Stephen Jones believes the most likely outcome in Cardiff this weekend is a victory for Wales but is hoping England put up a fight worthy of the occasion. Check out his latest Rolling Maul piece in The Times.
"Contrary to the belief of some, I do not think that there is any such thing as a bad win. If England win playing shocking rugby, fantastic. They will find confidence and momentum and the pressure will be off. But if they narrowly fail and improve simply through passion, it will be a near-disaster. Playing on passion alone works once, it will not work against formidable Ireland at Croke Park a fortnight later.
"If England are to fail this week, I pray that they fail by showing some shape, intent and with some kind of obvious game plan; they should look like a team that has been working together on and off the training field to improve. For me, the most chilling aspect of the whole grisly autumn series and the frightening performance against Italy is that after the games you were left with no idea of what they were trying to do, how they were trying to play it or what the plan was."
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