By Dewi Hughes BBC Sport at the Millennium Stadium

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Greenwood's try settled England's nerves

Will Greenwood is developing a habit of breaking Welsh hearts.

As an attacking force at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday, the Harlequins centre was head and shoulders above his team-mates.

And his try early in the second-half proved to be crucial in ensuring England celebrated a fourth successive win in Cardiff.

In four games against Wales, the 30-year-old has now crossed for six tries - but none of his previous efforts match his latest score in terms of significance.

Prior to Greenwood's forceful run past the weak tackles of Steve Williams and Gavin Thomas, England hadn't come close to scoring.

Only the sublime drop-goals of fly-half Jonny Wilkinson had ensured the overwhelming match favourites enjoyed a slender 9-6 half-time lead.

Wales had enjoyed the lion-share of first-half possession and should have scored a try when Greenwood's opposite number Mark Taylor ran clear.

The ferocity of their attacking and defence had stunned England, but perhaps not as much as the Cardiff crowd.

England's top try scorers 1 Rory Underwood 49 tries (85 Tests) 2 Jeremy Guscott 30 (65) 3 Will Greenwood 22 (35) 4 Ben Cohen 19 (23) 4 Dan Luger 19 (29)

But with only five minutes gone in the second-half, Greenwood's predatory instincts delivered a huge psychological blow - one which Wales ultimately failed to recover from.

He scored a hat-trick on his only other visit to the Millennium Stadium.

But Greenwood admitted the sense of satisfaction on his second scoring visit to Cardiff was far greater.

"Whatever bookmakers say, whatever pundits say, that was a very proud Welsh team," he said.

"We are delighted to come away with a victory."

Match report: Wales 9-26 England

As for Wales, young lock Robert Sidoli was singled out for an outstanding performance, but the whole team can be proud of their showing.

Hansen took a massive gamble by making eight changes to the side that lost in Rome; but his choices cannot be questioned.

Selecting five England-based players - captain Jonathan Humphreys, Steve Williams, Gavin Thomas, Gareth Cooper and Tom Shanklin - proved to be one of his shrewdest moves.

The five compete against England's best week-in-week-out, and so were never likely to suffer from the intimidation factor.

Sweeney was not overawed by the occasion

That self-belief quickly spread throughout the Wales team as they finally began to realise that every player is susceptible to pressure and hard knocks.

Fly-half Ceri Sweeney showed remarkable confidence on his first international start, and half-back partner Cooper surely did enough to keep his place.

Hansen has thrust these youngsters (half the Wales side are 25-years-old or under) on a sharp and uncompromising learning curve.

They showed glimpses of being able to develop into world-class players.

But talent and passion can only take you so far. There is no substitute for experience - and England had that in abundance.

As Greenwood acknowledged, the calmness of the England side under the most extreme of pressure was vital.

"It took all our concentration to deal with such a physical battle," he said.

And despite gladly celebrating another try-scoring win over Wales, Greenwood was rightly concerned about the likely reception he'll now receive at a certain north Wales golf club.

"We have Abergele open week in August and they usually make me very welcome.

"But now with six tries against Wales, I'm not sure they're going to keep renewing my membership."