Six Nations: Italy hold on to leave Wales with little hope

By Brendan Gallagher

Italy .................................... 22pts

Try: Capuozzo 20
Conversion: Allan 21
Penalties: Allan 7, 29, 34, 61, 74
Wales ..................................15pts

Tries: Wainwright 70, Penalty 78
Penalties: B Thomas
Italy, not without late alarms after finishing the game with 13 players, won the so-called battle of the wooden spoon as Wales slipped to a 14th straight defeat.
On a treacherous afternoon, Italy’s kicking game was far superior to Wales, as was their chase, but the Azzurri suffered a bad case of altitude sickness as the novelty of a second consecutive...

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