Six Nations - Millennium Stadium, 10 March 2012, 14:30 local, 14:30 GMT
Wales (9) 24 - 3 (3) Italy (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
9 3 - 0

Halfpenny - penalty goal

10

Leigh Halpenny gives Wales the lead with a thumping penalty from long-range

12 3 - 3

Mirco Bergamasco levels the scores with a penalty after the Italian scrum earns the opportunity

19 6 - 3

Halfpenny - penalty goal

20

Leigh Halpenny smashes over the simple kick from in front of the posts

36 9 - 3

Halfpenny - penalty goal

37

LeihhHalpenny smashes over the simple kick from in front of the posts

49 14 - 3

Jamie Roberts finishes off a move that started in the Welsh half as he breaks down the left flank before cutting inside and just having the legs to reach the line

50 16 - 3

Halfpenny - conversion

61

Halpenny clatters into Parisse as the Italian takes a high ball. The Wales fullback gets 10 minutes in the bin for taking the man in the air.

69 19 - 3

Rhys Priestland lands the penalty from the right side in Halfpenny's absence

77 24 - 3

Terrific finish from Alex Cuthbert as he fends of a prop on the arc and then just evades the cover and crawls to the line

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Italy
0 start of first half start of first half
9 Halfpenny - penalty goal 3 - 0
12 3 - 3 Bergamasco - penalty goal
19 Halfpenny - penalty goal 6 - 3
36 Halfpenny - penalty goal 9 - 3
40 end of first half end of first half
40 start of second half start of second half
49 Roberts - try 14 - 3
50 Halfpenny - conversion 16 - 3
51 Staibano - sub on
Cittadini - sub off
van Zyl - sub off
Bortolami - sub on
52 Ghiraldini - sub off
d'Apice - sub on
61 Halfpenny - yellow card
62 Charteris - sub on
Owens - sub on
AW Jones - sub off
Rees - sub off		 Barbieri - sub on
Favaro - sub off
65 Faletau - sub off
RP Jones - sub on
66 Botes - sub on
Semenzato - sub off
Benvenuti - sub on
Canale - sub off
68 Davies - sub off
Williams - sub on
69 Priestland - penalty goal 19 - 3
70 AR Jones - sub off
James - sub on
Webb - sub on
Phillips - sub off
71 Toniolatti - sub on
Masi - sub off
Lo Cicero Vaina - sub off
Cittadini - sub on
73 Hook - sub on
Halfpenny - sub off
77 Cuthbert - try 24 - 3
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 21 points
Six Nations points Wales 2, Italy 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 60887
 
Referee GJ Clancy (Ireland)
 
Wales Test debuts R Webb
Italy Test debuts none

Teams

Wales Italy
Tries Roberts (49), Cuthbert (77) Tries none
Cons Halfpenny (50) Cons none
Pens Halfpenny (9, 19, 36), Priestland (69) Pens Bergamasco (12)
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
61
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
George North
10 FH
Rhys Priestland
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins (c)
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Alun Wyn Jones
5 L
Ian Evans
6 F
Dan Lydiate
7 F
Justin Tipuric
8 N8
Taulupe Faletau
    Replacements
16 H
Ken Owens
17 P
Paul James
18 L
Luke Charteris
19 N8
Ryan Jones
20 SH
Rhys Webb
21 FB
James Hook
22 C
Scott Williams
    Team
15 FB
Andrea Masi
14 W
Mirco Bergamasco
13 C
Gonzalo Canale
12 C
Alberto Sgarbi
11 W
Luke McLean
10 FH
Kris Burton
9 SH
Fabio Semenzato
1 P
Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina
2 H
Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 P
Lorenzo Cittadini
4 L
Quintin Geldenhuys
5 L
Cornelius van Zyl
6 F
Alessandro Zanni
7 F
Simone Favaro
8 N8
Sergio Parisse (c)
    Replacements
16 H
Tommaso d'Apice
17 P
Fabio Staibano
18 L
Marco Bortolami
19 F
Robert Barbieri
20 SH
Tobie Botes
21 C
Tommaso Benvenuti
22 FB
Giulio Toniolatti

Match stats

Wales   Italy
2 Tries 0
1 from 2 Conversion goals 0 from 0
4 from 4 Penalty goals 1 from 1
83.3% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
22 Kicks from hand 26
193 Passes 92
126 Runs 64
525 Metres run with ball 165
Attacking
62% Possession 38%
68% Territory 32%
7 Clean breaks 1
19 Defenders beaten 2
8 Offloads 5
95 from 105 (90.5%) Rucks won 48 from 54 (88.9%)
5 from 5 (100.0%) Mauls won 3 from 3 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 11
Defensive
60/2 Tackles made/missed 139/19
96.8% Tackling success rate 88.0%
Set pieces
4 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 5 won, 2 lost (71.4%)
13 won, 1 lost (92.9%) Lineouts on own throw 13 won, 3 lost (81.2%)
Discipline
13 Penalties conceded 13
1/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 0/0 11 3/6/10 43 0 2 0 2 0/0 0/0 1 1/0
W Cuthbert 1/0 5 2/2/11 124 3 6 0 2 2/0 0/0 3 0/0
C Davies 0/0 0 1/4/10 43 0 1 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 1/0 5 0/9/11 100 1 1 1 0 5/0 0/0 0 0/0
W North 0/0 0 0/0/12 69 1 4 0 2 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
FH Priestland 0/0 3 14/44/5 10 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 0/80/10 41 0 2 2 1 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/7/2 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/4/8 3 0 0 1 1 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
P AR Jones 0/0 0 0/2/2 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
L AW Jones 0/0 0 0/0/6 3 0 0 0 1 1/0 2/0 0 0/0
L Evans 0/0 0 1/0/10 7 0 0 0 1 2/0 4/0 1 0/0
F Lydiate 0/0 0 0/4/5 9 0 0 0 0 9/0 1/0 1 0/0
F Tipuric 0/0 0 1/8/8 21 1 1 1 0 8/0 0/1 1 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/5/9 27 0 2 2 2 7/0 4/1 1 0/0
(H) Owens 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Charteris 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 1/1 0 0/0
(N8) RP Jones 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Webb 0/0 0 0/11/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Hook 0/0 0 0/0/2 11 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Williams 0/0 0 0/3/1 14 1 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

Italy stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Masi 0/0 0 4/5/9 64 1 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 2 0/0
W Bergamasco 0/0 3 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Canale 0/0 0 2/4/1 0 0 0 0 0 8/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Sgarbi 0/0 0 0/4/6 7 0 0 1 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
W McLean 0/0 0 0/4/6 21 0 0 1 3 9/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Burton 0/0 0 13/14/5 14 0 0 2 1 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Semenzato 0/0 0 5/45/4 8 0 0 1 1 6/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Lo Cicero Vaina 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Ghiraldini 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 10/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Cittadini 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Geldenhuys 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 1 12/1 0/0 1 0/0
L van Zyl 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 10/2 7/0 0 0/0
F Zanni 0/0 0 0/1/3 8 0 0 0 1 9/0 3/1 1 0/0
F Favaro 0/0 0 0/0/5 2 0 0 0 0 10/0 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Parisse 0/0 0 1/4/6 7 0 0 0 0 10/1 2/0 1 0/0
(H) d'Apice 0/0 0 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 1 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Staibano 0/0 0 0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Bortolami 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 1/0 1 0/0
(F) Barbieri 0/0 0 0/0/1 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(SH) Botes 0/0 0 0/6/2 28 0 2 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Benvenuti 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FB) Toniolatti 0/0 0 1/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 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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