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23 min: Wales keep the ball after the scrum and hold onto the ball. Until Bevan hoofs a pretty ordinary box kick that is easily marked in the backfield by Kildunne.<\/p>\n
Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min: A tearful Kabeya leaves the field. She really doesn\u2019t want to go but she has to as her shoulder looks in real trouble.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 22 min: Wales win a penalty in midfield. This came off England having a scrum all the way on the left wing and failing to find a hole anywhere in the line. Great defence from Wales who look up for this. They\u2019re doubling up in the tackle and England just haven\u2019t been able to get their off-loading game away. So the hosts lose patience and go searching for quicker ball, committing an infringement on the floor. Kudos to the Welsh.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.39 EDT<\/p>\n 20 min: Kildunne launches an attack from deep and spirals a pass for Rowland hovering on the lefft wing. But she\u2019s tackled out of touch.<\/p>\n This much-changed England side is not quite delivering. Wales have come to play. Good game so far.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 12-5 Wales (Bevan, 18)<\/p>\n Wales hit back! Bevan deserves that after making all that ground from the turnover ball. Rather than go for a driving maul, as everyone expected, they set up a big carry off first phase. Then Bevan picked and went and found a hole to score. The tough conversion is made from the left and Wales are back in this.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 17 min: Off the scrum, England make a mess and get in a tangle in the midfield. The ball goes loose and Bevan grabs it and canters a full 40 metres. She looks destined for the line before she\u2019s cut down. Jones tries to steal it but the Welsh support is up and they wrestle the ball back. Wales have the advantage. George goes for a cross-kick to the corner. David catches and makes the mark, but Wales will have the advantage to play with. Phew, hectic period that. They kick to the corner and will line-out from five out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 15 min: George overcooks the restart and hands possession straight back to England, who will have the scrum on halfway.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 12-0 Wales (David, 13)<\/p>\n Fairytale! Millie David, on debut, in front of her home fans, scores a try! And what a try. England too slick after recycling from the line-out. Packer finds Aitchison who finds Rowland. Then a floated skip pass finds David who still had some finishing to do, but she made it look pretty easy. Great step off her right boot before bursting round the last defender on the right wing. Rowland can\u2019t convert.<\/p>\n England debutant Millie David smiles as she dives over the line to score her side\u2019s second try against Wales. Photograph: Morgan Harlow\/RFU\/Getty ImagesDavid (second left) is congratulated by her teammates. Photograph: Paul Rubery\/Focus Images Ltd\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.43 EDT<\/p>\n 12 min: England win a kick battle. L Packer collects the ball at the breakdown and immediately rakes a box kick, knowing there is no one covering the Welsh backfield. George runs around and mops up before returning the kick. But she can\u2019t find much ground. England with a promising line-out position.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 10 min: England just win the small moments more often than not. Wales set the maul from the line-out but they couldn\u2019t get the ball out the back. England\u2019s maul defence swamped the ball carrier and stalled momentum. So they\u2019re rewarded with a scrum feed on their 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.26 EDT<\/p>\n 9 min: Better from Wales. Off a line-out on the left, they go down the line and suck in two defenders with a clever dummy. Powell, up from fullback creating the overload, has time to send a grubber into the left corner. It\u2019s a lovely touch finder that had her chasing winger interested for a second.<\/p>\n England, though, have no problem exiting from a line-out five out from their own line.<\/p>\n Wales will come again with a maul from a line-out of their own between the halfway and the 22m lines.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.27 EDT<\/p>\n TRY! England 7-0 Wales (Feaunati, 7)<\/p>\n Brilliant from start to finish! England\u2019s No. 8 got things going and she dots down. Off the line-out, England set up a midfield ruck and then went back to the right, down the blind where Feaunati brushed off two tacklers in the wide channel. Bern continued momentum with a strong carry and then it was a matter of time. L Packer played the right pass and Feaunati hit the line on an angle at pace. Rowland adds the extras. England up and running.<\/p>\n Maddie Feaunati reacts after scoring England\u2019s first try. Photograph: Simon King\/ProSports\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.31 EDT<\/p>\n 5 min: Wales win the line-out but M Packer, who has exploded into this game, charges down George\u2019s exit kick. She can\u2019t get there before it\u2019s dotted down safely over the try line by a Welsh hand. But that was great work from the veteran Rose.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 4 min: Wales win a scrum penalty. Excellent set and they get the chance to clear their lines. Well done to the Welsh pack.<\/p>\n If there\u2019s one area that England aren\u2019t head and shoulders above the rest it\u2019s the scrum.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 3 min: Off the line-out, M Packer charges through the guts and almost finds the line. L Packer recycles and finds Kabeya who spills in contact as Metcalfe and Aiono double up and force the knock-on five metres out. Wales will have the scrum feed.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 2 min: Kildunne\u2019s first touch is a beauty. On her tip-toes she holds onto a kick that looked destined to find touch on England\u2019s right wing. She grabbed it and then went on a mazy run, making 10 metres. Soon after England sent it down the line and won a scrum as a Welsh hand caused a knock-on in contact. England will have the scrum inside Welsh territory.<\/p>\n Oh, hang on. It\u2019s been upgraded to a penalty for a deliberate knock-on so England will get the line-out inside the Welsh 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Kick-off<\/p>\n Ella Goldsmith blows her whistle and we\u2019re off in glorious sunshine!<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n It was remiss of me not to mention that Metcalfe is 19-years-old!<\/p>\n 19! Nineteen! My goodness. What a moment.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Anthems now. A few tears. Love seeing that. Loads of passion.<\/p>\n England players line up for the anthems. Photograph: Nigel French\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.26 EDT<\/p>\n The players are lining up in the tunnel. <\/p>\n Not long to go now.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sean Lynn, Wales\u2019 head coach, was speaking to the BBC:<\/p>\n double quotation markWe are playing the world champions and Grand Slam champions in front of a sold out Ashton Gate. It doesn\u2019t get bigger than that.<\/p>\n England are the trailblazers in the women\u2019s game. They have been professional longer than us and have their own domestic league – that is the reality of the challenge.<\/p>\n This is all about us building our performances and developing our identity as a team. We need to show the same intensity and resilience that we have shown in the opening two games and do it for longer. The grit and ability to dig deep is an attribute we will need against England.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Sarah Bern and Kelsey Clifford warm up with some of their England teammates. Photograph: Morgan Harlow\/RFU\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Another yarn from Sarah. <\/p>\n In this one she hears from young Millie David who makes her Red Roses debut on the wing today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Good to know I\u2019m on the same page as Sarah Rendell.<\/p>\n Here she argues that the Red Roses are doing things few teams, if any, have ever done:<\/p>\n Ellie Kildunne takes a selfie with some of her teammates ahead of the match against Wales. Photograph: Bob Bradford\/CameraSport\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a009.23 EDT<\/p>\n How about some stats, eh?<\/p>\n These have been pulled straight from the WRU website.<\/p>\n England have won 22 out of 24 meetings against Wales, their only defeats coming in 2015 and 2009<\/p>\n England have won each of their last 50 international matches on home soil, their last defeat in England coming in November 2016. They have never lost at home to Wales in Test rugby, winning all 20 meetings<\/p>\n Wales\u2019 Bethan Lewis has made the most tackles of any player in the Women\u2019s Six Nations this year (37) with team-mate Kate Williams making the most dominant tackles (4), while Gwen Crabb has won the most breakdown turnovers<\/p>\n England\u2019s Sarah Bern is the top try scorer (4), crossing twice in each of the opening two rounds, while team-mate Zoe Harrison has scored the most points (24), not missing a single one of her 12 conversion attempts against Scotland<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Wales team<\/p>\n As if the job wasn\u2019t tough enough, Wales will have to do without two of their more senior players as ex-captain Hannah Dallavalle, as well as captain Kate Williams are out injured.<\/p>\n That means Jenna De Vera, who made her Test debut against France off the bench last week, starts at inside centre.<\/p>\n Flanker Alex Callender is still out so much will depend on Branwen Metcalfe who wears the number 6 jersey in her first appearance for her country.<\/p>\n Alongside her in the back row, Bethan Lewis takes over the captaincy.<\/p>\n Wales: Kayleigh Powell; Seren Singleton, Jenna De Vera, Courtney Keight, Jasmine Joyce; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Kelsey Jones, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Jorja Aiono; Gwen Crabb, Branwen Metcalfe, Bethan Lewis, Byronie King.<\/p>\n Repalcements: Molly Reardon, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Georgia Evans, Alisha Joyce, Seren Lockwood, Freya Bell, Catherine Richards. <\/p>\n Share<\/a>England team<\/p>\n 20-year-old Millie David, who plays her club rugby for Bristol, makes her Test debut in front of her home crowd.<\/p>\n She\u2019ll start on the wing which means Ellie Kildunne slots back to her usual position at fullback. Emma Sing, who impressed last week, misses out of the match-day 23.<\/p>\n Holly Aitchinson starts at fly-half, replacing Zoe Harrison, while props Mackenzie Carson and Sarah Bern, lock Delaney Burns and back-row Marlie Packer enter the scene from the off.<\/p>\n England: Ellie Kildunne; Millie David, Meg Jones (c), Helena Rowland, Claudia Moloney-MacDonald; Holly Aitchison, Lucy Packer; Mackenzie Carson, Amy Cokayne, Sarah Bern, Abi Burton, Delaney Burns, Sadia Kabeya, Marlie Packer, Maddie Feaunati.<\/p>\n Replacements: Connie Powell, Kelsey Clifford, Maud Muir, Haineala Lutui, Demelza Short, Flo Robinson, Zoe Harrison, Jess Breach.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a008.37 EDT<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n Hi everyone! Welcome to the third round of a Women\u2019s Six Nations that is pretty much going as expected.<\/p>\n England are top of the tree with having scored 17 tries (five more than France) and look unbeatable.<\/p>\n They weren\u2019t at their best against Ireland but still had enough oomph from third gear<\/a>. Then they revved their engines and pulverised Scotland by a hefty score.<\/a><\/p>\n Today they face Wales who were denied at the death by Scotland but got spanked on home soil by France. They\u2019re a team on the rise, no question, but they\u2019re rising from a long way down from where England currently reside. Expect plenty of support, though, for the visiting side as they\u2019re playing just across the River Severn in Bristol.<\/p>\n Is there a more dominant sports team in the world than the Red Roses? Not for my money. If they fail to add to their unbeaten run of 35 Tests I\u2019ll eat my hat. And my shoes. And my leather belt.<\/p>\n Kick-off at 2:15pm.<\/p>\n Teams and other updates, including some cracking reads from around the G, to come.<\/p>\n