When Wales were at their pomp in the 1970s the sound of the crowd in Cardiff singing Bread of Heaven as the visiting team were about to run on to the field put a wobble in the step of even the most hardened player in opposition colours. It was not enough on Saturday as England, who have fast become a team in the mould of their head coach Eddie Jones, art and soul, looked through the open roof to the heavens and received their Daly bread.
Elliot Daly’s match-winning try four minutes from the end summed up the essential difference between the sides in a match that combined unrelenting commitment with intent.
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