No. | Name | |
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15Mike Brown, - | ||
14Anthony Watson, - | ||
13Brad Barritt, - | ||
12Sam Burgess, - | ||
11Jonny May, - | ||
10Owen Farrell, - 5 | ||
9Ben Youngs, - | ||
1Joe Marler, - | ||
2Tom Youngs, - | ||
3Dan Cole, - | ||
4Geoff Parling, - | ||
5Courtney Lawes, - | ||
6Tom Wood, - | ||
7Chris Robshaw, - | ||
8Billy Vunipola, - | ||
Replacements | ||
16Rob Webber, - | ||
17Mako Vunipola, - | ||
18Kieran Brookes, - | ||
19Joe Launchbury, - | ||
20James Haskell, - | ||
21Richard Wigglesworth, - | ||
22George Ford, - | ||
23Alex Goode, - |
*Players currently on the pitch are shown in bold
"Rarely has Twickenham seemed so tense as during the final 10 minutes of what was a frenetic Rugby World Cup match. Stuart Lancaster will wonder how exactly his side lost it, but in truth they only have themselves to blame. Lancaster's selections were vindicated yet his side were unable to make their first-half pressure count while careless penalties kept Wales in it for large spells. But credit Warren Gatland's men as red bodies lay strewn around the famous turf they raised themselves for a huge 10 minutes in which they left England shell-shocked. Owen Farrell was superb for England, as was Sam Burgess, but Dan Biggar came of age. Whether Wales have enough backs left to beat Australia and Fiji only time will tell but they've given themselves a chance."