DAM BUSTERS

Earl sureEngland are just one win away from opening the floodgates

- Adam Hathaway

BEN EARL insisted England wins are like London buses and once one arrives then plenty more will follow.

The No.8 was in defiant mood after Saturday's 27-22 loss to Ireland, which leaves England with a record of two wins in their past nine Tests and they were both against Japan.

Privately, the RFU were targeting four wins out of five in this Six Nations but that looks a pipedream with the fixtures to come.

Antoine Dupont, above, and his rampant France are in town on Saturday - and the last time they pitched up in south-west London destroyed England they 53-10.

Then, a fortnight later, Calcutta Cup holders Scotland arrive - and they have not lost against England for five years. But Earl sifted through the doom and gloom declaring as soon as England get one win over the line the floodgates will open.