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England’s head coach Eddie Jones expects Saturday’s top of the bill tussle with France to be another war, and few would argue against that. The 2016 Grand Slam winners start the defence of their Six Nations crown looking to build on a special effort last year.

The Red Rose are eager to extend their winning run, and are well fancied to achieve that at Twickenham against their bitter rivals. The French haven’t been given much of a chance, going on the pre-match odds, but I would be shocked if they came here and were ironed out. England have a couple of major injury worries to contend with and I am having France +13 points on the handicap at 10/11.

Italy no pushovers

The Italians are famed for going home with the wooden spoon, but they are improving year-on-year and are no longer the whipping boys of the class. That was proven again last year when pushing France close in week one, before losing 23-21, and they aim to force home the message when hosting Wales.

The Italians won’t go anywhere near winning the Six Nations, that feat is still some way off, but they can’t, and won’t, be simply ignored any more. Everyone in Rome will be buzzing following Italy’s first ever win over South Africa recently, injecting real confidence and belief into Azzurri. Our sports traders are giving them a 12-point head-start and I expect they’ll stay within that at 10/11.

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