Wonderful Wales embarrass England
16 Mar 2013
Wales are the Six Nations champions after crushing England 30-3 in England.
Leigh Halfpenny’s unerring boot built a commanding lead and then the Welsh pack took control and the loose forwards, as a unit and individuals, destroyed England at the breakdown.
Flanker Justin Tipuric was named man of the match and Sam Warburton showed his 2011 World Cup form.
The collisions were ferocious and Wales were colossal.
Wales, two months ago, lost the tournament opener to Ireland and trailed 30-3 after 35 minutes in that game. The final 30 minutes on Saturday completed a remarkable comeback and the disaster of Ireland will be forgotten in light of the delight of today.
The intensity was befitting a World Cup final, as was the quality of the match.
Alex Cuthbert scored two tries but to a man Wales were inspirational.
30 Comments
16 Mar 2013, 19:39 pm
where’s the Lions thread?
pfffffft!
16 Mar 2013, 19:41 pm
This is the best game of six nations so far! Seriously brilliant game!
16 Mar 2013, 20:17 pm
Amazing game! Like the old ruck rules in this game and those rules are No rules
16 Mar 2013, 20:54 pm
Wonderful Wales embarrass England http://t.co/ktdzLG9QDB via @sharethis brutal and brilliant in winning Six Nations 30-3
16 Mar 2013, 20:56 pm
Eng brought back down to reality.
16 Mar 2013, 21:05 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-1: No live thread on Vodacom Cup teams
16 Mar 2013, 21:05 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-1: just a match wrap
16 Mar 2013, 21:19 pm
OH, come on. The first half was dreadful, very poor passing and some awful kicking it nearly resembled an english soccer match, hoofing the ball up and down. How many balls went out on the full….The 2nd half was great through, but combined I would not go and call it a brilliant game, having just watched the the Brumbies munch, chew and spew Shark bait…
Now that provincial game beat this international any day…
16 Mar 2013, 21:20 pm
@keo-6:
You picked Wales to win the 6 Nations didn’t you?
Well done
16 Mar 2013, 21:21 pm
Tulagi was monumental!
Great future is ahead, skies are the limit
Add Vunipola and Lawes to the mix and you get the World Beaters!
16 Mar 2013, 21:23 pm
@keo-5: @keo-6:
ok but i think you owe the Lions a little more respect than that, Keo
that ‘Vodacom Cup’ team will be back in super rugby next season
besides, its not like they are’nt playing good rugby at the moment.
16 Mar 2013, 21:34 pm
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-11:
Bakkies
Seems like it’s a case of mistaken identity
You are referring to the Lions Challenge and Mark is talking about the Vodacom Cup
On that note, was surprised to see Pumas beat Blue Bulls by 44 to 42
The Vodacom Cup is difficult to predict so far
16 Mar 2013, 21:44 pm
Best game of rugby I’ve seen in awhile…. and a perfect result.
16 Mar 2013, 21:46 pm
@Hondo-10: I was wondering what you were going on about for a second but I now realise you’ve just picked the black players out of the England team for sarcastic criticism.
Anyway, Wales were the better team tonight. No complaints.
16 Mar 2013, 22:07 pm
England have got worse and worse since the Scotland game where we looked good in attack
We looked clueless in attack and lightweight up front
Alex Corbisiero is the best LH in England and when he doesn’t play England’s scrum doesn’t operate
Joe Marler been touted as the next big thing but hasn’t adapted to International level he may do so in 3 or 4 years when he gets more experience
The backs are useless how an earth is Chris Ashton still in the team when we have so many other wingers with huge quality like Jonny May, Christian Wade, Marland Yarde, Tom Varndell. Mike Brown is a full back playing on the wing got exposed badly, Alex Goode isn’t International standard looks overweight and slow
The centres are too predictable Barrit and Tuilagi are too similar.
And lastly Freddie Burns has to be given a chance hes by far the best 10 in England
16 Mar 2013, 22:19 pm
@nortierd-12:
oh ok, thanks for clearing it up, Nortie
although i do think he may have been taking a cheap shot at them?
17 Mar 2013, 01:21 am
What a game, what an atmosphere. Serious contender to be the game of the year.
17 Mar 2013, 01:27 am
I love seeing the Poms getting smashed, they have one win over the AB’s at the end of a long season and suddenly they are world beaters. Like their WC defense, which never came and have they ever gotten near a threatening species again…NEIN!!
17 Mar 2013, 01:34 am
@captain fantail-18: To be fair it wasnt a beating more like a whipping. And when you whip the All Blacks I think you could consider yourself a potential worldbeater. Remember it was just bad decision making that kept them from claiming all the SH scalps.
17 Mar 2013, 01:42 am
@john123-15: They had a Documentary making team with them this week. What was that about? You could see the guys all playing up for the cameras in the papers while the Welsh were grimly sharpening their swords in the shadows. Ben Youngs delivery were superslow while making petulant noises to the reff all night instead of protecting the spilling balls. Ashton I agree with you totally. a real papertiger, worst defender in the England team with a yellow card as his cherry on top. Wade or Bigs small guys with lots of heart and serious turbos will do a much better job.
17 Mar 2013, 03:31 am
@captain fantail-18: England Youth 38-21 World Cup Thieves
17 Mar 2013, 07:03 am
@i_love_u_bakkiesbotha-16:
Also possible Bakkies
17 Mar 2013, 07:55 am
One has to start wondering about N hemisphere rugby
is Italy getting better or are France wales and England getting worse
Bit of both?
17 Mar 2013, 08:14 am
@CoachPete-23: Coach Italy is getting better much to the consternation of Malett who claimed between the lines that they are a bit of a hopeless case in the English newspapers last week.
17 Mar 2013, 08:17 am
@jet jungle-24:
Ok fair enough but wales have been struggling and they destroyed poms
Poms beat NZ last year and Wale lost to Samoa so whats happening ?
17 Mar 2013, 08:23 am
@CoachPete-25: You tell me Coach, the rugby gods are ******** with us.
17 Mar 2013, 08:31 am
Heres what i think
italy are on the up
Poms are not as good as they think they are
wales was always a good team
France well they are the french full stop
Scots did better and may improve if they keep getting more imports
watch out for samoa
18 Mar 2013, 07:51 am
I thought the Lions were going to chew up the Aussies, but after this weekends game against the Sharks, I think the Aussie might be up for the challenge.
18 Mar 2013, 11:03 am
England will learn from this campaign. I think the pressure got to them a bit as they were expected to win the 6N. They are still doing well under Lancaster and need to pick themselves up!
18 Mar 2013, 15:17 pm
@jet jungle-24: I think Brunel is showing us that Mallett isn’t as good anymore as so many people think. Excellent year for Italy. They have a lot more confidence on the field.
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