England's Riot Club Focus On Fine-tuning After Walloping Wales

Whether it was a deliberate, pointed pick, we'll ne'er know.

But arsenic Wales' replacements jogged retired up of their squad for nan commencement of nan 2nd half, nan Allianz Stadium DJ launched into nan Kaiser Chiefs' noughties shout-a-along 'I Predict a Riot'.

At 29-0 up, it wasn't nan boldest forecast.

And successful nan end, Wales showed capable conflict and value to forestall England vandalising their nationalist pridefulness arsenic they did successful Cardiff past March.

But, by immoderate measure, England's 48-7 win was a walloping.

Ball successful hand, they made astir doubly nan metres of nan visitors.

Wales were spinning for illustration tops successful defence, chasing backmost aft 16 line-breaks. The visitors made only six successful nan other direction

England had almost 60% of territory. By 25 minutes in, Wales had a decimal constituent of hope. At best.

Afterwards caput coach Steve Borthwick thought nan scoreline stat should person been moreover much lopsided successful England's favour.

"I thought we defended exceptionally well, we kicked really good and we scored immoderate bully tries, but I deliberation we near a batch retired location connected nan grass.," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"We'll reappraisal this crippled and opportunity there's a load of things we could do a batch better. Those are nan things we request to measurement up adjacent week.

"Second half we were successful nan 22 a batch but didn't travel distant pinch points connected arsenic galore occasions arsenic we'd person liked."

Ultimately, England made capable instrumentality to nan scoreboard to beryllium atop of nan Six Nations array aft information one.

More absorbing than nan early-stage standings to Borthwick will beryllium nan lessons, albeit it constricted and caveated by nan value of nan opposition, that he tin take.

Henry Arundell, each low-slung powerfulness and top-end speed, inevitably took nan headlines aft helping himself to a first-half hat-trick.

The 23-year-old, who, arsenic a teenager, scored a effort pinch his first touch of nan shot successful nan Test game, has a sky-high world strike-rate.

In 12 Tests, he has 11 tries.

That stat is inflated by 5 against Chile successful nan past Rugby World Cup, arsenic good arsenic Saturday's work, but his expertise to move a half-break into a afloat 5 points is precious.

When Fraser Dingwall scooped up and shovelled nan shot to him for England's 4th effort of nan afternoon, nan screen was instantly blow-torched.

Arundell's betterment nether nan precocious shot this play - astir notably successful Bath's triumph complete Saracens other Noah Caluori - and defence, are qualities that person been coached into him. His fast-twitch physicality, though, is an expertise beyond anyone's gift.

With nan magnitude of slapped-back kick-chase and consequent broken-field chaos successful nan modern game, it is simply a much of a lethal limb than ever.