Do I need to say more? In a game where England became desperate to lose and Wales desperate to win I was up out of my chair cheering for the first time in a while. I'm still not sure how we did it.Cymru am byth!
England (16) 19
Try: Flood Cons: Wilkinson Pens: Wilkinson 3 Drop-goal: Wilkinson
Wales (6) 26
Wales (6) 26
Tries: Byrne, Phillips Cons: Hook 2Pens: Hook 4
Wales claimed their first win at Twickenham for 20 years as they staged an astounding second-half comeback to defeat England.
England dominated the first half, with Jonny Wilkinson's boot and a Toby Flood try giving them a 16-6 half-time lead.
But the second half was a different story as James Hook kicked Wales to within seven points of England.
Lee Byrne finished off a superb move before Mike Phillips benefitted from a Iain Balshaw howler to put Wales ahead.
It was Wales' first match under new coach Warren Gatland, and the New Zealander must have said something special to his players at half-time as they recovered from a terrible first half to get his reign off to a winning start.
England dominated the first half, with Jonny Wilkinson's boot and a Toby Flood try giving them a 16-6 half-time lead.
But the second half was a different story as James Hook kicked Wales to within seven points of England.
Lee Byrne finished off a superb move before Mike Phillips benefitted from a Iain Balshaw howler to put Wales ahead.
It was Wales' first match under new coach Warren Gatland, and the New Zealander must have said something special to his players at half-time as they recovered from a terrible first half to get his reign off to a winning start.
3 comments:
Didn't take you long to get on here gloating, did it?
Get back to your principality at once.
Go for it when you can I say. Nice to begin the 6 nations the way we finished off last time. No more gloating then - 'til the next win.
Seeing as I'm married to a welsh-woman (well, half welsh) there was some cheering chez Reynolds too......just not from my side of the sofa.
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