:01:03. > :01:07.Wales as a nation wait expectantly for what they hope will be a third
:01:07. > :01:10.grand slam in eight seasons. They are playing France on the final day
:01:10. > :01:13.of this Six Nations championship after winning their first four
:01:13. > :01:19.matches and that is the meat in an appetising sandwich on this final's
:01:19. > :01:24.with the game in the Olympic Stadium in Rome where Italy and
:01:24. > :01:27.Scotland were playing for the wooden spoon and culminating in
:01:27. > :01:31.England v Ireland at Twickenham. Obviously if Wales were to win here,
:01:31. > :01:35.they would be the champions, but if they were to lose to France and
:01:35. > :01:39.England were to beat Ireland and the points differential was 38
:01:39. > :01:49.points, then the title would be going to Twickenham. We will start
:01:49. > :01:52.
:01:52. > :01:57.here at the Millennium Stadium. Commentary on a magnificent
:01:57. > :02:06.stadium... ANNOUNCER: Showdown day at Cardiff. Wales have been
:02:06. > :02:10.preparing for a physical onslaught all week. We talk about a young
:02:10. > :02:18.Welsh team but Wales have experience, too. Vast experience
:02:18. > :02:28.from Gethin Jenkins and Matthew Rhys and Adam Jones. A 50th cap for
:02:28. > :02:53.
:02:53. > :02:59.Matthew Rhys and 80th cap for Adam Jones. The reef is Craig Joubert.
:02:59. > :03:04.The showdown is under way at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Mike
:03:04. > :03:09.Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Mike Philips... It is his trademark. The
:03:09. > :03:19.drop goal cuts only the grass. not sure it is his trademark any
:03:19. > :03:22.
:03:22. > :03:28.more because he's had a couple of very low ones now. Rhys Priestland.
:03:28. > :03:35.The ball is airborne. He watches it skip over the wet surface. Alex
:03:35. > :03:40.Cuthbert chasing for Wales. They have won that first kick. Here
:03:40. > :03:50.is the drop call. He's tried a few -- the drop ball. He as tried a few
:03:50. > :04:10.
:04:10. > :04:20.in the last games, unsuccessful. Tackled by Adam Jones. Destiny and
:04:20. > :04:23.
:04:23. > :04:33.from only one of their Welsh halves, a strike on the score board. 3-Nil.
:04:33. > :04:38.
:04:38. > :04:43.It goes long. Lydiate. He did well, didn't he, there?
:04:43. > :04:53.tackled by Dan Lydiate. He goes in again. Priestland. Long to Cuthbert.
:04:53. > :05:00.Cuthbert is clear. He scores. CHEERING
:05:00. > :05:08.Wales score against France. That is what you have to do. You have to
:05:08. > :05:18.put the ball into the hands and get it over. But what a magnificent
:05:18. > :05:19.
:05:19. > :05:29.finish. Here is Leigh Halfpenny with the conversion.
:05:29. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :07:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 146 seconds
:07:55. > :08:05.many options there. Rhys Priestland will have struck the ball clean out.
:08:05. > :08:14.
:08:14. > :08:19.Leigh Halfpenny waits. France are breaking out. This is -
:08:19. > :08:24.he is in hot pursuit. Was Gethin Jenkins off-side? Yes, he was.
:08:24. > :08:34.was. That is the danger of leading by 7points, a breakaway by France
:08:34. > :08:39.
:08:39. > :08:49.and the scores are level. There he is, holding the ball. Here is
:08:49. > :08:58.
:08:58. > :09:08.Lionel Beauxis. It is a 4-point Oh, tackle. It is Dan Lydiate. Yes,
:09:08. > :09:12.
:09:12. > :09:18.again. Lydiate's work is rewarded. A big kick to settle the nerves.
:09:18. > :09:28.is long enough. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:09:28. > :09:35.
:09:35. > :09:42.He is a magnificent kicker. Wales 13, France 6.
:09:42. > :09:52.You don't want him to get a run up. No. The head count is lying on the
:09:52. > :10:01.
:10:01. > :10:08.ground. Beauxis. There we are. goes up and it is loose. The prop -
:10:08. > :10:18.- great scrambling defence by Wales. Jimmy Roberts with an important
:10:18. > :10:20.
:10:20. > :10:28.interception. It's gone loose again. Ryan Jones. France will have the
:10:28. > :10:38.knock-on. France, scrum. Here is a fresher look. Up and under, off the
:10:38. > :10:42.
:10:42. > :10:47.Welsh player. It was a tackle only. Dan Lydiate was caught in the about.
:10:47. > :10:53.8 minutes for Wales to hang on. 8 minutes for France to get the
:10:53. > :10:57.converted try. When he fees the scrum, it turns. France with the
:10:57. > :11:04.penalty, pulling at the scrum. they decided not to - the draw is
:11:04. > :11:14.not good enough for them. They have come to spoil the party. A simple 3
:11:14. > :11:17.
:11:17. > :11:23.points. Oh, my, 13-9, 4 points separates the team. France are
:11:23. > :11:27.working the tram lines. It has gone loose. Lydiate picks it up and
:11:27. > :11:35.Halfpenny. He is away. Halfpenny. CHEERING
:11:35. > :11:44.The great tackle by Thierry Dusautoir. France is off-side.
:11:44. > :11:51.Cuthbert. He bullies him into touch. It was off-side. Ohhh. I think he
:11:51. > :12:01.threw the ball away. Just watch him. He goes away, throws the ball away.
:12:01. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:18.There we are. Are you watching at CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:12:18. > :12:23.
:12:23. > :12:30.Last 30 seconds. Wales inch their way second by second towards their
:12:30. > :12:35.third grand slam in seven years. France come in, they are not off-
:12:35. > :12:43.side. A turnover ball. It is all over.
:12:43. > :12:49.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Leigh Halfpenny will kick for goal.
:12:49. > :12:58.(Laughs). He will blast it into touch. The Welsh players celebrate.
:12:58. > :13:07.Wales have won the grand slam! They have beaten France by 16-9. It is a
:13:07. > :13:17.second for Gethin Jenkins. This is what Cardiff thinks about it!
:13:17. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:29.slam winner? It is killing me. I have an unbelievable team. You
:13:29. > :13:35.think it will never happen to you but it makes the sacrifices
:13:35. > :13:42.worthwhile. You've got to give credit to the French. Great attack.
:13:42. > :13:47.They are quick off the line. It has been a successful week. The French
:13:47. > :13:52.play a different game. We wanted them to play our way and that is
:13:52. > :13:55.all that counts. People at half- time said if they could award the
:13:55. > :13:57.Man of the Match Award at half-time it would have been you. How are you
:13:57. > :14:07.feeling, you are a grand slam winner?
:14:07. > :14:10.
:14:10. > :14:15.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE (inaudible) A terrific performance.
:14:15. > :14:18.You had to dig in today, Dan. the boys put their body on the line
:14:18. > :14:26.and you have to do it to win a grand slam. Does it mean that
:14:26. > :14:33.little bit more, Dan, given that France - what happened in New
:14:33. > :14:39.Zealand in the grand final? We are a young team and a lot of us
:14:39. > :14:43.haven't really done anything. really emotional day at the
:14:43. > :14:48.Millennium stadium and an 11th grand slam for Wales which was a
:14:48. > :14:52.great joy for the entire nation and Shane Williams, but maybe not the
:14:52. > :14:59.best performance, but in terms of grit that was enough. Exactly. It
:14:59. > :15:05.was the one try and the one opportunity, really. The scramble
:15:05. > :15:10.defence typified France. It has been like that from the start.
:15:10. > :15:13.Scotland and Italy games at home, still not the best performances.
:15:13. > :15:21.The performance with England stopping Streatham in the last
:15:21. > :15:25.minute. Darn's performance typified it and they deserved it. Did you
:15:25. > :15:28.think France was ever going to spoil the party? Not in the first
:15:28. > :15:33.half, but in the second half we were potentials. We had the
:15:33. > :15:40.opportunity I think to score but the ball wasn't passed on the wing.
:15:40. > :15:46.We didn't score and the Welsh came back into that game. Even though we
:15:46. > :15:50.didn't play well, we have the confidence to beat the best team in
:15:50. > :15:53.the world. What did you think about Wales? I think they have been solid.
:15:53. > :15:57.They had a couple of wobbles, but their defence has been brilliant
:15:58. > :16:01.and they have kicked when they needed to. They have been led
:16:01. > :16:06.incredibly well. Thank you very much. That is it from us here.
:16:06. > :16:10.Let's go to Twickenham where the final chapter was written. England
:16:10. > :16:14.playing Ireland with Gabby. Thank you, John. A huge congratulations
:16:14. > :16:18.to Wales. The wooden spoon decider is coming up later, but first to
:16:18. > :16:28.matters at Twickenham where Ireland arrived on Saint-Andre. England
:16:28. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:53.looking to make it four wins from game for itself. This England team
:16:53. > :16:57.
:16:57. > :17:07.has Stuart Lancaster's mark upon it. Dynamic Ben Morgan is on the flank.
:17:07. > :17:10.Once again a close match will be expected. The one change from
:17:10. > :17:14.Ireland comes where Shaun O'Brian has recovered from his foot
:17:14. > :17:23.infection and what will Dr Ryan bring in the second row? He set the
:17:23. > :17:33.bar high last week filling in for Paul McDonald. One more try to
:17:33. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:47.equal the six nations effort. On the bench there is a back-up. Rain
:17:47. > :17:57.coming down rather heavily at Twickenham. Early juggling of the
:17:57. > :18:02.ball taken by Shaun O'Brien and cleared.
:18:02. > :18:08.England have it safely on the halfway line. A little knock-on
:18:08. > :18:15.first of all from Ireland I think it was. We will come down for the
:18:15. > :18:21.first scrum of the day. This will be an interesting area. Ben Healy
:18:21. > :18:28.pitted against Dan Call who has got better and better.
:18:28. > :18:32.England have a slight weight advantage. A penalty. Immediately
:18:32. > :18:37.the point is made. I can tell you if you're in the front row you are
:18:37. > :18:41.making a few parting comments as the opposition are marched
:18:41. > :18:50.backwards to watch you kick at goal. It is very important for England to
:18:50. > :19:00.kick this because it gives a reward. Two minutes on the clock and it
:19:00. > :19:00.
:19:00. > :19:06.goes through. England has the lead at Twickenham. Healy dives on it to
:19:06. > :19:14.secure it again for Ireland. England will turn this over. They
:19:14. > :19:22.have. Here comes Carling for England. Ireland have a chance now.
:19:23. > :19:28.To Ryan. Good support out wide for Ireland. Tearing away down the wing.
:19:28. > :19:36.In for the 22 brought down. APPLAUSE
:19:36. > :19:45.Ireland try to start that ball back, a turnover ball. England have it.
:19:45. > :19:54.The ball is still alive and we go again, Rob Kearney. What a pace we
:19:54. > :19:59.are starting at here at Twickenham in the wet. Ireland again. A big
:20:00. > :20:09.collision there, but stood up well. Ireland are blind side again. A
:20:09. > :20:19.little poke through of the boots of - Ohhh. Taken into touch. The die
:20:19. > :20:36.
:20:36. > :20:40.on the ball, he was sitting down own 22. Barritt did well there. It
:20:40. > :20:46.was crucial so they didn't have to go background. A huge pressure here.
:20:46. > :20:56.He did well to get the kick away. A long drop. Ireland, Kearney. Oh, it
:20:56. > :21:21.
:21:21. > :21:24.hit the post. It made the distance high for the chase. Kearney is
:21:24. > :21:30.thrashing out there. London are still back and they are offside by
:21:30. > :21:34.one of his team-mates. Penalty Ireland. That wasn't even one of
:21:34. > :21:42.those instinctive ones. He had a bit of time here, had a think about
:21:42. > :21:47.it, why not? CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:21:48. > :21:57.Quickly stopped and Ireland are back on level terms, 3 points
:21:58. > :22:07.
:22:07. > :22:17.the front row. Ben Morgan comes away once more. Barritt just dips
:22:17. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:21.his head and charges on. A penalty to England... They are going to
:22:21. > :22:26.have to sort out - even on their own ball they are winning the ball,
:22:26. > :22:33.they are not managing to come up with it. The second scrum has been
:22:33. > :22:39.turned over. Once more then Owen Farrell with relative ease moves
:22:39. > :22:45.past 50 points and moves England to a 6-point lead with 5 minutes to go
:22:45. > :22:51.in this first half. The clock ticks on. England are still looking to
:22:51. > :22:54.keep it in, keep it tight, see the second out. We have got noise that
:22:54. > :22:58.referees have been told when teams are trying to cut down here, they
:22:58. > :23:05.are going to be hard on them. If there is any suggestion of defence,
:23:05. > :23:15.they are going to get penalised. Ireland tried to stop them. A
:23:15. > :23:28.
:23:28. > :23:38.penalty to Ireland. Sexton capitalises on Donnacha Ryan's good
:23:38. > :23:42.
:23:42. > :23:50.work and they have levelled. Easily taken. Tom Croft got it clear.
:23:50. > :24:00.Croft loses it. So close. He was so close offloading. What a charge
:24:00. > :24:03.
:24:03. > :24:06.from Tom Croft. There is Hearty under pressure, does well, spinning
:24:06. > :24:14.out of a tackle. England battering their way around the game line. No
:24:14. > :24:19.way through at the moment. A little chip over the top. On the tenth
:24:19. > :24:23.passage of play and leer leer carries it over.
:24:23. > :24:28.CHEERING -- O'Leary carries it over. He had
:24:28. > :24:38.no option but to carry that over. It really didn't run out the way
:24:38. > :24:38.
:24:38. > :24:48.that he wanted it to. This is where the game could hang here. A try
:24:48. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :24:54.could be theirs. Morgan up the back. Will they get a penalty? There is
:24:55. > :24:58.the penalty. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
:24:58. > :25:08.The Twickenham crowd felt that Morgan was going to produce a try,
:25:08. > :25:14.
:25:14. > :25:19.but the whistle had gone before that. You get back and do it again.
:25:19. > :25:29.These are the times the forward - go forward against when you are in
:25:29. > :25:33.
:25:33. > :25:37.it together in the trenches, so to speak. That was massive. Picked up
:25:37. > :25:43.by Morgan. He rolls and tries to get it down, but it is a penalty
:25:43. > :25:46.try. Nigel Owens says England have their try and they have their
:25:46. > :25:56.rewards. CHEERING
:25:56. > :25:57.
:25:57. > :26:01.They wanted that. It wasn't pretty, but it was effective. It is a way
:26:01. > :26:10.of re-starting the game. You try telling that to the majority of the
:26:10. > :26:16.English down here. This is where the real strength lies. England
:26:16. > :26:20.wandering forward easily, casually. England have a penalty. This is a
:26:20. > :26:25.march towards the Irish 22 so drop- goal attempt and nothing from
:26:25. > :26:28.Farrell back to come for the penalty. That was utterly, utterly
:26:28. > :26:32.comprehensive. You cannot win games under this pressure - not possible.
:26:32. > :26:35.They are not even up to the level they were in the first half.
:26:35. > :26:45.Psychologically the damage has been done and that is going through the
:26:45. > :26:45.
:26:45. > :26:49.team at the moment. Once more, it goes through and Farrell moves
:26:49. > :26:57.England beyond their 20-point mark and suddenly that score looks
:26:57. > :27:03.comhenive for England. This camera here, you can see the angles that
:27:03. > :27:09.the front row is going. Yep. What is the right-hand side there - you
:27:09. > :27:15.see where he gets around. He starts to go. And again just held at the
:27:15. > :27:19.back by the giant paws of Morgan. A penalty again to England. At some
:27:19. > :27:24.point Nigel Owens will have to look at a yellow card. Oh, Youngs is
:27:24. > :27:29.there for the try. Quick thinking, quick feet. What a scrum-half!
:27:29. > :27:33.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE It was good. Intelligence and sharp
:27:33. > :27:36.work by Youngs, you have to say I think it is because they are so
:27:36. > :27:39.demoral ised about the scrum that they simply got up and looked
:27:39. > :27:43.around instead of looking where they should have been, which was
:27:44. > :27:48.trying to tackle anyone and in particular Ben Youngs. Quick
:27:48. > :27:58.thinking as all good scrum-halfs should do. A little step and then
:27:58. > :27:59.
:28:00. > :28:07.he had the pace. England again within 10m. Off-side advantage to
:28:07. > :28:14.England. The pain is being heaped upon Ireland. England, advantage. A
:28:14. > :28:24.little switch and Tom Croft comes back in. Still the arm of Nigel
:28:24. > :28:27.
:28:27. > :28:33.Owens was outstretched. The captain makes a yard. Back it comes across
:28:33. > :28:37.field kick. A little bit too deep and taken by Kearney but that was a
:28:37. > :28:44.long advantage played by Nigel Owens so back it will come and
:28:44. > :28:50.England will have the penalty. it is a very, very simple 3 points
:28:50. > :28:56.that might have yielded more if they had taken the scrum. A smile
:28:56. > :29:06.from the new chief executive. The final passage of play may well be
:29:06. > :29:06.
:29:06. > :29:16.England's, but it is a kick deep from Farrell. Kearney there.
:29:16. > :29:20.
:29:20. > :29:24.Kearney is taken. For the first time he is not going to score in
:29:25. > :29:33.the Six Nations since he began playing. It is over. England finish
:29:33. > :29:37.with an utterly comprehensive win over Ireland.
:29:37. > :29:39.You have put your faith throughout the championship in some young,
:29:39. > :29:43.inexperienced players, the likes of Owen Farrell. Have they surprised
:29:43. > :29:48.you the way they have risen to that challenge? I think at the jut set
:29:48. > :29:52.there is a long-term plan and the long-term plan revolves around
:29:52. > :29:55.giving a lot of young players some experience and a lot has been made
:29:55. > :29:58.about the lack of experience, but a lot should be made of team belief
:29:58. > :30:02.and self-belief. I think the players have got that and they
:30:02. > :30:07.believe in the direction we are going and the coaches. It showed
:30:07. > :30:10.today. You have been thinking about it already because you are a canny
:30:10. > :30:15.coach and when you see people talking about the number of Ireland
:30:15. > :30:18.players that would make a lion's team right now - and there are
:30:18. > :30:23.plenty - can you not begin the analyse why it might have gone
:30:23. > :30:27.wrong in this championship? I know where it has again wrong but there
:30:27. > :30:31.are things I am going to say on TV and things I am not going to say on
:30:31. > :30:35.TV. We are 10 minutes after a game today. We made a lot of turnovers,
:30:35. > :30:39.that is part and part of why we lost. We lost the scrum heavily and
:30:39. > :30:43.I know why that has happened. Some things we need to solve internally.
:30:43. > :30:48.How much do you want to stay here and continue this good work? If you
:30:49. > :30:51.had said to me a few years ago I would be walking in Twickenham and
:30:51. > :30:55.applauding 82,000 people with a group of lads that I respect I
:30:55. > :30:59.would have taken it. So England has made it four wins from five.
:30:59. > :31:04.Scotland started their match at the Stade de France with four defeats.
:31:04. > :31:14.Could they avoid the wooden spoon against Italy. Your commentary team
:31:14. > :31:18.
:31:18. > :31:25.Connor McNamara and Andy Nicol. One late change for the Scottish
:31:25. > :31:33.team. John Welsh has come in in replacement of Jacobson who has
:31:33. > :31:40.been injured in the warm-up. He is alongside the forward in the front
:31:40. > :31:45.row. Italy also have to make a late
:31:45. > :31:51.change bringing in Fabio Ongaro. Now that means there are seven
:31:51. > :31:56.changes since Cardiff last weekend. That adds strength. It is the most
:31:56. > :32:03.experienced pack ever in the history of rugby with eight
:32:03. > :32:06.forwards who have played 488 games for them. The Italians are choosing
:32:06. > :32:10.to keep the song on their backs for the first time here in Rome. We are
:32:10. > :32:14.on our way, not for the first time, it has come down to these two
:32:15. > :32:18.nations to battle it out for bottom place on the championship and one
:32:18. > :32:24.of these sides are going to feel that sharp lick of a wooden spoon
:32:24. > :32:30.by the end of this game. The most unenviable title perhaps in world
:32:30. > :32:34.rugby and if there is anything worse than a wooden spoon it is a
:32:34. > :32:40.whitewash wooden spoon. Whoever looses it will be five defeats out
:32:40. > :32:44.of five. This is Max Evans for the first touch of the ball for
:32:44. > :32:54.Scotland. Kicked by Laidlaw and the experienced Andrea Masi was in the
:32:54. > :33:00.
:33:00. > :33:04.combination for the Italians. Scotland desperately trying to get
:33:04. > :33:10.hands on that ball and at the moment there has been an advantage
:33:10. > :33:17.for Italy. That line is the 22 and it has got to come back and the
:33:17. > :33:22.penalty is activated. A good hit by De Luca. Jim Hamilton comes around
:33:22. > :33:28.the side for a country geographically shaped like a boot,
:33:28. > :33:37.Italy have struggled to find someone who can score points with a
:33:37. > :33:47.boot ever since Domingo retired. CHEERING
:33:47. > :33:49.
:33:49. > :33:59.Scotland are behind in Rome. They tried to notch that ball on to the
:33:59. > :34:06.
:34:06. > :34:16.Scottish side. He did very well to find that. 5m from the Scottish
:34:16. > :34:23.
:34:23. > :34:26.line. No margin of error for Scotland. Burton. This is
:34:26. > :34:36.Bergamasco. Italy very fortunate to hold on to possession there. Quick
:34:36. > :34:40.
:34:40. > :34:49.hands from Burton, but sloppy there. John Bartlett has done very well.
:34:49. > :34:56.There we go. He's played very well so far in the Six Nations. Scotland
:34:56. > :35:01.flew into Rome on Thursday, 15th March. The eyes of March, the day
:35:01. > :35:06.that in this city Julius ease sar found out the knives were out for
:35:06. > :35:12.him. Beware the knives. If Scotland loses this there could be a few
:35:12. > :35:16.knives out for Mr Robinson the coach. That was a very, very good
:35:16. > :35:20.scrum. The timing of Dan Parks retirement from international rugby
:35:20. > :35:26.took a lot of people by surprise. It has fast-tracked the
:35:26. > :35:32.international career of this young man, Greg Laidlaw. Does he have the
:35:32. > :35:42.distance? It is a fantastic kick and now we are all level at the
:35:42. > :35:48.
:35:48. > :35:52.Stade de France in Rome. Quick hands. He would have dropped it. He
:35:52. > :35:58.nearly charged the ball down. De Luca will get a yellow card for
:35:58. > :36:08.this. He is trying to compete. He can't get away with that. You can't
:36:08. > :36:23.
:36:23. > :36:32.kick the ball out of scrum-half. Burton. Scotland doing well to get
:36:32. > :36:42.there in numbers. That must have been close to being a forward pass.
:36:42. > :36:42.
:36:42. > :36:49.Now Burton. CHEERING
:36:49. > :36:57.On his fourth international appearance and finally the opening
:36:57. > :37:02.try in Rome. We have got a lot of quick balls.
:37:02. > :37:06.He was stuck in no-man's land. They couldn't stop him. They got what
:37:06. > :37:11.they deserved. Keeping extra pressure now on Scotland. Burton is
:37:11. > :37:20.successful with the extra two points. Italy move into double
:37:20. > :37:30.figures after Giovanbattista Venditti scores at Stade de France.
:37:30. > :37:38.
:37:38. > :37:43.-- at Stadio Olympico. Jim Hamilton heads to the sin-bin.
:37:44. > :37:51.Scotland are down a man again. Scotland just about managed to win
:37:51. > :37:56.this line-out. Alain Rolland does not reach for his pocket. Very
:37:56. > :38:02.dangerous. If there is any consistency, why is that not a
:38:02. > :38:08.yellow card? He gives Scotland a chance to move within four points
:38:08. > :38:14.of the lead. A better angle this time for Laidlaw. And it is, Italy
:38:14. > :38:24.10, Scotland 6 in Rome. CHEERING
:38:24. > :38:27.
:38:27. > :38:37.The offload to Venditti. A long kick from Hogg. Where will it
:38:37. > :38:39.
:38:39. > :38:44.bounce? Not close enough to the touch line. Just outside the 22 ra
:38:44. > :38:51.he struck that kick. Well fielded. This is what the Scotland fans want
:38:51. > :38:58.to Seymour of. Maybe putting the Italians ever so slightly on the
:38:59. > :39:08.back foot, but just how Morrison is engulfed there. That might well
:39:09. > :39:09.
:39:09. > :39:15.have been turned over. You can Seymour risson absolutely exposed
:39:15. > :39:24.and then the Italians go over. He lost his footing, yellow card and
:39:24. > :39:34.you can see Andy Robinson celebrated that like it was a try.
:39:34. > :39:35.
:39:35. > :39:41.This is what the Italians are very good at. Burton had a go with the
:39:41. > :39:50.drop goal unsuccessfulfully, but this one has gone between the posts.
:39:50. > :39:55.CHEERING AND APPLAUSE The clock has gone red. Italy can
:39:55. > :40:04.finish this now whenever they choose. They might just want to try
:40:04. > :40:09.one last attack. Let's see. The whistle from Alain Rolland.
:40:09. > :40:16.CHEERING The penalty is Italy and that will
:40:16. > :40:21.be that. Celebrations here in Rome - Italy have avoided the wooden
:40:21. > :40:26.spoon for the first time in five years. It is the first win in the
:40:26. > :40:31.job for the new Italian coach Jacques Brunel and it is very much
:40:31. > :40:36.back to the drawing board for Scotland and for Andy Robinson.
:40:36. > :40:39.Obviously your job is going to come under closer scrutiny after a
:40:39. > :40:44.whitewash in the Six Nations. Do you still feel you can take these
:40:44. > :40:50.players somewhere? Yeah, I have got a contract until 2015 so that is
:40:50. > :40:56.what my focus will be on. We will debrief and then I will come back
:40:56. > :41:02.and talk with the CEO. You are man who doesn't like losing matches? Do
:41:02. > :41:05.you still have the appetite, desire to take this group forward? This is
:41:05. > :41:10.not the time we-to-be discussing that. It is just after a loss and
:41:10. > :41:16.everyone is pretty emotional about it. I think the right thing is to
:41:16. > :41:21.take a bit of time and think it through.
:41:21. > :41:25.So the 2012RBS Six Nations table finishes like that - Wales with the
:41:25. > :41:31.grand slam. Scotland with the wooden spoon. Andy Robinson's track
:41:31. > :41:37.record for Scott two wins in 15 matches. England an impressive
:41:37. > :41:41.performance overall. Ireland and France both finished on 5. The
:41:41. > :41:45.first win for Italy with brown Brunel.
:41:45. > :41:48.What are your thoughts on the tournament as a whole? A fantastic
:41:48. > :41:52.tournament this year. Always had that element of surprise. Wales
:41:52. > :41:55.obviously outstanding again, picking up where they left off from
:41:55. > :41:58.the World Cup. A tonne around for England from the World Cup to pick
:41:58. > :42:02.up so many victories and the way they have played really.
:42:02. > :42:06.Disappointment for Scotland. Ireland, a little bit worried,
:42:06. > :42:12.disappointed overall, with that performance? Disappointed. There is
:42:12. > :42:15.a lot of injuries of the big names, but they suffered for it. I don't
:42:15. > :42:20.want to finish on a negative for the tournament. I thought it was
:42:20. > :42:23.fantastic. I thought a lot of young players for England and Wales and
:42:23. > :42:26.Ireland and Scotland and suddenly there was a big boost. These
:42:26. > :42:29.players are going to mature and on the back of that it was fantastic.
:42:29. > :42:32.It is often said that the Six Nations after a World Cup can be a
:42:32. > :42:36.weak one in the 4-year cycle because of that, because of the
:42:36. > :42:40.changes, but it didn't seem like that, did it? Not at all. I loved
:42:40. > :42:44.watching the Six Nations this year as a now retired player. I thought
:42:44. > :42:50.it was phenomenal. Seeing Wales and England, the strikes they had made
:42:50. > :42:53.and as Keith said the young guys coming through now is exiting for
:42:53. > :43:00.the Lions because the young guys have put up their hands and said,
:43:00. > :43:05."We are ready for this. We can do it." You didn't miss it at all?
:43:05. > :43:09.missed it a lot. We are glad you enjoyed the tournament with us.
:43:09. > :43:14.Thank you for your company throughout the Six Nations campaign.
:43:15. > :43:19.So it started with Stuart Lancaster, how would he do as an interim
:43:19. > :43:22.England coach? He got four wins out of five which impressed a lot of
:43:22. > :43:27.people. Whether he will be the full-time employment from the RFU
:43:27. > :43:31.remains to be seen. They came in off the back of truss stpraigs from
:43:31. > :43:36.Wales with the World Cup and they manage to rewrite that with the
:43:36. > :43:40.grand slam victory on the final day. From all of us, a very goodnight.
:43:40. > :43:47.(SONG): # We are the champions, my friends