That was one that the watching Neil Jenkins would be proud of.

The ball soars clean through the air and right through the centre of the posts.

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Brian Moore
Former England hooker

There was no need to hang around on the floor. Players know if they don't get out the way then they will concede penalties.

Justin Tipuric, stationed wide, finds a pocket of space. England on the back foot as they scamper across.

Courtney Lawes is pinged for not rolling away after cutting down Ross Moriarty.

On the England 10m, but bang in front. This is well within Leigh Halfpenny's range.

Dan Biggar thumps the ball high into the sky. Maro Itoje, hoisted upwards, claims the kick and Ben Youngs box-kicks clear.

Strap in. We are up and running.

Wales (15-1)

Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Scott Williams, Liam Williams; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Ross Moriarty, Justin Tipuric, Sam Warburton; Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Jake Ball; Tomas Francis, Ken Owens, Rob Evans

Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Nicky Smith, Samson Lee, Cory Hill, Taulupe Faletau, Gareth Davies, Sam Davies, Jamie Roberts

England (15-1)

 Mike Brown; Jack Nowell, Jonathan Joseph, Owen Farrell, Elliot Daly; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Nathan Hughes, Jack Clifford, Maro Itoje; Courtney Lawes, Joe Launchbury; Dan Cole, Dylan Hartley (capt), Joe Marler

Replacements: Jamie George, Matt Mullan, Kyle Sinckler, Tom Wood, James Haskell, Danny Care, Ben Te'o, Jonny May

Dewy eyes and swinging tonsils aplenty among the Wales team as they blast out the national anthem.

Alun Wyn Jones looks ready to go over of the barricade and into battle.

Kick-off coming up. 

Jeremy Guscott
Former England centre on BBC One

I'm really looking forward to this. 

Wales have the most room to improve, but their worry should be that England have plenty of room for improvement themselves.  

England captain Dylan Hartley stares across the divide at Wales counterpart Alun Wyn Jones before the two teams head out into the Principality Stadium's maelstrom of noise and pyro.

A minute's silence for former Springbok scrum-half Joost van der Westhuizen follows. He passed away aged 45 earlier this week.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at the Principality Stadium

"The male voice choirs in full voice on the Principality pitch, the expectant hordes pouring in from the streets and pubs around the stadium. It's a bleak, chill afternoon in Cardiff, but the atmosphere building is anything but."

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Jeremy Guscott
Former England centre on BBC One

For me, Dan Biggar starts because of his tactical ability. He's been pulling the strings for a couple of years now. Sam Davies could make a big difference off the bench later on, though.

Rack of ribs boys?

Dan Biggar took a big whack on the chest against Italy last weekend.

The England back row of Jack Clifford, Nathan Hughes and Maro Itoje might just have that on the menu.

Martin Williams
Former Welsh player

Sam Warburton was so relaxed when I saw him in the week. The captaincy is a big burden to carry and he is really thriving playing without that added burden.

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Wales flanker Sam Warbuton on no longer being the side's captain: "It is quite nice just being able to focus on yourself and just enjoy playing, be able to strip it all back. 

"I’ll obviously continue try to do the same for the team as always, and I’ll still have a leadership role in the team.

"It’s weird, it’s like a relationship. You hear people says ‘its mutual’ and you think ‘well, it’s not really mutual’. But with this it was actually pretty mutual." 

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Ross Moriarty and Jack Clifford are both relative novices at senior international level, but they have the inside line on each other's games from playing together for England's youth teams.

Clifford was captain and Moriarty a key member of the England team that won the Junior World Championship in 2013.

Born and part-raised in England, Moriarty played his youth international rugby in white, but as the son and nephew of Wales internationals, he was always destined for red at senior level.

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As Bread of Heaven blasts around the Principality Stadium, it looks like Rob Howley might be inspired to dig out the studs.

Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at the Principality Stadium

 ...and not that calm, to be fair.

It's a pre-match tradition as enduring as male voice choirs and Delilah.

BBC Wales has removed a promotional trailer for Saturday's Wales v England Six Nations rugby match following criticism on social media.

In it, a Wales fan asked "what's good about England?" before puzzling over the question, followed by other fans also considering and failing to answer.

Richard Thomas, BBC Wales' head of digital and marketing, said: "No offence was intended."

Trailers in 2012 and , external2014, external were pulled or re-edited after similar criticism.

Ireland's thumping victory over Italy has sent records crumbling.

Ireland’s biggest Six Nations win (53 points) v Italy home or away, beating the 60-13 victory (47 points) in Dublin in 2000.   (Their previous record win in Rome was 29 points, 38-9 in 2009).

Ireland’s biggest points tally in any match against Italy, beating the 61-6 win (their record margin of victory) in a World Cup warm-up Test in 2003.  

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No difficulty working out the narrative in the back row today.

Wales are packing down with experience. Sam Warburton, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty have 95 back-row Test appearances together. Their England counterparts have just four.

England are going with bulk. Maro Itoje, Jack Clifford and Nathan Hughes weigh in a collective 27 kg (four stone, four pounds) heavier than the Welsh trio.

Rob Howley believes his back-row selection will have a "significant impact" on the outcome today.

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