England coach Eddie Jones was saddened by the reaction from the Twickenham crowd towards fly-half George Ford during Sunday’s 27-13 win over Wales. Scarlets loosehead Rob Evans went over for his first worldwide try in the seventh minute after centre Jamie Roberts then fly-half Dan Biggar and tighthead Samson Lee went on the burst from quick lineout ball in the 22. “I was disappointed with aspects of the second half but they are not things we can’t fix”.
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Conditions were ideal for Wales’ third trip to Twickenham of the season, and England made a bright start when wing Anthony Watson ran from deep, found his Bath colleague Joseph in support, whose kick into space had the visitors back-pedalling and relieved to clear the danger.
England will select their strongest available team for the last of three Twickenham matches in eight months against Warren Gatland’s men, but are missing players from league finalists Saracens and Exeter, who meet at the same venue 24 hours earlier. ‘It’s quite sad. I find it quite sad to be honest.
You have got to be able to go out there, back your ability, back your skills and score tries.
“It will be an important hit-out for both teams and as ever it will be an important Test match as it’s England v Wales at Twickenham”. We could have won the game, and five minutes longer, we would have won the game.
Justin Tipuric is now sidelined by a concussion but Sam Warburton, who missed the England game with a shoulder injury, is expected to return for the Auckland Test a week on Sunday. “England versus Wales is a special occasion”.
“I actually thought George was brilliant”. We’ve got to be careful.
Wales failed to add to the scoreboard after Biggar’s 27th-minute penalty and will need to deliver a much more sustained assault if they are to have the slightest chance of claiming a first victory over the All Blacks in more than 50 years and first-ever in New Zealand. “That 12-point swing at the start of the second half killed us really”. “He carried well and gave us some nice go forward”.
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At the end of the first half, England looked to have acres of space out wide after a turnover at a maul, but Liam Williams did well to tackle Anthony Watson before he left the 22, thus shutting down another England attack before it got started. “We definitely needed a run because players haven’t played at that level for a while and were blowing a bit.” said the New Zealander.
