After a penalty granted England easy entry into the Welsh 22, a nifty maul manoeuvre created room on the fringes. There was a suspicion of a knock on as the ball popped up to Itoje, but the officials saw no reason to disallow the score once the visiting skipper had biffed through inside three minutes.

England produced one of their best performances for years to crush hapless Wales by a record 68-14 scoreline on Saturday to finish the Six Nations on a high and retain a chance of winning the title should France fail to beat Scotland later.

England has kept alive its Six Nations rugby title hopes by running in seven tries in a bonus-point 47-24 win over Italy at Twickenham that extended its perfect all-time test record against the Azzurri.