Early England onslaught fends off lacklustre Italy
England dismantled a disappointing Italy to give the Steve Borthwick era lift off with a 31-14 Guinness Six Nations victory at Twickenham.
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England turn on the power to maul Italy 31-14
LONDON : England overpowered 31-14 Italy at Twickenham on Sunday with a display of traditional set-piece physicality to record a first win of the Six Nations and build momentum under new coach Steve Borthwick.
England one of Italy’s remaining rugby targets
LONDON : Italy have two major targets still to hunt down after success over Australia and South Africa in recent years – winning a rugby test against England and New Zealand.
Smith dropped by England as Farrell starts v Italy
England have broken up their contentious playmaking axis of Marcus Smith and Owen Farrell as part of a revamped midfield selected for Sunday's Guinness Six Nations clash with Italy.
Farrell at flyhalf, Smith on bench for England against Italy
LONDON : Coach Steve Borthwick has abandoned England's twin playmaker model for Sunday's Six Nations game against Italy as Owen Farrell will start at flyhalf, with Ollie Lawrence and Henry Slade in midfield and Marcus Smith dropped to the bench.
Eddie Jones: Steve Borthwick right to blame me for England's problems
Eddie Jones admits that Steve Borthwick was "probably right" when stating he had inherited an England team that "weren't good at anything".
Leicester Tigers target Rassie Erasmus for head coach role - report
English club Leicester Tigers are reportedly eyeing Rassie Erasmus as a potential candidate to take over as their new head coach.
Youngs left out of England squad for Italy clash
England scrumhalf Ben Youngs has been omitted from Steve Borthwick's 29-man squad for Sunday's Six Nations game against Italy with Ben Curry and Anthony Watson also left out.