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Six Nations Championship
England: 2nd
How England performed
England's 2008 Six Nations began with a setback, Wales winning 26–19 at Twickenham in the opening round. Brian Ashton's side, captained by Phil Vickery, recovered with a narrow 23–19 win over Italy at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome and then produced their best result of the campaign, beating France 24–13 at the Stade de France.
A second defeat followed at Murrayfield, where Scotland won 15–9, before England closed the championship by beating Ireland 33–10 at Twickenham, their highest score of the tournament. Three wins and two defeats, with 108 points scored and 83 conceded, earned second place, an improvement of one position on 2007. Two of their three victories came away from home, in Rome and Saint-Denis.
England fixtures
England
19–26
Wales
England lost
England tries: Toby Flood 23'
Wales tries: Lee Byrne 68', Mike Phillips 70'
Italy
19–23
England
England won
England tries: Paul Sackey 3', Toby Flood 15'
Italy tries: Simon Picone 76'
France
13–24
England
England won
England tries: Paul Sackey 5', Richard Wigglesworth 79'
France tries: Lionel Nallet 25'
Scotland
15–9
England
England lost
England
33–10
Ireland
England won
England tries: Paul Sackey 19', Mathew Tait 57', Jamie Noon 69'
Ireland tries: Rob Kearney 4'
England statistics
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