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All Blacks face off against Italy in Friendlies Round 2 on Sat 11th July 2026 at Sky Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 06:10. In South Africa it’s at 07:10 SAST, 17:10 NZST in New Zealand, 15:10 AEST in Australia and 22:10 EST in the US.
All Blacks won the last encounter but All Blacks are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, All Blacks sits at 2 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Italy holds 10.
The two sides are separated by 8 places in the rankings with All Blacks in position 2 and Italy in position 10 as such All Blacks are favourites on paper.
The official squads for All Blacks vs Italy will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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