RUGBY/Six Nations championship: Clive Woodward has vowed to take no notice of the Six Nations form guide which suggests tournament favourites England will give Wales a fearful Millennium Stadium mauling on Saturday.
England, who have not lost in Cardiff since 1993, head for the Welsh capital later this week with 11 survivors in their starting line-up from last season's record 50-10 victory at Twickenham.
Wales are still feeling the after-effects from a humiliating Italian defeat after their national sport was reduced to ruins in Rome last weekend.
That 30-22 defeat should be reflected through Wales coach Steve Hansen's team selection to be made tomorrow, with several changes likely, including the possibility of a new captain.
Everything is stacked in England's favour, as even the most ardent Welsh supporter expects the world number one ranked team to cut loose.
The bookmakers rate it a no-contest, with one leading firm offering unbackable odds of 1 to 16 on an England victory, while quoting Wales at 7 to 1 and 28 to 1 for the draw.
Woodward, though, is taking nothing for granted as England look to complete the second stage of a possible - and overdue - grand slam.
"In any of these Six Nations games, and I speak from a lot of experience here, if you get anything wrong, then you will lose," he said.
"I am sure that Wales will think they have got a lot to prove, having lost their first game. If you lose your first game in the Six Nations, then the second is a must-win.
"We are under no illusions that it is going to be a tough game on Saturday. There will be no problem with our guys in terms of focusing on the game.
Woodward's team shows three changes - two enforced through injury - from the side which beat France 25-17 last weekend.
Scrum-half Kyran Bracken, who has spent the past fortnight resting after being concussed during Saracens' Zurich Premiership game against Gloucester, has been handed a surprise recall instead of Andy Gomarsall.
Matt Dawson would have worn the number nine jersey, but he has not sufficiently recovered from the calf injury that dashed his hopes of facing France, so Bracken makes a first England start in 10 months due to Gomarsall's dip in form.
Leicester prop Graham Rowntree replaces 100 time-capped Jason Leonard, whose personal centenary celebrations were ended early by a hamstring problem against France.
Woodward revealed Leonard is also struggling to make England's third championship game against Italy on March 9th.
With flanker Lewis Moody nursing a shoulder problem, Lawrence Dallaglio returns to the back row for his first start since England beat New Zealand in November.
Dallaglio is reunited with fellow back-row warriors Richard Hill and Neil Back in a starting XV for the first time in almost two years. Dallaglio will start at number eight, so Hill moves to blindside flanker.
ENGLAND: Robinson (Sale); Luger (Harlequins), Greenwood (Harlequins), Hodgson (Sale), Cohen (Northampton); Wilkinson (Newcastle), Bracken (Saracens); Rowntree (Leicester), Thompson (Northampton), White (Bristol), Johnson (Leicester, capt), Kay (Leicester), Dallaglio (Wasps), Back (Leicester), Hill (Saracens). Replacements: Regan (Leeds), Worsley (London Irish), Grewcock (Bath), Worsley (Wasps), Gomarsall (Gloucester), Christophers (Bristol), Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester).
