Italy vs Australia Preview & Prediction | 2025 End-Of Year Internationals
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Italy host an Australia side who are smarting from a poor performance against England last weekend.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
How to watch online: UK – discovery+ / US – Cannot be streamed
Italy team news
Squad: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Manuel Zuliani, 6 Ross Vintcent, 5 Andrea Zambonin, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Alessandro Izekor, 21 Martin Page-Relo, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Leonardo Marin
Australia team news
Squad: 15 Andrew Kellaway, 14 Corey Toole, 13 Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Harry Potter, 10 Carter Gordon, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Harry Wilson, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Tom Hooper, 5 Jeremy Williams, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 Angus Bell
Replacements: 16 Billy Pollard, 17 Aidan Ross, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Rob Valetini, 20 Pete Samu, 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 Tane Edmed, 23 Filipo Daugunu
Italy vs Australia prediction
This is Italy’s first action since a two-game series against South Africa in July, where they lost 42-24 in Pretoria before a 45-0 defeat at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
That followed a fairly promising Six Nations campaign in which they avoided the wooden spoon, once again proving that they belong among the tier one nations.
Australia have been active far more recently, falling to a disappointing 25-7 loss to England at Twickenham last weekend, although Joe Schmidt’s selection was hampered somewhat given the fact that a number of key players had not been released by their clubs.
They look stronger this time around with this match falling within the official international window, although they will be wary of an Italy side who claimed a one-point victory when the teams last met in 2022.
This promises to be another close encounter between two fairly evenly-matched sides, but we’re just edging the Wallabies given that they are more match-sharp than the hosts.
Italy vs Australia tip: Australia to win
