England v Wales winners and losers as Alex Cuthbert blows everyone away and Lawrence Dallaglio gets TV call all wrong

Wales suffered a fifth Six Nations reverse in a row at Twickenham in the Six Nations as they failed to overhaul an England side who were nothing special.

Wayne Pivac will be encouraged by the pluck his side showed in hitting back from 17-0 down, but the hosts were able to take the spoils at 23-19.

Predictably, there was controversy.

When is there ever an England-Wales game played without controversy.

This time it centred on the officials overlooking a shove on Adam Beard which prevented the Wales vice-captain jumping at the lineout that led to England’s try. Maro Itoje's smirk, caught on TV cameras, said it all. There were plenty of other complaints about the officiating too.

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There are plenty of reasons why it was good to see Alex Cuthbert playing so well on Saturday.

One, because it was his 50th cap and it’s always a positive to see a player mark a landmark occasion with a strong performance.

Two, because Cuthbert has had to contend with a lot of flak over the years.

Some of the criticism, it needs to be said, was fair when his form lapsed significantly at one point. Players know when they are not playing well and in a professional sport they expect to be subjected to on-pitch scrutiny — it goes with the territory.

But there was also some stuff that was nasty and personal and Cuthbert understandably took it to heart.

That was then.

This term, he has returned to Wales older and wiser and has been playing well for the Ospreys, proving popular with his team-mates and showing maturity from day one at the region. For Wales, he has shown he is very much a genuine