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Full time7 February 1998
Wales
23–20
Italy
Stradey Park, Llanelli, WalesHead-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. 1’CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins4–0
  3. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins7–0
  4. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins10–0
  5. 1’PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins13–0
  6. 1’TWales try18–0
  7. 1’TWales try · Gareth Thomas23–0
  8. 17’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–3
  9. 46’PItaly penalty · Diego Dominguez23–6
  10. 69’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez23–8
  11. 69’TItaly try · Cristian Stoica23–13
  12. 92’CItaly conversion · Diego Dominguez23–15
  13. 92’TItaly try · Andrea Sgorlon23–20

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1ALP LewisProp
  2. 2Barry WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mike VoyleSecond row
  6. 6Rob AppleyardFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Kevin MorganBench
  17. 17Leigh DaviesBench
  18. 18Paul JohnBench
  19. 19Colin CharvisBench
  20. 20Chris StephensBench
  21. 21Lyndon MustoeBench
  22. 22Jonathan HumphreysBench

Italy

  1. 1Massimo CuttittaProp
  2. 2Carlo OrlandiHooker
  3. 3Andrea CastellaniProp
  4. 4Giambatista CrociSecond row
  5. 5Walter CristofolettoSecond row
  6. 6Massimo GiovanelliFlanker
  7. 7Andrea SgorlonFlanker
  8. 8Julian GardnerNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Diego DominguezFly-half
  11. 11Marcello CuttittaWing
  12. 12Cristian StoicaCentre
  13. 13Luca MartinCentre
  14. 14Paolo VaccariWing
  15. 15Corrado PilatFull-back
  16. 16Denis DallanBench
  17. 17Andrea ScanavaccaBench
  18. 18Gianluca GuidiBench
  19. 19Orazio ArancioBench
  20. 20Simone StoccoBench
  21. 22Andrea MorettiBench

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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.