Italy win another penalty from the line-out and still look for the try, piling on some pressure for France to withstand. they are within four or five metres, but very narrow. 

He does look like a man who is fed up with people taking his photo though.

Italy have lost their defensive discipline and the players show the first sign of losing actual discipline as the forwards clash at the breakdown. Italy hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini was in the thick of it but referee Ben O'Keeffe calms it down. Italy kick for the corner. 

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Billy Vunipola is back into the England fold this afternoon, on a formidable bench that also includes brother Mako, Jamie George, Ben Te'o, Danny Care and Anthony Watson.

The Saracens number eight has given a corker of an interview to the Times, external in the build-up to today's game.

This is his take on social-media love dramas: 

"There’s people suffering in the world and we’re worrying about that. If I walked down the street, I’d probably find 85 per cent of people attractive. So what?" 

And his injury rehab downtime? 

"I’ve been catching up with family, with mates from school, going out and buying them tequila so I could watch them get drunk. It’s been nice to be normal for a while, like everyone else. I miss normal people.”

France are piling on the pain now as Virimi Vakatawa breaks a powder-puff tackle right in front of the posts to walk in for five more. 

It's easy.

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Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer at Twickenham

England arrive at Twickenham. All stare intently to gauge Owen Farrell's limp.

Louis Picamoles beats one man, he always seems to, and a great offload has hooker Guilhem Guirado sniffing the tryline, but he's brought down.

France are offered the chance of a penalty but they kick for the corner. Winding up the pressure. 

The early signs are not good for Italy, but very good for France. They are driving through at will almost now, the Italian defence looking ragged and stretched. 

A bad start to the half for Italy, no strangers to a second-half whacking, and that lead is already up to eight points for France. Gael Fickou breaks the line again, so easy for him, and sends in wing Virimi Vakatawa to run it from 60m+...

Great tackle by Edoardo Padovani! Try saver from the Italian full-back. 

Italy are pinged for a high tackle on Rabah Slimani, and Camille Lopez makes no mistake.

France try scorer in the first half Gael Fickou spots a gap on the right wing and almost collects his own kick to get in again. Very nearly a score for the visitors, who have started the second half quickly. 

it looks like it.

Our 5 live man at Twickenham has been on arrivals duties and Owen Farrell - a doubt with a leg injury - was front and centre as England disembarked the bus.

Away we go in the Rome sunshine. 

If France win this, and Scotland beat England later, and Italy win in Edinburgh next week, and Ireland beat England in Dublin, with no bonus points, then France can be champions.

Easy if you say it fast...

Both tries in that first half came as a result of the defending side being too slow to smell the danger. As fatigue sets in there could be more scores to come.

You get a bonus point for scoring four or more remember. 

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Any hope of an Italy comeback? Not if previous history is anything to go by.

The Azzurri have lost 54 of their 55 previous Six Nations games when they have trailed by five points or more at half-time.

A win against Scotland in 2008 is the only exception.

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Scotland attack coach Jason O'Halloran says that Scotland have not got enough credit for their performance so far in the Six Nations.

"Apparently everyone we've beaten has had a bad day. It's patronising at times. I think it's a bit of a hangover from the past," he told BBC Sport.

O'Halloran - who turned down the chance to be Lions attack coach this summer in favour of getting to know his new post at Glasgow - has overseen eight Six Nations games with Scotland.

In those they have scored 18 tries, more than they had scored in the previous 15 Six Nations games.