FORM GUIDE: Mako Vunipola had his best performance against Ireland

England take on France in round two of the Six Nations fixtures after an impressive victory over Ireland on Saturday.

The visitors to Twickenham this weekend threw a 16-0 half-time lead against Wales to lose 19-24 in their first match of the tournament. 

Sportsmail’s NIK SIMON runs the rule over the two teams before their crunch meeting on Sunday…

England take on France in round two of the Six Nations fixtures after a victory over Ireland

ENGLAND

Elliot Daly 7.5 

Age: 26 Caps: 26 

Training with soapy balls to bring aerial skills up to scratch with his attacking quality.

Chris Ashton 7

Age: 31 Caps: 43 

Inside knowledge from Toulon could help prolific wing – although he still can’t speak French!

Henry Slade 8

Age: 25 Caps: 18 

Struck the perfect balance in a door smasher/lock picker combination with Slade.

Manu Tuilagi 8

Age: 27 Caps: 28 

King of the snooker competitions in the team room and getting back to his best on the pitch.

King of the snooker competitions in the team room and getting back to his best on the pitch

Jonny May 9

Age: 28 Caps: 41 

Close to challenging All Black Rieko Ioane as the in-form winger in international rugby.

Owen Farrell 9

Age: 27 Caps: 66 

Dominated the tactical battle against world player of the year Johnny Sexton in Dublin.

Ben Youngs 7

Age: 29 Caps: 81 

Speed of ball will be key as French look to slow the game down to their own speed.

Mako Vunipola 9

Age: 28 Caps: 52 

Made a remarkable 27 tackles against Ireland in his best performance in the white shirt.

Mako Vunipola made a remarkable 27 tackles against Ireland in his best performance

Jamie George 8

Age: 28 Caps: 33 

Innovative overthrown lineout to Tuilagi set the tone for England’s first-round victory.

Kyle Sinckler 8

Age: 25 Caps: 18 

Confrontational edge and solid scrummaging could help throw France off the scent.

Courtney Lawes 8

Age: 29 Caps: 69 

Gained a stone since the autumn which has made him an even more destructive tackler.

George Kruis 7.5

Age: 28 Caps: 28

Lineout guru helped mastermind England’s set piece victory against 6ft10in Devin Toner.

George Kruis helped mastermind England’s set piece victory against 6ft10in Devin Toner

Mark Wilson 8

Age: 29 Caps: 9 

Workhorse also made 27 tackles – before returning to Newcastle to change nappies!

Tom Curry 7.5

Age: 20 Caps: 6 

New heartbeat of England’s breakdown game but conceded a cheap yellow card.

Billy Vunipola 7.5

Age: 26 Caps: 37 

Gradually getting back to his ball-carrying best after lengthy spells on the sidelines.

Substitutes: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ben Moon, Dan Cole, Joe Launchbury, Nathan Hughes, Dan Robson, George Ford, Jack Nowell.

Total score: 119 

FRANCE

Yoann Huget 5

Age: 31 Caps: 54 

Renamed ‘Monsieur Calamity’ after his drop-ball howler cost France victory in round one.

Yoann Huget has been enamed ‘Monsieur Calamity’ after his drop-ball howler cost France

Damian Penaud 6.5

Age: 22 Caps: 7 

Red Rose defence coaches have been closely studying the makeshift winger’s hand off.

Geoffrey Doumayrou 6

Age: 29 Caps: 11 

Recalled to the team to form same centre partnership that beat England in Paris last year.

Mathieu Bastareaud 7.5

Age: 30 Caps: 50 

Cousin of William Gallas returns to the team to add a heavyweight carrying in attack.

Gael Fickou 7

Age: 24 Caps: 42 

Shifted from centre to winger since breaking English hearts with late winning try in 2014.

Camille Lopez 7

Age: 29 Caps: 20 

Missed 2018 Six Nations with broken ankle but returns for a Clermont half-back double act.

Missed 2018 Six Nations with broken ankle but returns for a Clermont half-back double act

Morgan Parra 7

Age: 30 Caps: 70 

Ageing lieutenant will slow down the game after keeping place ahead of Antoine Dupont.

Jefferson Poirot 6

Age: 26 Caps: 23 

Left searching for answers last week after being penalised by Wayne Barnes at scrum.

Guilhem Guirado 6

Age: 32 Caps: 64 

Holds the record for the most tackles in a Six Nations match but was a fading force against Wales.

Demba Bamba 7

Age: 20 Caps: 2 

Hot shot, 20, can bench press 150kg and spring jump 40cm – 4cm short of Cristiano Ronaldo.

Seb Vahaamahina 6

Age: 27 Caps: 37 

Summed up leadership woes when he did not even know he was captain against Wales.

Felix Lambey 7

Age: 24 Caps: 3 

Replaces South African Paul Willemse following backlash about selection of foreign players.

Replaces South African Paul Willemse following backlash about selection of foreign players

Yacouba Camara 6

Age: 24 Caps: 11 

Explosive plays in attack in defence turned him into a YouTube sensation.

Arthur Iturria 7

Age: 24 Caps: 7 

Singled out by Imanol Harinordoquy as France’s bright prospect with ability to play 4,5, 6 or 7.

Louis Picamoles 8

Age: 33 Caps: 73 

Heartbeat of ‘Le Biff’ with his world class ball carrying and ability to offload out the tackle.  

Substitutes: Pierre Bourgarit, Dany Priso, Dorian Aldegheri, Paul Willemse, Greg Alldritt, Antoine Dupont, Romain Ntamack, Thomas Ramos.

Total score: 99