"We are ready to continue our journey facing a team that aims to win the tournament. We are meeting our goal: to improve our performance to become more and more competitive match after match. Every week all together, staff and players, we work hard to win. ".
Franco Smith, coach of the Italian Rugby team, has made official the formation that on Saturday at 3.15 pm will face Wales in the match valid for the fourth day of the Guinness Six Nations 2021 scheduled at the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
It will be the thirtieth match between Italy and Wales, twelfth in the capital and third for Smith who made his debut on the blue bench on February 1 in the inaugural match of the Six Nations 2020. Enlarged triangle - unpublished from the first minute but seen in the second half of the match against Ireland - formed by Trulla extreme with Ioane and Bellini on the wing. Third consecutive presence from the beginning for the couple of Brex-Canna centers. The keys to the median will be entrusted to Garbisi and Varney with the latter returning to starter after the last minute injury in the warm up against Ireland that prevented him from taking the field.