Italy survived a late rally to beat
Wales 22-15 in Rome on Saturday and notch their first win of the
2025 Six Nations.
The Azzurri prevailed thanks to a first-half try by star winger
Ange Capuozzo and 17 points from the boot of Tommaso Allan.
The home side dealt better with the wet conditions and had
looked comfortable until the 70th minute, when they conceded a
try by Aaron Wainwright.
They then had a penalty try awarded against them and had prop
Marco Riccioni and Dino Lamb yellow carded in the closing stages
for repeated infringements in the maul.
But they hung on despite closing the game with 13 players to
claim victory in what looks set to have been a decider for who
will get the Six Nation's booby prize, the wooden spoon.
It is a second consecutive win for Italy over Wales after they
beat them in Cardiff last year.
The Azzurri, who went down 31-19 to Scotland in Edinburgh in
their first match of the tournament, are fourth in the table
with four points from two games ahead of the rest of the
weekend's matches.
It was Wales 14th consecutive defeat.
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