{"id":30779,"date":"2026-07-17T09:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/?p=30779"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:49:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:49:33","slug":"australia-vs-italy-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/2026\/07\/australia-vs-italy-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia vs Italy Tips, Predictions &amp; Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/tabnz\/svg-sports-country-flags-icon.svg?v=20260707b#australia\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Australia<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">Italy<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">Saturday 18th July 10:10 PM (NZST) at HBF Park, Perth<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">Italy +17.5 @ $1.90<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/tabnz\/svg-sports-country-flags-icon.svg?v=20260707b#italy\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p>Australia is still a fair way off its heyday, and although they have improved over the last few years, the All Blacks will be happy to have drawn them in their group for the 2027 World Cup. The Wallabies have losses to Ireland and France, and although Italy isn\u2019t in the same class as the European heavyweights, we expect improvement from the Italians following a big loss to the All Blacks. They played well for 40 minutes, which should be enough to cover the +17.5 spread against an Australian outfit that isn\u2019t used to scoring one-sided wins. Punters should expect a close game, and Italy could get its chance to pull off an upset late in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\" data-tr-action=\"open sport_event\" data-tr-label=\"bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" data-tr-event-id=\"bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\"  \n          >Australia vs Italy<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Australia vs Italy Odds &amp; Popular Betting Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at the current odds and popular betting markets for the Australia vs Italy matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style><\/style><div data-league=\"Nations Championship\" data-event=\"spin-ar7Wvija78jrZ_WbBFWDWLIFbeM\" data-market=\"null\" data-sport=\"rugby_union\" class=\"sport-takeover-banner wp-block-entain-sport-takeover-banner-block_7441eda0486e6ed27d5a0b1621307782 sport-data\">    <section class=\"sport-takeover-banner__wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"origin-banner__inner\">\n\n            <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__details\">\n                <!-- Change data-countdown-to to your event date\/time. -->\n                <div\n                    class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown\"\n                    data-countdown-to=\"2026-07-18T10:10:00Z\"\n                    aria-label=\"Event countdown\">\n                    <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item\" data-days-wrapper>\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__number\" data-countdown-days>0<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__label\">Days<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item\">\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__number\" data-countdown-hours>0<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__label\">Hours<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item\">\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__number\" data-countdown-minutes>0<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__label\">Mins<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item\">\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__number\" data-countdown-seconds>0<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__countdown-item__label\">Secs<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n\n                <h3 class=\"sport-takeover-banner__title\">Match Betting Odds<\/h3>\n                <p class=\"sport-takeover-banner__meta\">HBF Park &bull; Saturday 18th Jul<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__teams\">\n                <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team sport-takeover-banner__team--one\">\n                                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team__name\">Australia <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team__odds\">$1.12<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__teams__vs\">vs<\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team sport-takeover-banner__team--two\">\n                                        <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team__name\">Italy <\/div>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"sport-takeover-banner__team__odds\">$5.75<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"sport-takeover-banner__disclaimer\">Nations Championship odds correct as of 17\/07\/2026 and subject to change. <\/div>\n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"Nations Championship\" data-event=\"spin-ar7Wvija78jrZ_WbBFWDWLIFbeM\" data-market=\"Line {{-17.5}}\" data-sport=\"rugby_union\" class=\"sport-data\"><div class=\"sports-odds-data\"><table border=\"0\" class=\"sports-odds brand-tabnz\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<caption>Australia vs Italy Line Betting Odds<\/caption><thead>\n<th class=\"column team_name\">Team<\/th>\n<th class=\"odds\">Odds<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/thead>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Australia<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">1.90<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Italy<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">1.90<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Nations Championship odds correct as of 17\/07\/2026 and subject to change. Event scheduled to start at 18\/07\/2026 10:10pm NZST.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"Nations Championship\" data-event=\"spin-ar7Wvija78jrZ_WbBFWDWLIFbeM\" data-market=\"Winning Margin\" data-sport=\"rugby_union\" class=\"sport-data\"><div class=\"sports-odds-data\"><table border=\"0\" class=\"sports-odds brand-tabnz\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<caption>Australia vs Italy Winning Margin Odds<\/caption><thead>\n<th class=\"column team_name\">Team<\/th>\n<th class=\"odds\">Odds<\/th>\n<th><\/th>\n<\/thead>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Australia 13+<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">1.50<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Australia 1 &#8211; 12<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">3.80<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Italy 1 &#8211; 12<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">7.50<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Italy 13+<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">16.00<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"link\">\n<td class=\"column\">Draw<\/td>\n<td class=\"odds\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\">31.00<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/australia-v-italy\/bb2a7389-1790-4f98-a5ab-4753649eaa2a\" class=\"button\">Bet Now<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">Nations Championship odds correct as of 17\/07\/2026 and subject to change. Event scheduled to start at 18\/07\/2026 10:10pm NZST.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia is still a fair way off its heyday, and although they have improved over the last few years, the All Blacks will be happy to have drawn them in their group for the 2027 World Cup. The Wallabies have losses to Ireland and France, and although Italy isn\u2019t in the same class as the European heavyweights, we expect improvement from the Italians following a big loss to the All Blacks. They played well for 40 minutes, which should be enough to cover the +17.5 spread against an Australian outfit that isn\u2019t used to scoring one-sided wins. 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