Six Nations: Wales vs England – Game Thread

Published 4 February 2011 | By grootblousmile

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)

111 Responses to Six Nations: Wales vs England – Game Thread

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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:02 pm

Penalty to England from a scrum, they kick out and have an excellent field position… now deep into Wales 22m area
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:03 pm

England squanders the opportunity with bad backline passing by Tindall
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:05 pm

Lovely try by England 7-0
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:05 pm

Try Chris Ashton… it was as if the Red Sea parted around the Welsh flyhalf channel…. scored under the sticks

Flood converts.

England 7 / 0
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 10:09 pm

Daai Ingelsman duik so vol show oor die doellyn, kan dalk net die bal verloor en dan groot raas kry.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:09 pm

Penalty right in front (22m line) to England, Wales sealing off the ball at the ruck
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:11 pm

Jon McLeod: Toby Flood walked through a gap as wide as the Severn and flipped it inside to Ashton as Wales’ defence parted. Flood converted

wat de moer is n severn?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:12 pm

35@ bdb:
Dit was Ashton, die ou wat IRB Try of the Year gekry het, lykmy hy duik altyd so… soos Philip Kakebeen Burger
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:13 pm

England 10 / 0
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:14 pm

Penalty Wales… England No 7 culpably offside at the ruck.

Easy kick, middle of the field on the 22m line.

Stehen Jones kicks the goal.

England 10 / 3
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:16 pm

Did BB said she is going to this match?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:18 pm

England hot on attack….

Fast paced rugby in this game so far
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:19 pm

England is looking good, i think they are serious contenders for a WC semi
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:21 pm

Penalty Wales, 10m out and a yellow against Louis Deacon…. deservedly so.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:21 pm

England 10 / 6
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 10:22 pm

Manne gooi die bal lekker rond.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:25 pm

Penalty England, Welsh No 8, Andy Powell offside as he kicks the ball away from ainside a ruck.

England 13 / 6
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 10:25 pm

Het iemand al ‘n antwoord vir my by #17 ?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:27 pm

48@ bdb:
SARU en SuperSport is in WP se gatte opgekruip, dis hoekom.
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 10:32 pm

49: het so iets vermoed.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:33 pm

Penalty England…. 2 min to go till halftime.

Too far to go for posts
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:35 pm

England get theid yellow-carded man back…. last scrum of the half… Wales attacking.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:36 pm

Lemoenetyd
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 10:37 pm

Wat skop Wallis al die balle so weg, kan nie drieë druk sonder die bal in hand nie ?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:37 pm

Wat drink ons?
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:37 pm

This game is quite lively, or is it just good to see rugby again.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:38 pm

… dink ek moet ‘n Jerretjie-pik-my skink…. so Calitzdorp enetjie….
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:39 pm

56@ superBul:
No, it is good, fast rugby…. not bad at all
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 10:45 pm

i like the innovative play by England, if they build from this they will be a big thread come the RWC
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 10:46 pm

Damn, hierdie goed is lekker…. ek bestel sommer nog, laat hulle dit vir my kourier…

Six Nations: Wales vs England – Game Thread

England (13) 26 / Wales (6) 19 (Final Score)

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