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England prepare to take on Wales at Twickenham this afternoon as one of the fiercest rivalries in the Six Nations resumes.
Since 1988, Wales have only celebrated victory at Twickenham on three occasions, and it is more than a decade since they have claimed a Six Nations win at the home of English rugby. However, England have not fared particularly well at home in recent times. Their last three home fixtures were a record defeat to France, a red card for the captain, and a first-ever defeat to Fiji.
Steve Borthwick has stuck with the same starting XV from the first game while Warren Gatland has made changes to his Wales side, including having the instinctive Ioan Lloyd starting at fly half, but it remains to be seen which team will be celebrating victory come 6.45pm.
Follow all the live action from Twickenham in the blog below, and get the latest odds and tips here:
England 5-7 Wales
22 mins: Wow! What a few minutes of action we just had. All that drama and Wales lead by two.
They win a penalty near halfway and kick into the 22. Ollie Chessum’s sin-bin is over so England back up to 14 men at least.
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:14
TRY! England 5-7 Wales (Ben Earl 20’)
That is incredible power by Ben Earl! England on the scoreboard.
The scrum is set, England pop the ball to a crashing Earl on the right and the No 8 powers through Alex Mann, Ioan Lloyd and Cameron Winnett, reaches out and touches down! Superb score
But drama on the conversion! Ford does a shuffle as he lines it up, Wales think he’s started his run-up, so charge and knock the ball from the tee. Referee deems it’s legal so no conversion!
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:10
England 0-7 Wales
18 mins: What on earth are Wales doing?! With the lead and facing 13 men, they try to run the kick-off back from deep. They are pushed back a few metres, then Ioan Lloyd inexplicably tries to run again and is crunched by Maro Itoje under his own posts.
ENGLAND TURNOVER! The ball is trapped in the ruck, so it’s a five-metre scrum in front of the posts!
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:09
TRY! England 0-7 Wales (penalty try 17’)
The crowd get behind England as they defend this lineout but there’s nothing they, or England, can do.
A clean lineout to the back, the maul trundles towards the line and it’s illegally brought down by England! Penalty try and a yellow card to Ethan Roots.
Disaster for England who are now down to 13 men for the next few minutes and 7-0 down…
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:07
England 0-0 Wales
16 mins: The penalty count firmly in Wales’s favour so far and they win another at the scrum. They kick to the corner, looking to make the most of their man advantage…
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:05
England 0-0 Wales
14 mins: An England lineout in their own territory goes awry and Wales win the scrum.
Perhaps the quickest bunker review in history and it will just stay a yellow card on Chesusm. The referee announces the decision over the microphone to the Twickenham crowd – a nice idea change in recent times to keep the spectators at the stadium informed.
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:04
YELLOW CARD! England 0-0 Wales
12 mins: A delay as the TMO Brendan Pickering finds the right angles for referee James Doleman to check.
Jeers around Twickenham as the replays show the contact. It’s borderline whether Chessum’s should contacts Assiratti’s shoulder or head first.
The referee determines it’s head contact, so it’s a yellow card for Ollie Chessum and the bunker will review to see if it’s upgraded to red. Referee Doleman says Chessum is upright in contact but it looks like he’s dipping and Assiratti may be as well. We’ll see what the bunker say.
Luke Baker10 February 2024 17:02
TMO REVIEW! England 0-0 Wales
12 mins: A sliced kick clear by Ioan Lloyd is well claimed by Dyer on his own 22 and although the ball then breaks loose, England can’t cleanly gather on the left flank.
Wales prop Keiron Assiratti receiving some treatment but he looks ok to continue. Hold on – a TMO review. Ollie Chessum on Assiratti, apparently a shoulder to the head…
Luke Baker10 February 2024 16:58
England 0-0 Wales
11 mins: Solid English scrum and they try to run a strike play from the base but the pass from Mitchell is dropped by Slade, Wales collect and danger is averted.
The pass was maybe a touch high but Slade, on the crash ball, would have expected to hold on. A big opportunity squandered there.
Luke Baker10 February 2024 16:56
England 0-0 Wales
9 mins: England’s kicking game on point so far as another Ford grubber forces a defensive Wales lineout. Unlike the first half last week, their lineout is holding strong so far but as they try to maul clear, England counter-maul superbly and win the turnover.
Frist scrum of the day, five metres from the Welsh line with England put-in. Can they make their mark at scrum-time?
Luke Baker10 February 2024 16:54
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