If Ireland beat Wales and England beat Scotland. ­­ Rubbish England could finish 2nd in the Championship­­ above the magnificent Welsh.

Looks like the Irish are gonna win a grandslam, and the­ best of luck to them!

The ref helped Wales a bit too...

The problem for Wales and as a Welshman is that the so­ called strength in depth is a figment of imagination­ and that is really disappointing. I am glad that due to­ commitments I did not get to see the game and the­ highlights did not encourage. This then goes back to­ the developmental problem and the Under 20 Championship­ should serve as a warning although it did look a good­ win against Italy this weekend. Rugby is a sport with­ the ball played in hand. Our kicking game is getting­ worse as well and when we do keep ball in hand the ball­ carrier gets isolated too many times, too many­ turnovers. Anyway we have to up our game for next week­ otherwise it is going to be a painful experience esp­ against the Irish who play an unclean sort of game­ anyway.

brw1marine (#21)

What was that?

I think you will find­ that England have improved with every match of the this­ 6N, while Wales have got worse.

I am Welsh but have to agree that wales were poor­ yesterday and largely that was down to the team­ selection, far to many changes especialy in the front­ five where Italy are always very strong. I think the­ best front five should have played, no reason not to­ rest martin wiliiams and ryan jones as the back row are­ all good players. Stephen Jones needed to play to keep­ Italy in their own half, Henson needed to play shanklin­ should have been along side him, Mark Jones had his­ chance when Shane was in jured and did not take it so­ halfpenny should have played and Byrne could have been­ rested and Roberts could have played full back as they­ will definantly need Byrne against ireland. Wales­ needed a good win against Italy not a cricket score but­ enough so that a 5 or 6 point win against Ireland would­ have taken the title i think they have left them selves­ to much to do Ireland grand slam ????? Depends how­ much Wales chase the big win We should settle for the­ triple crown!!!

rasor.rasor WAT A PLON KER U ARE

It is clear that wales have become the doormat of­ european rugby... and it's a pleasure to see that­ even a weak team like italy can wipe up their feet on­ them.... ahahahahah

Did anyone notice that Hook never passed the ball to­ Henson at all. The first time that he passed to the­ inside centre was when Shankland came on and the lack­ of tries by Wales was down to a dreadful tactical game­ by Hook who kicked all of Wales possession and did it­ badly, a major problem as Italy had the better forward­ control anyway. This side was not as some say Wales B­ but A minus a few key players. Italy played to their­ strengths and scared Wales. What scares me is the­ inability of Gatland to see that Hook is a problem.

Did anyone notice that Hook never passed the ball to­ Henson at all. The first time that he passed to the­ inside centre was when Shankland came on and the lack­ of tries by Wales was down to a dreadful tactical game­ by Hook who kicked all of Wales possession and did it­ badly, a major problem as Italy had the better forward­ control anyway. This side was not as some say Wales B­ but A minus a few key players. Italy played to their­ strengths and scared Wales. What scares me is the­ inability of Gatland to see that Hook is a problem.

Well done Italy . Not enough credit given to your­ efforts . Overall a poor game , i blame the ELV's­ .
d a atkinson they don't call us South Wales as we­ are a united nation . Hope that gives you some insight­ .

It was a poor game due to Wales's 10 changes. You­ are not going to get cohesion when you make so many­ changes. There is no time to experiment during the six­ nations, and this game will ultimately cost them the­ championship.

Basically Italy are a poor side, and­ would of not scored a try even if they were still­ playing today. I am not convinced the ref had his best­ game ever, some of the decisions were just incorrect,­ and it just kept Italy in the game.

There were no­ winners of this match, it did Wales no favours­ whatsoever, I hope Gatland will learn from his very­ expensive mistake.

Its beyond me why they keep calling the team Wales. It­ should be south wales as no one from the middle or­ north of wales ever plays. Soccer goggs.

pez4156, your a bitter english person! Get a life!

lets hope its a better match next week, Ireland &­ Wales are better than they both played today, it is­ normal when a bad team plays a good team they bring the­ good team down to their level both Scotland and Italy­ done this today. So Celtic pride next week and show the­ rest of them what we are capable off good rugby with­ loads of points and skill, Ireland grand slam is on.

Everybody has sussed England they're @#$%!
As you­ will find out tommorow.

Everybody has sussed Wales - it was only a matter of­ time.

Sorry I gave up tried 6 times,changed text- nothing­ offensive but was labelled invalid,c'mon yahoo get­ to grip with this!

Sorry I gave up tried 6 times,changed text- nothing­ offensive but was labelled invalid,c'mon yahoo get­ to grip with this!

I tried to pen an intelligent, unoffensive opinion of­ the Wales v Italy game but Yahoo called it an invalid­ comment? I will try and use the vernacular and a few­ *** (1)and see if this get's through
Wales were­ awful/@#$% (2), any of the other 4 nations would have­ put us to the Sword!
Powell like a stunned bull with­ butter fingers. Shane given killer passes and the­ isolated, front five dismal.Hooks positional kicking­ dreadful, sorry I should write F******** dreadful(3)
as­ was the rest of the team's, slow delivery from­ Phillips throughout the game , clever poachers would­ have nicked much today!Need 2 play our 2nds more often­ against regions perhaps or abroad to get used to each­ other? 2 be continued.