England destroy woeful Wales in Cardiff
03/15/2025 02:58 PM
MATCH REPORT: England kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a crushing 68-14 bonus-point win over Wales on Saturday.
Steve Borthwick's side scored 10 tries to heap yet more woe on the winless Welsh.
England's victory means favourites France must beat Scotland later in the tournament's concluding fixture in Paris to take the title.
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Man of the match: The award goes to England No.7 Ben Curry. He was just everywhere on the field. He tackled like a man possessed and made some good metres with his carries. He also gave the Welsh plenty of problems at the breakdowns.
Moment of the match: There were quite a few for the English fans. Maybe the biggest was Steve Borthwick trying to hide his smile.
Villain of the match: No one
The scores:
For Wales:
Tries: Thomas 2
Cons: Anscombe, Evans
For England:
Tries: Itoje, Roebuck, Freeman, Cunningham-South 2, Stuart, Mitchell, Pollock 2, Heyes,
Cons: F Smith 6, M Smith 3
Teams:
Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Joe Roberts, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Jac Morgan (captain), 6 Aaron Wainwright, 5 Dafydd Jenkins, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 WillGriff John, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Nicky Smith.
Replacements: 16 Dewi Lake, 17 Gareth Thomas, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Nick Tompkins.
England: 15 Marcus Smith, 14 Tom Roebuck, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Fraser Dingwall, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Tom Curry, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje (captain), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge.
Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Chandler Cunningham-South, 20 Henry Pollock, 21 Tom Willis, 22 Jack van Poortvliet, 23 George Ford.
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: Pierre Brousset (France), Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
