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Wales defeat England
Wales move to joint-top in the Four Nations Tournament table this evening after a decisive 2-0 win over England.
Wales have given themselves every chance of claiming the Four Nations trophy with a fine two nil win over English at Kynoch Park this evening.
The first chance came after 7 minutes good play down the right hand side involving Giles, Davies and Green culminated in a low cross by Green almost bringing an own goal out of Redmile
Five minutes later a lovely throughball by Kerr for England found Hatch who chested it down, sidestepped a challenge from S Evans and raced clear but ultimately he was thwarted by Tony Roberts who spread himself well to effect the save.
The highlight of the first half came four minutes later when Steve Guinan picked the ball up forty yards from goals, jinked past one defender before striking a thunderous dipping 30 yarder off the crossbar.
Just before the half hour Wales's S Evans seemed to have put his side ahead when he fired the ball into the bottom corner of the net when a corner was only partially cleared but it was ruled out by Mike Ritchie for a foul on the referee.
The Welsh finished the half as they started it with brilliant play by Green, Giles and Evans allowed Ryan Green to cut inside and blast over.
Half Time: England 0 Wales 0
Four minutes after the break the Welsh took the lead. Davies played the ball through on the left to G Evans he took one touch and with the keeper rushing out ex Aston Villa striker lifted the ball over him and into the net.
It was 2-0 in the 73rd minute. Harris picked the ball up in the middle and he found Giles unmarked out wide on the right. He drove to the bye line before firing a low cross into the path of substitute Owens who sidefooted the ball into the back of the net to put Wales in the box seat.
It was an eventful half for Owens as with five minutes remaining he himself was replaced by Summers. Wales almost added a third when Summers crossed in for Green and his 20 yard volley had McDonnell scrambling across his goalline.
Full Time: England 0 Wales 2
Reporters: Andrew Burnett and Chris McHardy.
Meanwhile, Tony James did not travel to the tournament leaving Ryan Green as the only Hereford United player in the Welsh squad.