| ITALY 30 | V | WALES 22 | |||
| COMPETITION: Six Nations International Championship | |||||
| VENUE: Stadio Faminio, Rome | DATE: 15 February 2003 | SPECTATORS: 20,000 | |||
| REFEREE: J. Jutge (France) | HALFTIME: | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Festuccia, Phillips, De Carli | TRIES: Peel, Shanklin, S.Williams | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Dominguez (3) | CONVERSIONS: Harris (2) | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Dominguez | PENALTY GOALS: Harris (1) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Dominguez (2) | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Paolo Vaccari | Almatori-Calvisano RFC | 15 | Rhys Williams | Cardiff RFC |
| 14 | Mauro Bergamasco | Benetton Treviso RFC | 14 | Mark Jones (22) | Llanelli RFC |
| 13 | Cristian Stoica | Castres RFC, France | 13 | Leigh Davies (21) | |
| 12 | Giovanni Raineri (22) | Almatori-Calvisano RFC | 12 | Tom Shanklin | Saracens RFC, England |
| 11 | Dennis Dallan | Benetton Treviso RFC | 11 | Gareth Thomas | Bridgend RFC |
| 10 | Diego Dominguez | Stade Toulousian RFC, France | 10 | Iestyn Harris | Cardiff RFC |
| 9 | Alessandro Troncon (C) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 9 | Dwayne Peel | Llanelli RFC |
| 8 | Matthew Phillips | Viadana RFC | 8 | Colin Charvis (C) (19) | Swansea RFC |
| 7 | Aaron Perisco | Viadana RFC | 7 | Martyn Williams (18) | Cardiff RFC |
| 6 | Andrea De Rossi | Almatori-Calvisano RFC | 6 | Michael Owen | Pontypridd RFC |
| 5 | Christian Bezzi | Viadana RFC | 5 | Steve Williams | Northampton RFC, England |
| 4 | Enrico Pavenello | Benetton Treviso RFC | 4 | Robert Sidoli | Pontypridd RFC |
| 3 | Giampiero De Carli | Almatori-Calvisano RFC | 3 | Ben Evans | Swansea RFC |
| 2 | Carlo Festuccia | GR.A.N.Parma | 2 | Mefin Davies (16) | Pontypridd RFC |
| 1 | Ramiro Martinez-Fugoni (17) | Benetton Treviso RFC | 1 | Lestyn Thomas | Llanelli RFC |
| 16 | Andrea Moretti | Overmach Parma RFC | 16 | Gareth Williams (2) | |
| 17 | Salvatore Perugini (1) | 17 | Gethin Jenkins | Pontypridd RFC | |
| 18 | Marc Giacheri | North Harbour, New Zealand | 18 | Daffyd Jones (7) | Bridgend RFC |
| 19 | Scott Palmer | Benetton Treviso RFC | 19 | Gavin Thomas (8) | Bath RFC |
| 20 | Juan Manuel Quierolo | Dax RFC, France | 20 | Gareth Cooper | |
| 21 | Ramiro Pez | Rotherham RFC, England | 21 | Matthew Watkins (13) | |
| 22 | Mirco Bergamasco (12) | Petraca Padova RFC | 22 | Ceri Sweeney (14) | |
| COACH: John Kirwan | COACH: Steve Hansen | ||||
| MATCH NOTES This was Italy's first ever win over Wales. Both Coaches were New Zealanders. |
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