ITALIAN ECSTACY
ITALY'S players were left in floods of tears after dramatically clinching their first Six Nations win in SEVEN YEARS against Wales.
Edoardo Padovani's last-minute try saw the Italians end their 36-match winless run with a 22-21 victory in Cardiff.
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And their team were left in disbelief at the end of the match in highly emotional scenes.
All of the players celebrated wildly with some dropping to their knees and others being reduced to tears.
It was a quite breathtaking scene which Italy had not experienced since they beat Scotland in 2015.
A passionate Italy captain Michele Lamaro told BBC Sport: "It's just unreal.
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"I couldn't believe it, I want to stay with my family and team-mates and celebrate with them because we deserve it and we worked so hard to get here.
"It's the first step of our long process that we just started.
"Capuozzo is the superstar of our squad right now and that last try was amazing.
"I think just being in the moment until the end took us to the win."
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Italy's win over Wales kicks off an action-packed Saturday in the Six Nations.
Ireland bid to keep their slim hopes of beating France to the title alive when they take on Scotland.
And France then host England in the final match of the 2022 competition.