England v Wales betting tips, predictions, odds and free bets (RBS Six Nations - 12.3.2016)

Saturday, 09 June 2018 02:11
Written by Simon Bettarini

The 2016 Six Nations tournament reaches round four this weekend and England vs Wales is the marquee match on Saturday. Who will win at Twickenham? Read below our ENGLAND v WALES betting preview, with free tips and predictions, lineups, team news, enhanced odds, exclusive promotions and no deposit free bets on the RBS Six Nations.

ENGLAND v WALES BETTING PREVIEW

England can win the Triple Crown on Saturday with victory over Wales and have yet to lose a game in the Six Nations this year thanks to wins over Scotland, Italy and Ireland. Their only defeat in their last 11 matches in the Championship was 9-19 to Ireland in Dublin in round three last year. Under new coach Eddie Jones, improvements have been made to the set-piece and plenty of chances are being created, although a far lesser percentage have actually been converted.

England Head Coach Eddie Jones has named an unchanged XV. Centre Man Tuilagi returns to the England squad following an 18 month break through injury and will make the bench. Luke Cowan-Dickie and Kieran Brookes are also among the replacements.

Wales travel to London full of confidence. They are second on the league standings with five points. They are also unbeaten in the competition this year, thanks to two wins and one draw. They will finish the tournament at home to Italy where they will be overwhelming favourites so, as coach Gatland has pretty much admitted, this game is of “winner takes all” proportions. The Dragons are unbeaten in their last seven RBS 6 Nations matches since England beat them in Cardiff in round one last year.

Head Coach Warren Gatland has also named the same starting side who beat France in round three, handing incumbent scrum-half Gareth Davies a vote of confidence in the process. Scrum-half Rhys Webb has been selected on the bench after returning from injury.

England have won 85 per cent of their home matches in the Six Nations, losing just six, with their largest margin of defeat being just seven points. Wales defeated England in the 2015 World Cup last year and were the last team to beat them at Twickenham in the Six Nations in 2012.

ENGLAND v WALES LINEUPS

England: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 James Haskell, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Kruis, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Joe Marler

Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Jack Clifford, 21 Danny Care, 22 Manu Tuilagi, 23 Elliot Daly

Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Rob Evans

Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Gareth Anscombe