Wales vs Italy
The official matchday programme of the Welsh Rugby Union Wales vs Italy | Guinness Six Nations 2024 Saturday 16th March, 2024 | KO 2.15pm | Principality Stadium
The official matchday programme of the Welsh Rugby Union
Wales vs Italy | Guinness Six Nations 2024
Saturday 16th March, 2024 | KO 2.15pm | Principality Stadium
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SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2024 | DYDD SADWRN 16 MAWRTH 2024<br />
CROESO<br />
There was a time when everyone<br />
looked forward to playing <strong>Italy</strong>, as<br />
it could often be looked upon as a<br />
likely win, however hard fought. Those<br />
days are now long gone for everyone!<br />
The improvement made by the Italians<br />
hasn’t come about by chance. It is the result<br />
of a focus on the development of their<br />
age grade players, and on driving up the<br />
numbers of youngsters playing the game.<br />
At U18 level, <strong>Italy</strong> have won two of the<br />
last four games played against us, and<br />
three of the last four against us at U20. As<br />
we are in the process of formulating a new<br />
strategy for the game in <strong>Wales</strong>, we know<br />
there are lessons to be learned here.<br />
At senior level, who can forget the last<br />
minute try and conversion <strong>Italy</strong> created<br />
to beat us in Cardiff two years ago, or<br />
Roedd yna amser pan oedd pawb yn<br />
edrych ymlaen at chwarae’r Eidal<br />
gan bod sicrhau buddugoliaeth<br />
bryd hynny’n eithaf tebygol. Mae’r<br />
Azzurri wastad wedi brwydro i’r eithaf<br />
ond bellach maen nhw wedi adeiladu’n<br />
gryf ar y sylfaen hwnnw – ac mae’r<br />
dyddiau o ddisgwyl buddugoliaeth<br />
yn eu herbyn wedi hen ddiflannu.<br />
Mae’r Eidalwyr wedi gosod pwyslais<br />
anferth ar ddatblygu eu chwarewyr iau<br />
dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf – gan hefyd<br />
ddenu mwy o bobl ifanc i chwarae’r<br />
gamp. Tipyn o lwyddiant mewn gwlad<br />
sydd wedi mopio gyda phêl-droed.<br />
Mae eu tîm o dan 18 wedi curo Cymru<br />
ddwywaith yn ystod eu pedair gêm<br />
ddiwethaf a thair o’r pedair gornest<br />
ddiweddaraf o dan 20 yn ogystal.<br />
Ry’n ni y broses o greu strategaeth<br />
newydd i’n gêm yma yng Nghymru<br />
– ac mae gwersi amlwg i’w dysgu.<br />
Wrth edrych ymlaen yn benodol at ein<br />
gêm y prynhawn yma – pwy all anghofio<br />
cais Yr Eidal yn eiliadau’r ‘Amen’ ddwy<br />
flynedd yn ôl? Er mai dim ond Yr Alban<br />
the terrible bad luck which recently<br />
denied them a win against France.<br />
They then went on to beat Scotland at<br />
home in front of a packed house and<br />
will arrive today brimful of confidence.<br />
On the home front, our young side<br />
is finding out that gaining experience<br />
in the goldfish bowl of the Guinness Six<br />
Nations can sometimes be gruelling.<br />
After a really promising first half against<br />
France, a strong finish from the visitors<br />
in the second proved too much for us.<br />
Good luck today boys, you have given<br />
your all in every game so far. Let’s hope<br />
we can get that deserved win today.<br />
Terry Cobner<br />
TERRY COBNER<br />
WRU PRESIDENT<br />
y maen nhw wedi eu curo hyd yma’n y<br />
Bencampwriaeth eleni – fe ddylent fod<br />
wedi cael mwy o lwyddiant hefyd – yn<br />
enwedig felly yn Ffrainc – wrth i’r postyn eu<br />
hamddifadu o fuddugoliaeth hanesyddol.<br />
Maen nhw wedi perfformio’n gyson<br />
dda yn y Chwe Gwlad eleni – ac fe<br />
fyddan nhw’n llawn hyder wrth edrych<br />
ymlaen at gêm fawr heddiw.<br />
O’n safbwynt ni – mae’r canlyniadau<br />
diweddar wedi bod yn rhai heriol i’n tîm<br />
ifanc – a hynny o dan chwyddwydr y byd<br />
rygbi – ond bydd y profiad diweddar<br />
yma’n hynod werthfawr wrth i’r garfan<br />
ddatblygu. Dangoswyd gwir addewid<br />
yn ystod yr hanner cyntaf yn erbyn<br />
Ffrainc – ond fe brofodd pŵer Les Bleus<br />
yn ormod i ni yn ystod y chwarter olaf.<br />
Pob lwc heddiw bois. All neb fyth<br />
amau eich angerdd. Gobeithio y daw’r<br />
fuddugoliaeth haeddiannol honno heddiw.<br />
Terry Cobner<br />
TERRY COBNER<br />
LLYWYDD UNDEB RYGBI CYMRU<br />
GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2024 | WALES V ITALY | CYMRU V YR EIDAL<br />
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