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2025 Guinness Six Nations
Wales vs England - 16/03/2013
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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 556847" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>Terrifying Wales-Scotland stat: Wales only missed 2 tackles. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>The Wales front row terrifies me. Owens had a great 20 mins last game, was a tackling machine. Hibbard carries like a boss in the tight, and a James-Hibbard-Jones is probably the best scrummaging front row going. Worrying stat: Cole has given 8 penalties away. He's looked vulnerable in the scrum. Domingo and Healy both had him rattled. Paul James, if picked, could be an even bigger challenge.</p><p></p><p>Second row is a tight one. I think all 4 starting locks should be on the Lions plane. Tremendous work rate between them all.</p><p></p><p>Welsh back row - depends on what kind of Tipuric/Warburton show up. If the early 6N Warburton and the late 6N Tipuric show up, I'm not <em>too</em> worried. If the Scotland-game Warburton and the impact-off-the-bench Tipuric start, then f- this. England back row - happy with the work rate of Wood and Robshaw - tremendous rucking and tackling. England just need someone to make meters. Morgan being out has swung the game in Wales' favour imo, that's how much of a loss he is. Not just the backrow, but the whole balance of the pack is lost without him. We've got ball carriers to recycle in the tight, but no one who will make silly meters and who is a certain gainline breaker when standing at first receiver.</p><p></p><p>Won't talk so much about the backlines. Halfpenny's been the only back to particularly stand out in either. <_< England play to win the territory game and are clueless a few meters from the tryline, Wales are boshing all the time then kicking when it doesn't get anywhere.</p><p></p><p>Wales back 3: 31 tackles made, 3 missed.</p><p>England back 3: 36 tackles made, 14 missed. </p><p></p><p>Ashton: 15 tackles made, 8 missed.</p><p>Goode: 7 tackles made, 4 missed.</p><p></p><p>Looking forward to the pack duel. Predicting Wales to win a few penalties at the scrum, contact zone to be even, both teams to recover most of their own lineout balls, both teams playing tight (playing not to lose rather than to win) and no one making many carries way beyond the gainline (both operate blitz, few "big carriers").</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 556847, member: 55446"] Terrifying Wales-Scotland stat: Wales only missed 2 tackles. :( The Wales front row terrifies me. Owens had a great 20 mins last game, was a tackling machine. Hibbard carries like a boss in the tight, and a James-Hibbard-Jones is probably the best scrummaging front row going. Worrying stat: Cole has given 8 penalties away. He's looked vulnerable in the scrum. Domingo and Healy both had him rattled. Paul James, if picked, could be an even bigger challenge. Second row is a tight one. I think all 4 starting locks should be on the Lions plane. Tremendous work rate between them all. Welsh back row - depends on what kind of Tipuric/Warburton show up. If the early 6N Warburton and the late 6N Tipuric show up, I'm not [I]too[/I] worried. If the Scotland-game Warburton and the impact-off-the-bench Tipuric start, then f- this. England back row - happy with the work rate of Wood and Robshaw - tremendous rucking and tackling. England just need someone to make meters. Morgan being out has swung the game in Wales' favour imo, that's how much of a loss he is. Not just the backrow, but the whole balance of the pack is lost without him. We've got ball carriers to recycle in the tight, but no one who will make silly meters and who is a certain gainline breaker when standing at first receiver. Won't talk so much about the backlines. Halfpenny's been the only back to particularly stand out in either. <_< England play to win the territory game and are clueless a few meters from the tryline, Wales are boshing all the time then kicking when it doesn't get anywhere. Wales back 3: 31 tackles made, 3 missed. England back 3: 36 tackles made, 14 missed. Ashton: 15 tackles made, 8 missed. Goode: 7 tackles made, 4 missed. Looking forward to the pack duel. Predicting Wales to win a few penalties at the scrum, contact zone to be even, both teams to recover most of their own lineout balls, both teams playing tight (playing not to lose rather than to win) and no one making many carries way beyond the gainline (both operate blitz, few "big carriers"). [/QUOTE]
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