:00:50. > :00:58.Round 4, and England's amazing Technicolor dream victory under 60
:00:59. > :01:03.point nightmare for the Scots. If every match was like this we would
:01:04. > :01:08.not need weekends. The colossal Celtic collision in Cardiff. And
:01:09. > :01:13.always in the game at half-time but out of it by the end, Italy remain
:01:14. > :01:25.rooted to the foot of the table as the French revival continues. Hello,
:01:26. > :01:30.plenty to discuss on this Sunday afternoon, three players join us
:01:31. > :01:35.with different emotions. Mike Tindall, World Cup winning centre
:01:36. > :01:40.and to scrum-half 's, Andy Nichol and Peter Stringer. And we start at
:01:41. > :01:44.Twickenham. It felt like summer and while England basked in a
:01:45. > :01:49.chairmanship winning performance, but -- for Scotland felt the bleak
:01:50. > :01:55.midwinter afternoon. Twickenham are in good voice. Towards the end of
:01:56. > :02:00.the Six Nations you might think that injuries were taking their toll but
:02:01. > :02:08.quite the opposite for England. Eddie Jones has a close to full
:02:09. > :02:14.strength squad. Marler wins his 50th cap. Nathan Hughes retains his place
:02:15. > :02:21.despite the return of Billy Vunipola. The major news at the back
:02:22. > :02:26.line is that Farrell has recovered from his leg injury. Jonathan Joseph
:02:27. > :02:35.is outside, then Young's takes over from Danny care. For Scotland, there
:02:36. > :02:46.is the impressive Watson back to start. John Barclay captains at sex
:02:47. > :02:53.and the Glasgow front row will have to survive big pressure up front.
:02:54. > :03:00.Vern Cotter resisting any urge to bring in Sean Maitland.
:03:01. > :03:12.Ten Glasgow players in the starting 15. And on the bench, look at the
:03:13. > :03:23.bench for England, great depth, how any side would love to call upon the
:03:24. > :03:35.likes of Vunipola. -- of the two Vunipola. There is Russell, little
:03:36. > :03:43.chip, being watched by Jack no. Mike Brown spins through the challenge.
:03:44. > :04:07.Carried in by 56 macro. Ford, get it to Farrell -- Lawes. James Haskell.
:04:08. > :04:12.A penalty advantage to England. They are down a man, is it Elliot Daly?
:04:13. > :04:18.It is and it does not look good for him. Fraser Brown has been picked
:04:19. > :04:25.out. You're both horizontal, you brought him down and he lands on his
:04:26. > :04:29.back. That may well save him and be the differentiator between a yellow
:04:30. > :04:33.card and a red card. He clearly went through the tackle knowing that the
:04:34. > :04:39.man would release the ball. It is going to be a yellow card at least.
:04:40. > :04:44.The Twickenham crowd bays for blood. Fraser Brown is going off for ten
:04:45. > :04:48.minutes. From the point of view of Scotland, it is a start they did not
:04:49. > :04:56.want. Unnecessary penalty. Did not need to do that. I don't know what
:04:57. > :05:00.goes through the minds of players, because Daly was always going to
:05:01. > :05:06.release the ball. He was not going to get there in time and to go and
:05:07. > :05:09.do that, that was pointless. Try to control the overexcitement and the
:05:10. > :05:15.adrenaline and sometimes it gets too much and England have the ball, the
:05:16. > :05:21.touch and the extra man advantage for ten minutes and Anthony Watson
:05:22. > :05:26.is on for Elliot Daly. Elliot Daly, we should mention of course, is
:05:27. > :05:33.suffering off the pitch. There is going to be a try. Jonathan Joseph,
:05:34. > :05:39.flying to the line, England a try up, a man up, what a start! England
:05:40. > :05:43.take full advantage of Scotland being a man down. Scotland could not
:05:44. > :05:47.commit as many players to the line-out and England were clever.
:05:48. > :05:56.They tried to release the ball early. They are a man down. A simple
:05:57. > :06:01.miss tackle. The man down was because Scotland lost their poker.
:06:02. > :06:07.Alex Dunbar missed the tackle, he does not miss too many, but Joseph
:06:08. > :06:11.is a try scoring machine. Stuart Hogg is going off for a head injury
:06:12. > :06:17.assessment. Scotland did not want that. He was in the form of his
:06:18. > :06:44.life. 13 macro is a talismanic figure. -- Hogg. 55-macro chipset.
:06:45. > :06:59.No Hogg for Scotland -- Youngs. Scotland are deep in their own 22.
:07:00. > :07:08.To the forwards. Risky pass, Joseph tried to get to it. Kamikaze stuff.
:07:09. > :07:12.So close to your own try line. Scotland may be behind but they are
:07:13. > :07:20.still within two scores and they should not be chasing. Then it is
:07:21. > :07:36.down at the moment and that is where it happened. -- Five Live. --
:07:37. > :07:42.Bennett. Joseph once again through the middle, lovely step, what a try
:07:43. > :07:47.from Jonathan Joseph, two tries for the flying centre and England are
:07:48. > :07:56.cutting loose. Superb footwork from Jonathan Joseph. Quick ball. He was
:07:57. > :08:02.the dummy runner. Back in at the ankle, gets in the Scotland defender
:08:03. > :08:06.-- inside the Scotland defender. England are running away with this
:08:07. > :08:11.and we here at that Hogg is not coming back, he failed the head
:08:12. > :08:16.injury assessment. Scotland as close to the England try line as they have
:08:17. > :08:21.been, they are 20 points down, England are flying towards the
:08:22. > :08:26.title. Barclay takes it down, did not look too straight. Scotland
:08:27. > :08:32.coming in, Fraser Brown getting within two meters. Scotland closing
:08:33. > :08:38.them. Driver over and the try is given. It is Gordon Reid who will
:08:39. > :08:43.come up for the ball for his first try for Scotland. Scotland have a
:08:44. > :08:51.sign of some live. They really needed that, it was Greg Wood, the
:08:52. > :09:00.quick ball around the corner, England could not reorganise
:09:01. > :09:09.insufficient numbers. You have got James Haskell. He has grounded that.
:09:10. > :09:17.That is a try. England's line-out a functioning so well. The little pass
:09:18. > :09:23.works out, Jonathan Joseph again. The try is there for Anthony Watson.
:09:24. > :09:28.And England go from strength to strength, this time Joseph is the
:09:29. > :09:36.creator, what's in the scorer. It was a good ball. You have the dummy
:09:37. > :09:45.run, he takes the player out -- Watson is the scorer. That is a
:09:46. > :09:51.lovely step. Watson outside him, that is a lovely try. England
:09:52. > :09:57.rampaging forward again and here comes Jonathan Joseph. Little step
:09:58. > :10:04.and a shimmy and he is away. Mike Brown. Up to within 12 metres of the
:10:05. > :10:13.line. Scotland in desperate defence, Haskel carries. -- 29-macro. --
:10:14. > :10:18.James Haskell. Mike Brown gets it back and Jack
:10:19. > :10:38.Nolan coming in off the wing. Youngs to Lawes. Still with England
:10:39. > :10:46.and still they come through, Nathan Hughes. A quick ball for England and
:10:47. > :10:49.a try and a hat-trick for Jonathan Joseph, two and a half minutes into
:10:50. > :10:55.the second half and England pick up where they left off in the first
:10:56. > :10:59.half. Jonathan Joseph, what a beautiful line. There are not that
:11:00. > :11:08.many players out there but it is that line. Barclay is calling for it
:11:09. > :11:16.and gives it to forge. He does well. Good strength within three or four
:11:17. > :11:30.metres -- 25-macro. 32-macro flings himself into the tackle -- Ford.
:11:31. > :11:43.-- Itoje. Sprinters in the block, as they come. It is a try for Hugh
:11:44. > :11:48.Jones and Scotland have another try. They got something from this dark
:11:49. > :11:53.afternoon and a good try. Good patient work, not panicking or
:11:54. > :11:57.taking the other option. The important thing was that once you
:11:58. > :12:06.keep going that way, you make sure you do not suddenly fade and decide
:12:07. > :12:12.to go wide. Good try. England with a great opportunity again. Longer this
:12:13. > :12:18.time, but Itoje takes it down and England try a game. They are driving
:12:19. > :12:25.towards the line, charging to the line and the try is there and it is
:12:26. > :12:30.the giant returning to the side, Billy Vunipola, embraced warmly by
:12:31. > :12:34.his team-mates, welcome back to international rugby. We see the
:12:35. > :12:46.Scotland attempt to stop the drive. Right at the back. It rebounded on
:12:47. > :12:54.Vunipola, it was a blocker. The Scotland scrum. Just under 12
:12:55. > :12:58.minutes to go. Pyrgos gets it. Jones stands strong in the challenge.
:12:59. > :13:06.Scotland with options either side, Russell. Heading to the line. Three
:13:07. > :13:16.metres short. Scotland again come crashing in. Russell once more. Gray
:13:17. > :13:25.takes the thump. It will be out wide. Labouring to the try line. Try
:13:26. > :13:32.given once more it is Hugh Jones. Second try in the game that Scotland
:13:33. > :13:38.have, they have their third. Comes in, -- comes inside. They will not
:13:39. > :13:52.make a tackle with the inside arm. Jones showing his talent as a
:13:53. > :13:59.finisher again. Itoje I gain, Billy Vunipola gets it again. The try is
:14:00. > :14:03.there. Look so simple by England, so devastating in the finishing. First
:14:04. > :14:08.of all, the throw is spot on, he is right at the top of the job. The
:14:09. > :14:13.Scotland jumper cannot get near it and Itoje can control it. Perfect
:14:14. > :14:20.position for driving it if they want to. They choose not to. The back row
:14:21. > :14:24.has come in to stop the drive and that creates space out wide. It look
:14:25. > :14:29.simple and it is if you do everything right.
:14:30. > :14:43.Three minutes over the 80 we have played. Advantage to England.
:14:44. > :14:48.Penalty is there. Flung wide again and Billy Vunipola.
:14:49. > :15:02.Still advantage to England, coming from 10 metres out now. The game
:15:03. > :15:10.goes on, the passes loosening. 12 phases. England out wide and
:15:11. > :15:17.Launchbury to a roar of the crowd, Care now gives it on. Mako Vunipola.
:15:18. > :15:22.The final pass. It is Danny Care and England with a conversion to come
:15:23. > :15:28.will surely hit 60. The Twickenham faithful are on their feet and I'm
:15:29. > :15:34.not surprised, England have given them a performance to be proud of.
:15:35. > :15:38.England win with a humbling of Scotland. They're the Six Nations
:15:39. > :15:48.champions again and win by the highest ever score against Scotland,
:15:49. > :15:53.61-21. You retained the title and equalled New Zealand's record of 18
:15:54. > :15:58.victories, how proud are you? Our focus is already on Ireland. We want
:15:59. > :16:05.to win the Grand Slam. It is a chance to make history. No one's
:16:06. > :16:10.ever won back-to-back Grand Slams in Six Nations history. There is only
:16:11. > :16:15.four in the history of five and Six Nations. We are pleased to be Six
:16:16. > :16:19.Nations champions, but the Grand Slam is something we are looking
:16:20. > :16:25.forward to. We put in a good performance and we helped them, that
:16:26. > :16:30.is frustrating. That is two away games and eight concussions, we
:16:31. > :16:35.finished up with a half-back on the wing and a few other bits and
:16:36. > :16:41.pieces. We started poorly and although we scored three tries, it,
:16:42. > :16:50.we look at the score and we are disappointed. Chuffed to bits what,
:16:51. > :16:55.a performance from the guys. We put pressure on ourselves to start well.
:16:56. > :17:04.You guys have been banging the drum about not starting well, so it means
:17:05. > :17:09.nothing unless we perform in Dublin. Was that you saying to Eddie Jones,
:17:10. > :17:16.don't drop me again? No a lot of the tries came from set piece moves and
:17:17. > :17:23.my job is to do these. The forwards gave us the platform and George and
:17:24. > :17:27.bep Youngs created it. What is the success down to? Good players, we
:17:28. > :17:31.have good players and they have now got a mind set of wanting to be the
:17:32. > :17:33.best in the world and keep improving. If we keep working hard,
:17:34. > :17:46.we will be the best in the world. England are champions for the second
:17:47. > :17:51.season in a row with a game to spare. England go to Dublin in
:17:52. > :17:54.pursuit of the Grand Slam next weekend. But it was a strange
:17:55. > :17:59.experience to be at Twickenham yesterday, we expected a great,
:18:00. > :18:07.compelling contest, but the gulf between the sides was so vast it was
:18:08. > :18:11.a bit flat as an occasion. We will talk about how good England were in
:18:12. > :18:15.a second, but Andy, a lot of people were saying last night that in many
:18:16. > :18:23.ways the game was almost decided in the first two minutes. Yes it was a
:18:24. > :18:28.painful experience for the players, but also the spectators. I don't
:18:29. > :18:31.think anyone saw it coming. I certainly expected Scotland to be
:18:32. > :18:35.competitive and their defence has been strong and the attack had been
:18:36. > :18:40.good and I thought they would pose a real test for England. But it was
:18:41. > :18:45.anything but. The yellow card, was that the killer almost from the word
:18:46. > :18:51.go? Scotland's start in general. When you go to Twickenham, you need
:18:52. > :19:01.to stop England getting into the game, this was the first time
:19:02. > :19:06.Russell got the ball. Good possession goes England's way. But
:19:07. > :19:10.this is Fraser Brown about two minutes in and he puts in a good
:19:11. > :19:16.hit, intimidate the opposition, but what he didn't do was bring him
:19:17. > :19:20.down-to-earth correctly and he went above the horizontal and he landed
:19:21. > :19:24.on his back. It was silly, it was a yellow card, down to 14 men, the
:19:25. > :19:28.worst possible start. Then you want to control the game, take the pace
:19:29. > :19:34.out of it. Russell missed that. He tried to get three points. He is too
:19:35. > :19:40.far. This pass drops and he has got to be further forward so he has a
:19:41. > :19:45.chance. Although he gets charged down, a better pass, quicker on the
:19:46. > :19:49.ground he gets this. Phraser Brown comes off after ten minutes. All you
:19:50. > :19:54.want to do get the ball and control it. He overthrows it. Maybe too much
:19:55. > :19:59.adrenaline. Maybe trying to make up for that error. But it was error
:20:00. > :20:03.after error. Russell getting the ball knocked out by Launchbury.
:20:04. > :20:07.These things compounded everything. The scrum has been an issue for
:20:08. > :20:13.Scotland. Didn't have an impact yesterday. This was the first scrum
:20:14. > :20:18.of the day. Penalty and further back into Scotland's defence. This is
:20:19. > :20:23.where, that is the last five minutes of your four points down, not in the
:20:24. > :20:29.first 18 minutes. Russell chasing the game. A hail Mary pass that
:20:30. > :20:33.could have been another try. It was so many mistakes and there was
:20:34. > :20:39.injuries, Stewart Hogg, who has been on fire for Scotland, went off with
:20:40. > :20:43.a head injury. He was replaced by Bennett, the first time he touched
:20:44. > :20:46.it it looks like a bad injury and Scotland after 20 minutes are making
:20:47. > :20:50.mistakes, they have not had any chance and you have got a back line
:20:51. > :20:56.that was anything but what they looked to start with. You have Price
:20:57. > :21:01.making his second start of the wing. A winger at full-back. So that, they
:21:02. > :21:07.wouldn't have prepared for any eventuality of that happening. So
:21:08. > :21:11.poor play, a bit of bad luck, but it was a terrible start and they never
:21:12. > :21:17.got over that. They were chasing it from minute two. But England were
:21:18. > :21:22.ruthless. Yeah, I think that was the best thing to come out of that game
:21:23. > :21:25.for England was how not only ruthless in terms of wanting to
:21:26. > :21:35.score more points, but being Llyn kral. The try -- but being clinical.
:21:36. > :21:40.The tries were innovative, but looking at Scotland, not to heap
:21:41. > :21:45.pressure on them, once nay lost their shape, they were too wide.
:21:46. > :21:51.Now, as any centre, he has got to get Josephs. If you have someone
:21:52. > :21:54.with that much gas, you can't give him the space to create those
:21:55. > :22:00.opportunities. You have to go and meet him and shut down his space.
:22:01. > :22:07.They're perfectly set up for how they want to be. It is a man on man
:22:08. > :22:15.situation. We would like Visser nor midfield. If you sit off and watch
:22:16. > :22:18.Dunbar, he allows Joseph to go at him and when something has
:22:19. > :22:23.afterburners like that, you can't do that. That is when they had their
:22:24. > :22:28.normal back line. Once it changes, as we will show you, it... I
:22:29. > :22:33.understand why it happened, but someone's got to be pulling that
:22:34. > :22:39.together, whether it is Dunbar, but someone's got to have a go. Here
:22:40. > :22:46.England have been creative and they have got a 7-man lineout and used
:22:47. > :22:50.Youngs and Farrell. What Scotland have done is thrown up a tail pod.
:22:51. > :22:55.What normally hatches is the last man would be your tail gunner and
:22:56. > :22:59.take the first attacker and be an inside support for the 10. But
:23:00. > :23:06.because they have had to put their 9n as we roll it on, Youngs plays
:23:07. > :23:14.the usual 9 Farrell does a great job. But he should have someone on
:23:15. > :23:21.his inside to take that. But you have price all the way out. He needs
:23:22. > :23:25.to be nearer. Watson, they have gone man-to-man to match up on Hughes.
:23:26. > :23:31.But he has got ahead of his line and you have five England attackers
:23:32. > :23:36.against three defenders. And you know, Watson gets ahead and they
:23:37. > :23:43.make a bad decision and they're in no-man's land. Jones is in no-man's
:23:44. > :23:49.land. The feet of Joseph to score, he has no right to score that. You
:23:50. > :23:52.would expect somebody to put a hand on him there and it just doesn't
:23:53. > :23:58.happen. But pit is fantastic footwork. But well played by
:23:59. > :24:01.England. Now we have gone on, so two attacks off line-outs have been
:24:02. > :24:06.around the midfield and let's try and force them wide. But again
:24:07. > :24:10.Scotland start too wide. They do have a tail gunner off the back. But
:24:11. > :24:14.for some reason this time Russell decides to fly straight on and 10
:24:15. > :24:21.and leaves his next three attackers exposed. This is too wide and
:24:22. > :24:28.they're exposed and they have no inside defence and again England run
:24:29. > :24:33.a smart out the back play. What Jonathan Joseph does is great heads
:24:34. > :24:37.up rugby. He saw the hole was out wide and perfect and once you have
:24:38. > :24:41.got through that, that has been clinical. If Visser was narrower he
:24:42. > :24:47.would have been able to get Watson down, but just the smarts of Joseph
:24:48. > :24:51.to change his line and then buy time and wait for someone to turn up. The
:24:52. > :24:56.timing of the pass as well was fantastic. And unselfish. Sometimes
:24:57. > :25:02.people try to score that themselves, but that was the best thing about
:25:03. > :25:06.England, they were unselfish in making sure they just scored. What
:25:07. > :25:10.do you think about England? They looked good in patches. I think we
:25:11. > :25:17.haven't seen the best of them F you stand off them, they have a quality
:25:18. > :25:21.back line and they can create tries. Disappointing for Scotland. You
:25:22. > :25:25.would expect the first 20 minutes Scotland to come to Twickenham in
:25:26. > :25:31.the way they have played, take it to England, they conceded I think five
:25:32. > :25:35.penalties in the first 18 or 19 minutes, gifting England points and
:25:36. > :25:40.territory. That is the longest last thing you want -- that is the last
:25:41. > :25:44.thing you want to do. After the Italian game, England were not
:25:45. > :25:51.impressive. You want to put doubts in England heads. Aggressive. But
:25:52. > :25:56.England did a ruthless job. Played 18 and won 18 for England. That
:25:57. > :26:01.equals New Zealand world record. Actually looking at the figures,
:26:02. > :26:09.actually the world record, although it is not a tier one country, for 24
:26:10. > :26:14.consecutive convict ripries -- countries held by. Cyprus. Did you
:26:15. > :26:20.know that somebody told you that in your ear. It is Cyprus. So the big
:26:21. > :26:24.debate is New Zealand again public sector England, will it happen?
:26:25. > :26:30.There was talk that maybe they're negotiations going on to try and
:26:31. > :26:34.have a game in the autumn. Today on Radio 5 Live the
:26:35. > :26:40.New Zealand coach was complimentary about England. I would like to
:26:41. > :26:45.congratulate them on equalling the record. It is great for rugby, we
:26:46. > :26:53.want real competition and games that people want to come and watch and
:26:54. > :26:56.get excited by and Eddie has installed a want and desire that
:26:57. > :27:00.hasn't been there before. We have felt England have had plenty of
:27:01. > :27:05.talent, but haven't wanted to work hard and they seem to be doing that
:27:06. > :27:10.now under Eddie and it is no surprise they're putting a run
:27:11. > :27:14.together that is impressive. He was talking about the motivation and the
:27:15. > :27:19.mentality, that poses the question of if England were to play the All
:27:20. > :27:21.Blacks, how many members of England team would get into the current New
:27:22. > :27:34.Zealand set up? How many do you think? It would be
:27:35. > :27:45.difficult I would make a case for both the Vunipolas to be there. Reid
:27:46. > :27:50.is outstanding. Mako, the way he keeps the ball alive and we saw in
:27:51. > :27:58.that last try to throw the dummy off-load. Our second rows are in a
:27:59. > :28:04.good place. Now they have two world class second rose, I think we have
:28:05. > :28:11.two. Was that all eight? I will put cases for. As a starter, Mako would
:28:12. > :28:17.probably be a finisher, but I think Billy has been fantastic for England
:28:18. > :28:22.and... This is the New Zealand side that played against Ireland in the
:28:23. > :28:32.autumn. Which England backs get in that seven? I think Farrell gets in.
:28:33. > :28:37.Probably at 12, I don't think you can dislodge Barrett. That back
:28:38. > :28:41.three is good. Yes, I think Farrell fitting in at 12. New Zealand have
:28:42. > :28:50.tried a centre combinations over the last couple of months and have yet
:28:51. > :28:57.to decide on what their best two are. Most New Zealand players in
:28:58. > :29:00.that team, but fla the team that Ireland beat in November. England
:29:01. > :29:06.would win that game. It is a game we would love to see. They're matched
:29:07. > :29:13.up nicely. To be continued. Now back three days or two days to the start
:29:14. > :29:19.of fourth weekend of Six Nations in Cardiff. It was savage and
:29:20. > :29:28.stupendous and it was Wales against Ireland.
:29:29. > :29:46.O'Brien. Six running on the sideline. Toner. -- Zebo. CJ
:29:47. > :30:04.standard could not quite get it away and Ireland have the advantage. --
:30:05. > :30:17.CJ Stander. Scrum becomes a penalty. Holds its line. Ireland take the
:30:18. > :30:21.lead. Scott Williams. Jonathan Davies slightly behind him and the
:30:22. > :30:27.ball comes to Liam Williams. It is well read by Donny -- Jonny Sexton.
:30:28. > :30:34.He stayed down to prevent the tackle being made. Stay down long enough
:30:35. > :30:42.for reinforcements to arrive. Toner was brought down by war Britain.
:30:43. > :30:55.Sexton stays down. Marie has to clear -- 98.
:30:56. > :31:07.-- Murray. -- Warburton. Paddy Jackson will come on the coast Jonny
:31:08. > :31:14.Sexton will have to go off for the head injury assessment. Ken Bowens
:31:15. > :31:20.throws and Sam Warburton wins the line-out. Ross Moriarty to Rhys
:31:21. > :31:35.Webb. Scott Williams is through. Long pass to Leigh Halfpenny. George
:31:36. > :31:41.North is back with a vengeance. Fantastic pass. Great finish from
:31:42. > :31:46.George North. What a finish. That is a brilliant finish. Great support
:31:47. > :31:53.for the inter-passing. Brilliant vision. This is the support they
:31:54. > :32:10.have lacked in the past games. What a finish. Toner again sets up the
:32:11. > :32:25.driving maul. CJ Stander against Tipuric. Another penalty against
:32:26. > :32:33.Tipuric. Yes. He has got to release the ball when he has tackled him.
:32:34. > :32:42.Paddy Jackson, 13 out on his last 13. 14 out of 14, Ireland take the
:32:43. > :32:58.lead at the principality stadium. -- Principality Stadium. Dan Biggar.
:32:59. > :33:06.Conor Murray is down. It looks to be his rest that he is clutching. Wales
:33:07. > :33:11.are in possession. -- it looks to be his arm. Leigh Halfpenny against
:33:12. > :33:21.Zebo. Leigh Halfpenny gets a hand on it. Wales will have to put in at the
:33:22. > :33:26.scrum. Big collision there with George North for Conor Murray. That
:33:27. > :33:34.could be a bad injury for a lot of teams, also for Munster. Conor
:33:35. > :33:47.Murray, his bicep seems to be OK. For the moment.
:33:48. > :34:00.Justin Tipuric, Wales keeping it tight. Not many options for width.
:34:01. > :34:07.Ken Owens. Warburton. Jake Ball. It is a penalty for Wales that last and
:34:08. > :34:13.it is the kick by web to Leigh Halfpenny. Jonathan Davies, a foot
:34:14. > :34:29.short. A advantage again, yellow cards. -- Webb. Jonny Sexton is
:34:30. > :34:41.going into the bin, clearly killing the ball on the line. It is no place
:34:42. > :34:51.for an outside have to be. You cannot get out of there. I do not
:34:52. > :34:56.see how he can get out of there. Leigh Halfpenny lands the penalty
:34:57. > :35:03.and Wales take the lead. It has been an exhilarating half, it has had a
:35:04. > :35:10.bit of everything. Sean O'Brien has got loose, Scott Williams got a boot
:35:11. > :35:17.to it. Rhys Webb. George North takes a pass. Tipuric pops it up. Rhys
:35:18. > :35:24.Webb, for Scott Williams, the Chase, Conor Murray has to turn with Leigh
:35:25. > :35:36.Halfpenny in hot pursuit. Just about find the touch. Conor Murray did
:35:37. > :35:48.well. Big moment here. Ken Owens prepares the throw. The model is on.
:35:49. > :36:04.-- maul. It is there, George North, for a
:36:05. > :36:08.second time. The line-out maul was set up so well. It look so tight
:36:09. > :36:14.that the Irish have to commit numbers, they are down a man. This
:36:15. > :36:21.man is really putting his mark on the game, so is Rhys Webb. Conor
:36:22. > :36:32.Murray's evening is over and it gets no easier for Ireland.
:36:33. > :36:43.Heaslip. Two passes, Ireland suddenly go wide. Leigh Halfpenny,
:36:44. > :36:54.tries to avoid the touch and it falls back over the goal line. Five
:36:55. > :37:08.metre line-out, Ireland throne. And Rory Best gives the signal.
:37:09. > :37:12.Henderson wins. Charteris. Clever play by Ireland, they have stopped
:37:13. > :37:18.Charteris getting near the ball and on comes the drive by Rory Best.
:37:19. > :37:29.Rory Best edges closer, help arrives from the outside.
:37:30. > :37:39.I think it is a penalty to Wales. Number 12 run from the distance in
:37:40. > :37:46.front of the ball. That is obstruction and that is a penalty. I
:37:47. > :37:52.think he has a point. He has the bind over the back of the ball. It
:37:53. > :37:58.is harsh enough. If he had put an arm over the top of Rory breast as
:37:59. > :38:06.he went into that maul, I think it might be a penalty -- Rory Best.
:38:07. > :38:21.Ireland standing still and taking the ball. Is there anyway out of
:38:22. > :38:34.this 22 Ireland trail by 26 points. Robert six we wait for Wayne Burns
:38:35. > :38:40.to award the try and he has and Wales have just won the encounter.
:38:41. > :38:47.Fair play to Wales and they have just paid and Ireland dine, put them
:38:48. > :38:54.under incredible pressure. They did well in the second half -- they put
:38:55. > :39:01.Ireland down. No one has felt that pressure more than the Welsh
:39:02. > :39:06.coaching staff, what a response. We knew there was going to be a
:39:07. > :39:11.reaction. You have to play like that, with or without the ball.
:39:12. > :39:16.There was a lot of hurt in the camp and I am very proud of the players.
:39:17. > :39:21.They deserve that. We did not get the bounce of the ball a couple of
:39:22. > :39:25.times. Credit to Wales, they were under pressure and I think they have
:39:26. > :39:30.always demonstrated that when they are under pressure, they come up
:39:31. > :39:33.with big moment and they won some really big ones tonight. It looked
:39:34. > :39:38.as though you had scored close to the end of the game only for Robbie
:39:39. > :39:44.Henshaw to be penalised, what is your view of what happened there? We
:39:45. > :39:48.felt we were going well and going forward and Wayne Barnes is a top
:39:49. > :39:52.referee and I think that will be one of the mistakes we made that we will
:39:53. > :39:57.be disappointed with. I said that the last couple of weeks, you look
:39:58. > :40:01.in the mirror and locate yourself the players have done that, they are
:40:02. > :40:05.very honest about their performance against Scotland and they have come
:40:06. > :40:11.out and I think they can stand proud tonight and enjoy the night. It was
:40:12. > :40:15.a ferocious encounter and in case you have not read about it or seen
:40:16. > :40:20.it, just look at these statistics for the number of tackles made in
:40:21. > :40:25.this match. The highest number in a Six Nations game. 341 tackles in a
:40:26. > :40:30.single match. We keep talking about the brutality and physicality of
:40:31. > :40:33.that game and the concussions that Scotland have suffered, no one was
:40:34. > :40:38.really injured in that game but it was just immense. Where was won and
:40:39. > :40:43.lost for you? The first ten minutes, you look at the aggression and
:40:44. > :40:49.physicality, 50 odd tackles in the first ten minutes. The two sets of
:40:50. > :40:53.teams, the line speed was incredible, Ireland play a game
:40:54. > :41:04.based on their back row carrying the ball, getting over the game line.
:41:05. > :41:09.Ireland being patient, carrying the ball in the 22 and the Welsh back
:41:10. > :41:12.row were commenced all night and nullified any carries that the
:41:13. > :41:22.irish-macro attempted to make. Ireland being patient but a good
:41:23. > :41:25.tackle by Rhys Webb. The Welsh back row was so aggressive. Jamie Heaslip
:41:26. > :41:31.does not make any yards and I think you resort to kicking the ball to
:41:32. > :41:36.try and do something different. The right idea but not that accurate in
:41:37. > :41:41.giving the ball back to the Welsh. Huge credit to Wales from the point
:41:42. > :41:46.of view of a defensive average. The line speed shot Ireland down.
:41:47. > :41:50.Scotland did the same two Ireland in the opening game. On the back of
:41:51. > :41:59.that, they did not have a chance to get over the gain line and play.
:42:00. > :42:01.From the Welsh point of view, they were under pressure, it was an
:42:02. > :42:05.immense response? It was the reaction that Rob Howley wanted. I
:42:06. > :42:10.was in Wales and they were beating themselves up. This Welsh team, I
:42:11. > :42:15.think they are a good team that was playing badly, they have fantastic
:42:16. > :42:20.players, the likes of Warburton, Alun Wyn, Dan Biggar, they have top
:42:21. > :42:24.quality and they had a real bite about them on Friday night and I
:42:25. > :42:28.think on Friday night, when the stadium close, they were going to be
:42:29. > :42:32.a tough team to beat. There were some people who said that they
:42:33. > :42:37.watched it in their local rugby club and said they had never known the
:42:38. > :42:43.bar be so quiet, everyone was stunned into silence by the ferocity
:42:44. > :42:47.of those opening assaults. We have seen through the standards, it has
:42:48. > :42:52.lifted a level. The England and Wales game was one of the most
:42:53. > :42:56.physical I have seen for a long time and it continued on Friday night.
:42:57. > :43:01.That is one thing that has been different about Wales, they brought
:43:02. > :43:05.that pretty much every game. The Scotland game network form that have
:43:06. > :43:10.not quite have the creativity we have been used to. That was more
:43:11. > :43:15.apparent, George North was a completely different player. I think
:43:16. > :43:18.that was the biggest difference, they actually brought a variety to
:43:19. > :43:23.their game which allowed them to get on the front foot ahead of Ireland.
:43:24. > :43:27.Wayne Barnes may not be the most popular referee in Ireland but he
:43:28. > :43:33.had a great game on Friday night which enabled it to be such a great
:43:34. > :43:37.spectacle. Two key decisions, Johnny Sexton in the sin bin and then the
:43:38. > :43:43.no try decision, what do you feel about them? It is difficult to argue
:43:44. > :44:03.with his decision. Johnny makes a good tackle
:44:04. > :44:08.initially, he is rolled into the path of the ball. As difficult as it
:44:09. > :44:10.is to get out of there, your one yard from the line and the Welsh
:44:11. > :44:13.guys are doing everything they can to pin him then and that is a
:44:14. > :44:16.decision that the referee has to make. If he is not there, Wales can
:44:17. > :44:18.score and it is five points. It is the correct decision. Likewise here,
:44:19. > :44:21.maul is going forward. Robbie Henshaw feels like he can add some
:44:22. > :44:33.weight to it. Robbie has joined just ahead
:44:34. > :44:40.He made it easy for Wayne Barnes, because he almost knocked into him.
:44:41. > :44:45.Both decisions were close calls, but they were both right. He had no
:44:46. > :44:50.option. You mentioned George North, it was welcome back to the big time?
:44:51. > :44:56.Yes speaking to Andy, he wasn't at the races in that Scotland game.
:44:57. > :44:59.Whether that was because he was not fully recovered from his dead leg,
:45:00. > :45:07.but on the weekend he was running aggressively and hard. Here with
:45:08. > :45:14.this, Peter's going to jump in, Jackson's ahead of where he wants to
:45:15. > :45:18.be. Great support from Rees Webb and the pass accurate and George on the
:45:19. > :45:28.wing, physical, the power takes him over. But we are seeing a different
:45:29. > :45:34.man. I think Leigh Halfpenny gave that pass at the perfect time. Hit
:45:35. > :45:43.the was cute play by -- this was cute play by Webb. Best has got to
:45:44. > :45:58.stay there to mark the blindside. Webb just is waiting ing for Best to
:45:59. > :46:04.vacate that position. A great finish from Wales, before that you had 14
:46:05. > :46:09.phases from Ireland in the Welsh 22. Great line speed from Wales and they
:46:10. > :46:17.turned the ball over and got in the corner. Wales using great width and
:46:18. > :46:22.so physical and powerful. On a weekend like this, a lot of players
:46:23. > :46:31.maybe played their way on to the Lions party and some went down the
:46:32. > :46:36.pecking order. George Nith was mass -- North was massively in credit.
:46:37. > :46:39.His coach made him stand up and said he wasn't good enough against
:46:40. > :46:46.Scotland. He has responded in the only way he can. Not just in attack,
:46:47. > :46:51.but he was physical in defence. Don't know if he doesn't like
:46:52. > :46:58.Cairney. Here is the question, Peter, England going for the Grand
:46:59. > :47:02.Slam, but Ireland would love nothing more than to deny England, given
:47:03. > :47:06.what we have seen in the last 48-hours, and perhaps give than
:47:07. > :47:10.Eddie O'Sullivan said today he thinks Ireland are too predictable
:47:11. > :47:14.in attack, how can Ireland beat England next weekend? They have got
:47:15. > :47:21.to win the gain line. That has been the core element of their success in
:47:22. > :47:25.recent months. Dominating that gain line with the ball carriers they
:47:26. > :47:31.have, front row, back row, come on to the ball at pace, there is a
:47:32. > :47:35.call, or the question over whether they mix up the back row. Just to
:47:36. > :47:38.bring that physicality and aggression that they will need
:47:39. > :47:43.against the English pack. There is plenty of questions, but I think
:47:44. > :47:46.going to Dublin, you know, obviously England will be favourites, but I
:47:47. > :47:51.wouldn't be surprised if Ireland pull off a win. They have done it in
:47:52. > :47:56.the past. On the one occasion they didn't, that was the era when you
:47:57. > :48:00.were playing, what do you think, do England do more of the same or do
:48:01. > :48:09.Ireland pose a different challenge? It is difficult, I have been on both
:48:10. > :48:13.sides of the fence, in 2003 and in 2001 - 2011 I got injured and
:48:14. > :48:20.Ireland frustrated England and played a simple game. Played a lot
:48:21. > :48:26.of high-Ballater tri. Ball territory. And frustrating the
:48:27. > :48:30.forwards. Not allowing them to have the ball they want. Set pieces are
:48:31. > :48:37.going to be massive. If England, we have seen what they can do, if they
:48:38. > :48:40.get easy ball at scrum or line-out time they will get the big men into
:48:41. > :48:44.the game. What you see with Ireland is they will come up with a plan and
:48:45. > :48:50.look at England's weaknesses. I think Ireland are one of the best
:48:51. > :48:54.teams in formulating a plan and putting it into work. England will
:48:55. > :48:58.have to go on their mettle, if they're not, Ireland in Dublin is
:48:59. > :49:04.just, I think they raise their game 20%. One word answer who, wins? I
:49:05. > :49:08.think it is more than one word, I think England are on a roll and they
:49:09. > :49:11.get the world record. Well actually there are two Grand Slam deciders
:49:12. > :49:42.taking place next weekend. England and Ireland going for the
:49:43. > :50:03.Grand Slam. Highlights of the story so far tonight.
:50:04. > :50:14.Our final port of call is Rome. How trick did Italy up their sleeves
:50:15. > :50:21.against the French? A few but not enough.
:50:22. > :50:35.Trying to set up a maul there. They have got the penalty right in front
:50:36. > :50:50.of the posts. They continue with the advantage.
:50:51. > :50:59.And it goes outside. Parisse over the line and we have only played two
:51:00. > :51:04.minutes and Italy have scored their first try in the sunshine and they
:51:05. > :51:18.have caught the French napping. Dulin feeds out to the far side.
:51:19. > :51:27.Nice work by the French backs. Lamerat getting involved. Fickou
:51:28. > :51:32.also in the mix. A nice dart by Lopez. What a dummy from Fickou. He
:51:33. > :51:37.is going to go under the sticks. Beautiful from the French. That's
:51:38. > :51:42.what they can do. When they can actually string the passes together,
:51:43. > :51:48.have a bit of telepathy between the squad and it can be quite pretty.
:51:49. > :51:53.That was the dummy that did it that Fickou rounded the posts to touch it
:51:54. > :52:01.down. Will the French make their mark in the second half? Here is the
:52:02. > :52:04.maul. We heard the referee, it's going backwards. They managed to
:52:05. > :52:08.edge around the corner there. It is all about the French pack wanting to
:52:09. > :52:16.exert themselves and we have a penalty advantage as well. Lopez
:52:17. > :52:28.tries to give the dummy. It is not read though. Serin again and this
:52:29. > :52:36.time it was too easy. Vakatawa puts down. Are the Italians tired? The
:52:37. > :52:46.French don't care! Vakatawa walked through that defensive line like it
:52:47. > :52:55.was an open door. You talk about tired bodies with the Italians as
:52:56. > :53:09.pan vane takes -- Padovani takes it on. Bronzini goes over. Will they
:53:10. > :53:14.check it? The reaction in the Stadio Olimpico is of a crowd that thinks
:53:15. > :53:22.it went over. It doesn't look like the ball actually touched the grass.
:53:23. > :53:31.Conor O'Shea knew it. Could we see a push over from the French? They will
:53:32. > :53:37.fancy it. Oh, there is the warning from the referee, there will be an
:53:38. > :53:42.opportunity as Picamoles is going for the line and the try for King
:53:43. > :53:47.Louis. It is try No 3 for the French. It has been coming for a
:53:48. > :53:49.while. And it comes in the end from the big No 8 who plays for
:53:50. > :54:11.Northampton. It is the French who have it no.
:54:12. > :54:21.Dulin going for the French. The bonus point try will be scored,s
:54:22. > :54:32.Dulin touches it down. The French have come to Rome and got everything
:54:33. > :54:38.they came for. Still more Italian forwards flying through. Pick and go
:54:39. > :54:47.once again. Will the French let them have the second try? Out to
:54:48. > :54:53.Esposito. It will make no difference to the table, but Italy do get the
:54:54. > :55:01.try and Esposito goes down in the corner. Come pet televisionally
:55:02. > :55:05.disappointed, but in terms of the pride the boys put in, we will keep
:55:06. > :55:12.working. The most important for us was to win this game. Many things
:55:13. > :55:17.not perfect, but the most important is victory and we are happy with
:55:18. > :55:21.that. Italy had more possession and territory in that game, but on a
:55:22. > :55:25.weekend of records, look at that statistic on the tackles made and
:55:26. > :55:30.missed. Italy missed 55 tackles in that match. How can you win a match
:55:31. > :55:37.at any level missing that many tackles? Answer - you can't. One
:55:38. > :55:41.player we must talk about is the French scrum-half, he is a
:55:42. > :55:46.tremendous player, man of the match and he has that extra something.
:55:47. > :55:49.Yes, he looks very promising. I have been very impressed with him in the
:55:50. > :55:55.Six Nations. A guy who controls the game very well. Tests defenders. The
:55:56. > :56:00.Italians are tiring, but he is keeping them honest in and around
:56:01. > :56:05.the fringes, picking and going. Italy again rushing up in defence.
:56:06. > :56:13.But he is playing with heads up and puts the ball behind them. Run,
:56:14. > :56:19.pass, kick, he has it all. Leaving gaps around the defenders close to
:56:20. > :56:23.the ruck. Again lovely off-load. You can see just draws in that as a
:56:24. > :56:35.defender, lovely around the back pass. Poor defensive from Italy. But
:56:36. > :56:42.good vision from Serin. A little chip over and pinning Italy. He has
:56:43. > :56:47.so many strings to his bow. He looks like he should be in a boy band too.
:56:48. > :56:51.Talk about Italy, at half time in all their games, it is, this could
:56:52. > :57:02.be their moment and in the second half they fall away. If you look at
:57:03. > :57:06.the statistics, in the second half they're 120-12.
:57:07. > :57:13.What is the cause of that? It must be fitness. They expend so much
:57:14. > :57:17.energy to stay in the game in the first half and they have nothing
:57:18. > :57:26.left to give. There is nothing left in the tank. We could see similar
:57:27. > :57:34.establishments in the Guinness Pro12. Conor knows it is a massive
:57:35. > :57:42.it is a tock -- massive task to turn it around. Also depth of squad. We
:57:43. > :57:45.talk about finishers coming on for England, whether the quality at the
:57:46. > :57:50.bench could be looked at. There is no way you should be missing 55
:57:51. > :57:53.tackles. If you look at half of them, they're just, they're half
:57:54. > :57:58.attempts and not even proper attempts. That would lead you to
:57:59. > :58:05.think fitness is a problem. We must leave it there. Peter, about to come
:58:06. > :58:10.a dad this week and it is your birthday Andy. Anything you want to
:58:11. > :58:19.contribute about your domestic life? Cheltenham. Back a few winners. Good
:58:20. > :58:24.luck if you're going. Grand Scotland decider for England next weekend.
:58:25. > :58:29.They have been there before it it promises to be a fantastic end to
:58:30. > :58:42.the season. Ireland seeking to deprive England of a Grand Slam. And
:58:43. > :58:47.they're dancing all around Lansdowne Road. And he will finish with a
:58:48. > :58:56.flourish. The dashing of England's Grand Slam
:58:57. > :59:01.hopes. It's great that you could
:59:02. > :59:04.come in for this, Lenny.