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Italian fire is starting to burn brightly

SHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

I used to love playing against Italy. Nine tries in nine games! But I also never forget that there were only seven wins in that sequence. There was also a two-year period when Wales didn’t beat them.
I experienced an 18-18 draw in Cardiff in 2006 and then a 23-20 defeat in Rome a year later. We felt a bit hard done by in 2007 because Chris White called time after assuring us we still had 10 seconds left to play. That’s why James Hook kicked to touch deep in the corner for the lineout instead of kicking at goal for a possible draw. We didn’t want to g...

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