Lamaro was also unhappy the last time Italy faced Wales - in Cardiff - at what he felt was a lack of respect shown to his team by the Welsh Rugby Union. In a newspaper interview, he complained of "several small, unpleasant situations unworthy of a host country" around the warm-up and players' families.

Here are our Italy v Wales predictions in what has been billed as a Six Nations Wooden Spoon decider in Rome with the visitors having lost 13 games in a row

Wales' 93-cap full-back Liam Williams missed training on Friday in Rome as he struggles with a knee injury prior to Saturday's SIx Nations game against Italy.