| ENGLAND 62 | V | WALES 5 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Rugby World Cup warm up friendly Updated 06.08.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Twickenham | DATE: 4 August 2007 | SPECTATORS: 66.000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Joël Jutge (France) | HALFTIME: 22-0 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Easter (4), Perry, Robinson, Dallaglio, Tait, | TRIES: D.James | ||||||
| Borthwick | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Wilkinson (7) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Wilkinson | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Mathew Tait | Newcastle Falcons | 15 | Lee Byrne | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 14 | David Strettle | Harlequins | 14 | Aled Brew | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 13 | Daniel Hipkiss | Leicester Tigers | 13 | Thomas Shanklin (22) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 12 | Andrew Farrell | Saracens | 12 | Gareth Thomas (Capt.) | Toulouse, France | ||
| 11 | Jason Robinson | Unaffiliated | 11 | Dafydd James | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 10 | Jonny Wilkinson | Newcastle Falcons | 10 | Ceri Sweeney | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 9 | Shaun Perry | Bristol Rugby | 9 | Gareth Cooper | Gloucester, England | ||
| 8 | Nicholas Easter (19) | Harlequins | 8 | Michael Owen (19) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 7 | Joe Worsley | London Wasps | 7 | Colin Charvis | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 6 | Martin Corry (18) | Leicester Tigers | 6 | Alun Wyn Jones | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 5 | Steven Borthwick | Bath Rugby | 5 | Robert Sidoli | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 4 | Simon Shaw | London Wasps | 4 | William James | Gloucester, England | ||
| 3 | Phillip Vickery (Capt.) (17) | London Wasps | 3 | Christopher Horsman (17) | Worcester, England | ||
| 2 | Mark Regan (16) | Bristol Rugby | 2 | Huw Bennett (18) | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 1 | Andrew Sherridan | Sale Sharks | 1 | Iestyn Thomas (16) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 16 | George Chuter (2) | Leicester Tigers | 16 | Gethin Jenkins (1) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 17 | Mathew Stevens (3) | Bath Rugby | 17 | Rhys Thomas (3) | Newport Gwent Dragons | ||
| 18 | Lewis Moody (6) | Leicester Tigers | 18 | Thomas Rhys Thomas (2) | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 19 | Lawrence Dallaglio (8) | London Wasps | 19 | Alix Popham (8) | Llanelli Scarlets | ||
| 20 | Peter Richards | London Irish | 20 | Michael Phillips | Cardiff Blues | ||
| 21 | Toby Flood | Newcastle Falcons | 21 | James Hook | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | ||
| 22 | 22 | Thomas James (13) | Cardiff Blues | ||||
| COACH: Brian Ashton | COACH: Gareth Jenkins | ||||||
| MATCH
NOTES This was a record win for England against Wales. Englands previous highest score against Wales was 50-10 during the 2002 International Six Nations tournament. Hipkiss was making his test debut for England. Borthwick last played for England in 2006, Shaw in 2005 and Dallaglio in 2006. Thomas James and Wil James were making their test debut for Wales. Mark Cueto was injured during the team pre match warm up. He was replaced by Tait. Being unable to call upon another replacement on the bench England played the game with only six reserves. Wilkinson passed 900 test points. His 906 points being just 5 behind Michael Lynagh's record of 911. Brew received a yellow card just before halftime. Sources http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/17334 http://www.planet-rugby.com/Story/0,18259,3556_2640786,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/6928485.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=RCNCOGT5UBQGDQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/sport/2007/08/05/srengl105.xml&page=2 |
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