sport news I’m in shock! England's defeat by Wales was a return to bad old days

A massive win for Wales and, make no bones about it, a massive setback for England and Eddie Jones. People can talk all they like about how little relevance this has to the World Cup later in the year but this mattered, it really mattered.

England got turned over partly because every team raises their game against them and they couldn't handle it.

I just wonder if the main coaches, an Australian and a New Zealander, have a proper grasp of this. Every team ups it when they play England — you have just got to live with it. 

Wales raised their game against England, like every team, and the visitors could not handle it

Wales raised their game against England, like every team, and the visitors could not handle it

Eddie Jones may not fully understand the rivalry but Warren Gatland got Wales firing

Eddie Jones may not fully understand the rivalry but Warren Gatland got Wales firing

First of all, hats off to Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards, who got a Welsh team firing after two uninspiring wins in the opening rounds and had done their homework on England, and hats off to Dan Biggar, who was a superstar when he came on as a replacement in the second half for Wales and everything he touched turned to gold.

I am in shock. England just seemed to stop playing in the second half and, as I have said previously, whichever side lost this game would find it hard to bounce back.

England have Italy and Scotland at home to come, and four warm-up games before the World Cup. They have never lost to Italy in the Six Nations and have not lost to Scotland at Twickenham since 1983 — this was the crunch game in red in the diary and England came up short.

The pressure will come on Eddie and assistant John Mitchell because England just played too defensively. The ball hardly got past nine and 10, we just kicked the ball to death, it was like the old days.

These are the sort of games you must win if you are going to be in the frame for World Cups, but England blew this. In 2003 we played Wales in a quarter-final in Brisbane and were under the cosh but somehow came through.

This side were under the cosh and didn't, and I wouldn't fancy coaching a side against Wales in a big knock-out game now.

England did not threaten the Welsh line in attack, apart from Tom Curry’s first-half try

England did not threaten the Welsh line in attack, apart from Tom Curry's first-half try

We just seemed to get in a street fight and Wales are a tough outfit. They have got a scrum and good goal kickers but England did not change the way they played. They didn't threaten the Welsh line, apart from Tom Curry's try.

Only Wales can win the Grand Slam now and England will be kicking themselves, especially when they look at the clips of the second half.

After kicking Ireland and France to death, but importantly scoring tries off kicks against France, their kicking game went to pot and the

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