Wales 42-0 Italy
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
Attendance: 68,582
Wales v Italy Match Reports
Wales began the defence of their Six Nations title with a bonus-point 42-0 victory over Italy in Cardiff. Wales scored five tries, including a hat-trick from Josh Adams, to give new head coach Wayne Pivac the perfect start. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Wales begin Six Nations defence with thumping Italy win
- BBC: Wales hammer Italy with five unanswered tries
- Guardian: Josh Adams lights up Wales’ crushing win over Italy in Six Nations opener
- Daily Mail: Wayne Pivac's men hammer the Azzurri to earn a bonus point with tries from Josh Adams, Nick Tompkins, and George North
- Sky Sports: Josh Adams hat-trick helps Six Nations champions to bonus-point win
- ESPN: Wales get Six Nations defence off to perfect start against Italy
- WRU: Adams hat-trick gives Wales perfect start
Wales v Italy - Match Highlights
Wales v Italy - Match Stats
Wales: (21) 42
Try: Adams (18', 30', 81'+1), Tompkins (59'), North (77')
Conversion: Biggar (31', 61'), Halfpenny (77', 81'+3)
Penalty: Biggar (4', 11', 16')
Italy: (0) 0
Man of the Match: Justin Tipuric (Wales)
Wales v Italy - Team Line-ups
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Wyn Jones
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Dillon Lewis
- 4 Jake Ball
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
- 6 Aaron Wainwright
- 7 Justin Tipuric
- 8 Taulupe Faletau
Backs
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Josh Adams
- 12 Hadleigh Parkes
- 13 George North
- 14 Johnny McNicholl
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Ryan Elias
- 17 Rob Evans
- 18 Leon Brownv
- 19 Cory Hill
- 20 Ross Moriarty
- 21 Rhys Webb
- 22 Jarrod Evans
- 23 Nick Tompkins*
Italy Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Andrea Lovotti
- 2 Luca Bigi (Captain)
- 3 Giosuè Zilocchi
- 4 Alessandro Zanni
- 5 Niccolò Cannone
- 6 Jake Polledri
- 7 Sebastian Negri
- 8 Abraham Steyn
Backs
- 9 Callum Braley
- 10 Tommaso Allan
- 11 Mattia Bellini
- 12 Carlo Canna
- 13 Luca Morisi
- 14 Leonardo Sarto
- 15 Matteo Minozzi
Replacements
- 16 Federico Zani
- 17 Danilo Fischetti
- 18 Marco Riccioni
- 19 Marco Lazzaroni
- 20 Dean Budd
- 21 Giovanni Licata
- 22 Guglielmo Palazzani
- 23 Jayden Hayward