Italy's coaches left gobsmacked by their side's try butchering masterclass
Sometimes a picture paints a thousand words, but sometimes you only need seven words: 'How did Italy not score from there?'
The Italians spent the first half on Saturday against Wales in the Guinness Six Nations finding new and inventive ways to butcher tries. None more so than this situation:
When looking at that picture, it seems impossible to believe that Italy somehow failed to score that try, but they did somehow. Lock Federico Ruzza had two players to pass to there, but opted to go alone. Even then, centre Juan Ignacio Brex was painstakingly prevented from scoring.
This came in a half where Tommaso Allan had also butchered a chance for Italy to score earlier in the half, while Wales took their chances perfectly and went in at half time in Rome 22-3 up.
Take a look at the butchered try:
Italy XV
15. Tommaso Allan
14. Edoardo Padovani
13. Juan Ignacio Brex
12. Tommaso Menoncello
11. Pierre Bruno
10. Paolo Garbisi
9. Stephen Varney
1. Danilo Fischetti
2. Giacomo Nicotera
3. Simone Ferrari
4. Niccolo Cannone
5. Federico Ruzza
6. Sebastian Negri
7. Michele Lamaro
8. Lorenzo Cannone
Replacements
16. Luca Bigi
17. Federico Zani
18. Marco Riccioni
19. Edoardo Iachizzi
20. Giovanni Pettinelli
21. Manuel Zuliani
22. Alessandro Fusco
23. Luca Morisi
Wales XV
15. Liams (Cardiff Rugby – 83 caps)
14. Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby – 47 caps)
13. Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby – 1 cap)
12. Joe Hawkins (Ospreys – 4 caps)
11. Rio Dyer (Dragons – 5 caps)
10. Owen Williams (Ospreys – 5 caps)
9. Rhys Webb (Ospreys – 38 caps)
1. Wyn Jones (Scarlets – 46 caps
2. Ken Owens (Scarlets – 89 caps) captain
3. Tomas Francis (Ospreys – 69 caps)
4. Adam Beard (Ospreys – 44 caps)
5. Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs – 4 caps)
6. Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 8 caps)
7. Justin Tipuric (Ospreys – 91 caps)
8. Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby – 98 caps)
Replacements
16. Scott Baldwin (Ospreys – 36 caps)
17. Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 19 caps)
18. Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Rugby – 48 caps)
19. Rhys Davies (Ospreys – 1 cap)
20. Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 7 caps)
21. Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 43 caps)
22. George North (Ospreys – 111 caps)
23. Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby – 23 caps)