"No surprises here, not even a hint of one. England have had tougher training sessions in preparation for this Six Nations and by the end the scoreboard spoke for itself. Wales were not so much beaten as buried beneath an avalanche of seven white tries including a first-half hat-trick for the pacy Bath wing Henry Arundell on his first England start since the 2023 World Cup."
"If not quite as big a rout as England's 68-14 win in Cardiff 11 months ago, the flashing red warning lights were visible from the moment the visitors had two players sent to the sin bin in the first quarter. They never looked like recovering and, in its own way, this disappointment will sting as much as the 73-0 defeat by South Africa in November."
England dominated Wales 48-7, scoring seven tries and securing a bonus point. Henry Arundell scored a first-half hat-trick on his first England start since the 2023 World Cup. Wales had two players sin-binned in the first quarter and never recovered, later being reduced to 13 men again by two more yellow cards. Steve Borthwick will be slightly irked by England's inability to press the advantage further despite an already decisive lead. The result echoes previous heavy defeats and compounds concerns about Welsh form, discipline, and toxic off-field politics, leaving supporters increasingly despondent.
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