TheBreakdown
Full time16 January 1996
Wales
31–26
Italy
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, WalesHead-to-head

Wales won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas2–0
  2. 1’CWales conversion · Arwel Thomas4–0
  3. 1’PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas7–0
  4. 1’PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas10–0
  5. 1’PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas13–0
  6. 1’PWales penalty · Arwel Thomas16–0
  7. 1’TWales try · Justin Thomas21–0
  8. 1’TWales try · Ieuan Evans26–0
  9. 1’TWales try · Ieuan Evans31–0
  10. 43’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez31–3
  11. 50’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez31–6
  12. 64’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez31–9
  13. 71’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez31–11
  14. 71’TItaly try · Franco Properzi-Curti31–16
  15. 74’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez31–18
  16. 74’TItaly try · Julian Gardner31–23
  17. 80’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez31–26

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1ALP LewisProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Derwyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Emyr LewisFlanker
  7. 7Gwyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Hemi TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Andy Moore (S/H)Scrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Wayne ProctorWing
  12. 12Matthew WintleCentre
  13. 13Leigh DaviesCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Justin ThomasFull-back
  16. 16Simon HillBench
  17. 17David EvansBench
  18. 18Rob HowleyBench
  19. 19Steve WilliamsBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Mark GiacheriSecond row
  5. 5Paolo PedroniSecond row
  6. 6Orazio ArancioFlanker
  7. 7Julian GardnerFlanker
  8. 8Andrea SgorlonNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Fabio RoselliWing
  12. 12Tommaso VisentinCentre
  13. 13Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Massimo RavazzoloFull-back
  16. 16Mauro Dal SieBench
  17. 17Giampiero De CarliBench
  18. 18Roberto FavaroBench
  19. 19Carlo CaioneBench
  20. 20Massimo BonomiBench
  21. 21Javier PertileBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 29–5 Italy, 1 drawn in 35 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Italy going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.