TheBreakdown
Full time5 October 1996
Italy
22–31
Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Roma, ItalyHead-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins0–2
  2. 1’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins0–4
  3. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins0–7
  4. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins0–10
  5. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins0–13
  6. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins0–16
  7. 1’TWales try · Gareth Thomas0–21
  8. 1’TWales try · Gareth Thomas0–26
  9. 1’TWales try · Dafydd James0–31
  10. 24’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez3–31
  11. 37’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez6–31
  12. 41’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez9–31
  13. 44’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez12–31
  14. 55’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez14–31
  15. 55’TItaly try · Ivan Francescato19–31
  16. 65’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez22–31

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Franco Properzi-CurtiProp
  4. 4Paolo PedroniSecond row
  5. 5Diego ScagliaSecond row
  6. 6Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  7. 7Orazio ArancioFlanker
  8. 8Carlo ChecchinatoNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Leonardo ManteriWing
  12. 12Ivan FrancescatoCentre
  13. 13Stefano BordonCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Massimo RavazzoloFull-back
  16. Roberto RampazzoBench
  17. Andrea CastellaniBench
  18. Javier PertileBench

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Derwyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Hemi TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Kingsley JonesFlanker
  8. 8Steve WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Gareth ThomasCentre
  14. 14Simon HillWing
  15. 15Wayne ProctorFull-back
  16. 16Leigh DaviesBench
  17. 17Arwel ThomasBench
  18. 18Paul JohnBench
  19. 19Martyn WilliamsBench
  20. 20Spencer JohnBench
  21. 21Barry WilliamsBench

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Context

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

Italy going in
Wales 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.