RBS 6 Nations

Cardiff Blues winger James Loxton scored the only try of the first half to give Wales an 8-6 advantage at Kingsholm but after the break it was one-way traffic.

Marler (2) along with hooker Jamie George, Jacob Rowan and Jonny May all crossed with Gloucester starlet Freddie Burns pulling the strings on his home turf.

However England would play the last 16 minutes with 14 men after back-rower Alex Gray's red card for illegal use of the boot - that though did not stop them grabbing two tries.

Yet it was Wales though who seized the early initiative thanks from Matthew Jarvis’ penalty after a mistake by debutant full-back Tom Catterick.

But Jarvis missed two further kicks and Burns levelled the scores with a penalty of his own.

Wales then produced the moment of the half, winning clean line out ball which initiated a free-flowing move through the back line.

Catterick was outpaced by Dan Fish who played in James Loxton, shifting through the gears to finish in the corner.

But following a midfield burst by Will Hurrell that forced a mistake out of Wales, Burns kicked England to within two points at the break.

England coach Mark Mapletoft’s half-time orders did the trick as they came out firing on all cylinders.

Another midfield break by Burns clawed back valuable possession and the resulting dominant England scrum produced an opportunity for the fly-half to offload to a rampaging Marler.

Wales couldn’t stop the powerful Quins man as his 20-metre burst was too strong for Scott Williams and Kristian Phillips, whose tackles were in vain as Marler finished under the posts to give England a 13-8 lead.

Jarvis held his nerve to kick a long penalty from wide on the touchline to pull Wales back to within two points but their success was short-lived.

A sweeping England move started by Burns, who was beginning to enjoy himself, allowed hooker Jamie George to power over the line in the corner and extend England’s lead once more.

England were turning the screw with an impressive forward move from inside their own half that was started by Burns who offloaded well in the tackle to Callum Green.

Green passed inside to George who released Rowan who split the Welsh defences and finished comfortably under the posts, leaving Homer with an easy conversion to make it 27 -14.

England’s forwards were as dominant in the loose as they were at set plays and the excellent George started the forwards move that allowed Marler to cross under the posts again for his second.

The rout was complete when replacement May stepped into the line and was played in by Jonathan Joseph.

The Gloucester boy delighted the Kingsholm crowd evading tackles from James Thomas and Phillips with Homer completing the conversion.