England v Wales: we are confident we can go to Twickenham and win Triple Crown says Sam Warburton Maybe I don't have that same bitter rivalry that a lot of Welsh people feel for England, but, of course, I'm still desperate to beat them. As a squad we don't talk about a dislike for England. We respect the English players, indeed many of our players who went on the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa became firm friends with those from England. It's just that the history is hard to ignore. That's what gives this fixture its extra spice. When we beat England at the Millennium Stadium last summer in the second of the World Cup warm-up matches against them, my brother told me that dad was in tears when we won, not out of despair at his side losing but from the joy of seeing his 'new" team, captained by me, win. Mind you, my uncle had come over from Denmark to watch, and he wasn't sure which team to support. That victory was vital for us. We were under pressure. We'd lost at Twickenham the week before and we needed a big scalp before the World Cup. I've heard that there have been a lot of statistics flying around this week, but the only two that have concerned us are that we beat England the last time we played them, even if it was at home, and that we also beat them at Twickenham in 2008. That's not that long ago, and players such as Mike Phillips, Adam Jones, Alun-Wyn Jones, Ryan Jones, Ian Evans and Gethin Jenkins were involved that day. They know what it is like to win there. It has been said this week that we are going to Twickenham as favourites. I don't know about that, but we are certainly confident we can go there and win. Other generations might find that strange and would prefer us to be underdogs, but we just don't want to be considered second best to anybody. That is our mentality. That said, we know it is going to be one of the hardest, most physical matches of the championship. England have been copping some flak for their performances so far, but, if we'd beaten Scotland and Italy away in our first two matches, we'd be pretty happy. The conditions in Italy weren't great, so it was difficult to play too much rugby. We know what to expect from England. We know they will have a powerful driving line-out, so we will want to keep the ball in play as much as we can. The fewer set pieces there are suits us, because we can build our phase-play and let our fitness tell, especially late on. If we can get quick ball, as we showed against Ireland and in the second half against Scotland, we can be dangerous, even if we know we have to improve on our contact efficiency at the ruck. When we played those two matches against England last summer, it was noticeable how fit we felt in the closing stages. Even when we lost at Twickenham, we finished strongly. And we are certainly very confident of our fitness again now. We lost in Cardiff in last year's Six Nations Championship mainly because we weren't as fit as we are now. We just weren't quite there as a side then. As a result I don't think we had the confidence then that we have now. We want to win the Triple Crown. That is in no way a diminished achievement these days. Yes, winning the championship and maybe even taking a Grand Slam are obviously the ultimate goals, but we want some silverware now as reward for all our hard work. So that Triple Crown has definitely been a motivation for us this week. Personally I haven't won anything tangible yet playing for Wales. Saturday would be a great time to start.