(HT 20-17)
Scoring sequence (Italy first)
5 mins: Italy Try: Giampiero De Carli drives over after sustained Italian pressure from a scrum on the Wales five-metre line. Diego Dominguez conversion (7-0)
7 mins: Wales Try: Steve Williams collects a Iestyn Harris pass and runs in unopposed from 30 metres, converted by Harris (7-7)
14 mins: Wales Try: Gareth Thomas wins the ball in the Wales 22, breaks and feeds Tom Shanklin who runs 60-metres for the score. Harris converts (7-14)
20 mins: Italy Try: Sustained pressure results in prop Carlo Festuccia driving over. Dominguez converts from wide. (14-14)
26 mins: Wales Penalty Goal: Harris scores from just outside the 22. (14-17)
31 mins: Italy Penalty Goal: Dominguez (17-17)
35 mins: Italy Drop Goal: Dominguez (20-17)
HALF TIME: ITALY 20 – WALES 17
61 mins : Italy Try: Matthew Phillips is fed by scrum half Alessandro Troncon, and he scores under the posts, Dominguez converts (27-17)
72 mins Italy Drop Goal: Dominguez hits at the third time of asking in the second-half to put daylight between the sides. (30-17)
80 mins: Wales Try: Dwayne Peel scores a consolation try for Wales after neat footwork to create space by Harris. Harris misses the conversion (30-22)
FINAL SCORE: ITALY 30 WALES 22
Wales; R Williams, G Thomas, T Shanklin, L Davies (M Watkins 56), M Jones (C Sweeney 76); I Harris, D Peel; I Thomas, M Davies (G Williams 50), B Evans, R Sidoli, Steve Williams (Dafydd Jones 50), M Owen, M Williams, C Charvis (capt, Gavin Thomas 68)
Scorers; Tries – Steve Williams, T Shanklin, D Peel;
Cons – I Harris 2; Pen – I Harris
Italy; P Vaccari; Mauro Bergamasco, C Stoica, G Raineri (Mirco Bergamasco 27), D Dallan; D Dominguez, A Troncon (capt); G de Carli, C Festuccia, R Martinez (S Perugini 58-60), C Bezzi, M Bortolami, A de Rossi, A Persico, M Phillips.
Scorers; Tries – G de Carli, C Festuccia, M Phillips
Cons – D Dominguez 3; Pen – D Dominguez; Dgs – D Dominguez 2
