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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Canberra Stadium, Canberra · 25 October 2003Head-to-head
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Wales won by 12 points.Half-time 9–20 · Tries 0–3

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104064
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
ITA5813
WAL14120
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
ITA0/05/50
WAL3/32/20
← Wales attack · Italy attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
10′WalesTry, Mark Jones, converted3–5
40′WalesTry, Sonny Parker, converted9–18
64′WalesTry, Dafydd Jones, converted15–25
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
10′Mark Jones40′Sonny Parker64′Dafydd Jones
ITA

Team stats

WAL
0%Possession100%
160Carries100
591Metres gained381
12Clean breaks6
20Defenders beaten13
163Passes121
11Offloads14
58Tackles made141
13Tackles missed20
109/113Rucks won44/47
14/16Lineouts won13/16
8/10Scrums won11/12
11/11Mauls won4/5
6Turnovers won11
9Penalties conceded10
24Kicks from hand36
850Kick metres1,276
Goal kicking
ITA conversions 0/0, penalties 5/5 · WAL conversions 3/3, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Carlo ChecchinatoSecond row
  5. 5Santiago DellapèSecond row
  6. 6Andrea de RossiFlanker
  7. 7Aaron PersicoFlanker
  8. 8Sergio ParisseNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro TronconScrum-half
  10. 10Rima WakaruaFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Andrea MasiCentre
  13. 13Cristian StoicaCentre
  14. 14Nicola MazzucatoWing
  15. 15Gonzalo CanaleFull-back
  16. 16Carlo FestucciaBench
  17. 17Salvatore PeruginiBench
  18. 18Matthew PhillipsBench
  19. 19Scott PalmerBench
  20. 20Mauro BergamascoBench
  21. 21Francesco MazzariolBench
  22. 22Christian BezziBench

Wales

  1. 1Duncan JonesProp
  2. 2Robin McBrydeHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Brent CockbainSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Dafydd JonesFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Colin CharvisNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
  10. 10Ceri SweeneyFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Iestyn HarrisCentre
  13. 13Sonny ParkerCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Mefin DaviesBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Rob SidoliBench
  19. 19Jonathan ThomasBench
  20. 20Gareth CooperBench
  21. 21Stephen JonesBench
  22. 22Rhys WilliamsBench

Match officials

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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.