With limited availability on late coaches from London to south Wales, fans may have to tough it out overnight, shell out for a hotel or even leave the game early.
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Here’s the full transcript of what he said when Wales took to the top table…
The match is set to finish at 9.30pm leaving Wales supporters not much chance of getting to Paddington Station in half an hour to catch the last service home.
Wales, growing in stature, attacked England down the flanks and, from a lineout on halfway, replacement Lloyd Williams burst down the line to kick on for Davies to gather the ball inches from the line and dive under the posts. It was a big and courageous call to make.
“Sam was picked in the original 31-man squad and they now have an injury to one centre so it’s a straight choice between him and Henry Slade for the role”.
There’s home nations pride at stake, of course, but this result will also have a big impact on the competition as a whole; as Gareth Thomas said in his exclusive webchat yesterday, “Whichever side loses would be favourite to go out”.
“It is going to be really tense”. But at half-time we didn’t panic.
Francis poses a relative risk considering he was playing second string rugby just two seasons ago and Gatland has also opted to drop Alex Cuthbert in favour for 21 year-old Hallam Amos who has impressed in the warm-up games and scored a try in the game against Uruguay.
We have been here before, we have been down by eight or 10 points and we have kept believing and come away with the win. “If I was replacing Ford with someone who had no worldwide experience, you would say yes”.
That is testament to the hard work we have done.
“It’s not about rallying around Chris, it’s about rallying around each other and making sure we’re going in the right direction”.
WG: It’s up there with the biggest I have ever been involved with.
The 26-year-old has caused a stir on these shores beyond the rugby world, but some may ask why that is when he runs out in England’s starting line-up against Wales.
“I’ve never played against them before”.
Q: What are the injuries?
Who will win this game?
WG: Tonight was all about courage.
They dug deep. We spoke beforehand about leadership, about responsibility and about how if you want something badly enough it can happen for you.
Many people in the crowd were dressed in team shirts and wore face paints in their national colours to support their players in the nail-biting match.
Stuart Lancaster’s men were stunned 28-25 by Wales at Twickenham and must topple Australia on Saturday if they are to avoid becoming the first host nation to fail to reach the knockout stage. It could be over after that.
“It is quite a short turnaround to Fiji now, and we will lick our wounds”.
An unbearably tense third quarter continued with the fly-halves exchanging kicks and while England remained in control, Wales were still a threat and underlined the point when George North charged out of his 22. But we always do.
Stuart Lancaster’s side put in a decent display against Fiji last week but lacked the cutting edge which they will need to beat the Welsh.
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