England 33-19 Wales
Date:
Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Attendance: 80,944
England v Wales Match Reports
England won the first of their World Cup warm-up matches with a 33-19 victory over Wales at Twickenham. It brought to an end the visitors' 14-match winning streak and dented their hopes of becoming the No.1 team in the world. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: England warm up for World Cup with convincing victory over Wales
- BBC: England beat Wales to halt visitors' bid to top world rankings
- Guardian: England bring Wales’s winning streak to an end in World Cup warm-up
- Daily Mail: Warren Gatland's team SPURN opportunity to be ranked world's No 1 team as England start World Cup warm-ups with victory at Twickenham
- Sky Sports: Eddie Jones' experiment pays off in first Rugby World Cup warm-up clash
- South Wales Argus: Gatland's men denied in bid to become world No 1
- WRU: Wales' unbeaten run ended by England
- England Rugby: England defeat Wales in Quilter International
England v Wales - Match Highlights
England v Wales - Match Stats
England: (21) 33
Try: Vunipola (4'), Cokanasiga (13'), Cowan-Dickie (39')
Conversion: Ford (5', 15', 40')
Penalty: Ford (44', 61', 73')
Drop-goal: Daly (77')
Wales: (7) 19
Try: G Davies (22'), North (50'), W Jones (56')
Conversion: Anscombe (24'), Biggar (57')
Man of the match: Billy Vunipola (England)
England v Wales - Team Line-ups
England Team
Forwards
- 1 Ellis Genge
- 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
- 3 Dan Cole
- 4 Joe Launchbury
- 5 Charlie Ewels
- 6 Lewis Ludlam
- 7 Tom Curry
- 8 Billy Vunipola
Backs
- 9 Willi Heinz
- 10 George Ford (Captain)
- 11 Anthony Watson
- 12 Piers Francis
- 13 Jonathan Joseph
- 14 Joe Cokanasiga
- 15 Elliot Daly
Replacements
- 16 Jack Singleton
- 17 Joe Marler
- 18 Harry Williams
- 19 George Kruis
- 20 Courtney Lawes
- 21 Ben Youngs
- 22 Joe Marchant
- 23 Manu Tuilagi
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Nicky Smith
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Tomas Francis
- 4 Adam Beard
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
- 6 Aaron Wainwright
- 7 Justin Tipuric
- 8 Ross Moriarty
Backs
- 9 Gareth Davies
- 10 Gareth Anscombe
- 11 Josh Adams
- 12 Hadleigh Parkes
- 13 Jonathan Davies
- 14 George North
- 15 Liam Williams
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Wyn Jones
- 18 Dillon Lewis
- 19 Jake Ball
- 20 Aaron Shingler
- 21 Aled Davies
- 22 Dan Biggar
- 23 Owen Watkin