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Wales vs England rugby LIVE: Six Nations 2019 latest score, TV channel, lineups, prediction

Wales vs England
Six Nations 2019
Venue: Principality Stadium

Kick-off: 16.45 GMT

After the first break of the competition, perhaps the most significant fixture of the entire 2019 Six Nations takes place in Cardiff as Wales collide with old rivals England at Principality Stadium.

It is a colossal clash between the last two unbeaten nations and one that is likely to go a long way towards deciding who claims this year's title and indeed if either team is capable of going on to secure a coveted Grand Slam.

England could not have begun a World Cup year in more emphatic fashion after a massively underwhelming 2018, stunning defending champions Ireland 32-20 in Dublin on opening weekend before running in six tries against a dismal French outfit in a 44-8 rout at Twickenham.

Will they take a giant step towards Grand Slam success? Follow all the action with Standard Sport's LIVE blog!

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Team news and line-ups

England make two changes to the side that brushed aside France, with Jack Nowell replacing Chris Ashton (calf) on the wing and the fit-again Joe Cokanasiga kept in reserve.

Exeter loose-head Ben Moon is chosen ahead of Ellis Genge as the starting replacement for the influential Mako Vunipola, who will miss the rest of the Six Nations with an ankle ligament injury.

Ben Te'o and Nathan Hughes drop out of the squad as Cokanasiga and Brad Shields come onto the bench. Maro Itoje and Dylan Hartley remain sidelined.

England XV: Daly; Nowell, Slade, Tuilagi, May; Farrell, Youngs; Moon, George, Sinckler; Lawes, Kruis; Wilson, Curry, B Vunipola

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Genge, Williams, Launchbury, Shields, Robson, Ford, Cokanasiga

Wales rotated significantly against Italy and handed out three Six Nations debuts after a week-long training camp in Nice, so most of their key stars should be well rested by the time England travel across the Severn Bridge.

Most of those changes have been reversed as expected, with Gareth Anscombe remaining as first-choice fly-half ahead of Dan Biggar.

Cory Hill gets the nod over Adam Beard in the second row and Gareth Davies starts at scrum-half, with namesake Aled among the list of substitutes with Tomos Williams out injured.

Dillon Lewis is the chief support for starting tight-head Tomas Francis as Samson Lee also misses out through injury.

Wales XV: L Williams; North, J Davies, Parkes, Adams; Anscombe, G Davies; Evans, Owens, Francis; Hill, AW Jones (c); Navidi, Tipuric, Moriarty

Replacements: Dee, Smith, Lewis, Beard, Wainwright, A Davies, Biggar, Watkin


TV channel and live stream, and online coverage

ITV and the BBC are sharing broadcasting rights for the Six Nations for the third successive year, with ITV - having also had the game at the Aviva - hosting England v France on its main free-to-air channel and via the ITV Player.

You can also follow all the action with Standard Sport'sLIVE blog.

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