[england] swing low, sweet chariot?

The Big Day cometh:

"I'd like to be able to erase the memories of a 36-0 defeat but unfortunately they don't go away," said Vickery.

"But whatever has happened in the past counts for nothing, it's a one-off game.

"We thoroughly deserve our chance but being here is not good enough - we want to go out and perform and retain our trophy."

Ashton said in his final news conference on Friday: "All in all it's been a very good, relaxed week's training.

"There have been one or two changes tactically, which I will keep to myself for you to hopefully see tomorrow, but we're feeling good. Will there be something different from us? Maybe."