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It is days such as this, when England play Wales. Anthony Watson,

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England in full control. George Ford. Charged down. Eddie Jones'

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team on track for the grand slam. Danny Care, what he does. He scores.

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Watson, for England. It is England's grand slam. Welcome to Twickenham,

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this is the third time in the past nine months that these two teams

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have faced off against one another. Back in October, Wales famously

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triumphed, turning England's World Cup dream into a nightmare. England

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gained sweet revenge in March, en route to their first Grand Slam in

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13 years. This is one of the most intense rivalries in sport. Today's

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match billed as a friendly, but we'll know there is no such thing.

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Today's commentary comes courtesy of Brian Moore and Eddie Butler.

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COMMENTATOR: One cap in the England pack. Harrison, born in New Zealand.

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Scouted by Dylan Hartley. The England captain returns to

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international rugby after concussion. Joe Launchbury and

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Courtney Lawes back as the second row partnership. Luther Burrell at

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centre. Many Tuilagi out again because of a hamstring. No Owen

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Farrell. Or players from Exeter and Premiership champions, Saracens. No

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Luke Charteris in the second row. Racing still have games in France.

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Alun-Wyn Jones back. Ross Moriarty will be a strike runner from the

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back row. Dan Lydiate is the captain, wearing seven. Scott

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Williams back at centre. Injured his knee against England back at the

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World Cup. Rhys Webb starts at scrum-half, missing the World Cup

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through injury. Not a single Cardiff Blues player in the starting 15.

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A little end of season bonus. England against Wales again at

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Twickenham, for the third time this season. Instructions from referee

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Mario Smith Rea. Born in Romania. From Italy. -- Mario

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Rhys Webb, starts for Wales. Jamie Roberts. Liam Williams, how to play.

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Good afternoon, Brian. Wonderful afternoon, I'm sure players will

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revel playing in these conditions. You try telling them there is

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nothing at stake, apart from places on the tour in New Zealand and

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Australia. Ben Youngs' kick a lot longer than was meant. Giving Wales

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an easy way back. Dylan Hartley. He had travelled with concussion -- had

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trouble with concussion. The injury that worries rugby. Ben Youngs

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checking where Anthony Watson is. Dazzling running skills from Watson.

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England, Jonathan Joseph. Biggar back for Wales. Yarde with the

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follow-up. Biggar stays in feel. No, he does not. Wales will have the

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puts in. England profiting from Ben Youngs' adventure on the blindside.

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Something reluctant to do in the past. That faithful dividends. --

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paid full dividends. Watson could easily have stayed on his line.

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Intelligent. Faletau the target of Wales.

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The angle is slightly improved for Dan Biggar.

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Jake Ball, wearing the scrum cap. Hallam Amos tackled by Yarde.

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Rob Evans, from the front row. Rhys Webb could not be tackled. Penalty

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advantage against Mullan. Wales looking comfortable, quite happy to

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go through the phases, England giving them an easier way out. The

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flag is up, Wales will have the attacking line-out. The penalty

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which drives coaches crazy. Faletau spilling the ball, reclaim do. Good

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work by the number eight. -- he reclaim the market. Alun Wyn

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Jones. Chance for Dan Biggar. Samson Lee. Evans, instrumental in the

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build-up. Scott Williams, twisting and turning. Held short. The try

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scored, Rob Evans, for Wales. All too simple for Wales. Just a series

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of short drives. You would normally expect any organised defence to

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repel those. Good lineout. Four or five metres made, from that point

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England's scramble defence struggling.

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were not in the next meter. Ultimately came from an unnecessary

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penalty on the Welsh ten metre line from Matt Mullan, giving Wales a 30,

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40 metres advantage. Dan Biggar. Successful with the

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extras. Not quite what they wanted. Not the

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perfect line-out. Winning another penalty, Wales. They may not like

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the interpretation of referee, Marius Mitrea, but England have to

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stop offending. All of them are likely to cost them. This one likely

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three points. The indiscipline cannot afford to continue if they

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are to get anywhere near Wales. Wales have the balance, in terms of

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possession and play. Where they are moving over the gain line. If you

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compound that, by giving them penalties, not going to be much of a

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contest. Three more points from the boot of Dan Biggar.

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George Ford. Straight down the middle, hi.

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Rhys Webb, as to be quick. -- he has so be quick. Mike Brown comes

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forward. Jamie Roberts, lets inland. George Ford. It has come to Hartley.

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Not how he wanted it. At the second time of asking, Liam

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Williams. We are going high again. Hallam Amos

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against Anthony Watson. Watson has the ball.

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Spillage by Wales, chance for England. Penalty advantage. They can

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do anything they want now. They will go back to the penalty. Is it a

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fresh one? It is a fresh one. The first one was not playing the ball

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in front of the man who had played it. The strategy from England, with

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the kick from the ten metre line. There is one chaser, if Wales deal

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with it better, a gap of 50 metres around the initial chaser. More men

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need to be around the player contesting it. Wales would have a

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large amount of room to working. -- work in.

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England trying to get the drive on. The referee's instruction is to use

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it. Ben Youngs. Big stretch from Luther Borrell. The try is given.

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Great line from Luther Borrell. Shaun Edwards will not be pleased.

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At pace, on the right line. You can see Burrell targeting the

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fly half, Dan Biggar. There is the take by Clifford, the drive did not

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get far. Burrell on the outside shoulder fantastic played by Jack

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Clifford. Chance for Burrell. This is more like grand slam England.

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Scott Williams makes the tackle. Knocked off. A let off for Wales.

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Dan Biggar is down and hurt. Liam Williams running out from behind his

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own line. No Dan Biggar, for the moment.

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Rhys Webb calling for someone to give the ball to. Hallam Amos behind

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him. Rhys Webb kicking himself. Brown, to Watson. Good tackle by

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Jones. Ford spilling the ball. Samson Lee

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collect. Dan Biggar up and able to clear, and make round. -- make

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round. England almost through, and the line beam type. -- line been

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tighter. It looks as if he can run, Jack Clifford. Low centre of

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gravity. Yes, he can. From a Welsh point of view, they will be worried

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by the fact that England are managing to make these big breaks.

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The Welsh defence usually very solid, difficult to break down. Dan

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Lydiate going off. James King coming on in place of the captain. Looks

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like a limping injury. Doubtful he will be back.

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There is Burrell begin. -- again. Flattering tackle by Jake Ball. Come

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away by Clifford. Only as far as Hallam Amos. Good wriggling by the

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Gwent Dragons player. Fantastic run, support by Jamie Roberts. Could not

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get the pass back to Amos. Not for the moment. Scott Baldwin, on his

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own. The ball out of play. That was the wrong option, on Baldwin on his

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own in the 15 metre channel. Clifford quickly onto the ball.

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Nothing wrong there, don't have to move. Getting out of trouble, the

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Hallam Amos way. It was Jamie Roberts, unfortunately for Wales,

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for all his strengths, not the quickest. Lovely run.

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Good tackle, Joe Launchbury. One large plain wrapping up another.

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Penalty advantage, Wales. Quickly taken by Rhys Webb.

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Toby Faletau playing scrum-half. Dylan Hartley, from an offside

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position. Always alert. He made a huge amount

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of ground. Dan Biggar, a few bumps and bruises.

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Harrison knocking him over once. Looking the same old Dan Biggar.

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Going through his routine. Looking to extend the Welsh league. Just

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about. -- lead. Wales have seen two pods. Well taken

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by Hallam Amos, Courtney Lawes waiting for him on landing.

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Clifford, winning the ball. Not quite up to the five metre line.

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Youngs spilling away. Moriarty, good smothering tackle. It is loose. Rhys

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Webb, against George Ford. George Ford gets back up, surely he was

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held? Again, Wales counter rucking. Mike Brown spotting the

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gap. The numbers are there. Joseph, Watson. Liam Williams cannot stop

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him. Wriggling and rolling. Did he lose control of the ball on the

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line? Whatever the outcome of this... All started by Mike Brown,

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being in a position he would not usually be in. Taking the Bulstrode

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overcome the spotting the gap. Back of the ruck. Allowed to do it in

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momentum. I think he will give that. Allowed to make one movement in any

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direction. When the ball goes over part of the line, he has developed

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possession, in control. Downward pressure, not needed, just control.

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You may award the try. Brilliant awareness by Anthony

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Watson, where the line is. It was, he had very little space, tumbling

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over. A lot of credit to Watson, good finish.

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Wales goes along, Faletau, beyond the end of the line-out. Wales on

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the front foot, very little possession in the last quarter of an

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hour. Baldwin has carried well. Waiting for Robert Evans to loop

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around him. Scott Williams. Rhys Webb, very elusive. Penalty

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against England. Not just a case... Not just a case of Rhys Webb being

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elusive, powerful as well. Players go higher, because he is a

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scrum-half, think they can taking down, they cannot. Scott Baldwin has

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been Wales' best forward carrier. Third or fourth long carry. What do

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Wales do? Going back to Faletau. James King in possession, slipping

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it is Scott Baldwin at the back. Jamie Roberts comes in, adding his

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weight to the rolling maul. Harrison stolen

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it. They could go left or right, too slow. Maybe not. Liam Williams

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reading it well. The pass not good enough. Williams stopping the move.

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Cancer rucking from Wales. Making England pause for thought in their

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22. That will be the end of the first

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half. Plenty of action. Tries, missed kicks from a couple of

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injuries. Half way through it. 1-1 in the season, the decider.

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Hallam Amos catches. Ross Moriarty trying to drive to the 22, does not

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get far. It is therefore Rhys Webb. Not as good an exit from the 22 as

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Wales would have wanted. The formula that worked well in the first half.

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Clifford. Harrison, part of an increasingly

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fluent England operation. Here is Launchbury, allowed

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scrum-half to take it. Now playing scrum-half. Dan Cole going nowhere.

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Ford changing direction, goes long to Yarde. Scott Williams wrapping up

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Yarde. Cole again taking the tackle.

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Clifford dropping it, good Welsh defence. Biggar long to Jamie

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Roberts. North outside him. Mike Brown just outside his 22. The

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advantage is over. Ford, charged down. Moriarty coming

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away with it. Nobody claims the ball. Ricocheting around. Liam

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Williams sorting it out. Faletau drops it.

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Wales compounding the error. Manufacturing the situation,

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complete mismatch, in terms of defenders. Not only were the

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forwards in there, superior numbers, and they have the dogleg. George

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North with very little possession. You would think, give him the early

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ball, let him see what he can do. George Ford, towards the corner. 12

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metres out. England with the throw. He has had problems with the boot,

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kicking for goal. Decent touch finder. Putting England in a good

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position. England come of it quickly. Going to be a stretch for

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the line again. It has worked again. The change of tactics from the

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line-out, Ben Youngs, at pace putting England into the lead. I

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mentioned in the first half, about the way England were using Marland

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Yarde, inside and outside the fly half. You watch Yarde has

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the run, standing there, they have an eye on him. Ben Youngs dummies.

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The defender had to make a different decision. Ben Youngs, quick enough

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and powerful enough to take advantage of that. We saw, close to

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the line, you only need to be put off from your tackling by a small

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margin, not to get the proper hit on a player.

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Well picked up, Jake Ball. Evans again. Here is George North, coming

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off his wing. Good spin by the number eight, Faletau.

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The first spell of possession by Wales in the second half. Jack

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Clifford comes away with it. Good pace by the England number eight.

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Two tries. The game has turned. Well, Clifford, as he should have,

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he is a professional, not bothering with anyone else about whether or

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not it was a knock-on. He plays to the whistle. We might becoming all

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the way back, I don't know. Well, it seemed to touch Dan Cole

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and then touch... Can't see from that angle, need the reverse angle.

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Well, if that's the only angle they've got, I don't know what you

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can get from that because you see the hand of Dan Cole but you don't

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see it go forward. You can see that it was a very rapid sprint by a

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number eight. I have a decision. There is nothing

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clear and obvious. You may award the try.

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Nothing clear and obvious. I may award the try.

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Thank you. The ball goes backwards from Dan

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Cole, no knock-on. Clifford plays the ball and runs away with the try.

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Well, whatever happens, you do not want a group of players surrounding

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the referee. George Ford. He does land the kick.

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Wales needs to respond. Samson Lee to James King. Dan Lydiate. Faletau.

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Another interception. That one has gone forward. Hasn't it? It has.

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Couldn't freeze his arms because Watson was on hand and he would have

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been away as well. Rhys Webb to Hallam Amos. A clever

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little move. Hallam Amos gets away but Marland Yarde is back there.

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England are deep in their corner. Wales give away a penalty. Marland

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Yarde did well to stay in field there.

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It comes out eventually. Ben Youngs on the loop. Good England move.

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Joseph. Ben Youngs, ever dangerous. He is slightly on his own there.

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They might have turned it over. Wales get the penalty and Rhys Webb

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will be looking to take it quickly. Liam Williams. Or they will say to

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Dan Biggar, you take over. Faletau did a tremendous job because

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England were away. England work their way beyond the

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Welsh defence. Jonathan Joseph. Matt Mullan.

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It has gone nowhere but it might work for Dylan Hartley. Or it might

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work for Dan Biggar. Or Clifford. He tries the fancy pass. It has all

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gone a bit scrappy. Wales have it, just about. Ross Moriarty did well

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to get them out of danger. Chaos can be good for the game, Brian?

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It can be exciting. The fact is because it is this sort of fixture

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and you are not playing for a Grand Slam or anything else, there's are

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willing to take chances that they wouldn't do and, of course, people

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make mistakes and it keeps the game open.

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The all-powerful England line-out. Here comes Anthony Watson. Tries a

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pass and it hasn't worked. Brilliant pass by Rhys Webb to Gareth

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Anscombe. He looks to off-load to Jamie Roberts. Brilliant by Wales.

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Priestland can't get the ball to George North, England turn it over

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and away, we white shirts. George Ford now. Wasn't expecting that.

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Jamie Roberts, involved from the start, has to go back to 22. Wales

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have to restart from here. Another charge down. It is a lucky

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one for Wales. They have it. They just can't hang onto the ball at the

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moment. Ball. That is not fair enough I Rhys Webb.

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Handsomely reclaimed by Hallam Amos. Rhys Priestland manages to get the

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ball away to Samson Lee. Faletau. And it is another spillage by Wales

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and England are away. Danny Care finds Jonathan Joseph, Watson

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outside him. Watson. Nearly through Liam Williams. Penalty advantage to

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England. Corny lords hands-off Jamie Roberts,

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feeds Marland Yarde and England's domination of the second half grows

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and grows. England should have got over and

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converted over the left-hand side. They did an the right and Wales are

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struggling now. Marland Yarde had a simple walk in.

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Good work by Launchbury. Had it been straighter, earlier than that,

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Watson would have gone over in the corner but when the ball came back,

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Wales had simply... Well, that's too easy. Too easy.

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Having said that, you do give credit to Courtney Lawes for timing the

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pass to the winger. Great work by Courtney Lawes. They

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canned off, straight on, give the past with perfect timing.

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Wales looking ragged at the moment. It has been a worrying second-half

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for Wales. George Ford.

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It's not going to be his day, is it? It's not.

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11 points not on the board. 38-13 had they all gone over. 32 or 33-13.

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Five tries, one conversion. A very solid England scrum and

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George Ford can do with it what he wants. Gareth Anscombe in his own

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22. He stays in his own 22. Williams Liam gets the pass away to

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Kristian Dacey, the Hawker. There he goes. Jonathan Joseph, left behind.

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Rhys Priestland gets the little kick ahead. Rhys Webb sets off in

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pursuit, recovered I George Ford. -- recovered by George Ford.

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A couple of players are going down with cramp now.

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Changes on the England side. Elliot Daly comes on and into the front

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row. Ellis Genge for his first cap. It is a penalty against 19.

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The referee is going to have a word with him here because he has been

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talking about the number of penalties.

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Rhys Priestland, more of the same. Well, yes. I thought he would. He

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has had a word. Be careful means that is your final warning? I don't

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know. It would be helpful if it wasn't said. -- if it was that he

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said it was. Kristian Dacey throws in. Safely

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gathered up. This is a better maul for Wales. Launchbury came away with

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it. Ellis Genge. England clear away as far as Hallam

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Amos, who keeps the ball in play, set off and spins. Lloyd Williams to

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Priestland. They go long to George North. North against Elliot Daly.

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And that is... That's highly. -- that is high.

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Just going out of play there. Against their former number eight,

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only been playing prop for three years. Another one who is being

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asked to do a primary job. They are looking at players to do something

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else. New to the England coaching team,

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responsible for the scrum and there has been nothing wrong with that

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today. Steve Borthwick will be happy, the

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line-out and performance coach, that the accuracy around the breakdown

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has been better. Awaken Wales through Gareth Anscombe

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and George North on the loop. Liam Williams. A pass to Mike Brown.

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We'll stay in field. Rounded well as he was under considerable pressure

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from Lloyd Williams. I am not sure if he is religious but

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I think he was willing the ball to go out at least.

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Eddie Jones has put Ollie Devoto in at outside-half and Tommy Taylor

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comes on for his first England cap in place of Dylan Hartley. Tommy

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Taylor has worked hard and he is the best striker of the ball in the

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Premiership so I am very pleased for him.

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Another good drive by the England forwards. They don't seem to have

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been affected at all by newcomers coming on. Dominated possession in

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the second half. Elliot Daly can go on the outside. A beautiful pass

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back to Ollie Devoto. Could it be a sixth try? It looks like a knock-on

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but you can't tell in this game. Free kick quickly taken by Lloyd

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Williams. A sparky run from the scrum-half.

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Jake Ball has offered himself all day. Priestland switches play.

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Hallam Amos is away. Rhys Priestland card -- can't hang onto the ball. It

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has been the Welsh tale of the half. That arm is only going one way from

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the referee. Penalty to England. The invitation is, from the referee, if

:47:54.:48:00.

you want to. Do England want to join Dan Cole sitting down, reflecting on

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a very good second-half performance? No, they want to play on a bit

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longer. From an England point of view I

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think you would want to get on top of Wales, go over the line again.

:48:17.:48:19.

One of the reasons I think Eddie Jones did not make substitutions as

:48:20.:48:25.

early as Wales is he wanted to chalk up a win first and foremost. Well,

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that job is done. Now it is just a question of by how much. Danny Care

:48:34.:48:40.

says 14 points will do and kicks the ball out. The game is over. A real

:48:41.:48:45.

turnaround by England. They trailed at half-time but they have won by

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scoring five tries. Three of them in the second half. And they have

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beaten Wales by 27 points to 13. England captain Dylan Hartley,

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another one for the trophy cabinet. The chief executive of Old Mutual

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Wealth gives him the cup of his company's name and England will go

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on tour to Australia with a good victory under their belts.

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Consider that was a fully loaded Welsh side, you must be pretty

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happy? It was a good step forward for us.

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We have a difficult tour of Australia coming up so it was nice

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to have that today against a very good side.

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A special mention to a number of your three quarters looking sharp,

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especially Luther Burrell, Anthony Watson, Marland Yarde.

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They did really well and you need to remember the work done on the inside

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by George Ford and Luther Burrell. Outstanding.

:49:57.:50:00.

Things started fairly positively but nothing and your way in the second

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half. Assessment? I thought we played

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pretty well in the first half of the way we started the game but the

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disappointment of the Six Nations in terms of starting... We needed the

:50:13.:50:16.

game. I said to the players, how do you feel? Lowing a bit. A lot of

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those players haven't played for a few weeks. Haven't experienced that

:50:23.:50:28.

intensity since the Six Nations so we needed that game to get under our

:50:29.:50:33.

belt and a lot of things to work on, making sure we are more accurate and

:50:34.:50:37.

particularly in the second half there were some turnovers at

:50:38.:50:39.

line-out time. We showed rate courage to come back

:50:40.:50:45.

from points down and I think it is a great reflection of the character of

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the boys but hopefully we can sort out the first 20 minutes because if

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we give Australia and southern hemisphere teams leads like that,

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it's going to be to bounce back. We have given ourselves a good field

:50:59.:51:03.

position and given us opportunities to play and we have coughed up the

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ball off the line-out or haven't held on long enough so that is

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disappointing but a lot of positives as well and we need to look forward

:51:12.:51:14.

and play positive rugby in New Zealand. Tidy up our defence. A few

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missed tackles, myself included. We will go there positively.

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We have won six on the bounce so it is about getting our prep right. We

:51:26.:51:31.

are confident in ourselves so as I say it is just about getting the

:51:32.:51:34.

prep right and take sure we do everything we can to leave nothing

:51:35.:51:38.

out there on the field, nothing to chance. It will be a great three

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Test series. As we go into the All Blacks, if we

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hadn't said that game it would have been difficult but it has served its

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purpose is no doubt. Disappointing to lose but it is good to get a hit

:51:52.:51:58.

out, especially in the heat. And play at that intensity because club

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rugby is not at that inter-dizzy -- intensity.

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What reception are you going to get personally?

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Hopefully a few barbecues, mate. You never stop loving your country. I am

:52:13.:52:16.

coaching England and I want to beat Australia badly.

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Those are the thoughts of the players and coaches. Martyn Williams

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and Jeremy Guscott join me outside Twickenham. Smiles all over the face

:52:27.:52:30.

of Eddie Jones. The happiest of the coaches.

:52:31.:52:33.

It didn't start off well for him with Wales getting the early try and

:52:34.:52:37.

rightly so, they looks more like a team. England slowly getting into

:52:38.:52:42.

the game. The more errors Wales were making, the more confident England

:52:43.:52:49.

got. I think one of the prize was a fair reflection. The distance of the

:52:50.:52:53.

wind didn't reflect how close the game was watching it live at England

:52:54.:52:57.

will be confident and happy after the victory.

:52:58.:53:00.

What about Wales, Martyn Williams? That was a pretty much full strength

:53:01.:53:05.

Wales side against a weakened England side so that will give their

:53:06.:53:09.

confidence a knock? However much they want to gloss over

:53:10.:53:13.

that, it will be a blow to their confidence going into New Zealand.

:53:14.:53:20.

If they had won, you would have expected them to win without some of

:53:21.:53:24.

the Exeter and Saracens players but as it was they lost convincingly. At

:53:25.:53:28.

half-time I thought Wales would be pretty happy in front but it fell to

:53:29.:53:35.

pieces. The decision with Dan Cole and the Clifford try but the wind

:53:36.:53:41.

seemed to go out of their sails. They missed 20 tackles and that is

:53:42.:53:44.

not like the Wales team so a disappointing day at Dagenham.

:53:45.:53:49.

Not very characteristic, those defensive frailties. I would imagine

:53:50.:53:54.

they would have had a run in the dressing room.

:53:55.:53:57.

It is a sign the guys haven't played for two or three weeks. A little bit

:53:58.:54:02.

off the pace and it showed they needed this game before going to

:54:03.:54:05.

play the world champions because otherwise it would have been worse.

:54:06.:54:08.

Wales are a notoriously slow starting side, which I predict they

:54:09.:54:14.

start scoring the try. They show their control and went back to their

:54:15.:54:20.

old habits. Line-out not as tight as it should be, kicking game not as

:54:21.:54:23.

tight as it should have been. They let England into the game by losing

:54:24.:54:27.

momentum and turning the ball so many times. England dominated

:54:28.:54:33.

territory and possession and scored at least... Two of them were a good

:54:34.:54:38.

price. The first try from a role was good -- from Luther Burrell. The

:54:39.:54:48.

other two were breakaway. Wales are as low as a group when

:54:49.:54:53.

they get together. Alun Wyn Jones desperately needed game time. We

:54:54.:54:59.

have the likes of others to come back, and Sam Warburton. We hope

:55:00.:55:03.

it's a video nasty for these guys. You were frustrated, the amount of

:55:04.:55:09.

times England chose to kick when they had men outside. Marland Yarde,

:55:10.:55:18.

Luther Burrell... Luther has a point to prove after

:55:19.:55:24.

not getting the run in the web world back -- in the Rugby World Cup.

:55:25.:55:29.

Anthony Watson, for me, is one of the most improved buyers globally.

:55:30.:55:34.

Every time he gets a ball he is exciting. He can beat a player

:55:35.:55:38.

quickly. His finishing for that try was just wonderful. Marland Yarde,

:55:39.:55:44.

out in the wilderness for a bit, came back and scored a try. Looking

:55:45.:55:48.

good apart from George Ford, who seems to be lacking a bit of

:55:49.:55:52.

confidence. Joseph kicking the ball on a couple of times, showing a lack

:55:53.:55:57.

of confidence. You want to keep the ball in play so you can up the

:55:58.:56:02.

intensity but as a first run out as a new team, they did -- they did

:56:03.:56:11.

very well. I think Liam Williams and George

:56:12.:56:19.

North are as standard. Hallam Amos acquitted himself well. He was quick

:56:20.:56:22.

and strong and solid under the high ball. I think that what they do is

:56:23.:56:27.

point. Ross Moriarty had a decent game in the back row, carrying well.

:56:28.:56:32.

Quite a few will be disappointed themselves. Defensively it is

:56:33.:56:37.

unheard of for Wales to miss 20 tackles and Sean Edwards but we are

:56:38.:56:40.

looking for plus points and we are gasping at straws but Hallam Amos

:56:41.:56:46.

was a shining light. England in Australia next. Eddie

:56:47.:56:49.

Jones has called them favourites. Do you agree?

:56:50.:56:52.

He was trying to boost the confidence. Six games in a row they

:56:53.:56:59.

have won. They go there with confidence. The pack is strong. It

:57:00.:57:06.

was a mixed bag in the back row today but you have believer LuPone

:57:07.:57:11.

to come back and he is so solid. -- Billy Vunipola. And we get Owen

:57:12.:57:22.

Farrell back at ten. He could play at 12 and George could be stuck in

:57:23.:57:27.

at ten so they fancy their chances out there. To say they are going to

:57:28.:57:31.

win is a big ask. Why not go with the aim?

:57:32.:57:36.

That is the way Eddie Jones is thinking. What of Wales? New Zealand

:57:37.:57:40.

is least toughest days to two so what are they -- is the toughest

:57:41.:57:51.

place to draw. What will they help for? Rain!

:57:52.:57:56.

Warren Gatland said before the game the best job they have got is the

:57:57.:58:05.

second and third test, when they are up to speed. After today's

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performance it is a very long shot. Thanks for your company today. That

:58:11.:58:14.

is it from us. England travel to Australia with confidence and Wales

:58:15.:58:17.

have a little bit of work to do. Stay tuned for brand-new Top Gear

:58:18.:58:20.

with Chris Evans.

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