Italy condemn Wales to another Six Nations Wooden Spoon

Italy condemn Wales to another Six Nations Wooden SpoonImage source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, Courtney Keight scored one of Wales' tries in CardiffByCeri Coleman-PhillipsBBC Sport WalesPublished2 minutes agoWales (19) 24Tries: Keight, Cox, Jones, Powell Cons: Bevan 2Italy: (17) 43Tries: Ostuni Minuzzi 2, Granzotto, D'Inca 2, Sgorbini Cons: Sillari 4 Wales suffered another Six Nations clean sweep after losing to Italy, a result which extends their winless run to a record nine Tests.Three tries apiece had the contest finely balanced at half-time, but a repeat of last year's finale in Parma saw the Azzurre pull away from their deflated hosts.Scores from Courtney Keight, Carys Cox and Kelsey Jones had cancelled out efforts from Vittoria Ostuni Minuzzi, Francesca Granzotto and Alyssa D'Inca, with the boot of Keira Bevan giving Wales a slender lead.But a superior Italy wore Wales down after the break, with Ostuni Minuzzi crossing for a second, and Francesca Sgorbini and Veronica Madia also adding scores.Kayleigh Powell powered through for a late consolation, but it was Italy's day in the Welsh capital as they bid a fitting goodbye to legendary lock Valeria Fedrighi.It was a second win of the campaign for the constantly improving Azzurre, while the post-mortem begins for Wales who have now won an unprecedented three consecutive Wooden Spoons.Questions will also be asked of head coach Sean Lynn, who has only won one of 15 Tests since taking over.Wales v Italy - as it happened in CardiffWomen's Six Nations: Fixtures, results, standings and BBC coveragePublished9 MayAfter a disappointing showing in Belfast last weekend, Lynn told his players they had "80 minutes to fix it".But it took just three for them to fall behind, the Italians breaking down the defence far too easily to create an overlap for Ostuni Minuzzi down the right wing.Wales hit back shortly after, keeping it among the hard-carrying forwards before shipping th...