- England will face Wales in Cardiff in his last Six Nations game on Saturday
- Maro Itoje has urged his team to adopt the challenge of facing his rivals
England Captain Maro Itje has told his players to enjoy the Cardiff Cauldron atmosphere while launching an unlikely nations title offer against Wales.
If France loses before Scotland in the final game of the day, then a victory of an English bonus point would return to Twickenham trophy for the first time since 2020.
The Lions coach Andy Farrell, will be at the Principality stadium in the final test before appointing his squad and Itoje wants his players to adopt the tribalism of the day.
“Every time you play in Wales, particularly in Cardiff, you must be aggressive,” Itoje said.
'We are not here just to play beautiful phases, you have to come here and play with intention. It is a stadium where you want to play and I don't see it as intimidating at all.
“I see it as something to savor, something to enjoy and something to make our mentality stricter and approach us as a group.”
Maro Itjeje is inflexible that his team in England needs to hug the challenge of playing Wales in Cardiff
He has told his team to play aggression and intention, and do not feel intimidated by the atmosphere.
He added: 'We have not shunned the fact that it is a year of lions. Everyone always raises their hands and wants to be recognized.
The support Ellis Genge is waiting to leave the team if your partner gives birth, with Asher Opoku-Fordjour in Cardiff as a travel reserve.