38 min: Wales once again kick the ball away after showing some neat work in midfield. But they get it back soon after as England spill in contact. Wales are up inside England’s half. De Vera, who has had a good game, is heavily involved. Joyce does well out in the left tram to keep the ball alive until she spills it right at the last. Good ball retention from Wales, but they’re finding out that this England team is not easily breached. England will have the scrum between their 22 and halfway all the way on the right.

36 min: Three Welsh line-outs. Three Welsh penalties. It’s another trick play – a short throw to the front of the line, straight to the prop who wasn’t there to lift, but instead turned around and grabbed the bullet pass. That caught England off guard and they swarmed around the ball carrier illegally.

35 min: David, who was off for a HIA, has failed her test so Breach will remain out there. A harsh end for David on debut, but at least she bagged a try.

32 min: Another maul, another penalty for Wales. This time it’s inside the England 22 so they can kick a little closer. Five out.

31 min: Wales win a penalty from a maul off a line-out shortly after the restart. George crossfield kicks and finds Singleton on the right wing. Wales keep the ball but fail to make any ground. Soon they spill it but will come back for the penalty, which is hoofed out of touch about 18 metres short of the England line on the left.

25 min: England nick a line-out in their own half and in a flash they’re screaming down field with Kildunne round a defender and charging in the left tram. She passes short to Moloney-MacDonald to her outside but the winger runs out of room. She flings a hopeful ball back infield that doesn’t find a mate, but there’s a Welsh infringement so England get a penalty.

23 min: Wales keep the ball after the scrum and hold onto the ball. Until Bevan hoofs a pretty ordinary box kick that is easily marked in the backfield by Kildunne.

22 min: A tearful Kabeya leaves the field. She really doesn’t want to go but she has to as her shoulder looks in real trouble.

22 min: Wales win a penalty in midfield. This came off England having a scrum all the way on the left wing and failing to find a hole anywhere in the line. Great defence from Wales who look up for this. They’re doubling up in the tackle and England just haven’t been able to get their off-loading game away. So the hosts lose patience and go searching for quicker ball, committing an infringement on the floor. Kudos to the Welsh.

20 min: Kildunne launches an attack from deep and spirals a pass for Rowland hovering on the lefft wing. But she’s tackled out of touch.

This much-changed England side is not quite delivering. Wales have come to play. Good game so far.

17 min: Off the scrum, England make a mess and get in a tangle in the midfield. The ball goes loose and Bevan grabs it and canters a full 40 metres. She looks destined for the line before she’s cut down. Jones tries to steal it but the Welsh support is up and they wrestle the ball back. Wales have the advantage. George goes for a cross-kick to the corner. David catches and makes the mark, but Wales will have the advantage to play with. Phew, hectic period that. They kick to the corner and will line-out from five out.

15 min: George overcooks the restart and hands possession straight back to England, who will have the scrum on halfway.

12 min: England win a kick battle. L Packer collects the ball at the breakdown and immediately rakes a box kick, knowing there is no one covering the Welsh backfield. George runs around and mops up before returning the kick. But she can’t find much ground. England with a promising line-out position.

10 min: England just win the small moments more often than not. Wales set the maul from the line-out but they couldn’t get the ball out the back. England’s maul defence swamped the ball carrier and stalled momentum. So they’re rewarded with a scrum feed on their 22.

9 min: Better from Wales. Off a line-out on the left, they go down the line and suck in two defenders with a clever dummy. Powell, up from fullback creating the overload, has time to send a grubber into the left corner. It’s a lovely touch finder that had her chasing winger interested for a second.

England, though, have no problem exiting from a line-out five out from their own line.

Wales will come again with a maul from a line-out of their own between the halfway and the 22m lines.

5 min: Wales win the line-out but M Packer, who has exploded into this game, charges down George’s exit kick. She can’t get there before it’s dotted down safely over the try line by a Welsh hand. But that was great work from the veteran Rose.

4 min: Wales win a scrum penalty. Excellent set and they get the chance to clear their lines. Well done to the Welsh pack.

If there’s one area that England aren’t head and shoulders above the rest it’s the scrum.

3 min: Off the line-out, M Packer charges through the guts and almost finds the line. L Packer recycles and finds Kabeya who spills in contact as Metcalfe and Aiono double up and force the knock-on five metres out. Wales will have the scrum feed.

2 min: Kildunne’s first touch is a beauty. On her tip-toes she holds onto a kick that looked destined to find touch on England’s right wing. She grabbed it and then went on a mazy run, making 10 metres. Soon after England sent it down the line and won a scrum as a Welsh hand caused a knock-on in contact. England will have the scrum inside Welsh territory.

Oh, hang on. It’s been upgraded to a penalty for a deliberate knock-on so England will get the line-out inside the Welsh 22.

It was remiss of me not to mention that Metcalfe is 19-years-old!

19! Nineteen! My goodness. What a moment.

Anthems now. A few tears. Love seeing that. Loads of passion.

The players are lining up in the tunnel.

Not long to go now.

Sean Lynn, Wales’ head coach, was speaking to the BBC:

We are playing the world champions and Grand Slam champions in front of a sold out Ashton Gate. It doesn’t get bigger than that.

England are the trailblazers in the women’s game. They have been professional longer than us and have their own domestic league - that is the reality of the challenge.

This is all about us building our performances and developing our identity as a team. We need to show the same intensity and resilience that we have shown in the opening two games and do it for longer. The grit and ability to dig deep is an attribute we will need against England.

Another yarn from Sarah.

In this one she hears from young Millie David who makes her Red Roses debut on the wing today.

Good to know I’m on the same page as Sarah Rendell.

Here she argues that the Red Roses are doing things few teams, if any, have ever done:

How about some stats, eh?

These have been pulled straight from the WRU website.

• England have won 22 out of 24 meetings against Wales, their only defeats coming in 2015 and 2009

• England have won each of their last 50 international matches on home soil, their last defeat in England coming in November 2016. They have never lost at home to Wales in Test rugby, winning all 20 meetings

• Wales’ Bethan Lewis has made the most tackles of any player in the Women’s Six Nations this year (37) with team-mate Kate Williams making the most dominant tackles (4), while Gwen Crabb has won the most breakdown turnovers

• England’s Sarah Bern is the top try scorer (4), crossing twice in each of the opening two rounds, while team-mate Zoe Harrison has scored the most points (24), not missing a single one of her 12 conversion attempts against Scotland