Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te wāhi whakaaturanga whakarerekē i Palazzo di Venezzia me te huihuinga press o nga toa tūmau i kore noa iho. I tuhia e Wales to raatau wikitoria tuarua nui rawa atu mo te RBS 6 Nations i raro i a Warren Gatland engari - i muri i te eke ki mua i te whakataetae e toru-hari na George North te hat-trick - i kite ratou i te tohu i te mamae o to raatau ringaringa kotahi. He whakaaturanga whakaata i te haurua tuarua i te Stadio Olimpico. I whatiwhatiia a Itari, i ruia atu, i te wā i kai ai a Wales, he rite ki ngā emepara tawhito o Roma. Ko te taha o Gatland ka whai kanohi mai i te mahinga, me te titiro whakamua ki te Ipu o te Ao, ka oti i te Kiwi te whakataetae me te kore e manukanuka ki te puna mate o Mahuru. Kei te whakanui a Liams Williams i muri i tana whakawhiti ki te tohu i tetahi o nga whakamatautau tuarua o Wales i roto i te whakaaturanga whakamiharo i te Stadio Olimpico. Ka whiti atu a George North o Wales ki te taha o Warren Gatland i a ia e whakahaere ana i te haurua tuarua o te whakamātautau i Roma. I whakatuwherahia e Jamie Roberts te pūkete whakamātau mō Wales i te tīmatanga o te haurua tuatahi i te wā e mātakitaki ana a Samuela Vunisa (pokapū) me Mauro Bergamasco (matau). ITALY XV: McLean, Sarto, Morisi, Masi, Venditti, Haimona, Gori; Rizzo, Ghiraldini, Castrogiovanni, Biagi, Furno, Minto, Bergamasco, Vunisa. Ko nga whakakapi: Manici, Alberto De Marchi, Chistolini, Geldenhuys, Barbieri, Palazzani, Orquera, Bacchin. Ka whakamatau: Venditti, Sarto. Ka huri: Ko Orquera. Ngā whiu: Haimona, Orquera. WALES XV: Halfpenny, North, Davies, Roberts, Williams, Biggar, Webb; Evans, Baldwin, Jarvis, Charteris, Jones, Lydiate, Warburton, Faletau. Ngā whakakapi: Owens, Gill, Andrews, Ball, Tipuric, Davies, Priestland, Williams. Ngā whakamātautau: Roberts, Williams, North (3), Webb, Warburton, S.Williams. Conversions: Biggar (6) Penalties: Halfpenny (2), Biggar. / Ko te tikanga o te kupu: "Kāore mātou e haere ki te Ipu o te Ao me te mataku kāore mātou e eke ki tō mātou rōpū", te kī a Gatland. Ka pai ake ta mātau mahi i te wā e noho tahi ana mātau, ā, kāore he wehi ki te tākaro ki Ingarangi ki Twickenham, ki Ahitereiria rānei. Ka taea e tātou te haere ki reira me te tino maia me te whakapono...
Ko te taha o Warren Gatland i eke 13-14 i te haurua tuatahi i Roma. I haere a Giovanbattista Venditti ki te whakamātautau a Itari i muri i te whiwhinga a Jamie Roberts i te whiringa toa a Wales. I roto i ngā meneti tuatahi tekau mā rima o te haurua tuarua ka eke a Wales ki ngā whakamātautau tere e toru kia eke 13-35. I haere tonu te mana o Wales i te wa i heke ai a Itari ki nga tangata 14 e rua, a ka eke a Wales ki te 47 nga tohu kaore i whakautu.