RE: 2014 Six Nations
RussyRover > 01/02/2014, 16:33
WALES 17-3 ITALY at Half Time...
Two tries for the Welsh (Alex Cuthbert & Scott Williams) and they'll be fairly happy so far, not content but happy. They're obviously expected to win, and win big, but no need to do anything stupid now and get anyone injured, plus keep that overall score under 42 points for me to win my bet :)
Based on what I've seen so far, the Italians should be setting a date with that wooden spoon again, but only the first game, so plenty of time for them to improve yet...
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I'm glad I've kept away from the handicaps as 2 minutes into the 2nd half and the Italians made a good break from inside their own half and Campagnaro grounds it for the try... 17-8 as Tommaso Allan misses the conversion...
But a penalty almost straight from the kick off awarded to Wales and Halfpenny also misses, unusual for him, so it stays 17-8...
Whoopsy... Halfpenny gifts the Italians with an interception and it's to Campagnaro who runs all the way right under the Welsh posts, so it'll be no missing the conversion this time... 20-15 and it now gets interesting with 10 minutes or so to go...
I can afford another try (or two pens) before my bet goes down the tubes...
and there's one penalty to Wales, 23-15 and 6 minutes left....
FULL TIME: WALES 23-15 ITALY phew close one that, the ref calls time after a Welsh knock on... Bet 1 in the bag, come on France lol...
Not a good half for the Welsh, they'll need to sort that out before they go to Ireland next week, but take nothing away from Italy, they kept the pressure up, so a decent(ish) first match for both I'd say, although the Italians will be much happier than the Welsh.
Michele Campagnaro gets the MOM for his 2 tries, although they face another hard test next time against a home side France, so I'll guess they'll be watching the next match with some interest...