Maestri goes on a charge, and Spedding makes a half-break. Dusautoir finds a hole and goes through it, desperate tackling by England, the Twickenham crowd hushed for the moment. Great offload from Guirado, Mermoz in under the posts... splendid hands from the French hooker there, out of the back of the hand. Plisson kicks the conversion, England lead by five and they need to lead by 26...

Ford gets us under way, before kicking directly into touch a couple of phases later, France line-out...

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC One

"I'm scared. The England team is confident.

"When the opposition is confident, you are 'thinking what is going to happen?' That is a problem."

Players are back out, we have portentous music, we will have some play in a minute...

Ade Williams: Please can we all stop moaning about the TMO? Today has shown that it is needed more than ever!

David Stubbs: On a plane about to take off. What cruel timing.

Ash Brewer: Would love to see Nigel Owens referee a football match. Football really could learn a lot.

I believe we have the results in from the vote and 84% of you think Ireland will win the title, 16% of you England. England, remember, must win by 26.

Brian Moore
Former England hooker on BBC One

"England may have thought this points haul would be enough, but they will be disappointed.

"Let's be fair to France, they have made the most of England's mistakes.

"England have done so much better with the ball in hand. They need to cut out this ineffectual kicking."

Times rugby correspondent Owen Slot:, external Preposterous, brilliant, non-stop nonsensical game. England cannot work out whether to be disastrous or sensational.

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Richard Bellars: Bonkers first half of rugby! Brilliantly nail-biting and entertaining rollercoaster. What next?

Matthew Brown: Cracking end to the half by England. Let's get an early try in the second half and we're on.

Kritt Normsaskul: Unless going for touch, England must stop these aimless kicking downfield!

Narns in Edinburgh: As more of a football fan than rugby, I absolutely loved that just after the try. A gentlemanly chat with Mike Brown calling the ref 'sir'. No surrounding the referee here or players acting like children. Would love to see that come into football, but it will never happen.

As great as the rugby has been today - and it certainly has - it's also a great example of why teams don't play fast and loose like this all the time. You take too many chances, you can get taken apart.

Phil Keith: It'll be a big team talk at half-time now. Come on you Whites.

Carl Jones: This rugby today has been fantastic! It's like watching a sevens tournament!

Paul Smith: The play has been too broken up by both the referee and the TMO and it's not necessarily to England's advantage.

Sir Clive Woodward
Former England coach on BBC One

"It's on for England. The dressing room will be very positive now. They just need to keep hold of the ball and France are about to unravel."

Matt Dawson
Former England scrum-half on 5 live

"It is just complete chaos out there. England had complete control in the first 10 minutes, but I think they got carried away with the early try and the enthusiasm of the crowd. France profited on them overplaying.

"The energy expended in the first half will come back to haunt both teams in the second half. The benches will be very important. Both teams will need fresh legs."

If you want a half-time recap, try-wise, you can click on the highlights tab at the top of this page. Or, you can get angry about things that aren't actually that important and have a row on Twitter.

Nowell under a high one from Spedding and here comes Watson... Ford with a cheeky kick and it appears as if Joseph is pulled back by Mermoz, but it's only a scrum. The man upstairs is getting very involved today, here he is chipping in again and it's an England penalty. Ford going for goal... makes it, England have a 12-point lead at half-time and they need a 26-point lead to overhaul Ireland and win the title...

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Joe Darby: Football could learn a thing or two from the way rugby is officiated.

Wales Online rugby correspondent Simon Thomas: Nigel Owens is refereeing this so well.

Ollie in Durham: Love seeing Nigel Owens tell Robshaw and Dusautoir off like little school boys.

Claire Scott: I love Nigel Owens! If I was a player, I wouldn't argue with him.