{"id":63484,"date":"2022-02-25T12:43:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=63484"},"modified":"2022-02-25T12:43:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T12:43:05","slug":"northampton-team-mates-to-make-history-in-england-v-wales-six-nation-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/02\/25\/northampton-team-mates-to-make-history-in-england-v-wales-six-nation-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Northampton team-mates to make history in England v Wales Six Nation clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It&#8217;s the first time both captains from England (Courtney Lawes) and Wales (Dan Biggar) have come from the same club for the tournament fixture<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>WALES face England in the Six Nations in a must win game for both teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Pivac\u2019s side travel to Twickenham tomorrow fresh from a&nbsp;20-17 win against Scotland at the&nbsp;Principality Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With both teams tied 17-17, Scotland\u2019s Finn Russell received a yellow card in the 68th minute for a deliberate knock-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his 100<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;international cap Dan Biggar kicked a drop-goal from the resulting attack, which was enough to secure a narrow victory for Wales.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the game Dan Biggar said:&nbsp;&#8220;For me, this is one of my best victories in a Welsh shirt and that says it all. It&#8217;s been a really difficult week; we&#8217;ve had to put up with a lot of flak and rightly so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To come back here and put on a show in front of the crowd like that, just grind a result and roll our sleeves up, as I said it&#8217;s one of the best victories in my 100.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a heavy defeat in Dublin on the opening weekend, Wales know a win is essential to keep their Championship dreams alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Wales, England also have one win and one defeat in this year\u2019s Six Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a defeat to Scotland on the opening weekend, where the Scots retained the Calcutta Cup, England bounced back to comfortably beat Italy in Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eddie Jones\u2019 side were ruthless in attack and outclassed the Azzurri winning 33-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"568\" loading=\"lazy\" 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(Image: WRU)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Team News<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>England welcome back Courtney Lawes, who hasn\u2019t played since mid-January due to concussion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Lawes regaining his captaincy and Northampton&nbsp;team-mate Dan Biggar leading Wales, it is the first time in history the captains in an England against Wales fixture have both come from the same club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hosts also make changes in the front row with Luke Cowan-Dickie replacing Jamie George and prop Kyle Sinckler stepping in for Will Stuart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Harry Randall starts at scrum half for England which means that Ben Youngs will have to wait to win a record 115<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0cap from the bench to surpass Jason Leonard\u2019s record of 114 caps for England\u2019s men.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Centre Manu Tuilagi was set to make his first appearance of this year\u2019s Championship for England but will now miss the game with a hamstring 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