – 15   Scotland 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
9 6 March 2004 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 20 – 14   Italy 2004 Six Nations Championship
10 26 February 2005 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 18 – 10   Scotland 2005 Six Nations Championship
11 18 March 2006 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 10 – 13   Scotland 2006 Six Nations Championship
12 24 February 2007 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 17 – 37   Italy 2007 Six Nations Championship
13 29 September 2007 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France 18 – 16   Scotland 2007 Rugby World Cup
14 15 March 2008 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 23 – 20   Italy 2008 Six Nations Championship
15 28 February 2009 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 26 – 6   Scotland 2009 Six Nations Championship
16 27 February 2010 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 16 – 12   Italy 2010 Six Nations Championship
17 19 March 2011 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 21 – 8   Scotland 2011 Six Nations Championship
18 20 August 2011 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 23 – 12   Scotland 2011 Rugby World Cup Warm up
19 17 March 2012 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 13 – 6   Italy 2012 Six Nations Championship
20 9 February 2013 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 34 – 10   Scotland 2013 Six Nations Championship
21 22 June 2013 Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria, South Africa 30 – 29   Scotland South African Quadrangular tournament third place final
22 22 February 2014 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 20 – 21   Scotland 2014 Six Nations Championship
23 28 February 2015 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 19 – 22   Italy 2015 Six Nations Championship
24 22 August 2015 Stadio Olimpico di Torino, Turin 12 – 16   Scotland 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-ups
25 29 August 2015 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 48 – 7   Scotland
26 27 February 2016 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 20 – 36   Scotland 2016 Six Nations Championship
27 18 March 2017 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 29 – 0   Scotland 2017 Six Nations Championship
28 10 June 2017 National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore 13 – 34   Scotland 2017 mid-year test
29 17 March 2018 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 27 – 29   Scotland 2018 Six Nations Championship
30 2 February 2019 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 33 – 20   Scotland 2019 Six Nations Championship
31 22 February 2020 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 0 – 17   Scotland 2020 Six Nations Championship
32 14 November 2020 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence 17 – 28   Scotland Autumn Nations Cup
33 20 March 2021 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 52 – 10   Scotland 2021 Six Nations Championship
34 12 March 2022 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 22 – 33   Scotland 2022 Six Nations Championship
35 18 March 2023 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 26 – 14   Scotland 2023 Six Nations Championship
36 29 July 2023 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 25 – 13   Scotland 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up
37 9 March 2024 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 31 – 29   Italy 2024 Six Nations Championship
38 1 February 2025 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 2025 Six Nations Championship

References

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  1. ^ "International Rugby Union Statistics - Statistics for Scotland vs Italy". RugbyData.com. 2011-10-23. Retrieved 2015-02-28.