Match Thread England vs Wales 10th Feb 16:45 TV3/ITV

Stheno · 10-02-2018 3:12pm #1

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care; 1 Make Vunipola, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Maro Itoje, 6 Courtney Lawes, 7 Chris Robshaw, 8 Sam Simmonds.

Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Harry Williams, 19 George Kruis, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Ben Te'o, 23 Jack Nowell.

Wales: 15 Liam Williams?, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Gareth Davies; 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ken Owens, 3 Samson Lee, 4 Cory Hill, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6 Aaron Shingler, 7 Josh Navidi, 8 Ross Moriarty.

Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 George North.

England are in Twickenham where they have won their last 18 games. In the last meeting of Eng vs Wales England won 21-16.

After last weeks trouncing of Scotland, this looks likely to be a close match with not more than a score in it.

The last minute withdrawal of Leigh Halpenny means kicking duties for Wales will pass to Rhys Patchell.

Prediction: England by 3

Zzippy · 10-02-2018 4:16pm

TL: DR

:P

NollagShona · 10-02-2018 5:18pm

https://twitter.com/cheekyruck/status/962013794883874822

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 5:21pm

NollagShona wrote: »

https://twitter.com/cheekyruck/status/962013794883874822

I would lol if this game was a draw later on just to see their faces.

Subpopulus · 10-02-2018 5:44pm

Land of our Fathers sounds like a middle-ranking christmas carol. Silent Night it is not.

joseywhales · 10-02-2018 5:44pm

Ah I don't know why gatland gets so much flack, he's reasonable enough.

Jones is just a wind up artist.

razorblunt · 10-02-2018 5:47pm

Dylan Hartley tackling with his face there.
"More of that please", says you.

The HIA will confirm, in fact, he has no brain.

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 5:48pm

Hartley is off already with a HIA. Talk about fast.

Stheno · 10-02-2018 5:48pm

dublinman1990 wrote: »

Hartley is off already with a HIA. Talk about fast.

He looked quite dopey

F34 · 10-02-2018 5:49pm

That feed to the scrum was a disgrace

razorblunt · 10-02-2018 5:49pm

THAT is why May gets picked. Rockets in his boots.

eigrod · 10-02-2018 5:50pm

Wow. What a kick though

Burkie1203 · 10-02-2018 5:50pm

Awful from wales

CurryFlavoured · 10-02-2018 5:51pm

Super clinical from England.

pickarooney · 10-02-2018 5:51pm

Lucky or perfectly weighted, that kick was sublime.

10-02-2018 5:51pm

That is absolutely brilliant. Terrific decision to kick through, fantastic.

dublinman1990 · 10-02-2018 5:51pm

Farrell missed his kick. Playing in the rain would not be easy for this match.

mangobob · 10-02-2018 5:52pm

Ruthless from England.

kuang1 · 10-02-2018 5:52pm

Terrible error from Wales.

Not as terrible as realising that Conor macnaFookinmara is tv3's commentator tho.

Fook it.

Professor Moriarty · 10-02-2018 5:59pm

Exactly what Wales didn't need. England could cut loose if Wales lose focus.

kuang1 · 10-02-2018 6:02pm

Jesus h fookin christ...Shane Byrne is almost as bad as MacNamara...
"It's been all England so far...Wales haven't got a look in"....
Did he watch the first 2 minutes of the game?
Horrendous punditry.

razorblunt · 10-02-2018 6:04pm

Can anyone confirm if AWJ and Itoje were roommates on the Lions Tour?

Itoje was miles offside in the line speed there.

CurryFlavoured · 10-02-2018 6:08pm

Damn, this is a real exceptional England side. The main difference between us and England is the creativity they have running ball in hand.

eigrod · 10-02-2018 6:08pm

England are going to get a bonus point here

pickarooney · 10-02-2018 6:09pm

Was that Patchell's brother in the stands?

CurryFlavoured · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Hmm, hit his knee, but was there downward pressure from red? Tough one.

bloodless_coup · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Bull****!!

A-Train · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Ah that’s very harsh on Wales.

Hurrache · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Looked a try to me.

Burkie1203 · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Thats a terrible call

10-02-2018 6:12pm

Harsh on Wales there

chupacabra · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

So Clancy tells him what happened and he ignores him?

PhlegmyMoses · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Wow, totally disagree with that one

BigCon · 10-02-2018 6:12pm

Why was that not a try?

crisco10 · 10-02-2018 6:13pm

It was more sideways pressure than downward pressure....sort of squirted out.

ScrubsfanChris · 10-02-2018 6:13pm

Don't think that was as clear cut a try as Shane Williams thinks.

LuckyGent88 · 10-02-2018 6:13pm

Not sure that was enough control on the downward pressure but seen them given

Hurrache · 10-02-2018 6:13pm

"Not been clearly grounded", what was that TMO looking at.

LuckyGent88 wrote: »

Not sure that was enough control on the downward pressure but seen them given

Don't need control on the downward pressure, that's a rugby league thing.

Neil3030 · 10-02-2018 6:13pm

chupacabra wrote: »

So Clancy tells him what happened and he ignores him?

Sounds about right!

mangobob · 10-02-2018 6:14pm

Wales were absolutely robbed there.

letowski · 10-02-2018 6:14pm

No way did Anscombe get pressure there, he flapped at it, right call.

Professor Moriarty · 10-02-2018 6:14pm

Npt clearly grounded seems a fair call.

baas baa · 10-02-2018 6:15pm

Anyone hear the TMO come in to tell Garces the penalty count.

sydthebeat · 10-02-2018 6:15pm

Owen farrell has turned into the almost complete 12

ednwireland · 10-02-2018 6:15pm

Looked like he slapped it away definitely no control

Dick phelan · 10-02-2018 6:15pm

Terrible call is the TMO blind England did not get there first.

Minderbinder · 10-02-2018 6:15pm

If that was Italy they’d have given the try. As it is, it seems like the right decision.

CurryFlavoured · 10-02-2018 6:16pm

mangobob wrote: »

Wales were absolutely robbed there.

Not robbed, let's be fair here. Seen them given but really he flopped a hand at it.

Berserker · 10-02-2018 6:16pm

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Npt clearly grounded seems a fair call.

Yep agree with you.

Losty Dublin · 10-02-2018 6:16pm

BigCon wrote: »

Why was that not a try?

When grounding a loose ball the player has to press down on the ball. While he did try it wasn't a press down in this case.

Neil3030 · 10-02-2018 6:22pm

England chipping the ball a lot against Wales's rush defense - I wonder if they'll do similar against us.

Match Thread England vs Wales 10th Feb 16:45 TV3/ITV

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