| Home team | All Blacks |
| Away team | Italy |
| Venue | Hnry Stadium |
| Competition | Rugby Nations Championship |
| Kick-off time | 6:10 am (UK and Ireland) |
| Watch Live in the UK | ITV |
All Blacks vs Italy preview as the sides meet at the Hnry Stadium in Wellington in the second round of the Rugby Nations Championship.
The All Blacks started their Nations Championship campaign with a narrow win over France, while the Italians lost out in their trip to Japan.
Dave Rennie’s side will play at the New Zealand capital before they head to Eden Park to take on Ireland in the final round of their three-match home spell.
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All Blacks vs Italy confirmed lineups
| All Blacks | Italy | ||||
| Forwards | |||||
| De Groot | 1 | Fischetti | |||
| Taylor | 2 | Di Bartolomeo | |||
| Lomax | 3 | Riccioni | |||
| Darry | 4 | N Cannone | |||
| Vaa’i | 5 | Zambonin | |||
| Sititi | 6 | Vintcent | |||
| Jacobson | 7 | Lamaro | |||
| Savea | 8 | L Cannone | |||
| Backs | |||||
| Roigard | 9 | Varney | |||
| Love | 10 | P Garbisi | |||
| Carter | 11 | Lynagh | |||
| J Barrett | 12 | Menoncello | |||
| Proctor | 13 | Brex | |||
| Jordan | 14 | Faissal | |||
| McKenzie | 15 | Allan | |||
| Replacements | |||||
| Taukei’aho | 16 | Lucchesi | |||
| Bower | 17 | Spagnolo | |||
| Tosi | 18 | Hasa | |||
| Lord | 19 | Marini | |||
| Segner* | 20 | Ruzza | |||
| Ratima | 21 | Favretto | |||
| Lienert-Brown | 22 | A Garbisi | |||
| Moorby* | 23 | Marin | |||
Recent Form:
All Blacks (Home team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Won | 4th July 2026 | Rugby Nations Championship | France | 34-32 |
| Won | 22nd November 2025 | Friendly | Wales | 26-52 |
| Loss | 15th November 2025 | Friendly | England | 33-19 |
| Won | 8th November 2025 | Friendly | Scotland | 17-25 |
| Won | 1st November 2025 | Friendly | Ireland | 13-26 |
The All Blacks started their Rugby Nations Championship campaign with a win over France. The two-point win came as the first All Blacks game at the One NZ Stadium in Christchurch since its redevelopment and was Rennie’s first in charge of the All Blacks.
The All Blacks suffered an early setback when they conceded on 90 seconds, and Ruben Love ended up in the sin bin for a high tackle. They scored a total of five tries to win the game. Cam Roigard had a man-of-the-match performance with two tries and controlled the game against Maxime Lucu in the French side.
Italy (Away team):
| Result | Date | Competition | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 4th July 2026 | Rugby Nations Championship | Japan | 27-10 |
| Loss | 14th March 2026 | Six Nations | Wales | 31-17 |
| Won | 7th March 2026 | Six Nations | England | 23-18 |
| Loss | 22nd February 2026 | Six Nations | France | 33-8 |
| Loss | 14th February 2026 | Six Nations | Ireland | 20-13 |
The Italians suffered a shock defeat to Japan in the opener of the tournament. This has revealed an issue for Italy who have lost eight away matches in a row. Ignacio Brex scored on five minutes to give Italy a lead but 17 unanswered points gave Japan a lead into halftime. A penalty for Italy just before the break would be their final score of the game and they would concede 10 more points in the second half.
All Blacks vs Italy head-to-head record (last five matches):
| Date | Competition | Winner | Score |
| 23rd November 2024 | Friendly | All Blacks | 11-29 |
| 29th September 2023 | World Cup | All Blacks | 96-17 |
| 6th November 2021 | Friendly | All Blacks | 9-47 |
| 24th November 2018 | Friendly | All Blacks | 3-66 |
| 12th November 2016 | Friendly | All Blacks | 10-68 |
The All Blacks and Italy have met 17 times in their history, and the All Blacks have won all 17 games. The teams have met regularly at the World Cup meeting in 2023, 2007, 2003 and 1999 versions of the competition. They were meant to play each other in 2019, but the match was abandoned due to poor weather.
