England are looking to rebuild their Guinness Six Nations title defence when they host Italy on Saturday.
Here the PA news agency examines five talking points heading into the Twickenham showdown.
Right on the money
Eddie Jones has guaranteed England are ready for Italy, declaring "we're right on the money". It comes after the highest paid coach in international rugby returned to a well-worn theme following the Calcutta Cup catastrophe by blaming himself for failing to adequately prepare the team to face Scotland. Defeat by the Azzurri is unthinkable – one bookmaker views England as 1/1000 favourites – so overwhelming evidence that the Scots' first victory at Twickenham since 1983 was just a blip is required.
Missed opportunity
Italy's sequence of 28 consecutive Six Nations defeats is a blight on the Championship and as 80-1 underdogs it would take the biggest upset in red rose history for that run to come to an end on Saturday. Former Wales captain Sam Warburton has added his voice to calls for the introduction of promotion and relegation into the tournament via a play-off game, most likely against Georgia, stating that Italy are "just not good enough to compete at this level". It is hard to argue otherwise.
