Italy vs England LIVE: Six Nations latest updates, scores and results with France vs Ireland to decide title
Follow the latest updates from the final day of the 2020 Six Nations Championship as England, Ireland and France battle for the title
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest updates from the final day of the Six Nations after England moved top of the table with a 34-5 bonus-point win over Italy, with France’s clash with Ireland at the Stade de France to decide the destination of this year’s title.
Two tries from England centurion Ben Youngs helped his side secure the bonus point they desperately needed, with Jamie George also scoring on his 50 cap for his country. Tom Curry’s try in the second half secured the crucial bonus point, with Henry Slade adding a fifth for good measure.
It means that England have one hand on the trophy, but will have to wait for the result in the final game of the championship to know if they have clinched the title for the first time since 2017, as if Ireland beat France by six points - so long as they score a try - or by seven points, they will beat England to top spot, while a bonus-point win would also be enough for the Irish.
35 mins: Italy 5-10 England
England get the shove on in the scrum, resulting in a turnover penalty, and the big whooping and celebrations from England irk the Italian forwards that gives them another 10 metres on the penalty. Slade uses his left boot to find touch before halfway, and England escape.
Underhill meanwhile is still bleeding profusely from his head, and Ben Earl comes on with the flanker needing more attention.
34 mins: Italy 5-10 England
Italy get another brilliant driving maul former, although Hill and Itoje are quickly onto the ball, and although the maul is driven over the line ther’es no way it’s going to be grounded. That said, it’s over the line and that means Italy get the put-in for the scrum.
33 mins: Italy 5-10 England
Italy win another penalty and they’re getting stuck into this, with Mako Vunipola judged to have pulled down a driving maul that was really going places. Tasting blood, Italy go to the corner…
31 mins: Italy 5-10 England
It all kicks off as Itoje is penalised for jumping into the opposite line at the lineout, and the two sets of forwards square up just as Hill returns to the affray. There’s nothing in it, and Italy have a penalty that they send to touch inside the English 22.
30 mins: Italy 5-10 England
As the game pauses to allow Underhill to get treatment on a fairly large cut to his head, here’s a look at the opening Ben Youngs try…
27 mins: Italy 5-10 England
Italy kick deep to Watson, who plays it in-field to Furbank, and the full-back does well to beat replacement Mori - who’s on for Padovani’s HIA - to find touch well inside the Italian half. That could help settle the Northampton Saints back.
25 mins: Italy 5-10 England
A spot of aerial pingpong ends with Watson firing the ball into touch with a nice effort that just edges into the Italian half, but that rampant start has rather faded, hasn’t it? Instead, England will hope to get through these 10 minutes without conceding.
22 mins: Italy 5-10 England
Hill is in trouble here, and it’s going to be a yellow card for direct contact to the head. He’s only saved because Underhill’s tackle on Padovani first knocked him off-balance, which proved a crucial mitigating factor, but England are down to 14.
22 mins: Italy 5-10 England
The TMO calls for a check as Padovani is down injured, and I think I spotted a high tackle in there from England’s Jonny Hill that may have caught him in the head. It’s going to be checked…
20 mins: Italy 5-10 England
Well I did say England were trying to force it a tad. The exit their 22 well, with Itoje taking the lineout, and the lock does brilliant to dive on a loose ball and win possession back for England. However, Sinckler takes his eye off the ball and spills it into the hands of Canna, who again breaks and quickly passes to Jake Polledri, with the Gloucester No 8 smashing through Youngs and romping away from cover man Jamie George to score in the corner. Garbisi misses the conversion but Italy are on the board.
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