Wales 21-22 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:
- Six Nations Guide: Italy stun reigning Six Nations champions Wales with historic victory in Cardiff
- BBC: Italy end 36-game Six Nations losing streak with thrilling win in Wales
- Guardian: Edoardo Padovani try gives Italy historic win against turgid Wales
- Telegraph: Italy stun Wales with scintillating last-minute try to banish Six Nations hoodoo and win in Cardiff
- Daily Mail: Edoardo Padovani scores a 79th minute try as the visitors produce a huge Six Nations upset to edge past Wayne Pivac's men
- Sky Sports: Edoardo Padovani scores last-gasp try for first Azzurri Six Nations win since 2015
- ESPN: Italy stun Wales with late try to claim first Six Nations victory in 36 games
- WRU: Wales end Six Nations with defeat to Italy
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