Wales finally break Six Nations losing streak with victory over Italy
by Craig Taylor · KickOffWales finally broke their Six Nations losing streak as they defeated Italy 31-17 in their final clash of this year’s championship on Saturday evening.
The Welsh went 15 matches without a victory in the competition up until their clinical win in Cardiff.
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They opened the scoring through Aaron Wainwright, and the No 8 added another soon after before Dewi Lake crashed over for the home side.
Dan Edwards converted all three tries for Wales to lead 21-0 at half-time.
Wales added another try in the second half through Edwards, who also slotted a drop goal.
Italy scored through Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Tommaso Allan, Leonardo Marin, and Paolo Garbisi, but Wales had done enough in the first half to halt their losing run.
Scorers
Wales 31 (21)
Tries: Aaron Wainwright (2), Dewi Lake, Dan Edwards
Conversions: Dan Edwards (4)
Dropped goal: Dan Edwards
Italy 17 (0)
Tries: Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, Tommaso Allan, Paolo Garbisi
Conversions: Paolo Garbisi
Teams
Wales
15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 James Botham, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Dewi Lake (captain), 1 Rhys Carre.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Blair Murray.
Italy
15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Alessandro Fusco, 1 Danilo Fischetti, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 3 Muhamed Hasa, 4 Niccolò Cannone, 5 Federico Ruzza, 6 Michele Lamaro (c), 7 Manuel Zuliani, 8 Lorenzo Cannone
Replacements: 16 Tommaso Di Bartolomeo, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Giosuè Zilocchi, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 David Odiase, 21 Stephen Varney, 22 Leonardo Marin, 23 Tommaso Allan