England v Wales Highlights Rugby Union

Hello and welcome to Twickenham in the summer. The Rugby World Cup in

New Zealand is less than five weeks away. Today we get a first chance

to see how England and Wales are shaping up. They have made ahead of

the last two World Cups, in 2003 and 2007, so Wales fans, look away

there for Wales. Just down shorter the line. -- shorter the line. The

England are giving Wales a good old hammering. Final score at

This may just be a warm-up match for the World Cup but remember,

this is England versus Wales. A sell-out crowd here at Twickenham

ready to see two of rugby's most try for England. Chris Ash Dome. --

Chris Aston. Jonathan Davies! Wales Martin Johnson and Warren Gatland

have chosen some familiar games for today but there'll also has a new

kids on the block including the 20- year-old Leicester centre who,

shall we say, had a close encounter with an England team out last

season. We have been training for six weeks and we were tied team

mates. Everyone knows what happens and that is behind us now. I am

looking forward to the game on Saturday. Do you feel that because

of that incident, isolated and unusual as it was, that there is a

chance that your opposition now it will target you and try to wind you

up? What happens happens. There cannot really changed it. All you

have got to do is learn. Learn from your mistakes and become a better

player. So welcome to Twickenham. Gerry is here beside me. -- Jerry

Guscott. What goes through the minds of these players during this

World Cup matches? The by aberration is buried strong and

exhausting. -- E preparation is very strong. The mind is ready for

the game. I am not sure if the body is. They have another two weeks to

sharpen up. Although Twickenham looks immaculate, it would be like

running in eight inches of the commode because they are so tired.

England, a returning face in the shape of Matt Stevens. And Tulip.

We know it that he put the punch on. Matt Stevens, brilliant before his

incident. He has come back, playing for Saracens, they have won the

Premiership, he is in good form. I would like to see him getting back

into his offloading game. Both sides looking in great shape. Do

you get the feeling Warren Gatland is still tinkering with his

selection? Gatland does not have the luxury that Johnson has.

Johnson has a lot of players to select from. I like the luck of the

Welsh team. I hope mentally they can get it together and puts in a

very good performance. They need it. Thank you very much. Let's join our

match commentators, Brian Moore and Thank you. This is the England

against Wales and friendly does not seem like the right word to use at

the new England midfield combination. Lewis Moody returns to

the back row as England captain. No 101st Cup for Stephen Jones. He has

withdrawn at the very last moment to be replaced by Rhys Priestland

at number ten. Alun Wyn Jones wins his fifth cap in the second row and

Sam Warburton picks of the captain's armband again in the

absence of the injured Matthew Rees. On the Welsh side, Ryan Jones with

52 caps has more than the other six players put together. Steve Walsh

is today's referee and Rhys Priestland, last-minute stand-in

for Stephen Jones at number ten. Kicks off and we are under way. At

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will have the pudding. Good afternoon. -- England will have the

14th. -- footing. Because he was allowed to field the ball

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unchallenged his confidence is up. little surge out of the ruck.

England with the first penalty of the game. The problem here for

Wales, getting isolated, you have to be so quick in support. As soon

as the man is there on his feet playing the ball. Jonny Wilkinson,

24 points behind the world's leading. Scorer now. -- point

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touch. Very good kick by Rhys Priestland. You would think that

first of all he is very experienced any way, Priestland. He is building

himself up and is fraying to go in at 15 it is suddenly shoved in at

ten. -- fraying. So to start in the assured way he had is very

Wales reset. That is one thing Simon Shaw does very well,

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Care, but Jonny Wilkinson was there. Wales need to be patient here.

have got width. They have gone for the England left, prepared to come

North thinks he has scored it. And the try has been awarded. Wales saw

that they had at the week, from the England point of view, Armitage was

shouting tried to get players across. George North Right On they

very far touchline. Well-finished. brilliant kick. Wales are in the

supporting players. Armitage were the good interception. -- with that.

Morgan Stoddart brings him down. Shane Williams hoofs the ball away

recovery work from Armitage. That really well fancied this. There is

room on the blind side, there is room to the left -- will fancy this.

reset. Jones has replaced his scrum cap with a bandage. The obligatory

look to the touch judge from both little half-term the work in his

favour. -- half a turn. The English scrummage power tells. James

Haskell for England. James Haskell picked for the duty of the scrum,

but the hard work was done by the front five. The Wales back row,

nowhere near. They have to stay banned. You can't do anything else.

The result is they are simply absent when James Haskell passes

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over the line -- they have to stay England retake the lead. The touch,

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denied England the quick ball -- today, full of variety. --

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untidy. Wales have the put in. It is a bit of this and a bit of that.

Someone in the crowd just shouted out, get organised, England and

there is an element of truth in that. Quite a lot of this looks

scrummage. Referee -- REFEREE: You want to scrum again?

Sure. They do you think England have started to edge the scrum?

think they have. With the way Wales have been playing it, they can't

get quicker ball, you can't win it and it barbels around, the number

raid can't pick it up if there is some sort of movement -- baubles

around and the number eight cannot Wilkinson does have what we know he

is eminently capable of doing. Keeping the scoreboard ticking over.

The important thing from the England point of view is that came

from a Wales put-in, which was turned over and turned into three

half. He has made the ball available from an upside-down

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the England full-back. We will have sides at the moment. It is untidy.

That is half-time. A Steve Walsh blows his whistle for the end of

the first half. England have shaded A pretty open World Cup warm-up

match. Steve Jones pulling up just minutes before kick-off. Very

disappointing for him but an opportunity for Priestland. Warren

Gatland, in a strange way, will be quite pleased with the way it has

turned out, because Morgan Stoddart has played incredibly well at full-

back and it gives Warren Gatland another option. And they have been

signs that he is up to play international rugby at Number Ten.

Lewis Moody has been at him and he has stood up. The other thing

Warren Gatland will be pleased about was the try, a very good one

from George North. Pulling the phases together and being patient.

He will be pleased with that but he will be a happy that they hadn't

managed to continue doing that. It looks like both teams took a long

while getting out of hibernation before they got into this game, but

the George North try was well worked. I'll have disappointed the

England defence didn't go man-for- man -- I was. A lot of guys want to

be on a playing for New Zealand, at the England stand-out performances,

Armitage and James Haskell? Armitage had a whole stadium on

their feet and applauding. It was a fantastic run and one we expect

from him. James Haskell, it is his type of game, England have realised

there is a weakness Ahmad Welsh forward and he walked over for his

try -- in that Welsh forward line. He appears to be carrying on his

form from the Six Nations. We have talked about Manu Tuilagi, how has

he done? A few good touches, we know how it he is powerful, look

how he his belt. He has taken the ball into contact. He went high and

on Shane Williams, but he was already in touch. I would give him

seven out of 10 at the moment. Thank you very much. At half-time,

England on their way to their 56th win over Wales. Can Warren

Gatland's men bad back? Let's join the Brian Moore and Eddy again. --

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time. Delon Armitage waits, catches. They were trying their to get both

Tulip band ban how into the action. They did not do it. -- Tuilagi. And

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Tulip -- Manu Tuilagi. The younger Manu Tuilagi had a lot to do. A lot

to do with the defence. Although there were not many there to topple

big man between the gapping forwards. He is a force. He is one

of those players who, unless you get a proper shot at him in a

proper place in the shoulder, you simply are not going to tackle him.

He has the momentum to go through any arm tackle. The Welsh forwards

could not get the right hit on him concern for more than Stoddart. --

Cup warm-up match, that somebody is going to be injured. Let's hope

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that that is a precautionary and the top and became the back. Love

American football. -- like American football. There is no wit now for

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was just a question of when Wales saw that they had that advantage.

George North had seen that in balance, that they had nothing

This led to nothing but somehow Wales scraped the ball back. Shane

Williams, try number 54. Bradley Davies did well to make that

available. A single run up against recognised the opportunity,

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exploded and convert it. -- day England won the World Cup. They

are on their way again. It looks as if they are going to be heading for

New Zealand with a warm-up victory behind them. This is the Lewis

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Moody limping off. Wood is already impressed by Rhys Priestland as

well. He hasn't shown any lack of appetite when it has been in close

quarters and he has needed to be visible. Two could touch finds in a

for a look. Sam Warburton does not give the impression that he is

flag does not count, if he touches that. Does the ball get down before

should give it to him. It all depends on the elbow, whether it

was all was not. -- whether it was all was not down before the ball.

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Warburton but a couple of feet in where we started, with Shane

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Haskell. A brilliant tackle. Should still be a try for Wales. The

England scrambling defence is first class. Wales have numbers to the

right. Must be. A second try for George North. And it is the third

time England have been found wanting on their left hand side in

defence. The Welsh again creating the opportunity, getting the men

out wide and exploiting it again. Simple stuff, but well executed.

Irrespective of whether or not Wales go on to win this game, they

must be far happier with their second-half performance. Much more

time in England's territory. They have put away number back tries --

two tries with two chances. Or I wonder why England have gone off

the boil so much, is it replacements? It is a place was, er

they haven't retained the ball, they haven't kicked it away. They

have got the numbers into the breakdown to produce it. But the

English defence, that is three times in succession on the left-

hand side that they have been deficient. That is a great kick.

Rhys Priestland adds the two points. It could be an interesting 3.5

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little bit more skill, with the Rhys Priestland. He has. Wales of

finishing the stronger. -- half he wanted to put his feet up and

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say, job well done, he is now up he goes back to his wing position

and says to the forwards, grind down the clock. Meanwhile, Steve

Walsh says no grinding it, let's several players that they would

have liked to have played in their first 15, I am sure. England almost

This will be it. -- Can down. Charlie Hodgson ends the game. As

does Steve Walsh, and England have come away with a victory. Not

emphatic. Wales have, satisfied in their own right. The last time they

came here before their World Cup, they left a thrashed by 60 points.

This time, they have run England Morgan Stoddart looks Tim Payne,

what is the latest? It's I have heard he has broken his ankle.

Ian Payne. He has been looking so shop, hopefully he will have a

speedy recovery. We have some strength in depth, but hopefully he

will be recovering soon. A Lewis Moody was taken off, how serious

was that? Not great, but we have 24, 48 hours to really see. Morgan

Stoddart got they really serious injury as well. And we lost the guy

going over on the hotel steps. They train hard and they play hard, and

as coaches, you keep your fingers crossed that guys will stay fit,

but they wouldn't have it any other way. He was supposed to play full-

back Budgett played at fly-half, has surprised were you? That you

were supposed to play at full-back, but she played at fly half. It was

a surprise, but the guys helped me- it. John Phillips takes a lot of

pressure off few as the number 10. Those boys made a lot easier.

looked like you enjoyed that try. loved every minute of it. Scoring

on my debut, I can't believe it. I'm really happy. A great reaction

from the crowd and from your team mates, they mobbed due. Yes, I

scored and I got a band the next minute, all of the boys were on top

of May -- I got up and. It was a pretty physical test match

and you have to have a great deal of sympathy for Morgan Stoddart,

out of the World Cup. He wasn't supposed to start this game, an

injury to Stephen Jones and now he is out in the paddock, and that

that stage, there is a chance he could get injured like everyone

else. He had a good 40 minutes, it worked for Wales, him go to

fullback Dan Caprice than that Number Ten, but a fractured ankle,

out of the World Cup, -- and Rhys Priestland. And Lewis Moody, an

injury concern. The way he plays, you expect him to get injured with

every contact, but I don't think it looks too serious. Manu Tuilagi is

a player we have talked about a week, assess his performers. Under

the spotlight, everyone was looking at him. How was he going to contend

with international rugby, and it was against tough opposition. I

thought he controlled the ball when he took it into contact, he didn't

lose it. It was recycled. The try, he took the one opportunity, cut

through and beat Morgan Stoddart and got underneath the posts. For

him, a massive confidence booster, and for England as well. Armitage

and James Haskell also worked well. I'm pleased for Armitage, he has

been off the sea in for a while, he has let himself their off-the-field

and sometimes on it. But he did well, he fielded high balls and

made his tackles and a great performance. James Haskell has

carried on from the Six Nations, he has lot -- not let anything drop

bad his performances have gone up. Warren Gatland was very happy with

the way Wales' controlled possession when they were five

metres out. During the Six Nations, you saw them losing control, a

little bit anxious, wanting to do things too quickly. So clearly they

have worked on that over the summer period, and I think the

opportunities that they had, they took. They built slowly, they had

composure and finished off. If I was Warren Gatland, he will be in

high spirits, he wants that confidence, but you have got to win

your games. You have got to try and score more tries than the

opposition. It is off to Cardiff we go for another Wales against

England clash. Let's hear once again from Martin Johnson and

Warren Gatland. Back to the Millennium Stadium next

week, when you have a play with the 15? It is something we will have to

look out, and the players coming back. The debate is whether you

keep a lot of the side together or not for continuity over the next

two games and then for the stages of the World Cup. We need to tread

one or two players but it won't be wholesale changes. I think maybe

four of that team started in Cardiff the last time we were there,

so there are a lot of players who didn't play today he will play that

there will be opportunities for. is difficult, because she won

continuity but there is also a big squad that the manager will look at

-- you want continuity. Everyone wants to be involved in a home game

against England but we will just train hard this week and hopefully

be picked for selection. You are a coach, what do you do?

Continue with the same side or experiment? But then Martin Johnson

has probably already told the England squad that they are all

going to get their game -- I think. Any number of players can come in,

because Martin Johnson has got a big squad that has strength in

depth. Our people fit enough to come back and play? Toby Flood, Ben

Youngs, Dan calls, Steve Thompson? Louis Deacon and let's not forget

Nick Easter. -- Dan calls. I think Martin Johnson will mull it over

and pick his strongest squad for Ireland. Who has Warren Gatland got

to bring in? Not as many as Martin Johnson, that is for sure. You make

-- look at Lee Byrne, but I'm not sure about the front row. He

probably has the two best props in the world in Jones sent Jenkins,

you have to bring them in. If it was one week yesterday, it was the

Welsh front row. Plenty of Sport well ahead for you this weekend.

well ahead for you this weekend. Staying with the Anglo Welsh a

theme, the first match of the Day Live of the season, tomorrow

afternoon at 12:45pm. West Ham United CARDIFF City in the

Championship. Following that, it is rugby league, the Challenge Cup

semi-final. And next Saturday, we are after Cardiff as England travel

to the Millennium Stadium for part two of this World Cup warm-up

double-header. Highlight will be a BBC Three from 7pm, repeated on BBC

Two on Sunday morning from 11:30am. Two on Sunday morning from 11:30am.

Thank you very much indeed for your Thank you very much indeed for your

company, it is of the Cardiff we go, it is England won Wales, Nell. We

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