"You are my guy now."

Is that what Steve Borthwick is telling Fin Smith here?

Smith is still only 22.

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That win means England have ended a run of three defeats in a row against France in the Six Nations.

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England head coach Steve Borthwick, speaking to ITV: "I'm delighted for the players and happy for the supporters who are always magnificent behind this team. It was a special atmosphere.

"You want things to happen instantly. This England team is going to be a good England team and there's a lot of talent.

"The ceiling is so high and what you've got to do is keep working hard.

"Today you saw somethings improve.

"Again bravery and courage with the ball - they're a team who want to score tries. We scored four tries against a brilliant French defence and restricted them to three tries.

"It was a great Test match - I'm sure everyone watching at home enjoyed it."

On Fin Smith: "Really pleased for him in his first start.

"Tom Willis, exceptional again. This is an evolving team and it is a young team - there's a high amount of potential."

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More from fly-half Fin Smith: "I think we just really backed ourselves. We knew we couldn't go into our shells.

"We had to keep playing and keep moving the ball.

"The French are an awesome outfit and I felt like they let us off the hook in the first half and we felt like momentum had to come to us at some point."

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Anyone have Fin Smith down as a British and Irish Lions bolter?

Not a bad year to put in that performance.

71 mins - Fin Baxter scores and Fin Smith puts England ahead by a point

74 mins - Louis Bielle-Biarrey scores his second try as France reclaim the lead

79 mins - Elliot Daly scores and Fin Smith adds the extras to clinch a dramatic victory

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Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

If England knock it out the park they have a chance.

That's the narrative of the day.

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England captain Maro Itoje, speaking to ITV: "It was a blur.

"For large parts of the game we weren't as accurate as we wanted to be. I will take responsibility for the line-outs not being as accurate as we wanted them to be.

"One thing I love is we'll fight for each other, and we are going to believe in each other.

"We were brave - that's the foundation of what we want to be doing going forward.

"I am delighted for this team, for the fans, thanks for staying with us. We are going to build from here."

On future games: "We need to be consistent throughout the game. We need to be accurate and when we have opportunities we need to capitalise on them, but what I love about this team is we are going to fight.

"We want this to be the foundation of us, and thanks so much for the support.

"Allianz was rocking today!"

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England fly-half Fin Smith on being the player of the match: "Happy with it, I felt like a rabbit in the headlights in the first half.

"But I found my feet in the end, and I am delighted with the win more than anything but this is cool for a first start anyway."

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I asked if Fin Smith is now England's fly-half. The outcome was clear...

Not even Antoine Dupont could save France.

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Six Nations player of the match Fin Smith: "It was back and forth.

"We have lost plenty of games and luckily this one went our way today. It was far from perfect but that group fought for it.

"We kept giving ourselves another shot and, we got ourselves over the line in the end. Unbelievable atmosphere, I am delighted with that."

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Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

We saw unbelievable character and fight from this England side.

A vintage performance.

England have now won six of their past 14 Tests, but only one other victory came against a top-four side - Ireland in last year's Six Nations.

A massive win for Steve Borthwick against one of the world's best.

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Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

England needed it. They needed the big win. Nobody saw this coming.

We have got to be honest, that first half England were lucky as France had so many opportunities, but we have been to too many of these games.

You have got to make the most of your opportunities and England did that.

England looked threatening, they looked dangerous.

My goodness, did they have to work for it.

Fin Smith has been named player of the match. The fly-half grabbed control of the second half, took over the kicking and dragged England over the line.

Is he the number 10 now? Hit the thumbs.

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Chris Ashton
Former England wing on BBC Radio 5 Live

There is a lot of pressure on Steve Borthwick.

The team have managed to get the job done. He will be so pleased.

Fin Smith was influential and grew into the game.

He had a shaky start, but he did it and he's managed to take over the kicking role.

He found the pass at the end for the important try - he had a really good game.

Chris Jones
BBC rugby union correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live

Jubilation all around the stadium. England know the significance of that win!

Matt Dawson
2003 World Cup winner on BBC Radio 5 Live

What a maul!

Driving hard with the ball at the back. It looked like France had got their hands on it.

England. Wow. Talk about impact from the bench. What a difference a week makes.