WALES v ITALY: 6 Nations

21.03.2015

Venue: Rome

Preview
Italy’s last chance to redeem themselves for 2015 6 Nations. Wales will be intending to win by as big a score as they can to put themselves in a position to win the 6 Nations Championship.

No Sergio Parisse for Italy.

Last Five Encounters
01.02.2014 Wales 23-15 in Cardiff (6 Nations)
23.02.2013 Wales 26-9 in Rome (6 Nations)
10.03.2012 Wales 24-3 in Cardiff (6 Nations)
26.02.2011 Wales 24-16 in Rome (6 Nations)
20.03.2010 Wales 33-10 in Cardiff (6 Nations)

Italy last defeated Wales in 2007, winning 23-20 in Rome in a 6 Nations fixture. They drew 16-16 in 2006 and Italy won 30-22 in 2003 since Italy joined the International Championship.

Italy Last Five P 5, W 1, L 4
15.03.2015 v France L 0-29 in Rome (6 Nations; Garibaldi Trophy)
28.02.2015 v Scotland W 22-19 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)
14.02.2015 v England L 17-47 at Twickenham (6 Nations)
07.02.2015 v Ireland L 3-26 in Rome (6 Nations)
22.11.2014 v South Africa L 6-22 in Padova

Wales Last Five P 5, W 4, L 1
14.03.2015 v Ireland W 23-16 in Cardiff (6 Nations)
28.02.2015 v France W 20-13 in Paris (6 Nations)
14.02.2015 v Scotland W 26-23 at Murrayfield (6 Nations)
07.02.2015 v England L 16-21 in Cardiff (6 Nations)
29.11.2014 v South Africa W 12-6 in Cardiff

GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table: Wales 3rd, Italy 14th
Europe Table: Wales 1st, Italy 5th

World Rugby Ranking Points
Wales 83.90, Italy 72.01 

Prediction: Wales by 22 points Score: 34-12

TEAMS

Italy
15 Luke McLean, 14 Leonardo Sarto, 13 Luca Morisi, 12 Andrea Masi,
11 Giovambattista Venditti, 10 Kelly Haimona, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Samuela Vunisa, 7 Mauro Bergamasco, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 George Fabio Biagi, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Capt.), 1 Michele Rizzo.
Replacements
16 Andrea Manici, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Robert Barbieri, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Luciano Orquera, 23 Enrico Bacchin.

Wales
15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 James Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Daniel Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau,
7 Samuel Warburton (Capt), 6 Daniel Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Aaron Jarvis, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Robert Evans.
Replacements
16 Kenneth Owens, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams.