Grand Slam Years: Wales 2012 - Wales v England

It proved to be a 20th Triple Crown success for Wales. A gripping contest was decided courtesy of Scott Williams' brilliant steal, kick-ahead and try with five minutes remaining Wales won a tight contest against England 19-12.

[@TheLRider]

Jonathan Davies tackle amaaazing. Such a great player who gave it 100% every time.

[@belowaveragemountainingbik7279]

That Welsh team should have gone to the RWC 2011 final.

[@philippankhurst6680]

A reminder, if any is required, of the great partnership between peerless wordsmith Eddie Butler and his unlikely sidekick Brian Moore. It seemed that they were there for all of the great moments in Welsh rugby, and there were many during this period. A combination never to be surpassed.

[@jacquelinefox2632]

I disagree. The fat English one played. Eddie did nothing but doubt my Red Army... Can t stand him. Probably a nice guy.. But... Shut up. Mate. JFox. Xxxxx

[@philippankhurst6680]

@@jacquelinefox2632 Eddie also played and captained Wales, in case you missed it...

[@davidpearn2484]

Missing Eddie's dulcet tones 😢.

[@JW-th4nn]

RIP Eddie, you are missed mate ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@idontcare5406]

4:40 thank me later That tackle was AMAZING...

[@Inquisitor_Vex]

Thank you 😉

[@taffboyslim]

If I was Jamie Roberts , I would have that as my screensaver, then disconnect the keyboard and mouse, so it played on an infinite loop

[@arkravengullmead6029]

I love farrel, he amazing player, but i do love it when a player get tackled so well!!! watch out for that bus.....

[@alfiebibby796]

dont forget warburtons

[@robertlee2791]

The wonderful Eddie butler rip u will be so sadly missed can't believe you have passed away such a shock 😭😭😭😭

[@Foebane72]

I just love watching the England team being despondent.

[@steffanhoffmann1906]

Yea!

[@excavator880]

I love watching England as well ! Especially when we won the World Cup ha ha ha !,

[@gravinboginagis6568]

@@excavator880 what the f*** are you doing saying stuff like that with a Welsh name like that

[@excavator880]

Will Stoppani I ain’t f****ing welsh ha ha ha

[@davidc3839]

....so not big in the love business then.

[@davidmaitland-jones5132]

any other Welsh fans looking for this to be repeated today? COME ON WALES!

[@Myrddin1955]

Same comment 1 year later before we face France in Paris for the Grand Slam in 2021!!

[@MrBrynmair]

Best try of all time if you are Welsh, I will never forget the emotion of that moment.

[@WalkingCWild]

Well, no? Gareth Davies in the 2015 World Cup had more emotion, and even the try against England 2020 was a better try

[@andrewmelton2686]

this was the best moment

[@Joker-yw9hl]

I still remember where I was, watching that game. And I think it's because of that try

[@davidphillips3267]

What about the Gibbs try at Wembley ?

[@MrBrynmair]

@@davidphillips3267 hi David, I was at Wembley for that game, it was a truly amazing emotional day for me.

[@cardigan3000]

nice to see the england players offering the welsh hearty congratulations after the match

[@steffanhoffmann1906]

Lollll

[@caiotefu9856]

cardigan3000 Yeah right, lol! They would rather shit all over their mother than to say a Well Done to a team that just beat them! Fucking Saeson!

[@plumberman4u]

Even Nicer at 5min 55. Batter each other on pitch. BUT Mutual respect for each other. I would imagine convesation summat like: "Hiya mate, Cracking Game, Wannna hand" "Cheers buddy, yeah it is. Glad it aint football, you woulda stood in me".😊

[@reasonrules4165]

You obviously are not a rugby fan. The losers alway congratulate the winners, and vice a versa.

[@mikeclements4548]

Halfpenny put his body on the line last tackle - won the game for Wales

[@simonevans6512]

He absolutely did mate. Amazed he's still playing. Taken some serious punishment. Worrying when you look at the veterans now.

[@maynardcm]

I'm going to miss him so much

[@knightsof-communism7128]

Great game by two of Britain’s greatest rugby sides .

[@paulkehoe67]

its a very good thing to see the england rugby team despondent,, devastated,, gutted etc etc. great init!!!!

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

The best thing that happened to Wales that day was Priestland being binned for 10 minutes.

[@masonheal9893]

bloody turnover machine

[@steveOHH26]

I remember this match it was great

[@SixNationsRugby]

Wales clinch their their 20th Triple Crown with this exciting performance against a strong English side, do you think Wales will be able to repeat this in the 2014 Championship?

[@philipjenkins2198]

Guinness Six Nations hello it’s the future and it’s 2019. World Cup semis

[@yeetwchybaban]

2019

[@alunsmith5705]

Well, it turned out...that, as ever, hubris is a little over used in England.

[@chriswalford9228]

16.37 Unfortunate background signage behind cameraman

[@sentfrom4477]

Absolutely first-class match. A credit to both sides.

[@colinmackay7998]

I remember after the game, in the post match discussion, new TV footage appeared showing that the ball was in fact grounded, and a try should have been awarded to England, but for some reason that footage was never shown to the TMO

[@callummorgan6882]

"this little sin bin is working for wales" yeah because priestland's shit

[@neilgriffiths6427]

1.00 minute and Brian Moore already moaning - first tackler DID NOT release - he even got back to his feet, with the Wales player's foot still in his hand - that's not releasing, Brian!

[@harislade6676]

@wildebest They sealed off.

[@harislade6676]

@wildebest But their heads went to ground sealing off imo. I'm no expert though . I am sure I wouldn't want to be a ref though.

[@havard94]

Brian Moore is the most biased commentator ive come across! The amount of penalty should have gone against England in this first 13 minutes is ridicilous

[@leemorgan8478]

Wales too street wise for England in the 6N , forget the autumn tests Wales don't come alive until the 6N it must be the competition .

[@plumberman4u]

This Is Rugby At 5min 55 sec. Batter each other on pitch. BUT Mutual respect for each other. I would imagine convesation summat like: "Hiya mate, Cracking Game, Wannna hand" "Cheers buddy, yeah it is. Glad it aint football, you woulda stood in me".😊

[@JWB86]

11:37 "This little sin bin is working well for Wales." Says everything about Priestland when your team plays better without their number 10 🤦‍♂️

[@grafftopg1682]

we won dude

[@julieevans6525]

Couldn't agree more, unfortunately.

[@ComboMuster]

Magnificent rugby. Just great.

[@susanjobbins3652]

just seen Italy v wales it was magical wales won 23-19

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Ben Young's an outstanding gentleman. A great servant to English 🏉 He's fair. His comments post match incisive and knowledgeable. That's coming from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Great player!

[@RolloZx]

one of the all time great welsh tries - well done scotty

[@ST_Vids]

scott quinell, scott gibbs and scott williams.... all the scotts love an england match

[@steffanhoffmann1906]

So does the Taylor

[@ST_Vids]

@@steffanhoffmann1906 you got that right!;)

[@boob19791]

@@steffanhoffmann1906the Davies is quite partial to one aswell 🤣

[@MrPeach18]

country with a tiny rugby player base ruins the second biggest player base on earth.

[@alunsmith5705]

all the money, all the players, none of the soul.

[@alistairnwnewman-chimed5980]

The BIGGEST player base in the world. England has at least 20 rugby players to every Welsh player.

[@MrPeach18]

@@alistairnwnewman-chimed5980 do you realise how much of a twat you sound???????????

[@MrPeach18]

@@waverunner3911 nz ,fijians and more in the england team..next CLOWN

[@WalkingCWild]

@@waverunner3911 that is so thoroughly incorrect. Wales don’t rely on any other country for players, and north is welsh just English born, much like I am

[@isitwasit8756]

Priestland was shocking in this game against eng ... constantly putting Wales in trouble allowing eng a foothold .. glad when he was no longer an option..

[@simonpilk]

Priestland bordered on being utterly useless so very often and yet James Hook was a mile better but ignored and I never sussed out why.

[@alunsmith5705]

He had a habit back then of trying too hard. He got slated by the fans for not being Hook but really, he was never that sort of player. Edwards missed loads of tackles ya know....it's the Welsh way. I mean, come on, you think Merlin created England on purpose? To err is human, to be Welsh is to be .....understanding.

[@nicholasjenkins807]

Knob....

[@julieevans6525]

Priestland was useless and I could never understand why he was selected so often.

[@robertwilliams9234]

@@simonpilkPriestland was nowhere near the standard to play at this level

[@princehassaniii530]

Coronavirus bought me here!!!!

[@philroberts1103]

I can't recall anything of Wales' earlier games in the 6 nations but this one will. I was in the hospital tv room a month after brain surgery watching this game with a majority of welsh fans. I might have felt sorry for the bloke sitting next to me but he was english the poor dab.

[@welshcaesar]

Great game.

[@bg-rh8et]

how wales won a grand slam with priestland as primary outside half i will never understand

[@pauldavies4496]

Ben Grant you are right on that and still they pick the plonker he does not like pressure.

[@pauldavies4496]

I am not all that fussy on biggar but he better than priestland. but they got a good and upcoming boy in the under 20s sorry but not know his name.

[@gutoroberts7570]

Priestland was outstanding in 2012 and is still a good player

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

+Paul Davies Dan Jones

[@moggsy71]

I totally get where you're coming from. My shoulders slump when he comes on as sub, he's just not a consistant player, you don't know what Priestland you're going to get. I think Williams is the name of the U20s guy. But I always rated Hook, just not a favourite with the coaches.

[@gareth1974barrington]

He he he , hear the English hearts break at the finish

[@thecoderofyoutube]

Big Sam's tackle on Tuilagi won Wales the Grand Slam.

[@noodles169]

One of the greatest tackles you'll ever see 👍

[@IestynSymonds69]

Wales were in a blind alley and they don't know how to get out 😂 remember the alley was blind not Wales..

[@DaiElsan]

I was there. I always wanted to see Wales beat England at Twickenham.

[@rhyspowell7857]

I miss Adam and Ryan Jones. I don’t miss priestland or Steve Walsh

[@bllewe2713]

Why didn't they go back for the penalty after the try was disallowed? Anyone know?

[@joer9326]

Shows how terrible preistland was in this game, barely put a foot right, glad he got better as time went on

[@dilwynjones8585]

Not Priestlands greatest game! Still sign of a good team is to make up for any weaknesses/poor form.

[@supermegablurgh]

9:20 I understand priestlands offence but wasn't the Tackled England player playing the ball off of his feet? So shouldn't that have been a penalty to Wales?

[@annew6316]

supermegablurgh f

[@GWLAD]

Cymru am Byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@chrismoon709]

This was the beginning of the end for Priestland.

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

Terrible player. Best thing that happened for Wales that day was when he was sent off for 10 minutes..

[@rhysrooke8319]

Anyone know what happened to Jonathan Davies?

[@zulupandafireball1422]

Rhysss 10:33

[@chriscoleman6466]

It's a great feeling shafting the pompous English..I support any country .in any sport that is playing England...even ramish Patel v peregrine Toby smithers in the world tiddlywinks championships

[@ChezBigwa]

Referee Steve Walsh reminds me of Murray Hewitt from Flight of the Conchords

[@zylapo3051]

Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ Dewch ar rygbi cymriag

[@Crusader8284]

Diolch iawn fy brawd! ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️🏉✌️❤️

[@StevenDavies-fm3us]

England international Dan Brown

[@bitchoflivingblah]

9:52 Yellow card for an English knock-on ??? What the hell ??? I feel better about Rees-Zammit's knock on already.

[@myrddingwynedd2751]

Priestland, you twonk. Thank God you`re no longer in the squad.

[@johnlewis9745]

Whatever he's like I've no doubt he's certainly a better player and has to be more of a gentleman than you are.

[@moomsquad8705]

I.WAS.THERE.

[@leonhuggins7579]

Owen pharrel getting smashed os just beautiful to watch again and again and again......

[@ioanhodson6954]

Oh yea and I am a welsh fan

[@alunsmith5705]

best dismasal of a chariot since anthony....

[@carlshmylo6228]

It's a celebration

[@Dagr8soldjer]

At 9:20 priest land may have been offside and he hit the English player after they had lost the ball forward but by a millisecond so that wouldn’t be fair to penalise but the offside would have been and so it should have been a penalty not a yellow card. Seriously unfair call by Steve Hansen

[@davidwalters6985]

Wales !

[@paulkehoe3425]

brilliant seeing "gutted" english faces but if your welsh is fantastic "boyo"!!!

[@paulkehoe67]

beat em in 2012 at home for the english and what happened in 2013,, any1 remember? i do & most of wales does too,, the english were meant to muller us but we wales proper gave it to them instead.. all the english had to do was just turn up and glory was theres,, wales beat em 30-3!!! haha,,, go on wales!!!!

[@eileenpritchard9154]

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, LOVE IT .👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo]

Past present and future Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿I am a llanelli lad

[@moggsy71]

I love Steve Walsh

[@maxmundy3509]

Matt Stevens!!!!

[@moomsquad8705]

I WAS THERE

[@camaronmorgan1279]

We will see what they are made of

[@dim3677]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️

[@casevans7431]

Super sub strikes again

[@silasmarley76]

Why did Farrell find it so easy to kick the Ball away all of the time

[@mackindle12345]

20:33 - Steve Walsh gives a clear penalty advantage to England for 'No. 3 Red collapsing'. 20:58 - calls time off to go the TMO to check for the potential try by Strettle. 22:05 - TMO correctly adjudges 'No try'. And somehow, in just 90 seconds, Steve Walsh has completely forgotten that he had given England a penalty advantage! England had gained no advantage in that play, and they should have gone back to the original penalty offence

[@ghotio1927]

+mackindle12345 England did use their advantage because Strettle made the line , technically that was a few yards advantage .

[@basicallyidomaths8278]

English fan?

[@mackindle12345]

Basicallyidomaths No - referee fan

[@mackindle12345]

+Crazy Taxi Advantage is tactical or territorial - the penalty advantage was given about 4 metres out, so territorial advantage is out of the question. So the only advantage England could gain in this situation would be tactical. What would happen if the ref had NOT given any advantage? (i.e. a scenario that would be identical to England getting into a position where he would say 'advantage over'.) If Steve Walsh had given a penalty straight away - I don't think he should have done - but if he had, England would have had two options: 1) tap and go; this would mean they'd have more space as the Welsh defense would, BY LAW, have to be back on their try-line, or 2) take a scrum (no time for a lineout); this would have tied in their forwards AND given their backline more space to carry out an attacking move with the Welsh backline, BY LAW, being back on their try-line, AND would have given them good, clean, quick ball. (That's a lot of criteria to satisfy!) Personally, I don't feel that England gained an advantage that was equivalent to either of these two scenarios. They did get some space, yes, but it was in one small area of the pitch, not THE WHOLE WIDTH of the pitch that is present in these two scenarios. Regardless of this decision, Wales were the better side and deserved to win, and Walsh overall had a very good game, so I can't complain too much about one decision that he got wrong if he got the other 99% right! England could only blame themselves for not doing enough to win.

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

+mackindle12345 Welsh fan who has no problem agreeing with you although I'm no expert on rugby laws

[@6jackace]

First penalty, no he didn't release and no he wasn't on his feet what is this commentary😅

[@davidwalters6985]

wales!

[@jackmurray3885]

Right at the start, Steve Walsh calling no release when Barrett has clearly released and the contest for the ball is legal by the other men, bullshit call on his part

[@barberman5822]

I first thought it was eddie butler and daffy duck @nd then my mrs said its that brian moore fella. same thing both should be served with sweet dark sauce, and that rice paper stuff.

[@euanb3970]

13:06 I thought it was just Lawes, but ok.

[@alfiepalmer2019]

Worthy Of An Oscfr. Hm, bright hole What do you think, gu~s? !!!

[@ioanhodson6954]

Revenge for 2011 At are home stadium. But Evan the next year in Are home stadium be smashed you 30-3 and for the World Cup well it's gonna be a tough game because wales lost last time played

[@gravinboginagis6568]

17:25

[@jacquelinefox4492]

Calon Lan

[@g.williamswilliams8442]

And...... The following year...... We destroyed them by a gap of some 27 points ish..... 😃

[@martinjones12]

Priestland????? Dear God, the most awful goalkicker,,,,,,,,see him miss countless sitters in front of the posts against Ireland in particular,,,,,,I once saw him "practising" prior to a game against Fiji,,,,, before the start, under the expert eye of Neil jenkins, and Priestland crumbled after missing a few sitters,,,, Jenks moved him closer to the sticks,,,,, and he fell apart,,,,,,, WOW!!!!

[@martinstevens6955]

He was there for England to scupper the Welsh game. Same as charvis. Prirstland then went to play for bath in England after when he got dropped. Was a backhander traitor

[@stevelavis473]

Cause we have the welsh production line.. as England don’t ☹️

[@johnnyrussell6149]

god priestland was poor

[@joshuakeenan2969]

320!k Views For That Title 🐳👑 IDK 2012 ? Seen W I T S* by J.K

[@iambeowulf9325]

The referee didn't come back for the penalty advantage when Strettle's try wasn't awarded at the end. I wouldn't expect anything less from Steve Walsh.

[@cena1641]

Yeh probably drunk as usual !

[@basedbulgarian511]

So many turnovers in the ruck.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

Watching that again - I stand by my earlier comment - but in what world was that not a last minute try by England? Or was this before the rule on downward pressure was changed?

[@billsampey5884]

A reminder of how poor Priestland was

[@nigelclats6970]

2012 Farrell loses with a face like a smacked arse. 2019 Farrell loses with a face like a smacked arse. HAHA.

[@noodles169]

Priestland cost Wales so many big games by making poor decisions, and he nearly cost us this game. Probably the worst fly-half of the modern era for wales

[@Centre14]

no 12 on england is horrible

[@hyllaf]

was tmo welsh lol?

[@kristianhumphreys7984]

A tiny nation like wales and we allways turn over the giants 😂😂😂 we are just better at rugby than them

[@marcowatson848]

England have won more Six Nations, won a World Cup and have beaten AB multiple times. Wales haven't ever beaten the AB never mind get near a World Cup 😂

[@kristianhumphreys7984]

@@marcowatson848 considering england have 57 million more people and lot more money and things than us. We punch well about our weight. England should smash us all the time but wev got more passion

[@marcowatson848]

@@kristianhumphreys7984 The size doesn't matter otherwise India would have the best rugby team

[@roberthope3966]

Priestland was England's best player

[@supermegablurgh]

Pause at 22:54 #butthurt

[@tonypascoe9859]

priceless!!!!!!!

[@boob19791]

22:42 and 22:53 sum England up perfectly....... Think they are to good to go and congratulate the better team.... Sheer arrogance annoys me

[@mike_skinner]

I lived in Wales and every time the Welsh lost at Rugby against England someone kicked my front door down. When I went to the pub to confront the scoundrels someone would buy me a pint.

[@WalesTheTrueBritons]

Yeah right, no part of Wales I'm familiar with.

[@scottiramage317]

Tainted title Steve Walsh was the ref

[@jrmop0965]

Well that was about as exciting as watching paint dry

[@Ldonn94]

I take it you’re English loooool

[@gwyllt5633]

Don't watch then pratt