Wales Vs Italy: Wales coach Wayne Pivac refutes 'casual' choice against Italy
Wales coach Wayne Pivac maintains his team will admiration Italy after seven changes ahead of the Six Nations final. Johnny McNicholl, Gareth Davies, Dewi Lake, Louis Rees-Zammit, Dillon Lewis Willis Halaholo and record holder Alun Wyn Jones were all changes to the team that lost 13-9 to France. Six Nations 2022 fans can buy Wales Vs Italy Tickets from our website.
Players who retired include
Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies, Will Rowlands, Alex Cuthbert, and Tomas
Francis, while Tomas Williams and Ryan Elias were injured.
The rear three, centre
front, centre back, front row and second-row combination have all changed from
defeat to France, with only Josh Navidi, Seb Davies and Taulupe Faletau. The
rear unit remains unchanged.
"There have been some
good options in recent weeks," Pivac added.
"There are some
injuries to an arrangement with It's about showing confidence and trust in our
team and in some circumstances.
"We consider we can get
a consequence and we will work towards that this weekend with the teams we have
named.
Asked if he thought it was
his best team, Pivac replied: "This is the team we want to choose for this
match and we have shown confidence in the team."
Italy has lost 36 games to
Six Nations in a row and is facing another distemper.
Wales have made just five
efforts in four matches in this competition and have taken just three penalties
against France by Captain Dan Biggar.
“Our opponents may well be
the team in the world that just scored 40 points in the All Blacks,” added
Pivac.
Pivac trusts Wales have shown growth this season as they
battle to finish third.
An additional win over Italy
on Saturday could put Wales in third place, dependent on how England and
Scotland play in the final game.
The defending champions of
Wales got off to a poor start against Ireland as England and France fell
further, albeit by eight points together.
They also played without
injured British and Irish Lions Alun Wyn Jones, Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric,
Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Ken Owens and Taulupe Faletau.
Navidi and Faletau are now
back in the beginning squad, with Jones returning this weekend after missing more
than four months with a shoulder injury, earning his 150th cap in Wales.
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