Match thread

sparky

Wales 14 Italy 0, 30 minutes in, Adams with the try.

sparky

Is that Krusty the Clown's voice on the BBC commentary?

sparky

Adams again for his second. Biggar passes through his legs Carlos Spencer style.

19-0

sparky

Yep, Michael Cheika and Jonathan Davies (Jiffy) are the BBC's summarisers for this one.

sparky

Welsh defence very good. Lots of pressure on Italy.

Williams, the half back, with a charge down. Just couldn't regather it. Nearly a third try.

sparky

Sam Warburton returns.....

as the Water-carrier. Huge cheer from the Millennium stadium crowd as he runs on.

sparky

Falaetu doing lots of good work for Wales.

Poor pass from Tomos Williams blows a try with the line open.

sparky

Bit of space for Italy. Good work by Halfpenny to cope with a sliding kick.

Gives away a penalty just before half time.

sparky

Line out. Italy secure the ball. Penalty advantage. Wyn Jones tried to kill the ball. Free attack. No advantage. Back to the penalty.

sparky

Kicked out. Line out again. Catch and drive. But pushed into touch. Crazy to throw it to front of the line in that situation.

Half time. 21-0 to Wales.

sparky

Faf de Klerk is one of the half-time experts. But he is sitting there like a statue not really saying anything much. Nods along a bit. Does he have a hangover? Zero chemistry between this panel.

sparky

Which BBC executive decided to let Mad Bastard Krusty in the commentary box?

Even more annoying than Justin Marshall.

MajorStokes

I actually like what he’s got to say.

I can’t stand his voice tho.

sparky

Italy getting nothing from this organised Welsh defence in the opening minutes of the Second Half.

sparky

Poor passing from North.

sparky

Italy with a scrum in front of the posts. 5 metres out.

Robust Welsh defence for a couple of phases. Win the penalty. Chance gone.

sparky

Justin Tipuric has made 13 tackles and missed none so far.

sparky

Turnover won by Tipuric. Good pass by Biggar. Tompkins in a hole. Italian defence busted. Good finish for the third try.

28-0 to Wales.

sparky

North with the 4th. His 40th try for Wales. Easy.

No, ruled out by the TMO because the meerest knock on by Tompkins. North back on 39.

Why are Italy even in the 6 Nations Rugby comp..?.normally I would be the first to promote the global game ,but after 20 years since their inclusion , they never even looked like anything other than wooden spooners..