WALES  44 V ITALY  10
  COMPETITION: 6 Nations International Championship
  VENUE: Millenium Stadium, Cardiff DATE: 27 March, 2004 SPECTATORS:
  REFEREE: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
HALFTIME:  
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: S Williams (2), R Williams (2), G Thomas, Shanklin TRIES: Masi
  CONVERSIONS: S Jones (4) CONVERSIONS: Wakarua
  PENALTY GOALS: S Jones (2) PENALTY GOALS: De Marigny 
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
     
15 Gareth Thomas  Celtic Warriors 15 Gonzalo Canale  Benetton Treviso RFC
14 Rhys Williams  Cardiff Blues 14 Nicola Mazzucato (22) Calvisano RFC
13 Mark Taylor  Llanelli Scarlets 13 Andrea Masi (20) Viadana RFC
12 Iestyn Harris (22) Cardiff Blues 12 Cristian Stoica  Montpellier RFC, France
11 Shane Williams  Neath-Swansea Ospreys 11 Denis Dallan (21) Treviso RFC
10 Stephen Jones (21) Llanelli Scarlets 10 Roland De Marigny  Overmach Parma RFC
9 Gareth Cooper (20) Celtic Warriors 9 Paul Griffen  Calvisano RFC
8 Dafydd Jones (19) Llanelli Scarlets 8 Andrea De Rossi (Cap) Calvisano RFC
7 Martyn Williams  Cardiff Blues 7 Aaron Persico (19t) (19) Leeds RFC, England
6 Colin Charvis (Cap) Tarbes RFC, France 6 Marco Bortolami  Padova RFC
5 Michael Owen (18) Newport-Gwent Dragons 5 Carlo Del Fava (18)  
4 Gareth Llewellyn  Neath-Swansea Ospreys 4 Santiago Dellape  Benetton Treviso RFC
3 Gethin Jenkins  Celtic Warriors 3 Martin Castrogiovanni (17) Calvisano RFC
2 Robin McBryde (16) Llanelli Scarlets 2 Fabio Ongaro  Benetton Treviso RFC
1 Duncan Jones (17) Llanelli Scarlets 1 Andrea Lo Cicero  Lazio and Primavera RFC
   
16 Mefin Davies (2) Celtic Warriors 16 Stefano Saviozz  
17 Ben Evans (1) Cardiff Blues 17 Salvatore Perugini (3) Calvisano RFC
18 Robert Sidoli (5) Celtic Warriors 18 Roberto Mandelli (5) Calvisano RFC
19 Alix Popham (8) Leeds RFC, England 19 Silvio Orlando (7t) (7) Benetton Treviso RFC
20 Dwayne Peel (9) Llanelli Scarlets 20 Simon Picone (13) Benetton Treviso RFC
21 Ceri Sweeney (10) Celtic Warriors 21 Rima Wakarua (11) Leonessa Brescia RFC
22 Tom Shanklin (12) Cardiff Blues 22 Mirco Bergamasco (14) Stade Francaise RFC, France
   
  COACH: Steve Hansen COACH: John Kirwin
           
MATCH NOTES
Source-all data thanks to www.planet-rugby.com

Welsh coach Steve Hansen bid farewell to Welsh rugby win a good win.
A great milestones was reached by 35 year old veteran Welsh lock Gareth Llewellyn who equalled Niel Jenkins record for most tests for Wales (87) .
Carlo Checchinato was unable to take the field because of a calf strain and thus missed an opportunity to surpass former captain and scrum half Alessandro Troncon's record of 84 caps for Italy.
Another blow for Italy was the unavailability of Captain Andrea de Rossi through injury from the original selection. Marco Bortolami moved to the side of the scrum with South African-born Carlo Del Fava moving into lock to win his first test cap for Italy. Roberto Mandelli took his place on the bench. When he took the field during the game he won his first cap for Italy.
Stephen Jones was top 6 Nations scorer for 2004 with 44 points (8 conversions & 13 penalty goals).