England got their preparations for the summer tour of Australia off to a winning start this afternoon courtesy of a 27-13 victory over Wales at Twickenham.
The Grand Slam champions ran in five tries as they came from behind to beat Warren Gatland's side, with Eddie Jones continuing his 100% record in charge of the team.
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First blood actually went to Wales, though, with Jamie Roberts battering into the England defence before Rob Evans went over for the opening try of the game, and his first score for Wales.
Dan Biggar successfully converted it, and soon edged Wales further in front with a penalty after England's ill-discipline had seen them penalised in their own 22.
The hosts were not so interested in penalties, and turned one down in order to go for the corner in the 21st minute - a decision that proved to be a good one as Luther Burrell crashed over the line.
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The conversion was unsuccessful, and Biggar looked to punish that miss with a kick of his own as he added three more to the Welsh total with his second penalty of the day.
Those would prove to be the last points that Wales would score, though, and England pulled the deficit back to just three by half time courtesy of a fine finish from Anthony Watson in the corner, despite the best efforts of George North.
It took the Red Rose just four second-half minutes to move ahead for the first time in the match as Ben Youngs darted through a gap after England had continued their dominance at the lineout, although once again the conversion was unsuccessful.
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Jack Clifford then got in on the act for the hosts when he picked up a loose Biggar pass and showed good pace to beat Scott Williams to the line, with the TMO ruling that the try was good despite Biggar's claims of a knock-on.
England then made it 23 unanswered points shortly after the hour mark when Courtney Lawes sent Marland Yarde over, and although a fourth conversion missed the target, the hosts enjoyed a healthy 14-point lead.
That proved to be the last of the scoring as England comfortably saw out the match, and they will next take on Australia Down Under on June 11.
Barney Corkhill
