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Jason Leonard

Tom Palmer

Promising England must capitalise on vital break

Jason Leonard: It speaks volumes for the potential of this England team that they were able to claim a second successive away win in the RBS Six Nations championship

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England youngsters can turn on the style in Rome

Jason Leonard: England are a work in progress but having been a member of a highly experienced team that lost to Scotland at Murrayfield in 2000, the significance of their 13-6 win should not be underestimated

England did fall short but have grown so much

Exclusive: Jason Leonard praises England's Six Nations progress and says all those knocking the team are missing the crucial point

Class of 2011 must handle pressure the way we did in 2003

Jason Leonard: Martin Johnson made his mark before the kick-off in Dublin eight years ago, now his men must send out a message to the world

My view on England's last Grand Slam champions and the ones going for glory

England's most capped player, Jason Leonard, runs the rule over his side and the XV expected to take the field on Saturday

Pressure is building on exciting England

Exclusive: Jason Leonard is more worried about England's match with Scotland on Sunday than any other we have played in this championship because it is a potential banana skin

Marc Lievremont will like us even less if we make France crack

Comment: If England are to maintain their unbeaten RBS Six Nations record they must squeeze France hard for the entire 80 minutes

It might not be pretty but England have got to put the boot into Italy

Exclusive: Any England fans thinking about a potential Grand Slam after this first round of RBS Six Nations matches are living in cloud cuckoo land

England’s painful lesson can help make them a real power in crucial year

Defeat to a hardened South Africa side will tough up Martin Johnson’s men, who have showed promise ahead of the World Cup

Martin Johnson's England learning lessons and that is worrying their rivals

Comment: England have improved every game and are now ready to best the World Champions

Martin Johnson's men have a licence to thrill

Exclusive: By giving his players freedom to make big calls, England put in vibrant display, which they must build on this week

England's best policy is to go on the attack

Exclusive: Trying to bludgeon Aussies at Twickenham won't work, says former rugby star Jason Leonard

Andy Robinson's doing well but Scots are heading for a fall

Former prop Jason Leonard has great respect for the ex-England coach but is confident the visitors will triumph at Murrayfield this weekend

Prop idols are more than Steady Eddies

Former England international Jason Leonard defends the unsung heroes of the pack

England lack the killer instinct to be Six Nations champions

England didn’t go for the jugular against Italy and, while they remain unbeaten, they will need to be more ruthless to challenge the best teams

Jason Leonard: Returning big guns can fire England to Six Nations title

Ireland are Leonard's favourites to win the RBS 6 Nations, but England can come out on top if they get off to a good start with their best players back from injury

Paul O'Connell will bring a touch of Martin Johnson to tour

Rugby union: The British and Irish Lions have a fantastic opportunity to repeat the 1997 Test series triumph over South Africa and Paul O'Connell is the right man to captain the squad this summer

Bruising Scots have ability to punish us if we are not careful

While England are coming off an important win, you cannot escape the fact that we have only played 40 minutes of good rugby in the Six Nations. Yes, it was enough to beat France last Sunday and while we have been steadily improving since the woeful Italy game, we still have some way to go.

France are beatable if we believe again

Jason Leonard believes England have a chance of beating France at Twickenham

England mustn't give up the fight but they've got to stop falling foul

Rugby union: England cannot let their fear of giving away penalties see them take a backward step against Ireland

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