Wales 20-9 England: Warren Gatland's side defeat disappointing England in warm-up
Gareth Davies and George North scored tries with Leigh Halfpenny kicking 10 points on his 100th Wales appearance.
It is early days but the performance provides some optimism before the return fixture at Twickenham next Saturday. Borthwick chose to rest key personnel and give opportunities to new faces with flanker Tom Pearson making his debut and uncapped forwards Theo Dan and Tom Willis also coming off the replacements bench.
Full-back Freddie Steward at least proved imperious again in Cardiff under the high ball just as he had in the Six Nations match in February.Wales wing Louis Rees Zammit was denied a spectacular try by TMO late in the match After tough training camps in Switzerland and Turkey, there were Test debuts to centre Max Llewellyn and Cardiff props Corey Domachowski and Keiron Assiratti.
Costelow's clever cross-kick also created the try for Scarlets scrum-half Davies. Aaron Wainwright gathered possession before feeding Morgan who released Davies to score. Others in the captaincy frame include Dewi Lake, Dan Biggar, Will Rowlands and Adam Beard, but 23-year-old Morgan was handed an opportunity to stake his claim and impressed, especially in the second half along with Wainwright, who demonstrated there is a number eight alternative to the currently injured Taulupe Faletau.
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