England and Wales went head to head at Twickers tonight in their 1st Six Nations match. This is the match thread for discussion of the game. The game was broadcast on TV in SA, on SuperSport 1. England won the encounter 30 / 17 with some surprisingly enterprising rugby against a Wales team who simply made too many handling mistakes.

Scores:

England: 3 Penalties & 3 Conversions Johnny Wilkinson, 2 Tries James Haskell, 1 Try Danny Care

Wales: 1 Penalty & 1 Try James Hook, 1 Try Adam Jones, 2 Coversions Stephen Jones

Results this decade

2009: Wales won 23-15 at Millennium Stadium
2008: Wales won 26-19 at Twickenham
2007: Wales won 27-18 at Millennium Stadium
2007: England won 62-5 at Twickenham
2006: England won 47-13 at Twickenham
2005: Wales won 11-9 at Millennium Stadium
2004: England won 31-21 at Twickenham
2003: England won 43-9 Millennium Stadium
2003: England won 26-9 at Millennium Stadium
2003: England won 28-17 at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
2002: England won 50-10 at Twickenham
2001: England won 44-15 at Millennium Stadium

Teams:

England: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Mark Cueto, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 James Haskell, 5 Steve Borthwick (captain), 4 Simon Shaw, 3 David Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Louis Deacon, 19 Steffon Armitage, 20 Paul Hodgson, 21 Shontayne Hape, 22 Ben Foden.

Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Tom James, 13 James Hook, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Gareth Cooper, 8 Ryan Jones (captain), 7 Martyn Williams, 6 Andy Powell, 5 Luke Charteris, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 Paul James
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Jonathan Thomas, 20 Richard Rees, 21 Andrew Bishop, 22 Leigh Halfpenny

Date: Saturday, 6 February 2010
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 17.00 (17.00 GMT, 19:00 SA Time)
Expected weather conditions: Partly cloudy with a high of 13°C, dropping to 3°C and alight wind – good conditions for rugby.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)

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