That was followed by Scotland convincingly defeating Italy with a 31-19 scoreline thanks to heroics from Huw Jones. It was the same old story for England, as they gave up a half-time lead to succumb to a narrow 27-22 loss to Ireland.

England will be without Cadan Murley for Saturday's Six Nations match against France at Twickenham. Murley, 25, scored England's opener against Ireland in their 27-22 defeat in Dublin last weekend, but picked up a foot injury in the match,

Cadan Murley has emerged as a doubt for England’s Guinness Six Nations clash with France on Saturday because of a foot problem. Murley suffered the injury during the 27-22 defeat by Ireland in Dublin and was forced to miss the first training session of the week at the squad’s Surrey training base to continue rehabilitation.