Six Nations Grand Slam: Is This the Start of an England Renaissance?

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Published: March 7, 2013

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The finishing line for the 2013 Six Nations tournament is almost in sight and we can look forward to a thrilling last few match weekends.

We have one team within a shout of the Grand Slam—England, which still face a couple of big mountains. Meanwhile the race to avoid the Wooden Spoon is proving equally exciting this year.

There is no arguing that England has been the best side so far during the tournament.

They go into this weekend with three wins to their name against Scotland, Ireland and France, and they need just two more for their first Grand Slam since 2003. Stuart Lancaster’s men have shown their class and resilience during the first three games and they face Italy this weekend with every chance of making it four straight wins.

The Italians head to Twickenham with little hope, having won just one of their three games and most expect England to secure the victory with relative ease.

If England sweep aside Italy as predicted, it would set up a blockbuster last-weekend clash away in Cardiff against the Wales to win the Grand Slam.

Wales would love nothing more than to stop their biggest rivals completing the clean sweep, which they themselves won last year. After losing their opening game to Ireland, Wales have come back to form over the last few games with two successive wins on the road over France and Italy.

They are still harboring hopes of defending their crown.

Wales do have the small matter of playing Scotland in Edinburgh to deal with before the England clash, though, and that match is likely to be make-or-break for both sides.

The Scots have also picked up two wins to date and a win for them against Wales would all but constitute their best performance since the inception of the Six Nations in 2000. Scotland last won the competition when it was the Five Nations, back in 1999.

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