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Six Nations Championship
England: 2nd
How England performed
Under head coach Stuart Lancaster and captain Chris Robshaw, England's 2012 Six Nations was built on narrow margins. They opened with a 13–6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield and followed it with a 19–15 victory over Italy at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
The key match came at Twickenham in the third round, where Wales won 19–12 to inflict England's only defeat. England responded with a 24–22 win over France at the Stade de France and closed the championship by beating Ireland 30–9 at Twickenham, their most comfortable result of the campaign. Four wins and one defeat, with 98 points scored and 71 conceded, earned second place, one position below the title they had won in 2011. Three of their four victories came by seven points or fewer.
England fixtures
Scotland
6–13
England
England won
England tries: Charlie Hodgson 41'
Scotland tries: None
Italy
15–19
England
England won
England tries: Charlie Hodgson 51'
Italy tries: Giovanbattista Venditti 38', Tommaso Benvenuti 41'
England
12–19
Wales
England lost
England tries: None
Wales tries: Scott Williams 76'
France
22–24
England
England won
England tries: Manu Tuilagi 13', Ben Foden 18', Tom Croft 71'
France tries: Wesley Fofana 75'
England
30–9
Ireland
England won
England tries: Penalty try 59', Ben Youngs 74'
Ireland tries: None
England statistics
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