The decibels rise inside the Stadio Olimpico. Owen Farrell with the cute grubber and England earn a line-out inside the Italy 22... A safe set-piece and Luther Burrell charges into midfield. The visitors recycle possession... but it's a terrible pass from Danny Care which has his backline backpedalling.

Andy Robinson
Ex-England and Scotland coach in Rome on BBC One

"All the talk has been about what England are going to do. But Italy have come out and been accurate about what they're doing. They have been dominant in the scrum.

Sturdy scrummaging by Italy and England's forwards are penalised for standing up. Chris Robshaw chats to Mako Vunipola while Luciano Orquera prepares to aim at the posts and he hits it true.

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Paul Grayson
Former England fly-half on BBC Radio 5 live

"It is an interesting game from Italy's point of view. They are a developing team, 12 of their starting 15 play their rugby in Italy, so they are starting to develop a sense of identity. A lot of their players, particularly in the backline, are 20, 21 years old and that is fantastic."

Tom Fordyce
BBC chief sports writer in Rome

"For all the wild talk of 50-point winning margins, England will expect the first half to be tight and ferocious. As Ireland found in Dublin last week, when Italy held them to 7-7 at half-time, it is the third quarter when the gaps and tired shoulders will appear, and the fourth when superior fitness and form should count."

That giant orb in the sky directing its rays into Mike Brown's eyes but the irrepressible full-back comfortably deals with the high ball and also calls for the mark. This contest evenly poised. Italy continue with the ball of testing England's defence with the high ball and, having described Brown as irrepressible, he goes on to fumble a subsequent up and under. Michael...

A bone-crunching tackle by Robert Barbieri on Dylan Hartley and the England hooker coughs up possession, which gives Italy an opportunity to attach from the scrum near the halfway line.

Andy Robinson
Ex-England and Scotland coach in Rome on BBC One

"If England are to win big then they have got to play with real tempo and also break this Italian forward pack."

A short, sharp shrill of Pascal Gauzere's whistle gets the match started and within seconds England have a line-out inside Italy's half which they win to set the forwards rolling.

Italy: 15-Luke McLean, 14-Angelo Esposito, 13-Michele Campagnaro, 12-Gonzalo Garcia, 11-Leonardo Sarto, 10-Luciano Orquera, 9-Tito Tebaldi; 1-Matias Aguero, 2-Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3-Lorenzo Cittadini, 4-Quintin Geldenhuys, 5-Marco Bortolami, 6-Joshua Furno, 7-Robert Barbieri, 8-Sergio Parisse (captain)

Replacements: 16-Davide Giazzon, 17-Michele Rizzo, 18-Alberto de Marchi, 19-George Biagi, 20-Paul Derbyshire, 21-Edoardo Gori, 22-Tommy Allan, 23-Andrea Masi

England: 15-Mike Brown,, 14-Jack Nowell, 13-Luther Burrell, 12-Billy Twelvetrees, 11-Jonny May, 10-Owen Farrell, 9-Danny Care; 1-Mako Vunipola, 2-Dylan Hartley, 3-David Wilson, 4-Joe Launchbury, 5-Courtney Lawes, 6-Tom Wood, 7-Chris Robshaw (captain), 8-Ben Morgan

Replacements: 16-Tom Youngs, 17-Matt Mullan, 18-Henry Thomas, 19-Dave Attwood, 20-Tom Johnson, 21-Lee Dickson, 22-George Ford, 23-Manu Tuilagi

Spine-tingling stuff at the Stadio Olimpico. The anthems were sung with zeal and the first match of this final day is nearly under way.

Scott Hunt:, external I disagree with Sir Clive Woodward. The only way England can lose this game is by going for 50+ points. Respect Italy. Just win the game.

Sarah C. Robinson:, external I'm in an Irish pub in Paris, dressed in French colours supporting England, having travelled here with an Irish family.

Clint Hayes:, external Cheering on England, but couldn't begrudge a perfect retirement present for O'Driscoll.

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This is the seventh occasion in which Italy have gone into the fifth round of fixtures having lost their first four games. They have twice avoided a whitewash (in 2008 and 2012).

England have lost on the last day of the Championship in two of the last three years.

England remain the only side that Italy have not registered a victory against in the Six Nations.

England head coach Stuart Lancaster on BBC One: "We have got to build on our foundations. We have got to get those right and then I believe we can open the game up in the second half."

Sir Clive Woodward
Former England coach in Rome on BBC One

"The most important message is that there is no prize for coming second in this tournament. England have got to assume that Ireland will win against France, and have got to go for 50-plus points against Italy."

Deep breaths from England captain Chris Robshaw as he leads his players onto the field. Thousands of Red Rose fans have made the trip to the Italian capital and their reward for such loyalty is beautiful sunshine.

It is also a glorious day in the Eternal City and, for the fourth season in a row, England fans have a shot at the title on the last weekend.

England have won all 19 meetings with the Azzurri but their last three victories in Rome have come by a combined margin of just 13 points. Last year's 18-11 victory at Twickenham was also far from convincing so perhaps an England win is not a foregone conclusion.

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The sun is beating down in the Welsh capital yet the roof will be closed for Wales against Scotland. That has left former Scotland scrum-half and BBC pundit Andy Nicol puzzled.

Nicol, already in position in Cardiff, tweets, external: Beautiful morning in Cardiff, why are they shutting the roof?

Andy Nicol
Former Scotland scrum-half

"After a rollercoaster of a Six Nations, Scotland travel to Cardiff with nothing to lose and that will make them dangerous opponents for Wales. Since the horrible performance against England, Scotland have played some pretty good rugby, scoring two good tries against both Italy and France, and they only lost to France because of an interception try."