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ENGLAND: For all their protestations to the contrary, England have a thing about Cardiff. The Red Rose is always liable to be vaporised there and when an English team last ran riot at the Millennium Stadium, some years ago, one visiting player claimed a Welsh fan head-butted the team coach — not Clive Woodward, the bus. Current head honcho Stuart Lancaster says they have learnt the lessons of the last time, when they crossed the border on a Grand Slam and ended up victims of a serious mugging. If England are smart they will play a 10-man game in Cardiff this time.

Despite a savage injury toll, England will still have a formidable pack backed by a class act in George Ford. They also still have a running sore in midfield, exaggerated without Manu Tuilagi and his wrecking ball.