Daily Mail, Monday, August 12, 2019
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ENGLAND
SUBSTITUTES
Singleton (for Launchbury 79),
Williams (Cole 53) 7, Kruis 6 (Ludlam 68),
Lawes 7 (Curry 29), Youngs 7
(Heinz 50) , Marchant (Joseph 79),
Tuilagi (Francis 74). Unused: Marler.
AVERAGE 7. 5
NO 8
WALES
AVERAGE 6.3
SUBSTITUTES
Biggar 6 (for Anscombe 34), Dee 5
(Owens 52), W Jones 6 (Smith 50), Lewis
5 (Francis 50), Ball 6 (Beard 68),
Shingler 6 (Tipuric 62), A Davies 5.5
(J Davies 53), Watkin 5.5 (Parkes 68).
BIG MATCH RATINGS
ELLIOT DALY
Sealed victory with
improvised drop goal but case
for switching position
with Watson. 6.5
LIAM WILLIAMS
Topped the metres
made in attack on either
team with slippery
breaks in attack. 7. 5
JOE COKANASIGA
Roars of excitement every
time the Fijian touched the
ball. Powerful short-
range try. 7. 5
GEORGE NORTH
Moved three tries
behind Gareth Thomas as
second highest Welsh
try scorer. 6.5
JONATHAN JOSEPH
Classy touches in attack
should ease the news of
Henry Slade wearing a
knee brace.^8
JONATHAN DAVIES
Summer gym work
paying off — handing off
defenders with the
power of a boxer.^7
PIERS FRANCIS
Big hits in defence as
England suffocated Welsh
attack with first-half line
speed. 7. 5
HADLEIGH PARKES
Caught flat-footed in
defence at times despite
being Wales’
Mr Reliable. 6.5
ANTHONY WATSON
Eye-catching takes under
high ball and impressive reads
in defence on Test
comeback.^8
JOSH ADAMS
Second defeat in 12 Tests
as a Welsh international —
both coming at
Twickenham!^6
GEORGE FORD
Played a heads-up game
to put attacking runners
through gaps inside and
outside.^8
GARETH ANSCOMBE
Demonstrated running
threat in broken play before
concerning early
knee injury. 6.5
WILLI HEINZ
Debutant slotted in
quickly with slick movement
and pass to fire up first-
phase ball carriers. 7. 5
GARETH DAVIES
Scored fine sniping try
down blindside and
scrambled in defence
when called upon. 7. 5
ELLIS GENGE
Powerful with scrum and
carrying despite having
temperament targeted
by Welsh. 8.5
NICKY SMITH
Folded in the scrum and
penalised by Raynal for
dropping knee
under pressure.^5
LUKE COWAN-DICKIE
Scored a poacher’s try
from a lineout but conceded
soft penalty in
second-half lull.^7
KEN OWENS
Poor throw selection
when he tried to pick out
Jones at the tail and
conceded try. 5.5
DAN COLE
Stripped Liam Williams in
a tackle and made yards at
the scrum to boost
selection hopes. 7. 5
TOMAS FRANCIS
Regularly marched
backwards at the scrum
despite priding himself
on anchorage.^5
JOE LAUNCHBURY
Made his weight felt
around the park with
tackles and turnovers
in defence. 6.5
ADAM BEARD
Showed some poor
handling skills in midfield after
using 6ft 9in frame to
steal lineout.^6
CHARLIE EWELS
Nuisance presence with
early charge-down as
England’s engine room
powered up. 6.5
ALUN WYN JONES
Used experience to
draw penalties from
short-fused targets in
Red Rose pack. 6.5
LEWIS LUDLAM
Instant hit after forcing
knock-on by Moriarty
with first tackle in
international rugby.^8
AARON WAINWRIGHT
Topped tackle count
with 20 hits but conceded
red zone penalty on
his own line.^7
BILLY VUNIPOLA
Upper-body strength
made him unstoppable for
close-range try, with
second disallowed.^8
ROSS MORIARTY
Unforced errors
undermined big hits to
emphasise void left by
Toby Faletau injury.^6
FULL-BACK
WING
CENTRE
CENTRE
WING
FLY-HALF
SCRUM-HALF
PROP
HOOKER
PROP
SECOND ROW
SECOND ROW
OPENSIDE
BLINDSIDE
TOM CURRY
Star performer with
clever attacking lines and
interception before
shoulder injury.^8
JUSTIN TIPURIC
Not given the time or
space to demonstrate
his unique flair
in attack.^6
By NIK
SIMON
MANSHIP
- Due to injuries the official
tournament squad will be
supplemented by others
retained as cover. On that basis,
Jack Nowell and Brad Shields —
both regarded as 50-50 to be fit
by the time England play their
last warm-up on September 6 —
should be named, but with Lewis
Ludlam and Ruaridh McConnochie
also kept in the squad for now.
There have also been injury
scares for Tom Curry, Sam
Underhill, Henry Slade and
McConnochie, so there may be
36 or 37 players asked to travel
to Bristol today, ahead of Wales
in Cardiff on Saturday. Squads do
not have to be formally
submitted to World Rugby until
September 8, so Jones has
plenty of wriggle-room.
THE FRAME
CHRIS FOY
Stealing in: Luke Cowan-Dickie could barely believe his luck on
the stroke of half-time as an overthrown Ken Owens lineout
(above) dropped right into his hands, allowing him to score
unchallenged (main image) before an ecstatic celebration (bottom)
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PICTURES:
ANDY
HOOPER