Jonathan Joseph stars as England crush Italy in Six Nations

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Centre Jonathan Joseph grabbed a brace of tries as England gained their second win in the Six Nations Championship and swept aside a brave Italian side 47-17 with a dominant second-half display at Twickenham on Saturday.

Number eight Billy Vunipola, scrum-half Ben Youngs and replacements Danny Cipriani and Nick Easter also went over for England, who again fell behind in a game before rallying and then surging clear.

They had been stunned by a fine early try from Italy captain Sergio Parisse while centre Luca Morisi also crossed twice for the visitors in the second half.

England fullback Mike Brown became rugby’s latest concussion victim as he was knocked cold and out of the match after just 12 minutes. His head collided with the shoulder of Italy centre Andrea Masi and he was treated on the field before being taken off on a stretcher.

But he soon recovered and was not taken to hospital but took a seat in the dugout to watch the rest of the match.

Joseph told BBC: “It’s going great. It’s great to get the win. The boys showed great spirit to come back and get the win.”

England coach Stuart Lancaster said: “It was a soft try we conceded first up. At half-time we give them a rev up, said we needed to up the intensity, and I think we did that in the second half.

“I’m really pleased for Jonathan Joseph. He’s having a great season so far and I’m delighted for him.”