England 48-7 Wales result – Henry Arundell scores three of seven tries as rampant Red Rose punish ill-disciplined Dragons in Six Nations

England got their Six Nations campaign off to the perfect start with a 48-7 victory over an ill-disciplined Wales team on Saturday.

Steve Borthwick’s side have now won 12 games on the bounce and dismantled the Dragons in impressive style at the Allianz Stadium.

Henry Arundell punished the visitors for conceding an early penalty by scoring his first of a hat-trick of tries, with just seven minutes on the clock.

Steve Tandy’s visitors were warned about their high penalty count, but further infringements by Nicky Smith and skipper Dewi Lake saw them both sent to the sin-bin early in the match.

England took advantage as Arundell linked up with the influential George Ford to score his second try, before Ben Earl made it 22-0 with just 23 minutes played.

Arundell completed his first half hat-trick to put the game out of sight before Tom Roebuck added a fifth try just minutes into the second half.

Wales did rally and Josh Adams pulled a try back as the Red Roses were tested physically.

Steve Borthwick turned to his bench and Ben Pollock forced a penalty try, with Taine Plumtree carded for a high tackle.

The win was completed and Tommy Freeman was rewarded for his performance with his side’s seventh try at the death.

England will march on to face Scotland at Murrayfield next Saturday, while Wales face France.

Wales captain Dewi Lake felt his side’s discipline let them down in their 48-7 defeat at the hands of England.

"We're massively disappointed in ourselves," said Lake to ITV Sport. "We can't expect things to go our way all the time.

"We have to make them happen. We're not a team that's going get the rub of the green at the minute or going to get 50-50 decisions. So we have to be squeaky clean.

"We played large amounts of that game with 13 men. We spoke all week about discipline, and we let ourselves down in that area massively today."

England fly-half George Ford praised his side’s forwards for dominating the early stages during their 48-7 win against Wales.

"I’m delighted with the result," said Ford talking to ITV Sport. "By and large I thought our performance was good. There's still a tad of frustration in that as well.

"Particularly for 20 minutes in the second half. We wanted to start with a good result. The start of the test match is always massive, in the first 10, 15, 20 minutes, tactically to give you a foot hold in the game and put your stamp on it a little bit.

"We were able to dominate territory because of the boys up front."

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That’s full-time and an excellent seven-try performance from England who win 48-7. Lots for Wales to consider with far too many penalties conceded.

It’s seven tries for England. From a driving maul after a line-out Cowan-Dickie holds the ball for Freeman to ground. The conversion hits the post by Ford.

Amid all the action there has been a change of faces.

Wales - Belcher on for Lake; Beard on for Carter; Hardy off for Williams

England  - Mitchell off for Spencer 

It’s a tackle off the ball for Tom Curry who misjudged the run of his opponent. With Thomas returning it's 14v14 for now

The Dragons full-back scrambles back to deny a further England try. From a line-out Freeman kicks through to Spence. However, Rees-Zammit is on hand to deny them.

England are really enjoying themselves in these last 15 minutes. Marcus Smith, Pollock and Itoje are in the thick of the action. However, it’s Ford who has been influential in everything great about England this evening.

Freeman breaks through the line to add a further try for the Red Rose. However, TMO pulls the game back and Cowan-Dickie is punished for a neck-roll in the build-up.

Pollock makes an immediate impact as Ford then Freeman before Pollock grounds the ball. However, Pollock is grabbed by the arm around the head by Plumtree.

It’s a high tackle which knocks Pollock into touch. Plumtree is shown yellow.

Further England changes - Roebuck is replaced Pollock; Steward replaced M Smith

Meanwhile, for Wales - Grady on for Mee; Macleod off for Deaves 

Ford drives forward before Davidson is denied a try by an illegal challenge by Thomas. It looked a certain try for England.

Another Wales infringement from a line-out as Jenkins is thrown into an off-side position. Some nice passing between Ford and Stewart take the Red Rose forward.

Roebuck is held up as the Wales defence stand firm to that wave of attack. However, England are back to 15 with the return on Itoje.

This is more of a test for the Red Rose. It’s scrum after scrum as both sides battle for momentum. Eventually an infringement on Rodd results in England seeing their kick returned, with snow on it.

During that Wales pressure there was a host of changes.

England - Davison on for Heyes; George off for Cowan-Dickie; Coles off for Itoje; Curry on for Underhill.

Wales - Smith off for Carre; Griffin replaced by Francis; Plumtree on for Mann

The waves of Dragon pressure eventually told. Eventually the ball is played out to Adam who has space out wide to run over. The Edwards conversion is good

Itoje flies into his man a metre out and is the man who receives a yellow. He was only on the pitch seconds.

Dingwall concedes a penalty for stopping the ball from being played on the floor. The Dragons kick for touch and then drive.

Jenkins drives for the line but is judged to have infringed. England are warned that another penalty will result in a yellow card.