History of rugby union matches between Italy and Wales

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Italy and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1994. A total of 33 matches have been played, with Wales winning 28, Italy winning four and one drawn match.[1]

Summary[edit]

Overview[edit]

Details Played Won by
Italy 		Won by
Wales 		Drawn Italy points Wales points
In Italy 14 2 12 0 240 519
In Wales 18 2 15 1 276 613
Neutral venue 1 0 1 0 15 27
Overall 33 4 28 1 524 1,111

Records[edit]

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record Italy Wales
Longest winning streak 1 (16 March 2024) 16 (23 February 2008 – 13 March 2021)
Largest points for
Home 30 (15 February 2003) 67 (19 March 2016)
Away 26 (16 January 1996) 61 (21 March 2015)
Largest winning margin
Home 8 (15 February 2003) 53 (19 March 2016)
Away 3 (15 March 2024) 41 (21 March 2015)

Results[edit]

No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Ref.
1 12 October 1994 National Stadium, Cardiff 29–19  Wales 1995 Rugby World Cup qualification
2 16 January 1996 National Stadium, Cardiff 31–26  Wales 1996 Italy tour of Wales
3 5 October 1996 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 22–31  Wales 1996 Wales tour of Italy
4 7 February 1998 Stradey Park, Llanelli 23–20  Wales 1998 Italy tour of Wales
5 20 March 1999 Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso 21–60  Wales 1999 Wales tour of Italy [2]
6 19 February 2000 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 47–16  Wales 2000 Six Nations Championship [3]
7 8 April 2001 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 23–33  Wales 2001 Six Nations Championship [4]
8 2 March 2002 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 44–20  Wales 2002 Six Nations Championship [5]
9 15 February 2003 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 30–22  Italy 2003 Six Nations Championship [6]
10 25 October 2003 Canberra Stadium, Canberra (Australia) 15–27  Wales 2003 Rugby World Cup [7]
11 27 March 2004 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 44–10  Wales 2004 Six Nations Championship [8]
12 12 February 2005 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 8–38  Wales 2005 Six Nations Championship [9]
13 11 March 2006 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 18–18 draw 2006 Six Nations Championship [10]
14 10 March 2007 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 23–20  Italy 2007 Six Nations Championship [11]
15 23 February 2008 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 47–8  Wales 2008 Six Nations Championship [12]
16 14 March 2009 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 15–20  Wales 2009 Six Nations Championship [13]
17 20 March 2010 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 33–10  Wales 2010 Six Nations Championship [14]
18 26 February 2011 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 16–24  Wales 2011 Six Nations Championship [15]
19 10 March 2012 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 24–3  Wales 2012 Six Nations Championship [16]
20 23 February 2013 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 9–26  Wales 2013 Six Nations Championship [17]
21 1 February 2014 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–15  Wales 2014 Six Nations Championship [18]
22 21 March 2015 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 20–61  Wales 2015 Six Nations Championship [19]
23 5 September 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–19  Wales 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match [20]
24 19 March 2016 Principality Stadium, Cardiff 67–14  Wales 2016 Six Nations Championship [21]
25 5 February 2017 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 7–33  Wales 2017 Six Nations Championship [22]
26 11 March 2018 Principality Stadium, Cardiff 38–14  Wales 2018 Six Nations Championship [23]
27 9 February 2019 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 15–26  Wales 2019 Six Nations Championship [24]
28 1 February 2020 Principality Stadium, Cardiff 42–0  Wales 2020 Six Nations Championship [25]
29 5 December 2020 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli 38–18  Wales Autumn Nations Cup [26]
30 13 March 2021 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 7–48  Wales 2021 Six Nations Championship [27]
31 19 March 2022 Principality Stadium, Cardiff 21–22  Italy 2022 Six Nations Championship [28]
32 11 March 2023 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 17–29  Wales 2023 Six Nations Championship [29][30]
33 16 March 2024 Principality Stadium, Cardiff 21–24  Italy 2024 Six Nations Championship [31]

References[edit]

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