Wales vs England reaction - Hosts keep Grand Slam hopes alive after breaking English resolve
Reaction from Cardiff after Wales' thrilling Six Nations victory
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Your support makes all the difference.Warren Gatland celebrated his final Guinness Six Nations match against England with a dramatic 21-13 victory in Cardiff that continues Wales' march towards the Grand Slam.
Second-row Cory Hill forced his way over in the 68th minute after a lengthy period of Welsh resurgence to seize the lead for the first time, his team thriving amid the arrival of replacement fly-half Dan Biggar from the bench to direct the final quarter.
And bedlam ensued at the Principality Stadium in the closing moments when Josh Adams grabbed Biggar's crossfield kicked to touch down and confirm a famous win.
Gatland's first taste of success over opposite number Eddie Jones in four attempts also set a new national record of 12 consecutive victories and was a fitting way to end their Championship rivalry before the Kiwi steps down after the World Cup.
Follow post-match reaction below:
WG: They didn't expect us to come with a pick-and-go strategy and that caught them out.
It was a tight tough Test match and you saw the tackles that were going in from both sides. I'm just so proud of the guys.
WG: We spoke in the changing room, if we've done the hard work now, we've got to go up to Scotland and beat them there and they've been really hard to beat.
WG on countering the kicking game:
We've been working on that for the last two weeks. We tried to put Owen under pressure so he didn't have that time, and we tried to put Ben Youngs under pressure too. It's nice when that comes off.
WG on whether Wales are World Cup contenders:
Well everyone has been writing Wales off so we're just happy to go under the radar.
WG: Us scoring early in the second half to get it back to 10-6 and then 10-9, that brought the crowd into it. I was only in the box put it brought everyone onto the edge.
WG on his last Six Nations ending with a Grand Slam:
That would always be nice wouldn't it? I try not to get ahead of myself and I knew how big this game would be. When it really matters to win big games, the boys have fronted up in the past, so we'll enjoy tonight and then we'll concentrate on Scotland.
The focus for us is to not get complacent.
WG on Sinckler:
I thought he played pretty well. He gave away a couple of penalties and I think that worked, and from an England perspective they made what they thought was a smart tactical decision. There's no doubt he's a very good rugby player, but he's got a few demons.
That's all from the Wales coach and captain as they disappear to celebrate a famous victory. We await the English camp.
EJ: I thought it was a very good tough game of rugby, A real nip and tuck game on fine margins, one mistake and it cost us the try that cost us the game. They beat us in the air and the penalty count was lop-sided against us.
We just let ourselves down in the areas that I pointed out.
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