• Quick-witted score proves difference between two sides
This was a warm-up that did not lack heat. Both camps maintained in the build-up that results were of secondary importance as they counted down to the start of the World Cup in Japan, but the rapture Wales’s players showed in the final minute when they repelled a maul suggested otherwise.
The response of the crowd at the final whistle was even more jubilant. The victory will put Wales at the top when the revised world rankings are published on Monday and if their performance was not that of putative World Cup winners, it again showed how difficult they are to overcome when they are geared up for a scrap.
Written by Paul Rees at the Principality Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/aug/17/wales-england-rugby-world-cup-warm-up-match-report under the title “George North try helps Wales bounce back with home win against England”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
