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Italy face off against Wales in Six Nations Round 2 on Sat 8th February 2025 at Stadio Olimpico. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:15 and is broadcast on ITV. In South Africa it’s at 16:15 SAST on SuperSport, 03:15 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 01:15 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 06:15 EST on Peacock in the US.
Italy won the last encounter but both teams are in the same form for their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture the two sides are separated by just 1 places in the rankings with Italy in position 10 and Wales in position 11, underlining just how tight this match could be.
The official squads for Italy vs Wales will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Dino Lamb (Italy) is shown a yellow card
Marco Riccioni (Italy) is shown a yellow card
Tommaso Allan has kicked a penalty goal.
Nobody could stop that maul! Aaron Wainwright places the ball down for the try.
The touch judges raise their flags as Tommaso Allan kicks the penalty goal.
Josh Adams (Wales) is shown a yellow card
The Italy supporters go wild as Tommaso Allan successfully kicks the penalty goal.
The touch judges raise their flags as Tommaso Allan kicks the penalty goal.
Tommaso Allan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
What a kick! Ange Capuozzo takes full advantage to score for Italy.
Ben Thomas does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Tommaso Allan kicks the penalty.