England vs Wales LIVE: Rugby result and reaction after Owen Farrell red card in Rugby World Cup warm-up

England fought back to edge Wales 19-17 in a World Cup warm up full of incident, injury and yellow cards - and notably a red card for captain Owen Farrell that could see him suspended for their opening game of the tournament in France next month.

A dull game burst into life in the second half amid a flurry of sin-binnings for both sides, with one for England‘s Freddie Steward leading to a penalty try for Wales. England were reduced to 12 men with further cards for Ellis Genge and Farrell - later upgraded to red - and Tomos Williams put them further ahead with a breakaway try. However, Maro Itoje hit back for battling England, replacement George Ford converted then kicked the decisive penalty four minutes from the end.

England‘s fans were left somewhat bewildered as they had spent a frustrating hour wondering just how their team were going to score a try and play some rugby but left delighted by the gutsy comeback. Relive all the action from Twickenham LIVE below:

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England vs Wales - Rugby World Cup warm-up match

• REPORT: Owen Farrell sent off as England secure scrappy late win over Wales

• Owen Farrell given red card and faces ban to cast doubt over World Cup involvement

• FULL TIME! ENGLAND 19-17 WALES

• PENALTY! ENGLAND 19-17 Wales (George Ford penalty, 75 minutes)

• TRY! ENGLAND 16-17 Wales (Maro Itoje try, 68 minutes)

• TRY! England 9-17 WALES (Tomos Williams try, 65 minutes)

• YELLOW CARD! AND UNDER REVIEW! Owen Farrell is sin binned (England 9-10 Wales, 64 minutes)

• PENALTY TRY! England 9-10 WALES (60 minutes)

• YELLOW CARD! Ellis Genge is sent to the sin bin! England 9-3 Wales, 58 minutes

• YELLOW CARD! Tommy Reffell is sent to the sin bin! England 6-0 Wales, 41 minutes

• HALF TIME: England 6-0 Wales

• YELLOW CARD! Henry Arundell is sent to the sin bin (England 3-0 Wales, 32 minutes)

Scotland give France a scare in Saint-Etienne thriller

22:38 , Jack Rathborn

A thriller in Saint-Etienne ends in defeat for Scotland, France edging the contest 30-27.

But these two look poised to make some noise in the World Cup, in stark contrast to England and Wales earlier.

Former Scotland captain John Barclay tells Amazon Prime: “Still work to be done, but lots of positives for Scotland.”

Steve Borthwick will ‘wait and see’ over captain Owen Farrell

22:05 , Jack Rathborn

England captain Owen Farrell is set to miss the start of the World Cup after being sent off in Saturday’s 19-17 victory over Wales at Twickenham.

Farrell’s yellow card for a shoulder-led tackle to the head of Taine Basham was upgraded to a red by the bunker review system, reducing the home side to 12 men because of the yellow cards shown to Freddie Steward and Ellis Genge. England now face the prospect losing their captain for the critical opener against Argentina on September 9, with his availability for the remainder of the group stage to be determined by a disciplinary hearing next week.

Fixtures against Ireland and Fiji complete the warm-up schedule and, while those games would be included in a suspension, his outlook will be affected by being sanctioned for dangerous tackles in the past.. As recently as January he received a ban that was reduced to three games for attending tackle school.

“I’ll wait and see what comes of the disciplinary process,” head coach Steve Borthwick said.

“Right now it would be wrong for me to comment on an individual incident that would likely go through a disciplinary procedure. I’ll deal with the facts of the situation.”

Scotland push France close in Saint-Etienne

21:46 , Jack Rathborn

Look out for Scotland at this World Cup.

A rotten draw, with South Africa and Ireland in their group, but they’re looking for a grandstand finish in France.

George Horne ignites Scotland’s attack and narrows the gap, Les Bleus lead 27-22 with 12 minutes remaining at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard.

Owen Farrell sent off as England secure scrappy late win over Wales

20:32 , Jack Rathborn

England’s preparations for the World Cup continued to unravel after captain Owen Farrell was sent off in a 19-17 victory secured through a late George Ford penalty.

At one point during the final quarter Steve Borthwick’s men were reduced to 12 men when Farrell – whose yellow card for a dangerous tackle on Taine Basham was upgraded to a red by the bunker – followed the sin-binned Freddie Steward and Ellis Genge into the stands.

England’s brainless final quarter saw a 9-3 lead overtaken by a penalty try and swashbuckling Tomos Williams touch-down as an otherwise lifeless encounter exploded into life the moment Steward took Josh Adams out in the air in the 60th minute.

A fourth successive defeat and slump to ninth in the world rankings beckoned, but they rallied bravely and even with three players off the pitch they claimed a maul try scored by Maro Itoje before Ford landed the winning penalty with three minutes left.

Owen Farrell sent off as England secure scrappy late win over Wales

Borthwick continues

20:27 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“We want 15 players on the pitch. I coach 15 players on the pitch. That is the message I sent. We know that cards are part of the game now. We practice scenarios, we practiced scenarios this week - but I must admit we didn’t practice with 12. Maybe we’ll have to do that next week.”

Courtney Lawes, who took over the captaincy after Farrell’s dismissal, adds...

20:25 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“Not many teams would win that game. We can take positives from it, but at the same time it’s probably not good enough. Going down to 12 men, if we keep putting ourselves in that situation we are not likely to do what we did today, so a lot to learn. It is great to show that character.

Steve Borthwick reacts to Owen Farrell’s sending off and England’s win

20:24 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“I’m incredibly proud of the character the players showed. It is a group of players that just don’t stop, they keep going. That’s something they have worked hard to instil in this group that is potentially something that wouldn’t have been said in the past.

“Warren coaches a team that are hard to beat, so they are often armwrestles. That’s similar to how Argentina play. I know they were beaten well by New Zealand, but the rest of their games are tight. That’s a perfect dress rehearsal for that game.

“I’ll wait and see exactly what comes of [the Owen Farrell incident]. It is likely to be a disciplinary hearing. I said there will be a need to adapt over the coming weeks and months and we will adapt. Rght now, it would be wrong for me to comment upon an individual incident that is likely to go through disciplinary procedure. We are fully supportive of working on players’ tackle height.

“The key word is if. We will wait and see and deal with the facts of the situation. We’ll find the facts out very soon and we will deal with it then. I said before that hving three players deep in specialist positions is very important.”

Owen Farrell given red card and faces ban to cast doubt over World Cup involvement

20:17 , Jack Rathborn

Owen Farrell could miss the opening games of the Rugby World Cup after the England captain was sent off against Wales at Twickenham.

Farrell was initially shown a yellow card after his shoulder made direct, forceful contact to the head of Taine Basham having been trying to tackle the Welsh forward, with referee Nika Amashukeli placing the incident under review.

The yellow was subsequently upgraded to a red by television match official Brian MacNeice, with Farrell trudging down the tunnel after his sending off.

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Warren Gatland on Owen Farrell’s sending off

20:06 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“I think it was the right decision. Hopefully, for Owen’s sake, he doesn’t get too much of a ban - we need someone like him in the game and it would be a huge blow for England. Given his previous, I’m not sure what is going to happen with that. We’ve seen some inconsistencies with that in the last few weeks. I look back to the Lions, Dylan Hartley getting an 11-week ban for abusing a referee. With everything, all you are looking for is consistency. Hopefully we will get that when the World Cup comes around.”

Warren Gatland reacts after Wales defeat

20:04 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“There are still some players we need to find out about and potentially give some opportunities to. We know and expect that it is going to be the same sort of test up front [against South Africa]. We need to take the learnings from today and apply them next week.

“We’ve still got work to do but I’m pretty pleased. We’ve given out eight new caps and changed our entire team from one week to the next. I hate losing and we got ourselves in a position where we should have won the game, but hopefully the players learn from that experience. We think we are in a pretty good position where we are.”

Warren Gatland reacts after Wales defeat

20:01 , Harry Latham-Coyle

“Mixed emotions, really. It answered a few questions for us, and about a few individuals. Our game management in the final quarter wasn’t good enough. It should have been comfortable.

“There were some good things we did last week and today capitalated a little bit in terms of accuracy and guys knowing their roles. Some soft penalties. We will have learned a lot from that. That was the most experienced team that England have ever put out there in terms of caps so we have to be pretty pleased with that. They didn’t really put any pressure on us from an attacking perspective.

“Dewi Lake has a bit of a knee issue. We need to get that scanned on Monday.”

Steve Borthwick reacts to England win over Wales

19:54 , Jack Rathborn

"At this stage, we'll wait to see what happens,” Borthwick says on Farrell’s red card.

“We need to adapt, we have a number of players bringing up to speed, we know situations happen.

“We wanted to name the 33 this week for clarity, but I know we’ll need to adapt.”

Ford and Ojo react to Farrell red card

19:50 , Jack Rathborn

"He's a leader, we'll get around him, whatever the situation is. He's huge for us, the way he drives us every day, he plays on the edge, of course he does, but that's why he's our captain,” Ford adds on Farrell.

“One thing for sure, we’ll have the best preparation and plan to win the game.”

“We work two or three times per week on height. Somebody goes low, the second man, there are a lot of unfortunate events. We practice it every week.”

Topsy Ojo adds: “There's a ban coming, we just don’t know how long. He's not a dirty player, but a few instances a bit too close to the line. There isn't enough mitigation there, he'll be out for a while. The hope is he isn't out throughout the World Cup, he is going to have a ban. We have to wait to see how long it'll be.”

19:44 , Jack Rathborn

“It's a lot of lads' first game. We've had a great pre-season, the way we train, we want the ball in hand and get into space, score tries.

“It takes the longest, it’ll come. 100 percent [before the World Cup]. We have the foundations in place.

“We need to add the bit on top, which is the attack.”

George Ford reacts to England win over Wales

19:43 , Jack Rathborn

“It's a big win in terms of toughing it out. The boys up front won it for us with a set-piece,” George Ford says.

“Critical thing is, what do we do next? Thinking clearly, come up with a plan and go execute it, make sure everybody knows it.

“Three guys off with 15 minutes to do, it’s a tricky one of course.”

Ben Earl picks up the player of the match award after England 19-17 Wales

19:35 , Jack Rathborn

Ben Earl, who has won the player of the match, reacts to that crazy match: "A lot of hard work, the last seven weeks, that's proof of that, working to the end. We speak about never stopping. There's enough there, we're really pleased.

“We said, ‘rely on what we’ve done, trust our game plan’. We have so much rugby IQ and knowledge, show a bit of fight.

“Questions were asked last week. Test match rugby, against Wales, it’s not going to be pretty.

“It’s about staying the fight. It opened up when we had 12 men, but we kept fighting.”

FT! ENGLAND 19-17 WALES

19:33 , Harry Latham-Coyle

By the skin of their teeth, England have the win they so needed. It was dismal and dreary for 60 minutes at Twickenham with constat errors and scrum-time squabbles disrupting any chance the game had of developing any rhythm. But it all came to life, rather, in a madcup final rush to the finish, Wales looking to be streaking clear when England were reduced to 12 men but Steve Borthwick’s side somehow, some way finding the fight they needed to steal it.

FULL TIME! ENGLAND 19-17 WALES

19:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England 19-17 Wales, 80 minutes

19:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Elliot Daly times his defensive intervention perfectly to catch Liam Williams behind the gainline. Gareth Davies threatens something spectacular from inside his own 22 but is chopped down.

A Welsh fumble - England have clung on!

England 19-17 Wales, 78 minutes

19:30 , Jack Rathborn

England 19-17 Wales, 79 minutes

19:29 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England try to work the phases and see the game out, but continuity has been a problem all game. They go 15 yards backwards, though crucially do still have the ball.

George Ford doesn’t want to take too many risks, thumping a scudder out 15 metres from the Weslh line. The visitors will have to go from deep to steal it.

England 19-17 Wales, 78 minutes

19:27 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Dan Cole then gives Mathias a scrum-time education. England’s penalty, with little more than two minutes left as George Ford finds touch.

England 19-17 Wales, 77 minutes

19:26 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Suddenly, Wales need to find something - and that pressure shows instantly, Kemsley Mathias practically screaming at himself as he drops a pass from Gareth Davies cold.

PENALTY! ENGLAND 19-17 Wales (George Ford penalty, 75 minutes)

19:25 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Straight and true. England, improbably, lead.

YELLOW CARD! Adam Beard is sent to the sin bin! (England 16-17 Wales, 75 minutes)

19:24 , Harry Latham-Coyle

But repeat infringements mean Nika Amashukeli makes another visit to his pocket. The yellow is extracted and lifted up into Adam Beard’s face - Wales will play the last five minutes without their stand-in captain.

England point at the posts.

No try! England 16-17 Wales, 74 minutes

19:23 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A cross-kick, Joe Marchant dives to take...and shells it! A pinpoint clip from George Ford’s right boot and all Marchant had to do was collect cleanly.

England 16-17 Wales, 74 minutes

19:22 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Advantage England! They will have a kickable penalty, at the very least...

England 16-17 Wales, 72 minutes

19:21 , Harry Latham-Coyle

And is the momenntum starting to turn - Jamie George punches the air after a George Ford mortar causes chaos in the Welsh backfield. England’s scrum in an excellent attacking position.

England 16-17 Wales, 72 minutes

19:20 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England’s two other naughty boys are back out there, Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward returning from the sin bin. Gareth Davies replaces Tomos Williams in Welsh red; Max Malins is on for Ollie Lawrence in England white.

RED CARD! Owen Farrell’s yellow is upgraded (England 16-17 Wales, 70 minutes)

19:18 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England back to within a point but, as expected, will be without their captain for the remainder. He trudges down the tunnel - surely his participation in England’s World Cup opener in Marseille, and possibly beyond, is now in doubt?

TRY! ENGLAND 16-17 Wales (Maro Itoje try, 68 minutes)

19:15 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Twickenham erupts!

How England needed that! There’s precious little else that England can try but throw everything at the maul, Maro Itoje getting his mitts on the ball and refusing to relinquish as the lineout drive starts to chug forth. George Ford adds the extra two from the tee.

England 9-17 Wales, 67 minutes

19:14 , Jack Rathborn

England win a penalty and poke to the corner, still three men short of a full complement. They need something here...

TRY! England 9-17 WALES (Tomos Williams try, 65 minutes)

19:12 , Harry Latham-Coyle

And Wales immediately capitalise on their three-player advantage!

Joe Roberts has the freedom of Twickenham as he rounds the bend out of his 22. He puts his foot down and can then pick his option, with four Welsh shirts in support. Tomos Williams is the best positioned, the scrum-half scampering over to plunge England further into the mire as the stadium boos.

England 9-10 Wales, 64 minutes

19:11 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Taine Basham departs for a head injury assessment as Owen Farrell joins Ellis Genge and Freddie Steward in the bin. Courtney Lawes takes over the England captaincy.

YELLOW CARD! AND UNDER REVIEW! Owen Farrell is sin binned (England 9-10 Wales, 64 minutes)

19:10 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Owen Farrell is shown yellow initially, but that might well be red once reviewed in the TMO bunker. The contact is forceful and direct to Taine Basham’s head - given Farrell’s history, that could have World Cup implications, too.

England 9-10 Wales, 64 minutes

19:08 , Harry Latham-Coyle

The England captain is going to be in trouble. Shoulder, direct to head - the officials sort out a scuffle between the two sides and wait to deliver their verdict...

England 9-10 Wales, 63 minutes

19:07 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Ambition from Wales! With a two-player advantage they have licence to play, enjoying the open spaces in front of them. Christ Tshiunzxa takes Harlem Globetrotters style after Liam Williams offloads.

Sam Parry! What a carry from the hooker, scorching a trail in a wide channel. He fumbles on the floor.

Hang on - the TMO calls down and wants to look at an Owen Farrell tackle...

England 9-10 Wales, 61 minutes

19:06 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England’s players look in a right muddle, down two men and losing control a little. Jack Willis is brought on for Billy Vunipola - Ben Earl will presumably slide across to number eight, though one of them may be removed if we have a scrum while Genge serves his time in the bin.

PENALTY TRY! England 9-10 WALES (60 minutes)

19:02 , Jack Rathborn

There’s no cover - Steward’s in trouble. YELLOW CARD AND A PENALTY TRY!

The officials checked that Liam Williams hadn’t got it down after Adams had hit the deck and spilled backwards, but Steward had intervened legally to prevent his opposite number grounding. The England full-back’s aerial challenge was anything but licit - he joins his ex-Leicester teammate Ellis Genge on the naughty step with England now in real, real bother.

Penalty try? England 9-3 Wales, 59 minutes

19:00 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Now then! A crossfield kick is taken by Josh Adams, with Freddie Steward tackling him in the air. It’ll definitely be yellow - and probably more...

England 9-3 Wales, 59 minutes

18:59 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Wales punt into England’s 22 and make more metres in a muscular manner. England erect their defences on their own line...

YELLOW CARD! Ellis Genge is sent to the sin bin! England 9-3 Wales, 58 minutes

18:58 , Harry Latham-Coyle

He had warned them. Down goes the scrum, off goes Ellis Genge, having been deemed the cause.

England 9-3 Wales, 58 minutes

18:58 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Cole (101 international caps) appears to be putting the hurt on Kemsley Mathias (1 international cap) but Wales wisely extract promptly. They make initial progress to the right, Taine Basham and Tommy Reffell linking up, though it isn’t long before there’s an error.

England reshuffle their backline - George Ford on at ten, Owen Farrell to 12, Ollie Lawrence to 13, Joe Marchant to 14, and Henry Arundell off...

England 9-3 Wales, 57 minutes

18:56 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Nika Amashukeli has had enough of the set-piece shambles. “Whoever is at fault next will get a yellow card,” the Georgian referee informs the players. England call on their scrum doctor: Dan Cole replaces Will Stuart.

England 9-3 Wales, 55 minutes

18:54 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Genge goes off in search of a Welshman or two, stomping with typical snarl into his first carry, but an earlier knock-on ends his effort. Wales will feed the scrum 30 metres from their own line.

England 9-3 Wales, 54 minutes

18:53 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Another errant Welsh dart gives England posssession with Ellis Genge now amongst things in Joe Marler’s stead. A lovely wide ball puts Elliot Daly into a sliver of space, but Liam Williams provides the requisite backfield cover after Daly chips ahead.

England 9-3 Wales, 52 minutes

18:52 , Harry Latham-Coyle

An Owen Farrell spiral bomb doesn’t quite come off the boot right, but Henry Arundell’s hands tap it back and COurtney Lawes sweeps up.

Ollie Lawrence makes a break, a mighty fend on Tom Rogers as he strides free.

Can England capitalise? Of course not. Ben Youngs waits at the base inside the Welsh 22 but Liam Williams is deemed legal in his jackal, perhaps fortunately - it looked like the full-back went demonstrably off his feet.

England 9-3 Wales, 51 minutes

18:49 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Penalty to Wales. Kemsley Mathias and Will Stuart again hit the deck, with the England tighthead chuntering away as he retreats after the whistle goes against him. Assistant Andrea Piardi reckons Stuart had slipped his bind...

But it matters not as Dan Biggar misses touch.

England 9-3 Wales, 50 minutes

18:48 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Job one for Mathias and Lewis will be anchoring a seven-player Welsh scrum with Tommy Reffell still in the bin. Will Stuart and the newbie immediately hit the deck. Reset.

England 9-3 Wales, 49 minutes

18:46 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Owen Farrell loses grip of the ball as he tries to release a wide pass. It’s been that sort of day.

More Welsh changes: off go Rhys Davies, Tomas Francis, Owen Williams and Gareth Thomas; on come Christ Tshiunza, Dillon Lewis, Dan Biggar and, on debut, Kemsley Mathias.

England 9-3 Wales, 47 minutes

18:45 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England win back possession inside the Welsh 22 soon after the restart, but are forced immediately into touch. The hosts have it again after a lineout error...but not for long. Welsh hands spear it on the floor with Nika Amashukeli satisfied the ball was out. England are pinged.

Taine Plumtree has done himself a mischief - that’s the number eight’s evening done. He clutches at his back as Taine Basham comes on.

PENALTY! England 9-3 WALES (Owen Williams penalty, 45 minutes)

18:41 , Harry Latham-Coyle

And Owen Williams gets his side on the board from right of centre, a friendly kiss on the top of the post as it squeezes through.

England 9-0 Wales, 44 minutes

18:41 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A statement scrum from Wales, Gareth Thomas putting the pressure on Will Stuart and drawing the penalty. Wales point at the posts for the first time today.

England 9-0 Wales, 43 minutes

18:40 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England enliven as Ollie Lawrence collects a Welsh fumble and tries to burst into space, hooking an offload towards a teammate but finding only a red shirt. Back for a scrum, 25 metres from England’s line.

PENALTY! ENGLAND 9-0 Wales (Owen Farrell penalty, 42 minutes)

18:38 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Three more points for Owen Farrell.

YELLOW CARD! Tommy Reffell is sent to the sin bin! England 6-0 Wales, 41 minutes

18:38 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Two phases and lump it for Wales, Joe Roberts doing the job with his left boot.

Tommy Reffell messes aroudn at the base of a ruck and out comes the yellow! Nika Amashukeli had warned Wales about their discipline just before halftime and the openside pays the price for the collective infringing.

Second half...

18:36 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Owen Farrell took as long as he could over that penalty to end the first half, ensuring that Henry Arundell would be back amongst things immediately after the interval. The wing hugs the right touchline as Owen Farrell gets us back underway.

HT: England 6-0 Wales

18:29 , Harry Latham-Coyle

It would be a real blow for Wales were Dewi Lake to now miss the tournament, particularly after the injury to Ken Owens earlier in the summer. Fingers crossed for both.

HT: England 6-0 Wales

18:26 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England, remember, have only had three nines in camp for most of the summer - given Steve Borthwick has indicated his preference for having three specialists in France, someone will have to get back up to speed reasonably quickly if Van Poortvliet is ruled out. Alex Mitchell was probably fourth in the pecking order when Borthwick made his first squad cut down.

HALF TIME: England 6-0 Wales

18:25 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Strewth. That wasn’t great. England went through eight phases in that last passage, the most in the match so far, reflecting a bitty game where both teams have been perfectly content to explore the Twickenham aerospace. It hasn’t clicked for either Wales or England, which is probably more of a concern for the hosts with this far closer to their likely World Cup line-up.

And then, of course, there are the injuries to Dewi Lake and Jack van Poortvliet, which we hope aren’t as bad as feared. Neither looked particularly promising, Van Poortvliet especially.

HALF TIME: England 6-0 Wales

18:21 , Harry Latham-Coyle

PENALTY! ENGLAND 6-0 Wales (Owen Farrell penalty, 43 minutes)

18:21 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Farrell pops it over from bang in front.

England 3-0 Wales, 41 minutes

18:20 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A neat flick from Owen Farrell finds Freddie Steward, occupying the extreme right with Henry Arundell in the bin, but Josh Adams gets across and sets his Tiger-trap, snaring an ankle and allowing his Welsh teammates to come across and complete the job.

A smattering of boos as Owen Farrell opts to double England’s halftime lead.

England 3-0 Wales, 40 minutes

18:19 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Immediate advantage from the lineout. Can England lose it? Ollie Lawrence sets a platform with a hard charge and the forwards romp around the corner.

England 3-0 Wales, 39 minutes

18:18 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Adam Beard has indeed taken on skipper duties for Wales, and argues the toss as his lock partner Rhys Davies is penalised for collapsing a maul. England elect...for the corner.

England 3-0 Wales, 38 minutes

18:17 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A series of messy breakdowns ends with an England penalty. “It’s not Super Rugby now,” Jamie George barks at Kiwi convert Taine Plumtree, until recently on the fringes with the Blues in Auckland. Jamie’s right - this has been anything but super.

England 3-0 Wales, 36 minutes

18:15 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Penalty England. Tomas Francis is unhappy with Joe Marler’s angle, and makes that perfectly clear both to the England looshead and the referee, but Nika Amashukeli has spotted a penalisable offence on the opposite side. Gareth Thomas is pinged and England clear out of their own 22.

England 3-0 Wales, 36 minutes

18:13 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Whistles now from the crowd as the front rows get another talking to. A classic it is not.

England 3-0 Wales, 35 minutes

18:12 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Stern maul defence form England again. That’s twice now that the Wales pack has tried to plough that right corner but been thrown off their furrow. Turnover, England’s scrum, and a chance for a couple of walking wounded to be attended to, including Gareth Thomas.

England 3-0 Wales, 34 minutes

18:10 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Wales get down into England’s 22, taking the space on offer out wide with England short of a back body. Joe Marchant goes off his feet at a ruck - what’s the call, Wales? Adam Beard may have taken over the captaincy, but there is a consensus to kick to the corner.

England 3-0 Wales, 32 minutes

18:09 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Meanwhile, poor Jack van Poortvliet is being helped off. That really would be gutting for the young scrum-half. His Leicester mentor Ben Youngs replaces him.

YELLOW CARD! Henry Arundell is sent to the sin bin (32 minutes)

18:08 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Yellow for Henry Arundell! Liam Williams claims a mark and taps quickly, with Van Poortvliet’s injury leaving England short of backfield cover. Arundell cynically, but understandably, takes Williams out having not been back ten - and it is perfectly fair refereeing from Nika Amashukeli to go to his pocket with loads of room in front of the Wales full back.

England 3-0 Wales, 31 minutes

18:06 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Jamie George’s withdrawn brake foot gives Wales a free kick, allowing the visitors a chance to enter into the next passage of aerial ping pong.

Oh no - another injury! Jack van Poortvliet is down on the deck in severe discomfort.

England 3-0 Wales, 28 minutes

18:04 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A few howls of frustration around Twickenham as England send up their latest hoist to the heavens, Owen Farrell taking a club too many and allowing Wales to take.

Owen Williams’s clearance is half charged down and England attack blind again, Will Stuart energetic on an arcing run and connecting with Joe Marchant. Marchant’s hands have to be quick, and are - but, true to this game, his accuracy is lacking. Elliot Daly can’t clutch it lunging forwards with a runway opening up in front of him.

England 3-0 Wales, 27 minutes

18:02 , Harry Latham-Coyle

This is not good for Lake, who has had a rough run with injury - he’s traipsing off. That really is such a shame for the hooker, skipper of his country for the first time. It looked like his foot might have got stuck in the turf as he jackaled with a couple of Englishmen trying to shift him.

Sam Parry replaces him.

England 3-0 Wales, 26 minutes

17:59 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Blimey has this been an error-ridden first half so far. It was pretty scrappy and scratchy befor the interval in Cardiff last week, and both sides have been short of accuracy again, England’s attempts to explore the blindside ended by an errant pass and an Ollie Lawrence fumble. Nika Amashukeli calls on some drinks as Dewi Lake receives treatment.

England 3-0 Wales, 25 minutes

17:58 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Lake finds his man on this occasion but it isn’t long before Wales have a mishap, Taine Plumtree’s hands sloppy as he cuts back against the grain. A teammate compounds the error by infringing at the breakdown.

England 3-0 Wales, 25 minutes

17:56 , Harry Latham-Coyle

This hasn’t been the best set piece start for the Welsh skipper - another mistimed toss finds the lifted player not yet at their apex, the ball landing in Jamie George’s hands at the tail.

Lake’s handed another opportunity as England kick out on the full.

England 3-0 Wales, 24 minutes

17:55 , Harry Latham-Coyle

And joy for Gareth Thomas, Tomas Francis and co. as England’s front row hit the deck on contact. Owen Williams punts for touch.

England 3-0 Wales, 22 minutes

17:54 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Ollie Lawrence tries to make metres up the middle on a hard line but is both stopped and stripped, Nick Tompkins wrapping firmly and jarring the ball loose with a shake. Wales’ scrum feed.

England 3-0 Wales, 20 minutes

17:53 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A second free kick against Wales at the scrum in this first 20 minutes as a slightly stop-start opening continues.

A Welsh spill then grants England’s burlymen a chance to go again two metres beyond halfway.

England 3-0 Wales, 18 minutes

17:50 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Roars from the England eight as the Welsh maul is stalled and Tomos Williams can’t extract it. The backs had poured in to try and lend some extra weight but it collapses, and Nika Amashukeli sees only red shirts on the floor - turnover, England’s scrum.

England 3-0 Wales, 17 minutes

17:49 , Harry Latham-Coyle

And Wales make further progress up the right from a penalty. Dewi Lake will throw from five metres out.

England 3-0 Wales, 16 minutes

17:49 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A 50:22 from Taine Plumtree! Freddie Steward is halted on a kick return and Wales turn the ball over, Plumtree looking up and finding open acreage beyond Elliot Daly. A hop, skip and jump into touch - advanced possession for Wales for the first time.

England 3-0 Wales, 15 minutes

17:47 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Almost an opportunistic score for Ben Earl! The flanker is sharpest to react as the ball exits the rear of the Welsh scrum prematurely, Earl prodding it on with his toe. Wales just about get back and cover.

England 3-0 Wales, 14 minutes

17:46 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Owen Farrell switches the point of attack and drives at the line, making a half-break and perhaps with more time than he thinks having beaten Adam Beard to the gap. Farrell is in space as he pops for Ollie Lawrence, with a defender in closer attention to the centre, who can’t quite connect with Jack van Poortvliet. A bright moment for England’s attack, though, finding a couple of tight five forwards together in the line and exploiting them.

England 3-0 Wales, 13 minutes

17:44 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England are asked to use the ball with their shoving not drawing anything illicit from the Welsh scrum. Elliot Daly injects himself in the line and...kicks. Slightly aimless. Goalline dropout.

England 3-0 Wales, 12 minutes

17:42 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England attack a breakdown on their defensive right, Ben Earl leading the charge, boring between a couple of bodies and drawing a knock on.

England 3-0 Wales, 11 minutes

17:42 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England are going to box and box again, a single carry from the restart and Jack van Poortvliet forms the catepillar. Liam Williams nearly makes a hash of his collection but just about comes down with the ball.

PENALTY! ENGLAND 3-0 Wales (Owen Farrell penalty, 10 minutes)

17:40 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Three more points to Owen Farrell’s England tally, moving ever closer to Jonny Wilkinson’s record career points haul.

England 0-0 Wales, 8 minutes

17:39 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Wales are pinged again soon after England’s lineout. There’s nothing coming in midfield so back Nika Amashukeli brings them for it, Dan Lydiate offside.

Owen Farrell gestures at the uprights.

England 0-0 Wales, 7 minutes

17:38 , Harry Latham-Coyle

An overthrown lineout from Dewi Lake grants England possession, and Owen Farrell spreads it, a cut out pass to Joe Marchant, who puts Elliot Daly into space. Daly makes good progress on the weave and Wales infringe; Farrell prods up into the visitors’ 22.

England 0-0 Wales, 6 minutes

17:37 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Friendly fire! Poor Henry Arundell, on the deck again after that nasty tumble earlier and this time due to Freddie Steward’s biff into him as the two tried to corral a bobbling ball. No harm done, and Jack van Poortvliet hooks a clearance 35 metres up the right.

England 0-0 Wales, 4 minutes

17:35 , Harry Latham-Coyle

England are going to test the Welsh backfield defence, Farrell opting for another angled grubber but Williams again across smartly. Wales thump long, Freddie Steward thumps longer - Wales’ lineout near their own ten-metre line.

England 0-0 Wales, 3 minutes

17:34 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A fumble from Josh Adams and England’s high hoist works! Owen Farrell sends up an up-and-under which Adams spills into Ben Earl.

Farrell kicks again, this one threaded through...fine covering from Liam Williams, there in the nick of time with Arundell in hot pursuit. Goalline dropout.

England 0-0 Wales, 2 minutes

17:33 , Harry Latham-Coyle

The inevitable reset. Nika Amshukeli gives some further instructions to the front rows. Wales ignore him - a free kick for hitting and chasing. Joe Marler has a polite word or two with Tomas Francis.

England 0-0 Wales, 1 minute

17:32 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Less than 40 seconds on the clock and that’s a worry for England. The medics initially seem to be looking at Arundell’s neck - and all, pleasingly, seems to be in order. He’s back on his feet and ready to defend, with Wales feeding a scrum 45 out from England’s line on the left.

England 0-0 Wales, 1 minute

17:31 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A first rumble in an England shirt in 2023 for Billy Vunipola, taking the kick off and laying a platform.

Oh no - Henry Arundell goes up to contest a high ball and comes down awkwardly after colliding with the Welsh backfield catcher. The medics come on.

KICK OFF!

17:30 , Harry Latham-Coyle

Owen Williams drops boot to ball and we are up and running at Twickenham.

England vs Wales

17:28 , Harry Latham-Coyle

A few final checks between Nika Amashukeli and the rest of his officiating crew. Wales hit the tackle bags one last time, making sure their shoulders are appropriately sturdy.

The visitors will kick us off.

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