England kept their Six Nations title hopes alive with a 57-14 bonus-point win against Italy at Twickenham on Saturday.

The five log points take England to within a point of Wales, who are at the top of the log. The Welsh will host Ireland next weekend, with England taking on Scotland at Twickenham.

Ireland, who play France in Dublin on Sunday, are six log points behind England.

The hosts led 31-7 at the break through tries from hooker Jamie George, wing Jonny May, centre Manu Tuilagi and flank Brad Shields, while Italy crossed through flyhalf Tommaso Allan.

Second-half tries from Tuilagi, lock George Kruis, replacement scrumhalf Dan Robson and Shields took England past the 50-point mark, with Italy crossing through centre Luca Morisi.

England have now won all 20 of their clashes with Italy in the Six Nations, and remain the only side that the Azzurri are yet to beat in the tournament.

England – Tries: Jamie George, Jonny May, Manu Tuilagi (2), Brad Shields (2), George Kruis, Dan Robson. Conversions: Owen Farrell (4), George Ford (3). Penalty: Farrell.
Italy – Tries: Tommaso Allan, Luca Morisi. Conversions: Allan (2).

England – 15 Elliot Daly, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Ben Te’o, 11 Johnny May, 10 Owen Farrell (c), 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Brad Shields, 5 George Kruis, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Jamie George, 1 Ellis Genge.
Subs: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ben Moon, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Nathan Hughes, 20 Mark Wilson, 21 Dan Robson, 22 George Ford, 23 Henry Slade.

Italy – 15 Jayden Hayward, 14 Edoardo Padovani, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Luca Morisi, 11 Angelo Esposito, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Braam Steyn, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Federico Ruzza, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti.
Subs: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Cherif Traore, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 David Sisi, 20 Jake Polledri, 21 Guglielmo Palazzani, 22 Ian McKinley, 23 Tommaso Castello.