27/10/2012 Rugby League Autumn Internationals

Hello and Loch interweaved two of the autumn international series. I

am standing on hope Manton, right on the board of England and Wales.

-- mountain. Down there is Wrexham, where the game is to be played, and

England is to the right, that is Chester. It is kind of appropriate,

because Wales will hope to beat the old enemy and caused a massive

shock. England will hope not only to win today but win the series and

give themselves hope ahead of the World Cup in 12 months' time.

a key game to win this for either side. Now they are off! He is

flying down that left hand side. That was a late tackle, but well-

defended. A blockbusting run, what a pass! The gap is found by David

Ryan Hall, trier! All the action is here, look at this! And he has gone

in, he has gone in. Superbly taken, Wales are 25-one did in today, a

real David and Goliath battle. -- 25-1 to win. Skinny odds, but

shocks do happen. It is not far from rugby league territory, and it

is not that long ago that Crusaders Well, Wales showed last week that

they can compete strongly at this level. They went down 20-6 against

France, and they could have shocked friends if they had not had a short

spell when they conceded three tries. Defeat today would mean that

their tournament ends. I got my legs stuck down a Rabbit Hole

filming that opening leg, so I am happy to be on firmer ground here

in the glorious autumn sunshine at the Racecourse Stadium. Sam, how is

that they? Are you OK? Yeah, not too far off. I started running

again this week and will be in for training next week, hopefully fit

for selection for the French game. That is next Saturday, and you will

be able to see that on BBC television. We did Wales-France

last week, the Welsh were not lucky, they put up a good show. They were

fantastic, showing passion and aggression, really ripping into the

French boys. I'm not sure they will be able to contain the English

today. England are very much the firm favourites, and Steve McNamara

said that in many ways they are not testing themselves against their

opponents in these autumn internationals, but against their

own standards. That is exactly right. They come into this game as

heavy favourites having done great preparation. They have a lot of new

players into the team, and they want to see how to get the best out

of themselves. Steve Marc de Maar has been quite outspoken about how

the tournament, this tournament, they needed to start and get the

ball rolling quickly, but this is really the launch pad for the World

Cup, and this is what they want to do, make sure that they hit the

ground running and they really strongly. The kick of his less than

15 minutes away. Let's take a look at the history of this fixture, the

Wales face a tough test today, having not beaten England in 17

years. Their narrow victory in 1995's European Championship was

inspired by a brace of tries from Kevin Ellis. The team also included

But the class of row put up stern resistance against the French last

week, and despite defeat they will not take a backward step. England

have beaten Wales in the last eight meetings and are overwhelming

favourites to do so again. Former skipper Jamie Peacock has passed on

the captaincy to Kevin Sinfield, who captained Leeds Rhinos to Grand

Final glory earlier this month. The coach, Steve McNamara, will want to

impress ahead of next year's World Cup, when Australia and New Zealand

touchdown in 12 months. We will hear from both coaches shortly. Sam,

I wonder what it does to the mentality of the squad when you are

such heavy favourites in a game like this. I think our preparation

has been concentrating on ourselves. We have prepared for this game as

if we were playing the Kiwis of the Aussies. You know, we had a great

training camp in South Africa, we finished last week, and our

preparation when we came back was top-drawer. It is very much about

us, we know we are firm favourites and deservedly so. We are testing

ourselves against our own standards. We have a whole choir congregating

behind us, they will sing very shortly, once we move from here. We

do not want to spoil their performances, so let's you from

both coaches, Steve McNamara and Iestyn Harris. You were

disappointed with the result last week, but a huge number of

positives out of that game. Yes, there are areas that we needed to

work on, and we have done that this week. The sign of our improvement

will be if we can improve on their areas again against top-class

opposition, which England are. If we can improve in those areas that

we needed to, and against this opposition, that says to me that

our players are getting used to this level of competition, and that

will be pleasing. Steve, you come in as firm favourites, what are you

hoping to see from your team in the next few weeks? It is unusual for

us to go in as favourites, but quite rightly so with the squad we

have got. We will judge ourselves by our own standards. The bar has

been raised to be an England player, and the players understand that,

and we have to reach those expectations. What exactly do you

want from your side? Not a perfect performance, you do not get that in

your first game when you get together, but very committed,

enthusiastic, one where we show a great deal of trust with each other

in terms of our systems, and we will be physical in terms of what

we are going to do. What are the areas you have been focusing on?

Well, they are private, and they are for us. The sort of challenge I

have given to our players is, can we be the best of ourselves? If we

can be the best of ourselves, if that is good enough to win the game,

fantastic. If not, but we are the best of ourselves, we can walk off

with our heads held high. That is the most important thing. A few new

faces, so making their debuts, who excites you most about the new

guys? There are so many of them, so many to choose. A lot of our

players have come from the programme, they have built

relationships with each other, Josh Charnley, they are doing all sorts,

I dread to think! No, it all helps in terms of getting an

international team together from different clubs, and credit goes to

the staff. Steve McNamara talking This is his record as England coach,

won five and lost four of the games where he has been in charge, but it

is the other things he has implemented, the fact that all of

the England's teams play the same system. Yes, I cannot talk highly

enough of the system, it is something that has been set up by

Steve McNamara, and the players that are coming through, the first-

team players are looking over their shoulders. How much you notice when

the new lads come into the England squad and they can hit the ground

running because they know how you are going to play? As you say,

there is lads play at 16 for the England Academy, the same

structures we play, and it makes the transition from Super League up

to international level much easier. Josh Charnley and Zak Hardaker have

been posting videos on the website which includes the revelation that

Charnley as eight cuddle seat. I will not as if you have one!

Hardaker is taking the full-back What are his strengths, Sam?

think, first of all, he has got genuine strength for attack and

defence, the kind of attack of the top standard, and he has got that

ability, you know, if there is a gap to be found, he can find it.

What have you seen in him Robbie? You said that he needed to put on a

bit of timber! I said it a couple of years ago, playing on the wing

for Leeds, I said he needed to put on some timber on one of the social

media websites, and I was hit back He adds a loss to the Leeds dynamic,

striking in from full-back, good turn of pace, and he is the player

that they look for, on the offensive plays, when they are

attacking the opposition line. He is the Go To man, he can go into

space and he can score tries. the Super League Young Player of

the year, and he will be very exciting to watch this afternoon.

Can the Welsh defence cope with him? They held up or I'll last

weekend. -- they held up well. did not concede a try in the second

half, they use a really compressed defence against Zak Hardaker, he is

just so good. On his feet, he seems to get out of these tackles, and

that is where the difference might be. The other thing they did last

week, when their systems did break down, they scrambled very well.

we saw that when they say is to walk three tries, and that was all

down to effort, and that is really important for them. -- they saved

two or three tries. It is the mental side as well as the physical

that will test them today, Robbie. Wales will be very proud about

pulling on their jumper and running out and singing the national anthem,

and this is where the World Cup starts for them also. You know, a

lot of young players are coming through, they will stop in the

Super League competition and the Championship, and they need to

bring their game today and look forward to next year. England will

be led by Kevin Sinfield this afternoon, 12 years after he made

his England debut. Give us a fellow players' appreciation of Kevin

Sinfield. B is one of those players that every single game, you know,

his standards are so high and he never dips below them. The people

who appreciate what he does most will be the last in the Leeds team.

As a captain, he leads by example and comes up with those big plays

at Michael Symes. I have been on the other end of some of those. --

at vital times. He is the perfect choice for the England captain.

is impossible to underestimate his leadership ability. That is what is

so great for the other players. In Super League, when you play against

Leeds, you are not fearing Kevin Sinfield when he has the ball in

his hand, you fear the other players. Kevin, it is his

leadership, the way he moves his team around and keeps the players

playing to the system. That is what is important for Steve McNamara is

that the Wigan, sorry, the England team deliver on what he wants them

to, they stick to their game plan. Look at the sun shining on seven

Sinfield -- Kevin Sinfield With Craig Kopczak alongside him. A new

team-mate of yours, we will talk about that at half-time, the teams

are coming out onto the field and we can join the commentary team on

BBC One, Ian Millward and, first of shining on his racecourse stadium

at Wrexham, and the players are looking seemingly nervous, and so

they should be, even Kenan Silfield, the new England captain -- Kevin

Sinfield, the new England captain. A good crowd in his main stand,

lots of Welsh fans with their red, green and white Jersey's. --

Jerseys. The weather, the sun is shining, but the wind is going to

be quite difficult for one or two are these players and now the

formalities, the two national anthems, firstly the England one, I

understand. But first of all, we are to have a minute's silence in

memory of Karina Menzies, the 32- year-old mother of three who so

tragically lost their lives in Cardiff following some terrible

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incidents on the city's streets silence in memory of the 32-year-

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old mother who tragically lost her set for the second match of this

Tri-Nations series. And a very lively, passionate crowd here,

especially tremendous support for the men in that red jersey. The

Wales coach Iestyn Harris brings in Craig Moss into his back line and

to be a look to Danny Jones and Matt Seamark to provide a pacy

three-quarter line. A solid pack here. They will need to mount a

strong defence in midfield, especially in the early stages. In

the absence of almost a dozen possible, England coach Steve

McNamara includes Zak Hardaker and Kallum Watkins in his line-up. Up

front, plenty of experience in that bench for Wales. For England, look

out for Rob Burrow, a player capable of turning any match. The

referee is from France. Just waiting for the signal. Adrian

Morley there and Kevin Sinfield, his debut as a captain. Under way,

then. How do you see the opening 15 minutes? It's vital for the Welsh

to start consistently and get some their rhythm in their defence. They

need to get some confidence and that will be vital for the be all

so you have got to know that they have got to couple the good kicking

settle the confidence. Kick for Wales. Quite a good one, too. I did

say earlier on it there is a stiff blustery wind blowing. And a lot

will be expected in this Welsh pack. Good movement of the ball away. On

the left-hand side. Ben Flower and Craig Kopczak getting in there now.

A lot of youngsters in this Welsh side. There will be some nerves

around, I think. I tell you what Iestyn Harris does well. They are

very structured in attack and play similar to Wigan, because his

assistant coach at Wigan, and it helps them with their confidence.

Nice kick over the line there from Matt Seamark. A difficult chance

there. The great kick. As he went in the air, he catches it and it's

a try but the ball's momentum went forward even though the England

player kicked it down there. The first movement was forward there.

It came off Ritchie Myler's leg. A good decision by the referee.

Outstanding. England now has Chris Hill, making his debut in the

England pack with his distinctive headgear. From Warrington. I think

this is where Wales really will have to look at for trouble. This

is a very big, powerful pack. Good movement they're out wide from

Kevin Sinfield, again. Jamie Jones There it is. Good try already. Is

it a forward pass? No. Good decision there by the referee.

Kallum Watkins looked to have had the first touchdown but not to be.

We see already there the craft of Kevin Sinfield. Yes, both teams,

very similar. They tried to challenge on the edges. You have

got to have some faith on the inside person who will cover your

space also. Kevin Sinfield sliced through. The final pass, just a

touch forward. A big threat, though. expect them to have better cohesion.

They had been in South Africa for altitude training. We would like to

see them identify what the attackers and show us what they

have been practising. The problem in the modern game, so many people

place so flat at the player of the ball, that there is a tendency to

over run now. Yes, but it could be wide, too. You have got to take the

space sometime but I understand where you're coming from. Not a

great kick and they are going to start on the halfway here. That's

what you can't afford to do. Put them in the corners and make them

Lloyd and Ryan Hall. Good burst on to the ball by Young and Kallum

Watkins, who had problems with injuries in 2011. He has really

that ball. I tell you what, they had some numbers there. I thought

the pass when diffraction behind him. Look at will be defences doing

and where the spaces. It was a touch behind. He was instinctively

looking putting his hands tied with the ball, wasn't he? The he was

eager to get to that space because they had numbers on the outside.

This is the hard part. The half- backs are trying to get it and it's

a tough role. Already both teams are pushing on it. Good movement

from a number two, Elliot Kear, a man in the forwards to get across

and get a few charges down the is a good discipline with the Welsh

up front in his early minutes. there is. I have a distinct role.

Good little chip kick again. He did well to get back over there. Josh

Charnley. The ball was not grounded. side. Good speed of that defensive

Wales. They made 50 metres and attacked England coming off their

line. An outstanding defensive set movement in midfield. A little

risky pass from the young lad Ben Setting the lead for everybody up

colleague. Just 12 months ago playing in the championship with

centurions. Hardly dreaming of an Cudjoe. Very much in the middle. A

tall man for a prop forward. Very good footwork and a passing game.

Good pass. I wrote to Sean O'Loughlin. Ellis still trying to

get him. The offload. He doesn't. He's right in the looking for a

knock-on, Kevin Sinfield. Nice movement. Good long ball out there

and it's a try in the corner! No problem at all! Ryan Hall, the

first try of the match in the corner but the long pass cut out

the centre and Ryan Hall easily touched it down. Some back-to-back

sets for the answer knockdowns by the Welsh. You have got to admire

their desperation. A couple of times they came up short and

because they had to scramble and get numbers into the frame, they

had to compress their defence, and they had numbers on the outside. To

try to solve it when the Welsh guys come flying along the line, because

he did not nail him, he left three on two. It was Ben Flower who tried

to sell that himself there. The desperation in the corner

compressed them up but I director the world 13, which is judged by

the media from all over the rugby league nations. Kevin Sinfield,

so England content with that. needed four defenders outside the

post, and because they were tracked will kick off. He plays his rugby

league with Wynnum Manly. It is a very strong league, down below the

NRL, which is the major competition in Australia, very strong, and a

lot of the players go up and down from the NRL, so he is very well

equipped. One or two young lads from Wales and England going over

to play in the Queensland Cup now. Yes, it is a great experience of

going to Australia, any way of advancing your game is good for the

40-20, and would I be right to say they have got a slight breeze with

them at the moment, England? Very least give possession away from

England in the early stages. Steve McNamara was very, very keen that

England came out of the traps really part in the early 20 minutes.

they have decided to finally go for Yeah, I can understand why they are

taking their time. They want to be able to slow the momentum down,

because England have got great equality across the park. This will

be an interesting set as they set up their structure. They will get

to the Middle and try to beat them with numbers. Kopczak, the skipper,

moved from Bradford to Huddersfield under, but no chance. Oh, good pass,

could pass, a chance! No, a couple of metres short. Wales' attacking

tell you what, there has not been a lot of times they have been down

here, they have been very good in attack, making opportunities, a lot

of bodies in motion. You can see their structure and opportunities.

If they had one more player, they would have created two on one, but

unfortunately it was not to be. couple of mistakes have let them

down, haven't they? They have committed quite a few mistakes

against France last week, and I know Iestyn Harris was very keen to

have them done away with. You can get a bit anxious, doing a lot of

defending, the possession is 60-40, England's way, so when you get the

ball, you think you have to do something with it, but Wales just

need to build pressure. Their attitude in defence is really good

at the moment. Again, Craig Moss in the right position, exactly when

the ball is going. This man from the Keatley Cougars. Sensible play

again from Michael Channing of the London Broncos. A Harlequins rugby

large 10 metres between the two sides, trying to keep a good

good kick pressure, but making himself vulnerable, getting the

ball 40 metres from their line. When you let them into your half,

back-to-backs set like this, you returned from Australia and the

Tigers to take out a contract with Hull FC for next season. Oh, good

running! Can he get into the corner? Yes, Josh Charnley is there,

and once again Wales exposed on the flanks. A smile from Charnley and a

try on his England debut. We talk about cause and effect, if we look

at the cause, they should not happy having to kick on the halfway and

putting it into the corner. When the half-backs did, he was

vulnerable, a lot of pressure on that day. He is a very active front

rower, and look at the combination between Sinfield and Watkins, he

has the ability to stay very square to the line, so he holds these days

earth, and Ellis, who is such a strong runner, he encouraged the

defender to come in. No better finisher in rugby league than Josh

Charnley. Watkins is not just developing as a free-flowing player

but an ability to pass the ball also of 31 tries in Super League,

the top Super League try-scorer. Sinfield, with a similar kick to

his first failed attempt on the points-scorer with the Leeds club,

he beat Lewis Jones' goal-kicking and I do not think I have seen in

Ms two on the trot for a long while! -- MS. Be if you look here,

using numbers, really good at committing defenders and making the

10 on the inside, which got Watkins in. Even one on one, he is going to

free his arms off, like he did. They have got some size, but

Sinfield's selection is very good. The two Welsh wings are committing

themselves very early. England, match. And I think we can and do

Sam Tomkins in the studio. Can we? No, we can't, we haven't got time,

because England are in again, Zak Hardaker, the debutant, scoring a

try. Super League Young Player of the year celebrates again. And

Wales, as I indicated during the line-outs, I expected them to be

hit hard in his opening 20 minutes. Just looking at that last try, some

of the Welsh forwards looked quite tired, and it is around the ruck

area, a one-on-one tackle. Though Lachlan has the strength and

ability to go through, and then Hardaker, always hanging around the

ruck and pushing up. The defence, that was the first time that it was

a tired and lazy effort, so far away from him, he pushed through.

Sinfield has kicked that from in front. They will make a couple of

changes, they have had a lot of possession now, England, and that

is a cause of concern around the ruck. We see Kevin Sinfield making

sure of his third conversion attempt and putting England in the

lead by 14-0. And I understand we have now got Sam Tomkins in the

studio, any comments so far, Sam? think the Welsh, well, they have

impressed me with their defence, restricting as pretty well for the

majority of the first 15 minutes. I think around the 20 minutes Mark is

where we feel we will be able to get a foothold, especially down the

middle, sun-baked English blokes in the middle stepping up. -- some big.

Sam Tomkins there, not fit for selection this week, but I

understand hopefully fit for next week against France. Anyway, one of

his colleagues see it at Wigan, McIlorum, doing well in the half-

back positions, as is Jamie Jones- Buchanan, driving in strongly. One

of the big problems here for Wales is the size of this England pack.

Looking at possession, it is 70% in England's favour. Here we go, the

long ball again to Charnley and Watkins. But on that, if you get

too much possession, that is where you are going to tie up. You cannot

get sets or get forward, so the speed of the ball becomes too quick

for you. That was well taken there by Elliot Kear, with the sun in his

cannot steal, as Ryan Hall new. Not when there is more than one man in

coming from underneath our commentary position, and they

really do have to settle in here and get through a lot of hard work

big, powerful Leeds winger. And a stock in play there, interference

at the play-the-ball, trying to nip down to the sidelines, Tanya Arnold.

Stefan Ratchford, you are not available for selection, how are

you feeling? I'm feeling a bit better, getting there, I was ill

early in the week but getting better. England looking strong year.

We started well, probably the first five minutes Wales started quite

well and sells, but we got the try in the corner, and then the two

back to back tries have put us in play are not coming from any debt

at all. Well, I think they were supposed to go to the left,

McIlorum jumped there. Even if you're not going to get the ball,

you have got to expected. Unfortunately, he just ran through.

It was a great opportunity. Their kicking game now is not even making

the opposition 40, and they are struggling coming out of their half,

and it is a massive wear and tear on their defences around the ruck

area. It is a little bit of a concern for Iestyn Harris at the

moment, they need to get a better kicking game at the moment. I think

we can see already that there are enough youngsters in this England

side to put a lot of pressure on some of the gentleman who probably

expect to be named easily in the World Cup in 12 months' time.

advancement of young players has been outstanding, in the NRL Cup,

when I came back, the improvement of the youngsters coming through

has been very good, so it is not ball there, Danny Jones. Zak

Hardaker are choosing the ball well. Three Welsh players showing passion

for the tackling. That is needed. Terrific play inside again. Did he

knock that down? I think he did. Yes. Interesting set. He knocked it

down. Offside. He dived on it. He came from an offside position. They

shifted wide and I think they have got to look at it, because they

play the ball slow and they are getting hammered around the ruck

area. They might need some more dummy. Good effort from Ritchie

Myler. Michael McIlorum still gets the ball out. This time to Sean

O'Loughlin again. A little grubber kick. Did he get it down? Kallum

Watkins, yes we did. Very, very dark down there with that shadow

over hanging from the stands. Difficult to see whether he got it

down, but eventually he did. Kallum Watkins, a try. We see here again

with Kevin Sinfield and Kallum Watkins. The penalty was justified,

they made a break, it was knocked down. Just have a look at the

decision. Kevin Sinfield rushed on the outside. Sorry, it is Sean

O'Loughlin. They had to rush because they wanted to shut it down.

They had to get up and they stopped them from wanting to shift the ball

over to Josh Charnley but because they wanted to goes are far -- so

far up, they were out of position. counts. Two points. His second

conversion of the afternoon. Thanks to the other the kick are there

shut it down. Bad news for Wales here. Rob Burrow is going to come

on for Sean O'Loughlin. One of the most destructive players has come

on, crow thing. They also need filled position and the ball. --

seven, Ritchie Myler. Followers of all the way. Didn't leave him. --

followed him all the way. Well done. Good running, though, by David

James. Still, moving it across a Danny Jones. There looks inside.

This is good pressure from Wales. On the last tackle. Jones again.

Well taken, though. He's not a bloke you want to kick do. He is

tall. They are back into the sets. Their kicking has let them down.

Another error by England. Play on says the referee. He has decided

20-0, England. Play on says the referee. Rightly so. A good

pressure from Wales. They desperately need some points. Neil

was it? No, he lost it in the tackle. It's a fair call. Another

as a 17-year-old, would you believe He did well to get away with that.

Short passing game here now. Matt Seamark, good ball. Can he get it

into the centre there? He can't. That was good play but a good

defence from England. Really being tested here now, three metres from

the line. Good dummy again of from of. He says he has tackled. Back

you can come back and play the ball. If the ball touches the ground,

then that is a tackle. It wasn't touching the ground there but there

was some body around his legs. club rules, international rules.

- shouted. Tremendous running by Zak Hardaker and that is why he was

judged the Young Player of the year. Number one. Second try. Talk about

the errors by the Welsh down here. It's been a long time since we saw

them finish off their set with a positive kick with the ball. Zak

Hardaker, I have got to say, when you watch him play, he has a

special title. The ability to swerve. His momentum and speed when

he runs. He's quite a special talent. He looks effortless when he

looks that and it's a sign of a great player won it looks like he

has got time. With Gareth Hock, you have got to stop his legs and arms.

He has the confidence. He knows he has got the full back seized up and

it performs. Great skill. Such a tall, long-striding lad, too.

Really burst through. Kevin Sinfield. Another two points for

him. And England he's out thanks to centre there. The way he moves. The

whole time he is doing things go Zak Hardaker, you think they're

going to get him. It looks effortless. The sign of a quality

player. He has arrived on the scene, hasn't he? He certainly has. Steve

McNamara told me this week he wanted the youngsters to put

pressure on the players to wear the experienced ones. I'm sure Sam

Tomkins is having a look at him very closely. It puts pressure on

the two wingers and the centres. He can play all of those roles. You

can only play as good as the game you are in it. The English guys

need to do that, too. The Welsh need to hang in here in this last

six and a half minutes before the half-time whistle goes. 26-0

already towards England. There is Rob Burrow. The half-back position.

opportunity. Gareth Ellis, No. 12, breaking a ball, giving away

penalties, all it does, they can't afford it. They are so vulnerable

at the moment because of the amount of work we have to do. All of

possession England and then they have to come off their Lynagh so

it's a catch 22. They are contributing greatly to their

across the line. Number 17 there, one of the interchange men. Lee

Mossop. Good defence there from Wales. Desperate before half-time.

Don't want to concede any more. Kevin Sinfield controlling things.

Good running. He just could not take it. He really had to stretch

but could not get the ball. But well-intended. And Wales breeze

They got a lucky bounce, England, but did not finish it off. They

will be disappointed they didn't nail him there. With the penalty

and possession, if you want to be good against Australia and New

Zealand, you have to nail them. England with a 63% territorial

advantage. You can't give England back, can you? That is an

unbelievable statistic. Territory, Possession, everything. And I think

we can go to Tangier. Yes, Sean O'Loughlin has gone off and they

are taken into the dressing room to work on him. A groin strain. Plenty

of work here for Wales in this last three or four minutes. They need to

hold this ball, retain possession. They don't want to concede any more

Chip over the top. Canny reclaim it? Yes, he does. Great running

down the right-hand side by a Elliot Kear. Now, a chance for

Wales. Long ball. That was good there. Good judgment there by the

number three, Kallum Watkins. He came in and put pressure on the man

receiving the ball. I think there's some great stuff for Iestyn Harris

this year. But the last time they got the edge. They got more space

and made the England defence back- pedalled. They are so fresh in the

ruck area. It's something they have to do. Excellent work. The finish

was bad but that's probably where they are. Inconsistent. I must say,

Danny Jones at not move the ball well on the right-hand side.

think Iestyn Harris has brought a very good structured to Wales but I

think they need to not to suit the opposition, the way they are

With two minutes to go, we talk up the average set of six and in rugby

league it's about 45 seconds. Let's have a great set here also if you

don't score, let's come up with a repeat set and come up with some

consistency on half-time. It's important they don't rush

everything this set. Number three, France a few years ago, but

Christiaan Roets made his debut in English defence, they are really

moving across well. It will be interesting to see how they finish

off on his last stack of. Ball, he just couldn't take it! What is the

referee going to do? Who has got the knock on? The Welsh, yeah. He

made a Carmont about the English defence, it is strong in the ruck

area because they have been able to dominate that it, but a couple of

times when Wales go on to England's left, they have nearly stripped

then a couple of times, create the Gil Dudson, so near. Good short

pass. Play on, says the referee, play on. Can he get it in the

corner?! It is over, yes, and that is good play! Oh, he is going to

the screen, did he get it down? Christiaan Roets of the North Wales

Crusaders, as he got the first Welsh try of the match? Good play,

slipping to the blind side. What he is saying, he is asking if there

looking for a knock on, this is OK here, it is played on, he does not

touch it at all. It comes off Flemming. That is not a knock-on.

He is facing backwards to the line. I am happy with that, I thought he

should have drawn the pass, but he had the confidence. If we had the

video referee, we would be saying, try. He does not touch it, it comes

off his leg. That is not a knock-on. That is not a knock on! It is a

good one-handed pass, actually false start I will tell you what,

we have just signed him at Castleford, I am very happy with

that, Ray! We wait to see what Steve Ganson, the video referee,

has to save. Yeah! Steve? Try? try! Much to the delight of the

Welsh fans beneath us, and well deserved, no doubt about it.

spoke about these last two minutes, the really important to build

pressure and just be patient, and they created some opportunities. We

have liked this structure down this end of the park, when they are

inside the opposition 20 metres. But we have not seen them down

there enough, their kicking game has not been strong enough, but it

will give them a great deal of confidence, a positive to talk

about at half-time. Danny Jones, the Keighley Cougars and Wales

goalkicker. He has scored a few in his time. He scored in every match

in the 2009 season for the Cougars. Can he get two points now for

Wales? He strikes it well, it is a beauty, an absolute beauty,

straight between the posts, the flags go up high, and Wales go in

trailing by 26-6 at half-time, but some hope in that last try.

certainly, and I think, look, if you were the England coach at the

moment, they have dropped some possession, they need to be more

clinical, and I thought the Welsh, if they can learn how to come out

of their half better, they can get Its toe Wales a while to trouble

the scoreboard, it was all England for most of that half, wasn't it? -

- it took. Impressive debuts, Joanne Lee one of them going over

the try-line. -- Joanne Lee -- Josh Charnley. Right at the death, Wales

to score a try, not necessarily out of it at half-time, Wales 6,

We will look back at the first half after we get some reaction to it

with Tanya Arnold. Punching the air when that Welsh try went in, that

should lift the mood a little bit at half-time. Yeah, it should, we

have built up some pressure, and that is what you can do. It's just

shows that once you get the pressure, you can score points.

has been a harsh lesson in individual mistakes costing you.

is individual missed tackles and individual brilliance from the

England boys, but we knew how tough it would be, and we were not

shocked, and I think we finished the stronger of the sides. There is

a big wind at there, so hopefully we can get some good field position

and score more points. We saw last week what a half-time team talk

from Iestyn Harris can do. What will he be saying? Let's cut out

the individual errors and look tight and hopefully complete more

sets and get good field position. If we do that, we give ourselves a

chance of coming back. Thanks a lot. Heading into the warmth of that

dressing room, it looked a little cold there, as he was talking to

Tanya. Taking a look at some of the statistics from that first half,

Look at the errors, Wales were four, England with eight. I wonder

whether that is what Steve McNamara will concentrate on in his half-

I think they will definitely be looking at the mistakes they have

made, but on the other hand there has been some good stuff, and that

is the disappointing thing for England, they want to get some

momentum and grind it out, rather than rely on individual brilliance.

Would you expect errors in your first game in a while? All right,

you have had the warm weather in South Africa, but it takes time to

click in the match situation. not think you are ever going to

have that perfect first half when it is the first game back as a

group since the exiles games. But every time we are down this end, on

the Wales try-line, we are causing problems, a few opportunities

missed, but we are putting pressure on, and the longer time we spend

down here, we will certainly score more points. Wales will not be

disheartened by that first 40 minutes. No, they will not be. One

of the big things, when you have got a lot of players to play in the

Championship against world-class players, you are worried about what

they will bring to the game, so sometimes you give them a bit too

much respect. I think that defensively, especially, when they

have got England in their own 20, they are really aggressive and

condense quite well. They get forward and the stifling them quite

a bit, but when they get into their own half, their defence starts to

become a little bit loose, and they tried to squash out and fix

problems individually and not as a group. I think that is what Iestyn

Harris will be talking about, let's do this together as a unit, not

just when we are defending against their line, but when we are

defending our own. We will look at the Welsh chances shortly, and how

the debutant Scott on of England, but take us through the first try.

one point we had eight defenders in the space of 15 metres. This

creates a type of overlap. Only three defenders outside the post.

This one inside the post tries to deal with it, he tries to get up

too quickly, get in behind the back of them, creating three on two, the

overlap, and Ryan Hall is very top to stop in that position. One on

one, he has got the edge. He is a lot harder to stop in tight

situations than that. It is nigh on impossible, when you get one-on-one

with anybody, be just that to get his nose down. They mentioned that

in commentary, that sometimes Wales are not moving inwards and leaving

themselves exposed and stepping up maybe a little bit too keenly.

think that is down to the Middle Unit. If our blokes in the Middle

Park getting wins, the Welsh defence has to come tied up. That

is the big focus for us, winning in the middle, because the Welsh team

are a big pack, and it is going to be physical. If we can get the wins

in the middle, their edges will have to come in. Not to blow our

own trumpet, but we talked about how easy it is for England's kids

to step up into the senior team because the Night's play the same

system as the senior team. They have been fantastic, scoring tries

is so easy off the back of it. is one of those times where it is

three on two, and you have got a new debutante, Watkins, Josh

Charnley get together. We saw the Welsh numbers getting a little bit

out numbered, not working in unison with one another. The winner should

have got a one-on-one with Kallum Watkins, and Josh Charnley was able

to get the ball over the line. The young players are really trying to

put a lot of pressure on the opposition. Putting pressure on

these two guys next to make, think about this guy here, he has scored

two tries playing in a position... It was all bat defence, that!

Nothing to do with being that good! I will come to you for more

diplomacy, he has been impressive, Zak Hardaker. I don't want to talk

too highly, especially with Sam next to me, but that is what he has

been like all DA, watching him all year, that is the position that Zak

gets into, nobody could get out of that, we call in snake hips at

Leeds, because he gets out of those situations. This is brilliance from

Zak Hardaker, but interestingly, in all these tries, Robbie, we are

seeing the senior guys involved in the build up. Gareth Hock, Sean

O'Loughlin, Kevin Sinfield and vault, helping the new boys.

Exactly right, they are doing what they do week-in, week-out. Gareth

Hock pulls about three defenders to him, four trying to deal with him,

and he creates the space in the Welsh defensive line, and that

gives Zak Hardaker the minute space to get his body through. Then he

can use that space to get over the try-line. I am sure Sam next to me

were the same, if I had got into that space, I would have scored as

well! You would have scored four by now! You really are trying to drop

them in it! That looks like a very calm dressing room, some force of

it is, we have got no reason to worry just yet. The last try was a

scrappy 1, and they do happen in games, we will not worry too much

about that, we have scored 26 points. If we come out and complete

in the second half, I do not think the Welsh will stick with us for as

long as they did in the first half. For the first 15 minutes, the Welsh

defence stood up really well, but then we got straight through the

middle and it paid off for us. Iestyn Harris talking to the Welsh

lance, looking at the body language, they do not look too disheartened,

and they should not be, because they did create chances. What would

you put it down to? Maybe a lack of composure when looking for the

killer touch? You could say it is a bit of that and also the English

defence has been really good, and that is what we saw last week, a

definite structure where they create opportunities and create a

one-on-ones. Unfortunately, England are so strong in just about every

area that Wales cannot break them down. Even when they get close,

England managed to finish it themselves, just as Wales were

doing against France last week. thought the figure was going to get

clattered there. Something to look at here is the edge defence for

England, the winger's doing a bit better than the Welsh have. We have

probably scored in similar opportunities to what the Welsh

have had, Josh Charnley and Adrian Morley, catching the ball on the

bit guilty of working individually but, we have just seen five shots

where they are working brilliantly together, creating space. They have

not been able to finish. They will take heart from the try at the end?

signed with Giants this week. They have taken an opportunity. If they

can get over the try-line, they could score more points. Wales, six,

England, 26 at half-time. A little bit of hope for the Welsh? The I'm

not so sure about hope. OK, a confidence boost? They did break

down the English defence. They created opportunities. I think they

would like to take a few more of them. He plays bad cop to my good

cop, because he will put you on the spot and ask to the difficult stuff.

I will put up a picture of you winning the man of Steel. What does

this mean of does to you? A massive honour. You don't think about it

through the year and at the end of the air, I got the letter saying

I'm in the top three. That was enough for me. -- year. That makes

it so much special. You want to impress your peers more than

anything. A massive one-off. -- honour. What was it like getting

the trophy off Bradley Wiggins, the biggest superstar in British sport?

It made it all the more special. I've met Bradley a few times and

he's certainly a character but I think what he's done for British

sport in the last 12 months, it's unbelievable. Not only the Tour de

France but the Olympic gold, he's smartly dressed as well. Do you go

home and look in the mirror after you win man of Steel and go, "I am

not the man of Steel." Definitely not, no. I'm not going to say it on

TV, anyway. You obviously want to be part of the Rugby World Cup

which starts in 12 months' time. You were part of the launch. Did it

get the excitement going? Yes, it's one of those things you don't think

about the year before the event, but the profile of it just seems to

have been raised massively. They were trying to do things

differently and this is an opportunity in England are to make

a massive go of it. I'm excited already. October 26th, double-

header at Cardiff, I think it's going to be absolutely brilliant.

The players are out, ready to go for the second half. Wales have

some work to do. 26-6 at half-time. Let's rejoin the commentators.

COMMENTATOR: Thank you. The best aspect of Wales's performance to

France last weekend is their play in the second half. They tightened

up the game all over the pitch and they need to do the same here in

Wrexham. Yes, they do, but getting down here is a big factor for them.

They do have the breeze. They will have spoken up at half-time, so if

they take advantage of that, they can add some pressure from better

field position. At least they have a good stiff breeze behind them

there, add we hope the Welsh lads will are used their kicks to good

be disciplined. You have got to work the tackle but also work

within the rules and, unfortunately, an early penalty. Not a great start.

Altitude training in South Africa, 12 months ahead of the forthcoming

World Cup. I must confess, England do look sharper. If that's the case,

we should get on a plane after us and check it out. The only

consolation is, this stand is called the altitude stand, would

you believe? I think it's meant to tavern people up tonight. Good

running. Terrific running there. Here is a chance pulls it gets the

ball out. There is a second for Ryan Hall. No problem at for the

wing man. Easy touchdown, but the running was made in mid- field and

it was quite some running. If you look at Ryan Hall's body language

there, he thinks it's the best and easiest try he's ever scored. A

rampaging bull. In between two feeble tackles. No shoulder contact.

Both grabbing. Leroy Cudjoe's execution really got on to this. I

thought he should have passed to Rob Burrow on the inside. When

Leroy Cudjoe was in the tackle, he was thinking about how could he get

it to his winger. His awareness is right. That's what happens. You

can't muscle up on Gareth Hock. He in the first minutes of the second

half, 32-6. Their ability to come back inside and dominate the

defender. He giggled and said, I wouldn't mind scoring more tries

like that in rugby league. Is it Kevin Sinfield one of the best

kickers you have ever seen? Certainly one of the most

consistent. One of the most consistent was a player from Wigan.

He very rarely seems to miss from the touchline, Kevin Sinfield.

There's has up and a couple of times to England today. When they

have scored, they have come up with an error in the next set. A bad

habit. They did it just on half time. Nice little moved to the

blind side but it was carefully It does show a passion on the pack

to get into it, a but it's easy to little bit of a knock their four

Matt Seamark, limping back to the line. In trouble to the left of our

screens. A couple of minutes from the line. Twisting, turning, as the

modern front row does, just to get over. Good attacking here. Will

that be another set of six? It should be now. A little bit of luck

there for Wales. Some body down. down and on to the pitch. And it is

Danny Jones, I think. It is indeed. Looking a little bit groggy. Steve

McNamara and it'll be disappointed with some dropped balls from is the

side and a defensive work. He says the concentration levels are not

where they should be. He's told them to cut out the penalties and

sharpen up on their execution. Iestyn Harris, individual errors

are costing his team. He is happy, though, they are competitive and

has asked them to tighten up and put a show on for this home crowd.

see if there was an advantage there. I am not sure where he played it to

their runners are in front of the ball, and their timing needs to be

better to execute. Good ball out there now. Christiaan Roets, 10

years in the rugby league game in Wales. Many as an amateur. Good

bustling work there. Can Wales get it? No, says the referee. Yes, he

does. A little bit late on his decision. Having a little think

about it, possibly. Another said of 6 for Wales. Neil Budworth having a

go himself. -- another set of 6 for about the weight of possession from

the England team. A lot of knock down ball there. Some poor standing

in the England players. Also some poor execution. Two minutes before

half-time, a try, after half-time, the kick-off caused the problem and

then continue well six. -- continual six. His footwork comes

back on the inside. He is big and strong, Daniel. He was instrumental

in their first try and scored their second. Two tries in five minutes

for the Welsh. In a sense, Ian, you could criticise and talk about this

and that, but it's all about scoring points, isn't it? When they

are down there, it could come back to them. Matt Seamark might come

the noise from the Welsh, they are enjoying this little period here.

That of international rugby league is all about. Look at the smile on

his face. He feels 10 ft tall there. He has been out of the game for

three months and that was his first game back last week. He has done

themselves proud in the last two games, Daniel. He was looking for

the knock-on but it was well taken. Now then, can Wales get down to the

end of the pitch? England's territory dropped it down to 51%.

That's not bad. When you're not the better team, you can't give it up

on tackle one, 20 metres from your Lynagh. We saw the consequences for

England when they did it. -- on your line. You can get conference

with your defence but it takes energy out of you. Petrol out of

the tank, and field position. coming out of the pack for a short

communication there between Ritchie Myler and Leroy Cudjoe. We were

talking about Sean O'Loughlin, not with a groin injury. They had

decided not to risk him in second half. They were getting back to

camp next week and assess him to see if he will be ready next week.

Thanks, Tanya. Sean O'Loughlin, a long-serving Great Britain player

just compete in a testimonial with some of their possession they gave

up. That was highlighted. It lacked intensity in the passing and the

catching. It was a bit nonchalant. They need to beat up there with

their actions there. Kick charged ball is so slow, the kick is under

pressure, that is the third charge number 12, Gareth Ellis goes in. It

all came courtesy of that charge down. Oh, you will be tearing your

hair out if you are Iestyn Harris here, because the ruck before the

kick, they are dominating, then so in Super League the average length

of the play-the-ball is about four seconds, this is nearly seven or

eight. What is happening is, England get their markers around,

their players create so much pressure, and they have had so many

charge Downs. What that creates his position, the airline is struggling

to stay together, have a little bit of faith in each other. Because

Kevin Sinfield is one of the best at squaring the defence up and

getting a one-on-one with Gallas or Gareth Hock, and that is where they

have been too strong, it is the kicking game that has really hurt

them. -- Gareth Ellis. This is his chance for his fourth try for

England and another goal chance for blowing in his face, it does not

make any difference, the ball is straight between the uprights, and

England were about a little bit further, 38-12. The other thing

from the charge down, it is hard to get your offensive line Reset,

everyone in position, and the ruck comes so quick. That is something

they have got to work on, how they are going to play the ball with

speed and Wear. Sinfield has definitely got some great composure,

he has got the space and time to square people up, and the

ammunition on the outside of them, those two giant back rowers. It is

a very powerful back row for England, very mobile and very big.

It is the size, and they are usually running at a smaller person,

Hock and Flemming had a little bit of a... That is what forwards are

all about. That was a high tackle, that is not what it is all about,

giving a penalty away and 30 or 40 is good tackling, well held,

because that was a very powerful run down that right hand side.

Desperate defence from Wales. Somebody is in at the corner there.

It is Josh Charnley. Very good movement of the ball on the short

side, using the little gap that was seen, and Josh Charnley is in for

his second of the match. A perfect example of getting your numbers

right against the opposition, and they anticipate the big shift, but

they come back down the short side. Because the winger came in to try

and help his centre, once he was able to spin and turn, we had

Charnley and Mark once again -- and marked. His awareness and skill

levels, look at the pass by Rob Burrow, and the ability straight

away. I think that was Sinfield for Ellis, the ability to ease back

into the defensive line and spin and turn was outstanding. Just too

big and strong in defence, not getting it right. Kevin Sinfield

just setting his sights on that crossbar. Ian was asking me about

goal kickers, and I must confess, I think Bernard Ganly of old, in the

1950s, was a prolific scorer. And my old colleague, Liam Killeen. But

here is infield with another from the touchline, has there been a

better goalkicker from the touchline?! I cannot think of one!

We talk about the game of knowing how to turn four into sex, and we

talk about rugby league defensively, the ability to stick and hold until

help comes, and he was able to get that pass. The winger's' positional

play was eventually found out. This is a big set for England, because

they have come up with some errors, and they are looking for a big set

here. It is an even bigger set in defence for Wales, and there is a

chance of England ripping them are part if they give them too much

not saying anything! He had a lot of options, Kallum Watkins, he had

a lot of numbers, but they have the sun was in his eyes. There were

too many players he could have passed the ball too! That is the

excuse we are making for him. Perhaps Tanya Arnold has a word

about that, too. I have got Rangi Chase, who we thought was ruled out

for the whole of the autumn internationals, but might you be

back? I could be back, I just have to wait. I have just got to pass a

few fit his tests and training and put myself board for next week.

must be chomping at the bit. I get more nervous watching, I would

rather the at there. It looks like a lot of fun. No-one likes watching.

Confirmation you are staying at Castleford, have pleased to get

that sorted out? Really pleased, because for me and my family, it

has been on our minds for the last few months, which has been a bit

stressful. You know, it did not work out, and I have always been

happy to stay at Castleford, and I cannot wait to have a good start to

the season and hopefully get to where we should be. Hopefully we

will see you next week, chisels of I hope so, thank you, goodbye.

Rangi Chase is one of the many possible to was available for

selection for this match, lots of not seen his characteristic -- is

from half-back, he must be playing under instructions. The play the

ball has been a bit untidy, because they have struggled to get the

numbers in, the Welsh, and it has been a better option to shift the

Paul to the player coming on to it because there is based on the edge.

characteristic runs from half-back, but that is a characteristic drive

from the little man underneath the posts, England score again, and a

chance for Sinfield to bring up 50 points. Ray, you mentioned that he

has not made a lot of runs, but the mat of times I have watched him of

the ball, he has always been on the inside. If we look at Hardaker's

try, Barrault was on the inside. His ability to pass. This was a

classic runner from Hock. Look how straight he runs. He is a natural

player, Gareth, not all big players have the ability to come up with a

good quality pass, but he does it often. Once you get Gareth Square,

if he is one on one, it is going to be too hard. That is where Rob

Burrow is great, if you look at where he plays for his club team,

linking up with Kevin Sinfield, there is that element of a great

player. Two points from Kevin Sinfield. We talk about his size,

his ability to get down low, a big man does not like having to defend

against a guy like this. I have got to say, that had to be a good pass,

because Gareth Hock was like a runaway train, I would not like to

be the Welsh defender on the edge. Well, Iestyn Harris might not look

too happy, but we have got to say that this is a Welsh side in

development. It is a very young side, not our lot of Super League

players in it. They are looking ahead to 12 months' time and

hopefully playing in that side then. If you are going to be in the

contest, oh, look at Hock. He is running rampant at the moment. 60%

position for England, look at all the statistics where Wales are

behind, and on top of that the wear and tear, full-time professionals,

bigger and stronger, it is going to this? Can they use possession here?

and next Saturday, of course, we will have England and France live

from Hull. That is the first meeting of the two in his Tri

Nations, France already defeated Wales last week 20-6. That is a

good high kick, well taken. That will be a tap on the 20 metre line.

Quickly-taken, too, look at who is taking it, the man who caught it,

game, that is a good tackle on Leroy Cudjoe, who had no chance to

but a good tackle from Jordan James. Rob Burrow beginning to run, I

guess it away to Ryan Hall, who cut in the international match.

game is getting too quick for Wales. Quick 20 metres restart, quick

handover. They are really fighting. -- flagging. I think what the

viewers have got to appreciate, there are lot of part-time players

in his Wales side to cannot match the fitness levels of his England

full-time Scott. No, as I heave same, they have got numbers over

again? Yes, he is, no hesitation from Thierry Alibert, and I make

that a hat-trick of tries for Josh Charnley on his debut, certainly

bringing his Super League form with them. 31 is Super League this

season, he has delighted as a young man. Not a lot of distance to run,

but you have to take opportunities like that. He is a prolific try-

scorer. They are trying to manufacture something that they do

not need to. They just need to make the sets of six, they get rumbled

in the middle of the ruck area, and Sinfield is very good and Richie

Myler. Mossop has got the ability to pass it, and straightaway

Watkins, big and tall, Charnley says, I would say that all day, he

finds the line. They had the ball, of Wales, on tackle two, and they

are the ones who gave it up. They needed that to stay in the contest,

but to have less painful themselves, that is more consistent. Kevin

Sinfield enjoying his first match touchline. -- K Keen. That is the

problem, he turns the fours in two sixes. Everything is so quick at

the moment, the defenders are not together, they have got more

numbers than England, but because they cannot get their line set, it

is all happening so quick, they do not know what their roles are and

their communication has been breaking down immensely because of

that. It is happening too quick, and that is what has blown them

wanting to run with this ball. They can sense of there are a few gaps,

there's an opportunity to make a but thought better of it. All the

time, sapping the energy and the want any slip-ups here now. That is

a highly kick. It's a difficult one to take. That will be a freak try,

surely for Leroy Cudjoe. Was he offside? When you leave a rugby

ball to bounce like that, anything can happen. Whether he was onside,

the video referee will take a look. I reckon that you are spot-on,

raised. He's checking because the ball didn't go very high. Here we

go. He has got to be or mile on side. Everybody is on side. By we

have got to make sure any of these England players... It goes into

clean air and hits the ground. difficult for that Welsh defender

to take and a very easy one for England. That should be a try. Yes,

here is the difference in the play of the ball, but the time a Ritchie

all. He takes the odds and thinks it's going to be tough. There's

his 9th of the afternoon. I keep coming back at the moment, to the

wear and tear. There's a mixture of Super League championships,

championship one guys, from lower divisions in Australia. They are

just really struggling, and because of that, they can't control the

player of the ball as they are physically out man's now. The

England team look fresh as daisies are but the Welsh are absolutely

off their feet. Wales need the ball desperately. And they need to come

up with a good kick. You can see the thought process on the Welsh.

Offload are. Straight away, we are just trying to hang in there every

Burrow gets when he goes forward. Kevin Sinfield and Gareth Hock with

touchline to touchline, trying to cover the England side. On the last

bounce will stop it has come off Ritchie Myler. When he looked over

to his right and then kicked it back to his left, there will be a

call there. He has dropped that. It complaining that he was being held

down there. Jourdan James, trying to get some movement their in

midfield. This is better now. Good Burke, the scorpions prop. Charged

down there. This is so easy. This How many kicks of Wales had charged

down? Four or five. It might be viable six. Even more. -- it might

be five or six. They need to slow the momentum down. Whatever. Unless

you can finish off with quality, you can't start the defence off

kick. We talk about his great execution in attack and his ability

to give space for people but those are the things players want.

Putting pressure on. Reviewing that as a coach, you want to show the

great action by Kevin Sinfield. How did we get the ball? Because the

trying to do the same kick. Kick back to the writer but the

execution was nowhere near as good because of the pressure. The

England journey. I remember four tries from Danny Schofield and

Billy Boston, playing for Great Britain but four tries for England

there, that something. Gareth Hock is rampant now. He doesn't get it

did not like that. Gareth is a great player. He allows himself to

be pulled into situations like that. When his team had the advantage,

the good work he did, the momentum, the other guy from Wales did not do

anything wrong. Now there is a situation, the same as a Test match,

Challenge Cup final. He could go off. You lose possession. He just

the playground. Calm down, says Kevin Sinfield. You've had too much

of a good game to get involved in things like that. A penalty given

to England. As it would have been initially. The BAF. -- yes. He says

he did not push him in the ruck to talent awards -- challenged --

channelled towards his talent. terrific ball, that. Jamie Jones-

Buchanan took it beautifully. Obviously rehearsed on the practice

ground in South Africa. There is a Welsh defence absolutely ripped

apart in midfield. Great running from Jamie Jones-Buchanan and yet

another try for England. They are queueing up now. There's plenty of

body in motion. Look at the perfect. He expects the ball on the

inside shoulder of the defenders. He even had the audacity to step

around the full-back. And get his first try. Six points, then, for

England. 74-12 now. We must look at the man of the match. This could

get more dangerous at the moment. Charlie scored four tries and I

don't want a sound boring, but the bloke who has been outstanding in

attack, created space, and his effort as captain is Kevin Sinfield.

He has been a real leader. He should be the man of the match and

is. He will celebrate that on his first captaincy. Story deserved. He

has been leading leads to all the honours in recent seasons. -- Leeds.

He fully deserves a today. I've watched it a Matthew times of the

ball. Encouraging defence. Dashed I've watched him a few times on the

ball, encouraging defence. He has not relented. He has communicated

running. Selfless play there by Ritchie Myler. He gives it to Leroy

Cudjoe, and he gets another. The 14th try for England this afternoon.

The crowd are booing at the moment and it's still great to see the

Welsh crowd are active behind their Kevin Sinfield dummies him. It has

gone back. Did it come off Michael McIlorum, and was in front of it,

Ritchie Myler? I know it doesn't affect anything here but we are

being pedantic with the score. He is kicking that quick now. He has

kicked it while you are admiring this video here. He is confusing me

and the scoreboard operator. We may could 80-12. The scoreboard

two attempts at GCSE maths balls that I make it 80-12, anyway.

not going to argue with you, raised. We have seen a lot of kick-offs and

errors from the kick-off from both teams. It's quite swirling now,

than the 74 points-0 at the keeper stadium, a date I can remember back

in 1978. 60-13 for England against Wales at St Helens. But, well,

let's see if Wales can pull a few points back in this last minute or

they have kept going all the while. Let's remember, Iestyn Harris he

knew he had a lot of work to do forward in the World Cup in 12

months' time. A good running here. That was a chance. Just couldn't

they get it in? The seconds ticking of the game. There is the hooter.

Last play. Can we getting? Still keeps the ball moving. No, it's all

over. team. Let's hope for better to come,

but said leave for England and Steve McNamara, a very, very good

game. He has learned something he already knew, but he's got some

very talented players and when they are under less pressure they can

display their skills. Of their ability to step up to the nation's

will pose greater questions for France, and Australia. The Welsh

know they have got some work to do but they need to be more consistent

and make sure that what they do with it ensures they do less

tackling. 14 tries for England. 12 Steve McNamara, how happy are you

with that performance? Very happy, we have come back from our

preparations, and for a large part of that game we practised a lot of

things we wanted to do. We were not perfect, we put ourselves under

pressure, and you can see the ability within that young team,

promising signs. They are a very young team, and they can move the

ball. Very exciting, people like Josh Charnley, Leroy Cudjoe, Kallum

Watkins, we have got some ammunition now, and we have always

been strong in other areas, but we are starting to build some depth

now, and we will face tougher challenges than that, but in terms

of direction and movement, very good. What would you like to see

them build on for next week? have got a lot more to come, some

boys who have not had some game time yet, and we may look at one of

two of those. If we have a spell like we did in the first and at the

start of the second half, when we dropped intensity, against better

teams we will come unstuck. More level across the board, but very

harsh, they have been outstanding today. Thanks very much, Josh

Charnley, four tries on your debut, pretty good stuff! Yeah, it was

late getting picked the team and making my first England cap.

Anybody who was watched your video, along with Zak, will know you are

enjoying the England experience. Yeah, it is good. When you play

week-in, week-out, you try to rip each other's heads off, but as an

England squad, you have in bond, so it is good what we do at side of

rugby, and that will carry on over me. What can we look forward to in

episode three? I cannot say, you will have to say! Everyone has been

lacking on cuddles it. No-one is coming round. After that, you have

to score a few tries to stop people from revenue too much. I am not

bothered, I can take the abuse, but it has been special today and I am

pretty proud, yeah, so it has been good. Man-of-the-match Kevin

Sinfield, this is your trophy for being the man of the match, you

must have enjoyed your first game as skipper. Yeah, really enjoyed it,

representing a country is, you know, the highest honour you can have, so

to be able to leave them out today was awesome, proud day for myself

and my family. The most pleasing thing is the result at the end, I

thought we played some decent stuff. A lot for us to work on, but we

made some strides today, and we won't get that as the competition

goes. You have seen most of what there is to see and rugby league,

but was their extra nerves leading out your country? Not really, I was

really looking forward to the game, I have got three weeks off...

that is an eternity for you! were ready for this training in

South Africa, the training camp there as well, so we just wanted to

put a marker down today. There is loads for us to work on, but good

to get a first result under our belt. 12 goals today, a goal-

kicking does not often let you down. I was not so sure early on, I

missed a couple, it was pretty windy, so thankfully I got it

together as the game went on, but it was a decent team performance.

We have got some real quality who did not make the squad today who

are itching to play, and competition for places is tough.

Another good week of training to fix things up and look forward to

the French NXP. In that relations on a man-of-the-match performance.

Zak Hardaker, a couple of tries, we saw Josh Charnley, DSPD new on the

Tri States, does that mean you get a poor but in the videos? -- he has

beaten you on the try And her stakes. It has been a difficult

couple of weeks for us and difficult training, and it's just

pays off when you do results like this. How did you find it, stepping

up to the senior side customer kit is a challenge when you are faced

with the big lads and the rest of the competition. I really enjoyed

playing today. Are you hoping to keep your place for next week as to

mark Sam Tomkins might be coming past. -- coming back. That is a

problem for the coaches, or you can do is try your best and we will see

what's next week brings. We look You talked about the difference

between part-time and full-time players. You have got world-class

players there, and we have got amateur players, boys whom are

Under-20 years old. I am happy with the way they played, I am really

proud of them, they played as well as they could. They could not do

any more than that. What can you take out of the matches? We are

building for the World Cup. It is hard to take stock out of that, but

we have got to work on the lads coming through the system. Thank

you for your time. He looks absolutely shattered, doesn't it,

Ben Flower? I was taken with Josh Charnley's penalty, a subtle

difference. England have beaten Wales by 80-12, a record number of

points for England against Wales, 14 tries in total, nine in the

second half, and England's top the group, they play the French next

week. And they will be playing the French in the final in two weeks'

time as well. This is for the sport coming your way on the BBC. -- This

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 98 seconds

England let rip in the second half, Sam, particularly that last 15

minutes or so when they made their pace and power count. Yeah, I think

one of the most promising things out of that is we do not take our

pot off the gas. We were ruthless in the last 15 or 20 minutes. It

would have been quite easy to take your foot of the gas when you are

up by 50 points, but we stuck to our game plan, for the vast

majority of that. We talked a lot about the debutants, four tries for

Josh Charnley, is this an ideal game for them? I am not sure what

an ideal game is, but what was ideal was the way they performed in

the second half, starting to get forward in the middle of the park,

creating a lot of space on the outside. Give us an appreciation of

Josh Charnley. He is a quality player, isn't he? He get over that

try-line, and he knows how to get toughest game of his life, but he

is going to grow as a player, especially from this experience.

did look very relaxed, or the debutants looked very relaxed.

brilliant thing about Josh Charnley was how excited he was, Euclid here

it in his voice at the end of the game, he was absolutely buzzing. --

you could hear it. To score four tries in your debut Test appearance,

that is a dream for any player, no matter what game you are playing.

Steve McNamara, we heard him say that if there was one thing that

concerned him about the game today, it was a period in the first half

and at the start of the second where there was a drop off in

intensity. The mistakes affect intensity, because you are trying

to gain momentum by keeping the ball, making them run of their

online, but they did not do that. The second half, they totally

changed, and Wales could not get anywhere near. 13 errors in total,

eight in the first half, so whatever he did say to them at

half-time made a difference. think that is why he would have

been most pleased. Is to provide England's approach in the game.

Hock had an absolutely brilliant second half. Brilliant work by

Cudjoe, not only does he get into position but create space for Ryan

Hall to score this drive. He creates that extra space, Ryan Hall

has never scored an easier try. They were very direct, Gareth Hock

at the forefront of that. Yeah, he was, we are lucky that we have got

Gareth Ellis on one side, Gareth Hock on the other, both big

powerful blokes who will cause problems for any team. The Welsh

struggled off their own line, defending four metres off their own

line. You were explaining how difficult that is. If you are only

four because off new line with somebody as big as Gareth Ellis, he

is going to get over. Where has just had to get off their line a

bit better than they did. With somebody that they are running fast,

when you make contact, you will only complete the tackle four

metres from contact, so it is always going to be tough. Wales

never did give up. I think this is one of the clear as things we have

been able to see, the change in line at that the forwards are

running. I think we should be appreciative of what they are doing,

creating space on the edge, and the reality is, as the England players

are lot stronger, is that right? totally agree with that. You expect

them to be able to match them early doors, but as soon as that energy

get seed out of them, they cannot hold on to those tackles, and with

Gareth Hock coming through, you cannot tackle him off the back of

that. We will take a look at Dan Flemming's try, which Wales scored

in the second half, but you have sympathy for the Welsh team? You

know, they are playing against players who played in the NRL and

Super League, and some of these guys are part-time. You have got to

have sympathy, but you cannot knock their efforts levels. They are not

quite good enough, it is the quality which is in doubt at the

moment, but hopefully they will have the structures in place and

can only get better. What will be the difference Challenge with the

French? Presumably their physicality, they were physical

against the French. Yes, Wales were physical against France, they

matched them for the majority of the game, it was probably only 20

minutes that decided that, probably the Wilstrop of a little bit. I

think the Welsh, sorry, the French are a big, strong side, and if they

keep moving, we need to stop them. Just thinking back to the French,

they tried to beat Wales straight down the middle, but they did not

support each other, and after a week of thinking about things a

little bit, it will be a different task against England, and I think

they will be a lot tougher than the world today. Apologies for the

Tannoy, I think they probably heard him in England, let alone in the