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COMO FICOU?
With the result, Wales won the first match of the tournament. Italy remains without a win.
END OF THE GAME
Italy 17-29 Wales.
76' Change in Italy
Joined: Giovanni Pettinelli
Out: Michele Lamaro.
68'
Tommason Allen with five more points to touch the scoreboard for good.
68'
TRY: Italy got into the game again after Brex converted two more points.
60' Change in Italy
In: Edoardo Iachizzi
Out: Nicolau Cannone.
59' Change in Wales
Joined: Tommy Refell
Out: Jac Morgan.
59' Changes in Italy
Entered: Alessandro Fusco and Luca Morisi
Out: Tommaso Menoncello and Stephen Varney.
53' Changes in Wales
Entering: Tomos Williams and Dillon Lewis
Out: Rhys Webb and Tomas Francis.
52' Change in Italy
Joined: Manuel Zuliani
Out: Sebastião Negri
43'
TRY: Italy regained possession of the ball and Allan completed the play, to score five more points for the Italians and recover in the duel.
BREAK
Italy 3-22 Wales.
38' Change in Italy
In: Simone Ferrari
Out: Marco Riccioni.
33' Yellow
Lorenzo Cannone was carded.
32'
Penalty with try. Lorenzo Cannone converted and Wales reached 22 points.
32'
very disputed game at this point and with Wales having an advantage on the scoreboard.
18'
Liam Williams received on the right, cut to the middle and scored five more points for Wales.
16'
After a penalty, Italy won a scrum and Allan scored the first points for the Italian team in the duel.
10'
Owen Williams converts two more points for Wales and opens 0-10.
8'
Dyer scored five more points for Wales and opens the lead on the scoreboard.
5'
After penalty, Owen Williams kicked and scored the first points of the game.
GAME STARTED
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Wales
In the pack, Wales captain Ken Owens has been a consistently high scorer this year and continues to be reasonably priced at 13.8 stars.
The return of Jac Morgan, in turn, was a useful asset for those who had him in the first two rounds, adding 50.6 and 31.4 points, respectively. ; There's a solid back row shout out, according to statistics pulled from the official Six Nations website.
Italy
Italy's wingers were in fine form against Ireland and represent good value options for their side this weekend.
Pierre Bruno racked up 60.2 points from his try-score display and will trail him at 11.7 stars, while Edoardo Padovani may not have scored many points in the game so far but still feels like a good option at 11.0 stars if you can recreate last year's form against those opponents.
Wales
Warren Gatland has won each of his 12 matches against Italy as head coach in the Guinness Six Nations, including each of his previous 10 matches with Wales. Those wins come with an average margin of 25 points.
Wales (38) and Italy (39) are the two teams that have made the most dominant tackles in this year's Guinness Six Nations. Danilo Fischetti (8) stood out the most out of all the players overall.
Italy
Italy averaged more possession per game than any other team in this year's Guinness Six Nations (53%) but also recorded the lowest territory share in the 2023 Championship (40%).
Italy have lost each of their last 24 Six Nations home games, however, they have scored more than 20 points in each of their last three home games, having failed in any of the previous nine.
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Speak up, Brunello!
"Great game, had announced the; You team the difficulties of a game like this, and seeing how they came out, reacting to three consecutive attempts between the first and second half, gave me all the confirmations I was looking for about the thickness of this group", words of the Italian coach in the Press Room. "We made mistakes again today that we have to learn not to give to our opponents, but mental resilience and confidence in our game plan allowed us to resume a game that could have escaped. I am very proud, the players fully deserve this victory.”
"Wonderful, the stands so full supported us and then pushed us through the most difficult moments of the race, this victory is one of the best. also thanks to an audience that really loves us, completely reciprocated. Now I want Scotland to close with a flourish, but I would really like to dedicate this result to all my collaborators, and to all the Italian coaches and professionals who put their soul in every day believing deeply in this Federation and in the potential of Italian rugby. I am proud to be an Italian in charge of an Italian team, the feeling of belonging is essential. for me, but also for this group, a fundamental element".
"I don’t even know how to describe what I’m feeling, an incredible joy, as a man from Treviso, to score this goal with this shirt in this stadium is amazing. something magical. I am very grateful to the people who are believing in me, my girlfriend, my family, but above all to my coach, Massimo Brunello, who is helping me. doing an incredible job for this group, making us fully understand what it means to play at these levels"
Italy roster!
15 Tommaso Allan, 14 Edoardo Padovani, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Pierre Bruno, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney; 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 3 Simone Ferrari, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Sebastian Negri, 7 Michele Lamaro, 8 Lorenzo Cannone.
16 Luca Bigi, 17 Federico Zani, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Edoardo Iachizzi, 20 Giovanni Pettinelli, 21 Manuel Zuliani, 22 Alessandro Fusco, 23 Luca Morisi.
How do you get to Italy?
Italy arrives for the confrontation with three defeats in three games in the season, adding only one point and in second place.
Speak up, Rhys Webb!
“I am certainly not one to throw my toys out of the cart. I like to work hard and it is good for me. It's a privilege and an honor to wear this shirt again," said Webb.
“My wife and three children are coming to support me in Rome. They keep asking me 'Why are you here? Are you wearing jersey number nine? – 'why are you? Are you wearing the number 21 all the time?'
“Actually, I put it in the calculator yesterday &agra; night – the number nine – to let them know. É good to be back.”
“I took my son and some kids from his rugby team to see a game at Principality Stadium, and when the boys sang the anthem and the crowd roared, it sounded like, 'I have to. come back here," he added.
“It was hard to watch, especially in the stadium. I wanted to be on the pitch with the players.
“That just happened. it made me come back to the Ospreys and work hard, keep my head down and stay focused. All I could do was play well for the Ospreys.
“Squads are chosen and you are ready to join. you have that initial disappointment, but it's good. do later. You can put your head down and throw the toys out of the cart and do nothing, or you can go back to your club, work hard, train, put in the hours and seek the rewards of it.''
Wales squad!
15. Liam Williams, 14. Josh Adams, 13. Mason Grady, 12. Joe Hawkins, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Owen Williams, 9. Rhys Webb, 1. Wyn Jones, 2. Ken Owens (c), 3. Tomas Francis, 4. Adam Beard, 5. Dafydd Jenkins, 6. Jac Morgan, 7. Justin Tipuric, 8. Taulupe Faletau.
16. Scott Baldwin, 17. Gareth Thomas, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Rhys Davies, 20. Tommy Reffell, 21. Tomos Williams, 22. George North, 23. Louis Rees-Zammit.
How do you get to Wales?
Wales arrives for the confrontation with three defeats in the three duels played in the competition, being in the last place of the tournament.
SIX NATIONS!
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