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Facts about Italy's Six Nations match with Wales on Saturday.

Where: Stadio Flaminio, Rome

Capacity: 30,000

When: Saturday, March 14 (1500)

Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

Teams:

Italy - Wales

15-Andrea Marcato - 15-Lee Byrne

14-Giulio Rubini - 14-Mark Jones

13-Gonzalo Canale - 13-Jamie Roberts

12-Mirco Bergamasco - 12-Gavin Henson

11-Matteo Pratichetti - 11-Shane Williams

10-Luke McLean - 10-James Hook

9-Paul Griffen - 9-Mike Phillips

8-Sergio Parisse (captain) - 8-Andy Powell

7-Mauro Bergamasco - 7-Dafydd Jones

6-Alessandro Zanni - 6-Jonathan Thomas

5-Marco Bortolami - 5-Alun-Wyn Jones (captain)

4-Santiago Dellape - 4-Luke Charteris

3-Carlos Nieto - 3-Rhys Thomas

2-Leonardo Ghiraldini - 2-Huw Bennett

1-Salvatore Perugini - 1-John Yapp

Replacements:

16-Franco Sbaraglini - 16-Matthew Rees

17-Martin Castrogiovanni - 17-Gethin Jenkins

18-Carlo Antonio Del Fava - 18-Bradley Davies

19-Josh Sole - 19-Ryan Jones

20-Pablo Canavosio - 20-Warren Fury

21-Luciano Orquera - 21-Stephen Jones

22-Roberto Quartaroli - 22-Tom Shanklin

Coach: Nick Mallett - Warren Gatland

Recent meetings:

23.02.2008 SN Cardiff Wales 47 Italy 8

10.03.2007 SN Rome Italy 23 Wales 20

11.03.2006 SN Cardiff Wales 18 Italy 18

12.02.2005 SN Rome Italy 8 Wales 38

27.03.2004 SN Cardiff Wales 44 Italy 10

25.10.2003 WC Canberra Italy 15 Wales 27

15.02.2003 SN Rome Italy 30 Wales 22

02.03.2002 SN Cardiff Wales 44 Italy 20

08.04.2001 SN Rome Italy 23 Wales 33

19.02.2000 SN Cardiff Wales 47 Italy 16

*SN denotes Six Nations, WC = World Cup

Next fixtures

Saturday, March 21

Italy v France, Stadio Flaminio, Rome (1315)

Wales v Ireland, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (1730)

Reuters