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<\/p>\n 9m ago<\/p>\n Sarah Rendell’s report<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 26m ago<\/p>\n Full-time: England 62-24 Wales<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 26m ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 62-24 Wales (Lockwood, 80)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 31m ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 62-19 Wales (Muir, 76)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 34m ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 55-19 Wales (Lewis, 74)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 39m ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 55-12 Wales (M Packer, 69)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 47m ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 48-12 Wales (Breach, 63)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 41-22 Wales (Moloney-MacDonald, 53)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Yellow card! Wales (Powell, 52)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 36-12 Wales (Cokayne, 46)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Second half<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 1h ago<\/p>\n Half-time: England 29-12 Wales<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! Jones 29-12 Wales (Jones, 40)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 24-12 Wales (Jones, 33)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 24-7 Wales (Jones, 28)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 19-7 Wales (M Packer, 25)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 12-5 Wales (Bevan, 18)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 12-0 Wales (David, 13)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n TRY! England 7-0 Wales (Feaunati, 7)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 2h ago<\/p>\n Kick-off<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Wales team<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n England team<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n 3h ago<\/p>\n Preamble<\/p>\n <\/a>Show key events only<\/p>\n Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature<\/p>\n Sarah Rendell’s report<\/p>\n Thanks for joining us this afternoon. We\u2019ll be back for the next round of games. We\u2019ll leave you with Sarah\u2019s report from Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Sarah Rendell<\/p>\n There is an alternate universe where Meg Jones played the Six Nations clash between England and Wales in a red shirt instead of a white one. The Red Roses captain was born in Cardiff and can speak fluent Welsh but she chose to play for England, being qualified through her mother. That decision is surely one of the most important to England\u2019s current form with Jones an integral and irreplaceable cog in the Red Roses\u2019 machine.<\/p>\n Jones was named skipper before the Six Nations with Zoe Stratford pregnant and she has more than stepped to the plate. The 2025 World Rugby player of the year nominee has scored in two of the three opening matches of the tournament, bagging two against Wales at a sold-out Ashton Gate. Not only is she getting herself on the scoresheet, she is also proving to be the linchpin in the majority of the side\u2019s attacking moves. Off pitch she is also inspiring the next generation, speaking candidly about the grief she has experienced after losing both of her parents in 2024. Jones said in the buildup to the game this particular match means that much more now and she displayed that on the pitch with another stellar performance.<\/p>\n Jones and her team may have inflicted their 11th consecutive win over Wales, despite losing Sadia Kabeya to injury after 21 minutes, but the team have clearly improved under Sean Lynn. Wales secured a bonus-point with four tries, the final one coming from Seren Lockwood. The 24 points scored by the visitors was the most they had ever recorded against England and was 12 more than they had in their previous encounter at last year\u2019s Six Nations.<\/p>\n Meg Jones scores England\u2019s fifth try against Wales. Photograph: Bob Bradford\/CameraSport\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Reaction from England\u2019s Marlie Packer, who becomes No 3 on the Red Roses\u2019 all-time try-scoring list:<\/p>\n double quotation markReally pleased. Wales gave us a tough game today, we know they\u2019ve improved \u2026 Really proud of the girls\u2019 performance.<\/p>\n It\u2019s massive. It\u2019s incredible because selling out these stadiums means everything to us \u2026 We\u2019re loving it. Every time we come into camp, we enjoy being with the Red Roses. It\u2019s a really nice place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n Marlie Packer (bottom) celebrates scoring. Photograph: Nigel French\/PAShare<\/a>Full-time: England 62-24 Wales<\/p>\n England keep marching on! Good game. Wales gave plenty but the Red Roses are just too strong.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 62-24 Wales (Lockwood, 80)<\/p>\n Wales score at the death! Great move. They went down the line, took some work getting the ball to Lockwood, but they did it. Then the finish in the corner. Fair play Wales.<\/p>\n Seren Lockwood dives over to score a try for Wales. Photograph: Paul Rubery\/Focus Images Ltd\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.15 EDT<\/p>\n 80 min: Marlie Packer wins player of the match. I\u2019d have given it to Meg Jones, but she\u2019s a deserving winner.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 80 min: Wales kick to the corner. One last chance to have the final word.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 78 min: Two minutes to go. Wales have a scrum inside England\u2019s half. Bevan sends it left and they run hard. Bevan milks a penalty off the back of Muir who is on the wrong side of the ruck. George attempts a chip and chase. Nothing doing. So they come back for the pen.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 62-19 Wales (Muir, 76)<\/p>\n Ten up for England! Feaunati starts the move with a busting run through midfield. She finds Robinson who comes close. So close in fact that from there it\u2019s all the heavy forwards picking and going. The last to touch the balls is Muir who digs deep and dots down.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 55-19 Wales (Lewis, 74)<\/p>\n The skipper scores! Credit to Wales. They have not gone away. Off the line-out, its a series of pick and goes. Eventually the wall cracked and from close range Lewis burrowed over. Bevan, who has been nothing short of outstanding, slots the conversion.<\/p>\n Bethan Lewis of Wales powers over to score a try. Photograph: Gareth Everett\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.09 EDT<\/p>\n 72 min: Bevan shows outrageous footwork as she wriggles away from four English defenders and then bursts upfield. Wow, what a run that is! She\u2019s nailed by Kildunne. Was it high? Looked it. But they don;\u2019t wait as Wales kick to the corner and set up a line-out inside England\u2019s 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 71 min: Marlie Packer wants a hat-trick and is hanging out in the right wide channel. She has exploited an overlap and is ready to gather a long pass. But she spills it. England are not done. They\u2019re hunting more but have to defend a line-out on Wales\u2019 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 55-12 Wales (M Packer, 69)<\/p>\n Water is wet, England score from a maul! I know I\u2019ve made that joke countless times but then again, England ahve scored countless tries from the maul. Five out, it was pretty much a forgone conclusion. Harrison doesn\u2019t miss and nails this tough conversion from the right.<\/p>\n Marlie Packer scores England\u2019s ninth try. Photograph: Nigel French\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a011.02 EDT<\/p>\n 67 min: Spilled on the line! Oh, it looked certain that Moloney-MacDonald had bagged her brace. But just as she went to dot down she spilled it under contact. It was a lovely grubber from Aitchison \u2013 who is suddenly having a wonderful game \u2013 to set it up in the left corner. But no. Credit to Lockwood for the covering tackle.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 66 min: For once England can\u2019t make the line-out stick. George is able to clear it long and she finds touch beyond the 22. But England win that line-out and come charging straight back.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 65 min: England on another level right now. Moloney-MacDonald rakes a kick ahead that bounces perfectly until it bobbles out of touch just five short of the Welsh try line for a 50-22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 48-12 Wales (Breach, 63)<\/p>\n Just too good. So many impressive points in this score. Harrison\u2019s flat pass for Aitchison who then popped a short pass with soft hands for the onrushing Lutui. Muir showed immense strength busting over the gainline. Aitchison, again, spiralled a lovely ball for Breach down the. right wing and with a player advantage there was no one covering the tram.<\/p>\n Jess Breach touches down for England. Photograph: Dan Mullan\/RFU\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.55 EDT<\/p>\n 62 min: And that\u2019s the difference between England and everyone else. They had a line-out, from the penalty, on halfway, and in the blink if an eye they\u2019ve got Harrison on the front foot and nudging a kick to the corner, forcing Wales to exit from deep inside their own 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 61 min: Ah, how frustrating for Wales. Off the scrum, they keep the ball well. But they just don\u2019t have the punch through contact. That means they can\u2019t get quick ball out the back which means England can set their defensive line which exacerbates the issue. Soon Wales infringe on the floor searching for that quicker ball and hand a soft penalty to England.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 58 min: Neat from Wales off the scrum before Bevan, who peeled off, raked a grubber into the corner finding touch. England then lose the ball at the line-out so Wales will have another scrum, this time inside England\u2019s 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 57 min: Off the line-out, England go from left to right and then back to the left. In fact, Wales push them back about 25 metres and force a knock on as Tuipulotu races up and forces the mistake on halfway. Impressive from Wales. You\u2019d not know it from the score, but they\u2019ve been pretty good this afternoon.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 54 min: England have brought on a new front row as Kildunne collects a high kick and returns it with interest. England win another kick battle and will have the line-out inside Welsh territory.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 41-22 Wales (Moloney-MacDonald, 53)<\/p>\n What a finish! Off the top of the line-out on the right, they go down the line as quickly as they can before finding Moloney-MacDonald. She\u2019s tackled but keeps her feet and then springs in the air to dot down acrobatically just an inch away from the corner flag. A finish of real quality. The conversion is missed (how impressive does Harrison\u2019s tally of 12\/12 last week look now?)<\/p>\n Claudia Moloney-MacDonald dives over for England\u2019s seventh try. Photograph: Andrew Boyers\/Action Images\/ReutersMoloney-MacDonald (right) celebrates with teammate Ellie Kildunne. Photograph: Morgan Harlow\/RFU\/Getty ImagesShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.53 EDT<\/p>\n Yellow card! Wales (Powell, 52)<\/p>\n Can\u2019t really complain. She stuck out her hand without thinking, but there Breach was right there. If the pass from Kildunne missed Powell I\u2019d have backed England to score. Or at least come very close.<\/p>\n They\u2019ll have a line-out inside the Welsh 22 instead.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min: Powell could be in trouble for a deliberate knock-on. There was an English player hovering in the right tram and she would have had a clear run to the line. Yup. Replays show exactly that. Yellow card coming\u2026<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 52 min: Wales exit from the line-out, but not very far. England will have the line-out feed on the Welsh 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 50 min: Keight knocks-on in contact after the Welse line-out teed her up from midfield. England kept it steady and look great with ball in hand. Jones has it and nudges a little grubber that beats the onrushing defence. I\u2019m not sure a quicker player than Marlie Packer would have got there before it bobbled out on the left touch, but it might have have been close.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 49 min: Moloney-MacDonald does well near the left touch to hold onto a Bevan box kick. It\u2019s been a scrappy few minutes as both teams try and fail to breach the midfield walls before kicking. Rowland kicsk and finds touch but England are still inside their own half as Wales set their line-out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 36-12 Wales (Cokayne, 46)<\/p>\n Unstoppable! Their maul is literally unstoppable. It stalled at first but when things splintered, the experienced Cokayne spotted the gap back towards the blindside and finished things off. Rowland finds her radar again and slots the conversion from the right.<\/p>\n Amy Cokayne powers through the Wales defence before going over to score England\u2019s sixth try of the game. Photograph: Nigel French\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.35 EDT<\/p>\n 45 min: Now England win the scrum penalty and they keep rumbling. Packer eventually passes the ball. Rowland \u2013 having a great game \u2013 finds Jones who flings it far and left for Maloney-MacDonald who tries to beat Powell round the outside. The Welsh winger makes the tackle but England come back for the penalty that is kicked into Wales\u2019 22.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 44 min: Wales spill it from the line-out. One step forward, one step back so far this half for the women in red.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 41 min: There\u2019s a knock-on from Wales just over halfway. That gives England a scrum and in the blink of an eye Kildunne is steaming down the right. She is so quick, just ghosting past defenders. She gets nailed about 10 metres short of the try line having collected Rowland\u2019s pass on halfway before throwing a dummy pass. Wow, Kildunne is box office. But she spills the ball in contact so Wales have to clear their lines from a scrum. Even better, they get the scrum penalty.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Second half<\/p>\n The players are back. <\/p>\n Can Wales tidy up and maintain their attacking threat?<\/p>\n Was a great first half. Let\u2019s hope for more as George gets us going again.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>Half-time: England 29-12 Wales<\/p>\n The conversion is missed and that brings the curtain down at half time.<\/p>\n Wales have been good in patches, but England are just so ruthless. I feel like they scored with every opportunity presented to them. Clinical, efficient, outstanding. That\u2019s why they\u2019re world leaders. That and the quality they possess. Meg Jones has been next level today.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.09 EDT<\/p>\n TRY! Jones 29-12 Wales (Jones, 40)<\/p>\n What a try! My word, Meg Jones is some player. England won the scrum penalty and got cracking. Jones receives it in midfield and unfurls a wonder pass that travels about 20 plus metres for Kildunne up from fullback. Moloney-MacDonald then gets it and holds onto it too long. Or has she? She wriggles free from multiple tacklers, off-loads to Kildunne for Jones has it back to dot down. That went about 60 metres and included several brilliant passes. Fantastic.<\/p>\n Meg Jones dives over to score her second, and England\u2019s fifth try of the game. Photograph: Dan Mullan\/RFU\/Getty ImagesJones\u202f celebrates her try. Photograph: Nigel French\/PAShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.16 EDT<\/p>\n 38 min: Wales once again kick the ball away after showing some neat work in midfield. But they get it back soon after as England spill in contact. Wales are up inside England\u2019s half. De Vera, who has had a good game, is heavily involved. Joyce does well out in the left tram to keep the ball alive until she spills it right at the last. Good ball retention from Wales, but they\u2019re finding out that this England team is not easily breached. England will have the scrum between their 22 and halfway all the way on the right.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 36 min: Three Welsh line-outs. Three Welsh penalties. It\u2019s another trick play \u2013 a short throw to the front of the line, straight to the prop who wasn\u2019t there to lift, but instead turned around and grabbed the bullet pass. That caught England off guard and they swarmed around the ball carrier illegally.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 35 min: David, who was off for a HIA, has failed her test so Breach will remain out there. A harsh end for David on debut, but at least she bagged a try.<\/p>\n Share<\/a>TRY! England 24-12 Wales (Jones, 33)<\/p>\n Oh so crafty! That is right off the training pitch. They go to the front of the line-out. But rather than maul, they pop a short pass for Tuipulotu who was on a blind run down the blindside. She then passed for Jones who was hanging in the tram after throwing to the line-out and she did well to wrestle the ball down under supervision from two English defenders. Lovely stuff. The conversion is missed but that\u2019s a lovely bit of work from the Welsh.<\/p>\n Wales\u2019 Kelsey Jones powers towards the England tryline \u2026 Photograph: Gareth Everett\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockHer teammates celebrate. Photograph: Gareth Everett\/Huw Evans\/ShutterstockShare<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a010.09 EDT<\/p>\n 32 min: Another maul, another penalty for Wales. This time it\u2019s inside the England 22 so they can kick a little closer. Five out.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n 31 min: Wales win a penalty from a maul off a line-out shortly after the restart. George crossfield kicks and finds Singleton on the right wing. Wales keep the ball but fail to make any ground. Soon they spill it but will come back for the penalty, which is hoofed out of touch about 18 metres short of the England line on the left.<\/p>\n