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2024 Guinness Six Nations
[Six Nations 2018] Round 2: England vs Wales (10/02/2018)
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<blockquote data-quote="MikeTheNative" data-source="post: 887535" data-attributes="member: 74084"><p>I don't expect Wales to win but I expect them to at least give England a game which they always do seem to do to be honest. England seemed to defend rather narrow against Italy, who managed to get outside the wings a few times. Wales played a wide attack anyway against Scotland so they will continue with this and try to get Evans, Adams and Halfpenny on the outside with space. As for defence, I'll imagine they will be much faster on the kick chase and not offer England as much space as they did against Scotland. England also struggled in the back row battle against two rather green Italian flankers so I expect Wales to contest the breakdown a lot more than they did with Scotland, where they chose to stand out and get bodies across the defensive line rather compete too much. England will keep it tight a lot I expect, they have a better tight 5 and will use this to their advantage. They will probably also kick quite a lot, targeting Evans, who isn't the fastest and Adams, who is quite new to internationally rugby. Wales have two big centres in Parkes and Williams so I imagine JJ will come back in with his pace. The backs looked sharp as ever against Italy and will pose Wales a lot of problems in defence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeTheNative, post: 887535, member: 74084"] I don't expect Wales to win but I expect them to at least give England a game which they always do seem to do to be honest. England seemed to defend rather narrow against Italy, who managed to get outside the wings a few times. Wales played a wide attack anyway against Scotland so they will continue with this and try to get Evans, Adams and Halfpenny on the outside with space. As for defence, I'll imagine they will be much faster on the kick chase and not offer England as much space as they did against Scotland. England also struggled in the back row battle against two rather green Italian flankers so I expect Wales to contest the breakdown a lot more than they did with Scotland, where they chose to stand out and get bodies across the defensive line rather compete too much. England will keep it tight a lot I expect, they have a better tight 5 and will use this to their advantage. They will probably also kick quite a lot, targeting Evans, who isn't the fastest and Adams, who is quite new to internationally rugby. Wales have two big centres in Parkes and Williams so I imagine JJ will come back in with his pace. The backs looked sharp as ever against Italy and will pose Wales a lot of problems in defence. [/QUOTE]
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