Wales 16-21 England
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Attendance: 74,500
Wales v England Match Reports
England continued their winning run with a thrilling 21-16 victory over Wales at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. England had the majority of possession during the first quarter and Ben Youngs scored a try in the 18th minute. Wales then grew into the half and scored a well worked try through Liam Williams to go 13-8 up at the break. Wales continued to attack after the break, but it was England that scored next with an Owen Farrell penalty in the 56th minute. Wales responded five minutes later with a third Leigh Halfpenny penalty. With ten minutes remaining, Owen Farrell kicked his third penalty to bring England within two points of Wales. Elliot Daly then scored a 76th minute try, which Owen Farrell converted to give England the five point victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Daly's late try sinks Wales as England march on
- Guardian: England sink Wales in thriller with Elliot Daly’s flying finish
- Telegraph: Elliot Daly scores try at the death to extend winning run to 16 in a row
- Daily Mail: Elliot Daly scores dramatic late try to hand Eddie Jones' side victory in ferocious contest
- Sky Sports: Late Elliot Daly try extends England's winning run
- ESPN: Elliot Daly scores late as England beat Wales in a thrilling Six Nations clash
- South Wales Argus: Late Six Nations agony in Cardiff
- RBS 6 Nations: Daly leaves it late to rescue England in Cardiff
- WRU: Daly dashes Wales hopes
- England Rugby: England defeat Wales in 2017 RBS 6 Nations
Wales v England - Match Highlights
Wales v England - Match Stats
Wales: (13) 16
Try: L Williams (38')
Conversion: Halfpenny (39')
Penalty: Halfpenny (3', 23', 61')
England: (8) 21
Try: Youngs (18'), Daly (76')
Conversion: Farrell (78')
Penalty: Farrell (11', 56', 71')
Man of The Match: Joe Launchbury (England)
Wales v England - Team Line-ups
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rob Evans
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Tomas Francis
- 4 Jake Ball
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (CAPTAIN)
- 6 Sam Warburton
- 7 Justin Tipuric
- 8 Ross Moriarty
Backs
- 9 Rhys Webb
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Liam Williams
- 12 Scott Williams
- 13 Jonathan Davies
- 14 Alex Cuthbert
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Scott Baldwin
- 17 Nicky Smith
- 18 Samson Lee
- 19 Cory Hill
- 20 Taulupe Faletau
- 21 Gareth Davies
- 22 Sam Davies
- 23 Jamie Roberts
England Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Joe Marler
- 2 Dylan Hartley (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Joe Launchbury
- 5 Courtney Lawes
- 6 Maro Itoje
- 7 Jack Clifford
- 8 Nathan Hughes
Backs
- 9 Ben Youngs
- 10 George Ford
- 11 Elliot Daly
- 12 Owen Farrell
- 13 Jonathan Joseph
- 14 Jack Nowell
- 15 Mike Brown
Replacements
- 16 Jamie George
- 17 Matt Mullan
- 18 Kyle Sinckler
- 19 Tom Wood
- 20 James Haskell
- 21 Danny Care
- 22 Ben Te'o
- 23 Jonny May