6 Nations Round 3 - England v Wales

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England v Wales

Twickers, London
Saturday 26th Feb 2022
Kick Off - 1645hrs

England team

Steward; Malins, Daly, Slade, Nowell; Smith, Randall; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Sinckler, Ewels, Itoje, Lawes (Capt), Curry, Dombrandt.

Replacements: George, Marler, Stuart, Isiekwe, Simmonds, Youngs, Ford, Marchant.

Wales Team

L Williams; Cuthbert, Watkin, Tompkins, Adams; Biggar (capt), T Williams; W Jones, Elias, Francis, Rowlands, Beard, Moriarty, Basham, Faletau.

Replacements: Lake, G Thomas, Brown, S Davies, Morgan, Hardy, Anscombe, J Davies.

Difficult take for Steward but you'd expect him to claim it. Put us under pressure undo pressure

Francis literally kneeling alright away.

Genge elbow to the floor. He doesn’t want to scrum does he.

Wales prop on his knee first ?

mikey_dragon wrote:Genge elbow to the floor. He doesn’t want to scrum does he.

Yet it doesn't touch the floor. Francis in all sorts of trouble. He knows it.

Great by LCD.

Cuthbert is a beast so far. We haven’t seen this in years.

Heaf wrote:Wales prop on his knee first ?

Exactly, Francis was straight on his knees..

Randall kicking is pretty good, very impressed. He has distance.

Based on this game so far don't think France have much to worry about for that slam.

Sgt_Pooly wrote:

Heaf wrote:Wales prop on his knee first ?

Exactly, Francis was straight on his knees..

Randall kicking is pretty good, very impressed. He has distance.

Makes you wonder what the AR is looking at ...

Wales giving away lots of penalties.

poor miss

Wales awful at the breakdown early on. Adapt or lose.

Great intensity from England so far.

Great kick from Randall.

Wyn Jones lying all over that. Lucky to get away with it.

Marcus Smith is very good.

Another missed chance though ...

How did Ewels not finish that!! Lol

I thought that was a try

This is why Neil Back never wanted TMOs

Liam Williams could not resist a fdabble and gets a kick on the ear and a YC for his troubles

BigGee wrote:I thought that was a try

It was close 50/50

Wales really struggling at scrum time.

Sgt_Pooly wrote:How did Ewels not finish that!! Lol

Shades of Haskell vs the post! Did look for all the world live like he just had to roll, but replay shows there was some excellent defence.

As it pans out England might actually be better off if they can make this scrum pay off having "won" the yellow card

Sanjay very nearly got away with that to be fair.

With the scrums being a mess so far I'm not sure with that call to be honest. Hopefully it pays off.

Just take the 3!

Never.

Wales scrum is much improved, nobody wants to scrum against us this year

Or tap and go through LCD. They took the scrum as a midfield platform is a lethal opportunity but the scrums are a mess. Tap and go, set a midfield ruck and use that as your platform with space both sides. Stupid play. Not for the first time this tournament.

Ref has no clue ...

Bad call from us, really bad.

Is Sinckler injured? He seems to have trouble binding.

Duty281 wrote:Is Sinckler injured? He seems to have trouble binding.

Wales just playing games. They don't want to scrum.

That's really abysmal body position from Dombrandt. Looking for the big collision instead of just looking after the ball. Genge used to do it all the time when he first stepped up. Went in high looking to send the tackler flying but just loses the ball.

Doesn't look great for LCD.

I don't think I've seen Malins try to take someone on the outside yet.

Good replacement for LCD though.

Both teams look more dangerous when the opposition has the ball

Malins is just not an international is he. And Nowell who for years was great in defence now can't make a tackle!

No 7&1/2 wrote:I don't think I've seen Malins try to take someone on the outside yet.

Inside step everytime....he's not a winger. He's having a mare tbh

This is all very messy

No 7&1/2 wrote:Malins is just not an international is he. And Nowell who for years was great in defence now can't make a tackle!

Possibly the worst pair of wingers in the 6N, insane.

I like Nowell Sarge but need out and out pace on 1 wing. From a winger who backs themselves.

Wales very bad at the breakdown today.

Mashing them at the breakdown. Didn't expect that.

No 7&1/2 wrote:I like Nowell Sarge but need out and out pace on 1 wing. From a winger who backs themselves.

Also missing May chasing up those kicks

So nice having Lawes back.

Gooseberry wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:I like Nowell Sarge but need out and out pace on 1 wing. From a winger who backs themselves.

Also missing May chasing up those kicks

God yes. Not had the best 12 months of his England career but he's clas.

Gooseberry wrote:

No 7&1/2 wrote:I like Nowell Sarge but need out and out pace on 1 wing. From a winger who backs themselves.

Also missing May chasing up those kicks

Exactly. Randall has put up some good kicks but Nowell is getting nowhere near.

Cuthbert the best English winger on the pitch!

Shame that was Daly making the hit not Tuilagi