Wales 12 England 46

England smashed Wales 46-12 at Twickenham to keep alive their hopes of winning the first ever Six Nations Grand Slam and extend Wales' losing streak at the home of English rugby to six matches.

England ran in five unopposed tries, from hooker Phil Greening, wing Ben Cohen and a back-row hat-trick for Neil Back, Richard Hill, and Lawrence Dallaglio to stay ahead in the championship with three straight wins.

England fly-half Jonny Wilkinson added 21 points to eclipse Neil Jenkins' three penalties and a drop goal as England celebrated prop Jason Leonard's 80th cap, only bettered in an England shirt by winger Rory Underwood.

Wales' were led by David Young, who broke Graham Price's 42-cap record for a Welsh prop.

But any hopes of repeating the Scott Gibbs-inspired 32-31 victory of last year were shattered by another heavyweight performance from England's pack, inspired by man-of-the-match Greening, allied to a potent back line always looking to attack the spaces.

England last achieved a Grand Slam of championship victories in 1995, but with wins already against Ireland and France and with tournament newcomers Italy and wooden-spoon candidates Scotland left to play, the favourites are on course to prove that the World Cup quarter-final elimination was only a blip in their development.

The Teams:

Wales:  1 Peter Rogers, 2 Garin Jenkins, 3 Dai Young (c), 4 Craig Quinnell, 5 Chris Wyatt, 6 Colin Charvis, 7 Brett Sinkinson, 8 Scott Quinnell, 9 Rob Howley, 10 Neil Jenkins, 11 Shane Williams, 12 Allan Bateman, 13 Mark Taylor, 14 Gareth Thomas, 15 Shane Howarth
Reserves:  Ian Gough, Spencer John, Barry Williams
Unused:  Matt Cardey, Geraint Lewis, Richard Smith, Stephen Jones

England:  1 Jason Leonard, 2 Phil Greening, 3 Phil Vickery, 4 Garath Archer, 5 Simon Shaw, 6 Neil Back, 7 Richard Hill, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio, 9 Matt Dawson (c), 10 Jonny Wilkinson, 11 Austin Healey, 12 Mike Catt, 13 Mike Tindall, 14 Ben Cohen, 15 Matt Perry
Reserves:  Martin Corry
Unused:  Neil McCarthy, Andy Gomarsall, Alex King, Joe Worsley, Trevor Woodman, Iain Balshaw

Attendance:  73500
Referee:  Fleming j.m.

Points Scorers:

Wales
Conv:  Jenkins N.R. 3
Pen K.:  Jenkins N.R. 1

England
Tries:  Back N.A. 1, Dallaglio L.B.N. 1, Greening P.B.T. 1, Hill R.A. 1, Cohen B.C. 1
Conv:  Wilkinson J.P. 3
Pen K.:  Wilkinson J.P. 5