Good afternoon and welcome to our live text commentary of England's crucial Six Nations clash with Italy at the Stadio Olimpico. For the fourth season in a row, England fans have a shot at the title on the final weekend on what should be a monumental day with Ireland and France also aiming for the title.

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Stadio Olimpico / 15.03.2014

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ByDan Quarrell

Updated 15/03/2014 at 15:05 GMT

43'

Esposito almost gets in down the wing after fine work from Campagnaro to nip past Burrell, but May does brilliantly to get across and intervene for England.

41'

The second half is underway at the Stadio Olimpico and the pitch is still bathed in sunshine as Italy begin to mount an attack.

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40'

HALF-TIME - ITALY 6-24 ENGLAND - Despite a spate of handling errors that have set England back, Lancaster's side have a good platform from which to build in the second half with an advantage of 18 points. Brown again the star performer.

39'

ITALY 6-24 ENGLAND - Farrell adds the extras for England to end the first half on a high and Brown must surely be in the running for the Player of the Tournament award following yet another very powerful run for a try. England add to their lead once more.

38'

ITALY 6-22 ENGLAND - ANOTHER TRY FOR ENGLAND! It's a third try for the visitors and again it's Brown who powers through for his second of the afternoon! England are really piling on the points and pressure now.

37'

Hartley's throw is knocked down to Care, and England are really thriving now.

36'

Italy are visibly beginning to tire now under the sheer weight of England pressure and the territory battle is England's once more. The hosts' line-out is under particular scrutiny now.

35'

Former England coach Andy Robinson: "Much better tactics by England, attacking the Italian front row and getting round the fringes. That created space for Care to put Farrell away."

33'

ITALY 6-17 ENGLAND - Farrell coolly converts his own try and England move into an 11-point advantage now as we pass the half-hour mark. The pressure on Italy's territory eventually tells.

32'

ITALY 6-15 ENGLAND - TRY FOR ENGLAND! Vunipola again pounds forward as England edge towards securing a second try. Eventually a gap opens up and Farrell races through superbly to add to his personal tally, with a conversion surely to follow from under the posts!

31'

Penalty to England! Italy are penalised for not rolling away as Vunipola and Hartley each make powerful runs close to the hosts' line. It will be a line-out.

30'

England have an advantage now as they build patiently with Care instrumental. May makes good ground before offloading once more and Italy are hanging on deep inside their own half.

28'

Former England captain Lewis Moody: "Italy have targeted the inexperience of Mako Vunipola in the scrum. There's been a lot of pressure of Mako so far, but one thing he does well is carry the ball well, as we have already seen early on."

27'

Penalty to Italy! Deep inside their own half the hosts are presented with a chance to clear their lines as England commit another error with the momentum very much with them.

25'

What a tackle from Esposito as he bundles Jonny May over in comprehensive fashion with a crunching challenge. England are suddenly halted.

24'

Burrell bursts from the midfield with a powerful run, breaking two tackles as he darts through, and England are very much on the front foot again now.

23'

ITALY 6-10 ENGLAND - Orquera produces a very sweet strike from the right touchline to bring the score to within four points. England are punished for collapsing the scrum and that's clinical kicking.

21'

Penalty to Italy! England are punished for collapsing the scrum and the hosts can now have a pop at goal following a scrappy period of play.

20'

Care loses the ball as its bundled out of play and England commit a fifth handling error.

19'

What a tackle from Farrell! A poor pass from Burrell leaves Farrell to sweep up and make a brilliant last-gasp tackle to deny Italy a try in the corner. Sarto and Campagnaro almost pounced there!

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