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FRANCE 23 - 21 ITALY
Stade de France - Saturday 06 February
KO: 15:25 HT: 10-8 Att: 64,000
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HIGHLIGHTS
FRANCE may have the ‘W’ after 80 minutes at the Stade de France, but it was a hard-fought battle and if only Italy had a proficient kicker from the outset, it could have been a very different outcome.
Under the watchful eye of former Top 14 and Heineken Cup multi-winning coach of Toulouse, Guy Novès presented his new-look team to an expectant home crowd with four starting uncapped players, placing huge responsibility on Toulouse scrumhalf, Sebastien Bézy to marshal the game, alongside Paul Jedrasiak at lock, Jonathan Danty in the centre, and Fijian-born France 7s star Virimi Vakatawa on the wing, who has not played XVs rugby since leaving Racing 92 in 2013.
Jacques Brunel had no less debutants in his starting XV, with David Odiete at fullback, Mattia Bellini on the wing, and two new front rowers in Ornel Gega and Andrea Lovotti. And what a venue to be blooded surrounded by baying Frenchmen, at least when their team plays well. But it was not close to a full house since no more tickets than those previously purchased were bought after the Paris attacks in January. Therefore kudos to the 64,000 who came and celebrated French sport in her home stadium.
Both sides had much to prove with Les Bleus under fresh leadership after long-standing mediocre results, while Brunel sees out his last tournament as Head Coach before handing over the reins to Conor O’Shea. France waltzed into the quarter finals of RWC2015 since their only real competition was Ireland, only to be resolutely broken by the All Blacks. Meanwhile, the Azzurri won only two of their four pool matches, and were not even close to making the play offs.
Italy began with a fire, and continued to take the game to France for the distance of an action-packed match where the lead changed six times before the homeside eventually took the spoils. The visitors came out the stronger from the kick off, but the penalties kept coming, from both sides, totalling 22 by the final whistle.
Leonardo Sarto was just short of scoring, but Italy kept at it until when nothing was coming from a venture into France’s 22, Carlo Canna slipped back to a position where he knew that a drop goal would be successful, and it was from off centre in the seventh minute. France tried all sorts, but Italy were determined to disrupt the scrum, steal at the breakdown, and cause as many problems as they could to prevent France from playing their game fast and wide.
Bézy’s day did not start well, first failing to equalise, and after some better play, good teamwork allowed Vakatawa to sprint over out wide with men over to score on his debut, but the conversion from touch went awry, pulled short. And it was all over for the formidable No8 Louis Picamoles, soon replaced by Yacouba Camara after tearing his hamstring, ending his Six Nations hopes, just 14 minutes into the match.
Into the second quarter and any hope France had of a comfortable opening match was dispelled as Italy continued to unsettle the homeside, despite losing their experienced openside, Alessandro Zanni with injury for ten minutes replaced by the fifth debutant, Andries Van Schalkwyk. An attacking 22 lineout for Italy was a lost opportunity as the ball was fumbled forward over the line, but not much can stop talismanic captain Sergio Parisse when he is on a mission as he reached over to score and take the lead, 8-5 with 25 minutes gone. Canna missed the conversion, his captain on his shoulder letting him know it was OK.
The Italians played a clever game, targeting Vakatawa as a weak link, quite obviously uncomfortable anywhere near a ruck, whilst the visitors played it smart not over-committing yet managing to turnover ball deftly, 19 times in all. Not until the half hour mark did France again venture into the Italian 22, and a quick tap from Gaël Fickou from the penalty was all they needed as Les Bleus lined up neatly out wide for Damien Chouly to finish the sequence with a second French try. Bézy missed again.
The final ten minutes saw handbags almost drawn, another penalty missed, this time by Canna, and Michele Campagnaro held fractionally short of the tryline in the 40th minute. France ran into the break having kicked at least a ball correctly into touch 10-8, following some remarkably terrible goal kicking from both sides with five attempts missed.
An entertaining first half remained just so in to the second, as Canna regained his confidence early reclaiming the lead just three minutes in from a scrum penalty. The young fly half endeared himself further by collecting a flick of an offload from the ruck after Parisse was held up on the line and he dotted down for try number two, duly converted. 46 minutes gone, Italy 18-10 up. Italy continually shut down most attempts by Les Bleus to make any headway, and heaped pressure on to the opposition.
The replacements began to appear on both sides as the final quarter approached, and France suddenly switched up a gear with the likes of man-monster Uini Atonio and Jefferson Poirot on debut. Vakatawa made a bullocking break to the 22 wrestling off four defenders, and as Italy’s defence fell apart from lack of communication, France hurled the ball out wide for Hugo Bonneval to charge over in the corner for a third try. A change of kicker with Jules Plisson taking over secured a conversion to take the homeside to within a point of the Azzurri. The joy returned to the crowd as Les Marseillaise reverberated round the stadium, and the trumpets rang out.
Martin Castrogiovanni arrived on the paddock for his 116th cap, accompanied by the huge Matteo Zanusso in the front row and like weebles they were all over rucks, fast shutting down Vakatawa at every turn. Bézy’s nightmare ended with Maxime Machenaud coming on, and Kelly Haimona replaced Gonzalo Garcia who had controlled the game well, while Maxim Médard received attention as France were awarded a penalty. Plisson chipped it over for 20-18 lead with just over ten minutes still on the clock.
Atonio was penalised at the breakdown for not supporting his bodyweight (though clearly there was no problem with it), and Haimona stepped up to successfully take the penalty and a 21-20 lead; six minutes remaining. France were then awarded one of their against Italy, again a wrong call by Doyle as Parisse was clearly high tackled by Camara, which Plisson belted over from halfway and just five metres from the wing! The roar around a not full Stade de France was deafening as only four minutes were left with the score at 23-21.
Italy had to muscle themselves back into an attacking position, enough for a penalty or to knock over a drop goal, but Canna had left the field limping off with Palazzani replacing him, shaking up the entire team positioning. France kept their discipline at the scrum, the reset scrum -enough to make Castro laugh with glee- and most importantly at the breakdown. The clocked turned red and Italy had possession in the midfield but needed to get closer. At 82 minutes, a frustrated Parisse failed horribly going for a drop goal of his own inside the 10m line which had no chance of landing in the correct hemisphere, and the final whistle ended an excellent opening match for the 2016 Six Nations.
"It is always interesting to start with a win, even if our job in the next few days is going to be to focus on the content of the game, to see what we need to work on," Novès said post-match.
"Italy could have won as well so let's enjoy the win. I also want to focus on the enthusiasm the boys showed at times. We needed to be more lucid, and the first have didn't have enough tempo. Our defensive form wasn't good enough, which gave Italy a lot of possession and created a few gaps.”
Brunel was thoroughly pleased with his novice side almost beating France: "I had dreamt about it, or at least I hoped they could do it.
"We didn't know how the young guys would face up, if they were going to be scared, if they were going to be able to take initiatives. And they did, they weren't afraid at all. Some people had predicted a French victory by more than 30 points, it wasn't. We proved that nothing is ever set in stone."
Click here to read how the match happened minute by minute...
15 Maxime Médard 14 Hugo Bonneval 13 Gaël Fickou 12 Jonathan Danty* 11 Virimi Vakatawa* 10 Jules Plisson 9 Sebastien Bézy* 1 Eddy Ben Arous 2 GUILHEM GUIRADO (C) 3 Rabah Slimani 4 Paul Jedrasiak* 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Wenceslas Lauret 7 Damien Chouly 8 Louis Picamoles BENCH: 16 Camille Chat 17 Uini Atonio 18 Jefferson Poirot 19 Alexandre Flanquart 20 Yacouba Camara 21 Maxime Machenaud 22 Jean-Marc Doussain 23 Maxime Mermoz
SCORERS T: Vakatawa, Chouly, Bonneval C: Plisson P: Plisson (2)
15 David Odiete* 14 Leonardo Sarto 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mattia Bellini* 10 Carlo Canna 9 Edoardo Gori 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) 7 Alessandro Zanni 6 Francesco Minto 5 Marco Fuser 4 George Fabio Biagi 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 2 Ornel Gega* 1 Andrea Lovotti* BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Matteo Zanusso* 18 Martin Castrogiovanni 19 Valerio Bernabo’ 20 Andries Van Schalkwyk* 21 Guglielmo Palazzani 22 Kelly Haimona 23 Luke Mclean
SCORERS T: Parisse, Canna C: Canna P: Canna, Haimona DG: Canna
Man of the Match: Virimi Vakatawa (France)
Referee: JP Doyle (RFU) Asst Referees: George Clancy (IRFU), Federico Anselmi (UAR) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
SCOTLAND 9 - 15 ENGLAND
BT Murrayfield - Saturday 06 February
KO: 16:50 HT: 6-7 Att: 67,500
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
Scotland v England Teams are out & the FunBus accompanies HRH Princess Royal to meet players at Murrayfield
Scotland v England The visitors received requisite abuse on their ride into stadium, & both sides are raring
Scotland v England And the pipes are playing...and playing...and playing...
Scotland v England Scots have lost 15 of their 16 opening matches in #6Ns; but this is a different Scotland
Scotland v England The English anthem is done with verve...& yes...Eddie sang it too!
Scotland v England Flower of Scotland is a tad louder tho! Pretty much drowning out the pipes!
Scotland 0-0 England 0m John Lacey blows the starting whistle on a dry clear evening
Scotland 0-0 England 1m England chose to KO after winning toss; it's good start for the visitors
Scotland 0-0 England 1m Scots knock on just inside their own 22 & England have the scrum
Scotland 0-0 England 2m Scots pinged for shoving early & England have free kick; Dylan Hartley opts for scrum
Scotland 0-0 England 3m England don't make headway forward so go wide & George Ford knocks on
Scotland 0-0 England 4m Scotland defensive scrum on the 22 & penalty goes to the homeside; back pats all round
Scotland 0-0 England 5m Scottish lineout on own 10m & ball is thumped into the England 22; Mike Brown collects
Scotland 0-0 England 5m It's all a bit frantic & Scots end up with lineout on England 22...
Scotland 0-0 England 6m Not quite to plan for Scotland & ball finds touch; Danny Care takes quick throw in
Scotland 0-0 England 6m Scots hand over a penalty & England are in possession back in Scotland's half
Scotland 0-0 England 7m Ball finds touch & Scots have defensive lineout by their 22; it's not straight tho
Scotland 0-0 England 8m Ross Ford pinged & England have scrum halfway into Scotland's 22...
Scotland 0-0 England 9m England making ground steadily & recycling towards the tryline but being held now
Scotland 0-0 England 10m Ball comes back & maybe should've tried harder but George F opts for drop goal - goes wide
Scotland 0-0 England 11m Chip ahead from Jack Nowell & Stuart Hogg saves it but penalty to England in 22
Scotland 0-0 England 12m It's another 5m attacking England scrum; spent a lot of time here...need some points
Scotland 0-5 England 14m England pile on some pressure; Scotland miss tackles & George Kruis finds whitewash
Scotland 0-7 England 15m After much misdirection from Ford/Farrell/Jones on kicking, it's Faz that converts
Scotland 0-7 England 15m England promptly pinged for Chris Robshaw not rolling away at breakdown & gift penalty
Scotland 3-7 England 15m Greig Laidlaw tees up from 41m out & it's as sweet as... Scotland are on the board
Scotland 3-7 England 17m Both teams now need to get a grip and calm down; penalty post try - so predictable!
Scotland 3-7 England 18m England pinged in own half for offside at breakdown & penalty to touch...
Scotland 3-7 England 19m The roar is sublime as Scotland attack from lineout into England's 22 but dissipates...
Scotland 3-7 England 20m ...as England t/o ball and win a good penalty. Looking after the ball now...
Scotland 3-7 England 21m England thump ball away into Scottish territory & are attacking up to the 22 but...
Scotland 3-7 England 22m ...Jonathan Joseph pinged for offside at the breakdown - again England?! Scotland penalty
Scotland 3-7 England 23m Scotland clear England right back & charge over halfway to get back on the attack
Scotland 3-7 England 24m But Scotland manage to cough up the ball again & hand possession back to England
Scotland 3-7 England 25m Faz kicks to touch but the lineout doesn't go quite to plan. Robbo is there & saves it
Scotland 3-7 England 26m A high ball caught by Hogg in own half & beautifully kicks it over Anthony Watson
Scotland 3-7 England 27m England defensive lineout is good & Hartley maintains his highest lineout record (93% in AP)
Scotland 3-7 England 28m Disciplined work at breakdown from Scotland & they win a kickable penalty
Scotland 3-7 England 28m Laidlaw, unusually, misses the uprights - tho not sure he knows it!
Scotland 3-7 England 29m Restart taken by George F & there's bit of too'ing & fro'ing, both sides playing well
Scotland 3-7 England 31m It's quite a tussle at breakdowns & Laidlaw box kicks it out of own half; aerial football
Scotland 3-7 England 32m England are back in possession and heading towards 22 but it's stolen by Scots...
Scotland 3-7 England 33m Messy breakdowns and the turnover figures will be high; great match to watch!
Scotland 3-7 England 34m A knock on in own half & England have an attacking scrum to work from
Scotland 3-7 England 34m But the penalty goes to Scotland as Billy Vunipola is pinged & Laidlaw's on it
Scotland 3-7 England 35m Scotland take play back into England's 22 & there's a short time off before scrum
Scotland 3-7 England 36m It's an England defensive scrum and it's Billy V who charges away with the ball...
Scotland 3-7 England 37m Joe Launchbury tries to hold on under bodies but penalty goes to Scotland
Scotland 6-7 England 38m The kick's bang in front of the posts & this time Laidlaw doesn't miss
Scotland 6-7 England 38m England on rampage into Scottish territory but Dan Cole pinged for Scotland penalty
Scotland 6-7 England 39m Scots clear all the way back into England territory for attacking lineout...
Scotland 6-7 England 40m The lineout is good & Scots attack repeatedly but the defence is solid from England
Scotland 6-7 England 40m Finally it's Finn Russell who drops back into pocket coz they're not making ground
Scotland 6-7 England 40+1m Russell kicks but very badly and it's not going anywhere near the posts.
Scotland 6-7 England 40+1m And that's it for the first half. What a game...
Scotland 6-7 England HT P: Laidlaw (2) | T: Kruis C: Farrell
Scotland 6-7 England HT Well, England had some ball but 8 penalties to 3 - unimpressive, as is George Ford!
Scotland 6-7 England HT England only just have edge; maybe get Ford off? There's a Devoto waiting for a 12
Scotland 6-7 England HT As for Scotland, just tighten it up & concentrate...it's there for the taking...
Scotland 6-7 England 40m And we're back...Scotland already up to & into the England 22 thanks to some Grays
Scotland 6-7 England 41m England's defences being strongly tested as the attacks come in waves in the 22...
Scotland 6-7 England 42m Discipline & defensive wall held & the penalty comes to England
Scotland 6-7 England 42m Faz clears up towards halfway & England's game appears to have become slow & steady
Scotland 6-7 England 43m Almost at halfway but penalty for Scotland as Dan Cole pinged at breakdown; looks bewildered
Scotland 6-7 England 44m Hartley tries to have word with ref as vice captain Billy V gets some attention
Scotland 6-7 England 45m Scots have a lineout but pinged for not straight so England defensive scrum...
Scotland 6-7 England 46m Good scrum & Billy V makes excellent ground again; Danny Care clears it away
Scotland 6-7 England 47m A huge thump & Hogg just saves the ball with Anthony Watson bearing down on tryline
Scotland 6-7 England 47m Most excellent kick from Hogg & lines cleared impressively
Scotland 6-7 England 48m But from midfield Scotland concede another penalty & Faz tees up but it drifts wide
Scotland 6-7 England 49m Mako Vunipola replaces Joe Marler & England are on the attack, up to 22
Scotland 6-12 England 50m Good hands & a perfect pass from Mako V allows Nowell to sprint over in corner
Scotland 6-12 England 51m On a very acute angle, Faz repeats his Shining stare but it doesn't find uprights
Scotland 6-12 England 52m From restart, Scots make some headway before ball gets kicked around...
Scotland 6-12 England 53m Mike Brown gets under a high ball defending & Sean Maitland is pinged at breakdown
Scotland 6-12 England 54m England want the tries today & set up a 5m lineout in Scots 22
Scotland 6-12 England 55m Ben Youngs replaces Care & earlier, Courtney Lawes came on for Launchbury
Scotland 6-12 England 56m The lineout is fine but the try isn't forthcoming, so England forced to push repeatedly
Scotland 6-12 England 57m Scotland have a chance with a shock intercept but kick goes into touch so no chase
Scotland 6-12 England 58m Gordon Reid & Blair Cowan on for Dickinson & Barclay
Scotland 6-12 England 59m Time for another scrum but there's a time off as Ross F gets treatment...
Scotland 6-12 England 60m An attacking England scrum which has to be reset as Billy V rubs hands with glee
Scotland 6-12 England 61m The scrum spins and the visitors come away with penalty which is perfectly kickable
Scotland 6-15 England 62m Faz tees up & adds 3 more points; good to see Hartley hooking the ball in the scrum
Scotland 6-15 England 64m England's confidence is growing as the England fans get behind the team at restart
Scotland 6-15 England 64m Scottish lineout but Ross F messes it up again & Mako V is all over it
Scotland 6-15 England 65m Stuart McInally replaces Ross F while England have an attacking scrum just over halfway
Scotland 6-15 England 65m Penalty goes to Scotland as Mako V is pinged for driving into ground; clear to touch
Scotland 6-15 England 66m Duncan Taylor replaces Tommy Seymour as Scotland has 22 attacking lineout
Scotland 6-15 England 66m lineout is better & Scots retain possession but they're forced backwards & into touch
Scotland 6-15 England 67m England take it quickly but Lawes is pinged so it's an easy 3 for Laidlaw...
Scotland 9-15 England 68m Laidlaw tees up to wolf whistles & jeering but it doesn't hinder him
Scotland 9-15 England 69m Jack Clifford earns first cap replacing Robbo as does Zander Fagerson on for Nel
Scotland 9-15 England 70m England manage to get Scotland out of their half but Hogg calls the mark...
Scotland 9-15 England 71m England secure the lineout & they're off deep into Scotland territory again...
Scotland 9-15 England 72m England are into Scots 22 & ball's heading to touch; Laidlaw stops in front of it
Scotland 9-15 England 73m Faz comes up behind him & pushes him; penalty to Scots after handbags threaten
Scotland 9-15 England 74m Nothing in it at all, & Faz apologised immediately too but boos all round
Scotland 9-15 England 75m England's momentum is lost & Scots have an opportunity from inside own 22...
Scotland 9-15 England 75m Scotland get up to the midfield but they just can't find a way through the defence
Scotland 9-15 England 76m Penalty goes to England & they'll have scrum after Jamie George replaces Hartley
Scotland 9-15 England 77m Faz steps up to captain & Jamie G is effective from the outset; scrum won well
Scotland 9-15 England 78m England get out of own territory & the lineout gives them better field position...
Scotland 9-15 England 79m The Vunipola brothers doing magnificent bulldozing work & England into Scots 22...
Scotland 9-15 England 79m England penalty & it's an attacking scrum in 22 as Billy V is deservedly named Man of the Match
Scotland 9-15 England 80m Scrum goes to plan as clock ticks over into red & George F thumps ball into stands
Scotland 9-15 England FT Good start for Eddie Jones - job done; Calcutta Cup retained. Also good for Hartley, Faz & the Vunipolas
Scotland 9-15 England FT For Scotland, haven't scored a try v England at Murrayfield since 2004...
Scotland 9-15 England FT Scots didn't have the edge they did back in October against Wallabies; work to do.
Scotland 9-15 England FT As a front rower, FunBus grins inanely next to HRH as Hartley collects Calcutta Cup!
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Sean Maitland 13 Mark Bennett 12 Matt Scott 11 Tommy Seymour 10 Finn Russell 9 Greig Laidlaw (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Willem Nel 4 Richie Gray 5 Jonny Gray 6 John Barclay 7 John Hardie 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Gordon Reid 18 Zander Fagerson* 19 Tim Swinson 20 Blair Cowan 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 22 Duncan Weir 23 Duncan Taylor
SCORERS P: Laidlaw (3)
15 Mike Brown 14 Anthony Watson 13 Jonathan Joseph 12 Owen Farrell 11 Jack Nowell 10 George Ford 9 Danny Care 1 Joe Marler 2 DYLAN HARTLEY (C) 3 Dan Cole 4 Joe Launchbury 5 George Kruis 6 Chris Robshaw 7 James Haskell 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Jamie George 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Paul Hill* 19 Courtney Lawes 20 Jack Clifford* 21 Ben Youngs 22 Alex Goode 23 Ollie Devoto*
SCORERS T: Kruis, Nowell C: Farrell P: Farrell
Man of the Match: Billy Vunipola (England)
Referee: John Lacey (IRFU) Asst Referees: Romain Poite (FFR), Stuart Berry (SARU) TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)
IRELAND 16 - 16 WALES
Aviva Stadium - Sunday 07 February
KO: 15:00 HT: 13-10 Att: 51,700
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
Ireland v Wales The teams are out at the Aviva Stadium & a muted Welsh anthem is being sung...
Ireland v Wales The 1st of the Irish anthems is underway...why they have two...who knows!
Ireland 0-0 Wales 1m Jérôme Garcès blows for KO in Dublin as the rain comes in...& 1st scrum to Ireland...
Ireland 0-0 Wales 2m Ireland make a good start & fast they're already into the Welsh 22 8m out
Ireland 0-0 Wales 3m Welsh defence being tested early but eventually penalty conceded
Ireland 3-0 Wales 4m Johnny Sexton tees up from just inside the Welsh 22 just off centre & opens the home a/c
Ireland 3-0 Wales 5m Dan Biggar restarts well & George North heads into the Irish 22 unhindered...
Ireland 3-0 Wales 6m Ireland look to have turned over but not quite; Welsh are still firmly in control
Ireland 3-0 Wales 7m Wales recycle repeatedly & Andrew Trimble puts in a vital tackle to stop passage to tryline
Ireland 3-0 Wales 8m Finally a turnover as Wales fumble the ball & Ireland are off & over halfway
Ireland 3-0 Wales 9m Good work from Ireland as all take a breather from the initial pace; and they go again
Ireland 3-0 Wales 10m Steady & calm the Irish position themselves in forward motion to get into the Welsh 22
Ireland 3-0 Wales 11m Ireland keep on going & have a penalty coming which no doubt will be taken soon
Ireland 3-0 Wales 11m Ref blows for the penalty; Sexton tees up while Simon Zebo gets some attention
Ireland 3-0 Wales 12m Meanwhile Biggar has ankle strapped from earlier knock
Ireland 6-0 Wales 13m Sexton leaves nothing to chance & doubles Ireland's score with a deft kick inside 22
Ireland 6-0 Wales 15m This match doesn't have quite the excitement of yesterday's offerings...
Ireland 6-0 Wales 16m The scrum isn't so clever; needs sorting out but Wales make headway...
Ireland 6-0 Wales 17m Penalty comes to Wales & Biggar limps around the pitch a bit
Ireland 6-0 Wales 18m Biggar tees up the penalty but doesn't find his mark so no change on scoreboard
Ireland 6-0 Wales 19m Zebo puts in a rubbish kick giving Wales a lineout at the Irish 22
Ireland 6-0 Wales 20m lineout is good for Wales & they go wide to the nearside of the 22; Robbie Henshaw turns it
Ireland 6-0 Wales 21m Lacklustre so far; Biggar finally limps off for Rhys Priestland to come on
Ireland 6-0 Wales 22m Pre-match, Gareth Anscombe pulled out with hamstring injury replaced by Liam Williams
Ireland 6-0 Wales 23m Excellent work from Henshaw & Irish have defensive penalty in the 22
Ireland 6-0 Wales 24m Welsh under high ball & back in 22 but Henshaw again- result is an attacking Irish lineout
Ireland 6-0 Wales 25m A determined tussle as the Irish go over the whitewash, but ref rightly goes to TMO
Ireland 6-0 Wales 26m It's not a try so the homeside go again...they're not leaving without some points!
Ireland 11-0 Wales 27m This time there's no denying Conor Murray the first try of the match; good team effort
Ireland 13-0 Wales 28m Sexton adds extras; many pre-match said Ireland not looking so good- likely quiet now!
Ireland 13-0 Wales 29m From a lineout, the Welsh attempt a driving maul but it comes to nothing...
Ireland 13-0 Wales 30m Ireland gift a penalty for Keith Earls tip tackle on Liam Williams; he's fine tho
Ireland 13-0 Wales 31m Time back on & Ireland lucky as other refs would've carded that; there was no malice
Ireland 13-3 Wales 32m Priestland steps up & takes the penalty well to get points on board for Wales
Ireland 13-3 Wales 33m Well, Wales have the wind behind them & are now attacking deep in Ireland's 22...
Ireland 13-3 Wales 34m A step too far & a try is averted saving Ireland, but ref calls penalty for Wales
Ireland 13-3 Wales 35m Wales had advantage so it's been called, and they have an attacking scrum
Ireland 13-3 Wales 36m Scrum unimpressive & needs to be reset...needs to get sorted coz it's tedious
Ireland 13-8 Wales 37m It ain't pretty but Toby Faletau puts in excellent effort off back of scrum & scores
Ireland 13-10 Wales 38m Priestland has no troubles and he adds the extras to get Wales right back in it
Ireland 13-10 Wales 39m A touch of aerial football before Ireland secure a lineout hoping to add points before HT
Ireland 13-10 Wales 40m Ireland steadily work their way back into Welsh territory but little comes of it
Ireland 13-10 Wales 40m Welsh take the proverbial bull by the horns & thump ball into touch for HT
Ireland 13-10 Wales HT T: Murray C: Sexton P: Sexton | T: Faletau C: Priestland P: Priestland
Ireland 13-10 Wales 40m And so the second half begins...Wales quickly almost at Ireland's 22...
Ireland 13-10 Wales 41m Pretty solid wall of green though coming right at them & not letting a fly through...
Ireland 13-10 Wales 42m Wales forced from far touch to near touch & back...but can't get over that 22 line
Ireland 13-10 Wales 43m Welsh are almost back up at the 10m & a chip goes nowhere but into touch - off Irish
Ireland 13-10 Wales 44m It's a Welsh lineout which is good but just a heap of bodies at the breakdown all over the ball
Ireland 13-10 Wales 45m Ref's clear & constructive with Irish defenders, but Heaslip(?) decides to ignore it
Ireland 13-13 Wales 46m So Wales have the penalty from just outside the 22 nearish touch; Priestland equalises
Ireland 13-13 Wales 47m Ireland rushing into Welsh territory & neat passing but Priestland pinged...
Ireland 13-13 Wales 48m ...for deliberate knock on. Replay shows came off arm-Ireland saved as if he'd caught...
Ireland 13-13 Wales 48m ...Priestland couldn't have been stopped from scoring from an intercept!
Ireland 13-13 Wales 49m Ireland steadily crawl back into Welsh 22 but Wales have a defensive scrum...
Ireland 13-13 Wales 50m Scrum works; Wales clear but Irish come back at pace & attack deep
Ireland 13-13 Wales 51m Initially good work from Ireland who are just a couple of metres short of whitewash
Ireland 13-13 Wales 52m ...Welsh assemble scramble defence & before you know it, the ball's heading to halfway!
Ireland 13-13 Wales 53m Rhys Ruddock has replaced Tommy O'Donnell as Ireland battle to break through lines
Ireland 13-13 Wales 54m Penalty goes to Wales but it's too far for Priestland
Ireland 13-13 Wales 55m Another Welsh penalty from scrum but again it's too far; Gethin Jenkins for Rob Evans
Ireland 13-13 Wales 57m Tom Francis on for Samson Lee in another prop change as the game lumbers on
Ireland 13-13 Wales 58m Wales pinged for offside at the scrum in the midfield - not a lot from it for Ireland
Ireland 13-13 Wales 60m It's Wales who end up in possession as they make laboured work into Irish territory
Ireland 13-13 Wales 61m Bradley Davies on for Luke Charteris as yet another scrum is set...
Ireland 13-13 Wales 62m Wales are pinged for offside at scrum yet again & then halt is called on proceedings
Ireland 13-13 Wales 63m A little injury check before play is resumed & Ireland wake up!
Ireland 13-13 Wales 64m A superb break from Sexton & he makes serious yards; Trimble collects & sprints but..
Ireland 13-13 Wales 65m ...Tom James makes an impressive try-saving tackle bundling Trimble into touch
Ireland 13-13 Wales 67m The Welsh are back in control of possession & are determined to do something
Ireland 13-13 Wales 68m Determinedly the visitors head up to the Irish 22 & need to break that line again
Ireland 13-13 Wales 70m Irish defence is quite something as they won't let Wales anywhere near the 22...
Ireland 13-13 Wales 71m Massive pressure from Irish & as they shove Wales back further, they steal possession
Ireland 13-13 Wales 71m But discipline at the breakdown & the penalty comes to Wales outside the Irish 22
Ireland 13-13 Wales 71m Kearney, Furlong & Ryan on for Earls, White & McCarthy
Ireland 13-16 Wales 72m Priestland kicks well & takes lad for Wales for 1st time
Ireland 13-16 Wales 72m Owens, Lloyd Williams & Lydiate on for Baldwin, Gareth Davies & Warburton
Ireland 13-16 Wales 73m But having taken the lead, Wales fast hand over a long penalty to Ireland!
Ireland 16-16 Wales 74m Welsh offside is costly as Sexton kicks sublimely from 45m to equalise again
Ireland 16-16 Wales 75m Ian Madigan & Sean Cronin replace Rory Best & Sexton as Wales push on
Ireland 16-16 Wales 76m Wales break into that 22 finally & are just a few metres short of tryline but...
Ireland 16-16 Wales 77m Ireland turnover ball & clear but Wales head back & Priestland drops into the pocket...
Ireland 16-16 Wales 77m ...but the kick goes awry & it's still stalemate on scoreboard with 3 minutes to go
Ireland 16-16 Wales 78m Wales continue to attack hard but Ireland use that wrapping tackle of theirs to turnover
Ireland 16-16 Wales 79m South African CJ Stander awarded Man of the Match as Ireland fight to get out of half
Ireland 16-16 Wales 80m Clock's gone red & Ireland only up to own 10m and don't want to settle for a draw
Ireland 16-16 Wales 80+1m Eventually ball flies ahead and red shirt collects it; but Wales aren't satisfied
Ireland 16-16 Wales 80+2m But neither side can make gains & ref finally blows for FT - 1st #IREvWAL draw since 1974
Warren Gatland on how are you feeling after that? "I feel like I've been kissing my sister". Hmmm...
5 Simon Zebo 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Jared Payne 12 Robbie Henshaw 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Jack McGrath 2 RORY BEST (C) 3 Nathan White 4 Mike McCarthy 5 Devin Toner 6 CJ Stander* 7 Tommy O'Donnell 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 James Cronin 18 Tadhg Furlong 19 Donnacha Ryan 20 Rhys Ruddock 21 Kieran Marmion 22 Ian Madigan 23 David Kearney
SCORERS T: Murray C: Sexton P: Sexton (3)
15 Liam Williams 14 George North 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Tom James 10 Dan Biggar 9 Gareth Davies 1 Rob Evans 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Luke Charteris 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 SAM WARBURTON (C) 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Gethin Jenkins 18 Tomas Francis 19 Bradley Davies 20 Dan Lydiate 21 Lloyd Williams 22 Rhys Priestland 23 Alex Cuthbert
SCORERS T: Faletau C: Priestland P: Priestland (3)
Man of the Match: CJ Stander (Ireland)
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (FFR) Asst Referees: Glen Jackson, Ben O’Keeffe (NZRU) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
FRANCE 10 - 9 IRELAND
Stade de France - Saturday 13 February
KO: 15:25 HT: 3-9 Att: tbc
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France v Ireland It's anthem time in Paris as Ireland start their plethora of anthems in the rain...
France v Ireland Promptly followed by the best anthem in rugby - La Marseillaise is belted out!
France 0-0 Ireland 1m Jaco Peyper finally blows whistle for KO...and here we go...
France 0-0 Ireland 2m France pinged early for not rolling away after a poor kick & Ireland penalty
France 0-0 Ireland 3m Ireland kick to touch for 22 lineout but it's stolen & France run ball to get out of own 22
France 0-0 Ireland 4m Les Bleus don't make it far before Ireland have advantage so penalty coming close to 22
France 0-0 Ireland 5m Virimi Vakatawa gets under high ball but back for penalty & kick to touch for 5m lineout
France 0-0 Ireland 6m Irish lineout is not great & Robbie Henshaw totally misses pass & France penalty
France 0-0 Ireland 7m French defensive scrum is one but kick away is poor again & gain little
France 0-0 Ireland 8m Eventually France make ground & get into Irish 22...but opposition turnover comes quickly
France 0-0 Ireland 10m French have chance to attack again but the advantage doesn't last long
France 0-0 Ireland 11m Play's back in the midfield & France put in but Jonathan Danty spills ball
France 0-0 Ireland 12m Ireland scrum results in attacking lineout & aerial football ensues...
France 0-0 Ireland 13m France pinged for a late cheap shot & Johnny Sexton tees up for first points...
France 0-3 Ireland 14m Sexton kicks well & Ireland are first on the board
France 0-3 Ireland 15m Sexton did get a bit of attention for a knock before kick - but he's obviously fine
France 0-3 Ireland 16m France attack from the restart and it isn't looking too bad. But...French discipline!
France 0-3 Ireland 17m Damien Chouly pinged for high tackle & it's another penalty to Ireland but in own half
France 0-3 Ireland 18m Ireland set up attacking platform & go but a halt as Sean O'Brien goes down
France 0-3 Ireland 19m Tommy O'Donnell for SOB - surprisingly isn't off for one of the massive French tackles
France 0-3 Ireland 20m Play resumes properly & Ireland attack into French territory; France haven't found mojo
France 0-3 Ireland 21m Great position for Ireland but CJ Stander knocks it own - that's that then!
France 0-3 Ireland 22m France clear lines & have lineout & crowd roars as Les Bleus secure it
France 0-3 Ireland 23m But not enough accuracy from France & penalty goes to Ireland - scrum...
France 0-3 Ireland 24m Irish attacking scrum on French 10m - reset & binding is lousy on France's part
France 0-3 Ireland 25m Ireland come away with it but don't get far for huge tackles incoming...
France 0-3 Ireland 26m France hold them out for a bit but then a penalty comes to Ireland...
France 0-6 Ireland 27m And Sexton punches it directly over for 3 more points
France 0-6 Ireland 28m Dave Kearney has injured his arm somehow & Fergus McFadden replaces him
France 0-6 Ireland 29m Meanwhile, France appear to have found some form, & crowd are getting behind them too
France 3-6 Ireland 31m Devin Toner gifts a penalty to France & it's Jules Plisson as kicker thankfully -3 pts
France 3-6 Ireland 32m La Marseillaise is revived around the stadium as the crowd finally sees some light
France 3-6 Ireland 33m This game is unsurprisingly hugely physical & that French defence is fierce
France 3-6 Ireland 34m Donnacha Ryan replaces Mike McCarthy who walks off with blood pouring down his face...
France 3-6 Ireland 35m Plisson attempts a drop goal - frankly, it's rubbish - Parisse's was better!
France 3-6 Ireland 36m France continue to attack thru Vakatawa but massive tackle from Jared Payne ends that
France 3-6 Ireland 37m France pinged for offside tackling & Ireland have another scrum
France 3-6 Ireland 38m Homeside penalised at the scrum and Sexton has another penalty kicking opportunity
France 3-9 Ireland 39m Sexton pops that over no problem, but immediately Toner pinged again for French penalty
France 3-9 Ireland 40m Not the easiest kick for Plisson wide out to the left of the posts & it drifts wide
France 3-9 Ireland Ref checks time & calls for HT
France 3-9 Ireland HT P: Plisson | P: Sexton (3)
France 3-9 Ireland 40m We're back at the Stade de France for the second half & it's getting wetter out there
France 3-9 Ireland 41m France have returned with real determination & driving the ball ahead into Irish half
France 3-9 Ireland 42m But ball pops out forward & it's Irish possession as they take it back over halfway
France 3-9 Ireland 43m France have a good scrum. But Plisson's kick is lousy & momentum lost again
France 3-9 Ireland 44m Ben Arous, Slimani & Bonneval on for Atonio, Poirot & Thomas in French changes
France 3-9 Ireland 46m It's a scrumdown day today...like groundhog day...again & again...
France 3-9 Ireland 47m A poor kick from Sexton this time & France have possession in the midfield...
France 3-9 Ireland 48m Next scrum is Ireland's; Murray feeds & needs resetting...again...
France 3-9 Ireland 49m Ireland make ground but France run out of half with sublime passing back to halfway
France 3-9 Ireland 50m But Yacouba Camara pinged for forward pass so back to Ireland; good effort tho...
France 3-9 Ireland 52m Ireland are slowly but surely making headway into French territory - barging ahead
France 3-9 Ireland 54m France win a much needed penalty & get out of danger zone, pushing Ireland back...
France 3-9 Ireland 55m But France just can't find any holes in the defence to slip thru
France 3-9 Ireland 57m Ireland win ball off another scrum & Murray clears but Sexton's kick into blues hands
France 3-9 Ireland 59m French lineout but the penalty & scrum handed to Ireland
France 3-9 Ireland 60m Jedrasiak & Machenaud on for Maestri & Bézy; Guirado off for Chat debut but returns
France 3-9 Ireland 61m France make a superb break again & threaten with such intent as medics scream for halt
France 3-9 Ireland 62m Andrew Trimble halts charge & play halted for McCarthy out cold who returned after HT
France 3-9 Ireland 63m Ryan back on for McCarthy while France are again fiercely on the attack
France 3-9 Ireland 64m Vakatawa into the 22 but forced to run sideways not ahead...Trimble in the way again
France 3-9 Ireland 65m France are piling into the tryline again & again around the posts hoping to be awarded try
France 3-9 Ireland 66m Far too many bodies for anyone to see any grounding - but Peyper goes to TMO anyway
France 3-9 Ireland 66m What a waste of time-try should've been given; even asst. ref Nigel Owens questions it
France 3-9 Ireland 67m 5m attacking scrum for France with La Marseillaise deafening loud; reset after reset!
France 3-9 Ireland 68m Penalty to France & we've another scrum which Peyper still has no idea how to referee
France 3-9 Ireland 69m Another penalty to France...another 5m scrum in front of the posts...
France 3-9 Ireland 70m Excuse my French but FFS! Another French penalty called for Ireland collapsing scrum
France 3-9 Ireland 70m Just award the goddamn penalty try Peyper!
France 3-9 Ireland 70m And now time off after Sexton down & then off; Ian Madigan replaces him
France 8-9 Ireland 70m Finally! Machenaud grabs quick ball > offloads to Médard who wrestles a tackle & scores
France 10-9 Ireland 71m Médard ran that round behind posts so no danger of Plisson missing conversion
France 10-9 Ireland 72m Crowd on form as France have found theirs & they are attacking towards 22 again
France 10-9 Ireland 74m Still French possession on the Irish 22 but not quite found a way over it yet...
France 10-9 Ireland 74m Machenaud finds a gap & breaks but forced into touch by Rob Kearney & Payne
France 10-9 Ireland 75m Goujon for Camara | Furlong & Strauss for White & Best
France 10-9 Ireland 76m Ben Arous injured & off so Poirot returns; Chat returns for Guirado
France 10-9 Ireland 76m Danty taken off injured while Irish in possession & Jean-Marc Doussain comes on
France 10-9 Ireland 77m Irish scrum just inside own half but has to be reset even before put in
France 10-9 Ireland 78m Scrum doesn't go well for Ireland & France get the penalty; another scrum...
France 10-9 Ireland 78m France sensibly taking time running down clock..sound of La Marseillaise is excellent
France 10-9 Ireland 79m 30 seconds to go & France almost touching the Irish 22 as Stander comes in from side
France 10-9 Ireland 80m Stander goes uncharged; France get into 22 & win penalty as clock has gone red...
France 10-9 Ireland 80m France don't bother with 3 points & just kick into stands for FT whistle & win
France 10-9 Ireland FT Not a thriller but good game especially for France; not dull as claimed by Keith Wood
France 10-9 Ireland FT So France are still in the running for a Grand Slam alongside England right now
France 10-9 Ireland FT Meanwhile Ireland's Championships hopes are all but over now. New eras all round...
15 Maxime Médard 14 Teddy Thomas 13 Maxime Mermoz 12 Jonathan Danty 11 Virimi Vakatawa 10 Jules Plisson 9 Sebastien Bézy 1 Jefferson Poirot 2 GUILHEM GUIRADO (C) 3 Uini Atonio 4 Alexandre Flanquart 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Wenceslas Lauret 7 Yacouba Camara 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Camille Chat* 17 Rabah Slimani 18 Eddy Ben Arous 19 Paul Jedrasiak 20 Loann Goujon 21 Maxime Machenaud 22 Jean-Marc Doussain 23 Hugo Bonneval
SCORERS T: Médard C: Plisson P: Plisson
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Jared Payne 12 Robbie Henshaw 11 Dave Kearney 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Jack McGrath 2 RORY BEST (C) 3 Nathan White 4 Mike McCarthy 5 Devin Toner 6 CJ Stander 7 Sean O'Brien 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Richard Strauss 17 James Cronin 18 Tadhg Furlong 19 Donnacha Ryan 20 Tommy O'Donnell 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ian Madigan 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS P: Sexton (3)
Man of the Match: Guilhem Guirado
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Asst Referees: Nigel Owens (WRU), Stuart Berry (SARU) TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)
WALES 27 - 23 SCOTLAND
Principality Stadium - Saturday 13 February
KO: 16:50 HT: 10-13 Att: 74,165
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Wales v Scotland Teams are on their way out, ready out, ready for the anthems
Wales v Scotland Anthems all done. Kick off is imminent
Wales 0-0 Scotland 0m Dan Biggar kicks us off.
Wales 0-0 Scotland 1m Wales on the attack from the KO, Biggar to Roberts, stolen by Richie Grey
Wales 0-0 Scotland 2m Knock on by Scotland, scrum to Wales on halfway
Wales 0-0 Scotland 2m Scrum goes down, being reset, very strong scrum from Wales who win a penalty
Wales 0-0 Scotland 3m Kicked beautifully to the corner, Wales driving from the lineout
Wales 0-0 Scotland 4m Wales spill the ball just 5m from the line, Scotland take the scrum
Wales 0-0 Scotland 5m Scrum collapsed again, Scotland kick to touch right on half way
Wales 0-0 Scotland 6m Gareth Davies gets his hands on the ball and sprints to the try line
Wales 0-0 Scotland 6m Looks like it was not a try. Going to TMO
Wales 5-0 Scotland 6m Try awarded, came off Duncan Taylor so not a knock on. Try for Davies
Wales 7-0 Scotland 7m Biggar converts with ease
Wales 7-0 Scotland 8m Scotland on the attack, a bit of a handling error almost hands possession to Wales
Wales 7-0 Scotland 9m Kick forward goes out on the full, lineout to Scotland on half way as Davies handles the ball
Wales 7-0 Scotland 10m Scotland on the attack on the 22. Keeping the pressure on Wales through the Grey brothers
Wales 7-5 Scotland 11m Try to Scotland. Scored by Seymour
Wales 7-5 Scotland 12m Try came from a little chip from Russell
Wales 7-7 Scotland 12m Laidlaw makes the conversion levelling the score
Wales 7-7 Scotland 13m Penalty to Scotland just short of the 10m line. Biggar is down injured.
Wales 7-7 Scotland 14m He is up and paying, just an awkward landing from a high ball challenge
Wales 7-7 Scotland 15m Penalty sent to touch, lineout Scotland, just inside the 22, taken by Grey
Wales 7-7 Scotland 16m Wales have a scrum from that maul, Charteris held up ball carrier to earn penalty
Wales 7-7 Scotland 17m Ball cleared by Biggar following that scrum,
Wales 7-7 Scotland 18m Lineout to Scotland, just inside 10m line, taken by Grey again but ref not happy.
Wales 7-7 Scotland 19m Retaken by Ford who finds Grey again. Scotland on the attack
Wales 7-7 Scotland 20m Not for long, Wales kick clear and it goes to touch via a Scotland hand. Lineout Wales
Wales 7-7 Scotland 21m Wales in possession, just inside the Scotland half, Scotland defence is strong
Wales 7-7 Scotland 21m Ball sent high, taken by Scotland who make a charge for the line via Barclay who kicks
Wales 7-7 Scotland 22m Goes to touch and Hogg can't reach it, lineout to Wales.
Wales 7-7 Scotland 23m Penalty to Scotland after a bit of interference on the floor by Wales, Russell to touch
Wales 7-7 Scotland 24m Lineout taken quickly, Wales awarded a scrum following a turnover at the breakdown
Wales 7-7 Scotland 25m Resetting the scrum, again. It is all a bit messy today at scrum time
Wales 7-7 Scotland 26m Yet another scrum collapse, penalty to Wales, kept in by Seymour
Wales 7-7 Scotland 28m Kicked to touch by Russell, Hogg going off to be replaced by Jackson.
Wales 7-7 Scotland 28m Looks like it is a head injury for Hogg.
Wales 7-7 Scotland 29m Penalty to Scotland. Laidlaw going for the points.
Wales 7-10 Scotland 29m He makes it. Scotland in the lead with 10 minutes until HT
Wales 7-10 Scotland 30m Biggar clears the ball to touch, lineout Scotland just inside onw half
Wales 7-10 Scotland 31m Stolen by Wales at the lineout and ball in touch again on the opposite side of pitch
Wales 7-10 Scotland 33m Penalty awarded to Wales at the scrum. Biggar going for the posts
Wales 10-10 Scotland 34m After his usual routine, Biggar makes the penalty. All even as HT draws near
Wales 10-10 Scotland 35m Scrum to Scotland following a knock on, right on the Wales 10m line
Wales 10-10 Scotland 37m Scotland on the attack, Bennett almost breaks through but defence too strong
Wales 10-10 Scotland 37m Wales have turned it over, running the ball from deep in their own half
Wales 10-10 Scotland 38m And Scotland in possession again, Bennett again makes a bit of a break
Wales 10-10 Scotland 39m Laidlaw drives forward from the ruck and Scotland get a penalty
Wales 10-10 Scotland 39m With 30 seconds before HT, Laidlaw is going for the points
Wales 10-13 Scotland 40m He makes it. Half time is called.
Wales 10-13 Scotland HT T: Davies C: Biggar P: Biggar | T: Seymour C: Laidlaw P: Laidlaw (2)
Wales 10-13 Scotland HT It looks like Hogg has gone off with a back spasm not a head injury as thought
Wales 10-13 Scotland HT Teams on their way back out. Second half coming up
Wales 10-13 Scotland 40m Scotland take the restart, bit of a kicking battle to start us off.
Wales 10-13 Scotland 41m Scotland take the high ball well, sent to touch and Wales have a lineout on own 5m line
Wales 10-13 Scotland 41m Wales take lineout well, kicked clear and goes to touch for a Scotland lineout on 10m line
Wales 10-13 Scotland 42m Scotland on the attack, kick through but goes to touch, Scotland steal lineout
Wales 10-13 Scotland 42m Taken back by Wales, kicked clear into the arms of Seymour
Wales 10-13 Scotland 44m Lots of kicking from both teams here but wales have it and charge for the line
Wales 10-13 Scotland 44m Penalty to Wales and Biggar wants to go for the points. Practically in front of posts
Wales 13-13 Scotland 45m Offside by Scotland led to the penalty which Biggar slots over with ease
Wales 13-13 Scotland 45m Biggar catches the restart nicely, sent to touch and lineout Scotland on 10m line
Wales 13-13 Scotland 47m Baldwin, Evans and Charteris replaced by Owens, Jenkins & Davies respectively
Wales 13-13 Scotland 48m Kicked through and chased by Wales but Scotland are there to take it
Wales 13-13 Scotland 49m Charge down by R Grey but nothing comes of it, cleared by Wales, caught by Jackson
Wales 13-13 Scotland 50m Jackson stepped into touch, he thought he was clear but called back for lineout
Wales 13-13 Scotland 51m Scrum to Scotland deep in the Welsh half
Wales 13-13 Scotland 51m Scrum goes down, Scotland get free kick but opt for scrum again
Wales 13-13 Scotland 51m Strong scrum for Scotland, they win the penalty and opt for the posts
Wales 13-16 Scotland 51m Laidlaw takes it and puts Scotland back in front
Wales 13-16 Scotland 53m Wales on the attack but Scotland turn it over, kicked but caught by Williams
Wales 13-16 Scotland 53m Scotland win a penalty at the breakdown, just on their own 10m line. Kicked to touch
Wales 13-16 Scotland 57m Wales make a great break, James runs down the wing but is tackled.
Wales 13-16 Scotland 58m Cross field kick cannot be gathered and goes to touch
Wales 13-16 Scotland 59m Wales have a scrum on the Scotland 5m line.
Wales 13-16 Scotland 59m Strong scrum from Wales it goes down and is reset, Wales still have put in
Wales 13-16 Scotland 60m Wales on the attack, just a metre or so from the line. penalty awarded in front of posts
Wales 13-16 Scotland 61m Wales opt for the scrum
Wales 13-16 Scotland 61m Lydiate is on for Tipuric as scrum is set
Wales 13-16 Scotland 62m Scrum goes down, reset and collapses again.
Wales 13-16 Scotland 61m Huge scrum from both teams, Wales come away with it
Wales 20-16 Scotland 64m Jamie Roberts goes over for the try and Biggar converts
Wales 20-16 Scotland 66m Restart kicked deep into the Welsh half
Wales 20-16 Scotland 66m McInally is on for Ford, Cowan for Barclay and Reid for Dickinson
Wales 20-16 Scotland 67m Scrum to Wales on their own 10m line
Wales 20-16 Scotland 68m Scrum collapses and Wales kick to touch
Wales 20-16 Scotland 68m Jonny Gray and Russell replaced by Swinson and Weir
Wales 20-16 Scotland 68m Lee has been replaced by Francis
Wales 20-16 Scotland 68m Just a short break in play as Richie Grey gets some treatment. Scrum to Wales Just inside 10m
Wales 25-16 Scotland 70m North breaks through and goes over for the try
Wales 27-16 Scotland 71m Biggar makes the conversion
Wales 27-16 Scotland 71m Scotland on the attack from the restart
Wales 27-16 Scotland 72m Scotland get a penalty, sent to touch, lineout taken rather quickly
Wales 27-16 Scotland 73m Scotland give away a penalty, Wales take the scrum
Wales 27-16 Scotland 74m Cleared to the arms of Jackson, Scotland making the most of their possession
Wales 27-16 Scotland 75m Scotland choosing to run the ball not kick. Cowan off injured after a knock in breakdown
Wales 27-16 Scotland 75m Dan Biggar replaced by Priestland as Wales win ball from Scrum
Wales 27-16 Scotland 76m Lamont takes a high ball, they win a penalty & Weir kicks to touch
Wales 27-16 Scotland 77m Lineout to Scotland just short of 22m, taken well, on the attack deep in Welsh half
Wales 27-21 Scotland 78m Duncan Taylor makes a break and goes over for the try
Wales 27-23 Scotland 78m Weir takes, and makes the conversion. 2 minutes to go
Wales 27-23 Scotland 80m Wales take possession and kick to touch securing the win. Well fought by both teams
15 Liam Williams 14 George North 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Tom James 10 Dan Biggar 9 Gareth Davies 1 Rob Evans 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Luke Charteris 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 SAM WARBURTON (C) 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Gethin Jenkins 18 Tomas Francis 19 Bradley Davies 20 Dan Lydiate 21 Lloyd Williams 22 Rhys Priestland 23 Gareth Anscombe
SCORERS T: Gareth Davies, Roberts, North C: Biggar (3) P: Biggar (2)
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Sean Lamont 13 Mark Bennett 12 Duncan Taylor 11 Tommy Seymour 10 Finn Russell 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Willem Nel 4 Richie Gray 5 Jonny Gray 6 John Barclay 7 John Hardie 8 David Denton BENCH: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Gordon Reid 18 Zander Fagerson 19 Tim Swinson 20 Blair Cowan 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 22 Duncan Weir 23 Ruaridh Jackson
SCORERS T: Seymour, Taylor C: Laidlaw, Weir P: Laidlaw (3)
Man of the Match: Jamie Robert (Wales)
Referee: George Clancy (IRFU) Asst Referees: John Lacey (IRFU), Federico Anselmi (UAR) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
ITALY 9 - 40 ENGLAND
Stadio Olimpico - Sunday 14 February
KO: 15:00 HT: 9-11 Att: tbc
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Italy vs England The anthems are done & there's quite an English supporters contingent in the stadium today
Italy 0-0 England 1m We have KO at Stadio Olimpico with Glen Jackson reffing
Italy 0-0 England 2m Good defensive lineout for England but ball gets spilled on ground so Italy snatch it
Italy 0-0 England 3m Azzurri up to England's 22 but go down short side & into touch
Italy 0-0 England 4m England scrum not particularly good but Carlo Canna pinged for not releasing
Italy 0-0 England 5m England penalty to clear Italy from 22 but not efficient & Italy force England back
Italy 0-0 England 6m Italy drag England back into own 22 & visitors have defensive lineout which Kruis loses
Italy 0-0 England 7m This is the renewed Italy of last week - shutting England down everywhere
Italy 0-0 England 7m England are a mess, coughing up first phase ball twice now; Italy penalty inside 22
Italy 3-0 England 8m Canna perfectly splices uprights from out wide to put first points on board
Italy 3-0 England 10m From restart, England manage to turnover ball & have scrum outside Italy 22
Italy 3-0 England 11m Italy pinged for not driving straight & England penalty kickable for Owen Farrell
Italy 3-3 England 12m Perfection for Faz too & it's all square in Rome this afternoon
Italy 3-3 England 13m Not a great kick from Canna after restart & England are finding space to break
Italy 3-3 England 14m Chris Robshaw breaks & puts England in a good position into the Italian 22
Italy 3-3 England 14m But ball spilled & Italy defensive scrum in 22; time off for Marco Fuser injury
Italy 3-3 England 15m Fuser replaced by Valerio Bernabo’ & Italy win penalty at scrum...
Italy 3-3 England 15m Huge collision between Gonzalo Garcia & Faz; latter forcibly taken off for HIA
Italy 3-6 England 16m Meanwhile it's penalty England & George Ford pops it thru uprights for the lead
Italy 3-6 England 17m Canna knows penalty coming for England not rolling away so shoots over drop goal attempt
Italy 3-6 England 17m It just goes wide but can now tee up from out wide properly outside the 22
Italy 6-6 England 18m No walk in the park for England which makes for great rugby; Canna equalises
Italy 6-6 England 19m Yet again, England pinged for not releasing & Luke Mclean kicks to touch for lineout
Italy 6-6 England 20m Attacking lineout from the England 10m; Mako Vunipola offside & penalty Italy...
Italy 6-6 England 21m Garcia takes the kick from just outside 10m; distance is good but just wide
Italy 6-6 England 22m Faz returns clearing HIA & it's England's ball inside own 10m from ruck
Italy 6-6 England 23m Ben Youngs attempts clear from breakdown; charged down by Fabio Biagi but he's offside
Italy 6-6 England 23m A good clear from Faz & England are fast into the Italian 22; Italy ball tho
Italy 6-6 England 24m Edoardo Gori under huge pressure in own 22 & England win penalty; taken quickly
Italy 6-11 England 24m England plan goes well & Ford flies over in the corner for first try of the game
Italy 6-11 England 25m Mako passes beautifully again to Youngs to Ford for try; Faz just misses extras
Italy 6-11 England 26m England restart handling is much improved and they are awarded a scrum
Italy 6-11 England 27m But then plan fails & it's Italy on the attack outside England's 22...
Italy 6-11 England 28m Italy lose momentum & England steal possession on the 22; Anthony Watson breaks
Italy 6-11 England 29m England runners make some yards from Watson's original turnover & quickly over halfway
Italy 6-11 England 30m Italy defensive lineout but it's time off as Alessandro Zanni forced off for HIA
Italy 6-11 England 30m Braam Steyn makes his debut as replacement & it's England's lineout
Italy 6-11 England 31m England's lineout is poor today & end up having to clear Italy from own 22
Italy 6-11 England 31m Italy kick back & play resumes in midfield; Italy ball as crowd chants 'Italia!'
Italy 6-11 England 32m Italy looking sharp today but Garcia is limping from earlier collision with Faz
Italy 6-11 England 32m Andrea Pratichetti replaces Garcia while England have defensive lineout in their 22
Italy 6-11 England 33m lineout ball is clean but England pinged at maul; Italy attacking scrum inside 22
Italy 6-11 England 34m Good scrum for Azzurri & Sergio Parisse doesn't hang around - attacks deep
Italy 6-11 England 35m Penalty Italy for Youngs high tackle on Parisse- England warned as Canna tees up
Italy 9-11 England 35m Lovely work from Canna as he creeps Italy's score closer to within 2 points
Italy 9-11 England 36m Good work from Mike Brown after restart inside 10m but Dan Cole pinged at breakdown
Italy 9-11 England 37m Italy clear to touch but their attacking lineout doesn't quite work; lineout again
Italy 9-11 England 38m Courtney Lawes steals the lineout but don't get very far from own 22...
Italy 9-11 England 39m Eventually Ford has time to clear properly but only up to own 10m
Italy 9-11 England 39m Francesco Minto pinged at breakdown & England can clear Italy back much further
Italy 9-11 England 39m Lovely break from England & Jack Nowell bashes thru defence before shut down
Italy 9-11 England 40m Quick hands but ball nicked & Bernabo’ chases kick over halfway; Nowell gets there
Italy 9-11 England 40+1m Ball fumbled & Michele Campagnaro collects to break but into touch for HT
Italy 9-11 England HT P: Canna (3) | T: Ford P: Farrell, Ford
Italy 9-11 England HT Well this is fun! A great spectacle & Italy doing well tho losing 3 players
Italy 9-11 England HT England need to recompose as the setpiece isn't so clever today; 6 penalties each
Italy 9-11 England HT Possession is 50:50 while territory isn't far off but favours Italy 54:46
Italy 9-11 England HT Italy winning more rucks & mauls & only conceded 7 turnover's to England's 11
Italy 9-11 England 40m Back on for final 40 minutes of this weekend's #6Ns
Italy 9-11 England 40m Ford clears nicely into Italian territory; James Haskell doesn't make it to breakdown
Italy 9-11 England 41m Italy playing awfully well; England lineout but it's a poor throw from Dylan Hartley
Italy 9-11 England 42m Italian defensive scrum is quick & clean but England do take back possession
Italy 9-11 England 43m Brownie gets behind it & is off but Italy steal it back...
Italy 9-11 England 44m A kick chase occurs from England as ball flies into touch helped by Parisse
Italy 9-11 England 45m England attacking lineout but drive is poor & Cole pinged; Italy can clear from 22
Italy 9-11 England 46m England have to work hard to get back towards 22; Mclean gets under highball...
Italy 9-11 England 46m Haskell screws up again hitting Mclean late; ref>TMO to check; gets off lightly
Italy 9-11 England 47m Italian penalty & crowd are unimpressed; Davide Giazzon on for Ornel Gega
Italy 9-11 England 48m Joes Marler & Launchbury on for Lawes & Mako Vunipola; Italy push on
Italy 9-11 England 49m It's a kickable penalty for Italy but Canna misses this time
Italy 9-11 England 50m Asst ref George Ayoub decides Hartley has infringed at ruck; penalty against
Italy 9-11 England 51m replays checked - no one can see infringement at all & no reason given either
Italy 9-11 England 52m Danny Care has replaced Youngs while Italy make some good yards to get out of 22
Italy 9-16 England 52m But Jonathan Joseph intercepts magnificently & gallops round posts to score
Italy 9-18 England 53m Faz converts it as all Italy's hard work leads to nothing
Italy 9-18 England 54m England's Vauxhall Viva makes his debut at 21 onto blindside with Robbo to 7
Italy 9-18 England 55m Haskell's mistakes have cost him & he's been taken off the field
Italy 9-18 England 56m Much better slightly attacking scrum for England & kick for lineout in Italy's 22
Italy 9-23 England 57m Much better lineout > excellent driving maul > ball comes out & JJ collects to score
Italy 9-25 England 58m Try under posts-easy conversion for Faz
Italy 9-25 England 59m England have finally found their stride so maybe the coaches will finally smile!
Italy 9-25 England 60m 22 yr old Edoardo Padovani from PRO12's Zebre makes his debut replacing Canna
Italy 9-25 England 61m Another good scrum from England & win penalty; Faz tees up from just outside 22
Italy 9-28 England 62m Jack Clifford replaces Robbo as Faz adds the penalty; changes for Italy too
Italy 9-28 England 63m Castro for Cittadini, Zanusso for Lovotti and Italy now attack well...
Italy 9-28 England 64m Itoje pinged for offside as Italy make it into the England 22...
Italy 9-28 England 66m Azzurri hang around in England's 22 for a few minutes before Itoje taps lineout away
Italy 9-28 England 67m England manage to clear Italy back shortly but it's not long before they're back
Italy 9-28 England 68m Italy make it back into England's 22 but Faz shuts down dangerous Campagnaro...
Italy 9-28 England 69m England win penalty & clear up towards halfway; more changes...
Italy 9-28 England 69m Alex Goode for Brownie will Paul Hill debuts at just 20 for Cole
Italy 9-33 England 70m Excellent work all round from England & JJ forces way over whitewash for hat trick
Italy 9-33 England 71m Teamwork clicking magnificently since Care on, Haskell off & fresh determination
Italy 9-33 England 72m However, Faz's kick comes off the posts. Oh well...really won't matter now...
Italy 9-33 England 73m Recently former player Glen Jackson has become an excellent ref
Italy 9-33 England 74m Ah - captain Hartley came off a while back for Jamie George while England attack
Italy 9-38 England 75m & attack well allowing Faz to prance in under the posts unhindered for 5th try
Italy 9-40 England 76m Faz converts his try & coach Jones' mission achieved..."be ruthless in attack"
Italy 9-40 England 77m But don't be fooled...Italy haven't given up even tho they're obviously tired
Italy 9-40 England 78m Hill gives away a penalty & Italy have a chance to attack finally
Italy 9-40 England 79m Italy over halfway but forced back; Castro passes to Itoje; Nowell gives it back!
Italy 9-40 England 80m Guglielmo Palazzani replaced Gori earlier as England attack again...
Italy 9-40 England 80m Mclean halts any such idea but the ball ends up in touch & it's all over
Italy 9-40 England FT Excellent result for England; Italy sadly came up short in 2nd half...
Italy 9-40 England FT So the Grand Slam is still there for the taking for both England & France.
15 Luke Mclean 14 Leonardo Sarto 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mattia Bellini 10 Carlo Canna 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Andrea Lovotti 2 Ornel Gega 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 4 George Fabio Biagi 5 Marco Fuser 6 Francesco Minto 7 Alessandro Zanni 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Matteo Zanusso 18 Martin Castrogiovanni 19 Valerio Bernabo’ 20 Abraham Steyn* 21 Guglielmo Palazzani 22 Edoardo Padovani* 23 Andrea Pratichetti
SCORERS P: Canna (3)
15 Mike Brown 14 Anthony Watson 13 Jonathan Joseph 12 Owen Farrell 11 Jack Nowell 10 George Ford 9 Ben Youngs 1 Mako Vunipola 2 DYLAN HARTLEY (C) 3 Dan Cole 4 Courtney Lawes 5 George Kruis 6 Chris Robshaw 7 James Haskell 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Jamie George 17 Joe Marler 18 Paul Hill* 19 Joe Launchbury 20 Maro Itoje* 21 Jack Clifford 22 Danny Care 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Ford, Joseph (3), Farrell C: Farrell (3) P: Farrell (2), Ford
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZR) Asst Referees: Jérôme Garcès (FFR), Ben O'Keeffe (NZR) TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)
WALES 19 - 10 FRANCE
Principality Stadium - Friday 26 February
KO: 20:05 HT: 6-3 Att: tbc
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
Wales vs France just 25 minutes until KO here in Cardiff. Atmosphere is building nicely.
Wales v France Players on their way out of the tunnel accompanied by the usual Cardiff fireworks
Wales v France A moments silence for the victims of the cyclone in Fiji before the anthems
Wales v France Anthems done. Kick-off is coming up
Wales 0-0 France 0m Wayne Barnes blows his whistle and we are off with a kick from Plisson
Wales 0-0 France 0m France in possession but they pass forward, well forward.
Wales 0-0 France 1m Scrum to Wales from that forward pass. Scrum strong from Wales
Wales 0-0 France 1m Gareth Davies collects and Wales remain in possession making ground through Warburton
Wales 0-0 France 2m 22 drop out, caught by Biggar who kicks and chases, Lee collects
Wales 0-0 France 3m Wales making ground again, this time through the strength of Roberts, just inside 22
Wales 0-0 France 4m Wales still pushing the French defence deep in their half
Wales 0-0 France 4m As I type that, France turn it over through Poirot
Wales 0-0 France 5m lineout to Wales just inside the French half, taken well
Wales 0-0 France 6m But France have turned it over again, long kick collected by Biggar
Wales 0-0 France 6m Biggar kicks back downfield, neither team can gather, 2 knock ons, scrum France
Wales 0-0 France 7m France push early at the scrum, free kick to wales and they choose to go for the scrum
Wales 0-0 France 8m And then Wales do the same thing, France given a free kick, it goes straight out
Wales 0-0 France 9m Penalty to Wales as France entered at the side, Biggar going for the posts
Wales 0-0 France 10m Biggar, who appears to have amended his pre kick routine sends it wide
Wales 0-0 France 11m Faletau collects the restart. A lot of aerial play back and forth, France in possession
Wales 0-0 France 12m Biggar catches the high ball, passes to Jonathan Davies who kicks through but it goes to touch
Wales 0-0 France 13m French lineout becomes a driving maul
Wales 0-0 France 14m Machenaud makes a break but loses the ball forward, scrum to Wales
Wales 0-0 France 15m The scrums are a bit iffy tonight, Barnes having words about early engagement
Wales 0-0 France 15m Wales have given away a penalty Plisson gets the distance but sends it wide from the 5m line
Wales 0-0 France 16m Lovely take by Liam Williams right on half way, Wales in possession from restart
Wales 0-0 France 17m Lydiate to Warburton and then kicked through by Biggar to touch
Wales 0-0 France 18m Lineout to France deep in their own half.
Wales 0-0 France 19m Taken well by France at the lineout, kicked to touch on half way
Wales 0-0 France 20m Ball sent downfield and chased by a number of welsh shirts, noone can gather it
Wales 0-0 France 20m Late tackle by Jedrasiak gives wales the penalty, Biggar is going for the posts again
Wales 3-0 France 21m This one he makes. Wales lead thanks to the boot of Biggar
Wales 3-0 France 22m Restart taken well by Wales but France take possession, making ground slowly
Wales 3-0 France 23m Free kick to Wales, caught well by Flanquart and sent high again, caught by Williams
Wales 3-0 France 25m Wales making good ground through Liam Williams, Jonathan Davies and Biggar
Wales 3-0 France 25m Wales get within metres of the line, France however send it long from behind try line
Wales 3-0 France 26m Biggar collects, makes a charge to the line but French defence is strong, scrum France
Wales 3-0 France 28m Plisson under pressure from Biggar clears to touch but only to 10m line
Wales 3-0 France 29m Wales lose possession but get a penalty as France don't release
Wales 3-0 France 29m Burban hit his head hard against Warburton’s chest, he is off for a HIA, Goujon is on
Wales 6-0 France 30m Biggar sends the penalty through the uprights
Wales 6-0 France 30m France in possession following the restart attacking just on half way
Wales 6-0 France 31m It is France's turn to put the pressure on now. Pushing the Welsh defence at 5m line
Wales 6-0 France 32m After all that pressure they give away a penalty
Wales 6-0 France 32m Clock stopped as we take a look at some possible foul play
Wales 6-0 France 33m Lydiate pinged for not using his arms in the tackle, penalty is reversed
Wales 6-3 France 33m Plisson pops the ball over and puts some points on the board for France
Wales 6-3 France 34m France send the ball long, into the arms of Liam Williams but it is turned over
Wales 6-3 France 35m Knock on, followed by a bit of a debate between players re foul play, nothing there.
Wales 6-3 France 35m Burban is back on the field just in time for the Welsh scrum
Wales 6-3 France 35m Not surprisingly the scrum is to be reset
Wales 6-3 France 36m Gareth Davies makes a wonderful break from the scrum, kicked across
Wales 6-3 France 36m Liam Williams cannot quite get a hand to it, 5m scrum
Wales 6-3 France 38m Another scrum penalty given, Barnes will be reaching for a card soon.
Wales 6-3 France 39m Scrum again, but time off so Barnes can have a word with front row
Wales 6-3 France 39m Yet another reset at the scrum
Wales 6-3 France 40m Finally the scrum works, picked up by Warburton but Wales have given away a pen
Wales 6-3 France 40m Kicked to touch, that is the half over
Wales 6-3 France HT P: Biggar (2) | P: Plisson
Wales 6-3 France HT The teams are back out, Biggar to start us off again
Wales 6-3 France 40m France collect the ball from KO, wales turn it over, then loose it. Scrum Wales
Wales 6-3 France 41m A good Welsh scrum, they keep the ball, passed to Jonathan Davies, to Faletau, to Warburton
Wales 6-3 France 42m Wales just short of the try line, in front of the posts, Roberts trying to break
Wales 6-3 France 42m Barnes has gone to the TMO, there is a tip tackle by Danty
Wales 6-3 France 42m Barnes and the TMO have concluded it is just a pen, no card
Wales 9-3 France 43m Biggar slots the penalty over as Jedrasiak is replaced by Maestri
Wales 9-3 France 44m Scrum to France no issues with it and France in possession
Wales 9-3 France 45m Plisson knocks it on, Wales take possession and kick it long, misses touch
Wales 9-3 France 45m Jonathan Davies takes the ball, kicks downfield, chased by North, he kicks it & misses pick up
Wales 14-3 France 46m He picks it up on the second go and he goes over for the try
Wales 16-3 France 47m Biggar adds the 2
Wales 16-3 France 47m Liam Williams makes a bit of a mistake and hands France a scrum just inside Welsh half
Wales 16-3 France 48m No issues (so far) this half with the scrum for either side
Wales 16-3 France 49m France in possession, making metres but Welsh defence is holding strong
Wales 16-3 France 50m Wales defending very well here, Warburton appealing for crossing but France given pen
Wales 16-3 France 51m Penalty is sent to the corner and Guirado is getting some treatment
Wales 16-3 France 51m French lineout is excellent, drive towards the line but Wales manage to turn it over
Wales 16-3 France 52m Wales have the scrum, just 5m from their own line. And they give away the pen.
Wales 16-3 France 52m France kick the penalty to touch, lineout on the 5m line.
Wales 16-3 France 53m France have the advantage from the lineout
Wales 16-3 France 53m Faletau was offside, France were bundled into touch and we go back for the pen
Wales 16-3 France 54m France have possession in the maul from the lineout, it goes to ground
Wales 16-3 France 55m 5m Scrum to France as Rob Evans is replaced by Gethin Jenkins
Wales 16-3 France 55m Burban has been replaced by Goujon
Wales 16-3 France 56m France in possession again, Jonathan Davies gives away a penalty for not rolling away
Wales 16-3 France 57m Lineout France following the pen, they push for the line but are held up
Wales 16-3 France 57m 5m Scrum, to France, Wales pinged (again) and France take another scrum
Wales 16-3 France 59m Wales manage to get the turn on the scrum but Faletau is 10m offside at clearance kick
Wales 16-3 France 60m We go all the way back to just outside the 5m line for a French scrum
Wales 16-3 France 61m Medard has the ball, Welsh defence holding for now
Wales 16-3 France 62m It is all France here, but Plisson's pass is intercepted by North
Wales 16-3 France 62m Boos ring out round Cardiff as we go the TMO for potential foul play
Wales 16-3 France 62m Barnes decides there is no foul play and France are making changes
Wales 16-3 France 63m Wales turn it over and Biggar kicks to touch just short of 5m line
Wales 16-3 France 63m Slimani, Plisson, Chouly & Poirot off, Pelo, Trinh-Duc, Chat & Antonio on for France
Wales 16-3 France 65m Wales are awarded a penalty and Biggar goes for the posts
Wales 19-3 France 66m He makes it. This is Wales' game to lose now
Wales 19-3 France 66m Lee & Baldwin off, Francis & Owens on
Wales 19-3 France 67m France have possession but the ball is ripped in the tackle and goes to touch
Wales 19-3 France 68m France take the line out and push again for the elusive try
Wales 19-3 France 69m Ball stripped by Bradley Davies, passed to Gareth Davies but France take it back
Wales 19-3 France 70m Biggar is looking a little sore, looks like cramp
Wales 19-3 France 70m Good bit of attack from Wales but Faletau drops it as it goes just behind him
Wales 19-3 France 70m Biggar limps off to be replaced by Priestland
Wales 19-3 France 70m Bezy has replaced Medard for France
Wales 19-3 France 71m Stolen by Wales but immediately stolen back by France
Wales 19-3 France 71m Penalty to France, but Bezy can only send it as far as the 10m line
Wales 19-3 France 72m Penalty Wales thanks to the work of Gethin Jenkins
Wales 19-3 France 73m Kicked to touch by Priestland as Liam Willians is replaced by Gareth Anscombe
Wales 19-3 France 73m Lineout taken by Gareth Davies who makes a break, Wales attacking on 5m line
Wales 19-3 France 74m Penalty to France, Their captain Guirado at the core of that defence
Wales 19-3 France 75m France in possession following lineout, Trinh-Duc makes a break but has little support
Wales 19-3 France 76m Advantage France as they try and make more ground
Wales 19-3 France 76m Penalty given and kicked to the corner
Wales 19-3 France 77m Lineout goes well and France drive towards the line but held up, penalty given to France
Wales 19-3 France 78m Penalty kicked to touch, lineout taken well & France drive to the line
Wales 19-8 France 78m France score but it is too little too late unfortunately
Wales 19-10 France 79m It was the captain Guirado who got the try which was converted by Trinh-Duc
Wales 19-10 France 80m Game comes to a close with an infringement at the breakdown. Wales win.
15 Liam Williams 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Dan Biggar 9 Gareth Davies 1 Rob Evans 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Gethin Jenkins 18 Tomas Francis 19 Jake Ball 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Lloyd Williams 22 Rhys Priestland 23 Gareth Anscombe
SCORERS T: North C: Biggar P: Biggar (4)
15 Maxime Médard 14 Virimi Vakatawa 13 Maxime Mermoz 12 Jonathan Danty 11 Djibril Camara 10 Jules Plisson 9 Maxime Machenaud 1 Jefferson Poirot 2 GUILHEM GUIRADO (C) 3 Rabah Slimani 4 Paul Jedrasiak 5 Alexandre Flanquart 6 Wenceslas Lauret 7 Antoine Burban 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Camille Chat 17 Vincent Pelo 18 Uini Atonio 19 Yoann Maestri 20 Loann Goujon 21 Sébastien Bézy 22 François Trinh-Duc 23 Gaël Fickou
SCORERS T: Guirado C: Trinh-Duc P: Plisson
Man of the Match: Gareth Davies (Wales)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU) Asst Referees: JP Doyle (RFU), Luke Pearce (RFU) TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SARU)
ITALY 20 - 36 SCOTLAND
Stadio Olimpico - Saturday 27 February
KO: 15:25 HT: 10-17 Att: tbc
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Italy v Scotland The teams are on their way out
Italy v Scotland A moments silence for the victims of the cyclone in Fiji before the anthems
Italy v Scotland Anthem time. Flower of Scotland is accompanied by bagpipes
Italy v Scotland And now the very loud Italian anthem
Italy v Scotland Both teams are fired up for this game, a quick break for the TV coverage and then KO
Italy 0-0 Scotland 0m Off we go. KO gathered, not very neatly by Jonny Gray
Italy 0-0 Scotland 1m Laidlaw sends the ball high, gathered by Italy and we have our 1st scrum
Italy 0-0 Scotland 2m Knock on by Scotland and they are back for another scrum, this time for Italy
Italy 0-0 Scotland 3m Scrum collapsed so is reset, lets hope for better scrums than in Cardiff last night
Italy 0-0 Scotland 3m Italy have possession and are passing through the hands, Scotland putting pressure on
Italy 0-0 Scotland 4m Scrum to Scotland following a handling error during the last phase of attack
Italy 0-0 Scotland 4m Good scrum from Scotland and they win the penalty for their troubles
Italy 0-0 Scotland 5m Missed kick from that penalty, missed touch and Italy have possession
Italy 0-0 Scotland 5m Haimona chipped over, it goes to touch and now Scotland have a lineout on their own 5m
Italy 0-0 Scotland 7m Scotland give away a penalty, it is kickable and Italy are going for the points
Italy 3-0 Scotland 8m Haimona gets the distance and the first points go to Italy
Italy 3-0 Scotland 8m Russell with the restart, Haimona sends it back to the hands of Hogg
Italy 3-0 Scotland 9m Scotland in possession, slowly passing it through the hands. Hogg makes a break
Italy 3-5 Scotland 9m Hogg's break works well passes to Barclay who has crossed the line for a try
Italy 3-7 Scotland 10m Laidlaw makes the conversion. 7 points on the board for Scotland
Italy 3-7 Scotland 11m Lineout to Italy following the restart just on the Scotland 22
Italy 3-7 Scotland 12m Scotland have possession, chipped through by Russell, chased by Visser
Italy 3-7 Scotland 13m Visser couldn't get to it, Italy clear downfield giving Scotland a lineout deep in own half
Italy 3-7 Scotland 14m Scotland take the lineout well, long pass by Russell to Hardie
Italy 3-7 Scotland 15m Scotland sill have possession, penalty coming as ref playing advantage
Italy 3-7 Scotland 16m Russell makes a break, passes to Nel, then out to Hardie
Italy 3-12 Scotland 16m And Hardie is over in the corner for the try
Italy 3-14 Scotland 17m Laidlaw converts again.
Italy 3-14 Scotland 18m Italy have possession from the restart, making metres but slowly
Italy 3-14 Scotland 18m But Russell gets his hands to it, Kicked downfield and Italy have more work to do.
Italy 3-14 Scotland 19m Ball taken back and then kicked out on the full. lineout Scotland on the Italy 22
Italy 3-14 Scotland 20m Lineout has led to a scrum which is pulled down by Scotland, penalty Italy.
Italy 3-14 Scotland 21m penalty is kicked to touch, lineout stolen by R Gray but it goes to touch again.
Italy 3-14 Scotland 22m Stolen again by Gray but ball is lost forward in resulting play, Italy have the scrum
Italy 3-14 Scotland 23m Italy have possession but it is lost by Furno, Scotland claim it
Italy 3-14 Scotland 24m Clock off whilst Wilson gets some more strapping added to his already strapped ankle
Italy 3-14 Scotland 24m Scrum, right in he centre of the field for Scotland.
Italy 3-14 Scotland 25m Italian discipline getting the better of them as they give away a pen
Italy 3-17 Scotland 26m Laidlaw kicks a huge distance to add 3 more points to the board
Italy 3-17 Scotland 27m Italy send the ball high, gathered by Hogg, Scotland in possession on own 10m line
Italy 3-17 Scotland 27m Not for long, Italy put pressure on and are awarded a pen
Italy 3-17 Scotland 28m Scrum to Italy, Campagnaro makes a break following it
Italy 3-17 Scotland 29m Another break by Garcia, a nice bit of handy work and finally a pass to Ghiraldini
Italy 10-17 Scotland 29m Ghiraldini goes over for the try which is converted by Haimona
Italy 10-17 Scotland 30m Italy have possession again after the restart and make a break again
Italy 10-17 Scotland 31m Making some distance here Italy, up to halfway
Italy 10-17 Scotland 32m Italy have the scrum on halfway, it has already collapsed once
Italy 10-17 Scotland 33m Scrum goes down again, reset and Scotland get the shove on and win a pen
Italy 10-17 Scotland 34m Russell goes to touch and gets a lineout on the Italy 22
Italy 10-17 Scotland 36m Scotland putting pressure on Italy again here, Barclay trying to power through
Italy 10-17 Scotland 36m Ball is sealed off and Italy get the penalty, Russell couldn't release
Italy 10-17 Scotland 36m Furno has been replaced by Bernabo for Italy
Italy 10-17 Scotland 38m Italy send the ball high and Hogg is beaten to it by Cittadini
Italy 10-17 Scotland 38m Italy give away a scrum and Scotland get the penalty again
Italy 10-17 Scotland 40m Laidlaw is going for the posts
Italy 10-17 Scotland 40m+1 It goes wide, that is half time
Italy 10-17 Scotland HT T: Ghiraldini C: Haimona P: Haimona | T: Barclay, Hardie C: Laidlaw (2) P: Laidlaw
Italy 10-17 Scotland HT The teams are coming back out onto the field, 2nd half coming up
Italy 10-17 Scotland 40m Russell kicks us off, ball gathered by Italy
Italy 10-17 Scotland 40m Scotland back in possession, Taylor passes to Ford
Italy 10-17 Scotland 41m Italy get a boot to it in the ruck, Russell sends it high to recover it
Italy 10-17 Scotland 42m Scotland get the lineout as Italy are bundled into touch when catching the high ball.
Italy 10-17 Scotland 42m A knock on by Scotland gives Italy a scrum which goes down after the bind
Italy 10-17 Scotland 43m Reset scrum is strong but it goes down again after the put in
Italy 10-17 Scotland 44m Multiple resets and Scotland are awarded the penalty
Italy 10-17 Scotland 45m Laidlaw is going for the posts
Italy 10-20 Scotland 45m Straight through the middle, first points of the 2nd half to the Scots
Italy 10-20 Scotland 46m Italy in possession on the Scottish 10m line, passing through the hands for now
Italy 10-20 Scotland 47m 10 phases of play and Italy still have the ball, they have an advantage
Italy 10-20 Scotland 47m It looks like they may not need the advantage, they are pushing for the line
Italy 10-20 Scotland 48m Haimona fumbles it but it goes backwards and is picked up by an Italian shirt
Italy 10-20 Scotland 49m Italy fumble it again but we go back for the advantage, Laidlaw given a warning
Italy 10-20 Scotland 49m Laidlaw's warning was for the team, not him. Italy going for the posts following penalty
Italy 13-20 Scotland 50m Haimona makes the penalty
Italy 13-20 Scotland 50m Hogg makes a break following the restart, beats the 1st man but is tackled by 2nd
Italy 13-20 Scotland 51m Ford gets the ball but is just unable to release and Italy get the scrum
Italy 13-20 Scotland 52m A good scrum, Italy come away with it but they give away another kickable penalty
Italy 13-23 Scotland 53m Laidlaw slots it over, stretching the lead again
Italy 13-23 Scotland 54m Barclay gets his hands on the ball following the restart, sent high by Russell
Italy 13-23 Scotland 54m Seymour collects it but Italy get their hands on it as he falls & Seymour stays down
Italy 13-23 Scotland 54m Italy made a great break whilst Seymour was down but it is fumbled. scrum Scotland
Italy 13-23 Scotland 55m Scotland get the penalty at the scrum again. Italy's set piece is costing them
Italy 13-23 Scotland 56m Resulting lineout claimed by R gray, Scotland making ground through Russell
Italy 13-23 Scotland 57m Another penalty for Scotland against Minto for off feet. Going for the posts
Italy 13-26 Scotland 57m Laidlaw slots over another one as Italy make changes in the front row
Italy 13-26 Scotland 58m Cittadini, Lovotti & Ghiraldini off, Castrogiovanni, Zanusso &Giazzon on
Italy 13-26 Scotland 59m Italy in possession, Parisse makes a break, pushing for the line here
Italy 13-26 Scotland 60m Just metres from the line but the ref blows for an infringement. Scotland in trouble
Italy 13-26 Scotland 61m Yellow card for Russell for hands in the ruck. they were warned a while back
Italy 13-26 Scotland 61m Resulting penalty sent to touch. Italy claim lineout well and push for the try
Italy 13-26 Scotland 62m They have crossed the line but ref is going to the TMO as there is no clear grounding
Italy 13-26 Scotland 62m It looks like it ha been grounded. The fans certainly think so
Italy 18-26 Scotland 62m It has been grounded. Try for Italy, awarded to Fuser
Italy 20-26 Scotland 63m Converted by Haimona, gap closed to 6 points
Italy 20-26 Scotland 64m Scotland awarded a penalty, Laidlaw going for the posts to boos from the crowd
Italy 20-29 Scotland 65m He stretches the lead again to 9 points
Italy 20-29 Scotland 66m Italy coming right back at them, they are passing through the hands & making ground
Italy 20-29 Scotland 66m Italy on the attack deep in the Scottish half. Scrum to Italy
Italy 20-29 Scotland 67m Bennett, Ford & Wilson replaced by Horne, McInally and Strauss
Italy 20-29 Scotland 68m Minto is replaced by van Schalkwyk
Italy 20-29 Scotland 69m penalty to Italy at the scrum, Gori makes a break but is tackled, another penalty given
Italy 20-29 Scotland 69m Handbags break out after that penalty is awarded
Italy 20-29 Scotland 70m Parisse takes the penalty quickly but Scottish defence is ready for him
Italy 20-29 Scotland 70m Ball is chipped and Laidlaw gets to it first, Scotland back in possession
Italy 20-29 Scotland 70m Passed to Hogg and then Visser but called back for a knock on when he's tackled
Italy 20-29 Scotland 71m Russell is back on, Scotland back up to 15 and have a scrum on their own 5m
Italy 20-29 Scotland 71m Scotland awarded a penalty at the scrum, mainly due to Laidlaw's voice in refs ear
Italy 20-29 Scotland 72m penalty kicked to halfway, lineout taken well by Barclay who is pulled down in the air
Italy 20-29 Scotland 73m Resulting penalty is kicked by Russell down to just past 22m line
Italy 20-29 Scotland 73m Lineout becomes a maul, Lamont who is on for Visser gets hands to it
Italy 20-29 Scotland 74m Scotland give away a penalty and Italy boot it to halfway
Italy 20-29 Scotland 75m Deliberate knock on from Nel and he is sent to the bin immediately
Italy 20-29 Scotland 76m lineout taken well by Italy but Scotland get a boot to it through Russell.
Italy 20-29 Scotland 76m Scotland in possession deep in Italian half, passing through the hands
Italy 20-29 Scotland 77m Laidlaw managing the game well
Italy 20-34 Scotland 77m Hogg makes a break, passes a really beautiful slip pass to Seymour who gets the try
Italy 20-36 Scotland 78m Laidlaw slots it over from in front of the posts
Italy 20-36 Scotland 79m Laidlaw is awarded man of the match as Scotland get a scrum
Italy 20-36 Scotland 79m Barclay goes off for Low to ensure a full front row at the scrum
Italy 20-36 Scotland 80m penalty to Scotland at the scrum. Russell boots it out. Scotland win
Italy 20-36 Scotland 80m Scotland have ended their 9 game run of losses
15 David Odiete 14 Leonardo Sarto 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mattia Bellini 10 Kelly Haimona 9 Edoardo Gori 1 Andrea Lovotti 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 4 Marco Fuser 5 Joshua Furno 6 Francesco Minto 7 Alessandro Zanni 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Davide Giazzon 17 Matteo Zanusso 18 Martin Castrogiovanni 19 Valerio Bernabo 20 Andries Van Schalkwyk 21 Guglielmo Palazzani 22 Edoardo Padovani 23 Andrea Pratichetti
SCORERS T: Ghiraldini, Fuser C: Haimona (2) P: Haimona (2)
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Mark Bennett 12 Duncan Taylor 11 Tim Visser 10 Finn Russell 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Willem Nel 4 Richie Gray 5 Jonny Gray 6 John Barclay 7 John Hardie 8 Ryan Wilson BENCH: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Rory Sutherland 18 Moray Low 19 Tim Swinson 20 Josh Strauss 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 22 Peter Horne 23 Sean Lamont
SCORERS T: Barclay, Hardie, Seymour C: Laidlaw (3) P: Laidlaw (5) 
Russell, Nel
Referee: Jaco Peyper (SARU) Asst Referees: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR), Nick Briant (NZR) TMO: Graham Hughes (RFU)
ENGLAND 21 - 10 IRELAND
Twickenham - Saturday 27 February
KO: 16:50 HT: 6-3 Att: tbc
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
England vs Ireland It is obscenely cold at HQ today! This ain't funny. Irish anthems done...
England vs Ireland God Save The Queen is fabulously loud..if only they'd hurry up & change to Jerusalem!
England vs Ireland Ooh let's have a rest before KO so ITV can have some adverts!!!
England 0-0 Ireland 0m Finally KO... but we can't see a thing for idiot latecomers standing up in front!
England 0-0 Ireland 1m Romain Poite reffing with Nigel Owens & Alexandre Ruiz assisting
England 0-0 Ireland 2m 1st scrum comes early with Irish put in; reset... argy bargy & Murray's kick > Brown
England 0-0 Ireland 3m England get a bit of territory from George Ford kick but not an awful lot
England 0-0 Ireland 5m England scrum this time but in own half; lose it for Dan Cole penalty
England 0-3 Ireland 6m Easy pickings for Ireland as Johnny Sexton pings over an easy kick at uprights
England 0-3 Ireland 7m England make some yards from the restart and head deep into Irish territory
England 0-3 Ireland 8m But a halt to proceedings as Owen Farrell pinged for a neck roll on an Irishman
England 0-3 Ireland 9m From being in Irish 22, England pulled back to midfield & Irish ball
England 0-3 Ireland 10m But England steal the ball at the breakdown & they head back over halfway
England 0-3 Ireland 11m England head towards 22; Irish push back but hand over penalty in front of posts
England 3-3 Ireland 12m Faz tees up with his psycho stare & pings over ball to equalise
England 3-3 Ireland 13m Meanwhile, Anthony Watson gets a bit of treatment near touch... but he's fine
England 3-3 Ireland 14m The restart puts Ireland straight into England's 22 but not for long...
England 3-3 Ireland 15m ... JJ claims lose ball & kicks magnificently to put England in Ireland's 22
England 3-3 Ireland 15m V quickly Ireland turnover ball in own 22 and force England back to midfield deftly
England 3-3 Ireland 16m But Faz was held & penalty England in front of posts from 10m...
England 3-3 Ireland 17m However, Faz gets close but no cigar... shaves post but not through.
England 3-3 Ireland 18m England work it back into Irish 22 and have a good position there...
England 3-3 Ireland 20m ..but lost fwd & let's go back to midfield shall we... 6 England penalties so far
England 3-3 Ireland 21m Poor poor disciplinary record for England; England scrum outside Irish 22...
England 3-3 Ireland 22m Joe Marler wins England scrum & captain Dylan Hartley throws into lineout outside 22
England 3-3 Ireland 23m breakdown surprises Billy Vunipola who runs for tryline but hesitates & bundled into touch
England 3-3 Ireland 24m Another lineout for England inside Irish 22 & England have the wherewithal to score
England 3-3 Ireland 25m Don't go wide but drive under posts; Hartley held short but ref goes to TMO
England 3-3 Ireland 25m Stuart McCloskey's knee holds Hartley back; TMO & ref decide double movement...
England 3-3 Ireland 25m ... so no score & penalty against Hartley for the double movement
England 3-3 Ireland 26m But Ireland don't get far from own 22 and have defensive scrum on it.
England 3-3 Ireland 27m England regain possession & make it right up to the tryline before it's spilled!
England 3-3 Ireland 28m England pinged for another knock on a little further back in 22 but Nige gets busy
England 3-3 Ireland 29m Green knock on before white knock on so it's an England penalty & they're 2m short of tryline
England 3-3 Ireland 29m Rory Best stops a certain try & England forced back 10m...
England 3-3 Ireland 30m Billy V being consistently targeted by the Irish - exceptional Irish defence
England 3-3 Ireland 30m Much faffing around before England have attacking scrum inside Irish 22
England 3-3 Ireland 31m Scrum's fine but ball hurled forward to JJ & Ireland have defensive scrum in 22
England 3-3 Ireland 31m England have had SO many opportunities in Irish 22 & fluffed every single one
England 3-3 Ireland 33m Irish finally get England out of danger zone & up to their 10m;England penalty
England 3-3 Ireland 34m Faz in front of posts again but this time on wrong side of the 10m...
England 6-3 Ireland 35m This time Faz is on target and England creep ahead a teensie bit
England 6-3 Ireland 37 Restart puts Irish at 22 but England turn it around & force Ireland back over halfway
England 6-3 Ireland 38m Brownie goes to offload to JJ but gets knocked in tackle & it's forward...
England 6-3 Ireland 38m Ref's whistle's gone 3 times but JJ hasn't heard it & tries to score!
England 6-3 Ireland 39m Finally Ireland make a solid break thru McCloskey but gets shut down inside 10m
England 6-3 Ireland 40m Irish try to make something of it but ball heads to touch for HT whistle
England 6-3 Ireland HT P: Farrell (2) | P: Sexton
England 6-3 Ireland HT England have had so much territory & possession & made absolute nothing of it!
England 6-3 Ireland HT Pretty poor show all round here at Twickers today... it's actually laughable.
England 6-3 Ireland 40m We're back for the 2nd half & Ireland have possession on halfway
England 6-3 Ireland 42m Ireland head for England 22; Brown has ball on ground but McCloskey's steals pen
England 6-3 Ireland 43m Ireland lineout on the England 22 and this tie England can't nick it...
England 6-3 Ireland 43m Ireland continue to attack and are making some ground until...
England 6-3 Ireland 44m Haskell goes in high & late on Conor Murray & gets rightly carded for stupid play
England 6-3 Ireland 45m Ireland opt for corner kick & 5m lineout; England break away & Murray gets revenge...
England 6-8 Ireland 46m Murray sees the opportunity & slips thru defence to score 1st try of match
England 6-10 Ireland 47m Sexton converts perfectly & Ireland deservedly taking their chances with aplomb
England 6-10 Ireland 48m But the Dublin Tower Devin Toner takes out England player late without ball...
England 6-10 Ireland 49m ... & gives Farrell the opportunity to catch up while Marler is down injured
England 9-10 Ireland 50m Faz adds 3 points to bring England within a point
England 9-10 Ireland 51m Irish have an opportunity again hanging out in England 22 but come away with nothing
England 9-10 Ireland 53m Billy v is England's wrecking ball... but sadly he is much alone...
England 9-10 Ireland 55m Play returns to the midfield & England have the scrum... .
England 9-10 Ireland 56m The scrum is good & England are just 5m out from the tryline...
England 9-10 Ireland 57m But Ben Youngs pass is shocking & gets thrown to no one...
England 9-10 Ireland 58m ... thankfully Chris Robshaw is there to clean up & passes beautifully to Watson
England 14-10 Ireland 58m ... who collects & sprints perfectly over the tryline to score a try for England
England 14-10 Ireland 59m Faz, however, misses the conversion... not a good day at the office for him!
England 14-10 Ireland 60m Mako V & Danny Care replace Marler & Youngs...
England 14-10 Ireland 61m Ireland pinged for offside & England SO take advantage with fresh legs...
England 14-10 Ireland 62m England lineout is good but they don't quite make it this time, but...
England 19-10 Ireland 63m ... Farrell gets ball to Brown in long excellent pass & with men over he scores
England 21-10 Ireland 64m Faz converts & England are looking are better now
England 21-10 Ireland 65m Ireland reply with superb charge from Robbie Henshaw but Nowell gets in way...
England 21-10 Ireland 66m Nowell bundles him into touch before he gets to corner - no try
England 21-10 Ireland 67m But Eddie Jones has lost plot replacing Faz with Daly & doesn't take off Ford!
England 21-10 Ireland 69m White, Healy, Zebo, Dillane & Ruddock for Ross, McGrath, McCloskey, Ryan & Stander
England 21-10 Ireland 71m Play halted as Murray goes off as Brown accidentally kicks him in eye
England 21-10 Ireland 71m Absolutely not intentional as just putting foot down after kicking ball
England 21-10 Ireland 72m But in some ridiculous twist of fate, Care YC'd for not rolling away...
England 21-10 Ireland 72m ... despite having a beast of an Irishman on top of him! Seriously?!
England 21-10 Ireland 73m This game has officially turned into a French farce.
England 21-10 Ireland 74m All play's been down in England 22 & looks like Josh van de Flier gets over...
England 21-10 Ireland 74m ... ref to TMO & asks try or no try; not clarity in replays so no try.
England 21-10 Ireland 75m Ireland scrum but Cole doesn't let them win it & England penalty; Ford clears
England 21-10 Ireland 75m Earlier, Jack Clifford & Jamie George for Robbo & Hartley; Brown is captain...
England 21-10 Ireland 76m ... we think from seniority, not Billy V.
England 21-10 Ireland 77m Reddan, Strauss & Madigan for Best, Murray & Sexton | Lawes for Haskell
England 21-10 Ireland 78m Billy V is rightly awarded Man of the Match (tho Kruis is just as deserving)
England 21-10 Ireland 79 England just outside Irish 22 (back to actual rugby!) & Ireland defensive scrum
England 21-10 Ireland 80m Ireland try to make something of it to get out of half but...
England 21-10 Ireland 80m ... Kruis nicks it and ball thumped into touch for FT & England win
15 Mike Brown 14 Jack Nowell 13 Jonathan Joseph 12 Owen Farrell 11 Anthony Watson 10 George Ford 9 Ben Youngs 1 Joe Marler 2 DYLAN HARTLEY (C) 3 Dan Cole 4 Maro Itoje 5 George Kruis 6 Chris Robshaw 7 James Haskell 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Jamie George 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Paul Hill 19 Courtney Lawes 20 Jack Clifford 21 Danny Care 22 Elliot Daly 23 Alex Goode
SCORERS T: Watson, Brown C: Farrell P: Farrell (3) Haskell, Care
15 Rob Kearney 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Robbie Henshaw 12 Stuart McCloskey 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Jack McGrath 2 RORY BEST (C) 3 Mike Ross 4 Donnacha Ryan 5 Devin Toner 6 CJ Stander 7 Josh van der Flier 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Richardt Strauss 17 Cian Healy 18 Nathan White 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Rhys Ruddock 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ian Madigan 23 Simon Zebo
SCORERS T: Murray C: Sexton P: Sexton
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) Asst Referees: Nigel Owens (WRU), Alexandre Ruiz (FFR) TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SARU)
IRELAND 58 - 15 ITALY
Aviva Stadium - Saturday 12 March
KO: 13:30 HT: 25-3 Att: tbc
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Ireland v Italy The teams are coming onto the pitch, to some great pyrotechnics
Ireland v Italy Just under 10 minutes to go, anthems in a minute or so then KO
Ireland v Italy Anthems time. I do love both of these anthems
Ireland v Italy Such passion from both sides. KO imminent
Ireland 0-0 Italy 0m Gardner blows his whistle and we are off with a kick from Padovani
Ireland 0-0 Italy 0m Ireland in possession from deep in their own half. Zebo kicks downfield
Ireland 0-0 Italy 1m Zebo's kick goes to touch, Biagi gets his hands on the lineout
Ireland 0-0 Italy 2m Ireland pinged for going in at the side, Italy take another lineout and retain possession
Ireland 0-0 Italy 2m Biagi to Garcia who crosses the line in the corner but the flag is up. Foot in touch
Ireland 0-0 Italy 3m Zebo clears to touch following the lineout but only to around 10m from Irelands line
Ireland 0-0 Italy 3m Scrum to Ireland for an accidental offside
Ireland 0-0 Italy 4m Huge scrum by Ireland, Henshaw takes possession, Ireland running the ball
Ireland 0-0 Italy 5m Cleared to touch, Italy lineout on Irelands 10m line
Ireland 0-0 Italy 5m Ireland have possession, and are playing a bit of running rugby from halfway
Ireland 0-0 Italy 6m Sexton chips the ball over , Italy try to defend but Trimble gets on the end of it
Ireland 5-0 Italy 7m Trimble crosses the whitewash, first points to Ireland
Ireland 5-0 Italy 8m Sexton misses the conversion, only his 7th miss since the World Cup
Ireland 5-0 Italy 8m penalty to Ireland following the restart, Sexton misses touch, caught by Italy
Ireland 5-0 Italy 7m Italy in possession but they have lost it and Ireland are racing after a loose ball
Ireland 5-0 Italy 10m Good defence by Italy who got their first preventing a second try
Ireland 5-0 Italy 11m lineout to Italy on their own 10m line. Not straight. Ireland take the scrum
Ireland 5-0 Italy 12m Ireland take the possession from the scrum. Pushing forwards from 10m line
Ireland 5-0 Italy 12m Henshaw sends the bal forward for Trimble to chase, ball goes to touch
Ireland 5-0 Italy 13m Quick break in play whilst Best gets some treatment.
Ireland 5-0 Italy 13m Warning to Ireland for their penalty count. Ireland have a lineout just short of 5m
Ireland 5-0 Italy 14m Ireland are 3m out
Ireland 5-0 Italy 14m McGrath has crossed the line but we have gone to TMO as ref believes he lost the ball
Ireland 12-0 Italy 14m Replay shows a clear try for McGrath. Converted by Sexton
Ireland 12-0 Italy 15m Ireland back in possession from the restart.
Ireland 12-0 Italy 16m Italy turn it over, playing through the hands from just inside Irish half
Ireland 12-0 Italy 16m And it has been turned over again. Ireland's turn to attack again
Ireland 12-0 Italy 16m Keith Earls gets his hands on the ball on the wing but he lost it in the tackle
Ireland 12-0 Italy 17m Earls took a shoulder to the face so just getting a bit of treatment
Ireland 12-0 Italy 17m Italy have the scrum just on the Irish 10m line
Ireland 12-0 Italy 18m Kick from Palazzani but there was no-one to chase it. Ireland have the L/O
Ireland 12-0 Italy 19m Italy have a lineout from a clearance kick, stolen by Ireland
Ireland 12-0 Italy 20m Campagnaro defends well and manages to get his hands on the ball. Italy on the attack
Ireland 12-0 Italy 20m Sarto tries to get the ball away but Henshaw reads it well and Ireland get the scrum
Ireland 12-0 Italy 21m Trimble has gone off to be cleaned up, McFadden is on as a replacement
Ireland 12-0 Italy 22m Ireland rip the ball from Parisse, Italy have a penalty in front of the posts
Ireland 12-3 Italy 23m Padovani puts 3 points on the board for Italy
Ireland 12-3 Italy 23m Seton with the restart, knock on by Italy
Ireland 12-3 Italy 24m Ireland in possession on Italy's 10m line
Ireland 12-3 Italy 24m Ireland have a penalty advantage, Sexton looks injured, he's been down a while
Ireland 12-3 Italy 25m Coming back for the penalty for the late tackle on Sexton.
Ireland 15-3 Italy 25m Sexton slots the penalty over and adds another 3 points to the board
Ireland 15-3 Italy 27m Ireland in possession, running from halfway
Ireland 15-3 Italy 27m Ireland still have the ball, Italy's defence is currently holding strong
Ireland 15-3 Italy 28m Sexton pops the ball over the top, Earls chasing but ball to touch before he gets it
Ireland 15-3 Italy 28m Fuser has gone off to be replaced by Geldenhuys
Ireland 15-3 Italy 29m Ireland have possession from the L/O
Ireland 15-3 Italy 29m Sexton to Earls who makes a break passes to Trimble, just 5m out
Ireland 20-3 Italy 30m Stander gets his hands on the ball, makes a reach and is over the line
Ireland 20-3 Italy 31m Sexton swings it wide. His kicking % taking a knock today
Ireland 20-3 Italy 32m Scrum to Ireland right on halfway
Ireland 20-3 Italy 33m Ireland loose the ball, Italy get an advantage and we are back for the pen
Ireland 20-3 Italy 34m Padovani kicks to touch, lineout Italy on Irelands 5m line
Ireland 20-3 Italy 34m lineout taken well, Parisse pushing for the line
Ireland 20-3 Italy 35m Ref called the maul and Garcia gets held up. Scrum to Ireland just short of own line
Ireland 20-3 Italy 35m Biagi is going off, replaced by Steyn, Minto goes into Biagi's position
Ireland 20-3 Italy 35m Murray gets the ball from the scrum, passed out to Henshaw
Ireland 20-3 Italy 36m Ball cleared to touch as Henshaw appears covered in blood following a clash of heads
Ireland 20-3 Italy 36m Italy in possession, pushing for the line in the final few minutes of the 1st half
Ireland 20-3 Italy 37m Parisse passes out to Steyn but he is tackled by McFadden who is on for Henshaw
Ireland 20-3 Italy 37m TMO looking at a neck roll by Giazzon, penalty to Ireland
Ireland 20-3 Italy 38m penalty cleared to touch on Ireland's 10m line, lineout taken well by Ireland
Ireland 20-3 Italy 38m Italy get their hands on a loose ball but kick that followed was just too much
Ireland 20-3 Italy 339m Zebo got his hands on it and called the mark. Ireland back in possession
Ireland 25-3 Italy 39m Zebo makes a break, passed through the hands beautifully and Heaslip goes over
Ireland 25-3 Italy 40m Heaslip gets the try but that was team work at its best
Ireland 25-3 Italy 40+1m Sexton misses another kick. That is half time. Ireland have control of this game
Ireland 25-3 Italy HT T: Trimble, McGrath, Stander, Heaslip C: Sexton P: Sexton | P: Padovani
Ireland 25-3 Italy 40m Teams are back out, Sexton to kick us off.
Ireland 25-3 Italy 40m Italy have possession deep in their own half through Padovani
Ireland 25-3 Italy 41m Henshaw has come back on following HT
Ireland 25-3 Italy 41m The ref calls maul and Italy have the scrum following it
Ireland 25-3 Italy 41m First real issue with the scrum all game. Both teams given a warning about engagement
Ireland 30-3 Italy 42m Pass from the scrum stolen by Payne. he runs straight to the line and gets the try
Ireland 32-3 Italy 43m Easy conversion by Sexton. The gap is looking a little impossible for Italy now
Ireland 32-3 Italy 44m Italy have the ball from the restart, passing through the hands
Ireland 32-3 Italy 44m Italy still have the ball, slowly gaining metres
Ireland 32-3 Italy 45m Odiete gets hold of the ball and makes a mini break but Ireland defence is strong
Ireland 32-3 Italy 46m Italy lost the ball forward, Ireland have the ball and make some good distance
Ireland 32-3 Italy 46m Ireland have a lineout on Italy's 10m line
Ireland 32-3 Italy 47m Penalty to Ireland. Sexton going for touch
Ireland 32-3 Italy 47m lineout goes well for Ireland, just 4m out from the line
Ireland 32-3 Italy 48m Bodies piled on the line here for both teams
Ireland 37-3 Italy 48m Heaslip bundles over the top adding another try to his count
Ireland 39-3 Italy 49m Sexton slots it over from right in front of the posts
Ireland 39-3 Italy 50m That was Sexton's last play of the game, he is replaced by Marmion
Ireland 39-3 Italy 50m Sorry, Sexton has been replaced by Madigan
Ireland 39-3 Italy 51m Best has been replaced by Cronin as Ireland have the scrum
Ireland 39-3 Italy 52m Ireland back on the attack through Henshaw
Ireland 39-3 Italy 53m Ireland have a penalty as Italy take out the half back. Taken quickly
Ireland 44-3 Italy 53m So quickly that Italy's defence is flummoxed and Cronin goes over for another try
Ireland 46-3 Italy 54m Madigan converts with ease
Ireland 46-3 Italy 55m Italy have the scrum following the restart as they make some changes.
Ireland 46-3 Italy 55m Italy have the penalty from the scrum, kicked to the corner.
Ireland 39-3 Italy 56m Chistolini and Giazzon are off, Ceccarelli and Fabiani on
Ireland 46-8 Italy 57m Italy have a try, it kind of came from nothing, but Odiete goes over in the corner
Ireland 46-10 Italy 58m Haimona who is on for Garcia slots over the conversion
Ireland 46-10 Italy 59m Ireland offside, we come back for the penalty which is kicked to touch
Ireland 46-10 Italy 60m McLean is on for Padovani
Ireland 46-10 Italy 61m Cronin makes a break, passes inside to Henshaw who is tackled
Ireland 46-10 Italy 61m Payne may have grounded the ball, gone to TMO for "try yes or no"
Ireland 46-10 Italy 62m No clear and obvious grounding, scrum 5
Ireland 46-10 Italy 61m Ross, Toner & Murray off, White, Dillane & Marmion on for Ireland
Ireland 46-10 Italy63m And Stander has been replaced by Ruddock
Ireland 46-10 Italy 63m Ireland are just metres out here, just needs one pass
Ireland 51-10 Italy 64m And there it is, passed to Madigan and he is over
Ireland 51-10 Italy 64m Madigan hits the upright and misses the conversion
Ireland 51-10 Italy 65m Bealham has replaced McGrath, coming on for his debut
Ireland 51-10 Italy 66m Scrum to Italy following an advantage. Heaslip is down injured
Ireland 51-10 Italy 66m Don't panic, Heaslip is back on his feet and we are setting the scrum
Ireland 51-10 Italy 67m Italy get the ball from the scrum Parisse finds Haimona
Ireland 51-10 Italy 68m Italy remain in possession, working the ball through the hands deep in Irelands half
Ireland 51-10 Italy 68m McLean almost spills the ball but maintains control, Irish defence causing problems
Ireland 51-10 Italy 70m Italy still in possession, clock is off though for treatment to Geldenhuys
Ireland 51-10 Italy 71m McFadden is on for Payne as we set for an Italian scrum
Ireland 51-10 Italy 71m Ireland get the ball from the scrum
Ireland 51-10 Italy 72m High tackle from Ireland hands Italy a pen, McLean sends to touch
Ireland 51-10 Italy 73m Italy take the lineout well, ball going through the hands 10m out
Ireland 51-10 Italy 73m Some crafty passes by Italy have led to a try for Sarto
Ireland 51-10 Italy 74m Oh, we have gone to TMO for a forward pass
Ireland 51-15 Italy 74m Some good reffing there. Try awarded
Ireland 51-15 Italy 74m Haimona strikes it well but it is just wide. His 1st miss of the 6 nations
Ireland 51-15 Italy 75m Ireland have the ball and are running from deep in Italian half
Ireland 51-15 Italy 76m Ireland still have possession, they are pushing for try number 9
Ireland 51-15 Italy 77m Henshaw almost found a gap there, they have made good ground though
Ireland 51-15 Italy 77m Ireland pushing the Italian defence on the 22
Ireland 56-15 Italy 78m McFadden bursts through and adds a ninth try to their score
Ireland 56-15 Italy 78m That is a record for Ireland in the 6 nations, 9 tries in one game.
Ireland 58-15 Italy 79m Try converted by Madigan as Ryan is awarded MOTM
Ireland 51-15 Italy 80m The clock turns red and Ireland have possession on halfway
Ireland 58-15 Italy 80m Cronin makes a break but is tackled just metres from the line.
Ireland 58-15 Italy 80+1m Ireland infringe at the breakdown and the ref calls time. Huge win for Ireland
15 Simon Zebo 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Jared Payne 12 Robbie Henshaw 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Jack McGrath 2 RORY BEST (C) 3 Mike Ross 4 Donnacha Ryan 5 Devin Toner 6 CJ Stander 7 Josh van der Flier 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Cian Healy 18 Nathan White 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Rhys Ruddock 21 Kieran Marmion 22 Ian Madigan 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Trimble, McGrath, Stander, Payne, Heaslip (2), Cronin, Madigan, McFadden C: Sexton (3) Madigan (2) P: Sexton
15 David Odiete 14 Leonardo Sarto 13 Michele Campagnaro 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mattia Bellini 10 Edoardo Padovani 9 Guglielmo Palazzani 1 Andrea Lovotti 2 Davide Giazzon 3 Lorenzo Cittadini 4 George Fabio Biagi
5 Marco Fuser 6 Francesco Minto 7 Alessandro Zanni 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Oliviero Fabiani 17 Matteo Zanusso 18 Dario Chistolini 19 Quintin Geldenhuys 20 Abraham Steyn 21 Alberto Lucchese 22 Kelly Haimona 23 Luke Mclean
SCORERS T: Odiete, Sarto C: Haimona P: Padovani
Man of the Match: Donnacha Ryan
Referee: Angus Gardner (ARU) Asst Referees: Romain Poite (FFR), Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU) TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)
ENGLAND 25 - 21 WALES
Twickenham - Saturday 12 March
KO: 16:00 HT: 16-0 Att: tbc
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England 0-0 Wales 1m All shenanigans & ad breaks out the way & finally we have KO under Craig Joubert
England 0-0 Wales 2m England stretch Wales to the limit & visitors missing tackles everywhere
England 0-0 Wales 3m England deep in 22 & George North misses vital tackle for Brown to go over...but...
England 0-0 Wales 4m ...a trip to the TMO to confirm that Ben Youngs knocked on
England 0-0 Wales 6m England are on a mission here, and it's not long before they're back in the Welsh 22
England 0-0 Wales 7m Wales are not on their game by a long way as England run rings round them
England 0-0 Wales 8m Jamie Roberts pinged for not rolling away & Owen Farrell tees up for 1st points
England 3-0 Wales 9m Faz pings over the penalty simply & England are on the board
England 3-0 Wales 10m Another soft penalty from Wales & Faz kicks to corner
England 3-0 Wales 11m Driving maul from England is good but pinged & Wales are saved for a second...
England 3-0 Wales 12m Jonathan Joseph charges down the right flank but brought down...
England 3-0 Wales 13m England are going to get a try if it kills them - excellent ball carrying...
England 3-0 Wales 14m Dan Cole finds tryline quite obviously...but Joubert has no conviction & goes to TMO
England 3-0 Wales 15m A heap of faffing with replays showing the try - but TMO Ben Skeen says held up
England 3-0 Wales 16m Game has turned into a farce already; England scrum & Wales pinged for wheeling it
England 6-0 Wales 18m No problem with Faz's kicking today as he whacks over another 3 points
England 6-0 Wales 19m Little cohesion on the Welsh side today and England are there to take advantage
England 6-0 Wales 20m This time it's Dan Lydiate pinged for not rolling away & Faz tees up again...
England 9-0 Wales 21m Faz adds penalty number 3 as England notch up the points
England 9-0 Wales 22m Dan Biggar misses an important kick; Wales can't find their footing at all...
England 9-0 Wales 23m Maro Itoje steals a second lineout & Biggar pinged for knock on at scrum
England 9-0 Wales 25m Faz kicks ball away into advantageous territory & play returns to Welsh half...
England 9-0 Wales 27m Wales finally have some possession but Alex Cuthbert spills it at own 22...
England 9-0 Wales 28m But a knock on from Anthony Watson gives Wales back possession & lineout
England 9-0 Wales 29m Wales manage to clear the ball away after Mike Brown slips & ball over halfway...
England 9-0 Wales 30m But England get under ball & thump it back again...ball arrives in Welsh 22
England 9-0 Wales 31m Ball cleared badly & England are ready to pounce again...
England 14-0 Wales 32m From lineout > Itoje (avoiding 3 tacklers) > Brown > Watson > tryline > try!
England 16-0 Wales 33m Faz adds the extras, & Wales are lucky that's all they're behind by right now
England 16-0 Wales 34m England aren't being particularly clinical here-but Wales just haven't turned up
England 16-0 Wales 35m England put in to scrum on halfway for Jonathan Davies knock on...
England 16-0 Wales 35m Wales nick it & clear to touch for lineout outside England 22
England 16-0 Wales 36m For the 2nd time this half Wales get into England's 22 but Itoje isn't having it
England 16-0 Wales 37m But penalty at B/D goes to Eng & before you know it, plays back over halfway from 22
England 16-0 Wales 38m Itoje is having an absolute stormer (unsurprisingly) while Wales left wondering
England 16-0 Wales 40m We're back on halfway and the pace has finally slowed from England...let's faff a bit
England 16-0 Wales 40m Just over halfway it's an England scrum but free kick to Wales & they get over 10m...
England 16-0 Wales 40+2m England push them back & finally for Wales the HT whistle goes
England 16-0 Wales HT T: Watson C: Farrell P: Farrell (3) | -
England 16-0 Wales 40m We're back..the sun's no longer shining brightly but England is...
England 16-0 Wales 41m From restart Wales venture into England half to remind themselves what it looks like
England 16-0 Wales 42m But England are into the Welsh 22 in seconds...Welsh defensive scrum...
England 16-0 Wales 43m England, however, have other ideas as Welsh get out of danger zone...
England 16-0 Wales 44m This time it's North who decides not to roll away & gives England an easy 3...
England 19-0 Wales 45m Faz, of course, can't miss a thing today & England stretch ahead to 19 pts clear
England 19-0 Wales 47m From restart, the Welsh venture directly into England's 22...& hang around...
England 19-0 Wales 49m But another 2 minutes pass & Wales make nothing of it...tho are still there!
England 19-0 Wales 50m Welsh 5m scrum - win the penalties & opt for scrum for 3rd time...
England 19-0 Wales 51m Paul 'Gussy' Gustard has been a revelation for English defence
England 19-0 Wales 52m Meanwhile Wales have frittered away 3 penalties under posts for nothing
England 19-0 Wales 53m Lydiate pinged after ball comes loose & it's England's scrum...
England 19-0 Wales 54m Scrum's fine but...George Ford...dear oh dear...
England 19-0 Wales 55m England pass out to Ford who's kick is promptly charged down in front of posts...
England 19-5 Wales 55m ...by Biggar who runs on it to score for Wales. Poor show from Ford!
England 19-7 Wales 56m Biggar converts his rightly deserved try & finally Wales are on the board
England 19-7 Wales 56m Long time off for Sam Warburton down - knocked by own player
England 19-7 Wales 56m Warburton is driven off the pitch giving a thumbs up, & Mako Vunipola on for Joe Marler
England 19-7 Wales 57m Justin Tipuric replaces Warburton & Wales have penalty for Haskell neck roll
England 19-7 Wales 58m Ford frighteningly screws up again in his own 22 running into Roberts!
England 19-7 Wales 59m England save it for a moment but Wales on the attack just yards short of tryline
England 19-7 Wales 60m All the chances now but Jonathan Davies knocks it & the opportunity's gone!
England 19-7 Wales 61m England defensive scrum; Tipuric pinged allowing England to shift play back to halfway
England 19-7 Wales 62m Time for some changes... & finally Manu Tuilagi returns in an England shirt
England 19-7 Wales 63m Care & Tuilagi for Youngs & Ford | Webb & Charteris for Gareth Davies & AWJ
England 19-7 Wales 64m England hanging around the Welsh 22 & Charteris pinged for not rolling away...
England 22-7 Wales 65m ...so Faz punishes Wales with another 3 points.
England 22-7 Wales 67m Charteris is having a stonking game as he is pinged again for holding on in just 4mins
England 25-7 Wales 68m Faz adds a 6th penalty to punish Wales some more
England 25-7 Wales 69m Meanwhile, Jack Clifford replaces Haskell in back row & Wales are fighting back
England 25-7 Wales 70m Wales maul strongly into the England 22 but it is collapsed...
England 25-7 Wales 71m Wales gain yards & creep closer to the tryline; Cole promptly collapses maul again
England 25-7 Wales 71m Tomas Francis has had a proper gouge at Cole's face - v clear & should be a red
England 25-7 Wales 72m But all decide clear as day scrape over Cole's eyes is only worth a talking to!
England 25-7 Wales 72m Shocking call - needs a citing & banning - especially compared to Ashy's ban
England 25-7 Wales 72m Cowan-Dickie & Brookes for Hartley & Priestland for Biggar
England 25-12 Wales 74m Meanwhile, North takes advantage of English ire & slips over to score try
England 25-14 Wales 75m Priestland converts & Wales are playing catch up!
England 25-19 Wales 76m While JJ is replaced by Daly, Faletau surreptitiously creeps over the tryline too!
England 25-21 Wales 77m Priestland converts...
England 25-21 Wales 78m England have been caught napping big time! Have to hold out now...
England 25-21 Wales 80m And they do, just...but it's been pretty hairy in the last 10 minutes!
England 25-21 Wales FT England had a spectacular 1st half - & spectacularly shocking 2nd half!
England 25-21 Wales FT England have bagged Triple Crown & go to Paris looking for Grand Slam
England 25-21 Wales FT Wales, however, did a pretty decent job winning the 2nd half - just wasn't enough
15 Mike Brown 14 Anthony Watson 13 Jonathan Joseph 12 Owen Farrell 11 Jack Nowell 10 George Ford 9 Ben Youngs 1 Joe Marler 2 DYLAN HARTLEY (C) 3 Dan Cole 4 Maro Itoje 5 George Kruis 6 Chris Robshaw 7 James Haskell 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie 17 Mako Vunipola 18 Kieran Brookes 19 Joe Launchbury 20 Jack Clifford 21 Danny Care 22 Manu Tuilagi 23 Elliot Daly
SCORERS T: Watson C: Farrell P: Farrell (6) Cole
15 Liam Williams 14 Alex Cuthbert 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 George North 10 Dan Biggar 9 Gareth Davies 1 Rob Evans 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 SAM WARBURTON (C) 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Paul James 18 Tomas Francis 19 Luke Charteris 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Rhys Webb 22 Rhys Priestland 23 Gareth Anscombe
SCORERS T: Biggar, North, Faletau C: Biggar, Priestland (2)
Man of the Match: Maro Itoje (England)
Referee: Craig Joubert (SARU) Asst Referees: Jérôme Garcès (FFR), Mathieu Raynal (FFR) TMO: Ben Skeen (NZR)
SCOTLAND 29 - 18 FRANCE
BT Murrayfield - Sunday 13 March
KO: 15:00 HT: 18-12 Att: tbc
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE...
Scotland v France Just 10 minutes til KO at Murrayfield!
Scotland v France If Scotland can draw or beat France today, England Rugby will have won the RBS 6 Nations Championship
Scotland v France Teams are lined up & moment's silence for anniversary of 20 years since Dunblane & 4 months since Paris attacks
Scotland v France A beautiful & poignant moment of silence before La Marseillaise is belted out...
Scotland v France A little Flower of Scotland with accompanying bagpipes before we can get going in Edinburgh
Scotland v France Glen Jackson prepares to blow the starting whistle on a glorious Spring day in Edinburgh
Scotland 0-0 France 1m Finn Russell kicks off against Les Bleus with homeside in white away kit today...
Scotland 0-0 France 2m A good start from Scotland as they steadily work their way up to the French 22...
Scotland 0-0 France 2m A neat little chip thru from Stuart Hogg gives France a 5m defensive lineout
Scotland 0-0 France 3m But Scotland screw up with Jonny Gray dragging down French jumper; penalty France
Scotland 0-0 France 3m France now in far better position as they hurl themselves over halfway & bare down on 22
Scotland 0-5 France 4m While Russell gets attention, French charge ahead & go out wide for Guirado to score
Scotland 0-5 France 5m Excellent hands & spacial awareness for France putting the captain over for 1st blood
Scotland 0-5 France 6m A poor conversion from Francois Trinh-Duc as Russell is taken off for HIA
Scotland 0-5 France 7m Pete Horne is on as replacement; John Barclay's foot caught Russell's head on ground
Scotland 0-5 France 8m Scott Spedding kicks to touch after restart for a 22 lineout for France already
Scotland 0-5 France 9m Good lineout for France & chip ahead for Scottish 5m defensive lineout & they clear well
Scotland 0-5 France 10m John Hardie makes a clear high tackle but it's completely ignored by all officials
Scotland 0-5 France 10m France forced back but not for long; churlish penalty from Scotland in front of posts
Scotland 0-5 France 11m Trinh-Duc not having a good kicking day - inside halfway but hooks it just wide
Scotland 0-5 France 12m Ross Ford throws into attacking Scottish lineout but stolen again by France...
Scotland 0-5 France 13m Les Bleus clear Scotland from their territory; Richie Gray runs it back...
Scotland 0-5 France 14m Scots forced to recycle but are back up at French 22; Barclay crosses & penalty coming
No they haven't; if France wins this match, they can beat England next week & take the Championship if they reduce the points difference
Scotland 3-5 France 16m Scotland stay patient & penalty comes; Grieg Laidlaw starts the scoring for homeside
Scotland 3-5 France 17m Points on board but Scotland look a tad one-dimensional; no multi-tasking in sight
Scotland 3-5 France 18m Handbags threaten between Hardie & Alexandre Flanquart but Jackson calms it down
Scotland 3-5 France 19m Scottish scrum from an attacking position; retain it by walking over it & win penalty
Scotland 3-5 France 20m No danger of Ford hooking ball so now way to steal possession by opposition
Scotland 6-5 France 21m Laidlaw pings over penalty inside the French 22; Trinh-Duc ruing his missed kicks!
Scotland 6-5 France 22m From the restart, Scotland having defensive scrum; France nick possession & attack...
Scotland 6-5 France 23m But Flanquart & Yoann Maestri clash & ball is knocked on in Scotland's 22!
Scotland 6-5 France 24m Scotland have another defensive scrum; it has to be reset...
Scotland 6-5 France 25m Thankfully for Scotland, Hogg gets clean ball from base of scrum & thumps it to halfway
Scotland 6-5 France 26m But a Scotsman offside & France have a penalty & quickly attack back up to 22
Scotland 6-5 France 27m It's Maxime Machenaud who takes quick tap & charges, but penalty Scotland on their 22
Scotland 6-5 France 28m Laidlaw feeds Scottish defensive scrum directly to his 2nd row & not stopped for it
Scotland 6-5 France 29m Penalty given to Scotland regardless of skewed put in; ball cleared > lineout
Scotland 6-5 France 30m French sprint is halted in its tracks by ref's whistle & it's another Scottish scrum
Scotland 6-5 France 31m Scrum is good & Scots on the attack with some flair finally...quick ball...
Scotland 11-5 France 32m Scots one by one side step & evade defence for Hogg to eventually find the whitewash
Scotland 11-5 France 33m But Laidlaw misses the conversion...not such a great day for fly halves...
Scotland 11-5 France 34m France need to regroup to break the Scottish defence now & turn game around...
Scotland 11-5 France 35m Les Bleus head towards the Scottish 22 but it doesn't go to plan...
Scotland 16-5 France 36m Duncan Taylor gets the ball & runs...& runs..& stretches his will all the way to tryline
Scotland 16-5 France 36m Ref does blow whistle for Laidlaw pulling back Wenceslas Lauret but try stands
Scotland 18-5 France 37m Laidlaw converts & Scotland slowly & steadily march ahead on scoreboard
Scotland 18-5 France 38m France desperately need to find their game if they are to stay in contention here...
Scotland 18-5 France 39m Les Bleus respond by heading directly into the Scottish 22 with some passion...
Scotland 18-5 France 40m Scottish defence being tested here as Les Bleus are just short of tryline...
Scotland 18-10 France 40+1m Many get close but it's eventually Gaël Fickou who escapes & flies over whitewash
Scotland 18-12 France 40+2m Machenaud takes over kicking from Trinh-Duc & beautifully angles conversion from touch
Scotland 18-12 France HT T: Guirado, Fickou C: Machenaud | T: Taylor, Hogg C: Laidlaw P: Laidlaw (2)
Scotland 18-12 France 41m Play resumes & there are no changes at HT; only Russell stayed off in 1st half
Scotland 18-12 France 42m Hone thumps a good kick into French 22 but comes straight back...
Scotland 18-12 France 43m Scottish scrum on halfway which has to be reset; Jackson sees no need for straight feed
Scotland 18-12 France 44m France pinged for collapsing scrum twice before Scotland get the penalty...
Scotland 21-12 France 46m It's a long range penalty which Hogg takes magnificently to add 3 more
Scotland 21-12 France 48m France hit back hard and make some good ground
Scotland 21-12 France 48m A mother of a tackle comes in from Hardie but the a penalty comes for France...
Scotland 21-12 France 49m The offside Scottish position gives Machenaud a chance to reduce the deficit
Scotland 21-15 France 50m Machenaud is perfectly on target & it's less than a score between them
Scotland 21-15 France 52m Play's a tad scrappy on both sides, but Scotland's making more errors at the moment
Scotland 21-15 France 53m France on the attack & are all over the Scottish tryline, being forced to recycle...
Scotland 21-15 France 53m Penalty coming for Scotland offside yet again...
Scotland 21-15 France 54m penalty given & France opt for 5m lineout, but it doesn't go to plan...
Scotland 21-15 France 55m Scotland steal the lineout ball & force France out of danger territory
Scotland 21-15 France 56m But Scotland waste no time in handing over another perfectly kickable penalty
Scotland 21-18 France 57m And so Machenaud does...within 3 points now
Scotland 21-18 France 59m Following restart, grubber kick to touch for Taylor; French defensive lineout
Scotland 21-18 France 60m Tim Visser steals lineout ball on halfway but can't get away, but still in possession...
Scotland 21-18 France 61m & it's that time of the match where the changes roll on...
Scotland 21-18 France 61m For Scotland, Ryan Wilson replaces Josh Strauss
Scotland 21-18 France 63m Vahaamahina, Atonio, Pelo & Goujon on for Flanquart, Poirot, Slimani & Camara
Scotland 21-18 France 64m But no sooner has Pelo arrived, he's injured & Poirot returns...
Scotland 21-18 France 64m Play of course has not halted, & Scotland have attacking lineout in French 22...
Scotland 21-18 France 65m Scotland are determined to beat France today for just a second time in the
Scotland 26-18 France 66m And intelligent play puts Visser over in the corner after quick thinking from Gray
Scotland 26-18 France 67m However, Laidlaw misses another conversion but there's still over a score in it...
Scotland 26-18 France 69m McInally for Ford | Plisson, Médard & Chat for Trinh-Duc, Mermoz & Guirado
Scotland 26-18 France 70m Meanwhile France are locked into their own 22 by Scotland & need to escape
Scotland 26-18 France 71m Les Bleus have possession & the opportunity but Damien Chouly spills the ball!
Scotland 26-18 France 72m Scottish attacking scrum in French 22 & we creep closer to England RBS6 Nations championship win
Scotland 26-18 France 73m Moray Low replaces Willem Nel & the scrum penalty is Scotland's
Scotland 29-18 France 74m Laidlaw knocks over another 3 points & France have only 6 minutes to score twice!
Scotland 29-18 France 75m France do well from the restart & are quickly up to the Scottish 22...
Scotland 29-18 France 75m Bézy has replaced Machenaud as France are on top of the Scottish tryline
Scotland 29-18 France 76m But the whistle goes for a forward pass so Fickou's try is denied
Scotland 29-18 France 78m Tim Swinson replaces Visser as France have lineout again in Scottish 22...
Scotland 29-18 France 79m But it's Scotland's day and they are not letting France get anywhere advantageous
Scotland 29-18 France 80m There's no return for France, Scotland finally have a2nd win v France & ...
Scotland 29-18 France 80+1m ...the ref insists on play continuing until ball goes dead so there's a scrum
Scotland 29-18 France 80+2m Tis all a formality as Hogg gets Man of the Match & final whistle eventually goes
Scotland 29-18 France FT Scotland are much improved from start of 6Ns & England Rugby are RBS 6 Nations Champions 2016!
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Duncan Taylor 12 Alex Dunbar 11 Tim Visser 10 Finn Russell 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Willem Nel 4 Richie Gray 5 Jonny Gray 6 John Barclay 7 John Hardie 8 Josh Strauss BENCH: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Rory Sutherland 18 Moray Low 19 Tim Swinson 20 Ryan Wilson 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne 22 Pete Horne 23 Sean Lamont
SCORERS T: Hogg, Taylor, Visser C: Laidlaw P: Laidlaw (3), Hogg
15 Scott Spedding 14 Wesley Fofana 13 Maxime Mermoz 12 Gaël Fickou 11 Virimi Vakatawa 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Maxime Machenaud 1 Jefferson Poirot 2 GUILHEM GUIRADO (C) 3 Rabah Slimani 4 Alexandre Flanquart 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Wenceslas Lauret 7 Yacouba Camara 8 Damien Chouly BENCH: 16 Camille Chat 17 Vincent Pelo18 Uini Atonio 19 Sébastien Vahaamahina 20 Loann Goujon 21 Sébastien Bézy 22 Jules Plisson 23 Maxime Médard
SCORERS T: Guirado, Fickou C: Machenaud P: Machenaud (2)
Man of the Match: Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
Referee: Glen Jackson (NZR) Asst Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Marius Mitrea (FIR) TMO: Ben Skeen (NZR)
WALES 67 - 14 ITALY
Principality Stadium - Saturday 19 March
KO: 14:30 HT: 27-0 Att: tbc
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HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
Wales v Italy The atmosphere under the roof in Cardiff is building nicely, just 15 minutes until KO
Wales v Italy The teams are on their way out, to fireworks this week, not just the usual flame throwers
Wales v Italy It is anthem time. KO to follow
Wales 0-0 Italy 0m Poite blows his whistle & Allan kicks us off for game one of Super Saturday
Wales 0-0 Italy 0m Biggar takes a great catch from high in the air maintaining possession for Wales
Wales 0-0 Italy 1m George North has taken a knock, he looks to be struggling on the wing
Wales 0-0 Italy 1m Italy have taken possession on their own 22, driving a maul forwards
Wales 0-0 Italy 2m First scrum of the game following that maul, and Poite isn’t happy with the front rows
Wales 0-0 Italy 3m Scrum goes well for Wales and they make a break down the wing
Wales 7-0 Italy 4m Tipuric takes a lineout passes to Webb who crosses the line. Converted by Biggar
Wales 7-0 Italy 5m Wales have a lineout just over 5m from the Italian line, taken well & cleared to touch again
Wales 7-0 Italy 7m Italy have the lineout this time and Wales are pinged for interference, kicked to touch
Wales 7-0 Italy 8m Scrum to Wales, Castrogiovani engages early and Wales have a free kick
Wales 7-0 Italy 10m Yet another scrum in the middle of the field, which collapses again. Penalty to Wales
Wales 7-0 Italy 11m Penalty taken quickly but it comes to nothing and Italy send it back downfield
Wales 7-0 Italy 12m Biggar kicks back downfield and collects his own kick from the air
Wales 7-0 Italy 13m North has taken a huge hit and is getting some treatment, as is Liam Williams
Wales 7-0 Italy 14m Penalty to wales, Biggar lines it up to add 3 points
Wales 10-0 Italy 14m He makes it, with ease, as usual.
Wales 10-0 Italy 15m Italy in possession, a chip downfield does not go to plan and it’s cleared to touch
Wales 10-0 Italy 16m Clock stopped again following a knock on & the need for more treatment this time for Tipuric
Wales 10-0 Italy 16m Tipuric is off for an HIA and is replaced by Moriarty
Wales 10-0 Italy 17m Clock restarted, scrum set & works well for Wales, giving possession to North
Wales 10-0 Italy 18m North is tackled and wales have the 5m scrum
Wales 10-0 Italy 18m Wales get a penalty at the scrum, Palazzani gets a card for not retreating at the pen.
Wales 13-0 Italy 19m Biggar has chosen to go for the points and not the scrum. He makes it
Wales 13-0 Italy 21m Wales in possession following the restart but get sent to touch and Italy have the lineout
Wales 13-0 Italy 22m Wales take possession, Liam Williams makes a break but can’t get pass away to North
Wales 13-0 Italy 23m Wales have the lineout this time, taken well, passed through the hands across the field
Wales 13-0 Italy 24m Scrum to Italy on their own 10m line, it goes down & they get the penalty. Kicked to touch
Wales 13-0 Italy 26m Wales in possession and are driving forward through the Italian defence.
Wales 13-0 Italy 27m Charteris to Roberts, the Italian defence is holding for now though
Wales 13-0 Italy 28m Wales lose the ball in to touch, Italy get possession from the lineout and clear downfield
Wales 18-0 Italy 29m Dan Biggar gets hold of the ball, the Italian's can’t make the tackle and he gets the try
Wales 20-0 Italy 29m He converts his own try. This could be a white wash today
Wales 20-0 Italy 31m Amos collects a high ball, gets hit hard but manages to get the ball away
Wales 13-0 Italy 31m From deep in Italian half, Wales pass the ball through the hands, J Davies makes a break
Wales 25-0 Italy 32m And he crosses the line, another try for Wales
Wales 27-0 Italy 32m Biggar converts. I was right...Wales are running away with it.
Wales 27-0 Italy 33m Luke McLean is on for Bellini
Wales 27-0 Italy 34m Haimona has replaced Pratichetti whilst we have a brief pause to set a scrum
Wales 27-0 Italy 37m The scrum, just short of the Wales 5m line, goes down and is to be reset
Wales 27-0 Italy 38m Poite is having words with the front row here as the scrum keeps collapsing
Wales 27-0 Italy 38m Wales get possession from the scrum, eventually, and the ball is cleared, only to 22
Wales 27-0 Italy 39m Lineout to Italy following a pen. The resulting maul is collapse and HT is called
Wales 27-0 Italy HT T: Webb, Biggar, Jonathan Davies C: Biggar (3) P: Biggar (2) | Palazzani
Wales 27-0 Italy 40m The teams are on their way back out. Another half of action on the way
Wales 27-0 Italy 40m Biggar kicks off the 2nd half
Wales 27-0 Italy 40m Italy in possession but send ball to touch just inside own 22
Wales 27-0 Italy 41m Italy still have possession from that lineout and are passing through the hands
Wales 27-0 Italy 41m Wales steal possession and make a break, Italy manage to defend, but for how long?
Wales 27-0 Italy 42m The Italian defence is still holding, Wales trying to break through via Bradley Davies
Wales 27-0 Italy 43m Constant pressure here from Wales, another burst through but comes to nothing
Wales 32-0 Italy 44m Passes through the hands from North gets the ball to Roberts who crosses for a try
Wales 32-0 Italy 45m Biggar misses the conversion but with 32 points on the board I am not sure he minds
Wales 32-0 Italy 46m Castrogiovani has left the field for the final time for Italy. Replaced by Chistolini
Wales 32-0 Italy 48m Amos replaced by Anscombe as we have a lineout right on half way
Wales 37-0 Italy 49m North gets the ball from the lineout beats every defender and crosses the line
Wales 39-0 Italy 49m Biggar doesn’t miss this one, not from in front of the posts
Wales 39-0 Italy 50m Italy have possession and make a break through Sarto but Wales get there just in time
Wales 39-0 Italy 51m Penalty to Italy for Welsh offside, Kicked to touch right on 5m line
Wales 39-0 Italy 52m Italian lineout is taken well and they form a driving maul, pushing for the line
Wales 39-5 Italy 53m Italy have points on the board. Garcia announced as try scorer
Wales 39-7 Italy 53m Haimona converts the try
Wales 39-7 Italy 55m Just been told that it was actually Palazzani who scored Italy's try and not Garcia
Wales 39-7 Italy 56m In all the excitement following the Italian try, Wales have possession
Wales 39-7 Italy 56m After spending 30 seconds signalling to his team Liam Williams crosses the line for try 6
Wales 46-7 Italy 57m Biggar converts the try & is immediately replaced by Priestland
Wales 46-7 Italy 59m Italy have a penalty deep in the welsh half, they go for the corner rather than the 3 points
Wales 46-7 Italy 60m The resulting lineout goes Italy's way and they maintain possession on the welsh 5m line
Wales 46-12 Italy 61m Italy keep ball in hand and it works, they go over for another try. I sense a comeback
Wales 46-14 Italy 61m This time it WAS Garcia who scored and Haimona converts
Wales 46-14 Italy 63m Gareth Davies is on for Rhys Webb
Wales 46-14 Italy 63m Wales in possession on halfway, chipped through by J Davies, collected by McLean
Wales 46-14 Italy 64m McLean forced into touch, lineout Wales.
Wales 51-14 Italy 64m The lineout is taken well; Moriarty takes possession and crashes over the line
Wales 53-14 Italy 65m The conversion from Priestland is good. Wales have passed the half century.
Wales 53-14 Italy 67m Wales take possession deep in own half, kicked downfield to just short of Italian 22
Wales 53-14 Italy 68m Italy take the ball well and pass through the hands using the width of the pitch
Wales 53-14 Italy 68m But we are back for an Italian penalty which is sent to the corner
Wales 53-14 Italy 69m Lineout to Italy is taken well but Wales get their hands on it in open play
Wales 53-14 Italy 70m Wales still in possession, passing through the hands
Wales 53-14 Italy 71m A quick tap penalty for Wales sees them make a break but Italy intercept
Wales 53-14 Italy 72m Italy have lineout following a bit of a fumble by them but the ball touched a Welsh hand
Wales 53-14 Italy 73m Wales have the ball and are passing through the hands from inside their own half.
Wales 53-14 Italy 73m A chip through hands possession back to Italy but Wales get a pen.
Wales 53-14 Italy 74m Priestland sends it to touch and the resulting lineout is good. Wales pushing for try 8
Wales 53-14 Italy 76m A long pass aimed for North is intercepted by Italy and the ball goes to touch.
Wales 53-14 Italy 77m Wales pushing here from the lineout
Wales 53-14 Italy 77m Another intercepted pass hands Italy the ball, Odiete runs the length of the pitch
Wales 53-14 Italy 78m His try is denied as it was advantage Wales.
Wales 58-14 Italy 78m We come back for the advantage and Moriarty crashes over for the 8th Welsh try
Wales 60-14 Italy 79m Converted by Priestland
Wales 60-14 Italy 81m Wales are trying for try number 9 here
Wales 67-14 Italy 81m And they have it. Gareth Davies crosses the line & Priestland converts
Wales 67-14 Italy 81m That conversion was the last play of the game. Poite blows his whistle, game 1 over
15 Liam Williams 14 George North 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Hallam Amos 10 Dan Biggar 9 Rhys Webb 1 Rob Evans 2 Scott Baldwin 3 Samson Lee 4 Bradley Davies 5 Luke Charteris 6 DAN LYDIATE (C) 7 Justin Tipuric 8 Taulupe Faletau BENCH: 16 Ken Owens 17 Gethin Jenkins 18 Aaron Jarvis 19 Jake Ball 20 Ross Moriarty 21 Gareth Davies 22 Rhys Priestland 23 Gareth Anscombe
SCORERS T: Webb, Biggar, Jonathan Davies, Roberts, North, Williams, Moriarty (2) Gareth Davies C: Biggar (5), Priestland (3) P: Biggar (2)
15 David Odiete 14 Mattia Bellini 13 Andrea Pratichetti 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Leonardo Sarto 10 Tommaso Allan 9 Guglielmo Palazzani 1 Andrea Lovotti 2 Davide Giazzon 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Quintin Geldenhuys 5 Valerio Bernabo 6 Francesco Minto 7 Alessandro Zanni 8 SERGIO PARISSE (C) BENCH: 16 Oliviero Fabiani 17 Matteo Zanusso 18 Dario Chistolini 19 Jacopo Sarto 20 Abraham Steyn 21 Alberto Lucchese 22 Kelly Haimona 23 Luke McLean
SCORERS T: Palazzani, Garcia C: Haimona (2) Palazzani
Referee: Romain Poite (FFR) Asst Referees: Wayne Barnes (RFU), Marius van der Westhuizen (SARU) TMO: George Ayoub (ARU)
IRELAND 35 - 25 SCOTLAND
Aviva Stadium - Saturday 19 March
KO: 17:00 HT: 21-13 Att: tbc
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Ireland v Scotland Anthem time, KO in less than 5 minutes
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 0m Duncan Weir kicks us off
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 0m Ireland have possession from the start and are making good ground
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 1m Defensive lineout for Scotland, Ford finds Gray
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 2m Wilson knocks on, scrum to Ireland
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 3m Ireland have the ball from the scrum. working through the hands deep in Scottish half
Ireland 0-0 Scotland 3m Barclay pinged for entering the ruck illegally. penalty to Ireland in front of the posts
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 4m Sexton slots it over, Ireland have the first points
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 5m Ireland in possession again, ball sent high & Scotland get a hand to it
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 6m The ball remains in Irish hands, sent to touch though and Scotland have the lineout
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 7m Seymour challenges for the ball but Ireland recycle it
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 7m Zebo makes a break, Scotland's defence holds strong but Ireland still have it
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 8m Ireland have another pen, Sexton going for the posts
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 10m Sexton misses what should have been an easy (ish) kick for him
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 11m Stander forcing his way through the defence and ref blows for another pen
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 11m Nel was interfering in the breakdown, sexton going for the posts again
Ireland 6-0 Scotland 12m This time he makes it
Ireland 3-0 Scotland 13m Sexton sends the ball high and it is collected by Visser. Scotland in possession
Ireland 6-0 Scotland 14m Ireland pinged at the breakdown, Laidlaw just having some treatment
Ireland 6-0 Scotland 14m Laidlaw is going for the posts
Ireland 6-3 Scotland 14m Laidlaw puts Scotland's first points on the board
Ireland 6-3 Scotland 15m Scotland give away yet another pen, they need to look at their discipline
Ireland 9-3 Scotland 16m Sexton slots another penalty over
Ireland 9-3 Scotland 17m Seymour goes for the high ball but its spilled and Ireland take it
Ireland 9-3 Scotland 18m Scrum to Ireland deep in own half. They take it from the back & feed out to Zebo
Ireland 9-8 Scotland 19m Hogg gets hold of the ball and runs for the line. He dodged defenders and scores
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 20m Laidlaw converts, Scotland go into the lead
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 21m Scotland in possession as Flower of Scotland rings round the Aviva
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 21m Ireland have turned it over, Sexton kicks through but it is cleared by Weir
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 22m lineout to Ireland, a driving maul ensues and Ireland are pushing for a try
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 23m Seymour is there to disrupt it but Ireland get a penalty and have kicked to the corner
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 24m Ireland in possession just 5m out
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 24m Scotland have given away another penalty, Barclay is in the bin for cynical play
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 25m Ireland want a try here, they went to the corner again with the pen
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 25m Ireland are trying to utilise the extra man and are driving for the line
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 25m Scotland's defence is holding strong but they give away the 7th penalty of the game
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 26m Ref is not happy with Scotland and has warned Laidlaw, more pens means more cards
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 26m McGrath is just short of the line, the Scottish defence is so strong here
Ireland 9-10 Scotland 27m It looks like Stander has crossed the line but we are checking with the TMO
Ireland 14-10 Scotland 27m After what feels like an age, the try is awarded
Ireland 16-10 Scotland 28m Sexton slots over the conversion, Ireland back in the lead
Ireland 16-10 Scotland 28m Weir sends the restart straight to touch. Scrum on halfway to Ireland
Ireland 16-10 Scotland 29m penalty to Ireland following the scrum, taken quickly
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 30m Scotland appear confused and this hands the ball to Ireland, Earls gets the try
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 28m Sexton misjudges the kick and misses the conversion
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 32m Earls takes the ball from the restart well. passed to Zebo who sends it to touch
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 33m Gray takes the ball from the lineout but the ball is lost in the resulting play
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 33m Ireland in possession despite a challenge for the high ball by Hogg
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 34m Weir claims the high ball from Sexton, Scotland back with the ball
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 34m But not for long. Ireland have it back, passing through the hands
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 35m Scottish defence holding well, Heaslip trying to break through
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 36m Ireland continue to push but Nel forces the penalty and Scotland are back to 15
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 37m Scotland have the lineout and take possession through Dunbar
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 37m Taylor with a clever flick to Visser who kicks through. It bounces for Trimble
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 38m Scotland have turned it over and have the penalty thanks to Ford
Ireland 21-10 Scotland 39m Laidlaw is going for the posts to end the half
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 40m He makes it, cutting the points difference to 8 at half time
Ireland 21-13 Scotland HT T: Stander, Earls C: Sexton P: Sexton (3) | T: Hogg C: Laidlaw P: Laidlaw (2)
Ireland 21-13 Scotland HT The teams are coming back to the field
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 40m Sexton kicks off the second half.
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 40m Scotland in possession and appear to have come out fighting this half
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 41m Scotland passing through the hands, Gray making some distance.
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 41m Scotland lose the ball forward through Seymour, Irish scrum
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 42m Ireland take possession at the scrum and start passing through the hands
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 44m Scotland take back possession but lose it again to Zebo
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 45m Ireland make a great break, finding a gap in defence, just a metre from the line
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 46m Weir intercepts but is forced to take the ball to touch. Ireland lineout
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 46m Ireland get a penalty from the lineout and send to touch
Ireland 21-13 Scotland 47m O'Donnell in possession, driving to the line but Scotland hold him up
Ireland 26-13 Scotland 48m Murray finds a gap in defence and gets a try fro Ireland
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 49m Sexton takes his full minute but slots over the conversion
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 50m Ford has been replaced by McInally
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 50m Hogg makes a break, beats one set of defenders and is then bought down
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 51m Ireland take possession, Sexton kicks through to space and its collected by Hogg
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 51m Scotland running the ball from deep in their own half, Earls wins it back
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 25m But there was a knock on. Strauss is on for Hardie whilst Taylor gets treatment
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 52m Scotland have the scrum, their first of the game
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 53m The scrum collapses but its playable so we play on. Scotland have the ball
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 53m Ireland off their feet, penalty to Scotland
Ireland 28-13 Scotland 54m Scotland remain in possession, just 1m out
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 55m Gray finds a gap and dots it down between the posts. Laidlaw converts
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 56m Sexton is bleeding so the restart is a little delayed
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 57m Seymour takes the high ball, and Scotland keep possession from the restart
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 58m Weir kicks it out on the full thanks to Zebo catching it in touch
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 59m Ireland make the most of the lineout and push for the line but Zebo looses it forward
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 60m Scotland making metres here, Laidlaw trying to find a gap in the sea of green
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 61m Taylor finds Hogg who was under a lot of pressure from Ireland
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 61m Scotland choose to kick following a reasonable length of passing through the hands
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 62m Weir is replaced by Horne
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 62m Scotland have a lineout just inside the Irish half
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 62m they take the ball well but it is knocked on and Ireland have the scrum
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 63m Swinson is off, replaced by Harley.
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 63m Ireland kick it through, returned by Hogg, Zebo gets his hands to it
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 64m Kicked through by Sexton again, Horne gets hands to it under a lot of pressure
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 64m Scotland have maintained possession and are running from deep
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 65m Scotland appear set on running rather than kicking the ball today
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 65m Taylor makes a break but the ball is lost and Ireland get a penalty for off feet
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 66m Dickinson is replaced by Sutherland who is making his debut
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 66m Sexton sends the penalty to touch
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 67m Scotland steal the lineout and begin to run the ball again
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 67m Sexton is down injured. we are going to the TMO for potential foul play
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 67m It looks bad for Scotland here but it also looks like Sexton played up to it
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 67m Dunbar is sent to the bin and Ireland have the pen
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 67m It was a clear yellow card for Dunbar, this could cost Scotland
Ireland 28-20 Scotland 68m penalty sent to touch, lineout was taken well and Toner has the try
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 68m Handbags following that try but it comes to nothing. Sexton converts
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 71m Ireland run for the line but the ball has been lost forward so we are back for a scrum
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 72m Scotland back in possession. They are running it from deep again.
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 73m Scotland in phase 6 of possession here and are still pushing forward. Just on halfway
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 73m Scotland make a break, a kick through and a couple of late tackles lead to a pen
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 74m penalty is kicked to touch. Scotland have a lineout on 5m line
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 74m lineout taken by Harley and a driving maul is formed. Laidlaw pushing for the line
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 75m Scotland get the penalty but there are more handbags on the try line
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 75m penalty is kicked to the corner again and Scotland have another lineout on 5m
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 76m Another penalty to Scotland and another scrap. Sexton is binned
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 76m Scotland take a quick penalty and push for the line
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 77m Scotland get another penalty, Ireland not rolling away.
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 77m Dunbar is back on for Scotland and he gets the try in the corner
Ireland 35-25 Scotland 79m The conversion is missed
Ireland 35-20 Scotland 79m Ireland get a scrum following a knock on for the last set piece of the game
Ireland 35-25 Scotland 80m Ireland are pushing for one more try here
Ireland 35-25 Scotland 80m Ireland give away a scrum and end the game.
15 Simon Zebo 14 Andrew Trimble 13 Jared Payne 12 Robbie Henshaw 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Conor Murray 1 Jack McGrath 2 RORY BEST (C) 3 Mike Ross 4 Donnacha Ryan 5 Devin Toner 6 CJ Stander 7 Tommy O’Donnell 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Richardt Strauss 17 Cian Healy 18 Nathan White 19 Ultan Dillane 20 Rhys Ruddock 21 Eoin Reddan 22 Ian Madigan 23 Fergus McFadden
SCORERS T: Stander, Earls, Murray, Toner C: Sexton (3) P: Sexton (3) Sexton
15 Stuart Hogg 14 Tommy Seymour 13 Duncan Taylor 12 Alex Dunbar 11 Tim Visser 10 Duncan Weir 9 GREIG LAIDLAW (C) 1 Alasdair Dickinson 2 Ross Ford 3 Willem Nel 4 Richie Gray 5 Tim Swinson 6 John Barclay 7 John Hardie 8 Ryan Wilson BENCH: 16 Stuart McInally 17 Rory Sutherland 18 Moray Low 19 Rob Harley 20 Josh Strauss 21 Henry Pyrgos 22 Pete Horne 23 Sean Lamont
SCORERS
T: Hogg, Gray, Dunbar C: Laidlaw (2) P: Laidlaw (2) Barclay, Dunbar
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (FFR) Asst Referees: Craig Joubert (SARU), Alexandre Ruiz (FFR) TMO: Shaun Veldsman (SARU)
FRANCE 21 - 31 ENGLAND
Stade de France - Saturday 19 March
KO: 21:00 HT: tbc Att: tbc
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HIGHLIGHTS
HOW IT HAPPENED MINUTE BY MINUTE…
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France v England The Stade de France is rocking tonight!
France v England The roar is on as anthems over, the band leaves, applause are done for former FFR sponsor who passed away
France v England We wait for Nigel Owens to blow the starting whistle....
France 0-0 England 1m George Ford kicks off & Anthony Watson takes out Wesley Fofana...penalty France
France 0-0 England 1m France take lineout well in England's half & taken by Maestri.
France 0-0 England 2m France look hungry; Maro Itoje almost great but pinged for not supporting weight at ruck
France 3-0 England 3m Maxime Machenaud takes penalty & opens the a/c for France
France 3-0 England 4m Restart & Bernard Le Roux pinged for taking down possibly Watson; penalty England
France 3-3 England 4m Owen Farrell equalises; restart & excellent take by George Kruis...
France 3-3 England 5m France targeting Jonathan Joseph & it takes 4 of them to take him down
France 3-3 England 6m France charge down touchline but Jack Nowell uses 16th man to force Vakatawa to touch
France 3-3 England 7m Ford to JJ to Mike Brown & dummied to beat his man up to French 22 but no support
France 3-3 England 9m Les Bleus run it back from own 22 & England have defensive lineout in their own 22...
France 3-3 England 10m lineout is good but England struggle to get out of danger zone; France back in possession
France 3-3 England 11m France cross into 22 but hand penalty back to England; Vakatawa targeting Nowell
France 3-8 England 12m England lineout at French 10m & France fail at all while Danny Care charges under posts
France 3-8 England 13m Francois Trinh-Duc collides with Billy V & helped off pitch with knee bashed; Plisson on
France 3-10 England 13m Meanwhile, Farrell converts the superb try from Les Bleus failure at ruck
France 3-10 England 14m French put in to attacking scrum; Dan Cole slips & penalty to homeside
France 6-10 England 15m Machenaud adds a three-pointer to bring France closer...
France 6-10 England 16m JJ's missed tackle gives France 60m...they've turned up finally!
France 6-10 England 17m Kick to touch gives England a defensive lineout on the 10m...
France 6-10 England 17m Good lineout for England & Watson flies from opposite touch & chips ahead...
France 6-10 England 18m Great ruck clearing in French 22 by England & they're 5m out from tryline
France 6-15 England 19m It's a battle of the brawn & Cole rolls over to secure try from excellent forwards power
France 6-10 England 20m Hang on...TMO intervenes to check obstruction by Itoje...
France 6-17 England 21m There is none. Try re-awarded & Faz converts despite raucous jeering
France 6-17 England 22m France rescue possession at own 22 but Eng defence not allowing quick ball or space
France 6-17 England 23m England's forwards are impressive today as much as Gussy's wolfpack in defence
France 6-17 England 24m England bearing down in French 22 again but Maxime Mermoz rips ball & gets away
France 6-17 England 25m France force England back over halfway & head up to the 22...
France 6-17 England 26m Vakatawa charges over the 22 using touch as 16th man but is brought down short
France 6-17 England 27m England take ball back out of their 22 & Faz takes ball into contact before turnover
France 6-17 England 28m French penalty which Machenaud tees up from outside 22 just off centre...
France 9-17 England 29m Machenaud is having a good day with the boot today & adds three more
France 9-17 England 30m Possession changing hands fast in midfield before Hartley throws into defensive lineout
France 9-17 England 31m A England maul doesn't get far so it's up & under...but penalty for collapsing maul
France 9-17 England 31m Ford kicks to touch for 22 lineout & what lightning handling from England ...
France 9-17 England 32m Brownie nearly finds space to go over but slips short...
France 9-17 England 33m Only 2nd scrum of game & it's a defensive one for Les Bleus inside 22
France 9-17 England 34m knock on at base of scrum from France so England put in...they drive but another knock on
France 9-17 England 35m A little time off break before it's another French defensive scrum; escape to 10m
France 9-17 England 36m But Watson pinged for holding on & France have 22 lineout
France 9-17 England 37m Kruis steals it magnificently & it's eventually cleared from tryline...
France 9-17 England 38m Les Bleus come right back & Billy V takes down Loann Goujon...but then slaps him!
France 12-17 England 39m Penalty France for white not rolling away in previous ruck - Machenaud adds 3
France 12-17 England 40+2m Penalty against Rabah Slimani for rolling in; Faz tees up from outside 22 wide
France 12-17 England 40+3m Faz just misses the uprights & finally it's HT in a freezing Stade de France
France 12-17 England HT P: Machenaud (4) | T: Care, Cole C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell
France 12-17 England HT England may rue missed kick - excellent battle but Champions' discipline is poor
France 12-17 England HT French return & then England to boos & jeers...
France 12-17 England 41m Play resumes & France pounce from the midfield into the England 22...
France 12-17 England 42m Nowell saves the day twice in succession else France were a shoo'in there...
France 15-17 England 43m But another penalty is handed over fast & Machenaud reduces deficit to 2
France 15-17 England 43m Meanwhile Care off with thigh strain; Ben Youngs on & Marler replaced Mako at HT
France 15-17 England 44m Either Maestri offside or le Roux not releasing gives England a chance again...
France 15-20 England 45m Faz promptly cancels out Machenaud's penalty with one of his own
France 15-20 England 46m England lose possession to France over halfway but are right back to 22 from clear
France 15-20 England 47m The trumpets are still trumpeting but the French crowd are somewhat subdued
France 15-20 England 48m England right in Les Bleus' 22 but Brownie/Nowell combination pinged for obstruction
France 15-20 England 48m French clear to touch for lineout just inside own half & the French crowd awakens...
France 15-20 England 49m Hartley pinged for not releasing in ruck & Machenaud tees up again outside the 22...
France 18-20 England 50m Relative silence for Machenaud's kick & it's back to a 2 point deficit
France 18-20 England 51m Le Marseillaise starts up as England press towards French 22...Ford fluffs drop goal
France 18-20 England 52m French 22 drop out - England come back but Watson pinged at breakdown...
France 18-20 England 53m France clear for crucial 22 lineout & it's perfectly stolen by Kruis
France 18-20 England 55m Great work from Faz; England defensive scrum on 10m goes well & Billy V pumps it...
France 18-20 England 55m ...taking out 3 players before Youngs injects pace with perfect grubber to Watson...
France 18-25 England 56m ...who swiftly slips over in the corner for a third try
France 18-25 England 58m Jedrasiak, Chiocci & Atonio on for Flanquart, Slimani & Poirot
France 18-25 England 58m Faz misses conversion & another penalty swiftly given to France at restart
France 21-25 England 59m Machenaud punishes England with his boot - not faltering once
France 21-25 England 60m French scrum gives all sides a bit of a breather which is much needed at this pace
France 21-25 England 61m Penalty France for England spinning it 90...
France 21-25 England 63m England force play back to French 22 & Les Bleus have defensive lineout
France 21-25 England 65m France carry play over halfway & have a commanding scrum en route to England's 22
France 21-25 England 66m Camille Chat replaces French captain Guirado in front row before reset scrum...
France 21-25 England 67m Scrum reset a third time before penalty finally goes to England
France 21-25 England 67m England clear over halfway but it's timeout as Hartley goes down cold after a big hit
France 21-25 England 67m No replays in stadium so we've no detail to refer back to; hang on...
France 21-25 England 67m Atonio went in low but clean with all 24 stone which took Hartley out
France 21-25 England 67m OUCH!
France 21-25 England 67m Hartley is applauded deservedly off the pitch & Luke Cowan-Dickie replaces him
France 21-25 England 67m Sadly Cowan-Dickie is not Hartley or Jamie George...
France 21-25 England 68m England attacking scrum outside French 22 is reset; England power over the 22...
France 21-25 England 70m Médard & Lauret on for Mermoz & Goujon as France push back over halfway
France 21-25 England 71m But a high tackle on Youngs by Jedrasiak gives England the much needed penalty
France 21-28 England 72m Faz knocks over the penalty from almost halfway but still only a score in it...
France 21-28 England 73m Kruis steals yet another lineout; French power on but Itoje being awesome again
France 21-28 England 74m French approaching the England 22 but what a turnover from Haskell....
France 21-28 England 75m Brownie thumps the ball downfield into the French 22 but French are all over it
France 21-28 England 76m England lineout on 22 after Jack Clifford for Robbo & Bézy for Machenaud
France 21-28 England 77m Chiocci gets a yellow card for collapsing the maul in England's attack into 22...
France 21-31 England 78m Faz pings over penalty perfectly & 'Swing Low' starts up 2 minutes from Grand Slam
France 21-31 England 79m France ball in midfield but The Good King Wenceslas knocks on...
France 21-31 England 79m Poirot returns to field for Le Roux & it's an England scrum on halfway...
France 21-31 England 80m Billy V man of match, England win scrum & kick & ball is booted out for Grand Slam
France 21-31 England FT Stage is set for the Calcutta Cup, Triple Crown Championship & Grand Slam winners...
France 21-31 England FT ...to the lilting sounds of 'Sweet Chariot'
15 Scott Spedding 14 Wesley Fofana 13 Gaël Fickou 12 Maxime Mermoz 11 Virimi Vakatawa 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Maxime Machenaud 1 Jefferson Poirot 2 GUILHEM GUIRADO (C) 3 Rabah Slimani 4 Alexandre Flanquart 5 Yoann Maestri 6 Damien Chouly 7 Bernard le Roux 8 Loann Goujon BENCH: 16 Camille Chat 17 Uini Atonio 18 Xavier Chiocci 19 Paul Jedrasiak 20 Wenceslas Lauret 21 Sébastien Bézy 22 Jules Plisson Maxime Médard
SCORERS P: Machenaud (7) Chiocci
15 Mike Brown 14 Anthony Watson 13 Jonathan Joseph 12 Owen Farrell 11 Jack Nowell 10 George Ford 9 Danny Care 1 Mako Vunipola 2 DYLAN HARTLEY (C) 3 Dan Cole 4 Maro Itoje 5 George Kruis 6 Chris Robshaw 7 James Haskell 8 Billy Vunipola BENCH: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie 17 Joe Marler 18 Kieran Brookes 19 Joe Launchbury 20 Jack Clifford 21 Ben Youngs 22 Manu Tuilagi 23 Elliot Daly
SCORERS T: Care, Cole, Watson C: Farrell (2) P: Farrell (4)
Referee: Nigel Owens (WRU) Asst Referees: John Lacey (IRFU), Leighton Hodges (WRU) TMO: Ben Skeen (NZR)
