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 5:46 pm

Wales penalty, man held back… popped into the corner.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:47 pm

Cross-kick…. handbags!!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:48 pm

TMO to look at a tackle… was perfectly good tackle… but damn it will be an absolute sin if it is deemed high!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:50 pm

Phweeew… Yellow Card to Liam Williams…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 5:50 pm

Lemoenetyd
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:05 pm

2nd Half ON!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:08 pm

5m Wales scrum… ball kick-charged inside the Italy goal area…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:08 pm

Try Wales, No 4, Cory Hill!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:09 pm

Wales 24 / 7 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:14 pm

Yellow Card for Gareth Davies too… Wales temporarily down to 13 men.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:17 pm

Wales now up to 14 men… Leigh Halfpenny on in place of Liam Williams.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:22 pm

Wales defensive penalty…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:25 pm

Now an Italy penalty, 5m from their own half…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:28 pm

20 Minutes to go…

Wales back to 15 men.

Wales penalty.

Patchell is on for Anscombe, there is also a new scrummie and a replacement hooker on for Wales.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:30 pm

After a great start and 3 early tries, the game has not lived up to much… errors, Cards, penalties… and more errors.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:35 pm

Try Hadleigh Parkes again, Wales?

TMO
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:35 pm

Inconclusive… no try.

5m Wales scrum.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:37 pm

George North scores for Wales in stead…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:38 pm

Wales 31 / 7 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:40 pm

12 Minutes to go.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:45 pm

Try Wales… and converted by Halfpenny…

Wales 38 / 7 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:48 pm

Try Bellini, Italy!
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:49 pm

Wales 38 / 14 Italy
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:51 pm

2 Minutes to go…

Italy Yellow Card to Benvenutti.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:51 pm

Wales penalty again… Patchell will pop it into the corner.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:53 pm

Time is up on the clock… Italy scrum, 6m from the Italy line.
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:54 pm

Italy penalty, way offside…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:55 pm

Game over…
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grootblousmile on 11 March 2018 at 6:56 pm

Wales (17) 38 / 14 (7) Italian Azzurri (Final Score)
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Blue Bird on 12 March 2018 at 12:23 am

Dear reader, I was there !! 😀

SIX Nations 2018: Wales vs Italy – Live Game Article

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

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Italian Azzurri

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