6N 2016: England v Wales, 12 March

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ENGLAND v WALES
12 March 2016
KO: 16:00 GMT
Twickenham, London

Live on ITV, RTE, SC4, FR2, DMAX / BBC (H)

Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Touch judges: [tbc]
Television match official: [tbc]

A. Head to Head

119 Played 119
53 Won 54
12 Drawn 12
54 Lost 53
1,428 Points 1,371

B. Recent Form

26 September 2015: Twickenham, London
25 – 28 to Wales
2015 Rugby World Cup Pool A

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

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

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

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

13 August 2011: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
19 – 9 to Wales
2011 Rugby World Cup warm up test

6 August 2011: Twickenham, London
23 – 19 to England
2011 Rugby World Cup warm up test

C. Teams

ENGLAND

[tbc]

WALES

[tbc]

Why didn't brown go for the corner!!

Boooooooooo

Close call for wales

Excellent break by Brown.

Itoje is exceptionally good at lineout disruption

Two get out of jail cards there for Wales. One from Brown stepping back into the tackler and then Youngs knocking on.

We are wasting chances here

yappysnap wrote:We are wasting chances here

Same old story Yappy. Has been for years.

At least we are creating, that hasn't been the same for years

Nice to see England playing to a clear game-plan, at least.

Got to love Dave Flatman. Very amusing commentator

What a Poopie decision, number 5 broke off and then rejoined from offside

That's a poor bit of play by England.

nathan wrote:At least we are creating, that hasn't been the same for years

Actually I'd say that's exactly what we've been doing for about 5 years

yappysnap wrote:

nathan wrote:At least we are creating, that hasn't been the same for years

Actually I'd say that's exactly what we've been doing for about 5 years

We went through a phase prior o about 3 years of not creating anything.

Wales being a bit naughty and running back inside but getting there legs in the way of the ruck so England can't release it quickly

If Danny care had started we would have scored a try by now

Brown having a stand out start, good heads up running from him helped by poor Welsh kicking.

Get the feeling we need to make these incisions start to count though

Brown skinned North in that first attack if that had been Cuthbert he would have been crucified by now

TightHEAD wrote:If Danny care had started we would have scored a try by now

Why would that be?

Held up to me

nathan wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:If Danny care had started we would have scored a try by now

Why would that be?

His arms are 80metres long

That's two we should have scored

Come on England. Get the try done

Let off for Wales again, should have been a penalty try

All England but only 6 points up - England really needed to convert at least one of those opportunities.

TightHEAD wrote:That's two we should have scored

A bit like the last game then.

Refs are so scared to make any kind of decisions these days - for either side. I honestly wish we didn't have the TMO . You'd win some, lose some, but it just stops this default go to the TMO.

To be fair the Ref said it was held up first off. England though are all over us but what's the tactic in high balls to biggar and williams all about?

Oh dear. Death by penalty.

Well least Ebbw beat Ponty today that's something for me to have drink over at end of day

It's usually England who give away a torrent of needless penalties.

Good kick by Farrell. Straight and true.

England should be out of sight by now we are lucky we have got Nil or might have struggled to score that lol

Welsh lineout being called by England.

True Raven wrote:To be fair the Ref said it was held up first off.   England though are all over us but what's the tactic in high balls to biggar and williams all about?

Oh absolutely he did, but if he's confident Id love to just see him make the call.

Massive scrum

Wales haven't turned up yet

No setpiece and amateur mistakes to turn over possession.

We are scr*wed

GeordieFalcon wrote:

True Raven wrote:To be fair the Ref said it was held up first off.   England though are all over us but what's the tactic in high balls to biggar and williams all about?

Oh absolutely he did, but if he's confident Id love to just see him make the call.

Agree with that

Cuthbert one of England's best players so far

wales606 wrote:No setpiece and amateur mistakes to turn over possession.

We are scr*wed

Players can't catch and G Davies can't pass

'Youngs the dummy'

Cuthbert will be getting a few more of those me thinks.

Is it just me or do Wales look tired

Well so far its a rather error / penalty strewn game.

When George Ford can rip the ball off you, you need to train more biceps

carpet baboon wrote:Is it just me or do Wales look tired

Too hypered up.  England hammer blowing them.

Don't like this kicking strategy. It disallows control.

We should have the confidence to play the ball in hand!

Btw Browns already beaten 5 defenders and made over 60m's