stuart lancaster is refusing to 'dream' of seeing his england team crowned rbs 6 nations champions for the first time on saturday night the red rose have been installed as favourites to replace ireland as champions on a climatic final round that will conclude with france visiting twickenham, yet they could finish as low as fourth in the table ireland and wales are also in the hunt with the staggered kick offs   starting in rome at 1230pm and concluding when england take the field at 5pm   ensuring a nerve jangling afternoon awaits england coach stuart lancaster watches from the stands as his side beat scotland at twickenham  england skipper chris robshaw could get his hands on the six nations trophy after lifting the calcutta cup  for a third successive year the title is set to be decided by points difference with england's cushion over the irish of plus four placing them in pole position, although they arguably have the toughest fixture, even allowing for france's dismal record at twickenham lancaster is desperate to lift the first piece of major silverware of his reign but having finished runners up for the last three years, the head coach is acutely aware of how best laid plans can be foiled 'to win at twickenham would mean a huge amount,   for the players and the fans,' he said danny cipriani passes the ball during england's training session at pennyhill park  england's george ford in action during the team's practice session in bagshot on monday  richard wigglesworth passes the ball as the team practice at their headquarters in bagshot  henry slade runs with the ball during england's practice session at their pennyhill park base  england coach lancaster oversees his team's training session on monday in surrey  'i know how much hard work people have put in and also how much it hurt to come second for three years in a row 'but you can't start thinking about things like that until you get the detail of the game right we've got a huge challenge coming our way from france 'they're a high quality team   very big and physical as they showed last year when they played ireland, they played right through for the full 80 in that last game even though they couldn't win the championship 'it could still be the case they have something to play for, so we won't start dreaming yet, we'll get our detail right' england stepped up their preparations for their final rbs 6 nations clash with france  england coach lancaster addresses the media at the pennyhill park hotel in bagshot  calum clark tries to tackle dave attwood during england's training session on monday  england forward courtney lawes speaks at a press conference on monday in bagshot  england head into the final weekend of the six nations atop the table on points difference  the schedule has presented england with the significant advantage of knowing exactly what their target will be against france when the last game of the 2015 six nations kicks off lancaster will inform his players of the results of wales' clash with italy in rome and ireland's match against scotland at murrayfield, but insists their over riding ambition on must be to secure victory rather than chase a score 'there are lots of hypotheticals you don't know how the other two games will play out clearly we'll know the outcome before we start, which is an advantage on last year,' he said 'we were in a similar position going into the italy game last year when we knew points difference would decide it the challenge for us was to score as many points as we could england players dan cole (left), marler (centre) and the youngs brothers pose with the calcutta cup  jack nowell scored england's late try which put them top of the six nations standings on points difference  'the emphasis on saturday will be the same as that day   to get the performance right first and foremost 'it's impossible to insulate the players from the results of the previous games because 82,000 people are shouting it at them when they run on to the field 'but the critical thing is to ensure the players are all completely focussed on their own preparations leading into the game 'by the time the ireland game finishes we'll know what the objective is and will feed that through to the key decision makers 'everyone else should be concentrating on their job to get a win for the team'
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stuart lancaster's side beat scotland 25 13 at twickenham last saturday  england, ireland and wales can all win the six nations title on saturday  lancaster's host france at twickeham in hope of winning the title 