Six Nations - Rome, 26 February 2011, 15:30 local, 14:30 GMT
Italy (11) 16 - 24 (21) Wales (FT)

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Summary

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2 0 - 3

PENALTY Jones gives Wales the lead from the kicking tee.

4 5 - 3

TRY Italy hit back with the opening try from Canale.

9 5 - 8

TRY Hook makes a great break that leads to a try for Stoddart but it requires confirmation from the TMO

11 8 - 8

PENALTY Bergamasco levels things up with a well-struck penalty.

13 8 - 15

TRY Another fine break with Hook and Byrne involved lays the foundation for Warbuton to cross under the posts. Jones adds the simple conversion.

26 11 - 15

PENALTY Bergamasco reduces the arrears with a simple penalty.

36 11 - 18

SM Jones - penalty goal

37

PENALTY Jones edges Wales a little further ahead with his second penalty.

40 11 - 21

PENALTY Jones notches his third penalty with the last act of the first half.

50 16 - 21

TRY Parisse muscles his way over for a try in the corner.

73 16 - 24

DROP GOAL Hook edges Wales nearer victory with a drop goal from 25m out and straight in front

Timeline

Time Italy  Score  Wales
0 start of first half start of first half
2 0 - 3 SM Jones - penalty goal
4 Canale - try 5 - 3
9 5 - 8 Stoddart - try
11 Bergamasco - penalty goal 8 - 8
13 8 - 15 Warburton - try
SM Jones - conversion
26 Bergamasco - penalty goal 11 - 15
36 11 - 18 SM Jones - penalty goal
40 11 - 21 SM Jones - penalty goal
40+1 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half
Perugini - sub off
Lo Cicero Vaina - sub on		 start of second half
50 Parisse - try 16 - 21
52 Bernabo - sub on
Dellape - sub off
64 Orquera - sub on
Burton - sub off
70 Castrogiovanni - sub off
Perugini - sub on
71 Canavosio - sub on
Semenzato - sub off
72 Vosawai - sub on
Barbieri - sub off
73 Masi - sub off
Benvenuti - sub on		 16 - 24 Hook - drop goal
77 Rees - sub off
Hibbard - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 8 points
Six Nations points Wales 2, Italy 0
 
Ground name Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance 32000
 
Referee W Barnes (England)
 
Italy Test debuts none
Wales Test debuts none

Teams

Italy Wales
Tries Canale (4), Parisse (50) Tries Stoddart (9), Warburton (13)
Cons none Cons SM Jones (13)
Pens Bergamasco (11, 26) Pens SM Jones (2, 36, 40)
Drops none Drops Hook (73)
    Team
15 FB
Luke McLean
14 W
Andrea Masi
13 C
Gonzalo Canale
12 C
Alberto Sgarbi
11 W
Mirco Bergamasco
10 FH
Kris Burton
9 SH
Fabio Semenzato
1 P
Salvatore Perugini
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Martin Castrogiovanni
4 L
Santiago Dellape
5 L
Quintin Geldenhuys
6 F
Alessandro Zanni
7 F
Robert Barbieri
8 N8
Sergio Parisse (c)
    Replacements
16
Carlo Festuccia
17 P
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina
18 L
Valerio Bernabo
19 F
Manoa Vosawai
20 SH
Pablo Canavosio
21 FH
Luciano Orquera
22 W
Tommaso Benvenuti
    Team
15 FB
Lee Byrne
14 W
Morgan Stoddart
13 C
James Hook
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
Shane Williams
10 FH
Stephen Jones
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Paul James
2 H
Matthew Rees (c)
3 P
Craig Mitchell
4 L
Bradley Davies
5 L
Alun Wyn Jones
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Sam Warburton
8 N8
Ryan Jones
    Replacements
16 H
Richard Hibbard
17
John Yapp
18
Jonathan Thomas
19
Josh Turnbull
20
Tavis Knoyle
21
Rhys Priestland
22
Leigh Halfpenny

Match stats

Italy   Wales
2 Tries 2
0 from 2 Conversion goals 1 from 2
2 from 4 Penalty goals 3 from 3
33.3% Kick at goal success 80.0%
0 Dropped goals 1
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 28
163 Passes 132
156 Runs 101
394 Metres run with ball 316
Attacking
61% Possession 39%
63% Territory 37%
2 Clean breaks 8
8 Defenders beaten 15
16 Offloads 14
122 from 125 (97.6%) Rucks won 72 from 75 (96.0%)
2 from 2 (100.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
18 Turnovers conceded 15
Defensive
80/15 Tackles made/missed 135/8
84.2% Tackling success rate 94.4%
Set pieces
5 won, 1 lost (83.3%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
13 won, 4 lost (76.5%) Lineouts on own throw 3 won, 1 lost (75.0%)
Discipline
6 Penalties conceded 15
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB McLean 0/0 0 5/2/11 90 0 0 0 2 1/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Masi 0/0 0 3/4/4 7 0 0 0 3 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Canale 1/1 5 2/2/7 37 0 0 1 1 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Sgarbi 0/0 0 1/4/6 12 0 1 1 0 7/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Bergamasco 0/0 6 0/6/8 20 0 0 3 2 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Burton 0/0 0 4/12/8 31 0 1 1 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Semenzato 0/0 0 5/79/9 21 1 2 2 2 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Perugini 0/0 0 0/0/4 7 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/0/13 33 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Castrogiovanni 0/0 0 0/3/10 27 0 2 1 0 6/1 0/0 2 0/0
L Dellape 0/0 0 0/4/10 9 0 0 2 0 6/1 2/0 1 0/0
L Geldenhuys 0/0 0 0/1/10 12 0 0 1 0 4/1 2/0 0 0/0
F Zanni 0/0 0 0/3/10 16 0 0 0 1 7/0 5/0 0 0/0
F Barbieri 0/0 0 0/1/5 7 0 0 1 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Parisse 1/0 5 1/10/19 30 1 2 1 2 6/0 3/0 0 0/0
(P) Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/9 15 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Bernabo 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 0 0 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Vosawai 0/0 0 0/0/4 13 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Canavosio 0/0 0 0/20/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Orquera 0/0 0 1/12/3 7 0 0 1 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Benvenuti 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Byrne 0/0 0 6/5/14 65 2 1 3 3 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Stoddart 1/0 5 0/0/4 27 1 2 0 1 10/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Hook 0/1 3 7/9/7 48 2 2 2 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/0 0 0/3/11 42 1 2 1 0 9/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Williams 0/0 0 1/13/8 31 0 2 2 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH SM Jones 0/0 11 6/24/4 2 0 1 1 2 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 6/57/3 19 1 3 0 2 10/1 0/0 0 0/0
P James 0/0 0 0/2/5 3 0 0 0 1 7/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/4/10 5 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Mitchell 0/0 0 0/1/1 6 0 0 0 0 10/1 0/0 3 0/0
L Davies 0/0 0 0/2/4 2 0 0 0 1 13/1 0/1 2 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/1/6 3 0 0 0 0 15/2 1/2 1 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/2/5 3 0 0 1 1 13/1 1/0 0 0/0
F Warburton 1/0 5 2/2/6 25 1 1 1 0 7/0 1/1 1 0/0
N8 RP Jones 0/0 0 0/7/13 35 0 1 3 1 16/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Hibbard 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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