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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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 4:01 pm

Dagse gbs hows it going man? Looking forward to the start of the 6 nations, will be nice to settle in warm house tonight and watch it on the TV. I picked England to win, think if they can withstand the initial pressure from fired up Welsh team and be close at half time then in the end will pull of a win quite comfortably. Oh dear hope I haven’t jinxed England now.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 4:05 pm

1@ Bullscot:
I also think England should win.

Northern Hemisphere rugby is very unpredictable though….. my SuperBru says England by 7.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 4:10 pm

Damn, it’s now less than 2 weeks till Super Rugby time, can’t wait!
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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 4:15 pm

@ grootblousmile:
Yeah saw that, I did my picks first and then saw the rest’s guesses, I picked England by 8, mmm now is it a cause of ‘Great minds think alike’ or ‘fools seldom differ’ 🙂
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 4:20 pm

4@ Bullscot:
I’d rather want Wales to win…. rugby being their national sport… and my dislike for the Poms.

SuperBru is like that, you cannot see other player’s picks, till you’ve picked yourself.

Have you played SuperBru before?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 4:21 pm

Have a look at the BMW Article….
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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 4:27 pm

5@ grootblousmile:
There’s too many players in the Welsh team that are not my favourite and while the Welsh fans I have met are great I’d prefer England to win, have some heritage there so go easy on the Poms dislike 😉
This is the first time I’ve done SuperBru, went on after SuperBul mentioning it. Who normally ends up winning from the regulars here, or is it variable?
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 4:31 pm

7@ Bullscot:
SuperBru is wide open… your guess is as good as mine…

But last year we had quite an achievement by our R-T Super 14 Pool winner, Durban Bulle…. he finished 3rd overall worldwide out of about 75000 players, I believe.
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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 4:34 pm

8@ grootblousmile:
Gee 3rd out of so many players, that must be one knowledgeable punter, or maybe a genius guesser – if thats the case I need to get him/her to chose some lottery numbers…
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 8:02 pm

Hello everybody , Rugby at last, i will watch this game, who will join in at 21:00
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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 8:59 pm

Hello superBul, looking forward to the game, hopefully should just about get in front of the TV in time for the anthems. Sounds like traffic has been really heavy around that part of the country so hopefully all who are meant to will get to the stadium in time.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:08 pm

Helloooooooooooo

Still have a client here, but will be at my post for the game, don’t worry!
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 9:24 pm

Naand al die mense.

Wallis !
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 9:25 pm

Titans won tonight so the Blue is winning again hope this trend goes on and on and on now
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 9:29 pm

14: my swak ou hart het dit amper nie gemaak nie. Gedink ons gaan 3de keer in ‘n ry met 1 lopie verloor, maar toe slaat Etter ‘n 4 van die laaste bal. Nee kyk, hierdie B20 gaan ‘n mens baie oud maak, al is jy jonk !

Moes die een teen die Tuinslange gewen het, maar toe boul Wiese mos 2 volballe wat Kemp uit die park uit geslaan het.

Hopelik het hul nou die draai gemaak en sal dit net beter gaan vorentoe.
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 9:30 pm

England for the queen and me
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 9:35 pm

Oor die rugby more: kan iemand my vertel waarom saai hul al drie die Stormers se oefenwedstryde uit, maar net een elk van die Bulle en Sharks en bokkerol van die Ctahs en Leeus ?
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 9:41 pm

@ bdb:
So naby en tog so ver, ek het toevallig onthou van die krieket. Maar ek dink die Titans moet volgende 2 wen as hulle nog in kompetisie wil bly?
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 9:42 pm

18: die eerste 4 spanne gaan deur, so daar kan nog baie gebeur.
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 9:43 pm

@ superBul:
gelukkig is Titans se laaste 2 games op Centurion
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Bullscot on 4 February 2011 at 9:44 pm

14@ superBul:
Great stuff thanks for reporting that win Superbul. Just about to get going with the anthems, enjoy the game all, cheers vir eers.
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:45 pm

Damn, client needs to say his good-byes now…. eishhhhhhhhh
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bdb on 4 February 2011 at 9:50 pm

Eish, daai mense kan sing, as die WB gewen word deur sang, kom ons heel laaste en Wallis wen !
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:50 pm

Game on!!
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superBul on 4 February 2011 at 9:51 pm

Stephen J got a bad knock there, actually a stupid tackle by him, suicidal
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:51 pm

Stephen Jones cops a hell of a beating in an attempt to tackle the Pommie wing…. dazed and confused
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:57 pm

Penalty Wales, against Loosehead prop, coming in from the side of a ruck.

On England 10m line.

Stephen Jones misses this relatively easy kick left
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:58 pm

This was the 2nd missed kick by Wales…. one by Hook, one by Jones
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grootblousmile on 4 February 2011 at 9:59 pm

Good rugby by Wales so far…. just kicking too easy when they should be running it.

Six Nations: Wales vs England – Game Thread

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

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