Good win for england. Hardly the scintillating back play we were promised but Wales gave them every opportunity and they took it.

Neither side looked much cop. I must single out Borthwick for some praise. Good lineout work and a bit in loose. Care done well as well – his sniping runs were one of the few bits of going forward England managed.

Tait? What happened to him? He does not appear to be the messiah

England thoroughly desreved the win

My take aways

Borthwick had a great game. Best I can remember from him

Welsh backs were awful – truly awful.

Tait. The great white hope remains a hope . Starting to doubt he will ever move beyond that

AWJ – muppet. Silliest 10 mins ever

Neither team looked great but with Italy next I can see an English momentum building.

FWIW i didn't think Tait was that bad. No obvious errors.
Just cos he's in the team you can't expect him to make searing breaks and dazzle everytime he has the ball.
He was very composed for the second Haskell try.

Hook probably pick of the backs ('cept his kicks at goal), very talented footballer.

Mmmm, roast lamb 🙂

Rusty Ireland never looked like result was in doubt but Italy were truly shocking and seemed to drag Ireland down to their level.

England should be thanking Alun Wyn Jones as without that 10 minute spell either side of half time they struggled to show a threat. Wales were so disjointed and the backs never functioned, partly I'm sure to the poor performance of Cooper at scrumhalf. Passing was awful at times and decision making worse. Gatland should have had him off earlier.

Don't think Hook and Roberts gelled well either.

Aw well here is hoping for snow at Murrayfield tomorrow so the big Scottish pack can dominate.

England are desperate for two quality centres who can control the midfield better than Toby Flood and Matthew Tait. no drive, guile or craft from either of these players, just 2 random blokes in making up the numbers…IMO

Was it me, or did England take nearly every dropping ball they got themselves under? Wales looked woeful every time a ball came down out of the air. I agree on Hook – I thought he was playing really well, far better than his corresponding centres…and his try was O'Driscollesque. The hand off before he went over the line was a thing of beauty.

England definitely looked on top up front – that's a highly mobile aggressive pack and they showed a discipline that hasn't been there for a long time…no sin bins against a quality team. It's been a while since we've seen that.

And I agree where Flood and Tait are concerned – Tait is only good when he's got a bit of space to get some speed up. Otherwise, he's easily snaffled. As for Flood, well, he just doesn't look like international standard to me. A good squad player or maybe a bench player, but I don't think Flutey's place is under any danger.

Thought the England front row was really poor. Wilson was rubbish and Hartley is an accident waiting to happen. Care had an ok game was much better than Cooper. Haskel had a good game as did Moody. Cueto always looks dangerous but never got the ball. Not sure about Armitage I think he is a gob shite but havent seen enough of him as a rugby player. Tait and Flood need a good distributor at 10 and Jonny isnt that.

I'm as positive as you can be given we've just lost THE important game!…feel normal service will be resumed soon in the front row which will obviously help the scrums and lineout…Hookys try was a stunner…I reckon we'll see a few more of that quality from Wales throughout the next few games…AWJ was a donkey for the trip..but we also saw footage of an English player doing the same and getting away with it…I reckon an English binning would have put a different complexion on it

PS Just wonder how many of those calling Andy Powell Mongo would do it to his face?..(he's sorta related :wink:)

On a brighter note well done England although I guess it was an edgy performance by both sides with some appalling gaps in the English defence, but this always happens at the start of the Six Nations, slightly 'odd' performances as teams settle down to it.

Should be a cracker!

Ireland! IRELAND! IRELAND!

When will a referee learn to ref the front rows properly?

AWJ was very much out of character. Stupid, but out of character. He's no cheat, he was just stupid.

Hook's try was a thing of pure beauty, and Adam scoring was great as well. Overall though, the least worst teams won both games yesterday.

As it stands, it's France's tournament to lose, as no one else has impressed so far.

France v Ireland at Stade de France next week is going to be a cracker

I wouldnt say Scotland played terrible today, just weren't allowed out their half. Our pack really struggled without E Murray. Godman was just woeful!

France were good and i dont think any of the other nations would have had them either.

Bankhander, I always think people underestimate the role of a solid front row (as an ex prop I may be biased 😀 ). It is a platform on which everything is built and Murray is one of the world's best scrummagers. He would not have won the game fro Scotland but his effect would have been pronounced

France were very good today and Scotland did ok. The reality is Scotland may beat Engalnd / Wales / Italy. They could also lose all 3. My guess is they will win 2 of the 3 but cannot see them beating Ireland

The good thing about this 6 nations is not a lot of certainties.

You could say "France for the Grand Slam" then… 😛

The decider is in Paris next weekend – Ireland win that, and another GS is on for sure. Now, where did I put that skyhook… 🙄

A weekend of dreary rugby. I watech all three games in between riding my bike. Tedious.

to be honest sounds like typical comments from the start of the 6N.

As an England fan I remember similar comments in the years between '95 and '03. Some people are never happy 😉

So lets focus on the important thing; quiet welshmen for another year 😆

That interview is great. Asked about his try;
"got the ball in our 22, stepped monye, stepped cueto…"