England blew France away with a first-half hat-trick of tries from Jonny May to continue their fabulous start to the Six Nations.

May went over three times in the left-hand corner in the first 30 minutes as England’s forwards steamrollered France and their backs’ kicking game cut them apart.

Eddie Jones’ men added two more in the second half, one through the relentless Owen Farrell and the other a penalty try after Chris Ashton had been brought down without the ball.

France had no answer to England’s physicality, their back three turned inside out by the constant kicks rained in behind them, and their appalling run at Twickenham goes on.

England have now won 10 of their last 13 Six Nations matches against France, Les Bleus on a horrible run of eightdefeats in their last nine with the two sides due to meet at the group stages of this autumn’s World Cup.

With Italy and Scotland to come at home next month – one who have never won at this stadium, the other not in 36 years – the clash against Wales in Cardiff in a fortnight’s time is shaping up to be the decisive match in this year’s championship.

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England had scored early tries in each of their past five matches and they accelerated out of the blocks once again.

The men in white counter-attacked after a French knock-on, Daly cut a swathe through the scattered French rearguard and kicked ahead into acres of space for May to race clear and touch the