Wales captain Sam Warburton salutes England’s Six Nations fightback
Wales captain Sam Warburton’s 50th international appearance did not end as he had envisaged but the flanker gave credit to England for spoiling his milestone with a 21-16 Six Nations victory on Friday.
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Wales captain Sam Warburton’s 50th international appearance did not end as he had envisaged but the flanker gave credit to England for spoiling his milestone with a 21-16 Six Nations victory on Friday.
The Welsh looked set to inflict more misery in Cardiff after handing England a 30-3 Six Nations mauling two years ago but Warburton said his side had no answer to England’s storming second-half comeback.
The hosts led 10-0 and then 16-8 at half-time but England, who meet Wales again in September at Twickenham in the pool stage of the World Cup, kept their composure.
The visitors belied a slew of injuries that hit their tournament preparations to silence a raucous Millennium Stadium crowd on a bitterly cold evening.
The physicality we brought in the second half and the bench, ultimately made the difference
“Even though we had new combinations and some changes from the game against Australia [in November] we knew we had a good side and were confident,” Lancaster said.
“We had a plan and we stuck to it. I don’t think we chased the game, we played the right field position and then our power runners, and the physicality we brought in the second half and the bench, ultimately made the difference.”