Ben Ryan: Wales v England will only have one score between them - it's that close

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🗓️ 18 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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The third round of the Six Nations is upon us and what a big game it is going to be in Cardiff, let alone in Paris and Rome. Alongside Brian Moore this week is Olympic Gold Medal and World Cup 7s winning coach, Ben Ryan.Listen as they predict how Wales v England will play out, including who will replace Chris Ashton out on the wing, who will dominate the breakdown, and how you disrupt England's kicking game.To help further this they speak with former England wing Tom May who says Jack Nowell contributes to every facet of play whilst Cokanasiga brings his size to the party.As for the opposition we talk to former Wales number 8 Mike Owen about who he expects to be starting fly half: Biggar or Anscombe, how Wales just have the edge in the breakdown, and find out who he thinks is the underdog in this potential Grand Slam and/or title decider.Next it's over to pre-tournament favourites Ireland where former prop Mike Ross thinks his side have had a tough opening two fixtures but can now build a platform in Rome to get going again.With Ben's role in French rugby it would be remiss not to try and understand what is going on within Les Bleus. Ben says that part of the problem is due to a lack of quality conditioning in the domestic sides, a lack of French players to create depth playing in the Top 14, and that he doesn't think it would be the worst thing if come the finale they lost to Italy.As for France's opponents on Saturday, Scotland, it's been a story of injury after injury with Finn Russell the latest worry. Former full back Hugo Southwell though has done some digging and he expects the playmaker to start - but he will be kept in cotton wool!We also speak with Red Roses fly half Katy Daley-Mclean about their campaign so far and whether she has Rocky Clarke's cap record in sight!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:06.9	Hello, welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph.
0:11.3	The third round of the Six Nations is upon us, and what a big game it's going to be in Cardiff.
0:17.3	To discuss that and indeed all the other fixtures, including the Red Rose's fortunes.
0:21.6	I have with me the Olympic Sevens and World Cup winning coach Ben Ryan.
0:25.6	Hello, Ben. How are you?
0:26.6	I'm good, thanks.
0:28.6	Well, the squad headlines are as follows.
0:30.6	England have Ashton out and Atoji making progress.
0:34.6	Mako Vinipola ruled out for the rest of the tournament.
0:41.2	Wales, Lee Halfpenny's return to training on Dan Bigger is fit if selected.
0:44.2	Scotland has Stuart Hogg and Hugh Jones out.
0:49.0	And, well, Finn Russell is a doubt with potential concussion.
0:52.7	Ireland, Sexton, ringroads and henshaw all expected to be fit.
0:54.7	Italy, Benetton International's return to defeat the Scarlets, but who will they pick? And France, well, who knows? Fafana
1:00.4	and Medard both returning to fitness. Shall we start with England? I think we're bound to do.
1:08.2	There is a lot of hype about this fixture, rightly so this time, but whilst I didn't
1:14.3	mean to say it is the most difficult game that England could face, I do believe that there is a
1:20.0	unique atmosphere in this particular game with these two countries for many, many reasons.
1:26.3	And I think that the England players, although they're
1:29.2	used to a lot of pressure, I think they'd be unwise not to at least consider the background to
1:35.2	this, get it in the system, work it through, then go and play. Yeah, I agree. I mean, it's a tantalising
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