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Venue:<\/strong> Principality Stadium, Cardiff <\/span>Date:<\/strong> Saturday, 25 February<\/span> Kick-off:<\/strong> 16:45 GMT<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage: <\/strong>Live on BBC One, S4C, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and Radio 5 Sports Extra, the BBC Sport website & app; live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app. Highlights and analysis, Scrum V Six Nations, BBC Two Wales, Sunday, 26 February and <\/span>later on demand.<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wales’ Six Nations match against England will go ahead after the Welsh players decided against strike action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Saturday’s game in Cardiff was in doubt with players threatening not to turn up because of a dispute with Welsh rugby bosses over contracts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On Tuesday, Wales head coach Warren Gatland had said he was confident the matter would be resolved despite delaying naming his side and cancelling training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gatland now names his side on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Had the game been called off it would have cost the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) almost \u00a310m.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gatland revealed a training session on Tuesday afternoon had been cancelled so players could continue negotiations and admitted the strike threat was genuine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wales players had set a deadline of Wednesday for the issues to be resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a meeting on Wednesday morning of the Professional Rugby Board (PRB), which runs the professional game in Wales and is made up of representatives from the WRU and four regions – Cardiff, Dragons, Ospreys and Scarlets.<\/span><\/p>\n

The PRB, including chair Malcolm Wall, WRU acting chief executive Nigel Walker and regional bosses, then met more than 100 of Wales’ professional players in the Vale of Glamorgan hotel, which is the national squad’s training base.<\/span><\/p>\n

Walker and Wall attended a virtual WRU board meeting before a further meeting with Wales captain Ken Owens.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wales players wanted three issues resolved before they agreed to take the pitch at the Principality Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

They were seeking:<\/span><\/p>\n