England vs Wales Match day thread

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SIX NATIONS: ENGLAND V WALES
Venue: Twickenham Date: Sunday, 9 March Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Coverage: Watch live on BBC One, BBC One HD, listen on BBC Radio 5 Live

England

15-Mike Brown, 14-Jack Nowell, 13-Luther Burrell, 12-Billy Twelvetrees, 11-Jonny May, 10-Owen Farrell, 9-Danny Care

1-Joe Marler, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-David Wilson, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Courtney Lawes, 6-Tom Wood, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Ben Morgan

Replacements: 16-Tom Youngs, 17-Mako Vunipola, 18-Henry Thomas, 19-Dave Attwood, 20-Tom Johnson, 21-Lee Dickson, 22-George Ford, 23-Alex Goode


Wales

15-Leigh Halfpenny, 14-Alex Cuthbert, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Jamie Roberts, 11-George North, 10-Rhys Priestland, 9-Rhys Webb

1-Gethin Jenkins, 2-Richard Hibbard, 3-Adam Jones, 4-Jake Ball, 5-Alun Wyn Jones, 6-Dan Lydiate, 7-Sam Warburton (capt), 8-Taulupe Faletau

Replacements: Ken Owens, Paul James, Rhodri Jones, Andrew Coombs, Justin Tipuric, Mike Phillips, Dan Biggar, Liam Williams
MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee : Romain Poite (Fra)

Touch judges : Steve Walsh (Aus) & Lourens van der Merwe (RSA)
TV Official : Simon McDowell (Ire)


Next up for Wales is a trip to London and after all the banter coming out of the England camp it is time to finish the hype this match has been building and play some rugby. Have England improved on last year? Will home advantage be enough? Has Wales over come a trough and reached another high?

With plenty of injuries to key players, in fact some of England's very best players are out of this game, a convincing win for England over Wales will give the nation huge confidence going forward, maybe even a shot at the championship next weekend.

The build up seems to have been all about England, Wales are a known entity, twice champions in recent years with pretty much the same team they field tomorrow, little change to their game plan or style gives very little to discuss.

On the many various threads the situation is similar, all about England, with very little admiration of this perceivably over-rated Welsh team that have failed to beat a Southern Hemisphere top three team since 2008, the mark of all great sides.

In all honesty a tough and challenging end to the Six Nations will do this Welsh set up some good, possibly more good than the confidence a third consecutive championship would give them. Wales have little to lose and less to prove, a defeat in the manner of last years game would be vastly more detrimental to their hosts.

I hope all the fans enjoy the game, I am sure it will be the usual roller coaster of emotion for both Nations.

[Biltong]

Johnny Wilikenson used to have the praymantis stance prior to a kick, I see Farrell has the pelvic pump before he kicks.

[Biltong]

I can just not get used to the way everyone bellyflops in the rucks.

[nathan]

surely the welsh 4 or 5 was in at the side?

[HammerofThunor]

Surely AW Jones went in at the side first?

Edit: ninja nathan

[nathan]

great kick by 1/2p

[Nachos Jones]

Very poor kicking from Priestland again today.

[glamorganalun]

Well done Preistland

[HammerofThunor]

Wales' kicking out of hand has been pretty poor (including the chase)

[Nachos Jones]

In fairness, Webb had no chance of rolling away from that one.

[nathan]

great tackle by the 9 though

[nathan]

In fairness, Webb had no chance of rolling away from that one.

very true, but that isn't englands fault so rightly a pen.

[glamorganalun]

Wales half backs are poor, Wales can't hope to win kicking poorly and giving soft penalties away (and missing tackles).

[HammerofThunor]

In fairness, Webb had no chance of rolling away from that one.

Doesn't matter. He shouldn't have been there.

[Rugby Fan]

When Wales have their tackling game together, they are putting pressure on England. Luckily, they are off the pace there at the moment, and I hope it stays that way.

[nathan]

davies clearly milking that. He could of just ran behind him.

[Nachos Jones]

In fairness, Webb had no chance of rolling away from that one.

very true, but that isn't englands fault so rightly a pen.

Defo penalty but just felt a bit sorry for Webb there as he really had no chance to get away.

[Nachos Jones]

Kicks are too deep from Priestland and his chasers have no chance.

[nathan]

silly decision by the ref, he was resting on belly.

[Hood83]

There is absolutely zero consistency to how long Poite gives a player to hang on. Atrocious.

[Biltong]

Who is the commentator that wets himself every time North gets the ball?

[Hood83]

silly decision by the ref, he was resting on belly.

He is a terrible ref, I'd genuinely rather have Owens for this game!

[Rugby Fan]

Too many penalties from England. Wales will keep the scoreboard moving if we can't tighten up.

[Rugby Fan]

If Care hadn't had the wit to run the penalty in for a try, we would be level on points at the moment.

[HammerofThunor]

Did he ground that? Or am I paranoid?

[Nachos Jones]

Oh great try from England

[HammerofThunor]

I'm paranoid

[nathan]

Did he ground that? Or am I paranoid?

i thought that when watching live but the replay showed he did.

[nathan]

i just hope we can keep this up all game.

[nathan]

i think hibbard is living offside at the minute.

[Nachos Jones]

Both teams on a warning now. Englands indiscipline keeping Wales in the game.

[HammerofThunor]

How many times have we had Wales come back at us and win? Too many.

[Rugby Fan]

England have given a three points away instantly every time we have scored.

[Guest]

Great day for my fantasy rugby at least with care and Burrell scoring. That's all I can take from this

[Biltong]

I totally agree with Poite in regards to the pnalty, but what about the attacking teams at the ruck?

[wales606]

Dan Biggar would make so much difference to this Welsh team

[Hood83]

Wales are having to do very little to stay in this. They've been completely average but our discipline has kept them in it. Annoying.

[mckay1402]

That was not out from robshaw there. Should have been a pen

[wales606]

Dan Biggar on for the second half...it's the only way!

[Hood83]

Terrible stuff. We should have had this sown up in this half.

[Sgt_Pooly]

Totally dominating, but stupid pens going to lose us the game

[glamorganalun]

Good sporting crowd

[Nachos Jones]

How Wales are still in this is going to be the focus of the 1/2 time talk. Lancaster will scream at Englands indiscipline.

20-15 1/2 time, excellent match so far.

[Guest]

Really poor from the English supporters.

[Biltong]

Penalties keepng Wales in this match, they go into halftime happier than the English

[HammerofThunor]

We're going to get smashed in the second half.

[nathan]

Really poor from the English supporters.

they thought the english player was taken out in the air.

[glamorganalun]

Need to get Phillips and Biggar on the Wales half backs are crap

[Hood83]

Totally dominating, but stupid pens going to lose us the game

Not many we can complain with but there are pens that we should have got from Poite for a variety of welsh misdemeanours, not least offsides and hanging on.

[nathan]

this is going back to the M. Johnson era with us keeping teams in the game through ill discipline.

[TJ]

Really poor from the English supporters.

they thought the english player was taken out in the air.

Which is what it looked like to me

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