Wales aim to repeat final day history against England

Men's Six Nations: Wales v England

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 15 March Kick off: 16:45 GMT

Coverage: Watch on BBC One, BBC Sport website and app, plus S4C via iPlayer. Text commentary and highlights on BBC Sport website and app. Listen live on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Live.

"They can win the championship, so we can't be having that in Cardiff."

These sentiments referring to England were delivered by Wales lock Dafydd Jenkins this week and that will be shared by many of his countrymen.

Steve Borthwick's side will come to the Principality Stadium on Saturday attempting to lift the Six Nations title.

France remain favourites as they host Scotland after events in Cardiff will have finished but England retain hopes of a first title since 2020.

In contrast, Wales are playing to avoid the Wooden Spoon for finishing bottom after enduring the worst losing sequence in history with 16 successive international defeats.

So the odds are against the hosts but Wales have been in this position before with England travelling to face them on the final weekend to try and claim the Five or Six Nations trophy.

BBC Sport Wales recalls five occasions when Wales have denied their great rivals silverware on the final weekend of the tournament with a quintet of home victories.

15 April, 1967: Wales 34-21 England

England came marching into Cardiff seeking a first Triple Crown in seven years, as well as the Five Nations title.

Wales were facing a first Five Nations clean sweep of defeats in their history, although they lost every game in the Home Nations Championship in 1937 when France were not competing.

It was left to 18-year-old Keith Jarrett to leave England's hopes in tatters as he produced one of the greatest rugby debuts.

Despite being a centre picked out of position at full-back, Jarrett scored 19 points which included a famous try from his own 22 to steer Wales to victory, their biggest win since the 49-14 defeat of France 57 years earlier.

Wales still finished bottom of the table, while Jarrett's International union career was cut short when he joined rugby league club Barrow in 1969.

18 March, 1989: Wales 12-9 England

Just like 22 years earlier, Wales were again facing losing all their matches in the Five Nations for the first time.

Will Carling's side arrived in Cardiff chasing their first title for nine years on a soaking wet March afternoon.

Few gave Paul Thorburn's struggling Wales team a chance but England had not won in the Welsh capital since 1963 and this record continued as France were crowned champions.

Wales upset the form book by adapting to the atrocious weather conditions with scrum-half Robert Jones producing an outstanding exhibition of kicking.

It was Jones' half-back partner Paul Turner who launched the crucial kick that resulted in the only try of the game for Mike Hall, following a mistake from England wing Rory Underwood.

Referee Kerry Fitzgerald's view of the try was obstructed as replays showed centre Hall might not have properly ground the ball, but there was no television match official (TMO) to refer the incident to.

11 April, 1999: Wales 32-31 England

London was the destination in 1999 with the game being played at Wembley as the Millennium Stadium was still being built.

So it was still a home match for Wales despite being staged in the English capital rather than the Welsh one.

The Stereophonics trailer for BBC Sport Wales 'As long we beat the English' was advertised before the game, while Tom Jones was part of the entertainment on show on a warm April afternoon.

Graham Henry's side had beaten France in Paris after losing to Ireland and Scotland, while England were chasing the Grand Slam after an unbeaten campaign.

England were in control for most of the match, but a superb last-gasp try from Scott Gibbs denied England the title in dramatic fashion.

The 32-31 defeat for Clive Woodward's team meant the final Five Nations championship was won by Scotland on points difference.

Centre Gibbs had side-stepped five England players to go over the line, and Neil Jenkins, who was immaculate with his kicking all afternoon, slotted over the winning points.

"Wembley was a special day," said Jenkins.

"You only get a couple in your life or your career when you are playing.

"I've been lucky enough to be coaching as well and had some epic days against England, but it's difficult to look passed that 1999 game."

17 March, 2007: Wales 27-18 England

Wales avoided a Six Nations whitewash and ruined England's distant title hopes as James Hook scored 22 points in a virtuoso performance in Cardiff.

England knew victory by 57 points would snatch the Six Nations title from France, but all such thoughts were soon wiped away as Wales ran riot in the opening stages.

There was a second-minute Hook try with prop Chris Horsman adding a second on 14 minutes.

England hit back through Harry Ellis and Jason Robinson before Toby Flood landed a penalty to level the scores.

Wales dominated the second-half and two penalties and a drop-goal from the outstanding Hook saw them to victory as the fly-half completed scoring a rare full house.

"It was similar to this weekend although England's chances are a bit better this time around," said Hook.

"It reminds me of 2007 because we had a poor championship where we had not won a game and there was no expectation on us to beat England.

"It was the sort of game where everything went right for us from the start. With the crowd and the atmosphere we never felt we were going to lose."

16 March, 2013: Wales 30-3 England

Wales stormed to the Six Nations title as they secured a record 30-3 win against England and crushed the visitors' Grand Slam hopes in the process.

Two second-half tries from winger Alex Cuthbert, four penalties from Leigh Halfpenny and eight points from Dan Biggar's boot sealed a famous win in front of a partisan Principality Stadium crowd.

Wales needed a winning margin of at least seven points to snatch the title from their visitors' grasp, and led by only six at the interval.

But Rob Howley's side, with Warren Gatland away on British and Irish Lions coaching duty, steamrollered an overwhelmed England side in the second half and ran away with the match as the capacity crowd celebrated wildly.

It represented a remarkable turnaround for Wales, who had lost the opening game of the tournament against Ireland.

This was followed by four victories and meant Wales topped the table for a second successive season after winning the Grand Slam in 2012.