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named an unchanged starting line- up yesterday, have to bridge a size divide, especially in their backline where George Ford – who needed treatment after a collision with Joe Launchbury during training yesterday – will be an inevitable target for the Welsh behemoths. “They’re buoyant mate – fl ying down the M4,” said Jones.

“Jamie Roberts is leading the charge so George is going to poke himself in front of the M4 traffi c. ” Win at Twickenham again and Wales will have their in decent shape under Jones but tomorrow is by a distance the stiffest examination they have faced so far – certainly for the likes of Maro Itoje in only his second Test start.

He and George Kruis, with just 15 caps between them, will be 134 shy of the Wales second WIDNES’S remarkable start to the season has led to comparisons with Leicester City and on last night’s evidence it was easy to see why.

The unfashionable Vikings, tipped by many as relegation candidates, are four points clear at the Super League summit after this stunning massacre.

They took big- spending THOMPSON Hull to the cleaners with captain Kevin Brown, typically, providing the inspiration while half- back partner Stefan Marsh weighed in with a hat- trick. Hull

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led through Frank Pritchard but soon threw in the towel as Widnes powered into a 24- 6 interval lead with two tries from Corey Thompson and further scores from Joe Mellor, Marsh and Rhys Hanbury. Brown and Matt Whitley touched down after the break before Marsh struck twice more to complete his treble.