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Post by maestegmafia Sun 30 Aug 2015, 8:18 am

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WALES v ITALY at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Saturday 5th September 2015 – Kick Off: 5pm
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR)


TV Coverage: Live on BBC Two Wales


Tickets for the Wales v Italy warm-up match are available to purchase at the official WRU eTicketing website with prices from £20 – £35.



History

Italy and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1994. A total of 22 matches have been played, with Wales winning 19, Italy winning two and one drawn match.[1]

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Wales Team

15 L Halfpenny
14 A Cuthbert
13 C Allen
12 S Williams
11 G North
10 D Biggar
9 R Webb
1 G Jenkins
2 K Owens
3 T Francis
4 J Ball
5  D Day
6 J King
7 S Warburton
8 T Faletau.

Reps: 16 K Dacey, 17 P James, 18 A Jarvis, 19 L Charteris,  20 R Moriarty,  21 G Davies,  22 R Priestland,  23 M Morgan.



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Italian Team

15 Andrea Masi
14 Leonardo Sarto
13 Luca Morisi
12 Gonzalo Garcia
11 Giovanbattista Venditti
10 Tommaso Allan
9 Edoardo Gori
1 Michele Rizzo
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Martin Castrogiovanni
4 Quintin Geldenhuys
5 Josh Furno
6 Alessandro Zanni
7Francesco Minto
8 Sergio Parisse (capt)

Replacements: 16 Andrea Manici, 17 Matias Aguero, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Valerio Bernabo', 20 Samula Vunisa, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Luke McLean.


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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:01 pm

Cuthbert laughing

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:03 pm

Oh dear, not sure how Cuthbert is still involved, it shows how little depth and experience we have on the wing,...hope Liam Williams is back soon.
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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:04 pm

Not a great start but one of the luckiest players to make the squad...!

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:10 pm

Not a good start :/
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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:13 pm

Looks like Scott Williams has put that bad first game behind him, he was good last week and is again showing his skills and creativity.
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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:17 pm

And to think everyone was complaining about Priestland being a confidence player...

Poor old Cuthbert

He has a face like Droopy the Dog at the moment.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:20 pm

Looks like we now might have to bring Cuthbert off. It hasn't been his day so far, and I doubt it will be his day at any point in the world cup.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:23 pm

Our scrums have been really bad in the last few games. The lad who could make a difference is out of the squad...

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:28 pm

So many knock-ons, not helpful with the Italian scrum going well.
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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:28 pm

mikey_dragon wrote:Our scrums have been really bad in the last few games. The lad who could make a difference is out of the squad...

Henson?

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:29 pm

Uh oh...

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:31 pm

F*CK!

Rhys Webb is down and it looks really bad
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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:32 pm

I think it's pretty serious and will keep him out of the RWC. Hopefully Davies stays fit and we call Phillips back in.

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:32 pm

Has Gareth Davies started a game for Wales?

Him and Biggar will have to gel very quickly now :/
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Post by Heaf Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:32 pm

I know this isn't going to be a popular question but did anyone else think there was a hint of a forward pass in the build up to Wales try - after the initial break when the 12 passed back inside?

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Post by LondonTiger Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:37 pm

Please tell me that is not North down.

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Post by LondonTiger Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:39 pm

Thankfully not, though sympathies to whoever it was

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Post by Heaf Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:39 pm

wales606 wrote:F*CK!

Rhys Webb is down and it looks really bad

not good - you have to feel gutted for him ...

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:42 pm

Real depressing game now, no matter what happens really. The atmosphere is dead in the stadium too by the look of it.
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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:44 pm

wales606 wrote:Real depressing game now, no matter what happens really. The atmosphere is dead in the stadium too by the look of it.

I agree

Neither side will be pushing now..

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Post by glamorganalun Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:47 pm

The SH teams have nothing to worry about watching the two games today. Cuthbert is going from bad to worse.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:48 pm

Cuthbert is just sh*t let's be honest. He's fast becoming the next Priestland.

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:48 pm

Jesus Cuthbert Doh
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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:52 pm

Halftime

Positives: Warburton and S.Williams look good

Negatives: Everything else.

Need to get some pace and rhythm in this game, need L.Williams back and a miracle for Webb.
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Post by majesticimperialman Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:55 pm

Italy playing well in the first half. Wales not looking so good.

I do hope Webb is allright, will be a shame if he misses out on the RWC.

Wales only 3 points behind, but rearly have to step up in the second half if they are going to win.

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Post by wrfc1980 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:56 pm

The SH teams will be concerned with England's peforrmance.

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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:57 pm

wales606 wrote:Halftime

Positives: Warburton and S.Williams look good

Negatives: Everything else.

Need to get some pace and rhythm in this game, need L.Williams back and a miracle for Webb.

It's obvious that Rhys Webbs injury has had a massive psychological effect on the lads

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Post by overlordofthewest Sat 05 Sep 2015, 5:58 pm

Think Davies will step up and hopefully lessen the blow of Webb going out. Surely Cuthbert has to go! He adds nothing and getting to be a blwdi liability.
Scrum not functioning and second row not looking good in the loose.
Scott is playing well though.

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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:02 pm

Davies is a talented scrum half.

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:04 pm

maestegmafia wrote:
wales606 wrote:Halftime

Positives: Warburton and S.Williams look good

Negatives: Everything else.

Need to get some pace and rhythm in this game, need L.Williams back and a miracle for Webb.

It's obvious that Rhys Webbs injury has had a massive psychological effect on the lads

Yeah, it was just going through the motions until halftime. They need to get something going in the second half though or they will be going into the world cup on a downer even if they win.
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Post by glamorganalun Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:06 pm

overlordofthewest wrote:Think Davies will step up and hopefully lessen the blow of Webb going out. Surely Cuthbert has to go! He adds nothing and getting to be a blwdi liability.
Scrum not functioning and second row not looking good in the loose.
Scott is playing well though.

Spot on with my thoughts.

Allen also looks crap.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:10 pm

wrfc1980 wrote:The SH teams will be concerned with England's peforrmance.

Except for NZ and SA.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:11 pm

overlordofthewest wrote:Think Davies will step up and hopefully lessen the blow of Webb going out. Surely Cuthbert has to go! He adds nothing and getting to be a blwdi liability.
Scrum not functioning and second row not looking good in the loose.
Scott is playing well though.

I agree - except that I think the locks do look good.

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:11 pm

What on earth are Wales doing?
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Post by wrfc1980 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:12 pm

So far this game Fiji will be rubbing their hands together and will more than fancy themselves against wales

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Post by No9 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:13 pm

Well the only thing this game is doing is lining the WRU coffers, with ticket sales and promoting the second strip.

As for RWC warmup, it's done nothing positive. Confidence will be down after this rubbish performance, loss of first class player (Rhys Webb). Let's hope we don't lose anyone else to injury...

Not sure I can watch thus much more Erm

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:14 pm

Intensive of a early-season club game atm
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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:16 pm

wrfc1980 wrote:So far this game Fiji will be rubbing their hands together and will more than fancy themselves against wales

I think they already were doing that before this game. I doubt they will beat us though.

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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:23 pm

Clancy is yet to penalise Italy for driving early at the scrum... Big contributing factor to this dull affair.

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Post by Heaf Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:24 pm

I'm not sure how much you can read into these games tbh - England looked a lot better this week than they did last week and Wales looked better last week than they have done this week.

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:25 pm

When was the last time Wales had the ball for more than 5 phases?

Oh look, another scrum
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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:25 pm

Heaf wrote:I'm not sure how much you can read into these games tbh - England looked a lot better this week than they did last week and Wales looked better last week than they have done this week.

Yeah, this game won't have much baring on how Wales perform against England, other than the injuries.
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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:28 pm

Jesus, so many errors
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Post by wrfc1980 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:28 pm

It may force Garland to play a stronger team than he would have liked against fiji

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Post by maestegmafia Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:30 pm

And this is why I never buy tickets to a game George Clancy is in charge of...

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:30 pm

These scrums are a mess
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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:30 pm

maestegmafia wrote:And this is why I never buy tickets to a game George Clancy is in charge of...

Was just thinking that
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Post by Heaf Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:31 pm

I've never liked clown shoes as a ref ...

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Post by wales606 Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:31 pm

Im pretty sure Clancy made his decision after he had blown then
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Post by mikey_dragon Sat 05 Sep 2015, 6:36 pm

Ross Moriarty just proved a big point...

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