Pundits on England v Wales

Why Wales coach Gareth Jenkins picked a weak side to go to Twickenham I have no idea.

It wasn't a friendly. The World Cup is only a month away and you need to get your best side into a rhythm.

Instead Wales got absolutely smashed, and it was not just the scoreline, it was the manner of it.

They had no possession, no field position and it was totally demoralising.

England were going to pick a massive side as they considered it was the start of the World Cup for them.

They wanted to get on a roll and build confidence and we should have picked our best side and combinations.

The game against Argentina in a couple of weeks is now going to be a massive one for confidence.

Wales could meet England again in the World Cup quarter-finals and England will be a lot happier about that prospect after this game.

They have a big pack and a potent goal-kicker, and defence and penalties win World Cups.

But England will also need more of a cutting edge behind if they are going to defend their title.

They should pick their best team now. It may only be one win, but now they have some confidence, why destroy that?

It was a thumping victory by England and good sign of progress going into the World Cup.

It was brutal, pragmatic, and showed all you need to know about how to win games.

England don't have to do anything fantastic. It is all about sizing up the opposition and executing what is required, which they did.

The forwards dominated and controlled every facet of the game - they were brilliant.

One of the most encouraging aspects for England was Jonny Wilkinson's performance. I thought he had an awesome game.

He didn't shirk contact, put in a couple of big hits, his kicking and running were good and his all-round game was superb.

I think the jury is still out on Andy Farrell though. He didn't do anything brilliant to cement his place and hopefully we will see Mike Catt back at 12 against France next week.

Brian Ashton has the luxury of being able to choose what sort of side he picks now.

He selected a very powerful back row against Wales and their performance bodes well for the pool games against South Africa, Samoa and Tonga.

Wales have always used the excuse that we don't get enough possession and yet it always happens.

The line-out in particular has been a problem for months, not just on Saturday, and it's not just an individual at fault each time.

It's not just the throw, it's not just the lift - there's hesitation, there's insecurity there and when Rhys Thomas replaced Huw Bennett at hooker we continued to lose line-outs.

What have we been doing in the summer? The boys should be doing line-outs in their sleep because it's become such an Achilles heel for the way in which we play.

England taught Wales a huge lesson. Had they had better backs out there they could have scored 70 or 80 points.

I'm disappointed, because if we had gone here and lost but scored four or five tries I would have been happy with the progress.

We were humiliated and Wales coach Gareth Jenkins has a huge task to pick his forwards up before facing Argentina in a fortnight.

What worries me is we're banking a lot on (lock) Ian Evans. who's been out injured since December. We're expecting this young man to come back in and win us a lot of ball.