Highlights Six Nations Rugby

Welcome to highlights of the Six Nations. We saw Italy take on

England in their new stadium and a frozen pitch postponed France

against Ireland. We start with Wales and Scotland, a fixture that

saw one of the greatest comebacks One of the most fantastic victories

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They have won the most dramatic Wales already are thinking of a

Grand Slam. Scotland are hoping to avoid the wooden spoon. Let's join

the action at the Millennium Scotland are in a cauldron with a

lid on it today. The roof is closed which makes the noise even greater.

This is a grand stadium. This is an experience being tested for the

first time by Sam Warburton's replacement, Aaron Shingler. He

comes into the back row. Ryan Jones is still at lock. Gen Ken's

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We have seen some wonderful rugby over the years. Greig Laidlaw gets

us underway. And barely touched for He offload still Leigh Halfpenny

and he finds his captain. It looks like the Welsh have come to play.

Managing to offload as well. He tries to get the ball away to

Jonathan Davies. Early danger for A loose pass. Well tidied up by

Rory Lamont. He tries the offload Huge complaints from the number

eight who picks himself up. Wales set their defence again. Scotland

need to keep their patience and go through the phases. They need to

build pressure. A little bit too tight there on the ruck down. That

is what they were looking for. Advantage to Scotland. They have a

penalty coming. They might have A little bit of a knock on.

Scotland have a good chance to get the first points of this pulsating

match. Well played. An inside ball. The great angle. Unfortunately, no

support there. He needs quicker support. Greg Labour gets to him. -

- Greig Laidlaw. It doesn't come to anything. A good chance to take the

lead here. Greig Laidlaw does just that and Scotland are in front at

Have a good chase by Scotland, a very good chase. Phillips ran into

the blue shirt knowing that he would get a penalty. I think this

will be an easy kick. That is what you call milking at penalty. A

Leigh Halfpenny knows it is good. Wales are level. 30 minutes gone

here in Cardiff. Five metres from their first try. They have tried to

work that right-hand side. They are still short. So close. A little

fumble there. What a mistake! That's all about the composure. I'm

not gone so close to the line. A Jonathan Davies' lake. -- leg. They

need to get it out. They are under An interesting half comes to an end.

A very entertaining game. They have both thrown the ball about. We get

underway in the second half. There is nothing between these sides.

Chris Cusiter got a little clip on that. He will be pulling his hair

out, whatever he has got left. There has to be a call there.

within four metres. Phillips, a quick ball. Jonathan Davies nearly

true. Philips... They have got to Aaron Shingler is there. Scotland

are being squeezed right up against it at the start of this second half.

It goes a wide. Space is there. Through for a try, Alex Cuthbert!

Alex Scott that gets Wales of to the perfect start in this second

I think Wales have got to keep their discipline, not give

penalties away. Loose ball. Another chance for Wales. He looked to be

taken down there. The crowd is not Scotsman will be down to 14 men for

It goes through. Wales have got Why give a penalty away? Give

Scotland the ball. Yes, advantage to Scotland. A little bit of

confusion out wide so they will Greig Laidlaw steps forward and

there is three points for Scotland which they will take. They are down

to 14 men and are back within seven My they should get another try.

Leigh Halfpenny has the try! Number two for Wales! It is the pass that

he gets on the outside. Once that happens, just watch this. One grows

up but then Jones gets caught and Stuart Hogg has become in. And

natural finisher, Leigh Halfpenny. An easy finish, really, for Leigh

Halfpenny. He converts his own try and Wales hits 20 points. Nick De

Luca has just over two minutes left Advantage to Wales. That could be

another yellow card unfortunately for Scotland. He came from an

offside position. As it was, two years ago, Scotland had two men in

the sin-bin. Rory Lamont is off to join Nick De Luca on the sidelines.

There is the yellow card, of sight. No complaints, he has to go. --

Leigh Halfpenny is so difficult to defend. Phillips get it to Leigh

Halfpenny. Leigh Halfpenny has the try, his second, Wales' third. They

are cutting Scotland apart again. Just watch this. The offload is

Another try for Leigh Halfpenny. And now, the conversion attempt.

beautiful kick. Wales are running away with the match now. Look at

that, second half possession, 70%. Scotland now, surely with a try!

Out wide to Stewart hog who gathers it well, but no, he has lost it

forward. -- Stuart Hogg. He is denied. Does he knocked it on? The

players are incensed. That is a tough one. Does he have control of

I think that is a try. I think the wrong call has been made

Good tackle there. Rory Lamont is just about ready to come back on.

He cannot come on until the play goes dead, bow. Out to the wing.

Here is Stuart Hogg again. Does he have it? Held up. Great offence.

Scotland still have the ball. -- great defends. -- defence.

Still 16 points adrift. A first try in five matches for Scotland as

well. 2.5 minutes remaining. Scott when looking for their second try.

Still hanging on to the ball. Nick De Luca sets it back. Jacobson

again off loads to Rennie. Wales have it. Perhaps Scotland's final

chance. Ambition from Wales! Stepping into the open. Leigh

Halfpenny outside! Davis has support. It is still there for

Wales! Up to within the Scottish 22. Almost a marvellous try, perhaps if

he had looked outside. Davies is tremendous in defence. That will be

the end of it. An absorbing match and Wales have won it in the second

half. Wales have played wonderfully well. It has been an enthralling

match. It has been brilliant. Great attacking play. I think Scotland

have played their part in this game. For Wales, another victory. They

can look ahead to play England for a Triple Crown. Two wins out of two.

How pleased are you? I am pleased with the result. We knew how tough

Scotland were going to be. If you looked at the statistics against

England, they should have won. The message at half-time was, we know

we are in with a hard match. We need to be more accurate. We

thought the game line was very good in terms of good ball carriers. We

make sure we held on to their all. Any complaints about the two yellow

cards? We are discussing the second one. A referee has got decisions to

make. Had you put yourself under pressure? You lost that key restart.

Yes. When you are under pressure you have to absorb that pressure.

Credit to Wales, they took their A few minutes before the match was

due to start, we learned it had been called off because certain

areas of the playing surface were deemed unsafe. For the first time a

neck 25 years, a six-nation games - - Six Nations game has been called

off because of the weather. If the players are owned any danger, they

have to call it up. A very disappointing for everyone. But I

can't understand why it was not called off before this evening. It

is a very late decision. Thousands of Irish fans over the weekend, I

suppose it is very hard to say it is just tough luck. It is pretty

tough luck. There have been huge amounts of people all over Paris.

They made a good weekend of that. It has been on a big freeze well

over seven days now. That is a query that is going to have to be

asked. Why did it have to wait before opt -- until five minutes

before kick-off? Are you disappointed by the Federal they

tease and it the fact that they might have predicted that the

situation would happen? I am. I'm no safe for the players and the

fans will stab at his very unprofessional for them to call it

out for five minutes before the start. It is really disappointing.

There's nothing you can do bolstered you just have to get on

with it. Blue going to do a bit of a financier. It is a bad situation

better that his life. What was your impression of the pitch? We only

one to appear. It is by and on this side. But when the Wall came from

the Astroturf to be sidelined, it is like walking on concrete. You

can fill your boots dancing on top of the ground. I presume it is like

that in the areas that they called it off for. Let it be reaction

quickly of the guys in the dressing room. He jokingly. You get that

pumped up for a game and dart international rugby is not

something that you just turn up for and go out for a friendly one

around. But they are great lads. will find out tomorrow when net

gain will be played. Italy opened the doors to take on

an unchanged England team. Unbelievable snowfall in Rome today.

England escorted into the stadium by a smoke cloud, which I think is

a first. Test the 492 caps and the Italian pack. The skipper returning.

England is entirely unchanged. Corbisiero will have his hand ball

with Giovanni. The England back three of will want to see a bit

more today. Barrell will look to show his attacking threat to go

with his boots. One stand out on Italy's bench. Four England

replacements made their debut last week. The referee today is French.

His first Six Nations match. He had to 20 minutes as a replacement last

year. He will certainly be in charge of their very feisty one. It

has all the makings of the great Test match. England to take the

ball just inside the 22. The first blast of the whistle. England the

beneficiaries. Weir told the ground is soggy. No suggestion that the

temperatures have dropped sufficiently to the ground to be

freezing. But quite a lot of rain before the snowfall. Youngs has

taken his eye off the ball. Here They could make it work out wide

This is good fun England. -- good What a shame. It looks like Youngs

is still in the changing rooms. Some promising attack from England.

They managed to do get some space. Good to see Dowson come into this

Canali tried to work the blind side and doing it nicely through Maclean.

Scrambled depends from England. -- defence. England can breathe again.

One of the stand at Italian backs. He made a bad break down the short

side. -- made it that break down Burton again to nobody... The kick

he was adamant that Strettle was taken out. Chris Burton has put an

arm across them. He actually clipped his heels. The whistle had

gone in time and England have their first shot at goal. The first

It is good! A barrel opens in London -- opens for England after

Just again, the little runaround there. Unfortunately, just spinning

the ball under pressure from Strettle. Giovanni is getting a bit

of attention. He has been well- marshalled today. Sometimes when

you go down with the ball tucked into your stomach and you fall and

the ball hits the ribs and dislodge as one of the ribs, that is

exceptionally painful. I'm not surprised that Castro is coming off

the field. Losing him will be good Every good scrum from England.

Dowson working it again. England have the penalty. Well worked from

England. It looks like they might He has got the distance and the

accuracy! That is a fine kick from Farrell! Cool under pressure.

Burton. Burton with a kick through He has struck! I think it came off

the boat and he is going nowhere. - - of the boot. England remain one

point in front. But he still made his debut last week and now he has

Hodgson taken in by the hooker. Burton again from within the 22. He

tries to keep it alive... It goes Italy have struck twice in as many

minutes. He is the bright young thing of the Italian rugby. It

started with a counter-attack, trying to keep alive. -- keep it

alive. For 38 minutes, it was straight forward for England. The

conversion is good. Burton with the It is a good one but it has been

Burton is ready to stretch the Italian league. He has done just

that, squeezing it inside a right- hand upright. We have a replacement

onto the field. Burton is departing Hudson, continuity from England.

Spirals through the tackles. -- It is touch and again with a charge

down! Thank you IntoNow weeks. tested from Charlie Hodge. They

really needed to get back into this game. -- charlie Hodgson. He just

felt that the longer it went on, It is a very good kick from barrel.

Three from three. The deficit, just two points. Much more urgency to

That was deliberate from the Italians. This again is a penalty.

A chance will England to move back into the lead. -- for England.

kick from Owen Farrell is perfect. -- from it Farrell. A solid scrum

from England. Morgan is in control. England would have wanted it a bit

more from that scrum that they will settle for the three points.

Italy have the penalty this time. England did not releasing., --

England, not releasing. The Italian back row were on it straight away.

That is not in the same category. That is given England a tiny bit of

breathing space. Dickson testing Hodgson hoists it. Taken in by

Italy, but on the bounce. A tough one for Corbisiero. A gentle nudge

as the ball was hacked through. massive kick here. This will come

as a nail-biting last five minutes if he kicks this one over.

first strike was not necessarily want to instil a huge amount of

confidence. This one from the other side. He will not want to be seen

that one back! That is a horror show. That is unfortunate because

Italy really needed that to get themselves within a shot of a

historic victory. They just about hold on to the ball. England have

it and it will be hacked away for another Englother Engly! 12-6 down,

they turned it around. England have their second win in a row under

Lancaster. They are gathering momentum slowly but surely it.

Wales next up. They have done the job in very tough conditions

against the most stubborn of opponents.

How wide were you at half-time when you're down on the scoreboard?

come at two wins on the road has always superb. We now we have a lot

of things to work on. To be hit by two tries in two minutes, because

of a mistake that we make. We thought we had possession and we

allow them to get back into the game. It was a very good time for

them to score and a terrible time for us. But we came back in the

second half and really turned the screw. Winnellie ability to work on

for Wales. I'm disappointed because we had a good finish after the

first half. I did not kick as well as I wanted to. In the end we kept

losing the opportunity to close the game. England came through in the

end with a penalty to close the gap. Or disappointing but we have to

look at positives as well as negatives. Is it a measure of how

this team is growing that they had the resolve to keep their composure

and turn it around in the second half? There was not a panic at

half-time that we clearly needed to change what we were doing. -- there

was clearly a need to change what we were doing. This is how the Six

Nations table looks. Wales's win over Scotland it means they are top.

It is scented beautiful for Twickenham in two weeks time. Wales

could win the Triple Crown. You will have full assessment of

this weekend? A fantastic game between Wales and Scotland. Two

teens really having a go in the first half. A gutsy performance by

them both. The yellow card was a big factor in the game. They went

for the jugular and kept all that right until the end. A great

performance from Scotland. It was. The Welsh team did not miss many

opportunities but Scotland really dug deep and came back into the

game with some astounding performances from the back row.

They at unearthed some real talent. Impressive of all Wales today?

was. The yellow cards were very significant and we made the most of

it. Wales seized the match in those minutes. A great game and two sides

played their part. Looking back at what we saw in Italy, anything to

fear for Wales? I'm sure Lancaster well want to play better than they

did. The confidence is up since they won it two difficult games

away from home. They have to take confidence from that. We will play

two games at a 100% record. But I'm sure they are good enough to go up

there and get results. England dug deep in the romance note. --

remembered snow. They did. They could have lost those games but

they won them. You get a lot of confidence from international rugby

it. There are a tough team to bring down but I think Wales have too

much to lose. What happened between France and Ireland? It was a bit of

a shambles. The game should have Tote -- been called off their lot