England has consigned ailing rival Wales to a 17th straight loss with a record 10-try 68-14 drubbing in the Six Nations in Cardiff.

It is fear that England players are meant to feel on their journeys west, a raw and primeval terror of having their reputations torched in the white heat of the Cardiff cauldron. As Long as We Beat the English: that was the ditty written by the Stereophonics especially for this duel in 1999,

Ireland. France is four points behind England and will clinch the title with a win of any kind over the Scots. England exits the tournament on a high whatever happens in the French capital with four wins from five.