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The seeds are the same the grass is the same, everything is the same. It

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is just another ground. There was plenty of exciting rugby, plenty of

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exciting rugby, plenty of exciting rugby...

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Wales can celebrate! Wales council of rate! Wales can rate!

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The first meeting was almost 140 years ago, and supremacy has ebbed

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and flowed like the River Severn in between, 60 wins to England, a

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rivalry like you others, such close neighbours, such fierce opponents,

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friend and foe in equal measure, and the winners tonight will be in pole

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position to be crowned Six Nations champions. Although Ireland could

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yet have a significant say in that after an emphatic victory in Rome by

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63-10, and that means they are the first team not only to pick up a

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losing bonus point macro in Murrayfield last week, but only a

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winning bonus point, currently top, as you can see. This is as eagerly

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anticipated a game as this great stadium has seen an awful long time,

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and as you can see the roof is open, as I am sure most of you will know,

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after England demanded it be that way early in the week, which means

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for the 75,000 in here today, and us in our brand-new, deluxe outdoor

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studio, it is freezing! Serious wind-chill, the temperature has to

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be hovering around freezing. Jeremy Guscott, Martyn Williams, but a big

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bit of team news, George North will not be playing in this match this

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afternoon because of the injury he sustained in Rome last weekend, and

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that means that Alex Cuthbert is on the field now, warming up to win his

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latest cap on the wing. It means the Welsh bench remains the same, and

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Dan Biggar, despite that bank to the ribs last week in Rome, will start

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for Wales this afternoon. Martyn, obvious question, how big a blow is

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that? It is a huge blow, on the form he is as lethal as any winger in the

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northern hemisphere. Alex Cuthbert has trained all week, they didn't

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expect George to poor through, so the whole of Wales is hoping Alex

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Cuthbert can rediscover his previous form. Let's talk about the roof,

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then we can move on! How big an impact, it is quite a crisp

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afternoon, lovely conditions for playing, what bearing does it have?

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I think, Eddie being Eddie, making the roof the subject of the week,

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everybody's attention was drawn to that, rather than the players, what

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was England's back row going to be made up of? He has done the job,

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England might just edge wins when the roof has been open in the recent

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past, so that might be a say -- a psychological edge. And the Welsh

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love it closed. They don't want to give them their way, that is the big

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thing. Ireland always wanted the roof open, and probably only because

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Wales wanted it closed. It is all about not giving them their way, not

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letting them get away with anything. You made the point macro that

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England were almost afraid in Cardiff, but looking at the

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statistics, there is a myth about that, because during the course of

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this Six Nations, it is played eight, won four, lost four, but is

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this a different proposition? The game is the game, it doesn't matter

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who you are playing, you are still as intense, but this is the build-up

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for the week, you cannot get away from it as a player. I would love to

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play here, the atmosphere is the best in the world. EQ is getting

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over the bridge have been extensive, putting it mildly. -- the queues.

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England fans are revelling in their side's unbeaten run, even when they

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are not playing particularly well, like against the French at

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Twickenham last weekend. Contrasting fortunes, a day of white

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and blue. No, yes, yes! No. 14 games

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undefeated, 2016 undefeated. Down, up, still up, 15 wins, every

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reason to be up. Eddie, France gave you a fright, how wary of Wales and

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everything that comes with playing in Cardiff? Very good side, Wales,

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good performance to win assertively in the second half against Italy,

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and we are anticipating a very tough game today. You have just

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experienced your first bus ride through the streets of Cardiff with

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England, what was that like? A bit like going to the game in

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Johannesburg or Pretoria, a lot of supporters in Bybee, having a good

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time, it adds to the atmosphere. -- in by -- imbibing. I have never

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spoken about a roof so much in my life! It creates an enormous amount

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of interest, it looks pretty good open. Given that you did not play

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well last week, awful to use your words, you are away from home, it is

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Wales, is this the biggest test under your ten tenure? It is the

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biggest test now, it is a fantastic stadium, the crowd is close to the

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ground, good surface, you're playing Wales, traditional game, good time

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to bounce back. Good luck. This game is steeped in history, two gentleman

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here are played more than their part, Jonathan Davies and Brian

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Moya. 50 years ago almost to the day, one of the most famous

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incidents in the history of Wales against England, when Keith Jarrett,

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making his debut for Wales at full-back, picked up this kick and

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around 60 metres down the field in one of the great tries here. Look at

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that, courted on the first bounce, and one CB to the first man, there

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was no catching him. -- once he beat. There was a post match meal

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here, he missed the last bus home to Newport, and a bus tribe was walking

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home, see him and said, you are my hero, I am going to go to the depot

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and get a bus specially to take you home, because you have just scored

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that try to beat England today. If we fast forward 20 years to a less

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savoury moment in the history of this fixture, a significant moment

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in your career. It was, because shortly after this fracas, shall we

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say, I got 64 caps in a row after Graham was dropped! Noticed that

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Alba one rob Andrew there. No, it is before the watershed! -- notice that

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elbow on Rob Andrew. Wales' problem, if we can transform ourselves,

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today's game, create and scored tries, it will be a very close

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encounter, but England have got the edge, with the axis, they are so

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good at playing off each other, for me, a lot of people are saying

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emotion is less in the professional game, but not today for Wales. They

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have got to pile into England from the start, and I think it is

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important that they have a good start, Wales. At what point does the

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unbeaten run become a burden? I am not sure it should be, they have to

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keep addressing the next game, and they will at some point lose, but

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the important thing is how they bounce back, not much of an issue.

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Very quickly, would you like to have played under Eddie Jones? I would,

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he is world-class committee keeps you on your toes, he has always got

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something to save. -- he is a world-class coach, he keeps you on

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your toes. I played and two some Australian coaches, they are great,

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they have mental toughness. There is the England hooker, Dylan Hartley,

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the England captain too, and under a huge amount of scrutiny not just

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playing ability but his conduct on the field. He is as combative and

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feisty as they come, so this ground is is kind of place.

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You are playing against a nation, a passionate crowd, I have been

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hammered by Wales, I have beaten them, it is a good place to play

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rugby, when you lose, it is intense, and when you win, it is a great

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feeling as well. This is definitely exciting. Have you ever ventured out

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in Cardiff before the game? No, I haven't, no. I've ventured out after

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a game! It is crazy. Everything from the stadium kind of goes onto the

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streets, there is an atmosphere that is unbelievable, it is a rugby

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capital, it is brilliant. On match day, what is it like to be on that

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England bus? It is good, I mean I think each player reacts to it

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differently. For me, seeing the streets lined with people, whether

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they are waving or throwing abuse at the bus, I think it is a great

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thing. Five or six guys haven't been down yet, and we have made it known

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to them what the atmosphere is going to be like. I thrive on it, I love

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the atmosphere. Cardiff, like I said, is a rugby capital, one of the

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rugby capital is in the world, and there is no better place to play.

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From an England perspective, when we have been talking about the roof, we

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have been talking about Dylan Hartley as well, how precarious his

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position is, and the axis at ten and 12, George Ford very much the centre

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after that, because he has got great hands and sets the backs going, but

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you have to be able to tackle in that channel. You have, primarily he

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is there because he is a great tactician, he's good at keeping

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England in the right part of the field, but to tackle, that is

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primary in the modern game, because some anime big guys come down that

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channel. Paul Gustard is going to be annoyed about those stats from last

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week, 34% of tackles were allowed, or they were passive, a guy is

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running into you and you are giving away ground. We have got an example

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from last week, and England put Ford at number nine, and I think in a way

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just to protect him a little bit, but I believe France have seen that,

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and off they have come, and they have seen it, and they're going to

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really target George. He makes the tackles, but look how much ground

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France have got. They have collected eight metres there without any

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trouble. From that point on, England are scrambling in defence, dogleg

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there, Picamoles takes a great line. George has gone straight to the win,

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they have gone over him, and it is a scrambling defence. Credit to

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Gustard and his team, because they have gone right to the flank, they

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are not banging into the French, but they make the scramble. This is key

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for me - if Wales have any cleverness about them, they would

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have spotted that, and I would expect them to target George Ford.

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The back row will be key, Maro Itoje in the back row, one of the most

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talked about players in English and world rugby. He alternates from the

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back row to the second row, how easy is that? It is easy if you are an

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athlete like this guy, it is hard if you are an old school second row. I

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think this is how the second row is going, the second rows of the future

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will be tall, athletic back rows. What he does is very similar to what

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he does in the second row, works really hard, carries hard, tackles

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hard. He is obviously a phenomenal player. I thought he was a bit high

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in how he went about his business at times last week, gave away a penalty

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for a high tackle and can carry a bit high but he is a phenomenal

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athletes to the guy he plays against today, Alun Wyn Jones.

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This is the intimidating atmosphere that Wales were hoping to bring

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against an inexperienced England back row in terms of the number of

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starts, only four in the back row. There is Jack Clifford from

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Harlequins, lots of people have said he will be a big star Rob the future

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but he has not played a lot of rugby this season. A big game for him. For

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me, the English back row was a bit cumbersome and slow last week, he is

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a fantastic athlete who brings pace and energy. If you think of who he

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is playing against, Tipuric, Moriarty and Warburton, they are a

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bit slower. He is a superb rugby player. Perhaps not your typical

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seven where he will be over the ball, he will have a big impact and

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needs to have a big impact. It almost goes without saying that

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this game is huge for the Welsh nation as a whole, it goes way

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beyond the rugby field. The excitement on the streets of Cardiff

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today has been such that you can almost reach out and touch it. The

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last 20 minutes in Rome last Sunday gave the fans genuine cause for

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optimism today. It has been described as a game that

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Wales cannot afford to lose. It has been ten years since the last

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Italian triumph. Clifford in number ten, he is in

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trouble. The Welsh hit the front for the first time in the match. Chips

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it onto Scott Williams. They go away. Jonathan Davies!

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It was easy in the end. Jonathan Davies again coming here is Liam

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Williams. Try number two. George North!

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There will be no bonus point for Wales.

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A good start away from home, what is it like to be back in Cardiff with

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England the opposition? With the best supporters in the world, great.

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Looking forward to the opportunity. Our form at home in the Six Nations

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is very good and we look to keep that this afternoon. You gave him

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every chance until the 11th hour, George North does not make it. How

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close did he come? Agog when he woke and saw the medical team it was

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pretty obvious he would not be available. With a six-day turnaround

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you want to give world-class players every opportunity, particularly for

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Wales against England, but on the + Dan Biggar is fit and will start. It

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would not be a Wales match if there was not a debate around the number

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ten. Why not play Sam Davies after his cameo in Italy? The National

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landscape is about the 23 players, Sam came on, did really well and did

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what he was opposed to, have an impact off the bench. We feel Dan is

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good to start, it is a 23 man squad. You will see changes last week on

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the front row and again this afternoon. Have a good afternoon.

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Cheers. STUDIO: We spoke about the significance of the back row battle,

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at the heart this evening will be Sam Warburton. Marti saw him this

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week, he is no longer captain but too many people he is Wales' top

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dog. Good to see you. How many have you got, now? Two. As well as these

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two, you have the added responsibility, you became a father

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seven or eight months ago. A new perspective? It is mad, pretty much

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all the forwards have kids and all the backs do not. You have to tie

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down a girl and get a family sorted, because looks only go in one

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direction! Has lately been fine? Lesley has been amazing. I have had

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dogs my whole life. It is a nice distraction, I can switch off

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easily. You can into my house, I only have one rugby jersey up in the

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whole house, you would not know I was a rugby player, when you go home

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I think you need to switch off. Alun Wyn Jones is the new captain of

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Wales, replacing Sam Warburton, who has been skipper for six years. The

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gal how has it been being Sam, rather than the captain? It is nice

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to focus on yourself, not have to worry about the media and press

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duties. Obertan you just think I just want to get back to just

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enjoying playing -- overtime you just think. And be the rugby player.

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I would still like a leadership role in the team. Alastair Cook has

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stepped down from the England cricket captaincy, he said he went

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to the well want to many times. Do you feel that was the case with you

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or was it a little bit more that you could have given? I always said it

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is like a relationship, nothing is mutual, when people break up and

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they say it is mutual, somebody started it! But I think this is

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pretty mutual. I put a lot of energy and time and effort into the

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captaincy, I found it tough at times, but as I look back over the

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five and a half, six years, I really prized -- really pleased I did it.

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Is there a game you would like to relive? I did not want to be a

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captain who had not won against the southern hemisphere team, so that

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was probably my favourite moment as captain. Wales have beaten South

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Africa! The time is right for him to do it, he is one of the form

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players, it is an easy transition for him to take over, and he has had

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a massive leadership role ever since I have been playing, since you were

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playing. When he came on as a youngster, you knew. It made the

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decision easier knowing such an experienced guy would come in and do

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a good job. I don't know how long I will play, I'm 28, whether I have

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three, four, five or six years, I want to enjoy them. Have you set any

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specific target? Lions is a big one? I thought the best players in the

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world ones have been on more than one World Cup and more than one

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Lions tour, it has improved their longevity. I would love to get to

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the next World Cup and the Lions tour, of course.

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Behave self-exploration mark here! Is this your therapy, to get away

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from the madness of Welsh rugby and the public? You know what it is like

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in Wales, when it is Wales and England, flipping heck, you can't go

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anywhere without people wishing you luck, it is massive. Players get

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that from Monday all through the week, when you are in the hotel,

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they constantly ask. We will be OK, as Eddie said, they

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will fight going into Cardiff. We just enjoy the hype, you can tell

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the fans are loving this. It makes for a great game.

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There he is, minus his dogs. Do you detect any difference in war but in

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the player, as opposed to the player and captain? Agog he was so relaxed

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when I saw him on Wednesday. It is a big burden, Paul could properly talk

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about it more than me. Without that added burden of being captain as

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well, he is really thriving. Captaincy can sometimes be a lonely

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job, especially when you are struggling with injury, you want to

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focus on yourself and be the best you can be, but you have to look

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after the team, so it works out very well. Alun Wyn would have hated to

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have retired and not had a period as the Welsh captain, so it is good

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that Sam is happy to see the back of it for a while and Alun Wyn can work

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on it for a while. They use Tipuric and Warburton a lot last week. The

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big question for Wales for four or five years is whether they can play

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together. We saw Princes last week that they could. Tipuric last week,

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it enables Sam to play inside. He goes for the first contact. It is

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not needed. This would be a concern for me, how far Justin Tipuric is

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from the ball. They did that superbly well, it was nice and

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clean. Some did not get over. But this is way DC the best of both

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players, this skill and timing, it looks easy -- this is where you see

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the best of both players. I think the way that Wales hope to

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play, Tipuric is the player you want in the Middle where he can go out

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the back go on. Going into the game, this is where Wales are ahead,

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Warburton over the ball, Tipuric as well, they both have to be on top of

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their game if Wales are to stand a chance. Statistically England have a

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better turnover rate. Talking about the captaincy, the words of Alun Wyn

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Jones are the entire front page of the Western mail today, he is

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talking about the anthem, he says you have to sing it as if it is the

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last time. It is not 23 on the park and 75,000 in the stands, we are all

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together, for those few minutes we are connected. It gives the team

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that extra edge, it is special. In terms of his position and authority

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in the second row, he is a giant of a man on and off the field. He is

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fantastic, it is hard to believe that at 31 years of age she has 106

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caps. He is 120 kilos, a big old school lump of a second row, that he

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has the workrate and fitness of a smaller man, he is like a number

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seven in batter Josey. I was lucky enough to tour with him on two Lions

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tours and I was blown away. He will bring away a certain level of...

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Here he is, in the new way that Wales will play, he will be

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brilliant. He has lovely hands, just like Tipuric, he will be brilliant.

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I was blown away at how big his engine was and how fit he was. Going

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past 34-macro Italians, produces a quick ball for Italy. He has a

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fantastic engine for such a big man. This is a bad clip for me, he is

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still good at the old school second row stuff, he catches me napping and

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blows me off the ball. Wales scored about two or three minutes after

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that. It was a big moment in the game.

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Not that you remember! Dan Biggar is playing, on Sunday night you said

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you would be amazed if he started, because of the bang in the ribs. Eye

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40s did less of a chance the George North, anyone who has injured their

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ribs, that is very painful. -- I thought he stood less of a chance.

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But I would have picked in today, he is a big occasion player, you was

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the catalyst for Wales to get back into the game. I agree with Martyn,

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he starts for me because of his tactics and strategy. He has been

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pulling the strings for Wales for a couple of seasons. He has the X

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Factor and the magic, that can command when England are tired, or

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when they are at their strongest he may be able to counter that with

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vision and ability. The key conversation at half time will be

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when we look at who both sides have got to bring in the last 20 minutes,

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where so many international Zol won and lost. Cuthbert has had some

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great moments and some horror games, how big a test is this for him,

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being parachuted from nowhere? He would have known from the start of

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the week that he would play of George did not. He burst onto the

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scene and was superb, but he has really had a tough 18 months. You

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need confidence, you hope that something positive can happen from

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his first touch. He is a finisher, he has bags of pace, he needs the

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first touch of the confidence. The pyrotechnics are starting, we are

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getting closer. It is almost time for the talking to stop and the

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players to start. Jeremy? I look forward to this, you look at the

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Welsh side, the quality of player. Those experienced players, the

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Lions, they have not played to the best of their ability. They have the

:28:57.:28:59.

most room to improve. The worrying factor for that would be that

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England have not reached anywhere near their potential and are winning

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games. They seem to rise above and get the victory. I feel this,

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generally I have not seen a nation want to win a game as badly as

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Wales, knock England off their stool. England have been superb over

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the last year under Eddie Jones. The big man is on the pitch, saying

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this is our game, this is Welsh rugby. Paul, who wins it for you? I

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really fancy Wales. Most people here fancy Wales! Maybe it is because it

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is my first time here, I cannot get over the atmosphere, just

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incredible. My first time here for an England Wales game, mind blowing.

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I fancy Wales, the motion will be high.

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-- the emotion. One very special person watching us this afternoon,

:29:57.:30:01.

Harry Walker, 102 today, the oldest surviving international rugby player

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in the world, he made his debut for England in Cardiff in 1947, England

:30:06.:30:12.

won 9-6 but Wales topped the table. Harry, watching at home in Coventry,

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it was not like this in your day and I hope you have a great birthday.

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Before the game gets under way we will have the minutes's silence for

:30:20.:30:26.

great players ever to grace the stadium and all the other great

:30:27.:30:29.

grounds of the world cheering and absolutely stellar career including

:30:30.:30:32.

captaining the Springboks and being an indelible part of South Africa's

:30:33.:30:37.

1995 World Cup triumph. Who could ever forget those tackles?

:30:38.:30:51.

This week Joost van der Westhuizen died from motor neurone disease, and

:30:52.:30:55.

we will have a moment's silence in memory of one of the greatest

:30:56.:30:56.

scrum-halves of all time. APPLAUSE

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The anthems coming up now, then commentary from Jonathan Davies,

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Brian Moore and Eddie Butler. # Mae hen wlad fy nhadau

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yn annwyl i mi # Gwlad beirdd a chantorion,

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enwogion o fri # Ei gwrol ryfelwyr,

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gwladgarwyr tra mad Late in the afternoon in the second

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weekend of the Six Nations of 2017, Alun Wyn Jones, the Welsh captain,

:35:00.:35:06.

bellows out the anthem. The props that came on as replacements against

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Italy start for Wales against England, Rob Evans and Tomas

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Francis. George North a late withdrawal, Alex Cuthbert on the

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right wing, Dan Biggar has recovered from a bruised rib to partner Rhys

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Webb as the half-backs. One change in the England starting back, Jack

:35:32.:35:34.

Clifford in the back row for Tom would, who starts on the bench. The

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back row has only 20 caps in all, against Wales's 130. Jonny May goes

:35:40.:35:49.

to the bench. England A-level slow out of the blocks in game one, they

:35:50.:35:52.

will be looking for more speed everywhere. -- a little slow.

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Taulupe Faletau returns to the Wales squad, he has been out with a knee

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injury, Ben Te'o game off the bench to score the winner against France.

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Jerome Garces of France will be in charge today, he will be a busy man,

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referees always an nowadays, with new protocols, new directives. Their

:36:23.:36:25.

role becomes ever more important. And on such a day as this, he is

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going to be such a figure. Dan Biggar, over his injury.

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Maro Itoje, Jack Clifford, youngsters in the England back row.

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It is Wales against England in Cardiff. Itoje goes up, claims for

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England. Ross Moriarty brings the England back row down. Ben Youngs,

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towards Dan Biggar. Scott Williams. Itoje and Clifford,

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six and seven combination. Alun Wyn Jones in midfield, gets over the

:37:35.:37:39.

halfway line. Biggar, Halfpenny, Jonathan Davies. Stays away from the

:37:40.:37:42.

touchline. Justin Tipuric finding space, a wing

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forward in the wide channels. Jake Ball. Good tackle by Dylan Hartley.

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Moriarty, good tackle of him by Courtney Lawes. Wales have the

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penalty. A couple of things there, first thing, good refereeing, Rhys

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Webb not rolling away. England did not commit hardly anyone to the

:38:29.:38:33.

tackle area, and the two ball-carriers targeted George Ford,

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that should be the target. George Ford, run him all day, tire him out,

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so when he gets the ball offensively, he will not be so

:38:42.:38:47.

effective. This penalty is what they call a coach killer, given away on

:38:48.:38:53.

the ten metres line when there was really no threat, no need to hang

:38:54.:38:57.

around on the floor. The players know that if they don't get out of

:38:58.:39:03.

the way of the receiving player, penalties are going to come, because

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referees are very hard on that - unnecessary. And Wales did not

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penetrate that ten metres line, the defence was good, penalty given

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away, though. Leigh Halfpenny just needs five more

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points to pass the 300 in the Six Nations. He has passed 500 in

:39:32.:39:37.

general, but in the Six Nations. This to move to 298.

:39:38.:39:43.

He likes it, couldn't be straighter, Wales take an early lead in the

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Principality Stadium. Alex Cuthbert under pressure from

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Elliot Daly. I thought he was taken in the air there.

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Charged down for Rhys Webb, Itoje texted, the ball away to Daly. Jack

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Clifford taking the ball for Owen Farrell. Ben Youngs to Joe

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Launchbury. Jack Nowell, into the Welsh 22.

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Jonathan Joseph goes to scrum-half and feeds Dan Cole.

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Wales have riposte England from the 22, but England comeback, well into

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the Wales 22 now through Jonathan Joseph. Hartley on the short ball.

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Robbed by Dan Biggar, brilliant bit of stripping of the ball by the

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Welsh ten. Rhys Webb has time to clear map not to touch, just into

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the England have. Moriarty and Ken Owens with the tackles.

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Nathan Hughes knocks on, they try to launch a counter, Halfpenny gets a

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boot to it. Back goes Jack Clifford, in touch. That is a tremendous kick,

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made possible by the work of Dan Biggar.

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There is the tackle. He lost the ball, but England will not be happy,

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they have made two handling errors that have caused them back into this

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position, so two errors. But they are very effective. Courtney Lawes

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catches from Dylan Hartley. Ben Youngs waits patiently behind

:42:37.:42:56.

the advancing maul and is quite happy, after such a line-out, to go

:42:57.:43:01.

directly to touch. He will be a key man today, he puts the tempo in the

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game, and when it beaters out a little bit, they can put Danny Care

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on. All the runners are coming off Ben Youngs, great defence, though.

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Gumshield out as well! Clean ball down to Rhys Webb. Scott Williams.

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Cuts inside, makes ground. Advantage to England being played, and it has

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turned into a penalty to England. He is in some discomfort there. That

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Ise-Shima Wales, because the gap had opened up. -- that is a shame for

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Wales. England have their first real opportunity. Good feed by Scott

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Williams, spotted use, cut inside him. -- spotted Hughes. Nathan

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Hughes against Tipuric, who makes half a yard.

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Rhys Webb with an important tackle on the big number eight. Launchbury.

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England with numbers here. Crucial tackle, numbers on the outside, by

:44:38.:44:47.

Jonathan Davies. Alun Wyn Jones has stolen the ball for Wales, facing a

:44:48.:44:53.

horrible overlap against them, they have turned the ball over. Moriarty

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comes away with it. A high tackle, I think. Brilliant

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dive. Catching in the goalie. Back to the high tackle. England with a

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penalty. This will be one of the ones that

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looks fairly iniquitous, I think he was on the way down. No, it was a

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high tackle. Earlier when England had a turn,

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there were defenders on the blindside who did well. They had to

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guess. With the ball going out wide over the top, or would it hang back

:46:14.:46:17.

and drift? They chose to come forward, creating a situation where

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England were back inside, and then Alun Wyn Jones got into some

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trouble. I think the worry for Wales was the

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way with the ball. A desperate defence, they had created the

:46:35.:46:37.

overlap on the right-hand side. If the ball had gone it quickly, they

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were over. I think Ford just checked, stepped inside and the

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opportunity was missed. Do you think it has been a ploy for the Welsh

:46:49.:46:54.

clearance, Biggar and Evans, not keeping in touch? I am not sure that

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England will count about, the kicks have to be very good. -- England

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will counter that. Owen Farrell levels the scores.

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Three apiece in Cardiff. England managing what they did not

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do against France, which was make ground after the initial contact.

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That is making all the difference. Dan Biggar has split the forwards,

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as he did against Italy. Maro Itoje caught safely.

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Another penalty against Wales. Again, another completely

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unnecessary one. They will not drive the more than five yards, they will

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be outside the 22. All they have done now is give England the

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advantage, should this be kicked out.

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Dylan Hartley, the England captain. Joe Launchbury in the second row,

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Nathan Hughes, number eight. Penalty advantage, Courtney Lawes

:48:36.:48:46.

came away with it. A good pick-up by George Ford.

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Change of style, no advantage, that went straight out. We will go back

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to the penalty. Offside at the ruck. Just watch this, it is the change of

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angle. He steps inside. The forwards either side of George Ford, it is

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difficult to pick up. There are so many runners outside George Ford. He

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just picks the right one. At that angle he just runs the inside

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shoulder on Dan Biggar. A change of kicker. There is George Ford, he is

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not required as a pace kicker. For the moment. Elliot Daly, a left

:49:41.:49:47.

footer. Lovely left foot. Anything near the 48 or 50 mark, he steps up.

:49:48.:49:54.

Mike Brown has been a great servant for English rugby, but is this the

:49:55.:50:00.

next English full-back? Very intelligent player. I have seen in a

:50:01.:50:03.

club game kick from 58 metres. Distance no problem, direction...

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Not good. Just gave it is too much welly. Not bad, not good enough. We

:50:35.:50:44.

are all square. We have got to get some momentum back, keep possession.

:50:45.:50:50.

At the moment, England are just on top.

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Dan Biggar long into the England half.

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England seems to have an overlap again. The ball went backwards, said

:51:16.:51:22.

the referee. Looks to the touch judge. Play on, is the order.

:51:23.:52:04.

Tipuric try to hold him up and stripped the ball.

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Great tackle. Play on, no high tackle.

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Wales are fully stretched, trying to cover the gaps. Forged a Itoje.

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Halfpenny with the brilliant try saving tackle. But England still

:53:20.:53:25.

thunder at the Welsh line through Joe Launchbury. They need to put

:53:26.:53:30.

width on this. Ben Youngs calls more players in. Wales are shorter

:53:31.:53:35.

outright. -- short at the right. Itoje can't make it. Nathan Hughes

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could not make it. England still have it.

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The Welsh defence were still holding out until just now. I tell you what,

:54:30.:54:41.

fantastic, sustained pressure with a variety on the attack. George Ford,

:54:42.:54:47.

his little late passes. He is getting runners over the gain line.

:54:48.:54:52.

They got close and put the pressure on. Ben Youngs the last man up. Here

:54:53.:54:59.

is his finish. The ball could have gone earlier. The defenders were

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outnumbered. England eventually moved the ball wide, they went over

:55:07.:55:11.

the line and kept patient. Wales are not able to stop the ball at the

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source, they are not able to slow the ball down. England are getting a

:55:16.:55:20.

quick ball, any defence. When that happens and Wales did. That was an

:55:21.:55:26.

easy finish for Ben Youngs. They have been so powerful up front, they

:55:27.:55:31.

dragged Welsh players in and they have had numbers on the left. When

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the numbers left that ruck area, not enough numbers, Ben Youngs pops up

:55:37.:55:38.

on scores. -- and scores. England in the lead, but they can

:55:39.:55:56.

tap the two points. Wales three, England eight with the first try of

:55:57.:56:01.

the game. -- England in the lead but they cannot add the two points. What

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has been interesting, the variety of Ford's distribution, the delays in

:56:11.:56:14.

the past, some flat, some wider, keeping defenders guessing.

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Robert Evans, the proper, makes the tackle. Ben Youngs, down towards

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Leigh Halfpenny Lee. Was it touched in flight? They are clearing out

:56:35.:56:43.

going to the touchline. They are confident, come at us from a set

:56:44.:56:52.

piece. Are maybe not -- Wales are maybe not kicking into touch.

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Williams has had his first touch of the ball.

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Biggar thought about the kick but Timmy did. Very quick from Wales.

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This is low, they will have to generate quicker. -- this is slow.

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It is a free play now, a penalty. Wales earned a penalty. That is a

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lot better from Wales. REFEREE: You don't stay in the

:58:15.:58:24.

opposite side to block the player. I don't thing he understood much of

:58:25.:58:29.

that, to be honest. That was good from Wales, they cleaned out on the

:58:30.:58:32.

ball went wide. The one difference for me at the moment is the width,

:58:33.:58:36.

England cap their width. With the two phase attack with George, this

:58:37.:58:42.

has been the big difference so far, George Ford. His distribution has

:58:43.:58:49.

been brilliant. Wales take the three points, the two point game. He is

:58:50.:58:53.

initially on his feet and then he is not any more.

:58:54.:58:59.

It is the question of discipline, you know when you have a decent

:59:00.:59:00.

purchase or you have not. Leigh Halfpenny brings Wales to

:59:01.:59:28.

within two points of England. Wales six, England eight. It is a very,

:59:29.:59:33.

very good game at the moment. They have both come to play and everybody

:59:34.:59:34.

is enjoying it. George Ford for Elliot Daly to

:59:35.:59:55.

chase, straight out, was it? A lot of questions being asked, did Daly

:59:56.:00:02.

get it edge? -- get a touch? Straight out.

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LAUGHTER Good try! It was touched, I believe,

:00:12.:00:25.

look, yes, just that is hand on it. That is very good play by Elliot

:00:26.:00:30.

Daly otherwise. Good play by that man there.

:00:31.:00:38.

Well, this is the first scrum, and England suffered a bit against

:00:39.:00:53.

France. Wales have been very steady, rock-solid. Ross Moriarty picks the

:00:54.:01:01.

ball out of a scrum that had gone down.

:01:02.:01:05.

Oh, no! Well, no? Jonathan Davies on Mike Brown. It wasn't a knock-on, no

:01:06.:01:23.

advantage to Wales, it is a lead off for England. He did well there,

:01:24.:01:31.

Brown, under pressure. Halfpenny waits and catches cleanly. Jack

:01:32.:01:37.

Clifford and Itoje with the follow-up tackle. Ken Owens looked

:01:38.:01:43.

in pain, but he is up and about. Justin Tipuric, meanwhile, Ken Owens

:01:44.:01:46.

is back in the Welsh line. Webb from slow ball, Cuthbert sets

:01:47.:02:09.

off in pursuit. Dan Biggar! Nowell, Wales arrived, two metres from the

:02:10.:02:14.

England line. That is brilliant by Nowell to save the day.

:02:15.:02:28.

Ben Youngs has to clear, has to find touch. Wales have an attacking throw

:02:29.:02:38.

in the 22. Nowell did extremely well, not only did he field the

:02:39.:02:42.

ball, but he got back to allowing players to come back to secure it.

:02:43.:02:48.

The ball bounced favourably for Dan Biggar. He had no option, he was

:02:49.:02:55.

always going to win that race, but they go to ground, was that a

:02:56.:02:59.

knock-on? I don't think the ball went forward, he had no option. Was

:03:00.:03:08.

Jack Nowell not tackled there? Well, he let go. You can get up on his

:03:09.:03:16.

feet, that is great play. He holds Sam Warburton off. Such a fast first

:03:17.:03:24.

26 minutes, there will be tired legs out there, the gaps are going to

:03:25.:03:28.

open up in the last ten minutes of this game. It is all about the way

:03:29.:03:32.

you play the last ten minutes of this game, the first half. Ken Owens

:03:33.:03:36.

with the group, Wales in the England 22. -- with the throw.

:03:37.:03:43.

Not the quickest ball. Rhys Webb, Ross Moriarty delivers, Alun Wyn

:03:44.:03:52.

Jones, the captain. Ken Owens steps inside Maro Itoje.

:03:53.:04:13.

Webb, Warburton, Webb again, Biggar, Ross Moriarty! Scott Williams goes

:04:14.:04:16.

on his own. Webb, Biggar again. Biggar still

:04:17.:04:27.

going, held up, and now he is on the ground, Webb. Alun Wyn Jones

:04:28.:04:31.

stretches! One metre short! Play on! England have won it

:04:32.:04:53.

illegally. Anil Didi Wales. -- penalty to Wales.

:04:54.:05:02.

Good confident refereeing, isn't it? Well done, referee. May as well have

:05:03.:05:14.

a look. Don't ask the scrum-half if he thinks he scored, he will say

:05:15.:05:21.

yes, I am telling you! For me, the number nine tried to put the ball on

:05:22.:05:27.

the line, but it was short. But have a look, please. We are checking to

:05:28.:05:32.

see of the ball was grounded. If the referee is sure he was short,

:05:33.:05:37.

he should just carry on. Maybe he is not so sure. If the scrum-half says

:05:38.:05:43.

he thinks he scored, we cannot see it from there. That is short. This

:05:44.:05:52.

is the angle, short. Well short. Well done, referee! Never trust a

:05:53.:06:02.

scrum-half, see? For me, that is what I saw, short. And after, there

:06:03.:06:07.

is a turnover on the ground by white?

:06:08.:06:13.

The TMO, Glenn Newman of New Zealand. What do Wales do? Just hand

:06:14.:06:23.

the ball to Leigh Halfpenny? 9-8 would obviously put them in the

:06:24.:06:33.

lead. Scrum. Wales are going for the scrummage. It is a good call. You

:06:34.:06:39.

know, they have got great position, they are playing well. I'd have gone

:06:40.:06:47.

for the three points. It looks like they have got some special set

:06:48.:06:51.

please move here, a long chat amongst the backs. -- said these --

:06:52.:07:02.

set piece move. George Ford covering for the moment.

:07:03.:07:11.

Penalty to England! Dan Cole just getting forward and that is... That

:07:12.:07:24.

is a problem when you do not hook the ball, you cannot clear it unless

:07:25.:07:27.

you go forward. That is one for the English pack. I

:07:28.:07:46.

would always take the points. Look, it is not as if you have not got

:07:47.:07:53.

very reliable kicker yeah as well! The ball is still there, England

:07:54.:08:01.

going forward. Jack Clifford shows what it means to win that penalty.

:08:02.:08:08.

Nathan Hughes back to Ben Youngs. It hasn't gone that far, somebody has

:08:09.:08:15.

to claim it. Penalty to Wales now. Dan Cole kicks the ball away. I

:08:16.:08:20.

didn't really understand it, standing so far back when he is

:08:21.:08:25.

kicking it, the backline had encroached, they were offside, the

:08:26.:08:29.

forwards were in front, so far in front, so difficult to hold your run

:08:30.:08:32.

for the English forwards when you are so far back from the line-out.

:08:33.:08:40.

The decision this time, Leigh Halfpenny not called up, Dan Biggar

:08:41.:08:46.

does the old banana kick down the line. I am puzzled by that, I must

:08:47.:08:59.

admit. Definitely kickable. Two kickable penalties. Six probably

:09:00.:09:07.

guaranteed. -- six points. Ken Owens, the line-out is still in the

:09:08.:09:13.

England 22, won by Warburton. Knock-on by Wales. It is not going

:09:14.:09:21.

Wales' way at the moment, congratulations being passed around

:09:22.:09:28.

the England forwards. Well, whatever option you take, if you don't

:09:29.:09:32.

executed properly, it turns out to be the wrong one! Rob Howley will be

:09:33.:09:39.

frustrated. In a game that is likely to come down to a single score, if

:09:40.:09:43.

you have opportunities, you have got to take them. They have got one of

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the best kickers in the world. I would have taken one of those

:09:49.:09:49.

penalties, yes. Ben Youngs let's Nathan Hughes take

:09:50.:10:05.

control at the scrummage. The ball out, the referee holds his arms out.

:10:06.:10:19.

England have the put in. How quickly that got to the number eight's feet,

:10:20.:10:24.

when he was still down, easy yardage. With Wales, the strike

:10:25.:10:26.

wasn't there. That says it all, look at the

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tackles made. Wales have made 81 to England's 38, that just says the

:10:44.:10:45.

amount of possession that England have had. It is a good response by

:10:46.:10:51.

Wales to come back and put pressure, that is what they need, get the ball

:10:52.:10:53.

recycled, keep possession. Hughes comes away, tackled by

:10:54.:11:04.

Tipuric. Wales have turned the ball over. Ken

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Owens feeds Dan Biggar, Alex Cuthbert. He has seen very little of

:11:20.:11:27.

the ball, he sets it up and watches as Webb passes to Warburton. Rob

:11:28.:11:32.

Evans. Jonathan Davies, Tipuric, Liam

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Williams. Nowell did very well, picked him up, made sure he didn't

:11:48.:11:53.

drop him. Rob Evans, the proper! Webb weights. -- waits. He rides the

:11:54.:12:07.

first tackle, Wales will have to finish one of these attacks.

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Warbled and tries to twist and turn away from the ruck. -- Warburton.

:12:23.:12:33.

Alun Wyn Jones over the ball, Webb again. Ken Owens lays it back.

:12:34.:12:51.

The captain and his second row partner, Jake Ball.

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Good tackle by Joe Marler, Biggar, Scott Williams. Quick, quick, quick!

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Alun Wyn Jones knocks it on. He is offside, Ben Youngs, clearly

:13:13.:13:18.

offside. Nothing spotted, nothing given, England put in at the scrum.

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Surely that wasn't meant for Alun Wyn Jones. Well, Wales getting

:13:23.:13:27.

successively quick ball but not able to get over the line. One of the

:13:28.:13:36.

problems, I think, they are... He has got to be offside, look at this,

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he is clearly offside, that should be picked up. Wales have got to have

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someone who will step and beat the first tackle. The England defence

:13:49.:13:52.

are so well organised, so well disciplined, they are not creating

:13:53.:13:58.

any unders. Ben Youngs got away with it, that is all that matters for

:13:59.:14:00.

him. England lead by two points. Jerome

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Garces listening to Alun Wyn Jones. I have a look, yeah, yeah. If I give

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you a call, response to my call. He is not outside. -- offside. He is

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not, no. Ben Youngs has a chance to clear the

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England lines. The scrum shifts, moves under pressure. The referee

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will order a reset. One Wales move the ball wide, what I don't see,

:15:21.:15:24.

which I see in lots of other attacks, is a lot of players

:15:25.:15:29.

holding, options left and right, to make defenders have doubts about

:15:30.:15:33.

whether ball will go into contact. They are making ground because they

:15:34.:15:37.

are powerful in going forward, but there is little or guile. -- little

:15:38.:15:46.

subtlety or guile. There is no deftness of past, no second phase

:15:47.:15:56.

coming behind the players. -- there is no deftness of pass.

:15:57.:16:04.

Ben Youngs feeds the England side of the scrum. The England scrum holds

:16:05.:16:14.

firm, turns a little bit. Liam Williams gets back to his position.

:16:15.:16:19.

Then he drops back as Ben Youngs prepares to kick. Charged down. An

:16:20.:16:26.

advantage being played. Only a knock-on by Joe Marler. Good player

:16:27.:16:36.

by all the Welsh players, another very good run by Nathan Hughes. Does

:16:37.:16:41.

not give Ben Youngs much option from the base of the ruck but good, good

:16:42.:16:47.

pressure. There is the knock-on.

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The only difference so far is that England may score a try under

:16:53.:17:04.

pressure. Wales need to get something from this pressure.

:17:05.:17:11.

A quiet word, Rhys Webb to Liam Williams. The motor instructions of

:17:12.:17:21.

Jerome Garces. -- the louder instructions. Can Wales turn

:17:22.:17:29.

pressure into points? Williams can! Wales score! And they take the lead.

:17:30.:17:38.

With just over two minutes to go at the end of the first half.

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You can see the first difference, they struck the ball.

:17:45.:17:54.

The was in a good line. -- Liam Watts. Initial surge in, angle in

:17:55.:18:05.

towards their England line, kept the England defence straight. That is a

:18:06.:18:17.

great dummy run. Scott Williams is the dummy runner, it opens of the

:18:18.:18:21.

Liam Williams. The conversion is good from Leigh Halfpenny, and Wales

:18:22.:18:27.

are in the lead by 13 points to eight. Straight off the training

:18:28.:18:31.

ground. This is the player. He is held up. What will happen then is

:18:32.:18:38.

that this guy will take it in and he will go in there, go.

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Cuthbert was the catch just outside his 22.

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Tipuric with a dummy which does not really get him more than a metre

:18:53.:18:59.

beyond the Wales 22. Outside, Jerome Garces fells Rhys Webb. He will keep

:19:00.:19:00.

it in place. Jack Clifford was forced back and it

:19:01.:19:25.

was ripped off him. England are back in possession.

:19:26.:19:33.

It is all about the second rows. Just if you second left at the end

:19:34.:19:44.

of the first half. -- just a few seconds left.

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Brilliantly taken, or was it? Liam Williams took it. The first half has

:19:55.:20:02.

gone into overtime. Jerome Garces puts an end to the opening period.

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It has been 40 minutes of excitement, and at the end of it,

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Wales lead 13-8. CHEERING

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STUDIO: All the bluster and hyperbole all week in the leader, it

:20:32.:20:37.

was worth every word, because what a fantastic spectacle.

:20:38.:20:40.

How could you not be enjoying this on a Saturday tea-time. That was Ben

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Youngs' try, this is Liam Williams' try, he was one of the most

:20:46.:20:51.

threatening players in the first 40 minutes.

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Dusk has long since settled on the Welsh capital, Wales lead 13-8.

:20:55.:21:01.

Possession 49/51, it has been real ebb and flow, some periods felt like

:21:02.:21:07.

all Wales, other periods England seem to have strangled Wales, but

:21:08.:21:10.

Wales found themselves in the ascendancy at the end. A riveting

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first 40 minutes, you are happiest at the moment?

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So far, so good. Everything we expected, full on blood and guts. It

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has been really intense. The first ten minutes, I thought Wales were on

:21:25.:21:29.

the front of it, then they lost all momentum, then when England made it

:21:30.:21:34.

8-3 I thought it looked onerous, but Wales came back superbly. I thought

:21:35.:21:39.

it would be a rerun of England against France at Twickenham,

:21:40.:21:42.

England were getting into the Welsh 22, the scores own. Wales are

:21:43.:21:50.

inspirational in their play, they have been talking about this new way

:21:51.:21:54.

of playing and it is impressive, they studied together.

:21:55.:21:57.

Wales are very comfortable playing with these pods of three, they

:21:58.:22:02.

struggled with it in the autumn but they look like they have really,

:22:03.:22:04.

really come on and got the hand of how they want to play.

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As a spectator in your first experience of Wales/ England match

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in Cardiff, what do you make of it? It is incredible. You don't always

:22:15.:22:19.

notice the noise when you are on the field, to be here is amazing.

:22:20.:22:24.

Wales got off to a physical and positive start? Came out with lots

:22:25.:22:28.

of energy, they are big ball-carriers. They are making a

:22:29.:22:34.

focus on stripping the ball. A big hit from Moriarty and Nathan

:22:35.:22:41.

Hughes, he has grown into the game, in fairness. But if you're not

:22:42.:22:44.

pulling in big hits in the first five or ten minutes of a Wales

:22:45.:22:47.

against England's game, you never will. Wales were holding on for dear

:22:48.:22:56.

life at some stages. Alun Wyn was being an absolute pest. Bad ribs or

:22:57.:23:01.

no, Dan Biggar is playing well. He is answering every question, he is

:23:02.:23:09.

100% fit. He has had a great 40 minutes. We always talk about Italy

:23:10.:23:14.

giving away stupid and necessary penalties, as a leader you have

:23:15.:23:17.

always said you had to cut down on that. Wales allowed England to game

:23:18.:23:21.

entered by giving them opportunities. In a game of rugby,

:23:22.:23:25.

some penalties will be inevitable, but you have to about the silly

:23:26.:23:31.

ones. This was really by Jake Ball. Just after this, Rhys Webb came in

:23:32.:23:36.

from the side, just pointless. The pressure and momentum Wales had just

:23:37.:23:39.

goes straightaway, they were 4-1 down very early. It is unusual for

:23:40.:23:47.

Wales, given the start that they had against Italy, the whole game, five

:23:48.:23:51.

penalties. England had a period of about ten

:23:52.:23:55.

minutes putting phase after phase together, there was almost an

:23:56.:23:59.

inevitability that they would score? It was looking on and is, they were

:24:00.:24:03.

not winning the game, Wales were getting no pressure on the ball. --

:24:04.:24:08.

it was looking onerous. There was no pressure on Ben Youngs. Noel Pace

:24:09.:24:15.

all pressure on the ball whatsoever, Itoje can go through the middle and

:24:16.:24:19.

they had real momentum at this stage. Warburton went for this, a

:24:20.:24:23.

good clean out. This eventually led to the try. You can play how you

:24:24.:24:30.

want when the ball is quick, it is very difficult to defend when the

:24:31.:24:35.

ball is quick. Fantastic player, a great pass by Joseph. Great insight

:24:36.:24:39.

by Daly. We thought occurred that needed to get low and be ready for

:24:40.:24:46.

this. Well spotted by Youngs. You get in that position, you want to

:24:47.:24:50.

score. That was a fantastic pass from Joseph. I thought Daly would

:24:51.:24:56.

get in, but Ben Youngs has got their and it was just poor old Cuthbert,

:24:57.:25:02.

should have been down. Small things that about, Farrell missed a kick.

:25:03.:25:07.

Daily Lawson missed a penalty from the halfway line. You have a

:25:08.:25:15.

penalty, will you kick for goal, touch, take the scrum? Wales decided

:25:16.:25:20.

on two occasions to not take the points, they have halfpenny in their

:25:21.:25:24.

ranks and it backfired on them on both occasions. Both myself and

:25:25.:25:29.

Martyn said we would go for the points, we might be older

:25:30.:25:32.

conservative, but at very least they should have gone for a corner, I

:25:33.:25:36.

thought. You look how excited the English players get, what a big

:25:37.:25:39.

listed gives them. The Welsh walk away with their heads down. -- what

:25:40.:25:45.

a big lift it gives them. Later when they had a scrum in a similar

:25:46.:25:49.

position they scored. The line-out is the same again, 20 metres out,

:25:50.:25:53.

drop the ball and turn it over. Against a good defensive side like

:25:54.:25:57.

England you will get few and far between moments to really attack.

:25:58.:26:02.

They let it slip twice. To counter the fact that England

:26:03.:26:07.

missed five points, Wales spurred six points as well, it has levelled

:26:08.:26:14.

out a bit? You thought they would be hammering away at the England line.

:26:15.:26:19.

Alun Wyn, for all his work he gets in the way of Dan Biggar. This needs

:26:20.:26:25.

to go in front of Biggar. Simple give and take, but he just gets in

:26:26.:26:29.

the way. At that stage you think the momentum is back with England, but

:26:30.:26:35.

England's wishes -- England were sloppy after this. If you put away

:26:36.:26:40.

tries like this it gives you more confidence. The opportunity was

:26:41.:26:43.

there. We thought Ben Youngs might be offside but in slow Mo we have

:26:44.:26:48.

watched it and he is on-site, they get another opportunity. A great

:26:49.:26:51.

debate about whether Liam Williams should play full-back or in the win,

:26:52.:26:56.

when he has the ball in hand he is a devastating runner and this was

:26:57.:27:00.

beautifully worked? He is a talisman at the moment, he gets the ball and

:27:01.:27:03.

something happens. You had to get it to him as much as possible. They

:27:04.:27:11.

held Farrell, Joseph needs to step in. After last week's passive

:27:12.:27:15.

tackling, these are missed tackles, they are not treating the situation.

:27:16.:27:21.

It went for the scrum earlier, did they have a play up their sleeve

:27:22.:27:25.

that they felt they could break England with? When anybody scores a

:27:26.:27:29.

try or gold you look for mistakes in defence, sometimes you have to

:27:30.:27:35.

praise the ingenuity in perfecting a move? -- when anybody scores a try

:27:36.:27:41.

or goal. We had a move that we wanted to record, we felt it was

:27:42.:27:45.

that good. That was as good as it gets, it was smoke and mirrors, most

:27:46.:27:49.

offences would have been tricked. You had two or three other passes

:27:50.:27:53.

you would have made, it did not have to go to Williams. The animation off

:27:54.:27:59.

the ball makes the try. You are pretty happy after Ireland plasma

:28:00.:28:07.

performance in Italy? They are very strong, clinical, none of the

:28:08.:28:09.

inequities of last week, two guys scored hat tricks, they played some

:28:10.:28:13.

great rugby. At times I thought Italy were very poor, which was

:28:14.:28:18.

disappointing. CJ Stander was one of two Irish players to score a

:28:19.:28:22.

hat-trick. Laid back by Healy, Jackson tries to

:28:23.:28:26.

slip through. Paddy welcomes him. Advantage to Ireland. Ads whited

:28:27.:28:38.

goes, CJ Stander for the corner! Try number two for Ireland -- and wide

:28:39.:28:43.

it goes. Still they go, still goes Scannell

:28:44.:28:48.

within ball metres of the line. This CJ Stander once more. He drives and

:28:49.:28:54.

he scores, what a try from CJ Stander.

:28:55.:29:05.

CJ Stander again. Stander, oh, a hat-trick for CJ Stander. Ireland

:29:06.:29:15.

have another try, they are ripping Italy apart. CJ Stander, three tries

:29:16.:29:23.

for Ireland. Craig Gilroy also got a hat-trick,

:29:24.:29:28.

63-10 was the final score, meaning Ireland were the first team last

:29:29.:29:32.

weekend to get a losing bonus point in the RBS Six Nations under the new

:29:33.:29:36.

scoring system, this week they are the first to get a winning bonus

:29:37.:29:40.

point by scoring four tries in that emphatic triumph in Rome.

:29:41.:29:44.

We had a minute's silence before the game and some spontaneous applause

:29:45.:29:48.

to mark one of the great players of rugby, who lost his life this week.

:29:49.:29:56.

We thought we would take a break from discussing this much for a

:29:57.:29:59.

moment to allow Eddie Butler to our fan appreciation of the life of

:30:00.:30:00.

Joost van der Westhuizen. The micro he wore Springbok green

:30:01.:30:12.

light a second skin, the new South Africa was his stage, part of the

:30:13.:30:17.

team that moved the world, that stopped Jonah Lomu, that won the

:30:18.:30:25.

World Cup. He wore green, he stared blue, I that could cut through

:30:26.:30:31.

steel, he was a pin-up, and a tear them down. Controlled, a little bit

:30:32.:30:37.

wild, strong, fast, then we and slowed by motor neurone disease. He

:30:38.:30:44.

was brilliant in his pomp and brash, he was inspirational in his decline.

:30:45.:30:50.

Joost van der Westhuizen, a giant of his time, gone way before his time.

:30:51.:30:58.

Guys, thoughts on Joost, you played against him. I played with him a

:30:59.:31:05.

number of times, worked with him in 2011 when he was first diagnosed

:31:06.:31:08.

with motor neurone disease, and he took on the challenge as strong as

:31:09.:31:13.

he did as a player, and right to the end he was pushing, raising

:31:14.:31:20.

awareness of the disease, and he will be sorely missed. Marc? A

:31:21.:31:25.

phenomenal player, I played against him as well, that performance in the

:31:26.:31:31.

World Cup final in 1995, one of the all-time great performances, really

:31:32.:31:38.

sad. He visited our team hotel in 2014, at the height of his illness,

:31:39.:31:42.

obviously an amazing player and a leader on the field, but more of a

:31:43.:31:48.

leader off of it, he will be a big loss. I am sure the whole South

:31:49.:31:55.

African nation art in mourning, many people watching in South Africa,

:31:56.:32:00.

what has been a fantastic first 40 minutes, and there will be a great

:32:01.:32:04.

audience for the match tomorrow, France against Scotland live from

:32:05.:32:09.

the Stade de France to: 15 on BBC One. What else have we got to tell

:32:10.:32:13.

you about? The Women's Six Nations, regular coverage continues at 11:45

:32:14.:32:19.

tomorrow night, repeated on Monday. There is Rugby Union Weekly, the new

:32:20.:32:22.

podcast available from Monday. There is an awful lot to talk about

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on the red button forum, the first 40 minutes has been immense, and who

:32:35.:32:38.

knows what the next 40 minutes has in store? It is Wales against

:32:39.:32:48.

England in Cardiff. Wales take an early lead. The Welsh defence still

:32:49.:32:53.

holding out, until now! Wales are within two points. They

:32:54.:33:08.

score! Well, it is one of those of quoted

:33:09.:33:14.

statistics, nine out of ten matches between the main rugby union nations

:33:15.:33:20.

are always within one score at around about the 60 minutes mark,

:33:21.:33:23.

which means the players who are going to come on for the last 20

:33:24.:33:27.

minutes are going to be key in determining the outcome of this

:33:28.:33:31.

match. So there are the two ventures, what is the first thing

:33:32.:33:35.

that strikes you about that, Martyn? Wales have got Faletau back, the

:33:36.:33:43.

back row was going really well, but Sam Davies was a game changer last

:33:44.:33:46.

week. In the forwards, you would have to edge England, but some of

:33:47.:33:58.

those Welsh finishes... The English finishers have been superb, the

:33:59.:34:00.

likes of George Cumming on relatively early, Haskell coming on,

:34:01.:34:08.

giving England the impetus to finish extremely well. We have got

:34:09.:34:14.

explosive English finishers coming on, and if they can execute better,

:34:15.:34:21.

they will score one two tries in this second heart. We have been

:34:22.:34:24.

saying in commentary, both teams have come out to play today, some

:34:25.:34:29.

great running rugby, but as the clock ticks on and the margin is

:34:30.:34:35.

tied, the temptation is to be conservative and pragmatic. Who wins

:34:36.:34:41.

on that basis? It is hard to tell, you have got to avoid that

:34:42.:34:45.

temptation, that is where France lost last week against England, they

:34:46.:34:49.

started kicking to touch and playing safely. You have to avoid that

:34:50.:34:53.

temptation, you have to keep playing, the more the pressure comes

:34:54.:34:57.

on, and you have to maintain the momentum when guys come off the

:34:58.:35:04.

bench. OK, well, 13-8 at the moment, just one score in it, great to be

:35:05.:35:09.

able to say, at a first 40 minutes, that after all the build-up to such

:35:10.:35:14.

a moment as event, it has lived up to the billing. Let's hope the

:35:15.:35:17.

second half is every bit as engrossing, back to Eddie and the

:35:18.:35:18.

team. George Ford starts the second half.

:35:19.:35:30.

England trailing by five, Alex Cuthbert on the ball, driven back

:35:31.:35:33.

into his 22 by Maro Itoje. Nathan Hughes, waiting for just such

:35:34.:35:51.

a kick. Courtney Lawes. Turnover, Justin Tipuric has it,

:35:52.:36:12.

advantage Wales. Elliot Daly feeds George Ford,

:36:13.:36:30.

England back in numbers. Excellent follow-up tackle by Rhys Webb, still

:36:31.:36:38.

England, though. Ken Owens did well to stop the England flyer.

:36:39.:36:48.

Oh, brilliantly manufactured, that kick by Dan Biggar. Off the outside

:36:49.:36:55.

of the boot, that is tremendous, you can see the way the ball was

:36:56.:37:01.

spinning. That is a beautiful kick. Moriarty, the shot on Farrell, there

:37:02.:37:09.

was a few complaints. We might see it here. In we go, that is late.

:37:10.:37:20.

Cannot help it, that is late. It is a great tackle - if it was a bit

:37:21.:37:25.

earlier. The referee is not going to go to the TMO, he thinks that is

:37:26.:37:30.

fine. Didn't complain. That is what I like about some of these players,

:37:31.:37:34.

he absolutely got nailed, and he didn't moan at all. He is having a

:37:35.:37:41.

wry smile now. A smile and a cough and off he goes. I have seen their

:37:42.:37:48.

dads have the same tussle, Farrell and Moriarty! Courtney Lawes with

:37:49.:37:52.

the catch and the England eight putting a drive to issue a reminder,

:37:53.:38:02.

a statement of authority. They will do well to scrape this back, though.

:38:03.:38:10.

Dan Biggar can't take it, a rare misjudgment by Dan Biggar in the air

:38:11.:38:17.

- play on, says the referee, though. Good counter-rucking by Itoje. Rhys

:38:18.:38:37.

Webb has knocked it on. Itoje did well, didn't he, Eddie Cue Mackie

:38:38.:38:38.

saw the ball on the floor. There is the knock-on. Oh! That is

:38:39.:39:01.

well laid! I would love to see at full speed. I still think it is

:39:02.:39:05.

late. He didn't miss, did he?! The strike by Dylan Hartley, Nathan

:39:06.:39:24.

Hughes picks up. Dan Biggar goes for the ripping of

:39:25.:39:39.

the ball, but it has been knocked on. Play on, says the referee.

:39:40.:39:41.

Courtney Lawes delivers the ball. Joseph was not quite so involved in

:39:42.:40:03.

the first. Halfpenny towards Ford. Scott Williams with the knock-on,

:40:04.:40:30.

deliberate. Just a knock-on. Knock-on advantage. That is a fair

:40:31.:40:34.

tackle by Moriarty! As the game breaks out, a very fluid

:40:35.:40:46.

second half. Turnover Wales, Moriarty, Ken Owens!

:40:47.:40:54.

Out. Rob Evans sends it long, Jonathan Davies. Davies inside

:40:55.:41:02.

Courtney Lawes, outside to Leigh Halfpenny. Beautiful by Rhys Webb!

:41:03.:41:11.

Throne passed to Dan Biggar, but Wales showing what they can do. What

:41:12.:41:18.

will this game turn into? Great play by both sides, good counterattacking

:41:19.:41:23.

by Wales. Unfortunately, the ball went forward. Brilliant games so

:41:24.:41:30.

far, great width on the ball, taking it in. The turnover there, Sam

:41:31.:41:41.

Warburton. England are keeping the ball high, and they cannot get the

:41:42.:41:48.

ball to the ground. This is a great pick-up, one-handed. But he couldn't

:41:49.:41:57.

get it flat. Jonathan Davies in full flight inside, then looks back out,

:41:58.:42:03.

Leigh Halfpenny and support. Advantage being played there, the

:42:04.:42:05.

first knock-on, then the blatant forward pass. But it has potential

:42:06.:42:13.

now. Ben Youngs will feed the scrum, that is the England 22. Good

:42:14.:42:16.

scrummage, England. Liam Williams, has he...? Has it

:42:17.:42:27.

gone into the crowd? We will have a slight pause. I did ask you in the

:42:28.:42:33.

first couple of minutes, we have seen different tactics, where they

:42:34.:42:37.

kick into touch then set their defence, England. Wales preferred to

:42:38.:42:42.

counterattack. They deliberately keep the ball on the field. Jamie

:42:43.:42:47.

George comes on for the England captain, Dylan Hartley, 46 minutes

:42:48.:42:48.

on the clock. Eddie Jones will be worried at the

:42:49.:43:03.

moment. Ken Owens, a bit of confusion, Justin Tipuric.

:43:04.:43:13.

Oh, to have a conversation at the bottom of a ruck!

:43:14.:43:26.

Outside his 22, the follow-up tackle by Williams, Dan Biggar does well,

:43:27.:43:39.

just arriving to do his little bit. Nathan Hughes, Moriarty, monster

:43:40.:43:40.

tackle! High tackle by George Ford, Wales

:43:41.:44:03.

have an advantage, one of the stars of the moment, Ross Moriarty. That

:44:04.:44:05.

is Rhys Webb at the bottom. He knows the penalty is there. Back

:44:06.:44:18.

they go, there he is, number eight for Wales, Ross Moriarty. Well, he

:44:19.:44:23.

made one late one, but ever since then his tackling has been

:44:24.:44:30.

extraordinary. It has been tremendous, yeah, high tackle. If

:44:31.:44:33.

you run someone straight into Moriarty, he is going to do that, he

:44:34.:44:38.

has the capability, the technique. England need to be cuter, especially

:44:39.:44:44.

with Hughes. He has to use a dummy occasionally, someone to run off

:44:45.:44:50.

him. People will line you up and hit you, and that is what Moriarty is

:44:51.:44:55.

doing - he is doing his job and doing it very well. England need

:44:56.:44:56.

more subtlety. The home of Welsh rugby in full cry

:44:57.:45:25.

as Dan Biggar looks towards the far corner. The 22 will do just fine for

:45:26.:45:31.

Wales. England start to ring the changes, the captain has gone, Jamie

:45:32.:45:35.

George zone, James Haskell is no one. The substitutes have come on a

:45:36.:45:45.

lot quicker this week. -- Jamie George is on, James Haskell is now

:45:46.:45:51.

on. The try scorer Liam Williams twisted

:45:52.:45:57.

and turned undelivered for Webb. -- and delivered for Webb.

:45:58.:46:04.

Wales tried to get the passes away. They can't.

:46:05.:46:14.

All a bit rushed and frantic. Wants one player passes the ball in a

:46:15.:46:17.

situation where they are under pressure, it gets excessively worse.

:46:18.:46:21.

You don't improve a bad ball by putting it back where some people

:46:22.:46:26.

take the opportunity. Just keep up with the ball and carry it forward.

:46:27.:46:31.

Eddie Jones has made his changes early, it is quite apparent that

:46:32.:46:35.

they are needed. Wales are on top at the moment. They started the second

:46:36.:46:40.

half better than England, they just about deserved the lead going in and

:46:41.:46:42.

they definitely deserve the lead at the moment.

:46:43.:46:52.

Mike Brown this time, his left boot now required.

:46:53.:46:59.

That was a mistake. He was in two minds. If you watch Rhys Webb

:47:00.:47:06.

convince himself to go the wrong way from the scrum defensively, then he

:47:07.:47:12.

thinks it is on the run. Rhys Webb readjusts and tries to get out of

:47:13.:47:18.

it. He then kicks it. He goes, goes and kicks and then he slices that

:47:19.:47:26.

off his left foot. In two minds. Mike Brown will go back to and watch

:47:27.:47:32.

this four man line-up Wales. -- will go back to full-back.

:47:33.:47:39.

England rush, Murray are two drives, wriggles, back on his feet. Play on,

:47:40.:47:47.

says the referee. A little bit of off the ball going on, Jamie George

:47:48.:47:50.

and Alun Wyn Jones. A little gap, Webb sensed.

:47:51.:48:36.

But direct approach was a test of Dan Biggar's ribs. -- that direct

:48:37.:49:01.

approach. What might have been for Jonathan

:49:02.:49:07.

Davies, if he had clung on. It was a drill to pass. We saw the defence

:49:08.:49:17.

step in. Just watch this. Daly just ball watching.

:49:18.:49:25.

At the moment, the England back row are being soundly beaten by their

:49:26.:49:33.

Welsh counterparts. Changes in the Welsh front row.

:49:34.:49:39.

Samson Lee comes on, Nicky Smith comes on, the props are changed.

:49:40.:49:53.

That is a big call. Taulupe Faletau is back in international rugby. It

:49:54.:50:05.

is a big call. The all tackling Ross Moriarty is going off. As a number

:50:06.:50:12.

eight, he has played so well. Faletau is world-class. We are about

:50:13.:50:16.

to find out. England have a stern drive under

:50:17.:50:28.

penalty advantage. -- and the penalty advantage.

:50:29.:50:35.

Wales have been in the ascendancy for 13 minutes, not recorded a

:50:36.:50:54.

score. At some point England will have a period when they put pressure

:50:55.:51:01.

on Wales. Wales really need to register points when they are on

:51:02.:51:07.

top. Farrell took the kick, England are in the Welsh half. They have not

:51:08.:51:08.

been here much in the second period. Such an absorbing test. A brilliant

:51:09.:51:18.

Test match. Sam Warburton was the chief tackler

:51:19.:51:28.

on the Welsh side. Being an drive from the line-out

:51:29.:51:43.

seems to be gathering strength. -- the England drive from.

:51:44.:51:56.

Faletau made his first tackle of the game. More to be made, solid

:51:57.:52:00.

tackles. Loose turnover ball, illegally won

:52:01.:52:12.

by Wales. In from the side. In these situations in the first

:52:13.:52:24.

half, Wales did not go for points. Well if this is converted, and it

:52:25.:52:45.

should be, because it is relatively straightforward, it will be the

:52:46.:52:48.

first time England have really got into the Welsh half in the second

:52:49.:52:51.

half of this game, and they will score points.

:52:52.:53:24.

Owen Farrell... Scores the penalty for England. Having been on the back

:53:25.:53:35.

of that for 15 minutes, England now narrowed the gap. -- having been on

:53:36.:53:43.

the back foot for 15 minutes. Wales 13, England 11.

:53:44.:53:55.

Dan Biggar, the familiar split of the forwards. High towards Mike

:53:56.:54:07.

Brown. Faletau tackled Brown inside the

:54:08.:54:09.

England 22, turnover ball for Wales. It is a ruck ball, and awakens

:54:10.:54:45.

Jonathan Davies. -- and a way comes. No covering the corner, but it is

:54:46.:54:53.

all Wales again for the moment. Samsung, Lee, Faletau.

:54:54.:55:02.

Faletau minded by Haskell, Wales have to regroup a yard further back.

:55:03.:55:50.

Tipuric had to lift Nathan Hughes out of the way. Faletau spins.

:55:51.:56:14.

The crowd are in full voice. A long pass to Leigh Halfpenny from Biggar.

:56:15.:56:29.

Five metre short. Penalty advantage to Wales. No free play, referee has

:56:30.:57:05.

blasted the whistle. It is absolutely ferocious. The

:57:06.:57:08.

defences amends. The intensity of the attack.

:57:09.:57:15.

Over 20 phases, Wales stayed patient. Will they ended with three

:57:16.:57:22.

points? Maybe they should have had more.

:57:23.:57:28.

James Haskell still got hold of the ball. He knows exactly what he is

:57:29.:57:39.

doing. That was all started a long time ago by a really callous

:57:40.:57:52.

restart. Itoje really callous. -- really callous. Brown was the guilty

:57:53.:57:54.

party. Jonathan Davies, was that an

:57:55.:58:08.

advantage? It was in his best Clermont French.

:58:09.:58:15.

Owen said that the sideline. His day is done, another good game by the

:58:16.:58:21.

barge hooker. Halfpenny kicked the penalty, Wales

:58:22.:58:25.

16-11, the margin back to five points.

:58:26.:58:40.

George Ford, he has split his forwards. James Haskell on the far

:58:41.:58:48.

side. Well-placed. It fell to Jake Ball.

:58:49.:58:54.

Awakens Nathan Hughes. Faletau reacted first. -- away comes Nathan

:58:55.:59:26.

Hughes. Cole Sante Fed to George Ford. Ford delivers.

:59:27.:59:32.

Jamie George arrived at pace, Tipuric made the tackle. That was

:59:33.:59:38.

tremendous defence. Here they come again.

:59:39.:59:45.

Nicky Smith is involved again on the defensive side.

:59:46.:00:03.

Courtney Lawes was out in the centre. Scott Williams tried to

:00:04.:00:09.

strip the ball off him. An echo of games past.

:00:10.:00:14.

Brilliantly picked up by Farrell. Jack Noel. It is George again, he

:00:15.:00:46.

has made an impact, the England hooker. Forward to Haskell, it is

:00:47.:01:00.

out, he can play the ball. Youngs, Nowell, the tackle by Nicky Smith.

:01:01.:01:05.

Joe Launchbury, Scott Williams, Alun Wyn Jones holds up, they have to let

:01:06.:01:11.

him go. Change of direction, Mike Brown. He

:01:12.:01:31.

loses the ball again. The referee has the whistle to his mouth, but he

:01:32.:01:36.

is not sure. He is not sure, he says. England are a foot short. They

:01:37.:01:45.

drive through the forwards, Youngs has to go digging for it. They have

:01:46.:01:52.

men over on the right. Interception! Dan Biggar! Biggar chased down, Lee

:01:53.:02:06.

Williams outside him! Daly, what footballing skills by Daly! Oh, what

:02:07.:02:13.

a game! Dan Biggar guest, and he guessed right. Do you know what?

:02:14.:02:21.

That came from England not recognising that they had players

:02:22.:02:23.

over on the right, they should have gone wide earlier. But that doesn't

:02:24.:02:29.

take away from the anticipation of Biggar. They had numbers on the

:02:30.:02:37.

right-hand side, it is a brilliant read, just watch! There he goes come

:02:38.:02:45.

he comes off the line quickly. On the outside, England would score. He

:02:46.:02:50.

is never going to get there, he puts a kick win, Daly is always going to

:02:51.:02:56.

win it, turning defence into attack - brilliant, brilliant read! When

:02:57.:03:00.

you look back, I don't know how the game will end, but that may well be

:03:01.:03:07.

the decisive contribution. Daly did well to cover him. Didn't he just!

:03:08.:03:15.

64 minutes gone, Daly made 70 metres back. It has been a very tight match

:03:16.:03:21.

all the way through, now Wales are in an attacking position. Should

:03:22.:03:24.

they go for the three points and get that little gap between them? Well,

:03:25.:03:30.

it is only a line-out for the moment, to be taken by Scott

:03:31.:03:30.

Baldwin. We have more changes, Ben Te'o is on

:03:31.:03:42.

in the centre for England, try scorer, matchwinner against France.

:03:43.:03:46.

Danny Care is at scrum-half for Ben Youngs. Meanwhile, Scott Baldwin to

:03:47.:03:52.

throw for Wales. Oh, it is a raggedy old line-up. Gareth Davies is on for

:03:53.:03:57.

Wales at scrum-half. And not for the first time in this game, a set piece

:03:58.:04:05.

goes wrong. The call was not communicated or misunderstood,

:04:06.:04:10.

no-one got off the ground. If you would in eight, that would have been

:04:11.:04:15.

frustrating. After the pressure they have been under, they want to secure

:04:16.:04:18.

the line-out, have a little momentum back for themselves. That could have

:04:19.:04:26.

created a full set of phases. 16-11, England back on their 22, but with

:04:27.:04:34.

the relative comfort of the feed into the scrum. Joe Marler against

:04:35.:04:45.

Samson Lee. They have met before. Yeah, the less said about that, the

:04:46.:04:53.

better, probably! Hello, Samson! Hello, Joe!

:04:54.:05:10.

Care feeds, the ball goes out, Wales spin the scrum illegally, they have

:05:11.:05:24.

a relieving penalty. You have got to be squeaky clean now, because

:05:25.:05:28.

anything you do, the ball goes out. The sad thing is, England will now

:05:29.:05:37.

have possession in Wales' halve. Sad if you are Welsh, yeah! All right!

:05:38.:05:39.

Farrell made good ground. Jamie George finds Courtney Lawes

:05:40.:05:55.

with Sam Warburton putting pressure on, England setup the maul, danger

:05:56.:06:03.

for Wales, it is a mighty maul, James Haskell comes in and joins it.

:06:04.:06:14.

Care comes away with it. Ben Te'o, Scott Williams.

:06:15.:06:32.

Nicky Smith makes the tackle - play on, says the referee.

:06:33.:06:43.

Lawes again, Samson Lee the tackle this time. James Haskell tramples

:06:44.:06:56.

the referee! Ben Te'o going nowhere. LAUGHTER

:06:57.:07:01.

Warburton, over the ball, cannot work the turnover. Care comes away

:07:02.:07:10.

with it, Ford, to George, the hooker.

:07:11.:07:17.

Itoje outside, Nowell cuts in the field.

:07:18.:07:26.

Courtney Lawes is almost permanently stationed in the middle of the

:07:27.:07:39.

field. Ford, long, Farrell, George. The ball has been stripped clear,

:07:40.:07:44.

England come away with it yet again, but Wales offside, original penalty.

:07:45.:07:50.

Take the points. Switch on, switch on, everyone. Pack and defence.

:07:51.:08:02.

Nathan Hughes. I have to say, the referee has had a very good game,

:08:03.:08:07.

very good game. Virtually anonymous, he has got virtually everything

:08:08.:08:08.

right. Owen Farrell is going for the posts.

:08:09.:08:25.

I tackle, Samson Lee. It is common sense by the referee. It is one of

:08:26.:08:34.

them accidentals, it is a penalty, nothing else.

:08:35.:08:46.

I wonder, at the end of the game, how significant the five points that

:08:47.:08:52.

England have missed with the boot could be, could be highly

:08:53.:08:53.

significant. Ten minutes to go before we have

:08:54.:09:06.

that debate. I am sure there are more twists and turns to come. That

:09:07.:09:11.

is dead straight, Owen Farrell narrows the gap. Wales 16, England

:09:12.:09:14.

14. Mullan comes into the England throat

:09:15.:09:28.

row, off goes Joe Marler. There is the points scorer. -- front row.

:09:29.:09:38.

Jonny May comes on, Roberts on the other side is on for Wales, going

:09:39.:09:48.

across the ten metre line now. Scott Williams is leaving the field. The

:09:49.:09:52.

clock is not running, here we go. He has had a good game. Scott

:09:53.:10:13.

Williams has had a good game. Te'o, Tipuric tries to hold him up.

:10:14.:10:21.

Care, out of play, not much ground gained but set pieces, I don't

:10:22.:10:36.

suppose England will mind them too much. Wales have a conference about

:10:37.:10:40.

what they are going to do, Clyde Sinckler is on into the England

:10:41.:10:46.

front row. I am sure Jamie Roberts is looking forward to running down

:10:47.:10:54.

George Ford's channel. Certain amount of pressure on Baldwin,

:10:55.:10:55.

Warburton wins it. Jerome Garces is involved in the

:10:56.:11:24.

action! Nicky Smith. He has carried well, Jake Ball, hasn't he? Change

:11:25.:11:29.

of direction, Biggar, Roberts, Cuthbert. Nicky Smith glides away

:11:30.:11:39.

from Kyle Sinckler. Warburton arrives quickly, Dan

:11:40.:11:55.

Biggar, Joe Launchbury put a good tackle in.

:11:56.:12:06.

A slight pause, Gareth Davies organises the direction of play.

:12:07.:12:17.

Still good line speed from the English defence. Here goes Samson

:12:18.:12:18.

Lee, the prop. Cuthbert loses the ball, England

:12:19.:12:30.

through George Ford with a big boot to it, Justin Tipuric goes back, but

:12:31.:12:34.

first it is going to be Leigh Halfpenny, and he dives down for the

:12:35.:12:41.

22. England desperately wanted that ball to stay in, but they will

:12:42.:12:47.

receive the kick off, or the restart from the 22. Still big collisions.

:12:48.:12:57.

Wales have taken four minutes off the clock. When you look back at

:12:58.:13:02.

this game, and you watch the contribution, Justin Tipuric has

:13:03.:13:07.

been immense. I think Launchbury is immense for England, Biggar has had

:13:08.:13:14.

a huge game. Biggar, as long as he can down the field, and Nathan

:13:15.:13:20.

Hughes. Sam Warburton! He has had an immense game too! The tackle, the

:13:21.:13:24.

tackles all day! Now, England through Ben Te'o, a glimpse of the

:13:25.:13:30.

overlap sort of vanished, but England still have it through

:13:31.:13:33.

Launchbury, Jonathan Davies tackles him.

:13:34.:13:37.

Liam Williams over the ball, tries to counter-ruck.

:13:38.:13:45.

Sam Warburton is carrying an injury, just watch. Farrell, Te'o, Te'o

:13:46.:13:55.

still going, inside him is Danny Care, who cuts back. Great tackle!

:13:56.:14:01.

Alex Cuthbert with the all-important tackle for Wales. Try saving tackle.

:14:02.:14:07.

England in the Wales 22, Launchbury tackled by Faletau.

:14:08.:14:16.

It is going to be Jonny May, he cannot get there! Wales cannot get

:14:17.:14:27.

him into touch, Itoje delivers. Sinckler driven back, Wales saw the

:14:28.:14:32.

ball go loose, Liam Williams has turned it over! The biggest roar of

:14:33.:14:44.

the day as possession goes from England to Wales. Alun Wyn Jones,

:14:45.:14:48.

Wales in no rush, but at some stage they are going to have to clear

:14:49.:14:53.

their lines. Jonathan Davies, straight down the field towards

:14:54.:14:54.

George Ford. Back England! Elliot Daly for England! Scores!

:14:55.:15:10.

England take the lead with foreign to half minutes to go! -- with four

:15:11.:15:21.

and a half minutes to go. They have been made to pay this time. He can't

:15:22.:15:28.

believe it. You've got to clear the lines. You've got to kick it into

:15:29.:15:35.

touch. They are kicking midfield. Just watch it come across. Alex

:15:36.:15:40.

Cuthbert shows Daly the outside. He's got to make the tackle. It is a

:15:41.:15:50.

great finish by Elliot Daly. That had to go across the touchline. If

:15:51.:15:59.

you're going to keep the ball in play, you need to have your chasers.

:16:00.:16:03.

It has to go off the field just to give you time to recoup and recover.

:16:04.:16:11.

That was a big kick. If this goes over, Wales have to score a try to

:16:12.:16:17.

draw. Owen Farrell, to extend England's's

:16:18.:16:25.

lead. Brilliant. Brilliant kick. England

:16:26.:16:52.

five points ahead, Wales have to score a try. Cory Hill comes off the

:16:53.:16:54.

Wales bench. Two and a half minutes to go. Dan

:16:55.:17:14.

Biggar, one for the forwards to chase. Up goes the outstanding Joe

:17:15.:17:19.

Launchbury. Wilson and the ball through Jake Ball, who has been just

:17:20.:17:25.

as industrious. -- Wales win the ball through Jake Ball.

:17:26.:17:31.

Gareth Davies is the new player on the field.

:17:32.:18:07.

Farrell did well against the proper. -- proper macro.

:18:08.:18:32.

The try will level the scores. Penalty to England. Kyle Sinckler

:18:33.:18:49.

has won them the penalty, he might have won them the match. We had to

:18:50.:18:54.

find out who is the man of the match. Have been some outstanding

:18:55.:18:59.

contributions today, Itoje has played well, Tipuric, Moriarty, Dan

:19:00.:19:03.

Biggar, but head and shoulders above everyone else for me has been the

:19:04.:19:07.

England second-round Joe Launchbury. He has been amends, carrying,

:19:08.:19:14.

kicking, just brilliant performance. -- has been the England second royal

:19:15.:19:21.

Joe Launchbury. He has been amends. There is time for England, through

:19:22.:19:26.

Jamie George, to put it into the line-out. Nobody is rushing in white

:19:27.:19:38.

towards this line-out. Amazing statistics, 8-1 turnovers to Wales.

:19:39.:19:48.

Danny Care. It has been an outstanding game of rugby. Eddie

:19:49.:19:55.

Jones' team remain unbeaten. 15 games go to 16 games. England have

:19:56.:20:02.

beaten Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Wales 16,

:20:03.:20:06.

England 21. It shows again that if you do not put this England side

:20:07.:20:11.

away, if you are on top, they will make you pay. They have done it

:20:12.:20:14.

again, as played for large parts of this game but when it came down to

:20:15.:20:22.

taking the opportunity, they created from a poor Welsh kick and found a

:20:23.:20:29.

way to win it again. Te'o did well when he came on. They looked

:20:30.:20:36.

threatening. They looks very, very dangerous. When the opportunity

:20:37.:20:42.

came, they took it. The difference was they were so clinical in the

:20:43.:20:46.

opportunities they had. Wales had a lot of possession and territory, a

:20:47.:20:51.

brilliant try in the first half, but unfortunately they could not turn

:20:52.:21:00.

that into points. STUDIO: And absolutely spellbinding spectacle,

:21:01.:21:05.

it really was. It lived up to all the pre-match billing. All the joy

:21:06.:21:09.

for England and the disappointment for Wales, for the neutral it was

:21:10.:21:12.

just a riveting match. This is the man of the match.

:21:13.:21:19.

Is released the overriding emotion? Certainly release, we knew how tough

:21:20.:21:23.

the task would be coming here, delighted with the results. There

:21:24.:21:29.

was never more than five points in what was a magnificent Test match.

:21:30.:21:33.

What was it like to be part of it? Pretty quick, very physical. We got

:21:34.:21:39.

what we expected coming here, it is always great to play in this stadium

:21:40.:21:43.

but this result is unbelievable. It is the 16th win on the bounce for

:21:44.:21:47.

England, what made the ultimate difference in this tight contest? We

:21:48.:21:52.

addressed issues at half-time and controlled the field a bit better in

:21:53.:21:57.

the second half. Good parts of our game, but lots to improve on. You

:21:58.:22:02.

are the man of the match, you can wear your medal with pride. Well

:22:03.:22:08.

done. After the two matches, England are

:22:09.:22:14.

on top. Ireland, despite having only won one game, had six because of the

:22:15.:22:19.

bonus point victory for so many tries in the 63-10 demolition of

:22:20.:22:24.

Italy in Rome. Wales got a losing bonus point because there was less

:22:25.:22:28.

than seven points in it at the end. Jeremy, almost a carbon copy of

:22:29.:22:31.

Twickenham last week in the sense that England were behind that there

:22:32.:22:35.

was always the suspicion they would find a way through to win it? Carbon

:22:36.:22:45.

copy in the impact that Te'o had when he came on, it gave England the

:22:46.:22:51.

impetus. The England captain is now with Sagna.

:22:52.:22:54.

You left it really late, with five minutes to go before Elliot Daly got

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the match-winning try, did you really still believe? Yes. We showed

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good examples of what we can do today. I would prefer that we

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wrapped up earlier than that but it shows great character from the team.

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The finishers came on, added loads, showed great composure and there are

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parts of that game that we have to look at and get better, it was self

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enforced pressure a lot of the time, not being able to get out of the

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half. It is something we have to learn from. We will take that. I bet

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you will. Wales pushed England to the limits, what does it say about

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this team under Eddie Jones that they still got to the line?

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Unbelievable character, they believe they will play for a full 80 or 81

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minutes if need be. Full credit to Wales, and unbelievable challenge, a

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hell of a side. We knew that they would be there and from minute one

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to 80 they showed how physical they were. Hell of a Test match. Were you

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a little disappointed to come off as early as you did? I want to play as

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long as possible, but I'm sure the substitution was of the team, it

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comes from AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT. IF IT IS FOR THE TEAM, THAT IS

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THE MAIN THING. Can you begin to express disappointment? Hopefully we

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answered some of the doubters, ultimately probably did not. I said

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to Joe Launchbury there were never more than five points in it through

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the entire Test match, did you believe you could get it over the

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line? I think that was the difference in the end, so I think

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there was. We had a good score before the half, considering the

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pressure we were under, but ultimately we did not maintain that

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for the second half. How frustrating as it when clearly Wales are trying

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to evolve, we saw them playing a different way today, but you still

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could not get the victory? You say that with an air of negativity, we

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are disappointed with the result but we have changed. The performance was

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that the 76 minutes. Unfortunately those four minutes eluded us. It has

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a gym Test match, hard lines. Thank you. We saw several close of

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the Dan Biggar, what a fantastic match he had. You can see the facts

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and figures, the possession was basically 50/50 and it was what you

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did with it in those key moments, if you kicked it away at the right

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moment or the wrong moment. The off-loads the turnovers. The

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turnovers, 8-2, that kept Wales in the match at certain points.

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Tiny margins make the difference between winning and losing,

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ultimately. At this level you have to take your opportunities. I think,

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in a way, the emotive tackles Wales put in was probably 30 or 40% more

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than England -- the amount of tackles. When they needed to be

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clinical, they were more tired than England. England, from the

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experience of 16 wins in a row, they know they have the beating of a

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side, they just have to get in the right position. The more

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opportunities they create, they will finish one. At the end they did,

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albeit a bit fortuitous from a miss kick to touch. Pharrell got them to

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within a potential penalty drop goal of victory, which put some pressure

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on the back foot. Wales and had this opportunity to clear the ball and

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choose to not put it out. Was that a conscious decision? The policy was

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for Wales to keep the ball. This, they just needed patients, they

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needed to get Dan Biggar back in the slots, they needed to go one more

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rock. Biggar, the forwards need to take that up one more time, he gets

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back. John Davies, he is putting it in touch. From here, great vision.

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Look at this pass. Two defenders, it wizards into Daly, and we know how

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much pace he has, he takes on Cuthbert makes it. It was earlier in

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the game, look at the amount of players. It will be very hard for

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them to fill the field, and they are exhausted, they have just offended

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their try line. -- just defended their try line. Coming back about

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ten minutes before that, Wales have a line-out, they will apply more

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pressure. A botched throw, botched corner from Scott Baldwin. Wales

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will be kicking themselves. Traditionally those of the sorts of

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games that they win. You have to give huge credit to England, they

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kept going and going. You can pinpoint half a dozen

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moments when the game could have turned on its axis but did not. You

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mentioned the line-out, we can see that now. This is just after a

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brilliant intercept by Biggar. Elliot Daly has to put it out.

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Brilliant attacking opportunity, then this happens. Turnover year,

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crooked line-out, a scrum. England get a penalty. England kick this 40

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metres down the field. They maul, two minutes later it is a high

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tackle against Wales. They had opportunities, just not the killer

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instinct. I suppose that comes with confidence. England on the back of

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15 wins had the killer instinct, Wales probably not in the same

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mental frame. We will shows or missed

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opportunities from Wales, but the fact they played with so much more

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energy and intensity, for all the disappointment, they will be

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enormously encouraged the performance? Utility I mean? It was

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an incredible Test match, it was probably the best Wales have played

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in three or four years. Dan Biggar, Moriarty. Miles forward, but an

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opportunity. You can see there is a loosehead prop within a 1050 metre

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pass, which we have not seen for a good while, we just need to be a bit

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more clinical. The good thing for England, they did not play a poor

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Wales side away from home, Wales played fantastic rugby, we were very

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impressed. England have beaten an excellent side playing well. A great

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pass across Elliot Daly's phase, from wrangle Jonathan Davies had a

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great chance to score. Full credit to England, to come away from home

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and play a side close to their best and beat them, great achievement. Is

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a happy man! You looked a cool customer, but what

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were you thinking with five minutes to go? Looks can be deceiving! I

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always thought we could still win the game, I thought, second-half, we

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got our defence intensity back, and we just needed to get some more

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ball. We didn't have much ball apart from the first 20 minutes, we did a

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hell of a lot of defence. If you could bottle the ingredient that got

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England over the line, as against France, what is it? I think it is

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great, the players believe we can be the best team in the world, and you

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have to win those games when you are not absolutely at your best, and you

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come up against an opposition that is playing well, and we did that

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today. Matchwinner Elliot Daly, the red card in the autumn, how pleased

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were you for him today? Well, he is a lovely player, we are not sure

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what his best position is, but he is handy on the wing, his finish today

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was absolutely first class. Your first experience of Cardiff with

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England, I think you will be mightily relieved, but what a Test

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match! What a great atmosphere! You know, that is a proper Test match,

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proper Test match crowd, plenty of stick from the supporters, it is

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fantastic. What did you learn about England today in real adversity, up

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against this Wales team, because they were magnificent? A lot of

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credit to them, they defended really well, and you have to look at the

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facts. We had five starting players out, so it shows the depth of our

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squad, and it shows that our young players are developing, Clifford

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only playing his second start, did well for us, Nathan Hughes, fourth

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or fifth Test match, Ben Te'o hitting the mark. Back-to-back games

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coming up now at Twickenham, starting with Italy, who have

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struggled so far in this championship. England are well

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placed, would you say? Well, we are looking forward to a week's training

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in central London next week, we will train hard and do a few different

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things with the boys, we will be right for the week's preparation for

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Italy, it is a big game, we want to put them to the cleaners. I don't

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doubt it! Thank you, well done. In the end, the roof was a complete

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irrelevance! England are such a hard team to beat now, why is that? I

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believe they are 23 and not 15, just when you think you might have them

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on the ropes, they have got eight substitute who can really have an

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impact. At least four of them will. Today we had Care, Te'o, George,

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Haskell. They do not doubt themselves when they are going

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behind, but they still play smart enough to get into position and make

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the dry happen. That was still a great finish with Ford and barrel,

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but they got the job done. Halkett a player is Farrell, not just in the

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context of England, he has to play for the Lions somewhere. -- how key.

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He is a terrific player, he is a real defensive leader as well,

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really aggressive, and that kick from the corner late in the game was

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really important. Wales had time to try to get a penalty, a lot harder

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when you have to get a try. That kick was spectacular. It would be

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remiss to not mention Dan Biggar, who was not fit, what a game he had!

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He has got critics, and every time he plays, he has got it, he is

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superb, him and Moriarty, I think Wales were immense. We mentioned

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Owen Farrell, here years. How is the body have that tackle from Ross

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Moriarty? It really took the wind out of me for a bit! I was dry

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retching or a bit! Give us a glimpse inside the dressing room right now,

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what is the emotion? I have not been back in yet, we have not spoken, you

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know, there was times in that game when we played really well, times

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when replayed as well as we could, so in glimpses we were showing what

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we could do. Obviously, to come to a place like this, against a team like

:34:46.:34:50.

Wales, who have talked about lifting for this game all week, grinding out

:34:51.:34:54.

a was old in the end, coming away with the win is a brilliant result

:34:55.:35:01.

for me. We will look to put in a more complete performance. If you

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are an England fan with five minutes to go, people were chewing their

:35:05.:35:08.

fingernails on the sofa - what were you thinking as a team? You just

:35:09.:35:13.

focus on your job, you have not got time to think about too much else,

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just try to make the right decision at the rate time, we got some

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opportunities, as they did, but it felt as if it was coming, but you

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know, you have to be able to execute at the end, and thankfully we did.

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Briefly, how much self belief as Eddie Jones given this team, that

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you believe, even when you are down on the board with five minutes to

:35:36.:35:39.

go, that you are going to win? You know, the last couple of games we

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have found a way, and that is big, going into big games, like they have

:35:45.:35:48.

been over the past couple of weeks, so there is a lot of self belief in

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this team. I think that is what is exciting about hopefully what is to

:35:54.:35:58.

come, we are not the finished article, we will keep getting better

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and better. Wins for Ireland and England today,

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the third match of the second weekend of the Six Nations is at the

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Stade de France tomorrow, live from 2:15pm on BBC One.

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Stick with us on BBC One for Haskell, that is the agonising

:36:28.:36:35.

decision, it is Gary Barlow or Jeremy Guscott on the red button!

:36:36.:36:43.

Decisions, decisions in life! What does Eddie Jones do for being than

:36:44.:36:48.

team against Italy? Does it give him a to rotate a bit? I think he would

:36:49.:36:53.

have landed the Six Nations started, so he will know what he is thinking

:36:54.:36:59.

of, people would maybe think heartily out, George Inn, but I

:37:00.:37:08.

think he needs the games. -- Hartley out, George in. I don't expect to

:37:09.:37:15.

see too many changes. It is a weak off, then a week in, and if you

:37:16.:37:21.

rotates to many, it is four weeks before they're really big game. From

:37:22.:37:25.

a Welsh point of view, for all the disappointment, was that a step up

:37:26.:37:28.

from what we have seen over the past few months? I have not seen a

:37:29.:37:36.

performance like that since... New Zealand? At home, 2013, that was the

:37:37.:37:40.

last time I saw that intensity at home. They won three out of four at

:37:41.:37:48.

home, but really tough next against Scotland in two weeks. It will be

:37:49.:37:52.

really interesting selection. I think Owen Farrell said that they

:37:53.:37:56.

ground out the win, I don't think they did at all. If he was told that

:37:57.:38:00.

Wales would play that well Andy Woodward them, he would be very

:38:01.:38:04.

happy. It is a big win and a big performance from England. -- play

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that well and you would beat them. How do you see the game in Paris

:38:12.:38:16.

tomorrow? Can Scotland do what they did in 1989? They can, France are

:38:17.:38:21.

better than I thought, I think they will raise their game at home, it

:38:22.:38:24.

will be tough for Scotland, but they can definitely win. France will

:38:25.:38:30.

always give you access to the game, silly off-loads, penalties with

:38:31.:38:33.

silly decisions, so Scotland have a great chance over there. If they can

:38:34.:38:39.

get up front, the French have a juggernaut pack, but the backline,

:38:40.:38:47.

Scotland do stand a chance. That promises, tomorrow in Paris, to be a

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great finale to the weekend. As far as what we have had today, we could

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not have asked for a better spectacle in terms of competition,

:38:55.:38:59.

in terms of the ground up front, the flair behind, the most brilliant,

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brilliant entertainment, and I hope you have enjoyed and over the last

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two hours or so. From England's point of view, the sweetest of 16s,

:39:09.:39:12.

and we will see you in Paris tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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The second weekend of the Six Nations of 2017 is Wales against

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England in Cardiff. # Everybody, get in the groove and

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lead the good times roll # If it takes all night long, yeah

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# You can stay here until # If it takes all night long, yeah

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# All night, all-day # All night and all day

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# I'm going to stay here # I ain't going to move there! Soul

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Brother, let me find the groove... #

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