to replace Youngs and Flood to close out a narrow 26–19 victory. A week later at Twickenham against Italy, Care and Wilkinson were again brought on midway through the 2nd half to replace Youngs and Flood but this time in different circumstances as England won comfortably 59–13 with Care scoring one of England's eight tries on the day shortly after coming onto the pitch. In Round 3 of the championship England beat France 17–9 at Twickenham with Care and Wilkinson coming on in the 2nd half to help steer England to victory. In Round 4 against Scotland at Twickenham Care and Wilkinson again replaced Youngs and Flood in the 2nd half to help protect a narrow lead with England eventually winning 22–16. A week later England travelled to Dublin to play Ireland in Round 5 knowing that a win would give them the Championship and a Grand Slam. Care was again on the bench but was on the pitch as early as the 46th minute to replace Ben Youngs who had earlier been sin-binned. England were well beaten 24–8 but won the 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship as nearest rivals Wales were beaten by France in Paris. Care had a successful season at club level with Harlequins, picking up a winners medal as the club won the Amlin Challenge Cup, the 2nd tier European club rugby competition. Care made 7 appearances during the Cup run contributing 3 tries + 1 conversion. Having come top of their Pool which consisted of Bayonne (France), Connacht (Ireland) and I Cavalieri Prato (Italy), Harlequins beat Wasps (England) at home in the quarter-final and Munster (Ireland) away in the semi-final to qualify for a place in the final at the Cardiff City Stadium against Stade Francais (France). The semi-final victory over Munster was memorable as it was only the 2nd home defeat for the Irish province in 16 years of European competitions. Care scored important tries against Wasps and Munster and with Harlequins losing 18–12 in the final with only 5 minutes to play he produced a line break and chip kick to enable Gonzalo Camacho to score a vital try out wide which was converted by Nick Evans to give Harlequins a narrow win, 19–18. The win was crucial to enable Harlequins to qualify for the 1st tier European club rugby competition, the Heineken Cup, for the 2011–12 season as the club had failed