However, it’s not just the crowning of the 2025 champions that must be decided. At the bottom of the table, Wales and Italy are fighting to avoid the wooden spoon. The unwanted memento is traditionally given to the side that finishes last in the tournament, and the Welsh are the current holders after enduring a whitewash in 2024.

Wales have crumbled to their second consecutive Six Nations wooden spoon for the first time in history. They were thrashed by title chasing England 68-14 in Cardiff on Saturday afternoon, compounding their previous four defeats to finish rock bottom of the Championship.

England score 10 tries in Cardiff as dismal Wales condemned to wooden spoon - Wales suffered a 17th Test defeat on the bounce – a record for a tier one nation in the professional era.