‘You cannot say that’ and ‘typically English’ are phrases probably spewing forth at this claim but let us look at this in the cold light of day. England are top of the table with six points and a scoring differential of 36. Their next match is at home and against Italy, to whom they have never lost and against whom the average scoring difference over the past five games is 30. If England win and the average is maintained, they will then be on eight points and with a points scored difference of 66.