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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Daniel Gallan

England 47-24 Italy: Six Nations 2025 – as it happened

Marcus Smith of England celebrates scoring his team's fourth try.
Marcus Smith of England celebrates scoring his team's fourth try. Photograph: Dan Mullan/RFU/The RFU Collection/Getty Images

Match report

“It wasn’t perfect by any means,” says Jamie George who raised his bat for a 100 caps for his country today.

He played well. Earlier in the week he said he wasn’t sure if his England career was over after he lost the armband, but he stood up well.

Hopefully he’ll read Rob Kitson’s report that has just landed. I hope you do as well.

Thanks for joining me. Til next time…

Updated

Here’s a smiling Maro Itoje:

We wanted to get five points, we wanted to win the game. As always with games of rugby we wanted to be more dominant and tidy our defence. But by and large we’re happy.

We wanted to move the ball, find space, be more aggressive with ball in hand and we were today.

We just have to do what we have to do. Wales playing England in Cardiff is a massive game. It’s a tough place to go.

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