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Opening Day Joy For Wales

Opening Day Joy For Wales

Wales won their first match on Six Nations opening day for the first time in seven years to keep the feelgood factor alive in the Principality.

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Playing with an open and expansive style, the Dragons beat Scotland by 23-10 in front of over 70,000 fans at the Millennium Stadium.

The home side got off to the perfect start when man-of-the-match Rhys Williams finished off a fine move to score the game’s opening try after just three minutes.

Wales extended their lead when Duncan Jones found himself in the unfamiliar position of left wing….read the full match tracker here

Wales: G Thomas (Warriors); R Williams (Blues), S Parker (Warriors), I Harris (Blues), S Williams (Ospreys); S Jones (Scarlets), G Cooper (Warriors); D Jones (Ospreys), M Davies (Warriors), A Jones (Ospreys), G Llewellyn (Ospreys), B Cockbain (Warriors), C Charvis (Tarbes, capt), M Williams (Blues), D Jones (Scarlets).
Replacements: T Shanklin (Blues), C Sweeney (Warriors), D Peel (Scarlets), G Jenkins (Warriors), H Bennett (Ospreys), M Owen (Dragons), J Thomas (Ospreys).

Scotland: B Hinshelwood (Worcester); S Danielli (Bath), T Philip (Edinburgh), B Laney (Edinburgh), A Henderson (Glasgow); C Paterson (Edinburgh, capt), C Cusiter (Borders); T Smith (Northampton), G Bulloch (Glasgow), B Douglas (Borders), S Murray (Edinburgh), S Grimes (Newcastle), C Mather (Glasgow), S Taylor (Edinburgh), A Hogg (Edinburgh).
Replacements: R Russell (Saracens), G Kerr (Leeds), J White (Sale), S Cross (Edinburgh), M Blair (Edinburgh), D Parks (Glasgow), S Webster (Edinburgh).

Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland).

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