When Ryan Jones led his team out to face England for the opening game of the 2008 RBS 6 Nations Championship, there were old scores to settle but not even the hardiest of Welsh rugby fans truly suspected that this would be the year. Not since Adrian Hadley's two tries knocked the stuffing out of England in 1988 had Wales beaten the old enemy at fortress Twickenham and only six months earlier they were hammered 62-5. This made their heroic comeback performance against England all the more remarkable. England had bullied Wales throughout the first half and looked in total control at 19-6 early in the second before 12 of the most inspired minutes in Welsh rugby history. Wales scored two tries in two chaotic minutes, first through Lee Byrne and then scrumhalf Mike Phillips who charged down lain Balshaw's clearance to send the whole of Wales into meltdown! With brilliant kicking from Man of the Match James Hook, the resultant 26-19 lead was impossible for a panic-stricken England to peg back. So sit back and re-live again and again the day that the dragons roared back to life.
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