England v Wales today

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:32 pm

So Australia win the opening game and will play England next while the defeated Kiwis will face Wales in a game they will be expecting to win .

England should win today , but they will have to improve on recent performances . A loss would probably meen they would have to beat both the Australians and the Kiwis to make the final .

Does this put added pressure on England to get a win today ? Yes it does .

im still going to go for a England 24 Wales 12 result . But wouldn't be to surprised if it ended differently .

by bretmeharty Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:53 pm

England 32 Wales 20

by Steffan Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:15 pm

COME ON WALES Wales

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:36 pm

Teams

England .
1 Tomkins , 2 Hall , 3 Read , 4 Yeaman , 5 Briscoe , 6 Sinfield , 7 Case , 8 Graham , 9 Roby , 10 Peacock , 11 Ellis ,12 Westwood , 13 Heighington .
subs 14 Widdup , 15 Morley , 16 Jones-Buchannan , 17 Wilkin

Wales .
1 Jones , 2 Kear , 3 Webster , 4 Roets , 5 R Williams , 6 Briers ,7 Seamark , 8 J James , 9 Budworth , 10 Dudson , 11 Frizell , 12 Bracek , 13 Flower
subs 14 Watson , 15 Divorty ,16 A James , 17 Kopzcak

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:38 pm

Great start by England Sam Tomkins try in the corner Sinfield misses the kick though 4 - 0 England .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:40 pm

Union fan...come in peace....I'm actually watching this out of interest, even though I'm unfamiliar with the rules and things. Nasty hit to Jordan James earlier, when he stood up, he looked like he'd had 15 pints of lager Smile

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:41 pm

Your more then welcome Cari Very Happy

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:43 pm

Oh thanks Kenny Smile

Nice to see a familiar face here. This looks like a good game even though I've no idea what's going on....Wales almost scoring here...oh no.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:46 pm

Yes thought he was going to slide over , you must be like i am watching Union like watching it but dont really understand whats going on .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:49 pm

England are being slow in defence , giving Briers to much time on the ball allowing him to get some good kicks in .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:50 pm

Ha yeah, that's the thing Kenny. I think it's cause I'm used to watching so much union, I get the rules confused. That Welsh blonde fella's doing well....that's another thing, I don't know any players in league. I recognise Iestyn Harries cause he played union in Wales for a little while once.

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:52 pm

That was a very good try from the English fella. 10 - 0.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:52 pm

To be honest i dont know to much about a lot of the welsh lads , some dont play in superleague so dont see alot of them .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:53 pm

Yes 10 nil England Sam Tomkins again with the try Sinfield kicks the conversion .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:54 pm

Yeah, I get the impression that the Welsh are quite new to league....I suppose Wales are to international rugby league what Russia are to union. Awh that was close Wales....good defence though.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:56 pm

Wales have had some good sides in the past , but upto a few years ago it was Great Britain as a test team v Aus and NZ rather then split up into England Wales Scotland and Ireland .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:58 pm

Oh I see. So has Team GB been disbanded now, and they're just the four nations?

Another good try. I hope Wales get something soon though, I don't like to see them with 0.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:58 pm

England score again Yeaman in for the try Sinfield again misses the extras 14 - 0

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:05 pm

Yes GB is no more for the time being , England always provided the majority of the GB squad anyway and England are really the only strong team from the home nations .

England ,Australia and New Zealand are included in the 4 nations every year .

when its played over here Wales , France ,Ireland , Scotland and a few others Russia i think ? have a mini tournament to fill the other 4 nations place .

and when its played down under Papua New Guinea , Fiji , Samoa , Tonga do the same

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:08 pm

Ah OK. Thanks for that. I'd be interested to see Scotland and Ireland. Are their games being shown anywhere?

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:11 pm

The mini tournament dont really get much tv coverage just high lights on Sky .

Sam Tomkins who has scored 2 of Englands tries is being looked at by a few Union sides , his brother Joel looks like signing for Saracens aswell .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:13 pm

That was a good take by the Englishman. Quite a few players have swapped codes over the years. Jiffy (who's commentating) did well in league I think.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:20 pm

Halftime England 14 - 0 Wales

Yes he was a good player , played for GB aswell scored a great try v Australia at wembley in '94 and i was there Very Happy

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:28 pm

Second half about to kick off

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:37 pm

Englands Halfs really need to step up, Jones-Buchanon shouldn't being taking kicks .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:40 pm

Sam Tomkins in under the posts for his hat-trick try , Sinfield kicks the extras 20 - 0 England

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:42 pm

Poor Wales - please get something. Crying or Very sad

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:45 pm

Jack Reed in for a try for England , good bit of play by England there Reed round on the loop and in near the corner . Sinfield misses again with the conversion ( not like him ) 24 - 0 England

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:48 pm

Fourth try for Tomkins. Is that a bonus point try then?

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:49 pm

Sam Tomkins gets his 4th try today , England putting pressure on Wales at will now . Sinfield kicks the extra 2 points

England 30 - 0 Wales

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:50 pm

Cari wrote:Fourth try for Tomkins. Is that a bonus point try then?

No not in league Cari Very Happy

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:52 pm

Wales are looking shell shocked , turned the ball over on the second tackle on a forward pass . England pushing again but grubber kicks to long .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:53 pm

Has this been a good game would you say Kenny? Or has it been too one sided?

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:55 pm

Widdop on Chase of for England , Chase hasn't been on form today very poor game from him upto now hes not kicked at all or put in any telling passes .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:55 pm

Cari wrote:Has this been a good game would you say Kenny? Or has it been too one sided?

Bit to one sided but Wales aren't giving up , and they are in for a try !!!

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 3:57 pm

Elliott Kear scores for Wales in the corner , poor defence by England but a well taken try . Briers misses the conversion .

England 30 - 4 Wales

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:00 pm

Wales again cough up possesion with a silly error Brazcek knocking on at the play the ball .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:00 pm

I missed the try cause I was getting my pizza out of the oven! Doh

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:01 pm

10 minutes to go England looking comfortable but this performance wont be good enough next week against Australia .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:03 pm

Cari wrote:I missed the try cause I was getting my pizza out of the oven!

Good play from Wales spreading the ball out wide and drawing the English centre in to leave a gap out wide , and the winger finished it well .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:06 pm

Chris Heighington scores his first try for England , good play by Widdop inside ball to Heighington in by the posts . Sinfield adds the extras

England 36 - 4 Wales

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:07 pm

Are the Aussies the top international team in League Kenny?

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:10 pm

Rangi Chase back on the field for Roby should of scored but couldn't get the ball down chasing a through kick by Briscoe . Knock on Wales ball 20 metre restart

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:11 pm

No surprise having scored 4 trys Sam Tomkins man of the match .

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:12 pm

Good finish for England as well.

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:14 pm

The hooter goes with Wales in possesion they try and keep the ball alive but Hall intercepts and Widdop scores for England, Sinfield kicks the conversion .

Final Score

England 42 - 4 Wales

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:15 pm

Overall not a bad game by England but they will need to improve but a win is a win .

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:17 pm

BBC interview Reed , Widdop and Heighington .....good to hear those English accents coming through Very Happy

by Cari Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:24 pm

Widdop was quite good looking I thought. Reminded me of David Wallace a bit. I liked the fact that Iestyn H. sounded more Yorkshire than Michael Parkinson Very Happy

by **Kenny** Sat Oct 29, 2011 4:29 pm

I like Iestyn he's got some good ideas toward rugby league , should do well at Wigan as assistant coach and hopefully bring the Welsh team on aswell .

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