At a glance
‘‘We gave away far too many penalties and they beat us in the air.’’
Wales earned nine penalties to England’s three and their aerial kicking game was defused by a superb display by Wales’ man of the match fullback Liam Williams, and a match-clinching try to Josh Adams off a Dan Biggar crossfield kick.
‘‘It was a tough game,’’ Jones said. ‘‘I don’t know whether we lost our heads but they put us under a lot of pressure. A few of our players were a bit off today and that happens.
‘‘Full credit to Wales, they deserved the victory and played very well.
‘‘It’s all about ebb and flow - we had a fair bit of flow, but we’ll
Wales 21 (Cory Hill, Josh Adams tries; Gareth Anscombe 3pens, Dan Biggar con) England 13 (Tom Curry try; Owen Farrell con 2pens). HT: 3-10.
In Paris: France 27 (Gregory Alldritt 2, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget tries; Thomas Ramos con pen, Baptiste Serin con) Scotland 10 (Ali Price try; Adam Hastings con, Greig Laidlaw pen). HT: 10-3. come back for the Italian game. We didn’t attack space well today and we will find a different way to attack Italy.’’
In Paris, France broke their home ground hoodoo with a 27-10 bonus point win over Scotland.
It was only the fourth victory of coach Jacques Brunel’s 14-match reign, but France deserved their success against a depleted Scottish side.
France celebrated their first win in seven home matches in Paris while Scotland continued their 20-year drought in the French capital.
Brunel was rewarded for his bold selections with young halves Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack shining behind a reinvigorated French pack.
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