Gatland will hope there is no repeat of history

ANYTHING less than a home win by 30 clear points for Wales this afternoon will add up to a below-par performance.
Italy have lost their last 15 matches in the Six Nations by an average score of 13-43, conceding a minimum of five tries per 80 minutes.
Wales could hardly be blamed for deciding that the Italians are a soft enough touch to promote their squad players en masse. Warren Gatland has decided he can afford to take a few liberties despite having almost paid the price for having taken a fair few in Rome nine years ago.
Gatland shuffled almost the entire pack then, as now, and found i...

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