Intro:

England head coach Stuart Lancaster discussed the forthcoming Six Nations Championship on Wednesday (28th January) and his side's opening game of the tournament - away to Wales in Cardiff.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lancaster, England head coach (asked how his approaching the game against Wales):

"(Like) Any other game really. It is a big game, but, as I've said, there's five big games coming around the corner in this Six Nations. Priority is to get your process right, get your detail right, get the players to understand the game plan, and then the game should come to us really on the day. We've got to make sure we prepare well and the rest should look after itself."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lancaster, England head coach (asked if fly-half Danny Cipriani has an opportunity to force his way into England's World Cup squad):

"Yes, he does. I mean, as do all the players. We'll have a World Cup training squad of about 45 (players) and we'll narrow that down to the 31 players that we'll take, to the World Cup and he is one of many that will be in that mix and this tournament is a good stepping stone for a lot of players to put a marker down and yes, he's one of them."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lancaster, England head coach (on the form of the Six Nations teams in last year's Autumn internationals):

"Yes, and I think that will make it probably.... the most competitive and most exciting Six Nations that we've had. You look at the quality of the teams, how they're organised and how they're set up, the players that are playing within it, their performances during the November internationals, I think it will be a very, very competitive tournament and I don't think anyone will get too far ahead of themselves thinking about, games three, four and five. It will be game one really that will be focusing everyone's mind."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Stuart Lancaster, England head coach (asked if this year could potentially be the biggest of his coaching career):

"I don't think there's any potentially in it, is there really! Without a doubt.... every game's a big game when your coaching an international team, for me coaching England, every moment is a significant moment. So, and you put on the fact that, obviously, you've got the RBS Six Nations to come, we've got the (World Cup) warm-up games, we've got a camp to prepare for and we've got a home World Cup. It doesn't really get any bigger."