Who Will Win?
On Saturday 16th March, Wales host Italy at the Principality Stadium in the final round of the 2024 Six Nations Championship.
Wales will be the favourites for this match, They’ve won four out of the last five meetings between the sides and have historically dominated against the Azzurri. That said, Italy cannot be discounted entirely. They defeated Wales at the Principality Stadium in 2022 and they’ll be looking to triumph over Warren Gatland’s men once more in this year’s championship.
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Head-to-Head
In the last five meetings between the two sides, Wales have won four times while Italy have only won once. During this period, Wales have averaged 36 points per match, while Italy have only averaged 13. Due to this, it looks as though a home win could be on the cards here.
That said, home advantage doesn't necessarily exist in this fixture. After all, the stats show that the home team has only won 40% of the last five Wales vs Italy matches!
Team Form
Wales come into this match looking to re-establish themselves on the international stage. They’ve suffered in the past few years and finished the 2023 Six Nations down in fifth place. However, since then, their form under Warren Gatland has been good. In addition to giving game time to young players, he has led Wales to the quarter-final stage of the Rugby World Cup.
Meanwhile, Italy are entering their own new era. Now led by the legendary Gonzalo Quesada, they’re looking to turn their form around after a difficult 2023, where they finished bottom of the Six Nations and were eliminated at the pool stage of the Rugby World Cup. During this tournament, they were memorably hammered 60-7 by France and 96-17 by New Zealand!
Below our team form guide, you can see in-depth stats about how the two sides have performed in their last five games, including stats about the number of tries they’ve scored, their overall points difference and the number of times they’ve scored the first try. We’ve also detailed how often each team has scored the first points in a game and how often they’ve won the race to 10 points.
Player Head-to-Head
Wales vs Italy matches tend to be high-scoring affairs. As a result, it’s not uncommon for certain players to dominate the scoreboard.
With this in mind, here’s how Gareth Anscombe and Tommaso Allan have performed in recent Wales vs Italy clashes. Could either of these stars of the game produce a 20+ point performance that decides the match?
Other Fixtures
The Six Nations fixture between Wales and Italy is one of the highlights of the rugby calendar. However, it takes place alongside two other vital Six Nations fixtures: Ireland vs Scotland and France vs England.
Take a look at the latest fixtures and results so that you can plan your rugby viewing over the final weekend of Six Nations action.
Live Updates
Ioan Lloyd converts the try.
Mason Grady goes on their own for a try.
Ioan Lloyd has kicked a conversion.
Wales are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Will Rowlands picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Martin Page-Relo has kicked a penalty goal.
Paolo Garbisi has kicked a penalty goal.
The Wales supporters go wild as Sam Costelow successfully kicks the conversion.
Wales are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Elliot Dee touching down.
Paolo Garbisi adds the two points for Italy.
Slick passing by Italy leads to a try for Lorenzo Pani.
A wonderful passing move by Italy is finished off by Monty Ioane
Paolo Garbisi makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
Paolo Garbisi kicks the penalty.