England 29-18 Wales

England won their first Triple Crown for 11 years and stayed firmly on course for the Six Nations title after reigning champions Wales wilted in the Twickenham sunshine.

This 29-18 victory means England men will take the title if they beat Italy in Rome next Saturday and Ireland fail to win in Paris.

Wales's bid for an unprecedented Six Nations title hat-trick effectively ended on a sobering afternoon for a team that was also dismantled by Ireland four weeks ago.

Scrum-half Danny Care and centre Luther Burrell scored tries in the opening 35 minutes for England, while Owen Farrell kicked 19 points, landing all seven of his shots at goal.

Only Leigh Halfpenny's astonishing accuracy - six penalties from six attempts - kept Wales interested.

But England emphatically avenged their drubbing by Wales last season with a dominant display that could have been rewarded with a greater margin of victory.

Wales's woeful kicking strategy and tendency to concede penalties at regular intervals played into English hands.

But the hosts had the sharpest attacking forces in Care and full-back Mike Brown.

England blasted out of the starting blocks and were ahead after just five minutes.

It took a superb tackle by Wales skipper Sam Warburton on opposite number Chris Robshaw to thwart England after prop David Wilson's break, but when the visitors infringed Care caught them napping.

No-one laid a finger on Care as he scampered over after his quick tap penalty and Farrell's conversion made it 7-0.

Halfpenny's penalty cut the deficit and Wales should have wiped it out when wing George North broke free - but he ignored an unmarked Dan Lydiate and kicked into touch.

Farrell and Halfpenny exchanged penalties but Wales then imploded after a lineout inside their own 22.

Hooker Richard Hibbard's off-target throw gave England an attacking opportunity, and Billy Twelvetrees's superbly placed kick was gathered by Burrell who touched down.

Farrell converted before Halfpenny's fourth and fifth penalties made it 20-15 to keep Wales in touch at half-time despite England's domination.

The visitors needed a strong third quarter but it went England's way as two Farrell penalties opened up an 11-point advantage and Welsh prop Gethin Jenkins was sin-binned for a second successive match.

Another Halfpenny penalty clawed it back to 26-18, before Farrell closed the game out with his fifth successful strike.

Burrell was narrowly denied a second try after his foot brushed the touchline following a scintillating move.

Lancaster said: "We set out attacking intent from the start. We didn't get it right in the first half and Leigh Halfpenny punished us but overall I think we were deserving winners.

"We have got a big game next week. We're in the fight."