England v Wales - Part 2, 26 September

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ENGLAND v WALES
26 September 2015
KO: 20:00
Twickenham, London

Live on ITV1

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Touch judges: Jaco Peyper (South Africa) & Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

A. Head to Head

126 Played 126
58 Won 56
12 Drawn 12
56 Lost 58
1,596 Points 1,456

B. Recent Form

6 February 2015
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
16 – 21 to England

9 March 2014
Twickenham Stadium, London
29 – 18 to England

16 March 2013
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
30 – 3 to Wales

25 February 2012
Twickenham Stadium, London
12 – 19 to Wales

13 August 2011
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
19 – 9 to Wales

6 August 2011
Twickenham, London
23 – 19 to England

4 February 2011
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
19 – 26 to England

6 February 2010
Twickenham, London
30 – 17 to England

14 February 2009
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
23 – 15 to Wales

2 February 2008
Twickenham, London
19 – 26 to Wales

C. Teams

ENGLAND

M Brown (Harlequins); A Watson (Bath), B Barritt (Saracens), S Burgess (Bath), J May (Gloucester); O Farrell (Saracens), B Youngs (Leicester); J Marler (Harlequins), T Youngs (Leicester), D Cole (Leicester), G Parling (Exeter), C Lawes (Northampton), T Wood (Northampton), C Robshaw (Harlequins, capt), B Vunipola (Saracens)

Replacements: R Webber (Bath), M Vunipola (Saracens), K Brookes (Northampton), J Launchbury (Wasps), J Haskell (Wasps), R Wigglesworth (Saracens), G Ford (Bath), A Goode (Saracens).

WALES

Liam Williams (Scarlets); G North (Northampton), S Williams (Scarlets), J Roberts (Harlequins), H Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons); D Biggar (Ospreys), G Davies (Scarlets); G Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), S Baldwin (Ospreys), T Francis (Exeter), B Davies (Wasps), A-W Jones (Ospreys), D Lydiate (Ospreys), S Warburton (Cardiff Blues, capt), T Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons)

Replacements: K Owens (Scarlets), A Jarvis (Ospreys), S Lee (Scarlets), L Charteris (Racing 92), J Tipuric (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), R Priestland (Bath), A Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues).

well I don't think these line-ups would have been picked two weeks back.

Wales could be very very changed for Fiji.

Omg, poor Wales with injury, it's ridiculous.

What was wigglesworth thinking! Why didn't he run through the Frak off gap

However much I want England to win (and they still might not) this is just awful for Wales. Really do feel for them. Gutting

They've really lost that attacking edge, Aussie will not fear a thing.

The France game full of adventure feels a lifetime ago.  How i'd love to see our boy Nowell on now.

Will Wales even finish the WC with 15 fit players.

nathan wrote:What was wigglesworth thinking! Why didn't he run through the Frak off gap

Absolutely ridiculous play. A bus could have been driven through that gap!

How hard did Wales push their players on these legendary brutal training camps? Did they push them so far as to them physically exhausted and liable to injury?

nathan wrote:Poopie, I know I'm supporting England but at the moment I feel so sorry for Wales. So many injuries - really hope they recover quickly

Absolutely, no team deserves this kind of bad luck. And the RWC is poorer for the absence of all these players: they are class.

Great try

Whaaat!! Here we go, pretty good game this.

So it's the Welsh to rally option then....

Well done Wales. Beautifully done.

That's eng out then I guess.

Jesus fair play to the boys, 2 taken off and they fight ack from their own line and score a try, win or lose we can be proud of their effort. Just a pity about that first 30 mins with the set piece.

Shiiiiteee

Midfield pushes up on an overlap. Pretty sure kids are taught from a young age that's exactly what you don't so.

and England throw it.

dear God. Well done to an injured and shattered Wales.

Wales to win by 10-20 now?

Hmmm, what was north doing there?

formerly known as Sam wrote:Midfield pushes up on an overlap. Pretty sure kids are taught from a young age that's exactly what you don't so.

and we see the cost of picking poor midfield options again.

Hello .

Astounding and heartwarming if Wales pull this off.

England have done this a few times over the years against Wales.  Bad selections mean they fall apart and Wales run it up late on.

Wish I was up the pub. This is nuts.

Duty281 wrote:Astounding and heartwarming if Wales pull this off.

true.

sad to see the hosts out of the world cup but c'est la vie. Wales were better.

Might vomit

Might have to turn this off in a minute...

Webber to Frak the line out up...

Thats a Billy Big-Balls Call.

haha awesome maul defence

and that sums it up, England don't deserve a thing after picking that midfield.

I thought Warbs was okay then? Anyway, drove England into touch. Now we just need to win our lineout...

Strange decision from England. Reminiscent of 2012.

trebellbobaggins wrote:and that sums it up, England don't deserve a thing after picking that midfield.

Yeah wigglesworth had nothing to do with it....

Ouch, scrum time coming up, and they're a mess.

Well that couldn't have been anymore in at the side by Wales.

Jesus god what a game

England out of the world cup. Well done Wales and England.. Lancaster was an idiot with that midfield.

Congratulations to the Welsh boys, that was a very brave win

Major choke from England

Well done Wales, showed great character.

Well done Wales. With so much stacked against them during that match with injuries, that's a great win, and a big loss for England.

Great win Wales. I can't believe they came back in that situation. Amazing game. Terrible England.

Well played Wales. Deserved that on the 2nd half showing.

Well done Wales.

Stupendous heart and fortitude. Too many errors, England!

England screwing their home world cup.

Lancaster gone surely?

Wow, well done Wales, incredible guts.

trebellbobaggins wrote:England out of the world cup.  Well done Wales and England.. Lancaster was an idiot with that midfield.

Open your Frak eyes mate, wasn't the midfield. Look at the Frak ups by wigglesworth

Wow! Beware the wounded Dragon.
That was a great 2nd half from them. Makes the group very interesting now doesn't it.