Summary

  • Kate Williams try gives Wales early lead but Italy reply through Sofia Stefan's try and the boot of Michela Sillari, only for Gwenllian Pyrs to score on stroke of half-time to retake lead for Wales.

  • Francesca Granzotto twice, Silvia Turani, Vittoria Minuzzi and Aura Muzzo cross as Italy take control after break; Wales' misery compounded by Natalia John's late sin bin for head-on-head contact.

  • Game moved back a day from Saturday due to the funeral of Pope Francis.

Live Reporting

Matt Lloyd

  1. Goodbye from the Women's Six Nations

    FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Italy celebrateGetty Images

    Well that's it from Parma and from the Women's Six Nations for 2025.

    For five of the teams they can look at plenty of positives. The exception - once again - is Wales.

    It's hardly the start new head coach Sean Lynn was looking for.

    He asked for an 80-minute performance but instead only got 40.

    Wales led 12-10 at half-time through tries from Kate Williams and Gwenllian Pyrs but were simply blown away by Italian flair after the break.

    The hosts scored a remarkable 34 unanswered points in the second half to wrack up their biggest win over Wales, who suffer their first clean sweep of defeats in championship history.

    The inquest has already begun for Lynn and Wales who will next turn their attention to preparing for this autumn's World Cup, which includes a summer tour to Australia.

    We will be there and brining you live coverage of those two Tests down under in June.

    Before that there is plenty more live rugby on the BBC and BBC Sport website.

    Ciao from Parma

  2. 'Dark day for Wales'

    FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Siwan Lillicrap
    Former Wales captain on BBC One Wales

    It's a dark day for Welsh rugby.

    Five consecutive losses in this Six Nations campaign. It's not the place this squad wants to be.

    There are some tough days ahead and a lot of work to do ahead of the World Cup.

  3. How they finish

    FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Six Nations tableBBC Sport

  4. 'We cannot be in this position again' - Jones

    FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Wales captain Hannah Jones on BBC Radio Wales: "We're hurt.

    "We know we can be better than that, we have to learn fast and be better.

    "We cannot be in this position again.

    "We need to get a good preseason under our belt and work on key areas, but right now I'm just gutted."

  5. FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Elinor Snowsill
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    Wales struggled to get any foothold in the second half.

    I can't remember them stringing together more than three phases.

    They will be really frustrated with that.

  6. Player of the Match - Giordana Duca

    FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Giordana DucaGetty Images

    You could haver picked several Italian players today but the official award goes to one of the less flamboyant of the lot.

    The second row did all the hard work and embodied the difference between the two teams.

  7. FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Elinor Snowsill
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    Sean Lynn doesn't have a magic wand, he couldn't turn things around in one campaign.

    This has given him the ammunition to make changes, but this is a long-term development plan.

  8. FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Caryl Thomas
    Former Wales prop on BBC Radio Wales

    Italy just dominated that second half. It was really tough to watch from a Welsh point of view.

    The games in Australia will be used to try and build a competitive environment before the first Rugby World Cup game against Scotland.

    We have seen glimpses and areas of good attacking play, but it will take time.

  9. FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Elinor Snowsill
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    The second half was really tough to watch.

    It's a stark contrast to where Wales were two years ago.

    We just do not have enough depth, there is not enough competition for places.

  10. FT: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Stay with us as we bring you all the reaction and analysis from Italy's record win over Wales in Parma and the final Six Nations match.

  11. Full-time: Italy 44-12 Wales

    It's all over - a record win for Italy over Wales who simply never turned up for the second half.

  12. try

    Converted try: Italy 44-12 Wales

    Aura Muzzo try, Michela Sillari con

    That was just class.

    The wing sails through and rounds off a wonderful display from the Azzurre and a terrible day for Wales.

  13. Italy 37-12 Wales

    Well I can answer that Elinor after a quick look at the stats - yes this is the heaviest Welsh defeat to Italy.

    Their previous biggest Italy win was 22-5 in Padova back in 2015.

    But they have blown that away with 27 unanswered points in this second half. Devastating.

  14. Italy 37-12 Wales

    Elinor Snowsill
    Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

    Things are going from bad to worse for Wales.

    This may be the worst defeat Wales have suffered against Italy.

    It's a tough place to be.

  15. Italy 37-12 Wales

    Natalia John's yellow card will not be upgraded to a red and there's some tiny piece of good news for Wales.

    More for their World Cup preparations rather than today.

    Today is over!

  16. try

    Try: Italy 37-12 Wales

    Francesca Granzotto try

    Granzotto thinks she's got a second and just like her first, it's going to a video review.

    Yes, no question. Great opportunist score from the wing.

  17. Sin-bin: Natalia John (Wales)

    Italy 32-12 Wales

    Yellow card and Wales will finish the game with 14 players.

    That's not the impact you want from an experienced replacement like John.

    It's left her team in trouble for the final four minutes.

    Now she must hope there's no suspension or her tour to Australia could be in doubt.

  18. TMO review

    Italy 32-12 Wales

    Not surprised that the TMO is having a look at that tackle by Natalia John who came flying into Italy hooker Desiree Spinelli.

    She never looked like dipping into that tackle and she could be in trouble here.

  19. Italy 32-12 Wales

    Caryl Thomas
    Former Wales prop on BBC Radio Wales

    Frustration is the word. We keep getting penalised for rucking from the side. It's those little errors that kill us, we can't build phases and that feeds the Italian team.

  20. Italy 32-12 Wales

    No they can't!

    Carys Phillips is penalised for a side entry to the ruck and it all comes to nothing.

    Sean Lynn will be so frustrated, Wales have just not been in this game in the second half.