Ben Youngs has sought to diffuse the euphoria over England’s fine victory in Cardiff by reminding his team-mates their Six Nations title quest is still in its infancy.

Wales were dispatched 21-16 in a compelling curtain raiser to the 2015 Championship at the Millennium Stadium, but the scoreline failed to reflect the second-half dominance of Stuart Lancaster’s men.

With some justification assistant coach Andy Farrell hailed “a proper Test win – 21-16 didn’t do us justice”, as the 30-3 rout endured two years ago was avenged to elevate England above Ireland as new title favourites.

Italy at Twickenham next Saturday are the next assignment with a pivotal trip to Dublin looming two weekends later, so scrum-half Youngs knows the importance of keeping the opening day celebrations brief.

“This is round one. It’s a great result and we are really pleased, but we will be straight back on it on Monday. We can’t get ahead of ourselves,” Youngs said.

“In 2013 we took a pasting in Cardiff when we probably got ahead of ourselves, so we have got to make sure that we learn from that and focus on one game at a time.

“To come here and get the result we have been working hard for is really pleasing, so it’s a great start.

“But championships aren’t won in the first round, it’s about what you do afterwards that counts, so we have got to build on this.”