
England (13) 30Tries: Haskell 2, Care Cons: Wilkinson 3 Pens: Wilkinson 3 Wales (3) 17 Tries: AR Jones, Hook Cons: S Jones 2 Pen: S Jones Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Highlights - England 30-17 Wales By Bryn Palmer England edged a nervy encounter to launch their Six Nations campaign with victory as Wales failed to engineer a repeat of their 2008 win at Twickenham.Jonny Wilkinson and Stephen Jones landed a penalty each before tries from James Haskell and Danny Care either side of half-time put England 20-3 up. Wales hit back with a try from Adam Jones and James Hook's solo effort with nine minutes left gave them hope. But Haskell's second try took England clear before Wilkinson's late penalty. If that put a slight gloss on the scoreline, Wales did not play consistently well enough for long enough to merit victory. But having got themselves back into it in the final 10 minutes, they succumbed to a sucker punch when Delon Armitage intercepted a Jones pass and Mathew Tait sent Haskell in for the clinching score.
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