England v Wales

The third round of the Guinness Six Nations and England's first home game. Eddie Jones' men welcome Wales to Twickenham, with both sides still in the hunt ...

England withstood a second-half fightback from Wales to triumph at Twickenham - but who impressed and who struggled?

Right back into the Test side for the first time in nearly a year and produced a vital turnover penalty with Wales pinned back on the line. Will bounce back, and Wales need him to do so before facing France. 5 Wales needed his powerful ball carries but another player to be penalised at the breakdown in dangerous areas, costing Wales points. Not the first to be bamboozled by Smith defensively. Vital clearout work in attack and poached an England lineout, while he also won a couple of turnovers and ranked as one of Wales’ more prominent carriers and tacklers. Vital tackle too to stop another England attack and a quality player. A delightful one-handed pass sparked an attack and his assist for Adams was a peach, flinging out a superb flat pass to the winger. Off at half-time though after failing an HIA, replaced by Simmonds. 6 Great feet, but had one ball ripped and for all his touches (16) England need him breaking more tackles, which he did more of in the second half. One of the tacklers beaten by Cuthbert’s first-half break but showed dangerous footwork and had a brilliant 50:22 pinning Wales into the corner. In for Tuilagi. Harried out of his own in-goal area mopping up a Tompkins kick, but rebounded with a lovely torpedo kick to touch to pin Wales back. Not that sharp, spilling one pass from Smith while England were on the move.