Twickenham, London, England (GenevaLunch) - England celebrated the centenary of the famed Twickenham ground with the same result as in the first match: a victory over Wales. The single player most responsible for the result was the Welsh second row forward Alun Wyn Jones who was given a yellow card for tripping the English hooker Dylan Hartley. While he was off the field for 10 minutes England scored 17 points.

England dominated possession in the first half, taking advantage of the vulnerable Welsh line-out, but were held to 3-3 until the 35th minute. Wales fought hard to come back from the 20-3 deficit and threatened to take the lead after a fine try by James Hook.

However, they then conceded another try to allow England to end the match 30-17. James Haskell finished with two tries, Jonny Wilkinson was on his best form with the spot kicks, but the game generally lacked quality and depended on errors rather than imaginative attacking.

Ireland won their opening match 29-11 against Italy but were disappointing in their lack of flair. France will play Scotland on Sunday afternoon 7 February.

Links to other sites: The Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, Irish Times

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