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The England rugby team have found themselves caught in traffic near the Brynglas tunnels in Newport.

Wales boss Warren Gatland had warned his counterpart Eddie Jones that he was taking a risk by travelling to Cardiff on Friday afternoon.

Pointing out that the stretch of the M4 through Newport is notoriously busy as traffic bottlenecks heading into the tunnels, with the motorway going down to two lanes.

"England are making a significant mistake by travelling tomorrow!" Gatland said at his press conference yesterday.

"Coming through Newport at about 5pm probably isn’t the best thing to do - going through the Brynglas tunnels!

(Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne) (Image: WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

"There’s a good chance there’ll be tractors and buses holding them up!

"So that will be an experience for them."

And Gatland was spot on.

Earlier today, heavy traffic was reported on the M4 westbound between junction 24 and junction 26 - the exact stretch of road the Wales boss was talking about.

It later transpired that a car had broken down and one of the lanes was blocked, causing significant tailbacks.

At roughly 4:30pm today, the England team bus went through that stretch of road and was caught right in the middle of it all.

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Teams travelling to Cardiff usually arrive at least two days before the game and then train at the Principality Stadium the day before.

Jones took the decision not to hold the captain's run at the Principality Stadium and it is thought England left their base in Surrey at around 1pm this afternoon.

You were warned, Eddie.