RBS SIX Nations 2017: Italy vs Wales – Live Game Article

Published 5 February 2017 | By grootblousmile

Italy (7) 7 / 33 (3) Wales (Final Score)

The Italian Azzurri and Wales did battle in the RBS SIX Nations 2017 at

Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy at 16:00 SA Time (14:00 UK Time & GMT, 15:00 Italian Time).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Italy:

Penalties – 0
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Edoardo Gori (1)
Conversions – Carlo Canna (1)

Wales:

Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (4)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Jonathan Davies (1), Liam Williams (1), George North (1)
Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (3)

Teams:

Italy	Wales
5 February 2017 at 16:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Edoardo Padovani, 14 Giulio Bisegni, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Luke McLean, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti, 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Maxime Mata M’Banda, 6 Abraham Steyn, 5 George Biagi, 4 Marco Fuser, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Ornel Gega, 1 Andrea Lovotti Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Sami Panico, 18 Pietro Ceccarelli, 19 Joshua Furno, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Giorgio Bronzini, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Michele Campagnaro	Team: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Sam Warburton, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain), 4 Jake Ball, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Nicky Smith Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Cory Hill, 20 James King, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Jamie Roberts

Expected weather: A moderate wind will be accompanied by heavy rain and a high of 14°C.
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
Assistant Referees: Johnny Lacey (Ireland), Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
TMO: Rowan Kitt (England)

96 Responses to RBS SIX Nations 2017: Italy vs Wales – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:35 pm

Italy 7 / 19 Wales
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:35 pm

19 Unanswered points by Wales…
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:37 pm

Italy penalty, high tackle on Canna…. on Halfway line.
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:38 pm

Ref not happy with Parisse
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:39 pm

Penalty against Parisse, for screaming at the ref…
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:40 pm

Try Liam Williams, Wales… far left corner!

Much better by Wales now.
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:40 pm

Nice try Wales passing and running well, you see what they are capable off when they don’t persist with the tactic of kicking the leather off the ball
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:41 pm

Hopefully Italy can stop Wales getting the bonus point
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:41 pm

Italy 7 / 26 Wales
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:42 pm

Italy penalty inside Wales half, kicked to touch
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:43 pm

Good Italy maul… and they get another penalty… 5m out
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:44 pm

5m Italy lineout, the result….
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:44 pm

Italy scrum, 7m out, about in front of the posts…
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:44 pm

Attacking scrum for Italy
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:45 pm

Only 8 minutes to go in the game…

Wales get the ball and kick upfield…
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:45 pm

Strong scrum by Wales robs Italy of their own scrum ball
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:46 pm

Sloppy play by Italy with stray passes
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:46 pm

Italy player down prone… ref stops the game for the injury.
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:47 pm

Good reffing there stopping the play as it was getting a bit close to where an Italian player was lying flat out and getting treatment
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:47 pm

Wales make 2 subs…
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:49 pm

5 Minutes to go… will be difficult for Wales to get 2 tries in the remaining time…
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:50 pm

Nice running and interplay passing by Italy, then a silly kick
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:51 pm

Italy with a good counter-attack… then the wing squanders it by kicking it away… eish!
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:51 pm

Wales running from deep in their 22
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:51 pm

Less than 3 minutes to go…
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:52 pm

Great running by North to score the try
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:54 pm

Try George North, under the sticks… converted!

Italy 7 / 33 Wales
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:54 pm

That will be lucky hopefully no try
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Bullscot on 5 February 2017 at 5:55 pm

Could go either way, lost forward ruled
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grootblousmile on 5 February 2017 at 5:56 pm

Try Liam Williams?

Looks like he lost it over the line…

Yes, TMO rules it so… game over!

RBS SIX Nations 2017: Italy vs Wales – Live Game Article

Italy (7) 7 / 33 (3) Wales (Final Score)

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