Victory gave the Azzurri their best Six Nations return as they ended a run of eight successive bottom-of-the-table finishes.
ITALY CONDEMNED WALES to a Six Nations whitewash for the first time in 21 years with a 24-21 win in Cardiff.
Advertisement Wales then managed two further tries through replacements Will Rowlands and Mason Grady but those scores came too late to deny Italy a deserved victory. Further Italy dominance up front allowed Garbisi to kick a penalty for an attacking line-out inside Wales’s 22. Wales briefly threatened at the start of the second half before Italy, coached by former Argentina playmaker Gonzalo Quesada, pulled further clear.
Wales almost hit back on the hour mark through Tomos Williams but the scrum-half was tackled superbly in sight of Italy’s try-line by replacement Ross Vintcent.
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