ITALY
	No.	Name
15Edoardo Padovani, FB
14Giulio Bisegni, W
13Tommaso Benvenuti, C
12Luke McLean, C
11Giovanbattista Venditti, W
10Carlo Canna, FH 
9Edoardo Gori, SH T
1Andrea Lovotti, P
2Ornel Gega, H
3Lorenzo Cittadini, P
4Marco Fuser, L
5George Fabio Biagi, L
6Braam Steyn, FL
7Maxime Mbanda, FL
8Sergio Parisse, N8
Replacements
16Leonardo Ghiraldini, R
17Sami Panico, R
18Pietro Ceccarelli, R
19Josh Furno, R
20Francesco Minto, R
21Giorgio Bronzini, R
22Tommaso Allan, R
23Michele Campagnaro, R

WALES
	No.	Name
15Leigh Halfpenny, FB  3  4
14George North, W T
13Jonathan Davies, C T
12Scott Williams, C
11Liam Williams, W T
10Dan Biggar, FH
9Rhys Webb, SH
1Nicky Smith, P
2Ken Owens, H
3Samson Lee, P
4Jake Ball, L
5Alun Wyn Jones, L
6Sam Warburton, FL
7Justin Tipuric, FL
8Ross Moriarty, N8
16Scott Baldwin, R
17Rob Evans, R
18Tomas Francis, R
19Cory Hill, R
20James King, R
21Gareth Davies, R
22Sam Davies, R
23Jamie Roberts, R

*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold

Game Info

Venue: Stadio Olimpico

2:00 PM, February 5, 2017

2635dPA Sport

Wales' second-half showing secures win over Italy in Rome

A George North wonder try helped Wales get their 2017 RBS 6 Nations campaign off to a winning start as they beat Italy 33-7 in Rome.

Match Commentary

81'		7-33 End of second half
80'		A superb second half display from Wales, who scored 30 unanswered points after half time to ease to victory. As profligate as they were in the first 40 minutes, they were ruthless in the second. Sam Davies was superb after replacing Dan Biggar, and there were standout performances from Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric and Scott Williams too. Italy can take heart from their first-half performance, but they ran out of gas as the game wore on.
80'		Into the final minute and Wales want a bonus point. Some superb hands from Wales and a deft kick inside from Liam Williams almost free Gareth Davies. He cannot gather but as the ball is spun left Liam Williams almost gets a fourth Wales try but loses the ball as he goes over the line.

Match Stats

ITALY

WALES

39%

61%

38%

62%

ITALY

WALES

95	Runs	149
344	Metres Run	486
6	Clean Breaks	10
153	Tackles	101
24	Missed Tackles	18
10	Turnover Knock On	7

Standings

Six Nations
R	Team	GP	PD	P
1	IRE	5	+84	20
2	FRA	5	+6	15
3	ENG	5	-5	14
4	SCOT	5	0	12
5	ITALY	5	-34	11
6	WALES	5	-51	4

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