England vs Wales – Six Nations 2024: Borthwick hopes for much improved performance while North returns for Dragons
ENGLAND will host Wales in Red Rose’s first home match of the 2024 Six Nations.
Steve Borthwick‘s side got off to a winning start to this year’s tournament against Italy despite a far-from-convincing performance in Rome.
England were 17-14 behind at the break against an Azzurri side that have just one Six Nations win in the last decade.
Elswhere, Wales‘ 22-year undefeated streak against Scotland at the Principality Stadium came to an end after Finn Russell and Co ran out 27-26 winners.
Warren Gatland will be hoping to end a poor run of just two wins in eleven Six Nations matches.
The Wales head coach has made seven changes to the team that started the Dragon’s opener in an attempt to end their woeful form at the prestigious tournament.
When is England vs Wales?
- England vs Wales will take place on Saturday, February 10th.
- The match will start at 4.45pm GMT.
- Twickenham will host.
What TV channel is England vs Wales on and can it be live streamed FREE?
- England vs Wales will be broadcast live on ITV1.
- You can live stream the match for FREE on ITVX.
- Alternatively, you can keep up to date with all the action by following SunSport’s live blog.
Line-ups
England will be without key man Marcus Smith for the second Six Nations game running as the fly-half continues his recovery from a calf problem.
Gatland has made a whopping SEVEN changes to his Wales side for the trip to Twickenham, with George North returning from injury.
England line-up: To follow…
Wales line-up: Winnett; Dyer, North, Tompkins, Adams; Lloyd, Williams; G Thomas, Dee, Assiratti, Jenkins (capt), Beard, Mann, Reffell, Wainwright.
Replacements: Elias, Domachowski, Griffin, Rowlands, Basham, Hardy, Evans, Grady.
What are the odds?
Match result
- England – 1/6
- Draw – 25/1
- Wales – 9/2
*Odds courtesy of Paddy Power and are correct at the time of publication.