RBS 6 Nations Rugby 2011: England Draw First Blood with Win over Wales

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Published: February 4, 2011

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England have gotten their 2011 Six Nations campaign off to a good start with a 26-19 win over Wales in Cardiff. Chris Ashton touched down twice for the men in white while the radar accurate boots of Toby Flood and Jonny Wilkinson saw that England maintained the lead for almost the whole game and were deserved winners over a Welsh side that rarely threatened the English defence.

Despite this, it was Wales who had the better start of the two teams, gaining dominance up front which led to two penalties, both from kickable positions. However they failed to capitalise on these opportunities, missing both kicks and letting a slow-starting England team off the hook.

After finally getting their hands on the ball, England worked their way up the field and after blowing one try-scoring opportunity, made no mistake when another was presented to them as Toby Flood sauntered straight through a large hole in the defence and delivered the final pass inside to Chris Ashton who touched down under the bar to get the scoring under way.

Flood would convert the try and then almost straight away land a penalty to take the score to 10-nil with Wales on the back foot.

But Wales fought their way back into the game thanks to some brainless penalties conceded by England which saw Wales kick two goals and bring the score back to 10-6. The second of these penalties also saw the sin-binning of England lock, Louis Deacon, which would see them down to 14 men for the next 10 minutes.

However, Wales were unable to take advantage of this and not only failed to score while they had a one-man advantage, they conceded three points to take the score to 13-6. A lead England would take into the break.

After both exchanging penalties, Chris Ashton then touched down for his second try after a good buildup created an overlap and it was simply a case of spinning the ball wide for England to score their second try.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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