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Speaking to ITV, England head coach Eddie Jones said: "It was nice driving to the ground and seeing all the white shirts and the spectators clapping wildly so we want to put on a good show for them today."

Asked what to expect of his side, Jones added: "Plenty of energy and some pace, particularly at the start and the end of the game. He [Harry Randall] will liven things up. He is a bit of a zip zip man. He plays well in the instinctive situations so we are hoping to create some opportunities for him.

"The game will need to break up for them [Randall and Marcus Smith] to be at their best but that is the job of the tight five to create a lot of go forward and for the outside backs to straighten up.

"Jack Nowell has really improved in the three weeks he has been with us. He has his bounce back and has looked really good.

"They [Italy] try to play a lot off contestable kicks. Paolo Garbisi is very good at diagonal kicks to his wingers and he is a smart player so he is dangerous to us."

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Italy head coach Kieran Crowley speaking to ITV: "We’re building, we have to construct an identity. Through that we can earn some respect and credibility, we have a physical challenge today and we have to try to put our game out on the paddock."

Following Saturday's results, France lead the way with two wins from two games.

Victory over Ireland means France are the only team who can win the Grand Slam in 2022.

The Irish are second after claiming a losing bonus point in Paris, while Scotland are third, despite defeat against Wales.

A bonus-point win for England today could take them above Scotland into second.

A proud moment for the Youngs family...

Could history be made this afternoon?

If Ben Youngs takes to the field at some stage he will equal the record for the most international caps won by an England player.

Cap number 114 will take him level with stalwart and former prop Jason Leonard.

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What about the Italian camp?

Here's head coach Kieran Crowley speaking earlier in the week: "At the moment, we have players that are coming through who are worthy of their position. And the good thing is that these young players don't actually have that baggage of being through 33 losses. Their positive attitude is rubbing off on others.

"We need to hang into games and be combative. In the past the Italian teams have fallen over in the last 20 minutes a little bit. That was the biggest disappointment from the last game."

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England will still be hurting after their narrow defeat at Murrayfield, but their trip to Rome offers them the opportunity to exercise some of those demons.

Eddie Jones' side have never lost to the Azzurri in the Six Nations, and they've scored a fair few points in the process...

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Defeat against an Italy side on a Six Nations losing streak of 33 matches is unlikely, but as Grand Slam champions England's loss to Italy in the Under-20s Six Nations on Friday showed: upsets happen.

England's recent Six Nations statistics do not make pleasant reading either. Jones' team have lost four of their past six matches in the tournament but with at least another month before the title is decided, all is not lost.

"We've been here before in 2020," lock Charlie Ewels told BBC Sport.

"We went away to the Stade de France and lost to a good French team, then we went on to win every game and win the tournament.

"A lot of this group has been through that experience recently and understands that it is a long tournament and it's still under our control and the next challenge is against Italy this weekend."

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England head coach Eddie Jones trusts his "emotionally connected" younger players to "light up" Rome on Sunday.

Jones has selected his greatest showmen, with number eight Alex Dombrandt, scrum-half Harry Randall and fly-half Marcus Smith expected to put on an exciting spectacle against Italy.

England lost their opening Six Nations game for the third year running as Scotland beat them 20-17 last weekend.

They will get the chance to settle their nerves against underdogs Italy.

Although the Azzurri showed improvement against France, they are surely unlikely to provide much of a challenge given they have not won in the tournament since 2015.

And so, Jones senses an opportunity.

It is a chance, at last, for some of the players who dazzle weekly in the Premiership to peddle their wares in a proper tournament.

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In case you missed the team news on Friday, here is how both sides will line-up:

Italy: Padovani; Mori, Brex, Zanon, Ioane; Garbisi, Varney; Fischetti, Lucchesi, Ceccarelli; Cannone, Ruzza; Steyn; Lamaro (capt), Halafihi.

Replacements: Faiva, Traore, Pasquali, Sisi, Negri, Pettinelli, Fusco, Marin.

England: Steward; Malins, Marchant, Slade, Nowell; Smith, Randall; Genge, George, Stuart, Ewels, Isiekwe, Itoje, Curry (capt), Dombrandt.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Marler, Sinckler, Chessum, Simmonds, Youngs, Ford, Daly

France lead the way...

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Wales bounce back...

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Can England respond..?

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Having lost their opening game against Scotland, Eddie Jones' side are in The Eternal City looking to get their campaign back on track.

Stay tuned to find out if they can...