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Stuart Lancaster (AFP)
Stuart Lancaster (AFP)

London - England have to recalibrate for a "completely different challenge" from France after digesting the lessons from the victory over Scotland that gave them a real chance of winning the Six Nations title, coach Stuart Lancaster has said.

England host France in the final game of "Super Saturday", by which time they will know what they need to do in terms of points difference, assuming Wales or Ireland have won their away games against Italy and Scotland respectively.

They could and should have put themselves out of reach of the two Celtic sides but after wasting a series of try-scoring opportunities the 25-13 victory over Scotland has left England four points ahead of Ireland and 25 better off than Wales after all three countries have won three and lost one match.

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