History of rugby union matches between Italy and Wales

Italy and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1994. A total of 33 matches have been played, with Wales winning 28, Italy winning four and one drawn match.^[1]

Summary

Overview

Details	Played	Won by Italy	Won by Wales	Drawn	Italy points	Wales points
In Italy	14	2	12	0	240	519
In Wales	18	2	15	1	276	613
Neutral venue	1	0	1	0	15	27
Overall	33	4	28	1	524	1,111

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Italy	Wales
Longest winning streak	1 (16 March 2024)	16 (23 February 2008 – 13 March 2021)
Largest points for
Home	30 (15 February 2003)	67 (19 March 2016)
Away	26 (16 January 1996)	61 (21 March 2015)
Largest winning margin
Home	8 (15 February 2003)	53 (19 March 2016)
Away	3 (15 March 2024)	41 (21 March 2015)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Ref.
1	12 October 1994	National Stadium, Cardiff	29–19	Wales	1995 Rugby World Cup qualification
2	16 January 1996	National Stadium, Cardiff	31–26	Wales	1996 Italy tour of Wales
3	5 October 1996	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	22–31	Wales	1996 Wales tour of Italy
4	7 February 1998	Stradey Park, Llanelli	23–20	Wales	1998 Italy tour of Wales
5	20 March 1999	Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso	21–60	Wales	1999 Wales tour of Italy	[2]
6	19 February 2000	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	47–16	Wales	2000 Six Nations Championship	[3]
7	8 April 2001	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	23–33	Wales	2001 Six Nations Championship	[4]
8	2 March 2002	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	44–20	Wales	2002 Six Nations Championship	[5]
9	15 February 2003	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	30–22	Italy	2003 Six Nations Championship	[6]
10	25 October 2003	Canberra Stadium, Canberra (Australia)	15–27	Wales	2003 Rugby World Cup	[7]
11	27 March 2004	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	44–10	Wales	2004 Six Nations Championship	[8]
12	12 February 2005	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	8–38	Wales	2005 Six Nations Championship	[9]
13	11 March 2006	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	18–18	draw	2006 Six Nations Championship	[10]
14	10 March 2007	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	23–20	Italy	2007 Six Nations Championship	[11]
15	23 February 2008	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	47–8	Wales	2008 Six Nations Championship	[12]
16	14 March 2009	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	15–20	Wales	2009 Six Nations Championship	[13]
17	20 March 2010	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	33–10	Wales	2010 Six Nations Championship	[14]
18	26 February 2011	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	16–24	Wales	2011 Six Nations Championship	[15]
19	10 March 2012	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–3	Wales	2012 Six Nations Championship	[16]
20	23 February 2013	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	9–26	Wales	2013 Six Nations Championship	[17]
21	1 February 2014	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–15	Wales	2014 Six Nations Championship	[18]
22	21 March 2015	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	20–61	Wales	2015 Six Nations Championship	[19]
23	5 September 2015	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–19	Wales	2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	[20]
24	19 March 2016	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	67–14	Wales	2016 Six Nations Championship	[21]
25	5 February 2017	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	7–33	Wales	2017 Six Nations Championship	[22]
26	11 March 2018	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	38–14	Wales	2018 Six Nations Championship	[23]
27	9 February 2019	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	15–26	Wales	2019 Six Nations Championship	[24]
28	1 February 2020	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	42–0	Wales	2020 Six Nations Championship	[25]
29	5 December 2020	Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli	38–18	Wales	Autumn Nations Cup	[26]
30	13 March 2021	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	7–48	Wales	2021 Six Nations Championship	[27]
31	19 March 2022	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	21–22	Italy	2022 Six Nations Championship	[28]
32	11 March 2023	Stadio Olimpico, Rome	17–29	Wales	2023 Six Nations Championship	[29][30]
33	16 March 2024	Principality Stadium, Cardiff	21–24	Italy	2024 Six Nations Championship	[31]
34	8 February 2025	Stadio Olimpico, Rome			2025 Six Nations Championship

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