England (13) 26 / Wales (6) 19 (Final Score)
Wales hosted England at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales in the 1st Six Nations encounter of 2011 at 21:45 SA Time. This was the match thread for discussion of the game. The match was broadcast live on SuperSport 1 & CSN on TV in SA.
In a hard and brutal encounter and surprisingly fast-paced rugby in the first half, England drew first blood with a converted try and kept that 7-point margin till the end.
Final score was England 26 / 19.
Scorers:
England: 2 Conversions & 3 Penalties Toby Flood, 1 Penalty Johnny Wilkinson, 2 Tries Chris Ashton
Wales: 3 Penalties & 1 Conversion Stephen Jones, 1 Penalty James Hook, 1 Try Morgan Stoddart
The teams:
Wales: 15 James Hook, 14 Morgan Stoddart, 13 Jamie Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Michael Phillips, 8 Andy Powell, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Matthew Rees (captain), 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 John Yapp, 18 Ryan Jones, 19 Jonathan Thomas, 20 Dwayne Peel, 21 Rhys Priestland, 22 Lee Byrne.
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (captain), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Andrew Sheridan.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Danny Care, 18 David Wilson, 19 Simon Shaw, 20 Matt Banahan, 21 Joe Worsley, 22 Jonny Wilkinson.
Date: Friday, February 4
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 19.45 (21.45 SA Time)
Expected weather: If they close the roof, this may be meaningless, but for the record – cloudy with further outbreaks of heavy rain and drizzle at times. Southwesterly winds will be strong and gusty. High of 12°C, low of 10°C.
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland), Simon McDowell (Ireland)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
England maul well…. 1m short
Welsh defending well… and gets the relieving penalty.
Penalty to England…. extremely kickable….
Come on, kick it over to restore the 7-point margin
England 26 / 19
Less than 4 min to go….
Penalty to England…. 56m out…. is it too far… hope so.
Yes, England had to kick for touch
Time’s up….. tick tock…
Game overrrrrrrrrrr
England win by 7!
My Bru is spot-on!
Engelse lyk goed. Bokke hoef glad nie hierdie Wallis span te vrees nie.
GBS you have your margin but you will have to share with 2 others , congrats England
if England won by 5 it would have been a 5 way split or share
Ek sê goeie nag.
101@ superBul:
Well… I’ll share it then…. hehehe
Superbru is Super fast the counting is done, GBS, Loosehead and Mayhem on top at 1,83
Is daar iemand wat vir ons tellings lewendig gaan deurgee van Nelspruit more ?
103@ bdb:
Cheers BiDiBiDi.
Ek gaan self nou inkruip….
SuperBees, jou nagwolf….. gaan jy die 7’s kyk van 1:45 af…. hehehe
The rest accept the 4 who picked Wales are on 1.5
@ grootblousmile:
Nee ek het nou n bed nodig
OK, ek gaan nou maak soos rokkoff
Hello my Friends, Great night in Wales, watching (for the very FIRST time) England…..!!
‘Swing Low Sweet Charriot’ ‘God Save our Gracious Queen’ and Jonny Wilkinson all rolled into one!!
The game was a bit frustrating in places, too many mistakes, but we won!!
Friends can’t believe I have seen South Africa play about 8 times yet have never seen England play before….. 😆
GBS – Stop being so farking rude about the Pom’s 😆
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