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 Namibia |
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 South Africa |
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 Uruguay |
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The 2001 Italia rugby union tour was a series of matches played in June and July 2001 in Africa and South America by Italy national rugby union team.
It was a bad tour, with only victory against modest teams of Namibia and Uruguay.
Scores and results list Italy's points tally first.
| Opposing Team | For | Against | Date | Venue | Status |
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| Namibia's President XV | 58 | 16 | 20 June 2001 | Windhoek | Tour match |
| Namibia | 49 | 24 | 23 June 2001 | Windhoek | Test match |
| South Africa Barbarians | 11 | 42 | 27 June 2001 | Tour match | |
| South Africa | 14 | 60 | 30 June 2001 | Boet Erasmus, Port Elizabeth | Test match |
| Uruguay B | 33 | 30 | 4 July 2001 | Montevideo | Tour match |
| Uruguay | 14 | 3 | 7 July 2001 | Montevideo | Test match |
| Argentina A | 12 | 62 | 11 July 2001 | Salta | Tour match |
| Argentina | 17 | 38 | 14 July 2001 | Ferrocarrill Oeste, Buenos Aires | Test match |
Rugby union tours of Argentina | |
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Australia  | |
British & Irish Lions  | |
England  | |
Fiji  | |
France  | |
Ireland  | |
Italy  | |
Japan  | |
New Zealand  | |
Romania  | |
Samoa  | |
| South Africa | |
Scotland  | |
Wales  | |
| Other teams | |
Rugby union tours of South Africa | |
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| British & Irish Lions | |
| New Zealand | |
| Australia | |
| Argentina | |
| England | |
| France | |
| Ireland | |
| Italy | |
Russia  | |
| Scotland | |
| Wales | |
| Fiji | |
| Western Samoa | |
Tonga  | |
| Various selections |
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