England has consigned ailing rival Wales to a 17th straight loss with a record 10-try 68-14 drubbing in the Six Nations in Cardiff.

It is fear that England players are meant to feel on their journeys west, a raw and primeval terror of having their reputations torched in the white heat of the Cardiff cauldron. As Long as We Beat the English: that was the ditty written by the Stereophonics especially for this duel in 1999,

England produced one of their best performances for years to crush hapless Wales by a record 68-14 scoreline on Saturday, finishing the Six Nations in second place after France took the title by beating Scotland in Paris.