RUGBY fan Aaron Ramsey has received a good luck message from Scott Quinnell on the eve of Wales’ Euro 2016 showdown with England and he’s vowed to create his own bit of history against the old enemy.

Quinnell, sporting bleached-blond hair like Ramsey, set up Scott Gibbs for the winning try when the Wales rugby side beat England with the last play of the game at Wembley in 1999 to deny the hosts a Five Nations grand slam.

Wales haven’t beaten England on the football field since 1984 – when Mark Hughes scored the only goal – and Ramsey says the current crop are desperate to get one over on their neighbours tomorrow.

And, having enjoyed spectacular support during the win over Slovakia, Chris Coleman’s men know the whole country is behind them tomorrow – including the rugby boys.

"We've had a few messages off the rugby players,” said Ramsey. “Scott Quinnell sent quite a funny one. You'd have to ask the FAW for the video.

“We've had a lot of support. Everyone is excited, there's a lot around the country, you can see the support.

“One of the best feelings I've had was experiencing how the anthem was sung against Slovakia.

“Hopefully there's a few more of those spine-tingling moments to come."

Ramsey was not born until six years after Hughes’ goal sank England at Wrexham but he watched the rugby victory at Wembley aged eight and was at Twickenham last year when Warren Gatland’s side beat the hosts in their own World Cup.

"Hopefully we can do what they did,” said the Arsenal ace. “It's been a long time since we beat them. It's about time we changed that. Hopefully we can do that.

"We've ticked off a few things along the way and we've closed the gap and hopefully we can show that on the big stage and that we can match them then go on and better them."

Ramsey has played England twice before – losing 2-0 at home in March 2011 and 1-0 at Wembley six months later.

“Being captain [in the first game] was a nice moment, a proud moment,” said the 25-year-old.

“We were on the wrong end of the scoreline but it was quite early on in the changes that Gary Speed was making.

“You could see the way we wanted to go about things. That was the start of something.

“The other one we played well at Wembley and showed the progression we'd made in a short space of time.

“We were quite unlucky not to get something out of that game, I thought. Robert Earnshaw had a great chance, there were encouraging signs."

There have been plenty more since that unfortunate defeat and, like Neil Jenkins all those years ago, now might be the time to convert them into a win for the ages.

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