Wales v England - Matchday

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The time is now!
The day is here!

LondonTiger wrote:ANY personal attacks will be a ban. No warnings.

Think Wales have got this... They have really dominated the last half hour.

Nice catch by LW but looked like his heel hit the line ..

Why Aled Davies....

Well done Wales.
To continue to kick when we are losing the aerial battle is braindead.

Far too much kicking from England today

England have not fired a shot this half, the belief has just drained out of them

That's the game

Well done Wales

YES!!!!!

Errrgh not deserved. But there you go.

RDW wrote:Biggar is a big game player - his impact could decide the game.

Parkes has been poor.

Well what did I say! 

He's made a huge difference.

Try of the Century!!!

Well played Wales a good win Biggar made all the difference.

That is indeed the game. Wales have stepped it up in the last 20 minutes, but this is the worst half of rugby England have put together in about a year.

Daly v Williams has been the big difference today. Williams has took everything thrown at him, outstanding display.

Well, that's what you get for not having a proper fullback.

Well played Wales.

And sealed with another try ...got to say the Welsh have deserved this ...well played

England just didn't produce their usually good last twenty minutes today. Back to the drawing board...

majesticimperialman wrote:Well played Wales a good win Biggar made all the difference.

Excellent change, Anscombe was doing nothing. England's bench has, surprisingly, made zero impact.

Great game Wales but what happened to England?

Congrats Wales and the fans. Off to drown my sorrows in something non alcoholic.

Well done Wales, deserved victory.

Well won Wales.

Off to drown my sorrows in something very alcoholic

Difficult to make a difference when you keep kicking the ball away - still a good wake up call that you can't stick blindly to one tactic

BigGee wrote:Great game Wales but what happened to England?

I thought it was supposed to be the French who were so inconsistent!

Good win for the boyos, definitely deserved. Bit of an odd game plan from us today, still think we'll win the tournament but that's a big blow.

For all that Wales want to play a different way with Anscome, Biggar wins them games!

I'm not clear why Biggar doesn't start?

That finish by Adams at the end was something else, so impressive!

Good game. Good win for Wales.
Biggar is some player

I'm still getting over that try. Fingertip stuff.
Adams could so easily have fumbled it; then to have just enough momentum to get the ball across the line. Spectacular!

Well done Wales. That was definitely worth getting up for. Good luck in the remaining 2 matches.

Congrats Wales. Excellent win. Well deserved.

England were poor in second in comparison to the first half.

Alum Wyn must be very happy.

That daft kick at the end of the 1st half when in a good position summed it up for me - if they'd kept hold of the ball there and maybe scored it would have been a whole different ball game. Instead they just kept kicking it away rather than keep the pressure on. Stupid tactic especially when you have LW on the other side who doesn't miss much.

Gatland roped a dope there. At half time all the pundits saying about Wales being too narrow, but I think Gatland conditioned England. Bravo. Everything Gatland said pre game was spot on. Sinckler lost his head. The traffic caught England. Man is a genius.

Viva Cory Hill.

Bit gutted I fell for the hype in the build up, to be honest. Particularly with my prediction.

Now we just need Ireland or Scotland to do England a favour. Yeah...

I’ll worry about both games. As AWJ said, they’ll respect a hurting Scotland up there.

Classless by Eddie there, ref bashing. Gained three points off a non penalty. Gained a no arms pen and didn’t concede one. Poor show.

Great result for Wales. Could see them doing the old heave ho on England with some off the cuff magic once they got through that first quarter when England want to shock and awe you out of the game psychologically. It's a weird feeling supporting Wales. .... I can see the weaknesses more but also I trust the lads to push the intensity right to the end - Wales never let their fans down on that front.

Well, well.... hopefully that opens up some possibilities for another game of Big Meaning right on the last day. But congratulations to the Welsh posters here,. A great display of in-your-face defiance... which is exactly the 'tactic' needed to compete with this England side.

EnglishReign wrote:Now we just need Ireland or Scotland to do England a favour. Yeah...

You mean Ireland need England to do them a favour and get no bonus points.

Yeah...

Wales got the rub overall so they go risca. Worry about Ireland.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Wales got the rub overall so they go risca. Worry about Ireland.

Somebody needs to spoil the party, that Uncle Eddie wanted to. Just as well be Ireland do it for you.

Good win for Wales. I think they did their homework well and shut down England's game plan well. A bit like England did to Ireland. Great championship this year.

May as well. Ireland are the better team.

Blaming the ref is classless, Wales deserved it.

Not the ref just the bounce in general. These things happen.

carpet baboon wrote:Good game. Good win for Wales.
Biggar is some player

Yeah Biggar is awesome. Possibly the best 10 in the 6 nations at the moment.

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Daly v Williams has been the big difference today. Williams has took everything thrown at him, outstanding display.

England's game plan so far has relied a bit on bad fielding in the back field. Williams was definitely a different proposition today. Very hard to beat this Wales team in the air.

Jees the Wales 12 is really slow though. Who was that?

No 7&1/2 wrote:They do need to have that in their mind miaow if only to prepare for the WC. I perhaps in the minority though Lancaster did a good job but he didn't prepare the team for bps in the world cup. Need to ensure you know what you need to do.

Interesting point. Ultimately England have been good at getting the BPs, albeit Ireland nearly gifted them one, and I still maintain, if Wales are to win the title this year they will have to win every game.

I don't see them losing to Ireland with a BP, beating Scotland with a BP win (i.e. 2 possible BPs to finish with 18 points) and England then winning their two remaining games without a BP (18 points), where Wales still win through points difference.

As for the RWC, perhaps this loss and the remainder of the tournmanet might prepare them well - let's say Fra/Arg/Eng all win one and lose one against the other, it's then BPs and PD that decides who wins it.

Best team won on the day, no complaints from me England played dumb in the 2nd half.

Have a good night fellas, tidy

Farrell is the stand out 10 so far surely. At least Curry is about to gain some plaudits from the guys who don't pay attention normally.

No 7&1/2 wrote:Can curry cause a bit of panic as well. Heck of a player but not yet considered as a top 7 for those who have not seen much of him....
See you on the other side.

He looked quality. Not sure he's and out and out fetcher like Pocock, nor has the skills like a Tipuric or Hooper, but as an aggressive battler at the tackle and ruck he looks decent - also got away with hands on the floor to turn a ball over, so that has to be a good omen for him. Underhill to 6 with Curry at 7? Does that work?

Heaf wrote:He's missing a lot ...

mikey_dragon wrote:Why’s the ref helping England so much? Keep getting away with blatant knock-ons and playing it on the floor.

2 comments in quick succession about the ref. One English one Welsh. Think that says it all - thought Peyper reffed well. Shocking call on Tipuric's tackle but that was the TMO, he can only go on what he's told. By and large, he allowed both teams to contest the ball and also gave them time to retain it. I don't think he favoured either, particularly as it was, by and large, a slow gruelling and narrow game.

So he came close to a shocker with Tipuric but that was about a bad as it got. Also shut down the off the ball stuff (shocking from England to let that get to them) and that helped - the players then policed themselves.