PETER JACKSON VERDICT

Tough ‘HQ’ initiation: Rhys Patchell

As if the wounded Welsh hadn’t suffered enough before kick-off and immediately after it, an old Twickenham ghost reappeared in mocking defiance of their recovery.
Losing a ninth Lion before the match and conceding two tries in the opening quarter left them in dire need of a break from somebody, somewhere, somehow. It came in fortuitous circumstances, Rhys Patchell’s cross-kick bouncing off Steff Evans’ knee close to the left touchline, then rolling invitingly into England’s in-goal area.
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