Six Nations

Everything you need to know about England's crunch Six Nations 2023 match against France at Twickenham. Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales v ...

France’s physicality has been the base for their success and Paul Willemse sits at the bottom of that pyramid as one of rugby union’s most imposing figures. Despite the height advantage Willemse holds over the Saracens forward, Itoje’s athleticism and intelligent interferences may make up what he concedes in strength. Itoje is also an excellent lineout jumper and has a superb ability to disrupt opposition set-piece plays. The duo take to the pitch again this weekend as Courtney Lawes has had to bow out with a shoulder injury. Ntamack, on the other hand, is a calm and composed playmaker, who is renowned for his tactical kicking and vision. Dupont is known for his lightning-fast acceleration and quick decision-making, which allows him to create opportunities for his teammates with ease. Particularly as Farrell has struggled off the tee with a kicking success rate of merely 47 per cent in the first three rounds. Opposite Lawrence and his centre partner Henry Slade is Gael Fickou at 13. Fickou will cause trouble for both Lawrence, Slade, and even Smith. The 9 and 10 began their partnership in England’s dismal autumn, but may yet flourish under Borthwick’s regime. It’s a big call, and one that could pay off in a big way. [dropped in a bombshell move from England head coach Steve Borthwick](https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/owen-farrell-dropped-why-marcus-smith-selection-explained-england-captain-vs-france-2200424?ico=in-line_link), with [Marcus Smith starting at fly-half against France](https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/england-team-vs-france-starting-line-up-replacements-six-nations-2023-fixture-2197820?ico=in-line_link) after two brief cameos from the bench against Italy and [Wales](https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/six-nations-2023-anthony-watson-england-progress-steve-borthwick-wooden-spoon-beckons-wales-2174144?ico=in-line_link).

Sportsmail breaks down everything you need to know ahead of England's fourth Six Nations game against holders France as Borthwick's side chase their third ...

And what are the starting line-ups? England will play their fourth Six Nations game against France on Saturday afternoon, with the match getting underway at 4.45pm. [England](/sport/england_rugby_team/index.html) will be looking to pick up their third straight win in the [Six Nations](/sport/six_nations/index.html) when they face holders [France](/sport/france-rugby/index.html). - Steve Borthwick's England face France in their fourth game in the Six Nations When is it? England will be looking to pick up their third win in a row when they face holders France in a crucial Six Nations showdown, but how can you watch the game?

Minute-by-minute report: Join Lee Calvert for updates as the Six Nations' bottom two sides seek their first win this year.

From the breakdown tight to the sideline, Webb realises there’s not much on and chips a speculatinve kick into the corner that Dyer chases, the bounce keeps it in and avoids Padovani and Allan, allowing the Wales winger to yoink it and run in. The fullback was so shocked he forgot to let go of the ball on the ground. Garbisi decides this is not the time for their usual five phases in their own 22 and boots to touch early to clear. The forwards catch it and it’s released to a trademark pattern in the backs that gets them outside the narrow Wales defence, but the final pass is floated above Padovani’s head and into touch. Italy have their first platform of note in the game from a lineout on the Wales 22. Williams legs it towards the line and a combination of his stepping and strength gets him over the line.

Now they have their sights set on a first home win for a decade in this competition despite the loss of Ange Capuozzo, having lost out with some spirited ...

It deserved a bit of luck with the bounce. Now they have their sights set on a first home win for a decade in this competition despite the loss of Ange Capuozzo, having lost out with some spirited displays in recent weeks. [Warren Gatland](/topic/warren-gatland) as head coach, opening with three successive defeats to make their worst start since 2007 against a backdrop of an ongoing rugby crisis in the country. The Azzurri’s shock last-gasp win in Cardiff 12 months ago ended their 36-match Six Nations losing streak that dated back to 2015 and provided a platform for real growth. Italy 3-15 Wales [Six Nations](/topic/six-nations) round four opens with an intriguing clash at the [Stadio Olimpico](/topic/stadio-olimpico) this afternoon.

Warren Gatland's Wales head to Rome hoping to avoid their first wooden spoon in 20 years.

"I just wanted to be out on the pitch with the boys. "Dafydd Jenkins is still learning his roles in terms of calling the lineouts, defensively, but he has got a bit of a hard edge about him. I've always wanted to be involved in the Wales team and have that number nine jersey. "But my son's age group were going to watch the game in the Principality Stadium with his rugby team and he asked if I could go. It is what it is, and we have to get on with things." Rhys Webb ends a six-year Guinness Six Nations absence in the Wales number nine shirt today, admitting he did not even want to watch the team play during his international exile. It was also the first time Wales under-20s had finished on the losing side in Italy, proving to be a desperately disappointing night. Wales head coach Warren Gatland revealed on Thursday that a threat of possible player strike action before the Six Nations appointment with England last month caused a significant split and tension within his squad. With the financial situation, there might be some opportunity to free up some salaries, I don't know the ins and outs of how that works. If an offer comes over it wouldn't just be about the club, I've got a young family as well, so it needs to be right for me as well. If they lose by more than 15 points, however, they will drop to a shambolic 13th place below the likes of Samoa and Georgia. Successive defeats against Ireland, Scotland and England have left Wales scrambling around the Six Nations basement, yet to break their points duck and scoring only three tries in more than four hours of rugby.

Updates from Saturdays Six Nations round four matches; Italy host Wales at Stadio Olimpico (2.15pm), before England tackle defending champions France at ...

Italy host Wales in a clash of this year's two winless teams.

Boos at the full time whistle of an England home fixture for the second time in a matter of months. Antoine Dupont, Gael Fickou, Thomas Ramos and Gregory Alldritt were all outstanding for the visitors, to name just four from a complete dismantling of an inferior side. “France are brilliant, there’s a reason they are number two in the world. You’d say Borthwick might be inclined to go back to his appointed captain in Dublin, but almost anything is surely now on the table. “We were well beaten by 43 points; when you play like that against a team so well coached and with ability like that, that’s going to happen. They played well, we played poorly - we have to learn from it and be better. England were shambolic, as their opponents dominated every facet of the game and scored seemingly at will. [France](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/france-rugby) aren’t even the best team in this [Six Nations](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/six-nations). Any credit Borthwick had built up as an ex-England captain, with an impressive coaching CV early in his career and as the ideal, straightforward man to follow the drama of the unpopular Eddie Jones era has likely been extinguished. “I think that we are incredibly disappointed with the performance. The main bearing on the game was the contact area. Never before, in 152 years of playing international rugby, had an England team suffered a home defeat this heavy.

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One of his vice-skippers, prop Ellis Genge, will lead the team instead. It's a bold decision from Borthwick but one he hopes will pay off handsomely as England ...

It is a bit of a mystery at the moment. I thought we would get a measure of where we are at, there is a big gap between us and the top teams in the world. We are way off where we want to be. “It was a very special game for us and we tried to make it count. “We played the way we wanted to play... "Certainly you have to give immense credit to France and they are clearly a world-class team. “That is one of our worst performances and we were punished numerous times. Thibaud Flament crossed twice, so did Charles Ollivon and the excellent Thomas Ramos claimed a try to boot. “It was great to score. It shows we’re on the right path. It’s our biggest performance in a while.” Thibaut Flament, Charles Ollivon and Damian Penaud all notched braces for France, who got a very early score from the sublime Thomas Ramos as they won by a staggering 43 points, 53-10.

Marcus Smith starts at fly half as England host France at Twickenham in Le Crunch.

Boos at the full time whistle of an England home fixture for the second time in a matter of months. Antoine Dupont, Gael Fickou, Thomas Ramos and Gregory Alldritt were all outstanding for the visitors, to name just four from a complete dismantling of an inferior side. “France are brilliant, there’s a reason they are number two in the world. You’d say Borthwick might be inclined to go back to his appointed captain in Dublin, but almost anything is surely now on the table. “We were well beaten by 43 points; when you play like that against a team so well coached and with ability like that, that’s going to happen. They played well, we played poorly - we have to learn from it and be better. England were shambolic, as their opponents dominated every facet of the game and scored seemingly at will. [France](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/france-rugby) aren’t even the best team in this [Six Nations](https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/six-nations). Any credit Borthwick had built up as an ex-England captain, with an impressive coaching CV early in his career and as the ideal, straightforward man to follow the drama of the unpopular Eddie Jones era has likely been extinguished. “I think that we are incredibly disappointed with the performance. The main bearing on the game was the contact area. Never before, in 152 years of playing international rugby, had an England team suffered a home defeat this heavy.

Minute-by-minute report: 'Le Crunch' returns with this year's edition at Twickenham. Join Lee Calvert.

The first penalty of the match for England is despatched to touch on the France 22 by Smith. Marchand goes over the top of the lineout to Fickou, but the contact skills are poor from France and the ball is back in England hands around halfway. Smith has a short dart into the France 22 and the fast recycle finds Malins who nudges the ball with his toe into touch near the goal-line. England are disorganised in backfield and Dupont, eyes like a stocky hawk, spots this and blooters a left footed 50:22 from the base of the ruck to give his side a lineout deep in England territory. From the scrum, England finally get some quicker ball from the breakdown, but the French defence covers the phases well. A horrible restart drill from England leaves Dombrandt isolated and a huge French counter-ruck wins a penalty. The England forwards go hard at the France pack in the scrum. The scrum completes with England trying a similar move to that which led to a try vs Wales via the inside pop to Malins. France hammer the England tacklers, but again the home side are up to it, but the blue waves continue to come as the visitors’ dominance is reasserted. The ball comes loose as Smith releases it and England do nothing with it so Ollivon reaches over to press down on the ball. Itoje nabs the ball in the breakdown and puts England on the attack before the ball is lost in the French 22. As the clock ticks into the red, France have a pen on their 5m line.

Jonathan Danty, the France centre, will make his first international appearance of this year's Six Nations as one of three changes to Fabien Galthié's starting ...

To think this was a France side supposedly on the decline. Short of putting on a can-can dance at the Moulin Rouge, Scotland could not have done more a fortnight ago in Paris to advertise the danger of making a slow start against the French. Even then Dupont produced the best kick of the first half with a 50-22 that France converted into a try with a clever lineout move leading to Flament barrelling his way between Lewis Ludlam and Henry Slade. From the scrum, France got the nudge on and the back row split right with Ollivon powering through Smith’s tackle. Most England supporters, however, will feel a sense of deep foreboding of several more unwanted records being set in the Aviva Stadium. With such a platform, the magnificent Antoine Dupont restated his case as the best player in the world with [Thomas Ramos and Penaud providing the cutting edge](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2023/03/11/england-abandoned-defensive-system-mid-game-made-things-even/). Instead they have flatlined if not fallen off the face of a cliff. Borthwick’s intention to give fly-half Marcus Smith the reins to run the game never came to pass with England getting dominated in the collisions. Instead it is about how England have regressed so alarmingly since fielding the youngest ever team in a World Cup final. The party in the stands among the considerable travelling contingent started as early as the first minute and it did not let up. Expect captain Owen Farrell to return to the starting XV in some capacity next week when England go to Dublin hoping to avoid a cricket score. Whatever fear factor that used to be engendered by coming to Twickenham has disappeared in the ether as France celebrated their first victory here in the six nations since 2005 when Tony Blair was Prime Minister and U2 were No 1.

Scrumhalf Rhys Webb produced a superb individual display in his first start for six years to inspire Wales to a 29-17 bonus-point victory over error-strewn ...

"I thought we deserved to win today, and with the bonus point which was great," Gatland told S4C. Their two tries came from flanker Sebastian Negri and centre Juan Ignacio Brex. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story

Wales picked up their first victory of the 2023 Six Nations campaign after they beat Italy 29-17 in Rome, exacting revenge for last year's defeat.

Williams’ conversion opened up a 10-0 lead and the visitors were off to a flying start. [Italy](https://www.planetrugby.com/team/italy), who will lament a series of costly errors as it was a wasteful performance from the hosts. And Wales punished their hosts when Webb broke clear and delivered a scoring pass to Faletau, with Williams’ conversion opening up a 29-10 lead and securing a bonus point. Referee Damon Murphy awarded Wales a penalty try and yellow-carded Italy number eight Lorenzo Cannone, with the visitors taking a 22-3 lead into half-time. Williams then kicked Wales deep into the Italian 22 and a powerful lineout drive resulted in Italy illegally collapsing a maul. Italy looked lethargic and nervous in comparison and Wales extended their lead with a ninth-minute try.

Wales salvage dismal Six Nations campaign in Italy · Italy 19-27 Wales: Italy, who wasted a host of chances, now look destined to finish bottom of the Six ...

Williams’ conversion opened up a 10-0 lead and the visitors were off to a flying start. [Warren Gatland](/topic/warren-gatland)’s team arrived in Rome with the wooden spoon a realistic prospect following successive defeats against Ireland, Scotland and England. But Italy, who wasted a host of chances, now look destined to finish bottom of the Six Nations table for an 18th time as Wales climbed off the basement.

The Azzurri paid the price for yet another slow start and then losing two players to the sin-bin, sinking to a 29-17 defeat to Wales in a match billed as a ...

Poor handling cost them dear after a slew of line breaks. Wales closes against France in Paris. Wales turned round with a man advantage, after Italy No.

Following a 29-17 victory for Wales over Italy in their Six Nations fixture, here's our five takeaways from the match at the Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.

Leigh Halfpenny and Biggar probably would have converted those two opportunities, while Williams also wasted a chance when he failed to find touch in the second half. Tommaso Allan started at number 15 in his absence, and whilst the Harlequins star showed some flashes of brilliance, his performance was a mixed bag. Had they been on their game there’s little doubt the Italians would have been right in the contest at the turnaround, if not leading, but errors were all too frequent as they butchered key opportunities. Others must fill in his shoes if they are to cause a shock. Crowley’s face at half-time was like thunder and one can understand why as his Italian players would have turned any coach grey after that first-half showing. Indeed, his kick would lay on their opening try as Rio Dyer crossed for a crucial score.

England crash to record 53-10 defeat against France at Twickenham; France score seven tries to keep Six Nations title hopes alive; Wales record 29-17 win ...

Marcus Smith's introduction to the starting XV couldn't inspire England to a result against France, who secured their first Six Nations win at Twickenham ...

That applied the finishing touches to England's biggest home loss in history (or Five and Four Nations, for that matter), highlighting a dire need for changes ahead of this year's "We played the way we wanted to play. That try illustrated the gulf in impetus between the two teams, with England lacking the alertness and physicality of their guests. It shows we're on the right path." France flexed their ingenuity for Ollivon's brace in particular, the back-rower nonchalantly reaching over England's ruck to dot down following Ramos' all-too-simple break and chip deep into enemy territory. "We got exposed today," he told Stand-in fly-half Smith briefly narrowed the lead with a paltry penalty soon after, only for France to hit back before the break. We probably have to be better in the contact area which is on the forwards." The Red Rose showed signs of blooming in an improved second half but was left with too much to do after heading in at the break 27-3 down. [Bristol](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bristol-rugby)'s [Ellis Genge](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/ellis-genge) said he 'wouldn't sugar coat' his analysis after standing in as captain for the absent Farrell, praising the "brilliant" Bleus while adding England "are way off where we want to be." Charles Ollivon, Thibaud Flament and Damian Penaud each scored two tries apiece as Les Bleus banked their first Six Nations win at Headquarters since 2005. [Steve Borthwick](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/steve-borthwick)'s [England](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/england-rugby-union-team) revolution stalled at Twickenham on Saturday after [France](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/france-rugby-union-team) flew to a record-breaking 53-10 [Six Nations](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/six-nations) win in hostile territory.

Wales scored four tries in a 29-17 win over Italy in Rome, climbing off the bottom of the Six Nations table at the hosts' expense.

Having ended a run of 36 games without a Six Nations win at the end of last season in the Welsh capital, Crowley’s team were hoping to triumph at home for the first time since 2013. For the first time since he returned as head coach at the start of the year, Gatland saw his players properly fired up, sticking to and executing the gameplan and looking more like a Gatland-coached side. The referee, Damon Murphy, not only ordered a penalty try, but also showed Cannone a yellow card. Liam Williams weaved his way to the line, bouncing off five defenders and then a decision by Wales captain Ken Owens to kick to the corner rather than taking three points delivered in spades. The crowd belted out the anthem to show their levels of expectation, but the early response simply wasn’t there on a wonderfully warm day at the Stadio Olimpico. Badgered by his four children to explain “Why are you No 21 Daddy, not No 9 any more?” he ensured they are more likely to be seeing him wearing single digits for the rest of this year, rather than a replacements jersey.

France player ratings: No matter what the fortunes of either side going into it, England-France in the Guinness Six Nations is always a...

Monstered [Ellis Genge](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/ellis-genge/) on 40 minutes which directly lead to Ollivon’s try. Sipili Faletea’s star turn two weekends ago wasn’t quite followed up here, with Genge getting into him at the setpiece. No quarter was shown to the English at the breakdown and the La Rochelle man won pretty much every moment in which he was involved. Did brilliantly at the less glamourous stuff, pouncing on a loose ball that had questionably popped out of an English ruck saving France’s jambon with English moving ominously towards their try line. Made a telling open-field contribution for France’s first try and got one of his own after accelerating onto a fine Dupont pop pass close to the English line. Latched onto Lewis Ludlum for a timely jackal that led to an attacking lineout for France. Used as an effective carry option twice in the opening three minutes. So effortlessly cool that he looks bored most of time. Bar one shanked effort, he kicked well with ball in hand. No box office moments this week even if his mere presence seemed to unnerve a feverish English midfield, who were suffering the effect of severe ball starvation. Showed his mettle in the frequent high-stakes kicking battles that littered the first half. Worryingly bad from England and frightening good at times from France.

Scrumhalf Rhys Webb produced a superb individual display in his first start for six years to inspire Wales to a 29-17 bonus-point victory over error-strewn.

“I thought we deserved to win today, and with the bonus point which was great,” Gatland told S4C. Webb was superb in controlling the game and his kick behind the Italian defence allowed Dyer to score the first try, though the wing was aided by a wicked bounce of the ball that wrong-footed the Italian defenders. Their two tries came from flanker Sebastian Negri and centre Juan Ignacio Brex.

England player ratings live from Twickenham: This was savage, a brutal record beating as England were blown away by France.

[Henry Arundell](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/henry-arundell/) – 3.5 Quickly upped the tempo and gave the assist for Steward. An awful day ended with Penaud leaving him for dead for the first of his late tries. Was the other player involved in not preventing the offload on halfway that got France up and running with their opening score. Similar to Sinckler, he badly fell foul of referee O’Keeffe in the opening 15 minutes and was always on the back foot from there. Looked to be improving during February, but this display was a dire collapse as he was outfought by the opposition grunt. First-time captain endured a horrible experience in which he contributed to his team’s slow start with a deflating 12th-minute knock-on. That gave the French a soft mark to clear from their 22. His 60-minute appearance went from bad to worse after that. No one could quibble that he didn’t deserve his place, but he was blown away here and hooked on 46 for Farrell. That tick has now been well and truly inked, the swashbuckling Les Bleus’ winning at English Rugby HQ for the first time since 2005. All that palaver was marked absent in a filthy rout where their back row essentially never got off the bus.

Wales boss Warren Gatland hailed the excellence of scrum-half Rhys Webb after their 29-17 Guinness Six Nations victory over Italy at Stadio Olimpico.

"Italy are where they are because of the way they have played over the last 10 years. It was a victory for the whole squad." It's very clear there was a tackle made, so there is a tackle line and their No 10 tackled Brex. "We fought our way back into it. I thought it was a great contribution by him." Wales captain Ken Owens said: "We will grow from this.

Following a 53-10 victory for France over England in their Six Nations fixture, here's our five takeaways from the game at Twickenham on Saturday.

Rugby is now a game of both physicality and brutality and without that sheer power, Test matches are particularly hard to win. It was England’s third worse defeat in their rugby history, their worst ever defeat at home and their biggest defeat to France. His task now is to learn the harsh lessons dished out by France, to try and find the power players to change the shape of the English backline, and above all, get some structure back into their performances. His personal stats might not show his influence on the match but every time England tried to fire it was he who barrelled them back, making four bone shattering dominant hits and acting as a fourth back-row forward around the breakdown. From the moment the outstanding Charles Ollivon created the first try with an exquisite offload to the last play of their attack that saw Damian Penaud scoot over for his brace, they were compelling and brilliant. It was a masterclass in controlled running rugby, showing every facet of France’s all round game and completely eviscerating Steve Borthwick’s rebuild project of his England side.

On one of the darkest days in English rugby history, France put on a clinic by running in seven tries in a record 53-10 humiliation of its cross-channel ...

“It is a bit of a mystery at the moment.” Ollivon's second try was somewhat farcical after England flyhalf Marcus Smith lost possession of the ball in his attempt to get back over his own tryline after retrieving a kick. From the moment Flament broke England’s flimsy defensive line in his own half to help set up a second-minute try by Thomas Ramos, the French looked a class apart. It was the team's third heaviest defeat ever, only surpassed by a 76-0 loss for a weakened touring lineup in Australia in 1998 and a 58-10 beating by South Africa in Bloemfontein in 2007. The Irish will look to extend their 100% record with a win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday. “It was a very special game for us," Flament said.

Reigning Six Nations champions France inflicted England's heaviest home defeat of all time with a crushing 53-10 win at Twickenham on Saturday.

Head coach insists he is under no illusions as to the size of the gap his side must bridge after Twickenham thrashing.

We’ve got to go away and understand what went wrong and how we can be better in that challenge going forward.” “We’re going to apply ourselves in every way, shape and form to make sure we give our best efforts to that,” he added. “It doesn’t matter in those terms of what I thought, it only matters where we are,” said Borthwick. I said we’d have a good understanding of where we’re at as a team after today, and you can see how much work we’ve got to do.” Borthwick has been quite happy to lay out the scale of transformation he must pull off to reverse England’s ailing fortunes. “No one is under any illusions as to what we need to do, I think we’ve been pretty up front with that throughout,” said Borthwick.

France kept alive its chances of retaining the Six Nations rugby title after a record, seven-try 53-10 humiliation of England at Twickenham fueled by two ...

“It is a bit of a mystery at the moment.” Ollivon’s second try was somewhat farcical after England flyhalf Marcus Smith lost possession of the ball in his attempt to get back over his own tryline after retrieving a kick. From the moment Flament broke England’s flimsy defensive line in his own half to help set up a second-minute try by Thomas Ramos, the French looked a class apart.

At Twickenham, London: France 53 (Thibaud Flament 2, Charles Ollivon 2, Damian Penaud 2, Thomas Ramos tries; Ramos 6 conversions, 2 penalties), England 10 ...

Ollivon's second try was somewhat farcical after England first five-eighth Marcus Smith lost possession of the ball in his attempt to get back over his own tryline after retrieving a kick. “It was a very special game for us,” Flament said. The Irish will look to extend their 100% record with a win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Sunday (Monday NZT). England has never conceded so many points in a home test match, or in the tournament’s 140-year history. *

Wales player ratings: Warren Gatland's Wales have been under fire so far this tournament, not favoured to win a basement battle with Italy.

[Dillon Lewis](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/dillon-lewis/) – 6.5 Cleaned up a lot of mess brilliantly including a late Italian lineout. Beard’s best performance for Wales in a while. [Dafydd Jenkins](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/dafydd-jenkins/) – 6.5 Fantastic to see Webb have a good game. Nailed an awesome 50/22 at the end of the first half. Timed a pass to Adams beautifully for a second-half break. Defensively very solid against one of the fastest attacking teams in the tournament. [Josh Adams](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/josh-adams/) – 6.5 Williams needed a solid performance and he delivered. Their performance against England was difficult to quantify, with Italy playing well but not winning – yet… Wales responded with an excellent performance and an unexpected bonus point win.

With the Six Nations Championship in full swing, it will soon be time for the Centenary Quaich to be fought for between Ireland and Scotland.

The Centenary Quaich is just one of several cups contested in the Six Nations Championship. Named after a Gaelic drinking vessel, the ‘Quaich’ has been presented to the winners of the Ireland versus Scotland fixture since 1989. The two teams battle it out every year to decide who will clinch the highly coveted trophy.

Wales boss Warren Gatland lauded scrum-half Rhys Webb for his stunning performance in their 29-17 win over Italy in Rome.

“Italy are where they are because of the way they have played over the last 10 years. It’s very clear there was a tackle made, so there is a tackle line and their 10 tackled Brex. They beat us in the aerial game. I thought it was a great contribution by him.” “We fought our way back into it. “We will grow from this.

Saturday was a dramatic evening that will live long in the memory, be it from the perspective of shambolic England or flamboyant France.

[Max Malins](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/max-malins/) on the wing is another alteration, as is [Manu Tuilagi](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/manu-tuilagi/) for Slade. [Maro Itoje](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/maro-itoje/) need the shock treatment of getting dropped in order to buck up in World Cup year? It was beautiful and that set the tempo for a contest in which the visitors racked up nine linebreaks to England’s one. [reaction to the six-point opening round loss to Scotland was to drop three players for the next day](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/marcus-smith-dropped-as-england-name-team-to-host-italy/), [Marcus Smith](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/marcus-smith/), [Joe Marchant](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/joe-marchant/) and [Ben Curry](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/ben-curry/) paying the price on that occasion, then he should be taking a sledgehammer to his selection after this latest loss and dropping eight or nine for next Saturday in Dublin. However, the margin of error at Test level is vastly smaller and the reputational damage being done to England is getting horrible. and yet they were blitzed in the one area where it mattered most – on the scoreboard. There’s no point in Borthwick going on about England having “three world-class out-halves” if [he keeps sending Ford home to Manchester on a Tuesday](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/smith-wins-ford-battle-but-england-update-is-bad-news-for-lawes/). However, Borthwick is just a single win from his three home games so far and if his appointment was designed to win back fans, [Alex Mitchell](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/alex-mitchell/) and his Jamison Gibson-Park-type energy into the starting side as young [Jack van Poortvliet is plodding along](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/england-player-ratings-vs-france-2023-guinness-six-nations/), mirroring how fellow youngster [Harry Randall](https://www.rugbypass.com/players/harry-randall/) fared in the team in last year’s championship. England hadn’t convincingly produced the brilliant basics that Steve Borthwick spent the whole of February prattling on about while France, given their champion pedigree of last year, were [always likely to sublimely click at some stage](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/france-player-rating-vs-england-2023-guinness-six-nations/) after an opening month of fits and starts displays. [from the perspective of shambolic England or flamboyant France](https://www.rugbypass.com/news/france-inflict-record-defeat-on-england-in-six-nations-humbling/). Their finishing was sublime given the greasy conditions, and their post-game celebrations were joyous and infectious.

Steve Borthwick admits his team "fell considerably short" against an impressive France side in their record 53-10 loss at Twickenham.

The players wanted to put in a big game against England.” We wanted to do something here. “France were able to dominate the tackle area and offload. “We played well, how we wanted to. We fell considerably short, that’s the reality. It shows just how much work we have to do.

France finally put an end to their Twickenham hoodoo as they ran away to a record 53-10 win over England.

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