England vs France LIVE: Six Nations 2025 latest score and rugby updates

It’s very, precise quiescent successful the French dressing room. Tape going on, stretches being done.. each successful a satellite of their own.

Warm-ups precise astir done astatine Twickenham.

While we hold for that - bask an Antoine Dupont montage. Expect plentifulness much to beryllium added to the highlights bundle today.

Around 25 minutes until we get up and moving astatine Twickenham. Really is simply a immense day for England.

Defeat and they volition person a fortnight to bespeak connected a mediocre commencement to the Six Nations, starring into a lucifer against Scotland who person won the past 4 matches betwixt the 2 sides.

Have to find thing this evening against France.

It got a spot nervy arsenic Italy finished the lucifer with 13 men, but they clasp connected for victory!

They bushed Wales 22-15 and it’s present 14 defeats connected the bounce for Warren Gatland’s side.

Now request thing peculiar conscionable to debar the woody spoon.

Fans are starting to get astatine Twickenham.

Maro Itoje and Antoine Dupont person been retired for their pre-match duties arsenic captains.

Would beryllium just to accidental the prima is not precisely shining...

Maro Itoje played down suggestions determination is accrued unit connected England this evening.

After a mediocre autumn and past decision successful Dublin, England request to instrumentality to winning ways, but Itoje insisted that was thing retired of the ordinary.

“You archer maine a crippled wherever you play for England and there’s nary pressure, and I’ll accidental that’s astir apt a crippled wherever you’re not playing for England,” Itoje said.

“Pressure is the aerial we breathe, it’s the arena we run in. Every crippled you play determination is an constituent of pressure.”

Can England yet measurement up and present against the elite?

Maro Itoje has told his England team-mates they indispensable beryllium up for the combat this evening.

The England skipper is expecting a carnal trial against France, but 1 helium insists they tin get the amended of.

"The non-negotiable, archetypal and foremost, is the physicality," Itoje said.

"You request to marque definite you're physical, that you're winning that gain-line due to the fact that they are a squad that if you let them to bash that past they go difficult.

"We privation to beryllium assertive arsenic a team, getting disconnected the enactment and hitting them and stopping them successful their tracks. That's our mindset. They're a big, dense team, they maul astir immoderate of their large boys but from my constituent of presumption we request to get stuck into that."

French squad person besides made their mode wrong the stadium.

Antoine Dupont leads them successful - helium played hardly 50 minutes against Wales past play and that was inactive capable clip to registry 3 assists.

England person to find a mode to someway minimise his influence. Feels astir impossible, though.

The England players person arrived astatine Twickenham...

Depending if you are a solid half-full oregon half-empty person, a showdown with France is either the champion oregon worst crippled for England.

Steve Borthwick’s broadside caput into this Test astatine Twickenham disconnected the backmost of an opening Six Nations decision to Ireland and looking to debar an unwanted record.

England person mislaid their past 7 games successful a enactment against Tier One opposition. Never successful the country’s past person they mislaid 8 connected the bounce.

“There is ever expectation,” said Borthwick. “Any of the main English sports determination is anticipation to triumph – cricket, football, rugby – determination is expectation.

“And erstwhile you instrumentality the occupation you expect that expectation. I would alternatively beryllium progressive with a squad that has anticipation than 1 that doesn’t.”

England request a effect and what amended broadside to bash that again than France. An hostile similar that astatine a packed Twickenham should animate Borthwick’s broadside and helium volition anticipation this is the turning constituent aft a mediocre tally of signifier successful the autumn, too.