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20 MIN UTES TO KICK OFF!

WALES v ITALY .... Live on BBC 1 from the Millennium Stadium Cardiff


and from RADIO JEM ;-) :-D


ALL WELCOME! :-) :-) :-)

HERE ARE THE TEAMS!

WALES <3 TEAM TO PLAY ITALY

Backs:
15. Liam Williams
14. George North
13. Owen Watkin
12. Hadleigh Parkes
11. Steff Evans
10. Gareth Anscombe
9. Gareth Davies

Forwards:
1. Nicky Smith
2. Elliot Dee
3. Tomas Francis
4. Cory Hill
5. Bradley Davies
6. Justin Tipuric
7. James Davies *Uncapped
8. Taulupe Faletau (Captain)

Replacements:
16. Ken Owens
17. Rob Evans
18. RHODRI JONES (replaces injured Samson Lee )
19. Seb Davies
20. Ellis Jenkins
21. Aled Davies
22. Rhys Patchell
23. Leigh Halfpenny

ITALY
Backs:
15. Matteo Minozzi
14. Tommaso Benvenuti
13. Giulio Bisegni
12. Tommaso Castello
11. Mattia Bellini
10. Tommaso Allan
9. Marcello Violi

Forwards:
1. Andrea Lovotti
2. Leonardo Ghiraldini
3. Simone Ferrari
4. Alessandro Zanni
5. Dean Budd
6. Sebastian Negri
7. Maxime Mbanda
8. Sergio Parisse

Replacements:
16. Oliviero Fabiani, 17. Nicola Quaglio, 18. Tiziani Pasquali, 19. Federico Ruzza, 20. Giovanni Licata, 21. Guglielmo Palazzani, 22. Carlo Canna, 23. Jayden Hayward

THE SING-A-LONG

WALES ~ MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU (Match Version)

Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,
Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;
Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,
Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed

Gwlad, gwlad,
pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

Gwlad, gwlad,
pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad.
Tra môr yn fur i'r bur hoff bau,
O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau.

ITALIAN ANTHEM

Il Canto degli Italiani ~ "The Song / Chant of the Italians")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani

HERE COME THE MEN!

WALES IS BEING LED OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME BY NEW CAPTAIN ~
TAULUPE FALETAU <3

and IT'S HIS 70th CAP TODAY!

CONGRATULATIONS TAULUPE .... ON BOTH ACHIEVEMENTS :-) :-) :-)

Here's the Italian Anthem

NOW WALES' HEN WLAD FY NHADAU

THE TWO NEW ZEALANDERS - HADLEIGH PARKES AND GARETH ANSCOMBE

BELTING IT OUT PERFECTLY - YN PERFFEDD <3

Well, I'm all ready in position at Radio Jem's Broadcasting HQ;-) ;-)

to bring you WALES v ITALY at 3pm

I'm in my Leigh Halfpenny T Shirt <3 ... hoping he will come on from the bench :-D :-D :-D

Samson Lee has failed his fitness test and Rhodri Jones replaces him on the bench

Here we go .....

ITALY'S TOMMASO ALLAN HAS HAS KICKED OFF

Hello Radio Jem and all rugby fans....... goose bump time and tissue time for me listening to the Welsh National Anthem.... oh dear. Just waved our daughter H and granddaughter K off bless them both. We have had a special girly weekend here.

Hiya Kandj <3

Glad you had a lovely visit <3

We look forward to listening to your beautiful singing ;-) :-)

oooooooo COME ON WALES


YES YES YES

TRY HADLEIGH PARKES FOR WALES <3

The Try by one New Zealander .... and the Conversion by the other! :-D

Gareth Anscombe has Converted!


WALES 7 ~ ITALY O





OWEN WATKIN BREAKS :-D :-D :-D :-D

and GEORGE NORTH TRY FOR WALES <3

George has had some problems with his club Northampton due to his Six Nations commitments .... but he is coming back to play his Club Rugby in Wales at the end of the season.


Warren Gatland has said that Wales will look after him if there are problems with Northampton.


CONVERTED TRY BY ANSCOMBE


WALES 14 ~ ITALY 0

Penalty Italy .... Wales' Thomas Francis was the culprit

ITALIAN CENTRE TOMASSO CASTELLO (12) IS OFF FOR A HIA
(Head Injury Assessment)

23. JAYDEN HAYWARDHAYWARD IS ON INSTEAD


Allan kicks to corner and a throw in

caught .... trying to drive

Ball is out .... Wales are defending their lone as Italy play advantage

Dummy Kick and TRY ITALY 15. Matteo Minozzi

Liam Williams and Steff Evans failed in the tackles there!