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Scrum V

The Warm Up: Wales' team for Twickenham

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Lauren Salter, James Hook and Jonathan Davies visit the Wales training base to speak to prop Archie Griffin before the opening Six Nations match against England at Twickenham.

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0:39.3

One of the greatest annual sporting tournaments, the Six Nations, is back. And today we're at the Vale Hotel, as Wales prepared to renew one of rugby's greatest rivalries against England. Since 1999, only three Wales teams have won at Twickenham. And today, my guests have

0:56.3

been part of two of those, James Hook and Jonathan Davis. We'll also be joined by Wales tighthead

1:01.8

prop, Archie Griffin. We'll be hoping to add another win to that record. Welcome to Scrum 5,

1:07.1

the warm-up.

1:27.5

Right, let's get straight into Steve Tandy's first Six Nations team.

1:32.8

There are actually 12 of the 15 present that beat Japan in the summer with exactly the same back row.

1:41.2

Josh McLeod at 7, Aaron Wainwright at 8, Alex Mann at 6, a back 3 of Ellis Me on one wing, Lewis Rees-Summit at 15.

1:42.9

Josh Adams on the other. Front row of Front row of actually Griffin making his first six

1:45.5

nation start. Captain Derry Lake at Hooker, of course, and Nikki Smith. Plenty of other areas

1:51.9

to discuss and in fact maybe we start with a centre combination because he has now picked four

1:57.5

different partnerships in five games. He's gone for Eddie James and Ben Thomas. Eddie

2:03.4

James at 13, actually played most of his rugby for the Scarlets at 12. Ben Thomas back at 12,

2:09.1

having seen Joe Hawkins then that last two games. What do you make of that? And Eddie at 13

2:14.2

in particular, John? Well, I think Eddie's had some game time of 13

2:17.8

over the Scarlets for over that Christmas period.

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