Summary

  • FT: Wales 20-9 England

  • HT: Wales 6-9 England

  • Leigh Halfpenny makes his 100th Wales appearance

  • Both sides play their first warm-up game before Rugby World Cup in France

  • England set to name World Cup squad on Monday

  • Jac Morgan captains Wales for the first time

  1. Morgan to captain Walespublished at 16:48 British Summer Time 5 August 2023

    Wales v England (17:30 BST)

    Ospreys flanker Jac Morgan will captain Wales for the first time.

    Warren Gatland is looking at captaincy contendors with Six Nations skipper Ken Owens ruled out for at least the early stages of the World Cup.

    There are three new caps in the starting XV, with Cardiff props Corey Domachowski and Keiron Assiratti and Gloucester centre Max Llewellyn set to make their debuts.

    There could be two more in Taine Plumtree and ex-England prop Henry Thomas who are among the replacements.

    Aaron Wainwright will play at number eight with Taulupe Faletau battling a calf injury, while Sam Costelow is named at fly-half alongside his Scarlets half-back partner Gareth Davies.

    Here's the team in full:

    Wales: Halfpenny; Rees-Zammit, North, Llewellyn, Dyer; Costelow, Davies; Domachowski, Elias, Assiratti, Jenkins, Rowlands, Tshiunza, Morgan (captain), Wainwright.

    Replacements: Dee, Smith, Thomas, Carter, Plumtree, Williams, Biggar, Grady.

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    Jac Morgan, 23, has won nine caps for Wales

  2. Hello and welcomepublished at 16:45 British Summer Time 5 August 2023

    Wales v England (17:30 BST)

    Prynhawn da and welcome to Cardiff for the start of Wales and England's countdown to the Rugby World Cup in France this autumn.

    Both teams are having their first hit out after months of hard graft on the training pitches.

    And there's nothing like a Wales-England clash to put them through their places.

    It may be called a 'friendly', but is there such a thing when these countries meet?

    Added to that, every player involved will know there are places up for grabs in those final 33-strong squads.

    That is especially the case for England with head coach Steve Borthwick selecting his squad on Monday.

    So, let's have a look at the teams...

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