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Wales
23 - 20
HT: 9 - 3
Italy
7th February 1998
Stradey Park
13800
Friendly
Referee: Steve Lander
23 - 20
(Half Time 9 - 3)
Sat 7th Feb 98
Venue: Stradey Park
Attendance: 13,800
Referee: Steve Lander
Match Report
Classics: Wales v Italy - 1998
Huw Evans
Huw Evans Agency
8 March 2007, 05:11 pm ::
By WRU
Classics: Wales v Italy - 1998
Ahead of this weekend's RBS Six Nations fourth round match against Italy, all this week the WRU Website looks back at some classic games between Wales and the Azzurri.
Italy and Wales locked horns in February 1998 at Stradey Park on the day of Ieuan Evans's final test. Italy continued to get closer to their first win over Wales, but the day really belonged to skipper Evans, who played on his club pitch in his seventy-second and final test.
This was also his one cap to be won as a Bath club player, the other seventy-one all being won with Llanelli. The crowd wanted to see a final try by Evans but he could not add to his tally of thirty-three. Instead, they saw a superb try by fellow wing Gareth Thomas. However, Italy came back into the match with two tries with Diego Dominguez adding four goals.
This was the first international match played in Llanelli for 105 years, while scrum half Robert Howley became the 112th skipper of Wales as he replaced flanker Gwyn Jones, who received a serious spinal injury whilst playing for Cardiff against Swansea two months earlier.
Match Details
- Half Time 9-3
- Attendance 13,800
- Referee Steve Lander (England)
Wales
No. |
Name |
T |
C |
D |
P |
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15 |
Neil Jenkins
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2C
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3P
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14 |
Ieuan Evans
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13 |
Allan Bateman
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12 |
Scott Gibbs
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11 |
Gareth Thomas
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1T
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10 |
Arwel Thomas
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9 |
Rob Howley
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1 |
Andrew Lewis
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2 |
Barry Williams
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3 |
Dai Young
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4 |
Gareth Llewellyn
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5 |
Mike Voyle
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6 |
Rob Appleyard
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7 |
Scott Quinnell
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8 |
Martyn Williams
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16 |
Jonathan Humphreys
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17 |
Colin Charvis
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18 |
Kevin Morgan
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19 |
Leigh Davies
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20 |
Paul John
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21 |
Nathan Thomas
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22 |
Lyndon Mustoe
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Italy
No. |
Name |
T |
C |
D |
P |
|
15 |
Corrado Pilat
|
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14 |
Paolo Vaccari
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13 |
Cristian Stoica
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1T
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12 |
Luca Martin
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11 |
Marcello Cuttitta
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10 |
Diego Dominguez
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2C
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2P
|
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9 |
Alessandro Troncon
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1 |
Massimo Cuttitta
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2 |
Carlo Orlandi
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3 |
Andrea Castellani
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4 |
Giambattista Croci
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5 |
Walter Cristofoletto
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6 |
Massimo Giovanelli
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7 |
Andrea Sgorlon
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1T
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8 |
Julian Gardner
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16 |
Manuel Dallan
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17 |
Andrea Scanavacca
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18 |
Gianluca Guidi
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19 |
Orazio Arancio
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20 |
Simone Stocco
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21 |
Andrea Moretti
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22 |
Giampiero de Carli
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