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WALES 23 - 15 ITALY
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff - Saturday 01 February 2014
KO: 14:30 GMT/15:30 CET HT: 17-3 Att: 66,974
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Teams emerging from the tunnel for lead by the mountainous Sergio Parisse. What an encounter this will be.
Teams lead out by the mountainous Sergio Parisse and Alun-Wyn Jones. Millennium Stadium packed. Anthem time!
And we're underway. Wales defence resilient in the opening mins despite run of 11 phases by Italy
2mins: The artist formerly know as Toby Faletau forces the turnover
Strong carry off the lineout from Hibbard. North makes yards.
TRY: Wales 5-0 Italy. Ball kicked through, defensive slip by debutant Esposito and Cuthbert pounces
CONV: Wales 7-0 Italy 5min and Halfpenny adds the extra.
George North looking lively. Chip and chase from 30m out. Cover good by Italian wingers though.
8mins: Italian defence from lineout good - the clearance not. Lucky to get a scrum on their 22.
9min: And first scrum penalty goes to the Italians. Paul James head and shoulders up is the ref's call.
11mins: Charteris pinged for coming in at the side. McLean opts for territory. RBS6Natons rugby
12mins: Right option in the end as Italy get a shot from in front of the posts. Lydiate not rolling away.
PEN: Wales 7-3 Italy 13mins Allan pops over the penalty from in front
Wales at the restart. Loose pass and Cuthbert under pressure. Parisse leaps on Mike Phillips for the turnover.
16min: Italy pressurising Wales 22 but Faletau makes his 2nd turnover of the game for Wales to clear.
17mins: Italy hot on their blitz defence. Pass to Scott Williams read like a book.
19mins: Wales building the phases and Jamie Roberts carries out wide. Hands down the line but A-W Jones barrelled into touch.
20mins: Italy with the chance to clear from a lineout. Geldenhuys struggles to control at the back.
21mins: Bit of a stutter at the lineout from Wales - ball not gone five. Scrum to Italy.
23mins: 2nd penalty at scrum time also goes to Italy. Paul James the culprit once more.
25mins: Sublime kick from McLean as he spots space in the Wales 22. Wales clear from their 5m line.
27mins: Interference by Italy at the line and kick very much within Halfpenny's range.
PEN: Wales 10-3 Italy 28mins. Despite a slip the ball goes through.
30mins: Free-kick to Wales at the scrum this time and Lydiate carries it on. Surge from Cuthbert down the line.
30mins: Good drive up the middle by Wales from the lineout. But ball not released. Italy penalty and McLean clears.
33mins: Bortolami the go-to man in the Italy lineout. Italy chasing kicks well and North under pressure.
34mins: Strong carry from Sgarbi up the middle. Clever crossfield kick for Parisse buts it's a knock on.
35mins: First Wales scrum and the pressure's on but Priestland clears. Italy countering well - lots of zip in this Azzurri side.
37mins: Scrappy Wales lineout but Jamie Roberts sees a gap. Great inside support from Scott Williams.
TRY: Wales 15-3 Italy 38mins. Easy run in from Williams after good support inside of Roberts
CONV: Wales 17-3 Italy 39mins. And an easy conversion for Halfpenny.
HT: Wales 17-3 Italy. Wales with 56% of the possession and tries at the beginning and end of the half.
Time for the 2nd half and Priestland gets us underway
No changes to either side during the break
42mins: Wales lose the ball forward, Italy kick ahead, Campagnaro chases and gets the ball down but TMO questions forward pass.
TRY: Wales 17-8 Italy 42mins. TMO is fine with it. Campagnaro gets the try but Allan unable to add the extras.
Bright start for Italy then in this 2nd half. They won't give up.
44mins: Halfpenny given chance to take Wales to 20points from a penalty but narrowly hooks to the left.
45mins: Wales trundling the ball into Italy half but who's on hand to hold up the ball? Parisse of course.
48mins: Wales give away a series of pens at scrum and then rolling maul. Italy with a chance at the sticks.
49mins: Allan's shot comes off the left upright and Wales clear from a 22m dropout. Surge from Italy in response..
51mins: Big Castro is the latest ball-carrier. Italy trying to suck in Welsh defenders with good pressure. Slowly going forward.
52mins: Bergamasco goes in off his feet. Big defensive effort from Wales.
53mins: Priestland reads an Italian pass well allowing #Wales to counter. Ghiraldini done for offside and Wales have a lineout 30m out.
55mins: Light footwork from Priestland - he gets within a couple of metres but can't quite stay in field.
56mins: Cuthbert slipping tackles and linking with North but can't get the pass away. Both sides making a couple of sub changes
58mins: Allan chips over but Halfpenny reads it well. Short burst of kicking ping-pong but ball goes dead from a Wales kick.
59mins: Italy have a good lineout position. Sublime one-handed take by Parisse but Wales then turn the ball over.
60mins: Alun-Wyn Jones takes the lineout under pressure and Phillips clears. Campagnaro loses the ball forward - scrum to Wales
62mins: Both sides have conceded 10 penalties. Halfpenny puts in a high kick which McLean fields well.
63mins: McLean finds space and Geldenhuys is there to charge the ball up but Faletau is on hand again for the turnover.
64mins: Big cheer around the Millennium Stadium as Sam Warburton on for Dan Lydiate Wales
66mins: Italy scrum pinged for not driving straight. Halfpenny steps up...
PEN: Wales 20-8 Italy 67mins. Straight in front of the posts and Halfpenny doesn't miss from there.
67mins: Wales using their depth of the bench. Gats making sure Hibbard and Phillips remain fit. Castro also subbed off
TRY: Wales 20-13 Italy 69mins. Halfpenny pass intercepted by Campagnaro and the centre is under the posts.
CONV: Wales 20-15 Italy 69mins. Allan brings Italy to within 5 points with the conversion.
71mins: Wales penalty taken quickly by replacement 9 Rhys Webb. Patient in building phases and get a penalty 25m out.
PEN: Wales 23-15 Italy 73mins. Italy no longer within a converted try after a Halfpenny penalty.
75mins: Numerous phases by Italy but unable to gain ground. Kick away in frustration and North gathers albeit sloppily
76mins: A-W Jones steals the Italy lineout and surges forward.
78mins: Wales with possession on the Italy 22 and attempt crossfield kick but Campagnaro is on hand.
78mins: Campagnaro awarded MOTM - superb defensive display and read Halfpenny's pass well for the intercept try.
79mins: Game has been played at tempo and Italy have done exceptionally to stay close in the game.
80mins: Parisse tap-and-go and Italy have final surge.
81mins: Ball turned over and Wales decide to keep it alive but North knocks on from a cross-field kick and that's time.
FT: Wales 23-15 Italy. Wales not quite clinical enough in the 2nd half. Next up 'Le Crunch'!!
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Scott Williams 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Richard Hibbard 3 Adam Jones 4 Luke Charteris 5 ALUN WYN JONES (C) 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Ryan Bevington 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Andrew Coombs 20 Sam Warburton 21 Rhys Webb 22 James Hook 23 Liam Williams
SCORERS T: Cuthbert, Scott Williams C: Halfpenny (2) P: Halfpenny (3)
15 Luke McLean 14 Angelo Esposito* 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Tommaso Allan 9 Edoardo Gori 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) 7 Mauro Bergamasco 6 Alessandro Zanni 5 Marco Bortolami 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Michele Rizzo BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Alberto De Marchi 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Joshua Furno 20 Francesco Minto 21 Tobias Botes 22 Luciano Orquera 23 Tommaso Iannone
SCORERS T: Campagnaro (2) C: Allan P: Allan
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU) Asst Referees: Glen Jackson (NZR) Francisco Pastrana (UAR) TMO: Iain Ramage (SRU)
FRANCE 26 - 24 ENGLAND
Stade de France, Paris - Saturday 01 February 2014
KO: 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET HT: 16-8 Att: 78,763
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
France v England Delayed flights...crushingly jammed trains...still made it! Bonjour!
France 0-0 England 0mins Anthems done with pomp & ceremony...but not greatest start for England...
France 5-0 England 1min Huget belts over T/L almost from KO leaving England his wake
France 5-0 England 3mins No conversion but England reply by heading directly into French 22...
France 5-3 England 5mins Ref Nigel Owens rewards visitors with penalty & Owen Farrell is on target from out wide
France 5-3 England 7mins Well it's obvious which France has turned up - the fighting one! Deep in England 22....
France 5-3 England 8mins French bundled into touch but Jonny May off v early replaced by Alex Goode
France 8-3 England 10mins England manage to hold off another try by conceding a penalty - 3-points better than 7
France 8-3 England 13mins France attack again & tho Stu probably not happiest coach, England hold French off
France 8-3 England 16mins England head back in to French 22; home side hold off attack well & force them back
France 8-3 England 17mins Whopper clearance kick & both Englanders faff the collect...meanwhile it's Huget...
France 13-3 England 17mins It's Huget that benefits who collects from the mess & scores easily...again!
France 13-3 England 19mins No conversion but Owens halts play for a possible late white tackle...
France 13-3 England 19mins TMO checks tackle & not dangerous; Jules Plisson slips as tackled - just a word
France 13-3 England 21mins It's French scrum outside the England 22; England concede penalty & Doussain tees up...
France 16-3 England 22mins Another easy penalty this time from Eng front row punished with 3 more points
France 16-3 England 24mins All the England talk about front foot ball this week falling by wayside so far...
France 16-3 England 25mins Saying that, head deep into French 22 & Goode picks up great pass but tripped up
France 16-3 England 26mins Goode spills fwd; French defensive 5m scrum good & clear but Jack Nowell takes quickly
France 16-3 England 28mins England muster a scrum but again it fails & it's a blue ball again...
France 16-3 England 28mins French run the ball in Eng half & make some serious yards... lot of pick & go
France 16-3 England 30mins Picamoles breaks > offload & chip ahead as Nowell takes him down...
France 16-3 England 31mins Brice Dulin goes for corner but into touch & England can breath for moment...
France 16-3 England 31mins France forced back into own half & some big tackles coming in from visitors...
France 16-3 England 32mins France having stormer & not letting England play their game but visitors not deterred
France 16-3 England 34mins Wave upon wave of attack from England on T/L; France determined to hold them out..
France 16-3 England 36mins Despite France's best effort, penalty & tap & go from Danny Care is quick enough...
France 16-3 England 36mins Gets ball out to Mike Brown who goes over for 1st ever try for England > TMO...
France 16-8 England 38mins TMO says yes & England finally playing catch up, but no conversion from touch from Faz
France 16-8 England 40mins England attack again tho not so successfully; Faz drop goal doesn't make it > HT
France 16-8 England HT T: Huget (2) P: Doussain (2) | T: Brown P: Farrell
France 16-8 England HT Not such bad score or match; France capitalising on England's small errors
France 16-8 England 40mins & we're back as the sun disappears & bloody hell its getting cold...
France 16-8 England 42mins A much better start from England & looks like Danny Care may be over...TMO
France 16-8 England 42mins HT talk had an impact! Even tho it's a no try from TMO, Faz has penalty from out wide
France 16-11 England 43mins Faz has no problems & England step a little closer to Les Bleus
France 16-11 England 45mins Better work from England; French L/O but Les Bleus dragging their feet to position...
France 16-11 England 46mins France hand over penalty at L/O & its an England scrum...more faffing...
France 16-16 England 47mins Billy V escapes with ball- bit of jiggery pokery & Luther Burrell bursts over T/L
France 16-18 England 48mins Faz doesn't falter either & the visitors take the lead for the 1st time
France 16-18 England 50mins France reply with massive attack & Fofana gets close but super t/o from Brown
France 16-18 England 51mins Slimani, Forestier, Szarzewski & Maestri on for Mas, Domingo, Kayser & Flanquart
France 16-18 England 51mins Desperate changes from France while Mako Vunipola on for Joe Marler
France 16-18 England 54mins England have transformed & are on the rampage for more points while France defend
France 16-21 England 56mins After continual pressure from visitors, Danny Care sneaks over a drop goal
France 16-21 England 58mins Maxime Machenaud comes on for Plisson & Tom Youngs for Hartley
France 16-21 England It's an English family affair with the Youngs & Vunipola brothers + father/son Farrells!
France 16-21 England 60mins Faz breaks up to 22 but no support; France nick it > Bastareaud has & penalty France
France 16-21 England 61mins Little time out & Care gets a break after sterling work; Lee Dickson on
France 16-21 England 63mins From scrum France make it deep into England territory ...but really not for long
France 16-21 England 65mins Chaps could do with the breaks with these crazy bursts of pace; Eng 5m out...
France 16-21 England 66mins Chouly for Picamoles; Ben Morgan & Brad Barritt for Billy Vunipola & Jack Nowell
France 16-21 England 68mins France win penalty from scrum & opt for points while Dave Attwood on for Lawes
France 19-21 England 69mins Machenaud creeps France within a penalty /DG score with good kick & 10 mins remaining
France 19-21 England 70mins Faz goes down with cramp while France pinged for not rolling away...Goode tees up
France 19-24 England 72mins Goode messes up France's DG plan as he adds 3pts - converted try required for win
France 19-24 England 74mins Time out while Faz gets on pitch treatment for cramp; France defensive scrum in 22...
France 19-24 England 76mins Faz back up; France retain ball but still in own half...
France 19-24 England 77mins But a pass from Szarzewski > Fickou who's just replaced Bastereaud bypasses England
France 19-24 England 77mins Previously silent French crowd erupts to bring stadium alive for draw under posts!
France 26-24 England 78mins Machenaud converts from in front of posts
France 26-24 England 78mins France take time for scrum on England 22 & La Marseillaise drowns all else
France 26-24 England 80mins France just round down clock while England snatch defeat from jaws of victory
France 26-24 England Ball is walloped into crowd for FT; England fought back admirably but Le Crunch is Bleu
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Wesley Fofana 11 Maxime Médard 10 Jules Plisson 9 Jean Marc Doussain 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Benjamin Kayser 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Alexandre Flanquart 5 PASCAL PAPÉ (C) 6 Yannick Nyanga 7 Bernard Le Roux 8 Louis Picamoles BENCH: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski 17 Yannick Forestier 18 Rabah Slimani 19 Yoann Maestri 20 Antoine Burban 21 Damien Chouly 22 Maxime Machenaud 23 Gaël Fickou
SCORERS T: Huget (2), Fikou C: Machenaud P: Doussain (2), Machenaud
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell* 13 Luther Burrell* 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Henry Thomas 19 Dave Attwood 20 Ben Morgan 21 Lee Dickson 22 Brad Barritt 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Brown, Burrell C: Farrell P: Farrell (2), Goode DG: Care
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Asst Referees: Alain Rolland (IRFU) Stuart Berry (SARU) TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)
IRELAND 26 - 8 SCOTLAND 
Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Sunday 02 February 2014
KO: 15:00 GMT/16:00 CET HT: 11-3 Att: 51,000
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BRIAN O'DRISCOLL'S RBS 6 Nations swansong got off to a winning start as Ireland had too much class for Scotland, chalking up an impressive 28-6 victory at the Aviva Stadium.
Tries from Andrew Trimble and Jamie Heaslip, captain after the late withdrawal of Paul O'Connell, and Rob Kearney ensured Joe Schmidt's first RBS 6 Nations campaign began with a win and that O'Driscoll's record-breaking 129th cap was a memorable one.
Scotland huffed and puffed throughout but, glimpses from Stuart Hogg aside, they lacked in creative spark whereas Ireland fly-half Jonny Sexton ignited his side in Dublin.
Ireland lost O'Connell to a chest infection at the 11th hour and Scotland began on the front foot, putting ten phases together but were stopped in their tracks by Ireland flanker Chris Henry. Almost immediately after however, Henry, selected in the absence of Sean O'Brien, was penalised by referee Craig Joubert at the breakdown, only for Scotland scrum-half Greig Laidlaw to hit the left upright with his penalty from the ten-metre line.Scotland continued through the lively Hogg threatened to burst all the way through the Scotland defence, only for Ireland to scramble back in midfield.
It was then Ireland's turn to attack and despite the absence of O'Connell, their forwards took them to within inches on the Scotland try-line with a powerful driving maul. Scotland held firm however but on 14 minutes Ireland were ahead when Kelly Brown was penalised for not rolling away and Sexton broke the deadlock.
Their lead lasted for just 5 minutes however. This time it was Ireland lock Devin Toner who did not roll away and from an easier position, Laidlaw opened his account for 3-3.
Infringement at the breakdown was a constant theme of the first half and on 22 minutes Sexton restored Ireland's 3-point advantage with another consummate penalty.
Just after the half-hour mark, further impressive play from Hogg saw Scotland exert pressure in the right-hand corner and when David Denton picked up from the base of the scrum, the hosts needed Conor Murray and Peter O'Mahony to be alert and bundle him into touch, just short of the line.
Then came the stand-out moment of the half that eventually led to the first try. Sexton took matters into his own hands and some superb elusive running saw the fly-half break through the middle of the field before unleashing a wonderful loose pass to Heaslip on the left. Hogg did his utmost to tackle the Ireland No.8 and while he couldn't stop him, he did slow him down, allowing replacement Max Evans to deny Heaslip the try - just forcing his foot into touch. Scotland made a mess of the lineout however, and after the forwards had a go for the line on the left, the ball was worked across to the right where Trimble, playing in his first RBS 6 Nations match for two years, finished off his 13th try for Ireland.
Sexton missed the conversion and Scotland were back to within five at the start of the second half - winning a lineout and earning a penalty from which Laidlaw made no mistake.
But Ireland were soon into their stride and they had their second try on 47 minutes - a driving maul finally paying dividends. Ireland had been awarded a penalty and, with their tails up, Sexton kicked to the corner; Dan Tuohy won the lineout and Heaslip was the beneficiary - dotting down after the hosts stormed their way to the line. Sexton converted for an 18-6 lead.
The momentum was with Ireland and they set about laying siege to the Scotland line and while they could not find a way through, the visitors could not keep their discipline and Sexton added to his tally with a 57th-minute penalty.
Aware that the game was slipping away, Scotland, led by Hogg, fought their way back into the match and did enjoy spells of possession in the Ireland half but they could not create any clear-cut chances.
It did not last long however and Ireland continued to probe and on 71 minutes, after a piercing break from Henry, Kearney, winning his 50th cap, powered his way over to put the game to bed.
Sexton added the extras before he and O'Driscoll were withdrawn to rapturous applause with attentions already turning to next weekend's visit of defending champions Wales.
15 Rob Kearney 14 David Kearney 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Luke Marshall 11 Andrew Trimble 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 8 JAMIE HEASLIP (C) 7 Chris Henry 6 Peter O'Mahony 5 Dan Tuohy 4 Devin Toner 3 Mike Ross 2 Rory Best 1 Cian Healy BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Martin Moore* 19 Dan Tuohy 20 Tommy O'Donnell 21 Isaac Boss 22 Paddy Jackson 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Trimble, Kearney, Heaslip C: Sexton(2) P: Sexton (3)
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Sean Maitland 13 Alex Dunbar 12 Duncan Taylor 11 Sean Lamont 10 Duncan Weir 9 Greig Laidlaw 1 Ryan Grant 2 Ross Ford 3 Moray Low 4 Tim Swinson 5 Jim Hamilton 6 Ryan Wilson 7 KELLY BROWN (C) 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Pat MacArthur 17 Alasdair Dickinson 18 Geoff Cross 19 Richie Gray 20 Johnnie Beattie 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Matt Scott 23 Max Evans
SCORERS P: Laidlaw(2)
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU) Asst Referees: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Mike Fraser (NZR) TMO: Carlo Damasco (FIR)
IRELAND 26 - 3 WALES
Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Saturday 08 February 2014
KO: 14:30 GMT/15:30 CET HT: 13-0
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HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED...
Ireland v Wales We're live from a dry and sunny Dublin; time to see if this match will live up to the hype
Ireland 0-0 Wales 1mins following a patch up repair to a player it's scrum 1 to Ireland
Ireland 0 - 0 Wales 2mins collapsed scrum, Wales advantage, pressure now on Ireland's defence
Ireland 0-0 Wales 4mins mistakes by Wales and play taken into the Welsh half
Ireland 0-0 Wales 5mins some great breaks from Ireland but the Welsh defence is strong
Ireland 3-0 Wales 6mins pen to Ireland, first points to Sexton who today receives his 40th cap for Ireland
Ireland 3-0 Wales 11mins Ire push forward nearly ruined by loose ball, neat chip from O'Driscoll, lineout
Ireland 3-0 Wales 13mins O'Driscoll receiving treatment but is back on his feet
Ireland 3-0 Wales 14mins massive heave from Ireland move them deeper into Welsh territory
Ireland 6-0 Wales 16mins pen to Ireland, taken and scored
Ireland 6-0 Wales 20mins pen to Wales allows play to enter Ireland territory but not for long as ball booted
Ireland 6-0 Wales 22mins fantastic kick from Priestland and Wales enter again
Ireland 6-0 Wales 25mins Irish scrum, and collapse Ireland advantage
Ireland 6-0 Wales 26mins clinical lineout and play from Ireland, fab run from Trimble taken down on the 5m
Ireland 6-0 Wales 30mins an awful lot of kicking in this game today, resulting in a Ire line out on the 5m
Ireland 13-0 Wales 32mins Try scored by Henry and converted by Sexton
Ireland 13-0 Wales 37mins Wales in danger, but they deal with pressure well, clean line out and danger gone
Ireland 13-0 Wales 39mins Sexton lines up for a kick, but from the Ireland end, short and wide
Ireland 13 - 0 Wales HT: T: Henry C: Sexton P: Sexton (2)
Ireland 13 - 0 Wales 42mins Ireland line out taken cleanly full on attack on Wales inching towards the line
Ireland 16 - 0 Wales 45mins Pen for Ireland, Sexton scores
Ireland 16 - 0 Wales 47mins Wales react well play now on the 5m, but mistakes give Ireland the advantage
Ireland 16 - 0 Wales 50mins scum taking lesson from the ref, lets see if this one collapses
Ireland 16 - 0 Wales 53mins scruffy Irish lineout allows the welsh to steal but not for long Irish scrum
Ireland 16 - 0 Wales 54mins POC replaced by Tuohy as the heavens open
Ireland 16 - 3 Wales 56mins and Halfpenny opens the scoring for Wales on his 50th match from his country
Ireland 16 - 3 Wales 58mins Wales penalised Sexton steps up again
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 59mins and he doesn't disappoint the home crowd
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 62mins Ireland scrum successfully taken and the attack is on
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 63mins bad call from the line, from where I'm sitting I saw the ball come off a red
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 65mins Wales spurred by the jeering crowd, play is on the 5m
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 71mins Ireland lineout resulting in a rolling maul edging closer to the try line
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 72mins turnover by Wales ball cleared and caught by Kearney who is clear to run the ball back
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 73mins Roberts stopped dead in his tracks, scrum to Ireland
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 75mins Ireland on the attack, fumbles from both sides but Welsh scrum
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 76mins And there go the fair weather mostly Welsh fans, there are 4mins left and out they go... GGRRRR!!!!!
Ireland 19 - 3 Wales 77mins Man of the match given to Peter O'Mahony
Ireland 26 - 3 Wales 79mins Try for Ireland scored and converted by Jackson
Ireland 26 - 3 Wales 79mins Meanwhile, Mike Phillips is sent to the bin for his paltry efforts
Ireland 26 - 3 Wales 81mins great run down Irelands left wing, but not quite to the line, match over
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 David Kearney 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Devin Toner 5 PAUL O'CONNELL (C) 6 Peter O'Mahony 7 Chris Henry 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Martin Moore 19 Dan Tuohy 20 Tommy O'Donnell 21 Isaac Boss 22 Paddy Jackson 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Henry, Jackson C: Sexton, Jackson P: Sexton (4)
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Scott Williams 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Mike Phillips 1 Gethin Jenkins 2 Richard Hibbard 3 Adam Jones 4 Andrew Coombs 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Paul James 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Jake Ball 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Rhys Webb 22 James Hook 23 Liam Williams
SCORERS P: Halfpenny 
Mike Phillips
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU) Asst Referees: Glen Jackson (NZR) JP Doyle (RFU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
SCOTLAND 0 - 20 ENGLAND
Murrayfield, Edinburgh - Saturday 08 February 2014
KO: 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET HT: 0-13
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HERE’S HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Scotland v England English anthem belted out...now crowd into 2nd verse of Flower of Scotland without band!
Scotland v England Fireworks, anthems & all the nonsense done in cold, wet rainy Edinburgh...was delightful...
Scotland 0-0 England The crowd roars for the countdown to KO & we're off for Calcutta Cup 2014
Scotland 0-0 England 0mins From KO England has L/O on Scots 10m...
Scotland 0-0 England 2mins Owen Farrell clears for pen; an upset for Scotland as Faz tees up for penalty
Scotland 0-0 England 3mins Faz in front of posts but way back outside 10m...& his foot slips on the mud
Scotland 0-0 England 4mins Pitch is atrocious-even b4 KO. Going to be hard for both sides; another Eng pen
Scotland 0-3 England 6mins Eng L/O on Scots 22 is good & Danny Care does it again...drop goal is bang on!
Scotland 0-3 England 8mins Chip to touch from Duncan Weir & Dylan Hartley hits mark on L/O again in own half
Scotland 0-3 England 9mins But Hartley infringes - off feet at B/D. Acute angle penalty from touch for Laidlaw
Scotland 0-3 England 10mins Greig Laidlaw pulls it across the posts & play resumes...
Scotland 0-3 England 11mins Scots ball on halfway; kicked away & Faz collects but Faz fumbles ball in own 22
Scotland 0-3 England 12mins But ball fall backwards; Faz clears & good L/O takes them back over H/W...
Scotland 0-3 England 13mins Jim Hamilton pinged for going in at the side; Faz kicks to corner for 5m L/O
Scotland 0-8 England 14mins Scots try to defend but Care passes deftly to Luther Burrell on run & he scores!
Scotland 0-10 England 15mins Faz converts & Eng are already into double figures. A good day for England fans
Scotland 0-10 England 17mins But Eng hand over immediate penalty & Laidlaw tees up...but misses again
Scotland 0-10 England 19mins Beardy weirdy Sean Lamont infringes at B/D & Faz tees up but out wide on 10m
Scotland 0-10 England 20mins Faz also pulls it wide but England on the attack pushing on 22...
Scotland 0-10 England 22mins Faz offloads to Burrell but doesn't quite catch it on way thru tho he has space
Scotland 0-10 England 24mins @brianmoore666 has been reading Macbeth... Six Nations Drinking Game is on!!!
Scotland 0-10 England 26mins Eng adv over as kick to touch for Scots L/O on own 22 ...but England nick it
Scotland 0-13 England 28mins Eng adv again & chip thru which fails so back for pen...Faz converts it for 3pts
In case you don't have it to hand...pdf of Six Nations Drinking Game... http://ow.ly/tq4bj
Scotland 0-13 England 30mins Time out...should give Billy SixTwigs time to grow back into a tree!
Scotland 0-13 England 32mins Hoggy wallops ball into Eng 22 from own...kicked right back but quick Scots L/O
Scotland 0-13 England 34mins Walloped back into touch giving Eng defensive L/O & Care collects & clears...
Scotland 0-13 England 35mins Scots possession in Eng half but Weir kicks it away into 22?!
Scotland 0-13 England 37mins penalty Eng for Weir taking Mike Brown out in air... fool!
Scotland 0-13 England 37mins Swing Low reverberating round stadium while Faz thumps ball to touch...
Scotland 0-13 England 38mins Not got the distance; attack but Lamont kicks it away...
Scotland 0-13 England 40mins L/O for England & Luther gets his hands on it & charges...
Scotland 0-13 England 40mins Luther pulled down centimetres from T/L & can't quite stretch over whitewash...
Scotland 0-13 England 40mins Ball goes nowhere & Jérôme Garces calls HT
Scotland 0-13 England HT - | T: Burrell C: Farrell DG: Care
Scotland 0-13 England 40mins Breaking news...Jonny May has not changed his shirt! ;-)
Scotland 0-13 England 42mins England ball on H/W line...Eng kick to touch but Stuart Hogg gets to it...
Scotland 0-13 England 42min Scotland make changes now?! Scott Lawson & Alasdair Dickinson on for Grant & Ford
Scotland 0-13 England 44mins More faffing while teams arrange themselves in a scrum; Eng defensive outside 22
Scotland 0-13 England 46mins Scots desperately trying...but sadly not getting...
Scotland 0-13 England 48mins May makes a break but dragged down on 22...Eng determined tho...
Scotland 0-13 England 50mins Scots hand over penalty & home crowd boos as Faz tees up; misses another from left
Scotland 0-13 England 51mins May charges again; can't release & Alex Dunbar YC'd for not releasing...
Scotland 0-13 England 52mins Eng still in possession in Scots' 22. Homeside disrupt play but can't t/o...
Scotland 0-13 England 55mins Johnnie Beattie on for David Denton; Scots finally in Eng 22...but turned over3
Scotland 0-13 England 57mins However, Scots attacking again...but then it's England's ball again...
Scotland 0-18 England 58m Brilliant hands from Eng & Mike Brown slinks round defence to score 2nd int'l try
Scotland 0-20 England 61mins Faz converts & Eng continue to pile on pressure; time out
Scotland 0-20 England 62mins Scots L/O but Jim Hamilton looks rather taken aback by throw in!
Scotland 0-20 England 63mins Scots possession still..but not much over H/W...poor poppets!
Scotland 0-20 England 64mins ANOTHER time out! FFS. Chris Cusiter on for Laidlaw, Evans on for Tommy Seymour RBS6Nations Rugby
Scotland 0-20 England 65mins For Eng, Dave Attwood for Launchbury & Mako Vunipola for Marler
Scotland 0-20 England 66mins Eng on rampage again over 22 & creeping ahead rather than charging now
Scotland 0-20 England 68mins Eng 5m L/O good & ref getting a bit cheesed off with Scots' discipline...
Scotland 0-20 England 70mins Scots defensive 5m scrum which falls but doesn't fail...
Scotland 0-20 England 71mins Cross & Gray for Low & Hamilton | Ben Youngs & Morgan for Hartley & Vunipola
Scotland 0-20 England 75m Alex Goode, Lee Dickson, Brad Barritt, Henry Thomas for May, Care, Burrell & Cole
Scotland 0-20 England 76mins Huge drive from England inches from Scots' T/L...
Scotland 0-20 England 79mins Still piling on the pressure while Mike Brown deservedly gets Man of the Match
Scotland 0-20 England 80mins Scots hustle ball back at scrum & Wei kicks to touch for England win
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Alex Dunbar 12 Matt Scott 11 Sean Lamont 10 Duncan Weir 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Ryan Grant 2 Ross Ford 3 Moray Low 4 Tim Swinson 5 Jim Hamilton 6 Ryan Wilson 7 Chris Fusaro* 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Scott Lawson 17 Alasdair Dickinson 18 Geoff Cross 19 Jonny Gray 20 Johnnie Beattie 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Duncan Taylor 23 Max Evans
SCORERS Dunbar
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell 13 Luther Burrell 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Henry Thomas 19 Dave Attwood 20 Ben Morgan 21 Lee Dickson 22 Brad Barritt 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Burrell, Brown C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell DG: Care
Referee: Jérôme Garces (FFR) Asst Referees: George Clancy (IRFU) Mike Fraser (NZR) TMO: Eric Gauzins (FFR)
FRANCE 30 - 10 ITALY
Stade de France, Paris - Sunday 09 February 2014
KO: 15:00 GMT/16:00 CET HT: 9-3
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France 0-0 Italy Anthems done majestically at Stade de France so we await KO in Paris...
France 0-0 Italy SA ref Jaco Peyper takes the helm as Tommaso Allan prepares to KO
France 0-0 Italy 0mins Mathieu Bastereaud forced to clear from own 22 from KO
France 0-0 Italy 2mins Jules Plisson finds good footing for France & sets up Dimitri Szarzewski with 22 L/O
France 0-0 Italy 4mins Long L/O & France have advantage & penalty comes; Jean-Marc Doussain tees up
France 0-0 Italy 4mins Not a difficult kick in far better conditions than last week but he pushes wide
France 0-0 Italy 5mins Les Bleus need not worry if pens keep on coming - this from Tommaso Iannone
France 0-0 Italy 6mins Slightly more difficult kick for Doussain but he misses this one too!
France 0-0 Italy 7mins France line up position & Plisson drops a goal..badly..and it goes way wide. 9pts lost
France 0-0 Italy 9mins France scrum on Italian 22 is good & quick ball arriving from break downs...
France 0-0 Italy 10mins But the Azzurri manage to turn it over with smart defence & clear
France 0-0 Italy 12mins France hand over penalty at H/W & Gonzalo Garcia tees up from just inside...
France 0-0 Italy 13mins A respectful audience is quiet for the quick but it fall just short of uprights
France 0-0 Italy 14mins Italians with attacking momentum but going backwards til Allan chips ahead aimlessly
France 0-0 Italy 15mins Big hit on Joshua Furno from Plisson & France have penalty as ball hits ground...
France 0-0 Italy 16mins Szarzewski's throw in not great from L/O & France end up back outside 10m
France 0-0 Italy 16mins Good work in taking down bulldozer that is Bastereaud but awesome kick to touch
France 0-0 Italy 17m Italian defensive 5m scrum won by Sergio Parisse but Luke McLean struggles to make ground
France 0-0 Italy 19m Huge Azzurri scrum & France can't handle it; goes Italy's way for another; McLean clears
France 0-0 Italy 21m Long adv played for Azzurri as they shift over H/W; whistle for penalty from same place
France 0-0 Italy 22mins Garcia has the distance this time but not the direction so 2nd quarter & no score...
France 0-0 Italy 24mins Both sides missed 2 penalty kicks each; France L/O just inside Azzurri 22
France 0-0 Italy 25mins L/O is good but quite slow up til 7th phase; Brice Dulin breaks but pulled down & t/o
France 3-0 Italy 26mins penalty to France & this time almost impossible to miss uprights; Doussain doesn't
France 3-3 Italy 28min Dubious work from Dulin on excellent break but only penalty - Allan kicks thru to equalise
France 3-3 Italy 30mins French scrum on own 10m - penalty goes to Italy followed swiftly by another...
France 3-3 Italy 31mins Tommy Allan tees up from wide outside 22 to whistling...not good work at all
France 3-3 Italy 32mins France respond with a speedy break from Dulin over H/W; Louis Picamoles charges thru
France 6-3 Italy 34mins Takes 2 to bring him down but infringe & penalty France; Doussain finds mark & are ahead...
France 6-3 Italy 37mins France clear from own half into Italy's & it's L/O on 10m; adv France but quite slow
France 6-3 Italy 38mins Doesn't really go anywhere & penalty called; Doussain tees up from 10m off centre...
France 9-3 Italy 38mins Doussain has definitely found his kicking feet as Les Bleus edge ahead...
France 9-3 Italy 39mins Minute remains of this scrappy play; penalty Italy who clear to touch for L/O inside French 22
France 9-3 Italy 40mins L/O is good but Peyper says k/o as Parisse collects from base of B/D...HT
France 9-3 Italy HT P: Doussain (3) | P: Allan
France 9-3 Italy HT Too many penalties & t/o's conceded, kicks missed, tackles missed & generally lacklustre
France 9-3 Italy HT No way France will be stealing any championships post-British Lions playing like this!
France 9-3 Italy 40mins We're back & let's hope we don't fall asleep from boredom this half...no changes.
France 9-3 Italy 42mins France win a scrum & Plisson kicks to corner for 5m L/O...
France 9-3 Italy 42m Picamoles bulldozes thru defence & eventually finds whitewash but Peyper goes up to TMO
France 14-3 Italy 42mins TMO Gareth Simmonds rightly adjudges no obstructive play & slam...it's a try!
France 16-3 Italy 43mins Doussain converts & suddenly game picks up...no doubt after a right talking to at HT
France 21-3 Italy 43mins Les Bleus have found their mojo as Wesley Fofana breaks unhindered to T/L from 10m
France 21-3 Italy 43mins Terrible mis-timed tackle from McLean as Fofana skips over him to score
France 23-3 Italy 44mins Conversion from Doussain & the future looks bright for Les Bleus 20 points clear!
France 23-3 Italy 46mins Crowd's woken up too as La Marseillaise is belted out deafeningly round stadium
France 23-3 Italy 48mins Yannick Forestier & Rabah Slimani on for Nicolas Mas & Thomas Domingo in front row
France 23-3 Italy 50mins Italy finally get ball & battle over H/W & 10m but stilted until chip thru to touch
France 23-3 Italy 51mins French defensive scrum; stopped for Szarzewski chat then finally thrown in...
France 23-3 Italy 51mins Italy manage to steal for a moment in French 22 but Fofana intercepts and runs...
France 28-3 Italy 51mins And runs...offloads to Yoann Huget to corner & to Hugo Bonneval to score try no. 3
France 30-3 Italy 52mins Doussain converts & it took til 2nd half to find Les Bleus we all know & love
France 30-3 Italy 54mins Have Beeb commentary in one ear...just why does Jonathan Davies have to be SO bloody cynical & dour! Do shut up!
France 30-3 Italy 56mins Italy have advantage & deep in French 22; penalty coming but handbags drawn...
France 30-3 Italy 57mins Damien Chouly & Benjamin Kayser on for Picamoles & Szarzewski & Italy prep changes
France 30-3 Italy 59mins Zanni, Giazzon, Rizzo & Cittadini for Minto, Ghiraldini, de Marchi & Castrogiovanni
France 30-3 Italy 61mins Time out & a breather for both sides before Italy defensive scrum outside 10m
France 30-3 Italy 63mins Good work from Italy up to French 22 while Orquera & Botes on for Gori & Allan
France 30-3 Italy 65mins Immediate impact from both players & looks like a score but not quite...
France 30-3 Italy 66mins Azzurri repeatedly pound at T/L til finally Tobias Botes gets over > TMO
France 30-3 Italy 66mins From the replay, his own hand appears to be under the ball tho over the whitewash
France 30-3 Italy 67mins Ref & TMO concur that ball not grounded so back for penalty advantage...
France 30-3 Italy 68mins Momentum lost for Italy & forced back outside 22 b4 Orquera kicks to touch for L/O
France 30-3 Italy 69mins François Trinh-Duc & Sébastien Vahaamahina on for Plisson & Papé
France 30-3 Italy 69mins But immediately Vahaamahina arrives he is YC'd for kicking ball away
France 30-3 Italy 70mins & it continues to get fraught as Rizzo retaliates to Slimani head but...2 red cards
France 30-3 Italy 72mins 13 to 14 & Italy on attack while Fickou on for Bastereaud & Bortolami for Geldenhuys
France 30-3 Italy 74mins di Marchi returns for Bergamasco for scrum but not a good end to it...
France 30-3 Italy 75mins Bernard le Roux forced off after tackling with head from wrong side & concussed
France 30-8 Italy 76m Yannick Nyanga back on after going off for Mas; meanwhile Iannone slamdunks it over T/L
France 30-10 Italy 77mins Orquera converts & Italy save a bit of face with excellent try
France 30-10 Italy 79mins France attacking L/O disrupted while Vahaamahina returns to equalise numbers for 30secs
France 30-10 Italy 80mins Italy defensive scrum just inside own half; Fofana is named Man of Match & it's FT
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Wesley Fofana 11 Hugo Bonneval* 10 Jules Plisson 9 Jean Marc Doussain 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Dimitri Szarzewski 3 Nicolas Mas 4 PASCAL PAPÉ (C) 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Yannick Nyanga 7 Bernard Le Roux 8 Louis Picamoles BENCH: 16 Benjamin Kayser 17 Yannick Forestier 18 Rabah Slimani 19 Sébastien Vahaamahina 20 Damien Chouly 21 Maxime Machenaud 22 François Trinh-Duc 23 Gaël Fickou
SCORERS T: Picamoles, Fofana, Bonneval C: Doussain (3) P: Doussain (3) Vahaamahina 
Slimani
15 Luke McLean 14 Tommaso Iannone 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Tommaso Allan 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Alberto De Marchi 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Joshua Furno 6 Francesco Minto 7 Mauro Bergamasco 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Michele Rizzo 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Marco Bortolami 20 Alessandro Zanni 21 Tobias Botes 22 Luciano Orquera 23 Angelo Esposito
SCORERS T: Iannone C: Orquera P: Allan Rizzo
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Asst Referees: Craig Joubert (SARU) Francisco Pastrana (UAR) TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)
WALES 27 - 6 FRANCE
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff - Friday 21 February 2014
KO: 20:00 GMT/21:00 CET HT: 20-6
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Wales v France The lights are out for some weird opening show before teams run out...it's not a rock concert!
Wales v France Except for the odd red or blue spiralling light, the French come out in almost darkness.
Wales v France Wales come out to fanfare a la One Direction! Albeit without Alun Wyn Jones who has a foot infection...
Wales v France La Marseillaise belted out as loud as possible followed by Welsh anthem...
Wales v France France are ready to take on most hostile rugby environment under contrived conditions of closed roof
Wales 0-0 France 0mins Alain Roland blows starting whistle; Warburton shouldn't expect any favours after last time...
Wales 0-0 France 1min France quickly pinged at the breakdown & Leigh Halfpenny tees up for early pen...
Wales 3-0 France 2mins Halfpenny not likely to miss from anywhere-but less so when not exposed to elements like real rugby
Wales 3-0 France 4mins Welsh line out on French 10m is good from Richard Hibbard & they're off...
Wales 3-0 France 5mins TMO asked to check for a push & try yes/no for George North after he & Brice Dulin crash
Wales 8-0 France 6mins TMO Graham Hughes rules the try stands but Halfpenny misses easy conversion
Wales 8-0 France 8mins Wales playing much harder & faster than v Ireland but France defence holds til Pascal Papé knock on
Wales 11-0 France 9mins Another penalty to Wales & this time Halfpenny doesn't fail in his endeavour...
Wales 11-0 France 11mins France finally in Welsh territory but only just as Dulin presses forward over 10m...
Wales 11-0 France 12mins Wales turnover for a moment but knock on & chased by Yoann Huget - evades defence & scores but no try
Wales 11-0 France 13mins Papé insists Rolland go to TMO to confirm & is ruled he knocked on! Great work from Huget tho
Wales 11-0 France 14mins Wales pinged at scrum - accused of walking thru engagement so French scrum...
Wales 11-3 France 16mins Wales pinged for wheeling scrum & penalty Les Bleus. Jean Marc Doussain knocks it thru uprights
Wales 11-3 France 17mins From restart Wales line out inside 10m but obstruction & it's penalty Les Bleus again...take scrum
Wales 14-3 France 19mins But penalty goes to Wales & Halfpenny adds 3 more after possession shown to be 50:50
Wales 14-3 France 21mins Louis Picamoles wrestles possession but bullied into touch by numbers...
Wales 14-3 France 22mins France fight to reclaim possession; Nicolas Mas bulldozes thru towards 22 & have advantage
Wales 14-3 France 22mins Mathieu Bastareaud makes bad pass but back for penalty & Doussain tees up in front of posts...
Wales 14-3 France 23mins Not sure how but Doussain misses! Wales attack & North chips ahead; Dulin reads it but slips
Wales 14-3 France 24m France eventually escape imminent danger as ball cleared to touch from behind tryline but line out Wales
Wales 14-3 France 25mins Wales pile on pressure in 22 & tho Nyanga brings down North, Dulin clearance kick is rubbish
Wales 14-3 France 27mins Another Wales line out just inside Welsh 22 but France have ball at B/D & clear
Wales 14-3 France 28mins Dimitri Szarzewski throws into line out & its a defensive scrum for Wales on 10m...
Wales 14-3 France 29mins Gethin Jenkins collapses the scrum & Jules Plisson takes over kicking duties from Doussain
Wales 14-6 France 31mins Plisson has kicking boots on & adds 3 from 10m out wide ...
Wales 14-6 France 33mins Wales scrum goes down & reset on French 22...North collects offload but defence has improved
Wales 17-6 France 34mins Momentum stunted by defence but confusion created & Wales have pen; Halfpenny converts it
Wales 17-6 France 36mins Aerial ping pong follows French line out but good kick from Dulin; Wales defensive line out & knock on
Wales 17-6 France 37mins Time called as Rolland has words with both captains about scrum & warns cards coming...
Wales 17-6 France 38mins French scrum on halfway & Wales shove France off own ball; Toby Faletau escapes pack...
Wales 17-6 France 38mins Last penalty of half goes to Wales as Halfpenny takes time prepping his tee running down clock
Wales 20-6 France 40mins Of course Halfpenny finds his mark & its HT
Wales 20-6 France HT P: Doussain, Plisson | T: North P: Halfpenny (5)
Wales 20-6 France HT Looking at that scoreline, you wouldn't know possession was 51:49!
Wales 20-6 France HT French play making Wales look v impressive tho probably more of Les Bleus playing appallingly
Wales 20-6 France HT Biggest tragedy is not on the pitch...BBC commentators' Welsh bias is so pathetic *nothingnew*
Wales 20-6 France HT Philippe Saint-André makes one change - Maxime Machenaud on for Jean-Marc Doussain at scrum half
Wales 20-6 France 41mins Early penalty to Wales & Rhys Priestland wallops ball to touch from own half for 22 line out
Wales 20-6 France 42mins Hibbard throws in; France bring them down & Jamie Roberts pinged for not rolling away
Wales 20-6 France 42mins Les Bleus clear & have line out on Welsh 10m...3
Wales 20-6 France 45mins Wales have defensive scrum; has to be reset. Penalty France & Plisson tees up just outside 10m
Wales 20-6 France 47mins Is quite a distance & Plisson hooks it, just missing.
Wales 20-6 France 48mins Meanwhile the Millennium Stadium pitch is starting to become a right mess & players slipping
Wales 20-6 France 48mins Is quite spectacular how French look like they've never played together so far...
Wales 20-6 France 49mins Finally good work from France as Bastereaud almost gets to tryline ho pulled down....
Wales 20-6 France 50mins Alex Cuthbert shoves Dulin away but ref rules knock on France & 5m scrum to Wales
Wales 20-6 France 51mins Scrum goes down again & Rolland sends off both Jenkins & Mas for 10min cool down...
Wales 20-6 France 52mins France creating more opportunities now but not capitalising being hauled into touch
Wales 20-6 France 52mins Wales defensive line out on own 22; France dispute & it's scrum Wales...
Wales 20-6 France 55mins penalty goes to Wales; Welsh line out on halfway & is good...
Wales 20-6 France 56mins Even when France get ball they mess it up...break from Wesley Fofana but fwd pass earlier
Wales 20-6 France 56mins Another advantageous pass from Papé finds touch rather than a player...preposterous!
Wales 20-6 France 58mins Warburton effects a turnover at the B/D while France continue to flounder; penalty Wales...
Wales 20-6 France 58mins Halfpenny tees up from halfway...
Wales 20-6 France 59mins Meanwhile, Vincent Debaty on for Nyanga & Ken Owens & Paul James on for Lydiate & Hibbard
Wales 20-6 France 61mins Halfpenny misses again, and play resumes on halfway; handbags are drawn & Picamoles is carded
Wales 20-6 France 63mins Meanwhile, Jenkins & Mas are back on & Wales make the break & Warburton stretches over tryline
Wales 20-6 France 63mins Goes to TMO; Warburton grounds it short then rolls it over whitewash...but TMO doesn't concur
Wales 27-6 France 63mins TMO checks for earlier knock on & cleared so the try is given; Halfpenny converts
Wales 27-6 France 64mins From restart, France have penalty & clear to touch for 5m attacking line out...
Wales 27-6 France 65mins Mach, Forestier, Vahaamahina & Talès on for Szarzewski, Plisson, Maestri & Domingo
Wales 27-6 France 66mins Welsh defensive scrum & they continue to destroy France's previously strong setpiece
Wales 27-6 France 69mins 140 characters is sadly not enough to list France's poor players today...shocking!
Wales 27-6 France 69mins France get up to Welsh 22 but homeside turnover ball & clear them away deftly...
Wales 27-6 France 71mins Coombs, Rhodri Jones, Tipuric, Phillips & Biggar on for Ball, Adam Jones, Jenkins, Webb & Priestland
Wales 27-6 France 72mins Gaël Fickou replaces an unimpressive Bastereaud & Picamoles is back on
Wales 27-6 France 74m Picamoles makes impact but curious call of Wales defensive 22 line out...soon after same on opposite side
Wales 27-6 France 76mins France had most possession in last 10 mins but done nothing with it...
Wales 27-6 France 77mins Gethin Jenkins awarded RBS Man of Match from BBC commentators; Warburton probably more worthy
Wales 27-6 France 77mins France still in Welsh 22 but turned over & pushed back...
Wales 27-6 France 79mins penalty to France at B/D just inside 10m & cleared to touch; line out in 22 but get turned over again!
Wales 27-6 France 80mins Hook clears from behind tryline; French ball on halfway but eventually rolls into touch & all over
Wales 27-6 France FT Wales' biggest ever victory over France in 5/6 Nations at Millennium Stadium
Wales 27-6 France FT That was the worst French performance I've seen for a bloody long time!
Stats don't lie: Possession 49:51 Territory 43:57 Missed Tackles 26:1 Metres run 188:372 RESULT: Wales 27-6 France ... go figure!
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 George North 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Liam Williams 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Rhys Webb 1 Gethin Jenkins 2 Richard Hibbard 3 Adam Jones 4 Like Charteris 5 Jake Ball 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Paul James 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Andrew Coombs 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Mike Phillips 22 Dan Biggar 23 James Hook
SCORERS T: North, Warburton C: Halfpenny P: Halfpenny (5) Jenkins
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Wesley Fofana 11 Hugo Bonneval 10 Jules Plisson 9 Jean Marc Doussain 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Dimitri Szarzewski 3 Nicolas Mas 4 PASCAL PAPÉ (C ) 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Yannick Nyanga 7 Wenceslas Lauret 8 Louis Picamoles BENCH: 16 Brice Mach 17 Yannick Forestier 18 Vincent Debaty 19 Sébastien Vahaamahina 20 Damien Chouly 21 Maxime Machenaud 22 Rémi Talès 23 Gaël Fickou
SCORERS P: Doussain, Plisson Mas, Picamoles
Referee: Alain Rolland (IRFU) Asst Referees: John Lacey (IRFU) Dudley Phillips (IRFU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
ITALY 20 - 21 SCOTLAND
Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Saturday 22 February 2014
KO: 13:30 GMT/14:30 CET HT: 13-3
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DUNCAN WEIR's last-gasp drop goal snatched a thrilling 21-20 victory for Scotland who clinched a first RBS 6 Nations win over Italy in Rome since 2006.
Fly-half Weir struck a nerveless drop goal with just seconds remaining on the clock after Josh Furno's late try - expertly converted by Luciano Orquera - had appeared to give Italy the victory.
Earlier, former Scotland Under-20 international Tommaso Allan had scored 13 first-half points for Italy, who led 13-3 at the break but the visitors stormed back through two tries from Alex Dunbar. The second of those came on 68 minutes but four minutes later Italy were back ahead after a well-worked try was finished off by second row Furno in the right-hand corner.
Scotland were not to be bowed however and after an impressive scrum, replacement scrum-half Chris Cusiter fed Weir, who nailed the drop goal to secure a first win of the 2014 Championship for Scotland.
Whereas Scotland's lineout floundered against England, it prospered early on, stealing two Italian lineouts - Richie Gray was restored to the line-up but Jim Hamilton was the thorn in the Azzurri's side. One of those eventually led to Tommy Seymour finding space down the right but his chip ahead was too strong and a step inside may have proved more fruitful.
While the lineout was a strength for Scotland, the scrum proved their undoing in the first half. Italy won a penalty in their own half and enjoyed their first real passage of play in their opponents' 22. Robert Barbieri knocked on just short of the try-line but referee Steve Walsh had seen an earlier infringement and Allan made no mistake with his first kick on 13 minutes.
Back came Scotland and Stuart Hogg appeared to have broken the Italian line, only for Sergio Parisse, winning his record-breaking 104th cap along with Martin Castrogiovanni, to make superb tackle and dislodge the ball for good measure.
Scotland were level on 22 minutes when, after numerous phases, Italy were penalised for going off their feet and Greig Laidlaw bisected the posts for 3-3. The Italy scrum was dominant however and it was paying dividends. On 29 minutes, the Azzurri were awarded another penalty and while Allan was off target, he made amends just after the half-hour mark when Chris Fusaro was pinged at the break down.
As the half drew to a close, Weir made a threatening burst down the middle for Scotland but Italy scored the first try of the match just before the interval after they were awarded a scrum deep into the visitors' territory. Parisse picked up from the back of the scrum and sucked in Scotland defenders, enabling Furno to feed Allan, who forced his way over on 40 minutes before adding the extras for a 13-3 lead at the break.
Scotland trimmed the deficit to seven on 46 minutes when Italy were penalised for not releasing, Laidlaw on target again from in front of the posts. Scott Johnson's side kept coming and found themselves camped in Italy's 22, going through phase after phase but unable to make the incisive break. They were awarded a penalty, however, and Laidlaw opted for the quick tap but Matt Scott slipped when one on one down the right and Scotland lost possession when replacement prop Geoff Cross knocked on.
Italy could not clear their lines however and after good work from Edoardo Gori, the Azzurri scrum-half was turned over and Scotland spread the ball to the right. Hogg's pass was the telling one, freeing Dunbar who had the pace to scorch his way into the right-hand corner for Scotland's first try of the 2014 Championship on 53 minutes. Laidlaw could not find the target with a difficult conversion however, ensuring Italy still led by two points.
Scotland had the wind in their sails and while Italy's defence held firm for 15 minutes, Dunbar struck again to put the visitors ahead for the first time in the match. From a scrum on half way, Sean Lamont made the half break and fed Cusiter on the inside. He went back outside to the supporting Dunbar, who shrugged off the first challenge, sold the dummy with Scott in support, and bounced over the try-line. With Laidlaw off the pitch, Weir converted for an 18-13 lead but that stirred Italy into life and back they roared and two minutes later, they were level.
Winger Leonardo Sarto made the initial break and Scotland could not bring him down and after working the ball the left, it came back to the right to Parisse who timed the killer pass to perfect - second row Furno the beneficiary.
Replacement fly-half Orquera nailed the difficult conversion to put Italy 20-18 ahead with just eight minutes to go but Weir had the last word at the death.
15 Luke McLean 14 Angelo Esposito 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Tommaso Allan 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Alberto De Marchi 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Joshua Furno 6 Alessandro Zanni 7 Roberto Barbieri 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Matias Aguero 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Marco Bortolami 20 Paul Derbyshire 21 Tobias Botes 22 Luciano Orquera 23 Tommaso Iannone
SCORERS T: Allan, Furno C: Allan, Orquera P: Allan (2)
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Alex Dunbar 12 Matt Scott 11 Sean Lamont 10 Duncan Weir 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Ryan Grant 2 Scott Lawson 3 Moray Low 4 Richie Gray 5 Jim Hamilton 6 Ryan Wilson 7 Chris Fusaro 8 Johnnie Beattie BENCH: 16 Ross Ford 17 Alasdair Dickinson 18 Geoff Cross 19 Tim Swinson 20 David Denton 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Duncan Taylor 23 Max Evans
SCORERS T: Dunbar (2) C: Weir P: Laidlaw (2) DG: Weir
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU) Asst Referees: Jérôme Garces (FFR) Luke Pearce (RFU) TMO: Geoff Warren (RFU)
ENGLAND 13 - 10 IRELAND
Twickenham, London - Saturday 22 February 2014
KO: 16:00 GMT/17:00 CET HT: 3-0
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England v Ireland The Ireland team runs out in glorious (blinding!) sunshine...
England v Ireland England run out to fireworks & Band of Cold Stream Guards & the anthems are strong!
England v Ireland As the smoke clears & access peeps get shuffled off pitch, the stadium roars pre-KO...
England 0-0 Ireland The heartbeat reverberates from the speakers as we prepare for KO...
England 0-0 Ireland 1min England KO & penalty to homeside immediately...
England 0-0 Ireland 2mins Ireland force England back into own territory for a moment...but not for long
England 0-0 Ireland 5mins But Eng turn tables & pile on pressure in Irish 22..immense effort from youngsters
England 0-0 Ireland 5mins Jonny May hurtles over tryline but TMO as looks like he lost it at grounding...
England 0-0 Ireland 6mins TMO Jim Yuille concludes knock on so its back 5m...but England show massive intent
England 0-0 Ireland 8mins Irish scrum on 22 & England all over them but manage to clear...
England 0-0 Ireland 9minsEngland pinged at breakdown for not releasing & Irish set up lineout outside England 22
England 0-0 Ireland 10mins A chip ahead from Ireland crosses tryline & Eng back lets it roll into touch
England 0-0 Ireland 12mins Eng drive visitors back over H/W & aerial ping pong ensues til settle in midfield
England 0-0 Ireland 13mins Ireland inflict their habitual turnover at breakdown & get penalty for tackler not rolling away
England 0-0 Ireland 14mins Sexton kicks to touch for Irish lineout on England's 22 which is good...
England 0-0 Ireland 15mins Trademark Sexton kick out wide collected by Trimble who breaks but shut down
England 0-0 Ireland 16mins Frantic scrambling by Ireland still in England's 22 but penalty to England at breakdown
England 0-0 Ireland 17mins England defensive lineout on 10m is good; Irish pinged at breakdown & Farrell kicks to touch
England 0-0 Ireland 18mins lineout is good & England in front of posts inside Irish 22...
England 0-0 Ireland 19min England sweeping width of pitch but not getting any further ahead; lost forward...
England 0-0 Ireland 20mins Time off & TMO checking for Farrell's post-kick tackle on Conor Murray
England 0-0 Ireland 20mins No intent but late & no arms so just penalty England...Irish kick for 22 lineout
England 0-0 Ireland 21mins Another crossfield kick from Sexton but Jack Nowell all over it & clears
England 0-0 Ireland 22mins Ireland pinged again on the floor; Faz clears for lineout inside Irish H/W...
England 0-0 Ireland 23mins Another penalty from Ireland & Faz opts to tee up - midway between H/W & Irish 10m
England 3-0 Ireland 24mins Mostly silence but for odd Irish screech & Faz opens the scoreboard
England 3-0 Ireland 25mins Well, there's no boredom at Twickers today but temperature falling as sun drops behind west stand
England 3-0 Ireland 26mins Irish coaches very vocal & animated; Faz Snr & Stu v subdued...
England 3-0 Ireland 27mins Irish scrum just inside England H/W; take too long & reset...
England 3-0 Ireland 28mins Ireland do good but don't make much ground; Joe Launchbury turnover but Davey Wilson knock on
England 3-0 Ireland 29mins BOD has words with Mike Brown while ref sets up scrum for Ireland inside 10m
England 3-0 Ireland 30mins Ireland centres get moving & get over 22 but England defence holding well at 22
England 3-0 Ireland 31mins England steal possession & Brown runs; brought down but recycled quickly over H/W
England 3-0 Ireland 32mins England still in possession & have scrum in Irish 10m as Swing Low rebounds
England 3-0 Ireland 33mins Ireland busted for wheeling scrum - tho ref calls it spinning on axis...
England 3-0 Ireland 33mins Faz tees up from out wide just inside Irish 10m to wolf whistles...
England 3-0 Ireland 34mins Wind begins to whip up & Faz's kick hits upright & falls away much to Irish fans pleasure
England 3-0 Ireland 35mins England still on the attack while Billy Vunipola on ground with ankle injury
England 3-0 Ireland 36mins Time off as stretcher called & Ben Morgan preps to come on; Irish defensive scrum
England 3-0 Ireland 36mins Cart sent back off pitch while Billy V hobbles to pitchside & Morgan's on...
England 3-0 Ireland 37mins Good scrum for Ireland; huge kick from Sexton which Trimble gets under but knock on
England 3-0 Ireland 37mins Scrum England on own 10m & they head in direction which makes fans happy...
England 3-0 Ireland 38mins Ireland offside & penalty England; Faz goes for corner as wind whipping around more
England 3-0 Ireland 39mins England lineout deep inside Irish 22 is good; goes to in front of posts & ball loose
England 3-0 Ireland 40mins Rob Kearney belts ball into touch and its HT at Twickenham
England 3-0 Ireland HT P: Farrell | -
England 3-5 Ireland 41mins Ireland run out & Rob Kearney Collects from breakdown & charges round posts for try no1
England 3-7 Ireland 42mins Sexton converts & its game on...
England 3-7 Ireland 43mins Billy Twelvetrees collects restart ball > Tom Wood > Jonny May > 2m short of tryline
England 3-7 Ireland 44mins May isolated in corner, surrounded by green shirts; Irish turnover& penalty... What pace!
England 3-7 Ireland 45mins Irish lineout just inside own H/W. Huge pass out wide from Sexton>Kearney but forward
England 3-7 Ireland 46mins Entire crowd enthused & v v loud as Ireland have lineout on England 22
England 3-7 Ireland 47mins Ireland edge towards tryline & advantage coming...
England 3-7 Ireland 48mins Courtney Lawes infringes at breakdown & its penalty Ireland; Sexton tees up wide on 10m
England 3-10 Ireland 49mins Sexton is bang on target after Athenry is heard round stadium...
England 3-10 Ireland 50mins England reply by charging straight into Irish 22 but Irish penalty& clear...
England 3-10 Ireland 52mins Irish lineout outside own 10m is good; huge kick but May runs it back; England up to 22...
England 3-10 Ireland 53mins England in front of posts just 1 m out; so much space out to right but go left!
England 6-10 Ireland 54mins But its penalty England & Faz kicks over 3 points in front of posts
England 6-10 Ireland 55mins Ireland put ball straight out from restart! penalty England > scrum on H/W
England 11-10 Ireland 56m Poor scrum but Nowell saves it; Brown breaks to almost 22 & offloads to Danny Care to score
England 13-10 Ireland 57mins That was immense from Quins teammates! Faz converts & England back ahead
England 13-10 Ireland 59mins Ireland defensive scrum is good but hitting wall of white at every turn so kick
England 13-10 Ireland 60mins But Care puts in magnificent work again & are back inside Irish 10m...
England 13-10 Ireland 61m Ireland struggle to get out of own half & its penalty England again...kick to corner
England 13-10 Ireland 62mins England have 5m lineout & crowd roar deafening as Morgan sets up drive...
England 13-10 Ireland 63mins Martin Moore on for Mike Ross & its a defensive 5m scrum for Ireland
England 13-10 Ireland 64mins Kearney clears while Mako Vunipola on for Joe Marler; play almost at Irish 22
England 13-10 Ireland 66mins This pace is electric - what a game! Irish lineout H/W between England 10 & 22
England 13-10 Ireland 67mins Ref Craig Joubert hurries Ireland along who saunter to the mark...
England 13-10 Ireland 68mins lineout's fine but still not got over 22 while scrum caps go flying!
England 13-10 Ireland 69m Sexton/BOD partnership not quite clicking as Eng hit too big & have defensive scrum on 22
England 13-10 Ireland 69mins Ireland shove England back & its scrum Ireland; timeout for changes
England 13-10 Ireland 70mins McFadden & Henderson for Trimble & O'Mahony; Thomas & Attwood for Wilson & Wood
England 13-10 Ireland 71mins Jack McGrath for Healey & England defensive scrum inside 22...
England 13-10 Ireland 72mins Browny wallops ball over H/W & McFadden runs it into touch; Ireland lineout
England 13-10 Ireland 73mins lineout good for Ireland just inside own half; Jordi Murphy on for Rory Best...
England 13-10 Ireland 74mins Ireland lineout on H/W & penalty to England; Irish crowd unimpressed...scrum England
England 13-10 Ireland 75mins Tom Youngs on for Dylan Hartley; May breaks but Ireland ball tho pinned back
England 13-10 Ireland 76mins Ireland still in possession & v slowly crawling up to H/W; England defence huge
England 13-10 Ireland 77mins Ireland chuck ball out wide along H/W but Sean Cronin fwd pass & England in Irish 22
England 13-10 Ireland 79mins Ireland break from 22 > BOD > Kearney > brought down by Browny over H/W...
England 13-10 Ireland 79m Swing low is deafening as Luther Burrell is huge & May kicks way back to Irish 22
England 13-10 Ireland 80m Ireland have lineout on own 22...BOD is replaced after his last appearance at Twickers
England 13-10 Ireland 80m lineout is good & get to H/W but England wrestle the Irish & the penalty goes their way...
England 13-10 Ireland FT What a performance from both sides! But Fortress Twickenham is rebuilding
England 13-10 Ireland T: Care C: Farrell P: Farrell (2) | T: Rob Kearney C: Sexton P: Sexton
England Presser LIVE: Andy Farrell "I thought it was massive balls for us to go out there and play like that" :-D
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell 13 Luther Burrell 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 David Wilson 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Henry Thomas 19 Dave Attwood 20 Ben Morgan 21 Lee Dickson 22 George Ford* 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Care C: Farrell P: Farrell (2)
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 David Kearney 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Devin Toner 5 PAUL O'CONNELL (C) 6 Peter O'Mahony 7 Chris Henry 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Martin Moore 19 Iain Henderson 20 Jordi Murphy* 21 Isaac Boss 22 Paddy Jackson 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Rob Kearney C: Sexton P: Sexton
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU) Asst Referees: Romain Poite (FFR) Leighton Hodges (WRU) TMO: Jim Yuille (SRU)
IRELAND 46 - 7 ITALY
Aviva Stadium, Dublin - Saturday 08 March 2014
KO: 14:30 GMT/15:30 CET HT: 17-7
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Ireland v Italy Brian O'Driscoll runs out on field to huge fanfare for his last ever game at home for Ireland
Ireland v Italy Waiting for smoke to clear as teams line up & are introduced to dignitories
Ireland v Italy Much focus on both Mrs O'Driscolls (mum & wife) whilst Irish President meets BOD & others
Ireland v Italy There's a lot of Italy at the Aviva Stadium today - in good voice for national anthem...
Ireland v Italy WTF is it with the beard-crap?! Gordon D'Arcy looks ridiculous!
Ireland v Italy As excess peeps clear off pitch, teams ready for KO but no talisman Capt Sergio Parisse today
Ireland 0-0 Italy Luciano Orquera takes KO while ref Nigel Owens is at the helm today to steady the ship...
Ireland 0-0 Italy 1min Doesn't begin well for Johnny Sexton & Italy are up to Ireland's 22...
Ireland 0-0 Italy 1min Irish defensive lineout on 22 is good & Rob Kearney thumps it downfield...
Ireland 0-0 Italy 2mins Italy duly return the ball aerially & it's an Ireland lineout on H/W...the battle is on
Ireland 0-0 Italy 3mins Ruck on far side of pitch but barely over H/W; Italy defensive is fierce
Ireland 0-0 Italy 4mins Ireland having to commit numbers at breakdown & only just over H/W...
Ireland 0-0 Italy 5mins Huge Italian defence; after 20 phases Ireland make no more than 5 metres...
Ireland 0-0 Italy 6mins It appears the #IRFU have remembered to switch on the wifi now...so over to Jo in Dublin!
Ireland 5-0 Italy 6mins Ireland hit the accelerator & Sexton charges over the whitewash for the 1st try...
Ireland 5-0 Italy 6mins Owens goes to TMO to check post-try collision for foul play but all good...
Ireland 5-0 Italy 6mins But from electric centre partnership work from Sexton & BOD, there's a casualty...
Ireland 7-0 Italy 7mins While Sexton converts, Italy's most capped Martin Castrogiovanni is replaced
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 8 mins Italy come back fighting with some nice passing
Ireland 7-0 Italy 7mins Leonardo Cittadini is the replacement prop for Italy...
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 9 mins Ireland totally mess up the line out, ball goes loose and picked up by Italy
Seriously @O2IrlRugby what's going on with the wifi?! How are we supposed to do our jobs?!
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 11 mins Orquera attempts a chip into Ireland hands but Italians steal back
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 12mins Back to Twickers for coverage since @O2IrlRugby can't manage to sustain an internet connection in Dublin! #FAIL
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 16 mins Let's try our journo in Dublin again shall we...
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 18 mins Italy line out on Ireland 5m, safely taken and kicked to touch
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 19 mins Ireland about 2m from the line, great Italian defence and it’s clear again
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 20 mins missed previously but Reddan is on for Murray
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 21 mins Advantage blue after another awful Irish line-out
Ireland 7 - 0 Italy 22 mins turnover.....scrum Italy
Ireland 7 - 5 Italy 25 mins where did that come from, Sarto skips over the defence....TRY
Ireland 7 - 7 Italy 26 mins scores level after Orquera conversion
Ireland 7-7 Italy 29mins Irish scrum, Redden heading to the line before the rest disengage
Ireland 10-7 Italy 31 mins penalty scored by Sexton
Ireland 10-7 Italy 32mins restart nice dummy pass by Lean and Italy head deep into the Irish half
Ireland 10-7 Italy 33mins Irish scrum, Italy do not allow the same mistake again, but Ireland clear to touch
Ireland 10-7 Italy 34mins 5 min concussion rest for Derbyshire as Vosawai comes on
Ireland 10-7 Italy 36mins Toner nearly makes it through but Sarto steals and runs out
Ireland 15-7 Italy 38mins TRY for Trimble forcing his way through on the wing
Ireland 17-7 Italy 39mins and Sexton converts
Ireland 17-7 Italy HT T: Sexton, Trimble C: Sexton(2) P: Sexton | T: Sarto C: Orquera
Ireland 17-7 Italy 42mins Ireland lineout cleanly taken into a maul
Ireland 17-7 Italy 43mins Italian line out, ball passed to Orquera who slips but Italy retain te ball
Ireland 17-7 Italy 46mins Italy are all over Ireland, put penalised and Ireland kick for touch
Ireland 17-7 Italy 47mins seems we have a maul without the ball...TMO called for
Ireland 17-7 Italy 47mins Tebaldi being penalised all other offences dealt with by a telling off
Ireland 17-7 Italy 49mins play back in Italian try won and cleared another 5m
Ireland 22-7 Italy 52mins TRY for Healy
Ireland 17-7 Italy 51mins Ireland attacking some great passes too many to mention, on the 5m
Ireland 22-7 Italy 54mins a miss for Sexton he goes left
Ireland 22-7 Italy 55mins Cronin, McGrath, Ruddock on for Best, Healy and Henderson
Ireland 22-7 Italy 56mins Moore on for Ross, Rizzo and Vosawai on for De Marchi and Derbyshire
Ireland 22-7 Italy 57mins BOD gets a good run but on tackle is taken down, after a check he’s up to applause
Ireland 27-7 Italy 58mins Ireland fans on their feet, as BOD sets up a Sexton try
Ireland 27-7 Italy 62mins the entire stadium are on their feet as McFadden replaced O’Driscoll
Ireland 27-7 Italy 63mins Pavanello, Allan, Masi replace Bortolami, Orquera, Garcia
Ireland 27-7 Italy 64mins Jackson replaces the biggest point scorer of the match Sexton
Ireland 27-7 Italy 67mins Ireland kick for line, approx. 7m line out, not to plan but saved Ireland on attack
Ireland 32-7 Italy 68mins Cronin powers through....TRY
Ireland 34-7 Italy 70mins and Paddy Jackson converts
Ireland 34-7 Italy 70mins stadium erupts as BOD appears on the big screen and he can’t stop the smile
Ireland 34-7 Italy 70mins Gori, Giazzon, De Marchi on for Tebaldi, Ghiraldini, Cittadini
Ireland 34-7 Italy 72mins Murphy on for Henry
Ireland 34-7 Italy 74mins Irish scrum, Italy penalised and taken quickly by D’Arcy, play now on the 5m
Ireland 41-7 Italy 77mins TRY for McFadden converted by Jackson
Ireland 34-7 Italy 76mins Brian O’Driscoll given MOTM
Ireland 41-7 Italy 80mins Ireland want more chip to attempt a try
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 David Kearney 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Devin Toner 5 PAUL O'CONNELL (C) 6 Iain Henderson 7 Chris Henry 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Martin Moore 19 Rhys Ruddock 20 Jordi Murphy 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Paddy Jackson 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Trimble, Sexton (2), Cronin, McGrath, McFadden, Healy C: Sexton (2), Jackson (2) P: Sexton
15 Luke McLean 14 Angelo Esposito 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Luciano Orquera 9 Tito Tebaldi 1 Alberto De Marchi 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 MARCO BORTOLAMI (C) 5 Quintin Geldenhuys 6 Joshua Furno 7 Paul Derbyshire 8 Roberto Barbieri BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Michele Rizzo 18 Lorenzo Cittadini 19 Anthony Pavanello 20 Manoa Vosawai 21 Edoardo Gori 22 Tommaso Allan 23 Andrea Masi
SCORERS T: Sarto C: Orquera Tebaldi
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Asst Referees: Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Greg Garner (RFU) TMO: Geoff Warren (RFU)
SCOTLAND 17 - 19 FRANCE
Murrayfield, Edinburgh - Saturday 08 March 2014
KO: 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET HT: 14-9
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Scotland v France Fanfare has begun, flames are throwing, canons firing & the Princess Royal is on her way
Scotland v France Princess Anne looks so diminutive next to huge rugby boys as she wished Les Bleus good luck
Scotland v France After a moment's silence for lost Scottish Rugby supporter, then anthems rocked the stadium
Scotland 0-0 France 1min Will Murrayfield's pitch cope? Probably not...it's already a mess!
Scotland 0-3 France 2mins First scrum is Scottish but pinged by ref Chris Pollock & Maxime Machenaud takes 1st points
Scotland 0-3 France 3mins Scots in possession & Stuart Hogg pelts ball into French 22 over Brice Dulin's head
Scotland 0-3 France 5mins But penalty ends up with France & there's already a timeout...
Scotland 0-3 France 5mins So France scrum on own 10m; Machenaud goes to clear but charged down...
Scotland 0-3 France 6mins However, Scots concede penalty again & ball cleared for lineout on Scots' 10m which works well...
Scotland 0-3 France 8mins France forced back but not for long as visitors break from own 22 to Scots' with great hands
Scotland 0-6 France 10min Huge tackle from Scots but can't stop French & it's penalty Les Bleus; Machenaud knocks it over
Scotland 0-6 France 12m All a mess as ball flies over French tryline + Scots adv; knocked about & Hogg thinks he's scored
Scotland 5-6 France 12mins From chip from Hogg, looks like Yoann Huget taps it down before Hogg but TMO says otherwise
Scotland 7-6 France 14mins Greig Laidlaw converts but France not lying down, 2m from Scots tryline almost immediately...
Scotland 7-6 France 15mins Scots concede another penalty deep in own 22; Dulin taps & goes but ref calls him back
Scotland 7-9 France 16min Machenaud adds another 3 while cart arrives to take Johnnie Beattie off - huge loss
Scotland 7-9 France 17m From restart Scots pinged for captain Kelly Brown being offside; France lineout outside 22
Scotland 7-9 France 18mins Scots have defensive scrum which they win & Duncan Weir kicks to French 10m line
Scotland 7-9 France 20mins Scots lineout, however, fails & France end up with lineout on H/W; France concede pen...
Scotland 7-9 France 21mins Alexandre Lapandry infringed at breakdown & kick to touch gives Scots lineout on French 22
Scotland 12-9 France 22mins Ball flies across width & Tommy Seymour goes over in corner to score...but...
Scotland 14-9 France 23mins Conversion added but Jules Plisson was clearly blocked & it should've been penalty France
Scotland 14-9 France 25mins Poor that not just ref but touch judges missed that foul & wrongly awarded try
Scotland 14-9 France 27mins Ref has word with both front rows at Scots scrum before reset but France take it
Scotland 14-9 France 28mins Bit of ping pong ends with net gain for Scots & lineout on 10m works too...
Scotland 14-9 France 30mins But Scots mess it up at breakdown again & Mathieu Bastareaud turns it over...
Scotland 14-9 France 30mins Meanwhile Max Evans comes on for injured Sean Lamont
Scotland 14-9 France 32mins Yet another penalty for France as Scots don't release after the tackle...
Scotland 14-9 France 32mins Kick to touch gives France advantageous lineout but stolen & Scots clear
Scotland 14-9 France 33mins Scots lineout back over H/W into French territory; Laidlaw kicks into French 22...
Scotland 14-9 France 34mins Awkward bounce ends up in French hands but isolated & penalty Scots > scrum in 22
Scotland 14-9 France 35mins Plenty of pick & go to make 10 metres before an excellent t/o deep in own 22...
Scotland 14-9 France 36mins Dulin breaks with neat offload to Maxime Mermoz but final offload is k/o
Scotland 14-9 France 38mins French lineout >captain Pascal Papé takes in Scots 22 while Scots pinged for obstruction
Scotland 14-9 France 40mins Machenaud tees up but misses his first kick at uprights, & ref blows for HT
Scotland 14-9 France HT T: Hogg, Seymour C: Laidlaw | P: Machenaud (3)
Scotland 14-9 France 41mins lineout results in scrum for Scotland, which appears to be improving...
Scotland 14-9 France 43mins Scots bearing down on French 22 & eventually bundle over but forced back...
Scotland 14-9 France 44mins A neat bit of recycling for Scots but Richie Grey's break nullified into touch...
Scotland 14-9 France 45mins France in possession struggle for a moment with Scots deep in their 22 & t/o
Scotland 14-9 France 45mins Scots a metre from French tryline but long pass is intercepted by Huget & he's off...
Scotland 14-14 France 45mins Huget sprints length of pitch to score under posts leaving Scotland in his wake
Scotland 14-16 France 46mins Machenaud adds the extras & France nudge ahead again with flair
Scotland 14-16 France 48mins Rémi Talès and Guilhem Guirado on for Brice Mach and Plisson...
Scotland 14-16 France 50mins Ross Ford on for Scott Lawson & Scots battle to get out of own half...
Scotland 14-16 France 53m Eventually over H/W but Alex Dunbar spills it forward giving France defensive scrum
Scotland 14-16 France 55mins Scots nick it & Ryan Grant charges down along touch but eventually shoved into
Scotland 14-16 France 56mins French defensive lineout outside own 22 & is a mess but save it...just...
Scotland 14-16 France 58mins French scrum on own 10m but not so great & goes to Scots who win pen...
Scotland 14-16 France 59mins Laidlaw opts to kick at uprights slightly out wide inside H/W...but fluffs it
Scotland 14-16 France 60mins Rabah Slimani & Alexandre Flanquart on for Yoann Maestri & Nicholas Mas
Scotland 14-16 France 60mins Meanwhile France pinged for not releasing closer to own 22 & Duncan Weir tees up
Scotland 17-16 France 61mins Weir doesn't falter & Scots sneak ahead; Scots fans sing Flower of Scotland
Scotland 17-16 France 64mins French scrum on Scots 10m has to be reset as La Marseillaise reverberates
Scotland 17-16 France 65m Scrum shuffled over for appalling state of pitch as Prince Albert of Monaco looks on
Scotland 17-16 France 66mins All confused as to how scrum is now Scottish & NZ ref wouldn't know straight put in if it bit him! Rugby
Scotland 17-16 France 68mins From Scots 22 play over H/W, France still in possession til Dulin runs into own
Scotland 17-16 France 69mins Scots scrum just inside French H/W while more changes are made...
Scotland 17-16 France 69m Antonie Claassen, Gaël Fickou & Vincent Debaty for Vahaamahina, Bastareaud & Domingo
Scotland 17-16 France 71mins Tim Swinson for Jim Hamilton; Scots scrum just outside French 10m
Scotland 17-16 France 73mins Poor scrums on poor pitch as it's shuffled along again...
Scotland 17-16 France 73mins Rubbish ref's not helping who has no idea how to marshall scrum properly
Scotland 17-16 France 73mins Scots put in wonky as hell again but penalty given to home side & Weir tees up...
Scotland 17-16 France 74mins Poor kick from in front of posts just inside H/W misses its mark
Scotland 17-16 France 76mins Scots had possession but give it up for French lineout in Scots' half...is good
Scotland 17-16 France 77mins French bash their way deep into Scots' 22; Brown t/o & breaks but...
Scotland 17-16 France 77mins ...Swinson pinged for not releasing after tackle - again - penalty France...
Scotland 17-19 France 78mins Jean Marc Doussain tees up from in front of posts in 22 & takes lead for France
Scotland 17-19 France 79mins Restart vital for Scots & France just have to keep them out & wind clock down...
Scotland 17-19 France 80mins France check with ref for clock & kick to touch to take the win
Scotland 17-19 France T: Hogg, Seymour C: Laidlaw (2) P: Weir | T: Huget C: Machenaud P: Machenaud (3), Doussain
Scotland 17-19 France FT France manage the win despite no Dusautoir, Picamoles, Szarzewski, Nyanga nor shape
Scotland 17-19 France FT Ridiculous Scotland handed over 13 penalties to France's 5
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Alex Dunbar 12 Matt Scott 11 Sean Lamont 10 Duncan Weir 9 Greig Laidlaw 1 Ryan Grant 2 Scott Lawson 3 Geoff Cross 4 Richie Gray 5 Jim Hamilton 6 Johnnie Beattie 7 KELLY BROWN (C) Chris Fusaro 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Ross Ford 17 Moray Low 18 Euan Murray 19 Tim Swinson 20 Ryan Wilson 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Duncan Taylor 23 Max Evans
SCORERS T: Hogg, Seymour C: Laidlaw (2) P: Weir
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Maxime Mermoz 11 Maxime Médard 10 Jules Plisson 9 Maxime Machenaud 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Brice Mach 3 Nicolas Mas 4 PASCAL PAPÉ (C) 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Sébastien Vahaamahina 7 Alexandre Lapandry 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Vincent Debaty 18 Rabah Slimani 19 Alexandre Flanquart 20 Antonie Claassen 21 Jean Marc Doussain 22 Rémi Talès 23 Gaël Fickou
SCORERS T: Huget C: Machenaud P: Machenaud (3), Doussain
Referee: Chris Pollock (NZR) Asst Referees: George Clancy (IRFU) JP Doyle (RFU) TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)
ENGLAND 29 - 18 WALES
Twickenham, London - Sunday 09 March 2014
KO: 15:00 GMT/16:00 CET HT: 20-15
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Game on...with a friendly(!) handshake...
England v Wales And Sweet Chariot is drowning out any hope of the Welsh fans being heard before KO...
England 0-0 Wales 2mins We have KO its a Welsh defensive scrum on 10m - penalty to Wales...
England 0-0 Wales 2mins Wales thump it into touch for lineout on England 22 which works but England nick it
England 0-0 Wales 4mins Mike Brown breaks but it tackled down; England get it away & have advantage over H/W...
England 0-0 Wales 4mins Chris Robshaw hurtles towards tryline but shut down; recycled repeatedly & goes out wide
England 0-0 Wales 5mins Shut down out wide but bring it back & Richard Hubbard offside for penalty England...
England 5-0 Wales 5mins Super quick tap & go & Danny Care runs over tryline to score
England 7-0 Wales 6mins Owen Farrell converts and homeside are away...
England 7-3 Wales 8mins But England quickly concede penalty way inside Halfpenny's range & he opens a/c for Wales
England 7-3 Wales 12mins Wales on the rampage in England territory & chip ahead but into touch for Eng lineout
England 7-3 Wales 14mins Care kicks Wales back from 5m lineout & play ends up with ball over Welsh tryline...
England 7-3 Wales 14mins Touch down by red shirt as Wales is saved embarrassment
England 7-3 Wales 15mins Wales clear from own 22 but England attack straight back, but ref gets in way!
England 7-3 Wales 16mins Ref Romain Poite apologises for stopping a certain try scrum England on Wales 22
England 7-3 Wales 17mins Scrum reset after ref has word with Gethin Jenkins; penalty Eng & its Jenkins again
England 10-3 Wales 18mins Farrell tees up slightly wide of centre on 10m to Welsh wolf whistles & adds 3
England 10-3 Wales 20mins Restart ends with Welsh defensive scrum outside own 10m; not so great at breakdown...
England 10-3 Wales 20mins Halfpenny thumps back from his 22 straight to Jonny May who runs it...
England 10-6 Wales 21mins But another penalty gifted & Halfpenny punishes England with another 3 points
England 10-6 Wales 24mins England force Wales back & up to 10m before ref calls time off to have a word
England 10-6 Wales 24mins Warburton hears Poite properly narked at Rhys Webb - 2nd warning & penalty England
England 13-6 Wales 26mins Farrell tees up to more poor show from Welsh fans on 10m in front of post to punish
England 13-6 Wales 27mins Welsh lineout on England 10m; Jamie Roberts breaks to 22 but ball goes back & fluffed
England 13-6 Wales 28mins Ball ends up in white hands back over H/W before wrestled back & penalty Wales
England 13-9 Wales 30mins Halfpenny tees up from just inside H/W & doesn't miss of course
England 13-9 Wales 31mins Both sides equal on penalties at 5 & England advantage back in Welsh territory...
England 13-9 Wales 32mins Neat kick to touch gives Wales defensive lineout inside own 22...but goes long!
England 13-9 Wales 33mins Eng take it out wide but May closed off so runs back in to centre...
England 18-9 Wales 33mins Recycled & Billy Twelvetrees kicks to corner over tryline & Luther Burrell slams it down
England 20-9 Wales 34mins Farrell adds the extras & young England proving themselves
England 20-9 Wales 35mins But as is becoming a bad habit, England concede penalty straight after scoring...
England 20-12 Wales 37mins And of course Halfpenny doesn't miss - adding another 3 points playing catch up
England 20-12 Wales 39mins England fans making their fury known as Poite claims knock on & penalty Wales in dying min
England 20-15 Wales 40mins England no longer being polite & jeering at Halfpenny as he knocks over 5th pen
England 20-15 Wales HT T: Care, Burrell C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell (2) | P: Halfpenny (5)
England 20-15 Wales 44mins That's better...steady wifi up here! So, missed nothing apart from ref having word
England 23-15 Wales 46mins Wales pinged for wheeling scrum & Farrell adds another 3 to his collection...
England 23-15 Wales 47m Wales lineout on H/W & ref hurrying them along; win lineout but hitting brick walls of white
England 23-15 Wales 49m England awarded defensive scrum inside 10m as Wales continue to be bullied...
England 23-15 Wales 50m Good scrum but Wales have it in own half>Cuthbert breaks - better work but chip ahead
England 23-15 Wales 51mins Better effort but no one to touch down apart from load of white shirts...
England 23-15 Wales 52mins Robbo getting peeved at ref for Welsh infringement but t/o ball...
England 26-15 Wales 54mins But it's not all bad for England as Wales concede penalty & Farrell adds yet another 3
England 26-15 Wales 55mins Wales penalty - ref finally had enough & pinged Jenkins so he's with a yellow
England 26-15 Wales 56mins But England continue to cock it up with a penalty from Dylan Hartley!
England 26-18 Wales 57mins Was there any doubt Halfpenny would get that?!
England 29-18 Wales 59mins Now it's Wales' turn to concede a quick penalty for Farrell to knock over...*yawn*
England 29-18 Wales 61mins From midfield breakdown, ball pelted into touch giving Wales 5m defensive lineout
England 29-18 Wales 62mins Oh yes...stacks of Welsh replacements have come on...
England 29-18 Wales 63mins Mike Phillips, Ken Owen, Dan Biggar & Paul James for Webb, Hibbard, Priestland & Jenkins
England 29-18 Wales 64mins Mako Vunipola on for Joe Marler & Welsh lineout on England 10m line...
England 29-18 Wales 65mins Suddenly Wales looking more focussed & together - much more constructive...
England 29-18 Wales 66mins Rhodri Jones on for Adam Jones as Sweet Chariot is rather loud round Twickers
England 29-18 Wales 68mins Tom Youngs on for Hartley while Wales have lineout inside England 22 which is good
England 29-18 Wales 70mins But Alun Wyn Jones gives it up & suddenly play's back in Welsh 22..
England 29-18 Wales 72m Super England kick to corner but even more super catch & pass back in from Halfpenny!
England 29-18 Wales 73mins And it's Halfpenny again tackling Burrell into touch stopping certain corner try
England 29-18 Wales 75mins But Halfpenny's off injured while England head towards Welsh 22 again
England 29-18 Wales 75mins Andrew Coombs, Justin Tipuric & Liam Williams on for Ball, Lydiate & Halfpenny
England 29-18 Wales 76mins Dave Attwood & Henry Thomas on for Launchbury & Dave Wilson while Liam W pinged
England 29-18 Wales 78m Eng head back into 22 but 12trees drops it; Welsh ball but huge tackle from Vunipola
England 29-18 Wales 79m Quite ridiculously George Ford, Lee Dickson & Alex Goode on for Farrell, Care & Brown
England 29-18 Wales FT Welsh knock on & it's all over for Wales & their Championship.
England 29-18 Wales FT And England have their Triple Crown!
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell 13 Luther Burrell 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 Dylan Hartley 3 David Wilson 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Ben Morgan BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Henry Thomas 19 Dave Attwood 20 Tom Johnson 21 Lee Dickson 22 George Ford* 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Care, Burrell C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell (5)
15 Leigh Halfpenny 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Rhys Priestland 9 Rhys Webb 1 Gethin Jenkins 2 Richard Hibbard 3 Adam Jones 4 Jake Ball 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Paul James 18 Rhodri Jones 19 Andrew Coombs 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Mike Phillips 22 Dan Biggar 23 Liam Williams
SCORERS P: Halfpenny (6) Jenkins
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) Asst Referees: Steve Walsh (ARU) Lourens van der Merwe (SARU) TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)
ITALY 11 - 52 ENGLAND
Stadio Olimpico, Rome - Saturday 15 March 2014
KO: 12:30 GMT/13:30 CET HT: 6-24
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Italy v England England run out under bright skies at the Stadio Olimpico...here it comes...
Italy v England Italian crowd on such form in anticipation of Azzurri arrival & roars go up...
Italy v England English national anthem rings out...a lot of English fans make sure it's not quiet...
Italy v England As Italian anthem begins, the Azzurri look gladiatorial holding their chests & belt it out
Italy 0-0 England 0mins Pascal Gaüzère signals KO & Owen Farrell is away; England L/O immediately & is good
Italy 0-0 England 1min Barbieri & Ghiraldini make huge hit on Hartley & ball is turned over in midfield
Italy 0-0 England 2mins Azzurri drop ball in England 10m but Luke McLean picks it up & thumps it downfield
Italy 0-0 England 3mins Big hoof but Mike Brown catches it despite sun in his eyes...great work
Italy 0-0 England 3mins Time off for David Wilson attention; scrum Italy from England k/o inside 10m
Italy 0-0 England 5mins England scrum pinged for standing up & Luciano Orquera tees up in front of posts...
Italy 3-0 England 6mins Hard to miss from there...& the score opens for the homeside
Italy 3-0 England 7mins Italy very controlled & disciplined; huge drive from Azzurri to force England back
Italy 3-0 England 7mins England L/O is not the best but not lost; Luther Burrell battled into the Italian 22
Italy 3-0 England 8mins But Azzurri defence holds them out & forces them back; ball t/o but reverses...
Italy 3-0 England 10mins Italy pinged for being off feet & Owen Farrell tees up slightly wide inside 10m
Italy 3-3 England 10mins Farrell's kicking boots don't falter & England are level with 10 minutes gone
Italy 3-3 England 12mins Italy have done their homework & are shutting down England's wide play
Italy 3-8 England 13mins But great work from centres & Luther offloads to Mike Brown who powers over T/L
Italy 3-10 England 13mins Despite the acute angle, Farrell makes the conversion and England are 7 clear...
Italy 3-10 England 14mins Classic Sergio Parisse under high ball with Jack Nowell snapping at this feet...
Italy 3-10 England 15mins Italy scrum is good & go wide but McLean trips on touch; England defensive L/O
Italy 3-10 England 18mins Not quite to plan & it's Italy's turn for L/O; brilliant break from Italy to corner
Italy 3-10 England 19mins Scramble defence from England works & ball doesn't get near T/L...
Italy 3-10 England 20mins Ball goes forward in England half & it's Italy's scrum; pen to Italy for bad bind
Italy 3-10 England 21mins Game is actually pretty scrappy from both sides; Orquera tees up from out wide...
Italy 6-10 England 22mins Orquera's also on form & Italy plays catch up...
Italy 6-10 England 24mins From restart England have L/O on Italy's 10m line; L/O fine but lose it in contact...
Italy 6-10 England 24mins England regroup & attack; Burrell breaks brilliantly into 22 > offloads to Farrell
Italy 6-10 England 25mins Farrell > Jonny May who tries to outrun Italian defence but shut down
Italy 6-10 England 25mins England need to stop running round defence & charge thru it instead; Italy ball
Italy 6-10 England 27mins England regain possession but Chris Robshaw k/o in midfield so pen Italy...
Italy 6-10 England 28mins But good work from Twelvetrees (promoted from 6Twigs) & England scrum on H/W
Italy 6-10 England 29mins England advantage & just short of T/L; pen coming but want 7 not 3...
Italy 6-10 England 31mins Penalty comes after play wide & shut down; kick to corner for 5m L/O...
Italy 6-10 England 31mins Massive defence from Italy as England less than metre from line...
Italy 6-15 England 31mins Direct approach eventually works & Little Faz charges round to score under posts
Italy 6-17 England 32mins Faz adds extras & the required points are beginning to clock up that England need
Italy 6-17 England 34min From restart Brown chips down touchline but Tebaldi kicks it away to stop quick play
Italy 6-17 England 36mins England on attack again & into 22 but pinged for crossing & Italy clear them back
Italy 6-17 England 37min Italy L/O which Tebaldi kicks into touch; back onto Italy 10m & Hartley heads up L/O
Italy 6-22 England 37mins Brilliant work from Farrell > Brown & he breaks to T/L to score again!
Italy 6-24 England 39mins Farrell adds the extras & the England plan is working...
Italy 6-24 England 40mins Danny Care decided no point in faffing & whacks ball into touch for HT
Italy 6-24 England HT P: Orquera (2) | T: Brown (2), Farrell C: Farrell (3) P: Farrell
Italy 6-24 England HT STATS Possession 28:72 Territory 22:78 Turnovers 11:10 Penalties 4:4 Tackles 77:30
Italy 6-24 England HT England's nerves have settled & now in control; Care/Faz/Burrell/Brown excellent
Italy 6-24 England HT Faz's try celebration hooking fingers for 'JJ' is for http://www.joiningjack.org & duchenne muscular dystrophy
Italy 6-24 England HT Check out @alljoinjack or http://www.joiningjack.org/ for more info
Italy 6-24 England 40mins And we're back in the glorious sunshine; England t/o but back in own half...
Italy 6-24 England 42mins England battle to get out of half until Care kicks it over H/W into Italian hands..
Italy 6-24 England 42mins Burrell missed tackle & Michele Campagnaro breaks well > Angelo Esposito but spills
Italy 6-24 England 43mins England's ball > England scrum > England pen > Faz kicks to touch for 22 L/O
Italy 6-24 England 43mins Improved L/O (tho none lost but had been scrappy); Nowell can't catch Faz's offload
Italy 6-24 England 45mins Italy defensive scrum on 22 after Tommaso Allan on for Orquera; Italy pen
Italy 6-24 England 46mins But not to plan for Italy as the concede another pen & Faz kicks for L/O outside 22
Italy 6-24 England 47mins Michele Rizzo on for Matias Aguero in front row & Manu Tuilagi warms up on sideline
Italy 6-24 England 48mins England scrum takes them deep into Italy's 22; Mako Vunipola k/o 1m from T/L...
Italy 6-24 England 49mins But Azzurri forward pass & it's England's scrum; quick work & Burrell almost there
Italy 6-24 England 50mins Burrell stretches but not quite as Sarto stops him; but Marco Bortolami YC'd
Italy 6-29 England 51m Another scrum deep inside Azzurri 22 & good setpiece drill puts Nowell over for 1st try
Italy 6-31 England 52m Faz adds extras & Tuilagi on for surprisingly Burrell; & Tom Youngs for Hartley
Italy 6-31 England 53m Alberto De Marchi also came on for Lorenzo Cittadini in Italian front row
Italy 6-31 England 55m Still confused at Burrell off; should have replaced Jonny May on wing
Italy 6-31 England 58m Italy attack & win L/O on England 22; huge pressure on England til Faz clears it
Italy 6-31 England 59m Eventually comes back & Tuilagi misses target; May collects but shut down...
Italy 6-31 England 60m England eventually destroy imminent threat & run it deep into Azzurri 22...
Italy 6-36 England 61m Twelvetrees offloads from B/D to Vunipola who looks shell-shocked crossing T/L to score
Italy 6-38 England 61mins After Vunipola's 1st try for England, Faz adds 2 & Italy make changes
Italy 6-38 England 62mins Paul Derbyshire replaced Furno but head knock & George Biagi makes his debut
Italy 6-38 England 63mins Italy also back up to full complement as Bortolami returns; Lee Dickson warming up
Italy 6-38 England 65mins Italy having to defend in own 22 & drop ball back; clear but England straight back
Italy 6-38 England 66mins McLean loses it at B/D & has a go at Brown; ref has word with both 15s & captains
Italy 6-38 England 66mins Lee Dickson & Tom Johnson on for superb Danny Care & Tom Wood
Italy 6-43 England 67mins Stealth manœuver from Faz to Tuilagi who sweeps 1 defender away to score on return
Italy 6-45 England 68mins Faz converts & score continues to creep close to magic number...
Italy 11-45 England 68min But magnificent intercept from Sarto & he charges leaving England watching to score
Italy 11-45 England 70min Allan misses conversion; Ford, Attwood & Thomas on for 12trees, Launchbury & Wilson
Italy 11-45 England 72mins Andrea Masi on for Gonzalo Garcia; England pinged after L/O for coming in at side
Italy 11-45 England 73m Italy L/O outside England's 22 but Eng end up in possession clambering from own half
Italy 11-45 England 75m England all over Italy in their 22; Italy scrum waits for Matt Mullan on for Vunipola
Italy 11-45 England 76mins England steal ball; all sides blowing as defence has to be gladiatorial for Italy
Italy 11-45 England 76mins Faz pinged for high tackle & Italy clear them away...
Italy 11-45 England 78mins Tempers fraying all round; England penalty & Ford sets up 5m L/O
Italy 11-45 England 79mins L/O not quite to plan; Italy have the 5m scrum as clock threatens 80 minutes...
Italy 11-45 England 80mins Time's over but Italy on the go; only make it up to 22 before England t/o
Italy 11-50 England 80+1mins Super work from Ford & Robbo flies thru to score 7th try for England
Italy 11-52 England 80+2mins Owen Farrell knocks over conversion making his personal tally 22
Italy 11-52 England FT Immense work from England side; they need France to draw if not win to take trophy; big ask!
15 Luke McLean 14 Angelo Esposito 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Luciano Orquera 9 Tito Tebaldi 1 Matias Aguero 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Marco Bortolami 6 Joshua Furno 7 Roberto Barbieri 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Michele Rizzo 18 Alberto De Marchi 19 George Fabio Biagi* 20 Paul Derbyshire 21 Edoardo Gori 22 Tommaso Allan 23 Andrea Masi
SCORERS T: Sarto P: Orquera Bortolami
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell 13 Luther Burrell 12 Billy Twelvetrees 11 Jonny May 10 Owen Farrell 9 Danny Care 1 Mako Vunipola 2 Dylan Hartley 3 David Wilson 4 Joe Launchbury 5 Courtney Lawes 6 Tom Wood 7 CHRIS ROBSHAW (C) 8 Ben Morgan BENCH: 16 Tom Youngs 17 Matt Mullan 18 Henry Thomas 19 Dave Attwood 20 Tom Johnson 21 Lee Dickson 22 George Ford 23 Manu Tuilagi
SCORERS T: Brown (2), Farrell, Nowell, Vunipola, Tuilagi, Robshaw C: Farrell (7) P: Farrell
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (FFR) Asst Referees: Nigel Owens (WRU) Leighton Hodges (WRU) TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)
WALES 51 - 3 SCOTLAND
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff - Saturday 15 March 2014
KO: 14:45 GMT/15:45 CET HT: 27-3
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Wales 0-0 Scotland Anthems & all that paraphernalia over with in Cardiff...now it's game on
Wales 0-0 Scotland 2mins Scotland make strong start in Welsh 22 but a t/o & is cleared away temporarily
Wales 0-3 Scotland 4mins Slight social media app hiccough! In meantime, Greig Laidlaw popped over 3 points!
Wales 0-3 Scotland 6mins Not so clever L/O for Wales but scrum Wales & pen follows...Dan Biggar kicks to corner
Wales 0-3 Scotland 7mins Better L/O for 5m scrum & go width of pitch; Scottish defence holds well...
Wales 0-3 Scotland 8mins Welsh can't quite find way thru but penalty coming; George North can't get chip thru
Wales 3-3 Scotland 9mins Back for pen & Biggar equalises; pitch looks awfully fluffy waiting to come up...
Wales 3-3 Scotland 10mins In case you're wondering, roof is shut again to create artificial conditions on sunny day!
Wales 3-3 Scotland 11mins Wales look dangerous for minute but concede pen & Laidlaw tees up but pulls it wide
Wales 3-3 Scotland 13mins Focus! Focus! So hard to concentrate on a match that has no impact on Championship!
Wales 8-3 Scotland 15mins Despite Scotland's best efforts, Liam Williams scores his first int'l try for Wales
Wales 10-3 Scotland 16mins Biggar adds the extras & we shall endeavour to now concentrate!
Wales 10-3 Scotland 20mins Wales with most possession & territory but not finishing it off conceding t/o's
Wales 10-3 Scotland 22mins However, Scotland blow it with RC for talisman Stuart Hogg shoulder charging Biggar in head
Wales 13-3 Scotland 23mins Biggar replies with another 3 points; stupid stupid challenge
Wales 13-3 Scotland 25mins Mike Philips runs in a try...so he thinks...whistle went 5 mins ago!
Wales 13-3 Scotland 26mins A Scottish L/O & good kick from Duncan Weir sets up 5m defensive L/O for Wales
Wales 13-3 Scotland 27mins Scots down to 14 men & now captain Kelly Brown taken off for concussion protocol
Wales 13-3 Scotland 28mins L/O's good & clear Scots back but visitors come back & have penalty
Wales 13-3 Scotland 29mins Laidlaw misses an easy penalty - could be another 6 up!
Wales 13-3 Scotland 30mins Wales give Scots helping hand with yet another pen; Scottish L/O on Welsh 22...
Wales 13-3 Scotland 31mins Pick & drive...pick & drive to corner but into touch...
Wales 13-3 Scotland 32mins Scots concede pen & Wales clear them away again
Wales 13-3 Scotland 33mins Excellent work from Liam Williams stealing possession & off he gallops > Phillips
Wales 18-3 Scotland 33mins From Phillips to George North & no one's going to stop that sprint to T/L
Wales 20-3 Scotland 34mins Biggar converts & is looking pretty awful for Scotland already...
Wales 20-3 Scotland 36mins Jonathan Davies charges half the pitch to try but ref calls it back for TMO...
Wales 20-3 Scotland 37mins Toby Faletau was offside before he offloaded to Davies so no try
Wales 25-3 Scotland 38min Wales not hanging about as Davies breaks again, offloading to Jamie Roberts for try
Wales 27-3 Scotland 40mins Biggar's kick hits upright but does go through for the conversion
Wales 27-3 Scotland 40mins Ref Jérôme Garces checks his watch & calls HT
Wales 27-3 Scotland HT T: Liam Williams, North, Roberts C: Biggar (3) P: Biggar (2) | P: Laidlaw Hogg
Wales 27-3 Scotland 40mins Must be Saturday if Euan Murray is on the pitch for Geoff Cross
Wales 32-3 Scotland 41mins No time to blink as North runs over for his 18th try...
Wales 32-3 Scotland 45mins Coach Scott Johnson looking terribly bored as front row changes...
Wales 32-3 Scotland 46mins Ross Ford & Alasdair Dickinson on for Lawson & Grant
Wales 37-3 Scotland 46m Meanwhile mass team effort from Wales as offload to offload leads to Roberts 2nd try
Wales 39-3 Scotland 48mins Biggar converts & this will be a cricket score...
Wales 39-3 Scotland 50mins Terribly hard to be enthusiastic when Wales are just raining in tries...
Wales 44-3 Scotland 52mins Nothing to stop Faletau scoring try no. 6 unhindered
Wales 44-3 Scotland 53mins Wouldn't say Wales are missing Halfpenny in this match but Biggar misses another
Wales 44-3 Scotland 55mins Justin Tipuric & Rhodri Williams on for Lydiate & Phillips
Wales 44-3 Scotland 56mins Tim Swinson on for Jim Hamilton & Scots' only saving grace is decent scrum
Wales 44-3 Scotland 58mins New front row in Adam Jones, Richard Hibbard & Paul James for Wales
Wales 44-3 Scotland 59mins So much time being wasted - last scrum took almost 5 minutes! *time wasting*
Wales 44-3 Scotland 60mins Fantastic L/O take by Dave Denton but a teensie k/o blows it...
Wales 44-3 Scotland 61mins Chris Cusiter at scrum half for Scotland replacing Laidlaw & as captain
Wales 44-3 Scotland 62mins Rhys Priestland, James Hook & Jake Ball on for Liam Williams, Biggar & Charteris
Wales 44-3 Scotland 63mins For the 1st time from loose L/O Cusiter steals & oh so close but kick overshoots
Wales 44-3 Scotland 63mins Dougie Fife hugs corner flag not ball; bad kick!
Wales 44-3 Scotland 65mins Scotland have 5m L/O again but Wales just herd them back way out of 22
Wales 44-3 Scotland 66mins Scotland definitely improved in 2nd half but man down, Wales are toying with them
Wales 44-3 Scotland 67mins Duncan Taylor on for Fife while Scots have 65/73% possession/territory in 2nd half
Wales 44-3 Scotland 69mins Scotland need to save some face & are up to 22 again...
Wales 44-3 Scotland 71mins ...but constantly running into a huge red wall no matter how much recycling
Wales 44-3 Scotland 71mins Priestland takes it & offloads to Tipuric who gets away from 22 but Taylor tackle!
Wales 44-3 Scotland 72mins Taylor is throwing his all into his tackles & doing a mean job with it
Wales 44-3 Scotland 73mins Time out as play returns to midfield; shame Wales exploited Hogg's open channel
Wales 44-3 Scotland 73mins But Scotland unable to close that channel throughout...
Wales 44-3 Scotland 73mins Fantastic work from Hook keeps ball in as he flies out...
Wales 49-3 Scotland 73mins Ball kicked ahead & Rhodri Williams almost trips over as he carries it over T/L
Wales 51-3 Scotland 74mins TMO confirms Hook onside & grounding good, & Hook converts
Wales 51-3 Scotland 75mins Maybe now Gatland will wake up & smell the coffee - Hook is awfully good
Wales 51-3 Scotland 77mins Sadly for Scotland Wales on the attack again & into the 22...
Wales 51-3 Scotland 78mins Scots marshalling the troops trying to build blue wall across 22; scrum Wales
Wales 51-3 Scotland 79mins Wales fluff it & free kick Scotland as the clock's about to turn 80...
Wales 51-3 Scotland 80mins Ryan Wilson breaks H/W & offloads to Alex Dunbar but over head into touch for FT
Wales 51-3 Scotland FT Wales hail a record win over Scotland against 14 men for the most of it.
Wales 51-3 Scotland FT Scotland's saving grace & future happiness lies in no more Scott Johnson as head coach
15 Liam Williams 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Dan Biggar 9 Mike Phillips 1 Gethin Jenkins 2 Ken Owens 3 Rhodri Jones 4 Luke Charteris 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Toby Faletau BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 Paul James 18 Adam Jones 19 Jake Ball 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Rhodri Williams 22 Rhys Priestland 23 James Hook
SCORERS T: Liam Williams, North, (2) Roberts (2), Faletau, Rhodri Williams C: Biggar (4), Hook P: Biggar (2)
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Dougie Fife* Tommy Seymour 13 Alex Dunbar 12 Matt Scott 11 Max Evans Sean Lamont 10 Duncan Weir 9 Greig Laidlaw 1 Ryan Grant 2 Scott Lawson 3 Geoff Cross 4 Richie Gray 5 Jim Hamilton 6 Ryan Wilson 7 KELLY BROWN (C) Chris Fusaro 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Ross Ford 17 Alasdair Dickinson 18 Euan Murray 19 Tim Swinson 20 Alasdair Strokosch 21 Chris Cusiter 22 Duncan Taylor 23 Jack Cuthbert
SCORERS P: Laidlaw Hogg
Referee: Jérôme Garces (FFR) Asst Referees: Chris Pollock (NZR) Greg Garner (RFU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
FRANCE 20 - 22 IRELAND
Stade de France, Paris - Saturday 15 March 2014
KO: 17:00 GMT/18:00 CET HT: 13-12
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France v Ireland So Ireland win = champions. France win by >70 = champions. Draw or France <70 win = England champions
France v Ireland That's it people...anthems are done & the Stade de France is ready for Ireland & BOD!
France v Ireland Steve Walsh is the referee. I will say nothing more on that...
France 6-0 Ireland 15mins Paul O'Connell pinged for playing Chouly in the air...another penalty given...
France 6-0 Ireland 17min Bit of ping pong b4 France on rampage over H/W & over Irish 10m...while Walsh groans
France 6-0 Ireland 17mins Sounds like Walsh is in a spot of pain; time off for BOD from accidental clip to head
France 6-0 Ireland 18mins All is OK & it's Irish defensive scrum on own 22; goes down & reset; pen Ireland
France 6-0 Ireland 19mins Sexton pumps it to touch for French 22 L/O...is good & on attack...
France 6-5 Ireland 20mins Much recycling up to 5m; forced along width & with persistence Sexton nips over
France 6-5 Ireland 20mins Sexton tees up for off centre on 22..& he misses! But how?! France still have lead!
France 6-5 Ireland 22mins Brice Dulin bullied into touch en masse by green shirts; Irish L/O...
France 6-5 Ireland 24mins Bit more ping pong & Louis Picamoles misses an obvious & habitual trick...
France 6-10 Ireland 25mins BOD breaks - fast hands in green & gaping holes open up & Andrew Trimble thru
France 6-12 Ireland 26mins Easier conversion for Sexton & Ireland have stepped it up...
France 6-12 Ireland 27mins Irish defensive L/O but Conor Murray's kick is short; ball loose a lot...
France 6-12 Ireland 28mins Bastareaud gets into the B/D to make a mess of it & it's pen France
France 6-12 Ireland 29mins Set up 5m L/O for the French & they're on T/L...pen coming for Irish offside
France 6-12 Ireland 30mins Ball flies about; Yoann Huget knocks it in to Dulin who scores in corner! TMO
France 11-12 Ireland 30mins It's try France in the corner & the stadium erupts!
France 13-12 Ireland 31mins Machenaud's acute kick is perfect & France are back in front...
France 13-12 Ireland 33mins Irish L/O on H/W stays with them & they fight to get back over H/W...
France 13-12 Ireland 35mins Sexton forced to kick but goes long; French L/O back in Irish territory...
France 13-12 Ireland 36mins France battle over 22; ball offloaded to Rémi Talès who drop kicks it appallingly
France 13-12 Ireland 36mins Time off; Rabah Slimani replaces Nicolas Mas who's hyper-extended his elbow
France 13-12 Ireland 37mins Irish defensive scrum just over H/W; but comes back for fwd passes on both sides
France 13-12 Ireland 38mins French scrum which piles headlong into the ground; reset...
France 13-12 Ireland 39mins Down again; Walsh has words with captain Pascal Papé about Domingo & France pinged
France 13-12 Ireland 39mins Actually problem is Mike Ross binding incorrectly but touch judge is asleep
France 13-12 Ireland 40mins Irish L/O & pen Ireland so Sexton tees up...
France 13-12 Ireland 40+1mins Almost from in front of posts Sexton blows the kick & has left 5pts out there
France 13-12 Ireland HT T: Dulin C: Machenaud P: Machenaud (2) | T: Sexton, Trimble C: Sexton
France 13-12 Ireland 40mins OMFG talk about edge of seat madness for 3 nations! *shreddednerves*
France 13-12 Ireland 41mins Irish ball in midfield; slowly head over H/W & up to 10m but slow ball
France 13-12 Ireland 42mins French t/o & thumped over H/W then chipped ahead but saved in Irish 22...just
France 13-12 Ireland 42mins Time off as Rob Kearney down injured; pen Ireland in own 22 & Sexton clears
France 13-12 Ireland 43mins Irish L/O on H/W; Fickou tries to rip it off Irish hands; k/o Ross > French scrum
France 13-12 Ireland 44mins Good scrum & France drag Irish into own 22; Kearney picks up & clears loose ball
France 13-17 Ireland 46mins Great work from Ireland & it could be BOD but ends up Sexton runs over whitewash
France 13-19 Ireland 48mins Sexton doesn't miss this time & takes lead & widens gap to 6
France 13-19 Ireland 49mins Fantastic to see France turn up to final contest! Irish scrum & Picamoles to 8
France 13-19 Ireland 50mins Midfield play & it's pen Ireland; Sexton kicks to touch for L/O on 22
France 13-19 Ireland 51mins Short Irish L/O (5); Yoann Maestri gives away pen on Devin Toner & Sexton tees up
France 13-19 Ireland 51mins Kick from off-centre on 22...easy, right?!
France 13-19 Ireland 52mins He takes an absolute age but eventually it's perfect.
France 13-22 Ireland 52mins He takes an absolute age but eventually it's perfect.
France 13-22 Ireland 53mins Alexandre Flanquart on for Maestri & earlier Vincent Debaty for Domingo
France 13-22 Ireland 55mins Time off for Dulin injury; is OK & France wallop ball into Irish territory
France 13-22 Ireland 56mins Ball quickly thumped back & k/o mean Irish scrum on French 10m
France 13-22 Ireland 57mins Neat French kick forces Ireland back over H/W for defensive L/O; clear to Médard
France 13-22 Ireland 59mins Special footwork from the winger & pen France who kick for touch...
France 13-22 Ireland 60min From L/O Les Bleus looking menacing again deep in Irish 22; recycle & drive & adv
France 13-22 Ireland 61mins Cian Healy headbutts Picamoles off the ruck with no arms; crosskick is long
France 13-22 Ireland 62mins Officials ignore Healy's YC offence; back for pen & Les Bleus go again...& again
France 20-22 Ireland 63mins Dimitri Szarzewski awarded try against upright & Machenaud converts; game on...
France 20-22 Ireland 65min Ping pong ensues after restart & Kearney's kick finds touch...French defensive L/O
France 20-22 Ireland 66mins Moore, Reddan, Henderson & McFadden for Ross, Murray, O'Mahony & D'Arcy
France 20-22 Ireland 67mins Sébastien Vahaamahina & Jean Marc Doussain for Picamoles & Machenaud
France 20-22 Ireland 68mins Play in Irish half but Sexton out cold after tackle from Bastareaud; time off
France 20-22 Ireland 68mins Guilhem Guirado for Szarzewski & Ian Madigan for Sexton. Looks like no foul play
France 20-22 Ireland 68mins Sexton stretchered off as precaution but awake; looks like may have been head crash...
France 20-22 Ireland 69mins Irish defensive scrum outside own 22; huge effort from France & win pen...
France 20-22 Ireland 70mins Doussain tees up but pulls it wide! Time off > Cronin & McGrath for Best & Healy
France 20-22 Ireland 70mins No doubt England collective held their breath in the 69th minute! Then *sigh*
France 20-22 Ireland 72mins Irish defensive L/O just outside own 22; Reddan clears > ping pong...
France 20-22 Ireland 73mins Doussain has it but inside own 10m; Bastareaud bulldozes slightly; ping pong...
France 20-22 Ireland 75mins French L/O on H/W; Irish go in hard but French not giving it up. Pen Ireland...
France 20-22 Ireland 76mins Irish L/O on French 10m; Maxime Mermoz for Gaël Fickou; still Irish ball
France 20-22 Ireland 77min La Marseillaise rises from the stands as Irish into 14th phase...outside French 22
France 20-22 Ireland 78mins Madigan gifts pen; clearance is bad but so is Kearney's return...French ball
France 20-22 Ireland 78mins Les Bleus into Irish 22 & take it out wide...Chouly flies over in corner for try
France 20-22 Ireland 78mins Walsh sends up to TMO for possible fwd pass or it's a try; replay shows fwd!
France 20-22 Ireland 79mins Irish defensive scrum inside own 22...the tension is unbelievable!
France 20-22 Ireland 79mins If coverage stops I may have had a heart attack!
France 20-22 Ireland 80mins Scrum's good but Ireland don't get it away. At B/D French gift final penalty.
France 20-22 Ireland FT That's it - Ireland have the Championship - scoring just 10 more points than England in 6Ns
France 20-22 Ireland FT Congratulations Ireland! England fans will have to be content with beating the Champions
15 Brice Dulin 14 Yoann Huget 13 Mathieu Bastareaud 12 Gaël Fickou 11 Maxime Médard 10 Rémi Talès 9 Maxime Machenaud 1 Thomas Domingo 2 Dimitri Szarzewski 3 Nicolas Mas 4 PASCAL PAPÉ (C) 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Louis Picamoles 7 Alexandre Lapandry 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Vincent Debaty 18 Rabah Slimani 19 Alexandre Flanquart 20 Sébastien Vahaamahina 21 Wenceslas Lauret 22 Jean Marc Doussain 23 Maxime Mermoz
SCORERS T: Dulin, Szarzewski C: Machenaud (2) P: Machenaud (2)
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Brian O'Driscoll 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 David Kearney 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Devin Toner 5 PAUL O'CONNELL (C) 6 Peter O'Mahony 7 Chris Henry 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Jack McGrath 18 Martin Moore 19 Iain Henderson 20 Jordi Murphy 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ian Madigan 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Sexton (2), Trimble C: Sexton (2) P: Sexton
Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU) Asst Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU) Marius Mitrea (FIR) TMO: Gareth Simmonds (WRU)
