Utter rubbish, and that's being kind!

Wales haven't beaten England at Twickenham for 20 years, or something like that, so I suppose they had to at somepoint, but for England to capitulate in the way they did yesterday showed that they are a long way from World Cup finalists!

England were 19-6 up at one point in the second half, and somehow kicked(!) away 20 unanswered points. How? Combination of poor tactics and poor selection, and a little bit of bad luck on the injury front. As it happens, Vainakolo performed rather well when he came on for Strettle, but with the amount of territory and possession we had in the first half, we should have been out of sight.

Ashton now has some selection dilemma's. He is forced in to at least four changes to his 22 man squad following the injuries sustained by Moody, Rees, Strettle and Tindall. Tindall will miss the rest of the 6 nations, whilst the other 3 will definately miss next Sunday's Italian battle. Who will come in as openside, as his first and second choice are out now. Ben Woods played at 7 for the Saxons on Friday night, which could mean a quick promotion for the Falcons back-rower, but there is also Michael Lipman and Magnus Lund who can do a job for England, along with forgotten man Andy Hazell from Gloucester and uncapped Saracens flanker Dave Seymour. Options there for Ashton, and it seems Vainakolo will be pushed in to his first England start, but who will come in at centre. Matthew Tait? Dan Hipkiss? And what of the other changes that could be made - for a team that showed little cohesion, we need to get a squad of players together now who will be playing together for the next four years. The experience of players like Shaw and Regan and Gomarsall didn't exactly help on Saturday - let's get the new guys in and get them learning as soon as possible, and that means Ashton selecting a new squad on Monday morning and getting England building for four years time. Look at France - a clean slate, new sqaud, and they looked really promising against Scotland today. Why can't England do that!?!?!

It's also a shame England missed out on getting Gatland and Edwards - what a team that would have been - big things can now be expected from Wales, maybe not straight away though. I mean, a victory over a poor England side wasn't that hard was it?!?!?! Gatland has a tactical nous and great experience of winning, unlike most of this England side!

I would definately rather watch club rugby over international rugby given yesterdays performance. England have a long, long way to go!