Wales v England

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Attendance: 73,931

Wales v England Match Reports

Wales made amends for last weekend's loss with a 13-6 victory over England at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. George North scored the game's only try following two clever crossfield kicks from man-of-the-match Dan Biggar. The victory takes Wales to the top of the world rankings for the first time. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v England - Match Highlights

Wales v England - Match Stats

Wales: (10) 13
Try: North (32')
Conversion: Biggar (34')
Penalty: Biggar (26'), Halfpenny (76')

England: (0) 6
Penalty: Ford (51', 57')

Man of the match: Dan Biggar (Wales)


Wales v England - Team Line-ups

Wales Team

Forwards

  • 1 Nicky Smith
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Jake Ball
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Aaron Wainwright
  • 7 James Davies
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Leigh Halfpenny

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Wyn Jones
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Aaron Shingler
  • 20 Josh Navidi
  • 21 Aled Davies
  • 22 Jarrod Evans
  • 23 Owen Watkin

England Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Dan Cole
  • 4 Joe Launchbury
  • 5 Maro Itoje
  • 6 Courtney Lawes
  • 7 Lewis Ludlam
  • 8 Billy Vunipola

Backs

  • 9 Willi Heinz
  • 10 George Ford (Captain)
  • 11 Joe Cokanasiga
  • 12 Piers Francis
  • 13 Jonathan Joseph
  • 14 Anthony Watson
  • 15 Elliot Daly

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Joe Marler
  • 18 Kyle Sinckler
  • 19 George Kruis
  • 20 Jack Singleton
  • 21 Ben Youngs
  • 22 Owen Farrell
  • 23 Manu Tuilagi