WRAPUP 1-Rugby-Wales shock England, Ireland beat Italy

By Sonia Oxley

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Wales shocked England 26-19 with a second-half revival to claim their first win Twickenham for 20 years and Ireland ground out a 16-11 Dublin win over Italy on the opening day of the Six Nations on Saturday.

Wales had trailed 16-6 at halftime and shortly after the interval went a further three points behind before an astonishing turnaround that saw them score 20 points in 12 minutes.

Man of the match James Hook started the revival with two penalties before fullback Lee Byrne and scrumhalf Mike Phillips scored tries two minutes apart to put Wales ahead with 10 minutes to go.

England suffered a string of injures, with Lewis Moody, David Strettle, Tom Rees and Mike Tindall all leaving the field early, and seemed enable to regain the control they had in the first half.

Flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson looked off the pace, though he kicked three penalties, a drop goal and converted Toby Flood's try for England's points.

Wales' only first-half scores had come from Hook's boot. "The first half didn't really go our way. We came out in the second half and believed in ourselves .. it was a tremendous effort from the boys," Hook told BBC television.

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