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Wales vs Italy player ratings: George North and Jamie Roberts star as Welsh end Six Nations with a flourish

Man-for-man marking from Wales' 60-14 victory over Italy

Jack de Menezes
Saturday 19 March 2016 18:32 GMT
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Wales scored nine tries on their way to a 60-14 thrashing of Italy as they ended their championship with their biggest victory in Six Nations history, securing second place in this year's tournament in the process.

While Wales went about building a lead early in the match with Dan Biggar taking a penalty attempt at goal to show their respect to the winless Italians, the back line soon began to run riot, and the home side led 27-0 by the break courtesy of tries from the returning Rhys Webb, Dan Biggar and Jonathan Davis.

If the first half was onimous for Italy, the second would prove torturous as Wales repeated last year's peformance and went for broke, running in tries from seemingly anywhere on the Principality Stadium pitch.

The replacement, Ross Moriarty, scored two tries during the second period while George North scored an incrdible effort from inside his own half as he beat three defenders to go over under the posts.

The rout was completed by tries from Jamie Roberts, Liam Williams and replacement scrum-half Gareth Davies, while Italy did score two consolation tries through Gugliemo Palazzani and Gonzalo Garcia.

So who was the most impressive and who had a game to forget?

Click on the gallery below to find out.

Who was your man of the match? Let us know in the comment box below.

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