ENGLAND 57 ITALY 14
Results: England 57, Italy 14; Scotland 11, Wales 18.
Guinness Six Nations table P W D L 4 4 0 0 4 3 0 1 3 2 0 1 4 1 0 3 3 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 Wales England Ireland Scotland France Italy
F 89 146 68 67 54 65
A 58 63 61 87 78 142
B Pts 0 16 3 15 1 9 2 6 2 6 0 0 right wing and he drew his man to give Robson a simple try, before Shields completed the rout with a simple score from close range.
Fiji-born Cokanasiga, 21, was winning only his fourth cap for England.
He told ITV Sport: “After Wales, we wanted to react to that, come together as a squad, and that’s what we did.
“I just wanted to take this opportunity with both hands. This gives us confidence, a chance to build, and that’s what we want to do.”
England coach Eddie Jones as ever tempered praise with some criticism. “Yes, it was a good response after Wales,” he said. “We left a bit out there, there’s a bit disappointment with certain aspects but we are looking forward to Scotland.
“We used the whole 23 today, we could have used the finishers better against Wales, and that was my fault, but they all made a contribution today
“Benny Teo and Manu Tuilagi are good players, and Joe Cokanasiga is only going to improve. We are so blessed to have Brad Shields and Mark Wilson who can play six, there is great competition for places for next week.”
He did however, have encouragement for Cokanasiga.
“It’s not so much his size, it’s what he does with his size.
“We don’t have to worry about the title race, that’s for the media to talk about. Scotland have had a poor Six Nations so we’ll have to be at our best.”
“Next week will be like a grand final, it’ll be exciting. We cannot control what happens in the other game, but we can control what happens against Scotland.
“There were no foxes out there, there was no need for fox hunting today, so we could just play some rugby.”
Italy head coach Conor O’shea on BBC Radio 5 Live: “That was an incredibly powerful England performance.
“We tried to play and we created a lot when we had the opportunity, but there was too much power out there.
“I’m immensely proud of all of these boys because they never stopped trying.
“We’ll reset easily before France. We’ll see what we’ve got in terms of players upright.
“What you saw out there was a lot of people who played until the end. I wouldn’t get too carried away with the scoreline against us. It was straight oneon-one tackles that cost us dearly but there were some individuals who put in an incredible shift for us.”