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England, in such control. It's a penalty against Wales. Wales will be

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on the scoreboard at last. Wales score! Six minutes to go. A third

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try. What drama is left. England survive the late challenge by Wales.

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Hello, good evening to you. Welcome to the Six Nations special, yes it

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is defeat but if you are looking for therapy, we have a doctor in the

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house. And that was it himself. Also joining us, Wales's under 20s.

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Wales's women are here as well. Only one place to start. Sadly it at

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Twickenham, the ultimate game of two halves. Fast Eddy was focused on the

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draw, firing shots off about the legality of Wales this progress, gin

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but both coaches were conservative and confident when it came to

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selection, naming unchanged teams. Who would win with the unstoppable

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force met the immovable object? There was an appointment in the

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midfielder waiting room. Gareth Davies and Dan Biggar left Darren

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Brown in a foul mood last time but who would be heroes and villains of

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this time around? Brown for the line! Wales scurry

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back, it is loose. Rob Evans got back, did he get a hand on the ball?

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That's an knock-on, isn't it? Or is it a rolling along the ground?

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Hartley... Roberts with the tackle. The defence has recovered. Paul

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Clinton could work, I think that was legal. Jamie Roberts gave away the

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penalty. On the lake there, doesn't roll

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over? I think that such right. -- that is a try. Inconclusive. Held

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up, five metre scrum. You have been overruled again!

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That wasn't so smoothly than by England.

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Anthony Watson! And England, in full control, just after the half hour

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mark. The referee lets England counter

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rack. And it's a penalty to England. Everything going their way.

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Wales will be on the scoreboard at last! A gift from England. Great

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work from Dan Biggar. More worry, Warburton does not look

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good. Thank goodness for that, thumbs up.

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The referee's puzzle has gone, it won't count. It went off and England

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player, was it forward out of Jonathan Davies's grasp?

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Faletau for the line! Wales, a third try! Is their time? After the

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conversion there will be a couple of minutes left.

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England's defence around the fringes, solid. George North for the

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line! He is in touch. That's it, think. Ten seconds to go, the

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referee's whistle has gone. They should take the line-out.

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Danny Care kicks it into the crowd and England survive the late

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challenge by Wales. We will get the views of our guests

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soon. We just didn't turn up, unlike us, I

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said in the box after 25 minutes, do I need to make some changes? Make

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some replacements to get some energy, because it was very unlike

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ask, very disappointing and it cost us the game. It was one game for 60

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minutes and another game for 20, the cubicle at knife-point in the first

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60 because the last 20 belong to Wales. A funny performance by us,

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times we were immaculate, really sharp, intense, but then be dropped

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off at the end. We weren't at the races first off, I'm not sure what

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it was, then they were too far ahead of us and we gave away some soft

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penalties as well in the second half, it has cost us. I was happy

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the way we played the first 40 minutes, we were aggressive, played

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on the front foot, it's a shame we didn't replicate the first half in

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the second half but that's something we can work on. You always believe,

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which just wished it went on for another couple of minutes but

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England played well, then you the work how to slow it down and stuff,

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credit to them but we were second at the races. I don't know what the

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answer is, I will be honest and say you have to begrudge goal of

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yourself and say we didn't have enough energy in the first half,

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very unlike us. Wales have been together for eight years, we have

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been together for six weeks so to put in a performance like that shows

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where the team is going, we have work to do and we're not the

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finished product. Congratulations to them, they have won the Triple Crown

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and they deserved to win today. Not only that but also the Six

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Nations title after what happened at Murrayfield. Good evening to you.

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Must be a pleasant drive across the Severn Bridge for you? A bit easier

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than last time! Was it Wales absolutely terrible in the first

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half or working and that dominant? It's a combination, England were

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smart, they attacked the fringes of Sean's defence, they went short side

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against Cuthbert and they just start Wales of traditional reference

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points to get them into the game, and for 40 minutes, they had nothing

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to feed on, they couldn't get a collision, penalties within leaking

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field position and you ally that to an uncharacteristic Wales 40

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minutes, they have been big occasions before because the coaches

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will think, what did we get wrong? This is a side that has gone to

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Twickenham and was successful there, they nailed the game in the World

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Cup with the experience they have, you wouldn't expect them to see what

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turned up for 40 minutes. Sometimes there isn't a straightforward

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explanation for those performances. In theory could have been looking at

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30 points in the first 40 minutes because there was no foothold for

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Wales at all, just a couple of glimpses of chances, that scoreline

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could have really been bigger. Take yourself back to the 2011 Rugby

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World Cup quarterfinal, Wales getting off to a blistering start

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against Ireland, that is something we have seen under Gatland, they

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were so ordinary in the first half. Not a lot to add to what Dean said.

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It was and characteristic. We pride ourselves on our defence, these are

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some of the missed chances. I thought we kicked poorly as well.

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This is the back three, and in fairness to England, they are

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grasping the initiative of the new game, you see in the Southern

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Hemisphere, when they get the ball, they think, how can I score a try,

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how can I eat the guy, get pace into the game? The back three just

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embodied that. -- how can I eat the guy.

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It came from a kick in the first half, we didn't chase as well as we

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normally do, it was uncharacteristic but I think we were flat, every time

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we came into their half, gave a penalty away or whatever it was,

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that was unusual, we were flat, slow, ponderous, and we offered

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nothing, it's the worst performance under Warren Gatland, the first

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half. Do you endorse the behaviour of coaches, publicly saying that the

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players were showing a lack of enthusiasm yesterday? It's

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difficult, but anyone who watched the game would say that tactically,

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Wales knew what they have to do to beat England, the performance wasn't

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there by the players. The players will be hurting more than myself or

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the fans because it was a poor performance and it affects them,

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they just lack intensity from the start. Defensively, like we have

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mentioned, the worst defensive record under Warren Gatland. If he

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had any hair, you would have pulled it out at half-time. But there are

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positives, the way they came back in the final quarter, goes to show they

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were frustrated, they weren't happy with their performance, but a lot of

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work to be done, it was a strange game to what is a Welsh man because

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you look for your big players, the one to have consistently played well

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for Wales over the years and unfortunately they were second to

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the English players yesterday. We hear of Wales wanting to play a more

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expansive game but in attack they looked like they didn't know what

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they were doing. He has earned the right to play wide, but the options

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off then big, they weren't options. He has gone for a switch, Jamie

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Roberts has run straight into Dan Biggar but he was the only option.

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There was no blindside option, no inside option, it's really not much

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that he can do there. That wasn't the only incident, there were times

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when they took the ball flat, there weren't any options. If you look at

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those instances, if you were going to galvanise that side, you would

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want a line-out, get it off the top, put Jamie Roberts... They didn't

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have any of that. So any ball they had, they were playing in broken

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field which suited the English team. There are times when Care -- Biggar

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looks, where is the... The scrum was under pressure, so the traditional

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Gatland start point, that get everything in behind, attrition,

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direct, weren't there. But Wales were gifting England opportunities.

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England looked dynamic in attack, they were very smart at getting the

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outside edge. I think the mayhem he would have caused going to the

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caller would have created an opportunity. This was there all the

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time for England. He should have nailed his man and put Watson over.

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But we had some star points, we had a line-out after 37 minutes, it

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wasn't great position, and then we had a series of 11 rocks or phases

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and we passed the ball five times, we're playing against England, with

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the muscle heads they have got in their back row and we pick and

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drive, that's our choice, then we had a series of scrums at about 55

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minutes in their 22 and we did exactly the same, pick and drive.

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Four months ago we were playing against Australia, desperate to

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spread the field, look what they did in the last 20 minutes when we did

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throw the ball about, its place in rugby. We have just had the World

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Cup, the lessons of the Southern Hemisphere, they are getting

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lighter, the game is faster, they are passing the ball more and it's

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only high risk rugby if your skills on good enough to catch and pass and

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you can't control in wide areas. We have two up skill ourselves because

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unless we do, playing three tests in the summer, we will be miles behind

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them. That is coming from the coaches? They are in a position

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whereby they are being told to play a certain brand of rugby. They are

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being encouraged to undergo back to the point you asking shame about, is

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Warren Gatland right to call them out? He has done it before. It might

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be a tactic he might want a response. He does that when he is a

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bit angry. He did it in 2010, he threw Ryan Jones under the bus... So

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he has to lead before and it might work, personally I don't like it

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because I think they should have loyalty and they win together and

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lose together, but it's a fair tactic to use but he has got to get

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a response. What about the coach's response? Do you rate your players

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publicly? If it is so obvious, there is no point spreading a line

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everybody can see through. There are times when you say, I don't know

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what happened in the first 40 minutes. You have to take some

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responsibility for stop there is no point saying, we were competitive

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and everyone just slams you for not being transparent. You have got to

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get the balance and it's the balance of hanging someone out to dry at a

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time when the -- they are feeling vulnerable, but I think he's trying

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to get a response for next week, get some emotional... He could have said

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we were poor, let energy, not they were poor... Without a doubt, but

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sometimes you've just watched the side you have invested so much into,

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that's quite an emotional moment. side you have invested so much into,

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couple of years ago side you have invested so much into,

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really talented individuals can do. He has got done

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really talented individuals can do. came on... It was good to see Rhys

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Webb back, he has been chomping at the bit, we'll know he's deadly

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around breakdown, he brought a bit of speed to his distribution. He got

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caught once by Itoje but every other Welsh player did as well. He was

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dangerous on the breakdown and was creating gaps for others. Rhys

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Priest and I think did well, he took the ball going forward, took it to

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the English line, created problems and George North and Wales scored a

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great try from a simple move. Why don't we play rugby, why do really

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bit so late, the game was finished? Possibly because Wales didn't start

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well. It's just a simple pass when you look at it but the off-load by

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Liam Williams, the follow-up play by Jonathan Davies puts George North

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there. At times Wales tried forcing things when it wasn't on, under

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pressure by England, they made a lot of mistakes and errors, when they

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put it together, they have really creative players. I thought I

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wouldn't was really good as well. The most shared image last night on

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social media was full of George North and the foot in touch. What

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was your view? It's quite clear! Split-second decision, there is no

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TMO, it's the call from the line to 20 is not in touch. Who is to blame?

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The touch judge. Would it have made a difference? Craig Joubert, last

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player began, does he not have the jurisdiction to say, can we have

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another look at that? The touch judge puts the flag up and the play

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stops. Do the rules need to change? The studio seems to think so.

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There's got to be something. Trust me, this is not from a bitter Welsh

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man, impartial BBC broadcaster. Imagine that is the rugby World Cup

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final. Surely will rugby needs to look at... It's a bit is being used

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for all sorts of things, a key moment like that, the TMO has to be

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used? If it is about a rugby World Cup trophy being handed the one

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country and not the other, surely it. Every time the ball goes next to

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touch you have to go back and have a look or wasn't in touch, start the

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game began. It's unfeasible to do that. Lots of the disciplinary

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issues to clear up. Let's take a look at this one. There is Joe

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Marler, Rob Evans, here comes an elbow smack in the face. I knew you

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would come to me first! You look at it, if we're looking at every single

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thing, he is guilty of striking him, realistically. How many weeks? I

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think about for days. Realistically, think the referee had seen that he

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might have had a word in his is at best. We're in danger of putting

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every incident, analysing it, we'll never get on with the game of rugby.

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A couple more disciplinary issues. This is one I want to get your view

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on, this is Thomas Francis. Wales had a penalty at this point,

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overturned. That for me is frustratingly forgot to look where

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you are on the field, it is Wales's ball. You mean stupidity? Your five

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meters from the try, you need points on the board, he has caught him in

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the face, end of story. There is a bit of frustration. You're not going

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to get away with it, so it's just stupidity. Reckless, he will get a

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band because world rugby are strict with anything around the eyes and

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face and so they should be. There was one of the big issue to discuss

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and that was when Joe Marler was allegedly making a racial slur at

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Sampson low. Samson Lee. Samson Lee has in the past spoken

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about how proud he is of his gypsy heritage. Clearly you could hear Joe

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Marleau calling him gypsy boy on the ref Mike. What should happen next?

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Society takes a dim view, all walks of life, without any territory term,

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I suppose this falls into that category. If it was a different

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racial term, people would be in no less doubt what should happen. They

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are a recognised community, the travelling community. I think he has

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two accept the responsibility. This situation has happened, there are

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ref Mike 's, the responsibility of playing international rugby now, you

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are fully aware of what is said across open mics and he needs to

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take that sponsor ability to stop we don't quite know how this gets.

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With, in which direction. -- take that responsibility. The RFU want to

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draw a line under it, that's what you do, they have said that Joe

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Marler apologised and was later reminded of his responsibilities as

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an England player by Eddie Jones. The British and macro officials are

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aware of the incident and Welsh rugby union says they are pleased

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about the apology and that Joe Marler was reminded of his

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responsibilities as an international rugby player. Rugby union pride

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itself on being a gentlemanly game, it is hard, ferocious, but when you

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get issues like this, surely they have to act? I think they will they

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do. I don't think there is any debate, but just don't really know

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in which direction it's to go. You can't brush it under the carpet. By

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apologising, he has accepted it is him, he had to deal with what was

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said in the context and it will be interesting to see what they do.

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Round of applause for our panel. Wales's under 20s are here. We will

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talk to Tom and Dan, that show the highlights of this weekend first.

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The England women are on the brink of a Grand Slam. Wales travel to

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Ashton Gate, Bristol, looking of a Grand Slam. Wales travel to

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their first ever under 20 Triple Crown. Coach Jason strange made

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three changes to the team that beat France. Harry Millard moved to

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outside centre. Reigning champions England have won just one of their

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three games this season but have never lost to Wales on home soil.

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COMMENTATOR: Driving towards the line for Wales, Shaun Evans, has he

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got it down? A try is awarded. Wales are on the board. The forwards coach

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will be delighted with what he has seen so far, and this line-out. Here

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is Giles, to Harry Mill ard, what a score, a second try for Wales.

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Beautifully conceived. Morgan Williams again directing things at

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the base. Getting over the advantage line again. Morgan Williams, Dan

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Jones, the ghosts his way through, a third for Wales. A bit of a

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paramedics pass that George Perkins did well to take and Wales have

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space on the left hand side. A little chip. And it bounces kindly

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for him and Giles is over. Expect a grant and shunt from England. A

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little bit lateral but now they have some forward momentum. Over the

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line, Sam Smith was at the bottom of it. Lovely strong scrum by Wales

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again. Harry Kenney for the posts. Great score by the number eight who

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has been outstanding to night. What have England got in these closing

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stages, it is Giles and this is officially a rout for Wales. A sixth

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try, a second for Giles. Dreamtime is for the Wales under 20s. The

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metronomic Dan Jones. That is six from six and a first ever away win

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in England. A lot of the boys have come back from last year, 13 or 14

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of us with an extra year of experience. The unity and the bond

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is excellent. Everyone gets on really well. It makes for

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performances like that. We know we have each other's backs. Wales go

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for the Grand Slam next week. It is live on scrum V.

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Well played Wales under 20s, our stars at the bar this evening are

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Tom Phillips and Dan Jones. Welcome. How proud are you of not only the

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performance but the squad atmosphere you have right now? It is a massive

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win for the boys. From the start we have been on food and, the

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togetherness of the team epitomises the performances we put in. The

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first three games, they were close. But we knew we would come up with a

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performance like we did against England. I don't think there is a

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better time it could have come really, against the Auld enemy. The

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togetherness of the boys, the coaches making us buying fast rugby

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came to tipping point and it paid off. Can you describe what it was

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like to score some many points with the boot against the Auld enemy? I

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suppose the forwards gave me a platform to work off. A lot of

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credit goes to them and their hard work during the week. The whole

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squad really made my job a lot easier. Tom, it will be a fantastic

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week, on the verge of creating some Grand Slam history? Yes, that is the

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idea. Had you keep your feet on the ground? All of us have bought into

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keeping our feet on the ground. It is in the back of our minds but we

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still have another game. We have to put it in place, look at Italy and

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put a platform on how to beat them. And hopefully take the Grand Slam.

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We wish you the best. Let us move from the bar, the Wales women are

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also here. Unfortunately, no win for them against England. I was looking

:34:46.:34:50.

at the official RBS website and they said you were completely blown away

:34:51.:34:53.

by England, did you see it like that? Not at all, we put ourselves

:34:54.:35:00.

on the back foot in the first half, we slipped off a couple of tackles

:35:01.:35:04.

which put us on the back foot but we had a kick before half-time but then

:35:05.:35:07.

came out in the second half and we were in the game. To the 80th

:35:08.:35:12.

minute, we played as if we were in the game. If we had scored in that

:35:13.:35:16.

last five or ten minutes, we were in a position to win. Definitely a step

:35:17.:35:22.

forward from a couple of years ago. You have made such big strides? We

:35:23.:35:28.

showed good defence against France and good defence in the second half

:35:29.:35:34.

yesterday against England. Going forward and into the last game next

:35:35.:35:39.

week, it is a definite positive for us. Lovely to see you, thanks to the

:35:40.:35:44.

Wales women. Let us bring you up-to-date with what happened with

:35:45.:35:50.

the under 18s, a close one as well. Meeting at the Tolbert athletic

:35:51.:35:56.

ground, a pretty jer Matic finish. Will Jones scored from a well worked

:35:57.:35:59.

driving line-out with just two minutes left. Crucially, Wales

:36:00.:36:08.

missed the conversion. England outside-half James Grayson dropped a

:36:09.:36:11.

match-winning goal to seal it with the last kick of the game. It

:36:12.:36:18.

finished 26-27. Let us get the views of Jonathan Davies on Wales and

:36:19.:36:26.

England and Scotland against France. I thought the first 15 minutes that

:36:27.:36:31.

England were very good. They created a lot of opportunities. And they

:36:32.:36:36.

missed those opportunities. Wales were very passive in defence. The

:36:37.:36:41.

kicking game did not work because they lost the aerial battle. They

:36:42.:36:46.

lost a few crucial line-out so they had no possession, no field

:36:47.:36:53.

position. It was a very poor performance. In saying that, they

:36:54.:36:57.

still created a lot of opportunities. No matter how badly

:36:58.:37:01.

they play, they snuck in and they could have won at the end. Very

:37:02.:37:06.

disappointing overall and it showed what they can do in the last 15

:37:07.:37:12.

minutes when they spread the ball about a bit. Very disappointing, the

:37:13.:37:19.

performance. But they could have lost by more. Scotland today, it has

:37:20.:37:26.

been coming for a while with Scotland. The crucial thing today,

:37:27.:37:33.

they kept going forward and playing and kept the errors out. Because of

:37:34.:37:40.

that, I thought that got them home. They took their chances well, Hogg

:37:41.:37:45.

was superb. But France, individually they'd looked good but collectively,

:37:46.:37:52.

not so good. I can see England beating France next week to win the

:37:53.:37:56.

Grand Slam. That will go down well in the studio. Thanks to Jonathan

:37:57.:38:02.

for taking time to talk to us before we came to a, impressive from

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Scotland? Impressive today and throughout the tournament. They had

:38:07.:38:14.

against Italy, I said if they beat them, I could see them beating

:38:15.:38:17.

France. They play with tempo and pace. And Hogg gets involved in the

:38:18.:38:24.

game and he has been superb for Scotland. They play with a lot of

:38:25.:38:31.

width and created a lot of problems for a lot of teams. Against Wales

:38:32.:38:35.

force huge parts of that game they were the better team. Really

:38:36.:38:40.

impressed and France today drifted in and out as they often do in the

:38:41.:38:46.

Six Nations. But the best team certainly one. What did you think of

:38:47.:38:50.

France post Philippe Saint Andre? I was quite optimistic, I was a big

:38:51.:38:55.

fan of the replacement after being on the sidelines for some long, he

:38:56.:39:03.

missed the first couple of kicks and because of that, the shrinks a bit.

:39:04.:39:07.

France look like a side, I know people will hate the word but

:39:08.:39:12.

structure. There are a lot of good players in that side, very physical

:39:13.:39:16.

players but nothing underpinning it. When they move, they are all moving

:39:17.:39:21.

in different directions. At times they look awful, for a side with so

:39:22.:39:26.

much ability. In the back of your mind, as France turned up back in

:39:27.:39:32.

Paris and ruined England party, I cannot see how. It gives the

:39:33.:39:38.

credibility to do that. Sadly, I agree. What French team will turn

:39:39.:39:47.

up? You always have to say that with France. I can't remember the last

:39:48.:39:51.

three or four years a decent French team turning up. 30 or 40 matches

:39:52.:39:59.

where they have lost structure. Their coach was wonderful for

:40:00.:40:05.

Toulouse tenures ago, he has got the job too late. The French league is

:40:06.:40:10.

dominating French rugby thinking. I think international rugby is well

:40:11.:40:15.

down the pecking order for them. Will the French stop England's Grand

:40:16.:40:26.

Slam juggernaut? Not a chance. No chance. No. That us turn our

:40:27.:40:29.

attention to Wales's death team. -- def. No big day than Wales

:40:30.:40:48.

against England. He will go for the line. And there have been bad days.

:40:49.:41:00.

It must be a try for England. Today, this greatest of days kicks off here

:41:01.:41:05.

at the Arms Park where the Welsh deaf team take on their English

:41:06.:41:09.

counterparts. There are very few national teams. New Zealand, South

:41:10.:41:16.

Africa and Australia. The English team have improved in the last

:41:17.:41:28.

couple of years. We are Welsh. They say the medication is sick the 70%

:41:29.:41:31.

of the game, much of that is hearing, that is the challenge, so

:41:32.:41:38.

it is a disability and a difficulty and it affects people on the pitch

:41:39.:41:42.

as well as off it. What level do you need to qualify? To say whether

:41:43.:41:54.

someone is deaf enough? There is a 25 decibels average, that means

:41:55.:41:58.

moderate hearing loss, it is surprise and, some people could very

:41:59.:42:02.

well they might never know they have a hearing loss. Some struggle with

:42:03.:42:07.

the 25 decibel average, you'd be surprised how many qualify. The

:42:08.:42:18.

punching, the passion, whatever. We have to keep our focus. That is all

:42:19.:42:28.

I am going to say. Playing rugby helps me a lot. It helps me interact

:42:29.:42:36.

with a wider range of people. It makes me feel like I am part of a

:42:37.:42:45.

genuine community. Quite a few years ago, 2005, I was with the Welsh

:42:46.:42:49.

Guards, when I returned from tour, I had a few incidents and found I had

:42:50.:42:53.

hearing loss. I took it badly and did not play rugby for four years,

:42:54.:42:58.

then came back into it. To find out there were deaf teams, days like

:42:59.:43:05.

today, Cardiff Arms Park, Wales against England, it raises

:43:06.:43:09.

awareness. Facebook groups, twitter, anyone who is hard of hearing or

:43:10.:43:17.

death, please get in touch. -- or who is deaf.

:43:18.:43:32.

Wales were the better team today. Yes, absolutely convincing. They

:43:33.:43:41.

were the better back line and overall, the better team. Wales did

:43:42.:43:44.

what they had to do and we didn't stand up to it. It would have been

:43:45.:43:53.

nice to win. They were competitive but at the end of the day, the

:43:54.:43:59.

result went our way and I think we deserved it.

:44:00.:44:06.

Many congratulations to our deaf team. No Pro12 this weekend but not

:44:07.:44:12.

long until the big one. Those games live on BBC Wales and S4

:44:13.:45:13.

C. Back to the RBS Six Nations, Ireland have been very poor in this

:45:14.:45:16.

year 's championship and yesterday they met Italy. Yellow macro to

:45:17.:45:26.

score 58 points in a Six Nations game, you have to be happy with your

:45:27.:45:30.

finishing. That is one thing we haven't been happy with. Especially

:45:31.:45:35.

in the opposition 22. Today, we were a lot better they.

:45:36.:45:58.

in the opposition 22. Today, we were will help them. Putting it in the

:45:59.:46:00.

context of Italy losing players early in the game, some second rows,

:46:01.:46:08.

that will cause disruptions that make it more difficult to compete.

:46:09.:46:11.

We were afforded more time and space than in recent weeks and that is a

:46:12.:46:16.

luxury at Test match level. At least I felt we took advantage of that

:46:17.:46:22.

luxury and put some good scores together. Being back here

:46:23.:46:25.

luxury and put some good scores little bit of pressure,

:46:26.:46:27.

luxury and put some good scores performed well in the championship.

:46:28.:46:31.

luxury and put some good scores competitive group and they always

:46:32.:46:35.

want to try and produce their best. I think you saw that today and that

:46:36.:46:39.

will be the driving factor next week.

:46:40.:48:26.

will be the driving factor next in situ a year passed the World Cup

:48:27.:48:29.

and it feels like that. You can feel the story coming to an end, no

:48:30.:48:33.

catalyst for looking forward. They missed that opportunity against

:48:34.:48:39.

France and you almost felt, they have to fire above their weight

:48:40.:48:42.

anyway to compete with the other sides, when they lost that emotion.

:48:43.:48:47.

No journey, no future about what happens next, you can feel it

:48:48.:48:54.

windowing away. Today was the end of it already full and Ireland side

:48:55.:48:59.

that desperately needed a win and to win well. Some of the criticism of

:49:00.:49:02.

Ireland is how restrictive they have been. Italy were gone in 20 or 30

:49:03.:49:08.

minutes. They have nothing to hold onto. Bizarrely in this game you

:49:09.:49:12.

need something to hang onto. Italy next for Wales and Sean has been

:49:13.:49:23.

taking a closer look. Let us not forget Wales full-back emphatic

:49:24.:49:26.

victory in the last round of last year 's tournament. Italy have

:49:27.:49:29.

strength and nothing to lose but this is surely the game where Wales

:49:30.:49:34.

unleashed their full attacking potential. Traditionally, the Italy

:49:35.:49:39.

set pieces strong, particularly the maul and Wales's defence has been

:49:40.:49:43.

improved. An effective long wall which is difficult to defend and

:49:44.:49:46.

Wales will have to be careful of giving penalties await. If Italy get

:49:47.:49:52.

close to the line, it is a potent weapon for them. The Italians are

:49:53.:49:57.

also developing a foil to that as well, a very dangerous ball catching

:49:58.:50:01.

ability of Sergio pre-season to either run the ten channel or two

:50:02.:50:07.

fill the void created closer to the ball. Bringing interest runners like

:50:08.:50:12.

scrum-half 's and Windows. The captain aside, their star has been

:50:13.:50:19.

Campagnaro, it could be a threat to Wales and his defensive tackling is

:50:20.:50:25.

very abrasive. He has had some success against Wales. Taking

:50:26.:50:32.

advantage of loose play behind the defence and spotting an interception

:50:33.:50:34.

to score a double at the Millennium Stadium. It is going to be eight I.

:50:35.:50:44.

It is the exploitation of the forward players where Wales can get

:50:45.:50:49.

some massive plusses. In the mid-channels after long defensive

:50:50.:50:53.

sets, they get tired and if Wales can build phases they can be

:50:54.:50:58.

exploited. Look how they have to push off and Finn Russell takes full

:50:59.:51:04.

advantage. Wales have these runners in abundance. The inform scrum-half

:51:05.:51:08.

will take full advantage if the Italian front row leave this much

:51:09.:51:11.

space between them around the fringes. Any line breaks could be

:51:12.:51:15.

crucially finished off by the potent back three of Wales. Cast your way

:51:16.:51:21.

back to last years final round of championship, while's -- Wales's

:51:22.:51:30.

tactics it out perfectly. Great support play from the forwards. This

:51:31.:51:35.

leaves Italy vulnerable and disorganised. If Wales can play with

:51:36.:51:46.

tempo and pace, the Italians will drop off after a long championship

:51:47.:51:50.

and it could be an enjoyable day in Cardiff for the men in red.

:51:51.:52:00.

That was a great game in Rome last year, I cannot think of a time where

:52:01.:52:06.

Wales have been involved in a dead rubber on the final Saturday. It has

:52:07.:52:13.

been a while, that is how competitive they have been in recent

:52:14.:52:19.

years. But not this time. What would you do? Give some fringe players an

:52:20.:52:28.

opportunity? I would not drop down bigger, a few month ago, he was BBC

:52:29.:52:32.

Wales sport personality of the year for his relics in the World Cup.

:52:33.:52:39.

APPLAUSE He is not perfect and he is not as

:52:40.:52:46.

good as Rhys Priestland in the things that Rhys Priestland does

:52:47.:52:48.

well and there are not many people as good as Rhys Priestland -- Rhys

:52:49.:52:54.

Priestland doing that. He is likely to be our future ten for some time.

:52:55.:52:59.

We beat England by 30 points with him at ten and 50 points Italy with

:53:00.:53:05.

him at ten. It is a mindset. When we need to go out and scored tries like

:53:06.:53:10.

we did and the last ten minutes, we play differently. We need to grab

:53:11.:53:15.

some of that in our plan. I do think we need a new right wing, I will say

:53:16.:53:25.

that much. We were in Rome last year and that second-half, when Wales

:53:26.:53:30.

play, they can play. Do we need an ex-factor? Matthew Morgan had a

:53:31.:53:35.

great 30 minutes against Fiji, would you go with him? You are probably

:53:36.:53:41.

fed up of me saying his name, you have a player in your midst, I have

:53:42.:53:48.

trained with a lot of players, he is one of the most attacking players

:53:49.:53:51.

Wales have at the moment. A fantastic talent. Why put him in the

:53:52.:53:57.

squad if you are not even putting him on the bench? It has been

:53:58.:54:01.

frustrating. I know what he is capable of doing, he gives Warren

:54:02.:54:04.

Gatland a heart attack at times with what he does but especially for this

:54:05.:54:09.

game, there is nothing on it, give a guy like Matthew chance and he will

:54:10.:54:17.

create things. Lots of debate in Rugby clubs around the country over

:54:18.:54:21.

whether Rhys Webb should start in place of Gareth Davies. We would not

:54:22.:54:26.

have won at Twickenham without Gareth Davies, fantastic energy

:54:27.:54:30.

levels but do you think this is the perfect opportunity to bring Rhys

:54:31.:54:36.

Webb back in? Spoilt for choice, they are quite similar. They both

:54:37.:54:42.

make a lot of line, they are good around the breakdown and Italy are

:54:43.:54:45.

very poor at defending that. Rhys Webb has from injury, great to see

:54:46.:54:51.

him back on the part, he definitely made an impact. A lot quicker in the

:54:52.:54:54.

breakdown and getting the ball away quicker than Gareth Davies. What a

:54:55.:54:59.

headache to have, maybe we will see Rhys Webb involved and he could

:55:00.:55:01.

bring tempo into the game. When Wales are on the front foot, they

:55:02.:55:12.

are good. I love coming down, you have to remember what has created

:55:13.:55:17.

this level of expectation, it is the way Wales play, the amount of wins

:55:18.:55:21.

in the 6-nation. It is about evolving that forward. You cannot

:55:22.:55:25.

jump to everything being about the last ten minutes. You have to try

:55:26.:55:30.

and find that balance. That is the challenge, Warren Gatland will be

:55:31.:55:34.

aware of that challenge. He will start to move the game, they will

:55:35.:55:38.

just give a different slant on the game. We are out of time but I do

:55:39.:55:42.

need to say that Tomas Francis has in the last unit -- few minutes has

:55:43.:55:52.

been cited. My thanks to you all. Also to the Wales under 20s, bring

:55:53.:55:58.

that Grand Slam home, and to the Wales women. Very disappointing at

:55:59.:56:04.

Twickenham, no wins but now the nation has to get behind the under

:56:05.:56:10.

20s, I grand slam is up for grabs, come on boys. Here is their anthem.

:56:11.:56:21.

Harry Miller ard. That could be a killer blow for Wales.

:56:22.:57:00.

What a score. He ghosts his way through. England have been

:57:01.:57:09.

obliterated.

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