Wales vs England LIVE: Result and reaction from Six Nations grudge match in Cardiff

England answer! A penalty from the restart and immediately they can attack inside the Welsh 22. The visitors trust their forwards and Kyle Sinckler delivers, just about smuggling the ball to ground as he topples over the line with muscular support from a mate.

Owen Farrell converts - just how Steve Borthwick would have wanted his team to respond to that soft concession of the try.

INTERCEPTED! You aren’t catching Louis Rees-Zammit!

A horrible moment for Max Malins, double-clutching fatally. The wing pauses before passing at the line, waiting to pull the trigger until Rees-Zammit is right there to snare it.

He takes cleanly, and from there the conclusion is foregone. The conversion pushes Wales into their first lead of the evening.

Owen Farrell restarts proceedings.

Intriguingly, Mako Vunipola is out doing an extended early warm up for England at half time, with all of Wales’ replacements out on the Principality surface with him. Vunipola is soon joined by his England bench pals - Steve Borthwick stressed this week how disappointed he was with how England faded in the final quarter against Italy, so their involvement may be key.

Wales have plenty of quality among their substitutes, though - you fancy this might be the sort of day for Dan Biggar...

A stat that perhaps explains some of Wales’ struggles in that first half - England have made 12 dominant tackles so far to the hosts’ one. The lack of collision winners up front remains a concern for Warren Gatland.

This score showed the potential of England’s attack - multitudinous threats off first phase causing issues for the Welsh inside defence, and then sweeping around the corner quickly to ensure the chance was taken.

A bitty half that rather summed up where two flawed sides are. England had the better of it, threatening at times in attack with smart, sharp handling, but faded a little and still inaccurate with their basics too often. Wales have stuck in the fight and grew into the action, but you can’t say it is a surprise that the hosts have again missed a handful of chances in the opposition 22. They just look short of carrying punch when required to build on a few cutting breaks.

Five points is no margin at all, though, really - still very much anyone’s game.

Louis Rees-Zammit has roamed a lot so far today, often into the channel outside Mason Grady. Jack van Poortvliet manages to haul him down this time.

But where is Gareth Thomas going? Cutting a line up the centre like his namesake used to! The prop is felled ten metres out.

England scrambling, Wales building...penalty to the visitors! Lewis Ludlam with a timely jackal to force Adam Beard to hold on, and that’s that for the first 40.

England try to run out the remainder of the half by burying the ball in the mass of the maul, but neither gain momentum nor keep control, enabling Wales to stall it and bring it legally to floor to earn a scrum feed.