Summary

  • Result: England 29-18 Wales

  • Luther Burrell scores England's second try from Twelvetrees' kick through

  • Danny Care takes a quick tap penalty to score under the posts

  • Pens: Farrell (Eng) 5, Halfpenny (Wal) 6

  • England join Ireland and France on six points at the top of the table

  • England win Triple Crown for first time since 2003

  1. Postpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    Tom Fordyce
    BBC chief sports writer at Twickenham

    Forget the springtime daffs - Twickenham sprouting flags as the midday sun bakes ahead of England v Wales...

    FlagsImage source, tomfordyce
  2. Postpublished at 14:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    Robert Jones
    Former Wales scrum-half on 5 live Sport

    "Wales v England is a different kettle of fish - for both fans this is the biggest game of them all. And with so much hype, particularly after what happened last year, I think form coming into this is almost irrelevant."

  3. Postpublished at 14:18 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    The fraternal rugby enmity between the two nations is one that has ebbed and flowed over the years as one or other side has dominated.

    The Welsh glory years of the 1970s were followed by a period in the 1990s when England regularly demolished their old foes.

    But Wales go into today's game on the back of three wins in a row and the rivalry's flames arguably burn as fiercely now as ever before.

    One Wales fans described it thus: "If Wales manage to beat England, it lifts the country in a way that doesn't happen if we beat anyone else." To read more views, from both sides of the divide, click here., external

  4. Postpublished at 14:13 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    The 2013 chapter was just the latest entry in a epic drama that began back in 1881.

    Since then England and Wales have shared 56 wins apiece, with 12 draws, in a rivalry that is among the most passionate in sport.

  5. Postpublished at 14:09 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    Alex Cuthbert scores for Wales v EnglandImage source, PA

    What happened last year you ask? A good question, and one Wales fans will be more than happy to hear the answer to.

    England ventured west to face Wales in Cardiff with a Grand Slam in sight, but ended the day thoroughly chastened after a thumping 30-3 defeat that gave Wales their second title in a row.

    Warren Gatland's man are still in with a shout of a record third Six Nations title in a row - but victory today for either team is a necessity if they are to keep their hopes of winning the Championship alive going into the final round of games next weekend.

  6. Postpublished at 13:59 Greenwich Mean Time 9 March 2014

    Well what a day we had yesterday in the Six Nations - and today's match between England and Wales is supposed to be the big one.

    From an Ireland legend's heroic farewell to Scotland's agonising last-gasp defeat, it ran the full range of emotions. Were you not entertained?

    Don't bet on today's game not living up to expectations though. After all, last year's match will live long in the memory, albeit for different reasons on either side of the Severn Bridge.