Reaction: England boss Clive Woodward declared himself satisfied with a job well done after his world champions opened their Six Nations title defence by crushing Italy at Stadio Flaminio.

And Woodward predicted that England would show an improvement when they travel to Scotland for next Saturday's Calcutta Cup clash.

"I think that we are satisfied. To come away with a win, and win 7-0 on tries, then we are very pleased," Woodward said.

"We needed a game following the World Cup, and while we will be disappointed with parts of the performance, we will be a better team in Edinburgh next weekend, there is no doubt about that.

"We weren't at our best, but it is about winning and moving on. It was a tough game and Italy produced a very good performance," Woodward added.

"They could have scored a couple of tries, and every year in this tournament they have been improving.

"They are moving forward and any team coming to Rome in the Six Nations will have to play very well to win."

Given the quality of Jason Robinson's display on his first start for England at outside centre, Woodward was asked if there was anything his try machine could not do.

"Goal-kick," was the answer, as the move proved an unqualified success, and the Scottish defence can expect to have their hands full next weekend.

Woodward paid tribute to new captain Lawrence Dallaglio, who led his country for the first time in almost five years after taking over from Martin Johnson.

"Lawrence did a fantastic job - it is a massive job that he has taken on after Martin Johnson but his captaincy and work during the week was a massive plus for the whole team," Woodward said.

England coach Andy Robinson saluted the forwards, adding: "Our scrum went well, it was very powerful, and we also secured some quality possession from the line out.

"I thought that Chris Jones took his chance when he came on. He worked very hard, and he looked like a seasoned pro out there."

There were also words of praise for outhalf Paul Grayson.

"I thought that Paul controlled territory for us, and controlled the game. I am very pleased with his performance," Robinson said.

Italy coach John Kirwan said he was not satisfied by the performance or the scoreline.

"When you play the world champions and make mistakes you deservedly get punished," said the New Zealander. "We have got to work on ironing out silly errors. England are an incredibly complete team and very disciplined.

"Robinson had an outstanding game but you can see that when one player went off and another came on there was little difference in the standard of their play - that's the mark of a good side."

Italy face another tough game next week when they take on France in Paris and they look certain to be without centre Manuel Dallan, who damaged ankle ligaments when falling badly 10 minutes from the end of the game.