England 47 Italy 17
England ran riot at Twickenham to maintain their 100 per cent start to the Six Nations with a six-try victory over Italy.
Jonathan Joseph crossed either side of the half, while Billy Vunipola, Ben Youngs, Danny Cipriani and Nick Easter also touched down.
Sergio Parisse opened the scoring after just four minutes but England were soon firmly in control despite a fine double from Luca Morisi.
Once again Gloucester wing Jonny May was left frustrated with few opportunities in attack and a couple of mistakes in defence.
His club captain Billy Twelvetrees was thrust into action much earlier following an injury to Mike Brown and he fared much better.
The centre brought added fluidity to the midfield and offered both physicality and a subtle pair of hands as he staked a claim for a starting jersey.
Just like a week ago at the Millennium Stadium, England made a nightmare start to the encounter as Italy claimed an early try but they did not lose their composure.
The Italians nicked an English lineout and Haimona released Morisi down the left. From the following phase the ball found Parisse iand the Azzurri captained dummied past Mike Brown before powering over.
Haimona failed to add the conversion but the visitors continued to cause a subdued England problems and Brown's afternoon went from bad to worse.
Following an attacking chip from Haimona, Brown collected the bobbling ball but was clattered by Andrea Masi. The full-back was knocked out in the collision and following extensive on field treatment, which lasted just short of ten minutes, he was stretchered off in a neck brace and replaced by Billy Twelvetrees.
Italy could have stretched their lead further after George Biagi intercepted Burrell's telegraphed, looped pass but he was unable to find Gio Venditti, who would have had a clear run to the line, in support.
England then went on the attack with Joseph causing problems and Italy were fortunate to escape without a yellow card after Italy slapped down his offload to May.
The hosts failed to capitalise initially but after going through the phases they were rewarded with another penalty which Ford slotted.
England took the lead in rather fortuitous fashion following an outstanding kick to the corner from Ford. In a pre-rehearsed move Chris Robshaw took the lineout ball and fed Dave Attwood. The former Gloucester look passed to Vunipola on the loop and the Saracens number eight was bundled over with the help of James Haskell.
It appeared as though he was in touch but he never hit the floor and following TMO deliberation the try was awarded despite Edoardo Gori being in contact with the ball and beneath Vunipola, clearly out of play.
Ford failed to add the extras but he soon had the chance to make amends from straight in front following a scintillating counter-attack.
Twelvetrees held an Italian attacker up with a choke tackle and with the help of Robshaw the ball was turned over. Joseph was released and after beating Haimona he raced away with Bath teammate Anthony Watson in support. He used the extra man to perfection, dummying his way past Sarto before skipping past a last-ditch tap tackle.
Ford converted and England continued to rip Italy to shreds with Twelvetrees offering a real spark of creativity in midfield. Jonny May should have scored or created a try after he was released by a Twelvetrees miss pass but lost his footing.
They remained camped in Italian territory but unable to make their pressure tell as the scores remained 15-5 at the break.
Ford booted the scoreboard back into action four minutes into the second half after Italy entered the breakdown from the side but the visitors soon hit back.
Sarto chipped over the top and collected to put the England defence at sixes and sevens, he was tackled by Ford but the ball was spread wide. Morisi spotted a miss match in midfield and stepped inside Attwood before beating James Haskell and a last-ditch effort from Watson.
Haimona missed the conversion, his third miss of the afternoon, and Italy were made to pay for his inaccuracy with the boot as England grabbed their third try.
They were pressing for a penalty try after dominating at a five-metre scrum and after being given another penalty Youngs caught the Azzurri napping to dart under the sticks.
Ford converted and added a penalty just minutes later to make it 28-10 and the floodgates soon burst open.
Twelvetrees continued to orchestrate alongside Ford, and it was the duo in tandem that unlocked the visitors' defence next.
The Gloucester took the ball to the line and found Ford on the wrap around, Joseph was also on the loop and he burst through for his second try with Ford again on target.
England rung the changes but it did little to disrupt their flow and Cipriani crossed just seconds after coming off the bench. May did the damage, beating several defenders before offloading to the maverick fly-half.
Cipriani converted his try and Lancaster's men made it three tries in eight minutes as Easter burrowed over to become England's oldest ever try-scorer at 36 years and 183 days old.
With the game wrapped up Italy had the final word as Morisi beat May in the corner for his second try and Tommasso Allen landed the touchline conversion to make it 47-17 at full-time.
England: M Brown (B Twelvetrees 12); A Watson, J Joseph, L Burrell, J May; G Ford (D Cipriani 62), B Youngs (R Wrigglesworth 66); J Marler ( M Vunipola 62), D Hartley (T Youngs 58), D Cole(K Brookes 58), D Attwood (N Easter 50), G Kruis, J Haskell (T Croft 62), C Robshaw, B Vunipola.
Tries – B Vunipola, J Joseph (2), B Youngs, D Cipriani, N Easter; Con– G Ford (3), D Cipriani; Pen– G Ford (2)
Italy: L McLean; L Sarto, L Morisi, A Masi, G Venditti; K Haimona (T Allen 69), E Gori (G Palazzani 69); A De Marchi (M Aguero 58), L Ghiraldini, M Castrogiovanni (D Christolini 58), G Biagi, M Bortolami (J Furno 46), F Minto, M Bergamasco, S Parisse
Tries – S Parisse, L Morisi; Con– T Allen
Referee: J Lacey
Attendance: 82,061
