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Wales 14-68 England: Welsh rugby suffers new low

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England thrashed Wales 68 -14 at the Principality Stadium in the Six Nations .

It was their heaviest Six Nations defeat and a record tournament loss and most points conceded against England .

Wales have become the first Wales side to win successive Wooden Spoons by finishing bottom of the table again.

It has been 525 days since their previous Test victory when they beat Georgia at the World Cup in October 2023 .

Former Wales captain Sam Warburton : "If you win the power game so convincingly there's nothing the other team can do" Former Wales fly-half Dan Biggar : "There was a lot of hope going into the game, but ultimately they were overpowered".

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