Wales v Italy

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Attendance: 67,134

Wales v Italy Match Reports

Italy produced a huge upset to beat Wales 22-21 at the Principality Stadium and end a 36-game Six Nations losing streak. The visitors were leading 12-7 at the break, thanks to penalty kicks from Paolo Garbisi and Edoardo Padovani, plus a lacklustre performance from the home side. Wales looked to have rescued the match in the second half, when Dewi Lake and Josh Adams added to Owen Watkin's earlier try. But Italy sprang a surprise at the death, when Ange Capuozzo sprinted clear and put Edoardo Padovani over for the winning try. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Italy - Match Highlights

Wales v Italy - Match Stats

Wales: (7) 21
Try: Watkin (28'), Lake (51'), Adams (69')
Conversion: Biggar (28', 52', 69')

Italy: (12) 22
Try: Padovani (79')
Conversion: Garbisi (81')
Penalty: Garbisi (13', 32', 57'), Padovani (16', 34')

Man of the Match: Josh Adams (Wales)


Wales v Italy - Team Line-ups

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Gareth Thomas
  • 2 Dewi Lake
  • 3 Dillon Lewis
  • 4 Adam Beard
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones
  • 6 Seb Davies
  • 7 Josh Navidi
  • 8 Taulupe Faletau

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar (Captain)
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Uilisi Halaholo
  • 13 Owen Watkin
  • 14 Louis Rees-Zammit
  • 15 Johnny McNicholl

Replacements

  • 16 Bradley Roberts
  • 17 Wyn Jones
  • 18 Leon Brown
  • 19 Will Rowlands
  • 20 Ross Moriarty
  • 21 Kieran Hardy
  • 22 Callum Sheedy
  • 23 Nick Tompkins

Italy Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Danilo Fischetti
  • 2 Giacomo Nicotera
  • 3 Pietro Ceccarelli
  • 4 Marco Fuser
  • 5 Federico Ruzza
  • 6 Giovanni Pettinelli
  • 7 Michele Lamaro (Captain)
  • 8 Toa Halafihi

Backs

  • 9 Callum Braley
  • 10 Paolo Garbisi
  • 11 Montanna Ioane
  • 12 Leonardo Marin
  • 13 Juan Ignacio Brex
  • 14 Edoardo Padovani
  • 15 Ange Capuozzo

Replacements

  • 16 Luca Bigi
  • 17 Cherif Traore'
  • 18 Tiziano Pasquali
  • 19 David Sisi
  • 20 Niccolò Cannone
  • 21 Braam Steyn
  • 22 Alessandro Fusco
  • 23 Marco Zanon
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