• Try-scorer Tuilagi sent off late in Twickenham match
Manu Tuilagi’s late red card for a dangerous tackle on George North was the one blemish for England on an afternoon when they systematically destroyed the defending champions, who went down to a third successive defeat in a Six Nations campaign for the first time since 2007. The scoreline suggested a close contest but two late tries by Wales when England were down to 13 players did not mask the deep divide between the sides.
Wales were willing but wanting, the adhesive that held them together in the final years of the Warren Gatland era softening. England were impressively effective, both in the way they milked their visits to Wales’s 22 and forced their opponents to play behind the gainline through their speed off the line and power in contact.
Written by Paul Rees at Twickenham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/07/england-wales-six-nations-match-report under the title “England’s Manu Tuilagi a saint and sinner in narrow defeat of Wales”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
