Wales Under 18 side continued their good run of form in the U18 Six Nations Festival with a convincing win over Italy at the Mardyke.
The win comes on the back of an impressive 25-6 win over hosts Ireland in the opening game - and following Wales 16s' victorious return from a Four Nations tournament in France with three wins out of three over England, France and Italy.
Wales were made to work hard for every score as Italy were much more competitive than they had been earlier in the week against England.
Wales though are a powerful side with plenty of skill out wide and when fullback James Loxton went over for a try after just a minute, it quickly looked like it would be another convincing win for the Welsh who defeated Ireland in their opening game earlier in the week.
Liam Powell added another try out wide and with the extras from Chris Lewis Pratt they took an early 14-0 lead. Italy though showed some good fight and the likes of hooker Andrea Manici came storming into the game and their good pack play saw outhalf Fillipino Michelini dash through the defence to score.
Wales got back into with another try, this time from flanker Morgan Allen but they leaked another try before the break when lock Paolo Stinchelli barged his way over the line.
Wales were more potent in attack at the start of the second half and early tries from Loxton, James Thomas and Ieuan Coombes really killed the game off.
Italy did themselves no favours when they had two players sent off following a scuffle and from there it was one-way traffic for Wales who added further points through Coombes again and Lewis-Pratt with the boot.
Wales coach Simon King said that he was pleased with the big scoreline.
"We made nine changes from last week and still managed to score 43 points so I have to be happy with that. Italy gave us a big physical challenge but it was good to see that we took the chances we created and we have players in this squad who take the opportunities they get and take some good scores. Two wins for us is good so far and we look forward to the last game, against France on Tuesday."
The win comes on the back of an impressive 25-6 win over hosts Ireland in the opening game - and following Wales 16s' victorious return from a Four Nations tournament in France with three wins out of three over England, France and Italy.
Wales were made to work hard for every score as Italy were much more competitive than they had been earlier in the week against England.
Wales though are a powerful side with plenty of skill out wide and when fullback James Loxton went over for a try after just a minute, it quickly looked like it would be another convincing win for the Welsh who defeated Ireland in their opening game earlier in the week.
Liam Powell added another try out wide and with the extras from Chris Lewis Pratt they took an early 14-0 lead. Italy though showed some good fight and the likes of hooker Andrea Manici came storming into the game and their good pack play saw outhalf Fillipino Michelini dash through the defence to score.
Wales got back into with another try, this time from flanker Morgan Allen but they leaked another try before the break when lock Paolo Stinchelli barged his way over the line.
Wales were more potent in attack at the start of the second half and early tries from Loxton, James Thomas and Ieuan Coombes really killed the game off.
Italy did themselves no favours when they had two players sent off following a scuffle and from there it was one-way traffic for Wales who added further points through Coombes again and Lewis-Pratt with the boot.
Wales coach Simon King said that he was pleased with the big scoreline.
"We made nine changes from last week and still managed to score 43 points so I have to be happy with that. Italy gave us a big physical challenge but it was good to see that we took the chances we created and we have players in this squad who take the opportunities they get and take some good scores. Two wins for us is good so far and we look forward to the last game, against France on Tuesday."
