NICK CAIN ASSESSES THE ANSWERS ENGLAND MUST PROVIDE AGAINST ITALY TODAY

IF England stick with the excuse-ridden mindset post- Murrayfield that they were unlucky to lose against Scotland, then their assignment against Italy in Rome this afternoon could prove more problematic than it should.
An opening-round defeat in the third Six Nations in succession demands a ruthless response against a young Italy side that sends an unequivocal message to Wales, Ireland, and France that England’s final quarter implosion in Edinburgh was an aberration.
They have to overrun Italy in a way that the Fr...