The Welsh will be desperate to give the home crowd something to cheer about after last weekend’s 21-25 defeat by England, coupled with Scotland’s win over France, ended their Six Nations title hopes.
Italy are in desperate need of win, or at the very least a committed display, after a nine-try thrashing in Dublin re-opened the debate about whether the Azzurri are worth a place in the Six Nations.
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RICKY THOMAS (DUBAI HURRICANES) – WALES
WALES LINE-UP: 15 Liam Williams, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Hallam Amos, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Dan Lydiate (captain), 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Rob Evans.
PREDICTION: 32-10 Wales.
FABRIZIO D’AMICIO – ARABIAN KNIGHTS (ITALY)
ITALY LINE-UP: 15 David Odiete, 14 Mattia Bellini, 13 Andrea Pratichetti, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Guglielmo Palazzani, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Francesco Minto, 5 Valerio Bernabo, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Davide Giazzon, 1 Andrea Lovotti.
PREDICTION: Hopefully Italy don’t get thrashed!