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Six Nations 2026 · Principality Stadium, Cardiff · 14 March 2026Head-to-head
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Wales won by 14 points.Half-time 21–0 · Tries 4–3 · WAL 1 yellow card

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1525294452698136100Attacks1027Ball won6815518411648444161012826626%Own 2230%Own half66%Opp half78%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL12116
ITA11627
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL4/40/01
ITA1/30/10
← Italy attack · Wales 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
  • 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
15′WalesTry, Aaron Wainwright, converted5–0
25′WalesTry, Aaron Wainwright, converted12–0
29′WalesTry, Dewi Lake, converted19–0
44′WalesTry, Daniel Edwards, converted26–0
52′ItalyTry, Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, converted31–5
69′ItalyTry, Tommaso Allan31–12
81′ItalyTry, Paolo Garbisi31–17
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 WAL card
15′Aaron Wainwright25′Aaron Wainwright29′Dewi Lake44′Daniel Edwards52′Tommaso Di Bartolomeo69′Tommaso Allan81′Paolo Garbisi
WAL

Team stats

ITA
51%Possession49%
49%Territory51%
101Carries104
291Metres gained445
4Clean breaks6
27Defenders beaten16
150Passes157
5Offloads8
121Tackles made116
16Tackles missed27
76/80Rucks won74/80
18/21Lineouts won10/13
4/6Scrums won6/8
8/12Mauls won5/5
9Turnovers won10
7Penalties conceded10
25Kicks from hand26
729Kick metres724
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 4/4, penalties 0/0 · ITA conversions 1/3, penalties 0/1. 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

Wales

  1. 1Rhys CarreProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Dafydd JenkinsSecond row
  5. 5Ben CarterSecond row
  6. 6Alex MannFlanker
  7. 7James BothamFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Tomos WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel EdwardsFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Joe HawkinsCentre
  13. 13Eddie JamesCentre
  14. 14Ellis MeeWing
  15. 15Louis Rees-ZammitFull-back
  16. 16Ryan EliasBench
  17. 17Nicky SmithBench
  18. 18Archie GriffinBench
  19. 19Adam BeardBench
  20. 20Olly CracknellBench
  21. 21Kieran HardyBench
  22. 22Jarrod EvansBench
  23. 23Blair MurrayBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Giacomo NicoteraHooker
  3. 3Muhamed HasaProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Michele LamaroFlanker
  7. 7Manuel ZulianiFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Alessandro FuscoScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Louis LynaghWing
  15. 15Lorenzo PaniFull-back
  16. 16Tommaso Di BartolomeoBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Giosue ZilocchiBench
  19. 19Riccardo FavrettoBench
  20. 20David OdiaseBench
  21. 21Stephen VarneyBench
  22. 22Leonardo MarinBench
  23. 23Tommaso AllanBench

Match officials

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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.