Reserves: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Trevor Davison, 19 Maro Itoje, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Ben Spencer, 23 Marcus Smith

Shit

Itoje, Curry, Pollock and Smith off the bench? oof good luck Wales

I like the confidence of the early team naming. Similar to the Boks. Treating the 23 as a state secret is a sign of weakness

I'm not convinced with Steward at 15. He's rock under the high ball and hits hard in the collisions but can he make those one on one tackles - ie actually get to them. Plus having the turing circle of an oil tanker is a problem.

Other than that I'm pretty happy with that squad. The bench should make a significant difference later in the day.

Wales paying $15 at the TAB. Spread 28.5 pts.

That’s way too generous

15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Josh Macleod, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Nicky Smith

Replacements: 16 Liam Belcher, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Taine Plumtree, 21 Harri Deaves, 22 Kieran Hardy, 23 Mason Grady

Feyi-Waboso out and Tom Roebuck in as a straight swap. Shame about F-W but Roebuck is a good replacement and I'm glad that Borthwick didn't shuffle the whole back line around just to gt Daly in somewhere.

Lots and lots and lots of rain in the West London area in the last few days and more to come. It's going to be greasy.

@sparky said in England v Wales:

greasy

Hydromatic...

Concede less than 76
Score more than 0

Progress

England by 50+

30 point spreads feels heavy in these conditions

Love the costumes in the Twickers crowd.

@game_film said in England v Wales:

30 point spreads feels heavy in these conditions

Nah, England have the much better starting XV and the so much better bench.

@Victor-Meldrew said in England v Wales:

Love the costumes in the Twickers crowd.

Twickenham Stadium so much more lively on a Saturday afternoon than a Sunday one.

Lively start by England into the Wales 22.

Ford with the early penalty goal.

England 3 Wales 0.

Freddie Steward screws up a high ball and it's a Welsh kickable penalty.

Wales kick for the corner rather than going for 3-3

And Wales give away a soft penalty.

Earl butchered a try there.

Arundell in for England's first try.

England 8 Wales 0.

Very well reffed.

Sheesh early drive? Rough.

Fucks sake itv, heard of a replay?

This sport has gone to the dogs honestly.

You would think with how often Wales have to kick off the restart that they would be good it.

They just kick a flat kick directly to an Englishmen with a huge boot who is able to hoof the ball back down field under no pressure.

Only hope is this is bad enough that the Welsh teams leave the URC

@sparky I meant 300

Arundell has a hat trick already.

England 29 Wales 0 after 36 minutes.

Sherrat can get fucked

He’s coached that move since he’s been involved with Wales and it’s never come off

@Jet said in England v Wales:

This sport has gone to the dogs honestly.

Apart from Louis Rees-Zammit sounding like a show dog's name, can you further clarify?

England score again. This will be a long second half for Wales and their supporters.

Maro Itoje gets a YC within a few seconds of coming on.

Wales made that look hilariously difficult. Kick pass?

Josh Adams scores for Wales so at least Welsh fans have something to cheer for.

England 36 Wales 5.