Austin Healey Former England and British & Irish Lions player

Every England game should be played with that intensity. It was intelligent rugby.

We saw from Jonny Wilkinson's drop-goal - England came out from the 22, won the line-out, got the drop-goal, came back and started again. No mistakes and that's what won them the game.

The difference between this game and the previous two was that Richard Wigglesworth and Jonny played like experienced half-backs who controlled the game throughout.

Croft and Lipman were absolutely supreme in the second half Austin Healey

Wigglesworth, in particular, for a first game, to play with that sort of control was very impressive.

Jonny was very good throughout the game. Some of the tackles he was putting in were very good and his positional kicks were very good.

I would still like him to put a bit more length on his kicks - I thought he was a bit short out of the 22 - but when you're kicking penalties on the halfway line and racking up the points, it's invaluable.

Also, England's back row was absolutely immense in that second half and had a wonderful balance about it.

Nick Easter got man-of-the-match, but the work-rate and secondary tackles of Tom Croft and Michael Lipman - they were absolutely supreme in the second half.

Croft was preventing France from offloading, which they're very good at, and you've got Easter who is strong over the ball, holds the ball up and allows the team to get behind him.

But Croft came on and made a real impact. I was worried when James Haskell went off but Croft came on and had a monumental first cap.

Flood has really shored up that 10, 12, 13 channel Austin Healey

A back row of Lipman, Haskell and Croft has got a wonderful balance about it.

[England defence coach] Mike Ford can be very proud of the way the guys defended.

They used the touchlines very well - Lesley Vainikolo was strong in the tackle and Wigglesworth covered in well behind. The French had no attacking options, which is very rare for us to say in this Six Nations.

Toby Flood has really come of age during this Six Nations for me. Before the tournament I was a little bit wary about him, but he's been impressive throughout, both in attack and defence and physically he's stepped up to the mark.

We know about Jamie Noon, we know he can make big hits - one of them led to a try - but Flood has really shored up that 10, 12, 13 channel.

It was a good 80-minute performance and we're now talking about England v Ireland being a potential decider for the Six Nations. Before this game we were thinking Wales v France would be the decider.

But as Brian Ashton said, there are areas to work on. Don't get carried away, but let's build, let's go forward.

Jeremy Guscott Former England and British & Irish Lions centre

You can't beat emotion, you can't beat drama. That was tense rugby for 80 minutes.

The supporters in Paris and the nation back home were praying through the second half that nothing was going to happen like in the last two games.

I'm not sure if they changed the chat at half-time or the personnel who do the talk but it certainly worked. It was a magnificent performance, not just for 40 minutes but for 80.

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The way the French played, it was great attacking play but there wasn't a great deal of invention.

I think they expected England to fall down flat and be rolled over but England's defence was very intense. France took the ball to the floor, which makes it very easy to defend.

Croft has been pushing for these honours. I think if he wasn't injured for the first game he probably would have been included.

If you get Croft and Haskell in the same side with that pace and size, England are going to be a hard team, certainly a hard back row to stop.

Guscott and Healey were speaking on BBC One and BBC Interactive