article_snippet: Italy were chewed up and spat out, while Wales feasted like old emperors of Rome.
article_snippet: Italy had been slated, written off and identified as whipping boys, yet boys came out growling in the national anthems and would have been in front at the break, had it not been for a Dan Biggar penalty on the stroke of Chris Pollock’s whistle.
article_snippet: All the talk in the Roma bars had been about not whether Wales would win in Rome, but
article_snippet: how many points All the talk in the Roma bars could put on All the talk in the Roma
article_snippet: There was an instant Italian retort and – after Wales were penalised for using blockers to help Luke Charteris at the kick-off – Kelly Haimona kicked the hosts to an unexpected lead.
article_snippet: Italy capitulated and Wales turned up the heat.
article_snippet: The banks of the River Tiber were imploding and Andrea Masi was sent to the sin-bin.