Wales went a long way to avoiding the ignominy of a first Six Nations Wooden Spoon for 20 years with a comfortable 29-17 victory over Italy in Rome.
For the first time ever Wales were underdogs against the Azzurri owing to their poor form of late, but tries from Rio Dyer, Liam Williams, and Taulupe Faletau, along with a penalty try were enough to get Warren Gatland's side over the line.
It wasn't perfect, and there remain issues to fix in both attack and defence, but this was a much-needed boost for Wales and a small step in the right direction.
