SIX Nations 2018: Wales vs Italy – Live Game Article

Published 11 March 2018 | By grootblousmile

Wales (17) 38 / 14 (7) Italy (Final Score)

Wales and the Italian Azzurri did battle in the RBS SIX Nations 2018 at

the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 UK Time & GMT, 16:00 Italy 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:

Wales:

Penalties – Gareth Anscombe (1)
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Hadleigh Parkes (1), George North (2), Cory Hill (1), Justin Tipuric (1)
Conversions – Gareth Anscombe (3), Leigh Halfpenny (2)

Italy:

Penalties – 0
Drop Goals – 0
Tries – Matteo Minozzi (1), Mattia Bellini (1)
Conversions – Tommaso Allan (1), Calo Canna (1)

Teams:

Wales	Italian Azzurri
11 March 2018 at 17:00 SA Time
Team: 15 Liam Williams, 14 George North, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau (Captain), 7 James Davies, 6 Justin Tipuric, 5 Bradley Davies, 4 Cory Hill, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Nicky Smith Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Seb Davies, 20 Ellis Jenkins, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Rhys Patchell, 23 Leigh Halfpenny	Team: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Giulio Bisegni, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lovotti Replacements: 16 Oliviero Fabiani, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Tiziani Pasquali, 19 Federico Ruzza, 20 Giovanni Licata, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Jayden Hayward

Expected weather conditions: Rain is expected, with a high of 12°C and a low of 5°C.
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant Referees: Pascal Gaüzère (France), Andrew Brace (Ireland)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

60 Responses to SIX Nations 2018: Wales vs Italy – Live Game Article

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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 4:53 pm

The Millenium Stadium…. errr I mean the Principality Stadium, as it is called now looks festive and packed to the rafters.

The roof seems to be closed…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 4:54 pm

Players coming out onto the field!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 4:55 pm

Anthems up next…

The Italian Anthem will be up 1st!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 4:57 pm

… and now to hear those beautiful Welsh voices doing the wonderful Welsh Anthem…

It always sends shivers down my spine!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 4:59 pm

There are a few great World Anthems… incuding the South African Anthem… and the Welsh one is right up there!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:00 pm

Game ON!

Kick-Off by Italy!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:02 pm

The Italians always starts with verve… but Wales should wear them down…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:03 pm

Wales steal the ball… and on top of it advantage is played… penalty it is.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:04 pm

Anscombe will kick towards the corner for the attacking Welsh lineout.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:05 pm

5m Out…

Tryyyyyy Hadleigh Parkes, Wales!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:05 pm

His opposite No 12 down… he will surely have a head assessment!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:06 pm

Wales 7 / 0 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:07 pm

Tryyyyyyyy George North, Wales!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:08 pm

Wales 14 / 0 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:09 pm

Italy penalty, not releasing in the tackle… Tomasso Allan kicking for the corner.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:11 pm

Italy maul… then it goes out…

Advantage is played for Italy…

Tryyyyyy Minozzi, Italy… far left corner!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:12 pm

Wales 14 / 7 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:13 pm

Fast 1st 11 minutes… 3 tries!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:19 pm

Italy scrum, deep in their own 22.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:20 pm

Try Gareth Davies, Wales!

TMO to see if he was in front of the kicker… try looks good though!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:21 pm

Could be 1m offside…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:21 pm

No try… Gareth Davies was indeed offside!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:23 pm

Of course the 2018 SIX Nations title race has already been decided… Ireland the champs for 2018.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:24 pm

Italy penalty, kicked right into the corner for the 5m lineout… great kick!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:24 pm

Italy scrum, 5 or so metres out.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:27 pm

Tommaso Allan copped a huge tackle… and he is down.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:30 pm

Italy penalty, never onside…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:33 pm

Wales defensive 5m penalty… holding.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:42 pm

Wales penalty, in front… kickable and posts it is.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:43 pm

Wales 17 / 7 Italy

SIX Nations 2018: Wales vs Italy – Live Game Article

Wales (17) 38 / 14 (7) Italy (Final Score)

Wales

Italian Azzurri

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