Wales U20s make four changes for Italy trip
Sale Sharks' Osian Roberts is set to make his Wales Under-20 debut in Italy
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2025 Under-20 Six Nations: Italy v Wales
Venue: Stadio Comunale di Monigo Date: Friday, 7 February Kick-off: 19:15 GMT
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Wales Under-20s have made four changes for Friday's game against Italy with head coach Richard Whiffin insisting the heavy defeat against France is behind them.
Whiffin's side lost 63-19 in the opening round of the championship and now travel to Treviso to take on Italy.
Sale Sharks centre Osian Roberts is set to make his debut in place of Elijah Evans while Cardiff wing Tom Bowen, a second half replacement against France, will make his first start and replaces Harry Rees-Weldon.
Bristol Bears prop Louie Trevett starts in place of Ioan Emanuel and lock Nick Thomas is replaced by Ospreys' Dan Gemine.
"The scoreline didn't really reflect how the game was," Whiffin said of the loss against France.
"We felt we were in the game the whole time, so we've pushed on that and looked at the positives but obviously there are areas where we need to improve."
Wales face an Italian side which beat Scotland 22-10 in their opening game.
"We're confident in every single game we go into," Whiffin added.
"We've got a good plan that we are going after.
"Italy are a big physical team but there's opportunities for us to move them around and be smart with our kicking game and try and preserve some space for our outside backs to get on top of them."
Wales Under-20s: Scott Delnevo; Aidan Boshoff, Osian Roberts, Steffan Emanuel, Tom Bowen; Harri Wilde, Logan Franklin;Louie Trevett, Harry Thomas, Sam Scott, Kenzie Jenkins, Dan Gemine, Deian Gwynne, Harry Beddall (capt), Evan Minto
Replacements: Saul Hurley, Ioan Emanuel, Jac Pritchard, Tom Cottle, Ryan Jones, Sion Davies, Harri Ford, Elijah Evans.