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Lancaster: crowd will decide title
England coach calls on fans to aid final push for silverware

STUART LANCASTER urged fans yesterday to will England to victory on Saturday evening as he prepares to order his RBS Six Nations title hopefuls to carry the game to France.

Lancaster believes the noisy support of a sold-out 82,000 home crowd at Twickenham will have a critical role to play in edging rivals Ireland and Wales for Championship glory on a nerve-jangling final day of staggered kick-offs.

England are favourites to lift a first piece of silverware under Lancaster and their head coach refuses to view the match through the prism of the looming World Cup on these shores.

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