The hosts exploit a poor start from England when Shane Williams jinks over in the corner to open the scoring Stephen Jones fails to convert Williams' ninth-minute try and a penalty from Charlie Hodgson narrows the Welsh lead to 5-3 Mathew Tait experiences a harsh induction into international rugby as he attempts to contain Wales' Gavin Henson England struggle to assert themselves and a penalty from Stephen Jones sees Wales leading 8-3 at the break Tait's baptism of fire continues after the restart as Gavin Henson lands the second of two massive tackles Charlie Hodgson punishes a Welsh infringement in the 48th-minute to put England within two points of the lead at 8-6 Both sides start to make more mistakes as they search for the score that will take the game away from the opposition Hodgson converts his third penalty to put England ahead for the first time with ten minutes left to play With only four minutes left Gavin Henson slots over a long-distance penalty to regain the lead for Wales at 11-9 Wales hold on to record their first win over England in Cardiff for 12 years and kick start their Six Nations campaign
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