Italy vs Wales result: Two wins from two for Warren Gatland’s side in gritty win over winless Italians
Re-live the action from the Six Nations clash at the Stadio Olimpico
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Your support makes all the difference.Re-live the live action from Saturday’s second Six Nations as Wales equalled their longest winning Test run with a 26-15 victory over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
Warren Gatland’s men have now won 11 games in a row thanks to second-half tries from Josh Adams and Owen Watkin, with four Dan Biggar penalties helping to establish an early lead that Italy would never recover from.
It home side did manage to get back into the game with a Braam Steyn try before the break, but despite another late flourish as Edoardo Padovani scored his second in as many weeks, Italy were not able to match Wales. Re-live the live action below.
What time does it start?
Italy vs Wales kicks off at 4:45pm (GMT).
Where can I watch it?
The match will be shown live on ITV from 4pm. The match will also be available on ITV Hub.
Highlights will be shown on Sunday at 6pm on BBC Two.
Teams
Italy: Hayward, Padovani, Campagnaro, Morisi, Esposito, Allan, Palazzani, Quaglio, Ghiraldini, Ferrari, Sisi, Budd, Negri, Steyn, Parisse (c)
Replacements: Bigi, Traore, Pasquali, Ruzza, Barbini, Gori, McKinley, Benvenuti
Wales: Williams, Holmes, J Davies (c), Watkin, Adams, Biggar, A Davies, Smith, Dee, Lee, Ball, Beard, Wainwright, Young, Navidi
Replacements: Elias, W Jones, Lewis, A W Jones, Moriarty, G Davies, Anscombe, Amos
Form guide…
Italy: WLWLLL
Wales: WWWWWW
Head-to-head…
Wales 38 (Parkes, North x2, Hill, Tipuric) Italy 14 (Minozzi, Bellini), Six Nations, March 2018
Italy 7 (Gori) Wales 33 (J Davies, L Williams, North), Six Nations, February 2017
Wales 67 (Webb, Biggar, J Davies, Roberts, North, L Williams, Moriarty x2, G Davies) Italy 14 (Palazzani, Garcia), Six Nations, March 2016
Odds…
Italy to win: 10/1
Wales to win: 1/16
Draw: 45/1
Prediction
Wales by 20 points: Despite heavily rotating his side, Warren Gatland can still expect his team to do a professional job on an Italy side that looks lost at sea at present. Even though Conor O'Shea's men are on home turf, it will take a monumental upset for Italy to record their first win over Wales in a dozen years.
Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of the Six Nations, with today's second fixture coming to you from Rome as Italy look to end their losing run against championship second-favourites Wales.
Last weekend saw mixed fortunes for these two sides, as despite late rally, Italy were comprehensively beaten by Scotland 33-20 at Murrayfield to leave them bottom of the table. Wales on the other hand managed to fight back from a 16-0 deficit to beat France 24-19 in a thrilling opener that leaves them finely balanced to challenge England and Scotland at the top of the table.
Kick-off is scheduled for 4:45pm, and our in-depth coverage will begin at 4pm as we look ahead towards the clash at the picturesque Stadio Olimpico.
Ahead of the game, read Sam Peters' preview on why Italy will need to try and rekindle their old spirit to beat a familiar foe in Wales.
Here's how the team line up today:
Italy: Jaydon Hayward; Edoardo Padovani, Michele Campagnaro, Luca Morisi, Angelo Esposito; Tommaso Allan, Guglielmo Palazzani; Nicola Quaglio, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Simone Ferrari, David Sisi, Dean Budd, Sebastian Negri, Braam Steyn, Sergio Parisse.
Replacements: Luca Bigi, Cherif Traore, Tiziano Pasquali, Federico Ruzza, Marco Barbini, Edoardo Gori, Ian McKinley, Tommaso Benvenuti.
Wales: Liam Williams; Jonah Holmes, Jonathan Davies, Owen Watkin, Josh Adams; Dan Biggar, Aled Davies; Nicky Smith, Elliot Dee, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Adam Beard, Aaron Wainwright, Thomas Young, Josh Navidi.
Replacements: Ryan Elias, Wyn Jones, Dillon Lewis, Alun Wyn Jones, Ross Moriarty, Gareth Davies, Gareth Anscombe, Hallam Amos.
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France).
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England) and Shuhei Kubo (Japan).
And here come the teams! Led out by Sergio Parisse and, for the first time, Jonathan Davies, the two teams emerge to great applause.
Time for the anthems.
That's the anthems over and done with. Time to get this one underway!
Maybe not...none of the referees have their communications working so we've got a delay here...
1 mins: A brilliant start for Wales. Young gets straight into Parisse and allows Dee to get over the ball, winning the penalty right in front of the posts. Biggar wastes no time at all, and with 1:02 on the clock Wales lead! 0-3
5 mins: That's more like it from Italy. Defiant defence forces a knock-on from Wales wing Adams and they break through Campagnaro on the left. He chips forwards and despite Williams taking is cleanly, he's turned over and Italy counter. The break through Esposito after Holmes rushes up, but the Welsh defence gets back into shape and holds the ball up to get the scrum put-in.
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