[2025 Six Nations] Italy vs Wales - 08/02/25

[Welsh Exile]

I say hire the guy that the chiefs replaced Gatland with.

 

[General Melchett]

I usually back the underdogs and given that Welsh rugby has been beaten up badly in recent times I hope our Welsh cousins get the W. I hope the battle is won up front with a couple of maul tries and penalties so that Howley rightly gets no credit.

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Italy starting line-up against Wales
15. Tommaso Allan, 14. Ange Capuozzo, 13. Ignacio Brex, 12. Tommaso Menoncello, 11. Monty Ioane, 10. Paolo Garbisi, 9. Martin Page-Relo;
1. Danilo Fischetti, 2. Giacomo Nicotera, 3. Simone Ferrari, 4. Niccolò Cannone, 5. Federico Ruzza, 6. Sebastian Negri, 7. Michele Lamaro, 8. Lorenzo Cannone

16. Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17. Luca Rizzoli, 18. Marco Riccioni, 19. Dino Lamb, 20. Manuel Zuliani, 21. Ross Vintcent, 22. Alessandro Garbisi, 23. Jacopo Trulla

 

[Lé Ddanno]

Wales starting line-up against Italy
15. Liam Williams, 14. Tom Rogers, 13. Nick Tompkins, 12. Eddie James, 11. Josh Adams, 10. Ben Thomas, 9. Tomos Williams;
1. Gareth Thomas, 2. Evan Lloyd, 3. Henry Thomas, 4. Will Rowlands, 5. Dafydd Jankins, 6. James Botham, 7. Jac Morgan, 8. Taulupe Faletau

16. Elliot Dee, 17. Nicky Smith, 18. Keiron Assiratti, 19. Freddie Thomas, 20. Aaron Wainwright, 21. Rhodri Williams, 22. Dan Edwards, 23. Blair Murray

 

[Welsh Exile]

Liam Williams out. Who would've thought a 64 year old with a bad injury record wouldn't make it past the first week.

At least this means we'll play Rogers where he should play.

 

[dullonien]

No loss. His form has nosedived, as has his durability

 

[Welsh Exile]

No loss. His form has nosedived, as has his durability

Yeah I'm not to bummed about it. As I say, I'm excited to see Roger's play where we should've been playing him since he started getting capped, 15.

 

[Amiga500]

I reckon for the first half hour on the pitch Wales won't look too bad.

Then the ball handling part of the warmup will start and it'll all go to sh_t.