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Six Nations Championship
England: 2nd
How England performed
England began the 2013 Six Nations with four straight wins under head coach Stuart Lancaster and captain Chris Robshaw. Scotland were beaten 38–18 at Twickenham, Ireland 12–6 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, and France 23–13 and Italy 18–11, the last two again at Twickenham.
That set up a final-round trip to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff with a Grand Slam still possible, but Wales won 30–3, inflicting England's only defeat of the championship and leaving them second. The scale of that loss turned a healthy points difference into a modest one: England finished with 94 points scored and 78 conceded. Four wins and one defeat matched both their record and their finishing position from 2012.
England fixtures
England
38–18
Scotland
England won
England tries: Chris Ashton 31', Billy Twelvetrees 43', Geoff Parling 55', Danny Care 81'
Scotland tries: Sean Maitland 10', Stuart Hogg 71'
Ireland
6–12
England
England won
England
23–13
France
England won
England tries: Manu Tuilagi 55'
France tries: Wesley Fofana 30'
England
18–11
Italy
England won
England tries: None
Italy tries: Luke McLean 49'
Wales
30–3
England
England lost
England tries: None
Wales tries: Alex Cuthbert 57', Alex Cuthbert 66'
England statistics
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