Wales suffer a blow on Friday when star wing Shane Williams fails a fitness test for Saturday's Six Nations clash with England in Cardiff Welshman Nathan Cleverly wastes no time in getting stuck into Samsong Onyango in their light heavyweight contest in Swindon on Friday night If you blinked, you missed it as Onyango is counted out after just 135 seconds Cleverly celebrates stretching his unbeaten run to 15 as he retains his Commonwealth title Wales Under-20s look to make up from their opening defeat from last weekend against England in Bridgend James King tries to find his way through for Wales Then Josh Navidi has a go But it is all in vain as England come out 28-16 victors, meaning it's two defeats from two games Swansea start brightly in Saturday's early FA Cup fifth-round clash with Fulham and Mark Gower twice goes close, hitting the post and then seeing a shot saved by Mark Schwarzer Fulham take the lead against the run of play, Swans goalkeeper Dorus De Vries misjudging a corner and the ball deflecting in for an own-goal off Garry Monk Wales present meets Wales future as Fulham's Simon Davies challenges Swansea tyro Joe Allen Swansea equalise when Jason Scotland makes space for himself before unleashing a left-foot pile-driver into the bottom far corner of the Cottagers' net - final score 1-1 and a replay to come Captain Mel Berry leads the celebrations as Wales Women win 16-15 against England Women in Taffs Well, their first ever success over the visitors Excited Wales fans are dressed for the occasion and sing the national anthem ahead of the clash with England at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium Time for a merry dance? No, it's Stephen Jones kicking Wales into a 9-0 lead. His boot played a huge part all afternoon England's Paul Sackey beats Wales' Mark Jones to the ball to score try and keep Wales on their toes All hail Andy Powell. Okay, he's actually offloading the ball from a line-out Wales' Lee Byrne and England's Harry Ellis take to the air for the ball Leigh Halfpenny crosses for Wales only try And he celebrates his fourth try in five games for Wales England's Delon Armitage runs through to score a try but it is not enough as they eventually go down 23-15
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