ITALY
No.Name
15Andrea Masi, FB
14Giovanbattista Venditti, W
13Tommaso Benvenuti, C
12Gonzalo Canale, C
11Luke McLean, W
10Kris Burton, FH
3
9Edoardo Gori, SH
1Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina, P
2Leonardo Ghiraldini, H
3Martin Castrogiovanni, P
4Antonio Pavanello, L
5Francesco Minto, L
6Alessandro Zanni, FL
7Simone Favaro, FL
8Manoa Vosawai, N8
Replacements
16Davide Giazzon, H
17Alberto de Marchi, P
18Lorenzo Cittadini, P
19Quintin Geldenhuys, L
20Paul Derbyshire, FL
21Tobie Botes, SH
22Luciano Orquera, -
23Gonzalo Garcia, C

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stadio Olimpico
2:30 PM, February 23, 2013
Attendance: 73,526
All CommentaryKey Events

Match Commentary

81'9-26 End of half
81'9-26 End of half
81'9-26 End of second half
74'Player substituted - Adam Jones , Wales
74'Substitute on - Craig Mitchell , Wales
71'Player substituted - Martin Castrogiovanni , Italy
71'Substitute on - Lorenzo Cittadini , Italy
71'Substitute on - Scott Williams , Wales
71'Player substituted - Jamie Roberts , Wales
70'Player substituted - Simone Favaro , Italy
70'Substitute on - Paul Derbyshire , Italy
69'Player substituted - Lorenzo Cittadini , Italy
69'Player substituted - Ryan Jones , Wales
69'Substitute on - Sam Warburton , Wales
69'Substitute on - Manoa Vosawai , Italy
69'Substitute on - James Hook , Wales
69'Player substituted - Dan Biggar , Wales
66'Player substituted - Edoardo Gori , Italy
66'Substitute on - Tobie Botes , Italy
66'Substitute on - Lorenzo Cittadini , Italy
66'Player substituted - Manoa Vosawai , Italy
64'Player substituted - Mike Phillips , Wales
64'Substitute on - Gonzalo Garcia , Italy
64'Substitute on - Lloyd Williams , Wales
64'Player substituted - Gonzalo Canale , Italy
62'9-26 Conversion - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
61'Halfpenny's magnificent kicking continues as he bisects the post from the right touchline
61'Halfpenny's magnificent kicking continues as he bisects the post from the right touchline
61'9-24 Try - Alex Cuthbert , Wales
60'Cuthbert finds his stride, hits the line and this time there is no Canale to stop him at the last and the Cardiff wing slides over into the corner
59'Yellow card - Martin Castrogiovanni , Italy
55'Substitute on - Alberto de Marchi , Italy
55'Substitute on - Davide Giazzon , Italy
55'Player substituted - Francesco Minto , Italy
55'Player substituted - Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina , Italy
55'Substitute on - Quintin Geldenhuys , Italy
55'Player substituted - Leonardo Ghiraldini , Italy
53'9-19 Penalty goal - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
52'All to easy for Halfpenny, who lands another penalty from just inside the Italy half
52'Player substituted - Richard Hibbard , Wales
52'Substitute on - Ken Owens , Wales
52'Substitute on - Alun Wyn Jones , Wales
52'Player substituted - Andrew Coombs , Wales
50'9-16 Penalty goal - Kris Burton , Italy
49'Burton hits his third penalty of the match for Italy's first points of the second half
46'6-16 Conversion - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
46'Substitute on - Paul James , Wales
46'Player substituted - Gethin Jenkins , Wales
45'Simple conversion for Halfpenny and all of a sudden there is a different complexion on the match as a three-point lead is extended to a 10-point lead
45'6-14 Try - Jonathan Davies , Wales
44'Phillips dinks over a short kick and Italy can't deal with it. Jonathan Davies picks it up and runs in unchallenged
41'+16-9 End of first half
40'6-9 Start of second half
30'6-9 Penalty goal - Kris Burton , Italy
29'Burton hits the ball just inside the right-hand post
29'Burton hits the ball just inside the right-hand post
20'3-9 Penalty goal - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
19'The Cardiff fullback is definitely in his groove and he hits the ball dead centre from 10m into the Italy half
16'3-6 Penalty goal - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
15'Halfpenny doesn't disappoint with a nerveless kick from the left of the posts this time
10'3-3 Penalty goal - Kris Burton , Italy
9'Easily done by the Treviso fly-half, who strokes the ball between the posts from about 30m
8'0-3 Penalty goal - Leigh Halfpenny , Wales
7'Halfpenny knocks over a relatively simple penalty from the right of the posts - due reward for a good start
1'0-0 Start of first half

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