After a week in Welsh rugby that most will want to forget came a game to be quickly confined to the cobwebbed corners of the mind. It was a scrappy squabble of a contest, two imperfect teams grappling and flailing like shin-kickers with a more forceful England emerging on top.
The disruptions and worries of the last seven days no doubt would have taken a significant toll on the Welsh players, but it is clear that Warren Gatland’s side find themselves in a bit of a state. But for Louis Rees-Zammit’s snatch and scamper, this would have been all the uglier numerically for the hosts. Having created, but failed to take, scoring chances in the first two rounds, this felt like a step back.
