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Round 4, and England's amazing Technicolor dream victory under 60

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point nightmare for the Scots. If every match was like this we would

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not need weekends. The colossal Celtic collision in Cardiff. And

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always in the game at half-time but out of it by the end, Italy remain

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rooted to the foot of the table as the French revival continues. Hello,

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plenty to discuss on this Sunday afternoon, three players join us

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with different emotions. Mike Tindall, World Cup winning centre

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and to scrum-half 's, Andy Nichol and Peter Stringer. And we start at

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Twickenham. It felt like summer and while England basked in a

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chairmanship winning performance, but -- for Scotland felt the bleak

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midwinter afternoon. Twickenham are in good voice. Towards the end of

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the Six Nations you might think that injuries were taking their toll but

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quite the opposite for England. Eddie Jones has a close to full

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strength squad. Marler wins his 50th cap. Nathan Hughes retains his place

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despite the return of Billy Vunipola. The major news at the back

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line is that Farrell has recovered from his leg injury. Jonathan Joseph

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is outside, then Young's takes over from Danny care. For Scotland, there

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is the impressive Watson back to start. John Barclay captains at sex

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and the Glasgow front row will have to survive big pressure up front.

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Vern Cotter resisting any urge to bring in Sean Maitland.

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Ten Glasgow players in the starting 15. And on the bench, look at the

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bench for England, great depth, how any side would love to call upon the

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likes of Vunipola. -- of the two Vunipola. There is Russell, little

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chip, being watched by Jack no. Mike Brown spins through the challenge.

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Carried in by 56 macro. Ford, get it to Farrell -- Lawes. James Haskell.

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A penalty advantage to England. They are down a man, is it Elliot Daly?

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It is and it does not look good for him. Fraser Brown has been picked

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out. You're both horizontal, you brought him down and he lands on his

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back. That may well save him and be the differentiator between a yellow

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card and a red card. He clearly went through the tackle knowing that the

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man would release the ball. It is going to be a yellow card at least.

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The Twickenham crowd bays for blood. Fraser Brown is going off for ten

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minutes. From the point of view of Scotland, it is a start they did not

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want. Unnecessary penalty. Did not need to do that. I don't know what

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goes through the minds of players, because Daly was always going to

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release the ball. He was not going to get there in time and to go and

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do that, that was pointless. Try to control the overexcitement and the

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adrenaline and sometimes it gets too much and England have the ball, the

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touch and the extra man advantage for ten minutes and Anthony Watson

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is on for Elliot Daly. Elliot Daly, we should mention of course, is

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suffering off the pitch. There is going to be a try. Jonathan Joseph,

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flying to the line, England a try up, a man up, what a start! England

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take full advantage of Scotland being a man down. Scotland could not

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commit as many players to the line-out and England were clever.

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They tried to release the ball early. They are a man down. A simple

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miss tackle. The man down was because Scotland lost their poker.

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Alex Dunbar missed the tackle, he does not miss too many, but Joseph

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is a try scoring machine. Stuart Hogg is going off for a head injury

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assessment. Scotland did not want that. He was in the form of his

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life. 13 macro is a talismanic figure. -- Hogg. 55-macro chipset.

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No Hogg for Scotland -- Youngs. Scotland are deep in their own 22.

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To the forwards. Risky pass, Joseph tried to get to it. Kamikaze stuff.

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So close to your own try line. Scotland may be behind but they are

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still within two scores and they should not be chasing. Then it is

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down at the moment and that is where it happened. -- Five Live. --

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Bennett. Joseph once again through the middle, lovely step, what a try

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from Jonathan Joseph, two tries for the flying centre and England are

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cutting loose. Superb footwork from Jonathan Joseph. Quick ball. He was

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the dummy runner. Back in at the ankle, gets in the Scotland defender

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-- inside the Scotland defender. England are running away with this

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and we here at that Hogg is not coming back, he failed the head

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injury assessment. Scotland as close to the England try line as they have

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been, they are 20 points down, England are flying towards the

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title. Barclay takes it down, did not look too straight. Scotland

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coming in, Fraser Brown getting within two meters. Scotland closing

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them. Driver over and the try is given. It is Gordon Reid who will

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come up for the ball for his first try for Scotland. Scotland have a

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sign of some live. They really needed that, it was Greg Wood, the

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quick ball around the corner, England could not reorganise

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insufficient numbers. You have got James Haskell. He has grounded that.

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That is a try. England's line-out a functioning so well. The little pass

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works out, Jonathan Joseph again. The try is there for Anthony Watson.

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And England go from strength to strength, this time Joseph is the

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creator, what's in the scorer. It was a good ball. You have the dummy

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run, he takes the player out -- Watson is the scorer. That is a

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lovely step. Watson outside him, that is a lovely try. England

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rampaging forward again and here comes Jonathan Joseph. Little step

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and a shimmy and he is away. Mike Brown. Up to within 12 metres of the

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line. Scotland in desperate defence, Haskel carries. -- 29-macro. --

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James Haskell. Mike Brown gets it back and Jack

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Nolan coming in off the wing. Youngs to Lawes. Still with England

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and still they come through, Nathan Hughes. A quick ball for England and

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a try and a hat-trick for Jonathan Joseph, two and a half minutes into

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the second half and England pick up where they left off in the first

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half. Jonathan Joseph, what a beautiful line. There are not that

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many players out there but it is that line. Barclay is calling for it

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and gives it to forge. He does well. Good strength within three or four

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metres -- 25-macro. 32-macro flings himself into the tackle -- Ford.

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-- Itoje. Sprinters in the block, as they come. It is a try for Hugh

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Jones and Scotland have another try. They got something from this dark

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afternoon and a good try. Good patient work, not panicking or

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taking the other option. The important thing was that once you

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keep going that way, you make sure you do not suddenly fade and decide

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to go wide. Good try. England with a great opportunity again. Longer this

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time, but Itoje takes it down and England try a game. They are driving

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towards the line, charging to the line and the try is there and it is

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the giant returning to the side, Billy Vunipola, embraced warmly by

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his team-mates, welcome back to international rugby. We see the

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Scotland attempt to stop the drive. Right at the back. It rebounded on

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Vunipola, it was a blocker. The Scotland scrum. Just under 12

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minutes to go. Pyrgos gets it. Jones stands strong in the challenge.

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Scotland with options either side, Russell. Heading to the line. Three

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metres short. Scotland again come crashing in. Russell once more. Gray

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takes the thump. It will be out wide. Labouring to the try line. Try

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given once more it is Hugh Jones. Second try in the game that Scotland

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have, they have their third. Comes in, -- comes inside. They will not

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make a tackle with the inside arm. Jones showing his talent as a

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finisher again. Itoje I gain, Billy Vunipola gets it again. The try is

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there. Look so simple by England, so devastating in the finishing. First

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of all, the throw is spot on, he is right at the top of the job. The

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Scotland jumper cannot get near it and Itoje can control it. Perfect

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position for driving it if they want to. They choose not to. The back row

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has come in to stop the drive and that creates space out wide. It look

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simple and it is if you do everything right.

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Three minutes over the 80 we have played. Advantage to England.

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Penalty is there. Flung wide again and Billy Vunipola.

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Still advantage to England, coming from 10 metres out now. The game

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goes on, the passes loosening. 12 phases. England out wide and

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Launchbury to a roar of the crowd, Care now gives it on. Mako Vunipola.

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The final pass. It is Danny Care and England with a conversion to come

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will surely hit 60. The Twickenham faithful are on their feet and I'm

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not surprised, England have given them a performance to be proud of.

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England win with a humbling of Scotland. They're the Six Nations

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champions again and win by the highest ever score against Scotland,

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61-21. You retained the title and equalled New Zealand's record of 18

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victories, how proud are you? Our focus is already on Ireland. We want

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to win the Grand Slam. It is a chance to make history. No one's

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ever won back-to-back Grand Slams in Six Nations history. There is only

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four in the history of five and Six Nations. We are pleased to be Six

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Nations champions, but the Grand Slam is something we are looking

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forward to. We put in a good performance and we helped them, that

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is frustrating. That is two away games and eight concussions, we

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finished up with a half-back on the wing and a few other bits and

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pieces. We started poorly and although we scored three tries, it,

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we look at the score and we are disappointed. Chuffed to bits what,

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a performance from the guys. We put pressure on ourselves to start well.

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You guys have been banging the drum about not starting well, so it means

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nothing unless we perform in Dublin. Was that you saying to Eddie Jones,

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don't drop me again? No a lot of the tries came from set piece moves and

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my job is to do these. The forwards gave us the platform and George and

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bep Youngs created it. What is the success down to? Good players, we

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have good players and they have now got a mind set of wanting to be the

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best in the world and keep improving. If we keep working hard,

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we will be the best in the world. England are champions for the second

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season in a row with a game to spare. England go to Dublin in

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pursuit of the Grand Slam next weekend. But it was a strange

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experience to be at Twickenham yesterday, we expected a great,

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compelling contest, but the gulf between the sides was so vast it was

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a bit flat as an occasion. We will talk about how good England were in

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a second, but Andy, a lot of people were saying last night that in many

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ways the game was almost decided in the first two minutes. Yes it was a

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painful experience for the players, but also the spectators. I don't

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think anyone saw it coming. I certainly expected Scotland to be

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competitive and their defence has been strong and the attack had been

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good and I thought they would pose a real test for England. But it was

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anything but. The yellow card, was that the killer almost from the word

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go? Scotland's start in general. When you go to Twickenham, you need

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to stop England getting into the game, this was the first time

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Russell got the ball. Good possession goes England's way. But

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this is Fraser Brown about two minutes in and he puts in a good

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hit, intimidate the opposition, but what he didn't do was bring him

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down-to-earth correctly and he went above the horizontal and he landed

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on his back. It was silly, it was a yellow card, down to 14 men, the

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worst possible start. Then you want to control the game, take the pace

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out of it. Russell missed that. He tried to get three points. He is too

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far. This pass drops and he has got to be further forward so he has a

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chance. Although he gets charged down, a better pass, quicker on the

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ground he gets this. Phraser Brown comes off after ten minutes. All you

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want to do get the ball and control it. He overthrows it. Maybe too much

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adrenaline. Maybe trying to make up for that error. But it was error

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after error. Russell getting the ball knocked out by Launchbury.

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These things compounded everything. The scrum has been an issue for

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Scotland. Didn't have an impact yesterday. This was the first scrum

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of the day. Penalty and further back into Scotland's defence. This is

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where, that is the last five minutes of your four points down, not in the

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first 18 minutes. Russell chasing the game. A hail Mary pass that

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could have been another try. It was so many mistakes and there was

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injuries, Stewart Hogg, who has been on fire for Scotland, went off with

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a head injury. He was replaced by Bennett, the first time he touched

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it it looks like a bad injury and Scotland after 20 minutes are making

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mistakes, they have not had any chance and you have got a back line

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that was anything but what they looked to start with. You have Price

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making his second start of the wing. A winger at full-back. So that, they

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wouldn't have prepared for any eventuality of that happening. So

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poor play, a bit of bad luck, but it was a terrible start and they never

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got over that. They were chasing it from minute two. But England were

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ruthless. Yeah, I think that was the best thing to come out of that game

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for England was how not only ruthless in terms of wanting to

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score more points, but being Llyn kral. The try -- but being clinical.

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The tries were innovative, but looking at Scotland, not to heap

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pressure on them, once nay lost their shape, they were too wide.

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Now, as any centre, he has got to get Josephs. If you have someone

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with that much gas, you can't give him the space to create those

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opportunities. You have to go and meet him and shut down his space.

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They're perfectly set up for how they want to be. It is a man on man

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situation. We would like Visser nor midfield. If you sit off and watch

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Dunbar, he allows Joseph to go at him and when something has

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afterburners like that, you can't do that. That is when they had their

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normal back line. Once it changes, as we will show you, it... I

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understand why it happened, but someone's got to be pulling that

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together, whether it is Dunbar, but someone's got to have a go. Here

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England have been creative and they have got a 7-man lineout and used

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Youngs and Farrell. What Scotland have done is thrown up a tail pod.

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What normally hatches is the last man would be your tail gunner and

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take the first attacker and be an inside support for the 10. But

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because they have had to put their 9n as we roll it on, Youngs plays

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the usual 9 Farrell does a great job. But he should have someone on

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his inside to take that. But you have price all the way out. He needs

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to be nearer. Watson, they have gone man-to-man to match up on Hughes.

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But he has got ahead of his line and you have five England attackers

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against three defenders. And you know, Watson gets ahead and they

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make a bad decision and they're in no-man's land. Jones is in no-man's

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land. The feet of Joseph to score, he has no right to score that. You

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would expect somebody to put a hand on him there and it just doesn't

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happen. But pit is fantastic footwork. But well played by

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England. Now we have gone on, so two attacks off line-outs have been

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around the midfield and let's try and force them wide. But again

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Scotland start too wide. They do have a tail gunner off the back. But

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for some reason this time Russell decides to fly straight on and 10

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and leaves his next three attackers exposed. This is too wide and

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they're exposed and they have no inside defence and again England run

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a smart out the back play. What Jonathan Joseph does is great heads

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up rugby. He saw the hole was out wide and perfect and once you have

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got through that, that has been clinical. If Visser was narrower he

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would have been able to get Watson down, but just the smarts of Joseph

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to change his line and then buy time and wait for someone to turn up. The

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timing of the pass as well was fantastic. And unselfish. Sometimes

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people try to score that themselves, but that was the best thing about

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England, they were unselfish in making sure they just scored. What

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do you think about England? They looked good in patches. I think we

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haven't seen the best of them F you stand off them, they have a quality

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back line and they can create tries. Disappointing for Scotland. You

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would expect the first 20 minutes Scotland to come to Twickenham in

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the way they have played, take it to England, they conceded I think five

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penalties in the first 18 or 19 minutes, gifting England points and

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territory. That is the longest last thing you want -- that is the last

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thing you want to do. After the Italian game, England were not

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impressive. You want to put doubts in England heads. Aggressive. But

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England did a ruthless job. Played 18 and won 18 for England. That

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equals New Zealand world record. Actually looking at the figures,

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actually the world record, although it is not a tier one country, for 24

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consecutive convict ripries -- countries held by. Cyprus. Did you

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know that somebody told you that in your ear. It is Cyprus. So the big

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debate is New Zealand again public sector England, will it happen?

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There was talk that maybe they're negotiations going on to try and

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have a game in the autumn. Today on Radio 5 Live the

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New Zealand coach was complimentary about England. I would like to

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congratulate them on equalling the record. It is great for rugby, we

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want real competition and games that people want to come and watch and

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get excited by and Eddie has installed a want and desire that

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hasn't been there before. We have felt England have had plenty of

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talent, but haven't wanted to work hard and they seem to be doing that

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now under Eddie and it is no surprise they're putting a run

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together that is impressive. He was talking about the motivation and the

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mentality, that poses the question of if England were to play the All

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Blacks, how many members of England team would get into the current New

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Zealand set up? How many do you think? It would be

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difficult I would make a case for both the Vunipolas to be there. Reid

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is outstanding. Mako, the way he keeps the ball alive and we saw in

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that last try to throw the dummy off-load. Our second rows are in a

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good place. Now they have two world class second rose, I think we have

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two. Was that all eight? I will put cases for. As a starter, Mako would

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probably be a finisher, but I think Billy has been fantastic for England

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and... This is the New Zealand side that played against Ireland in the

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autumn. Which England backs get in that seven? I think Farrell gets in.

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Probably at 12, I don't think you can dislodge Barrett. That back

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three is good. Yes, I think Farrell fitting in at 12. New Zealand have

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tried a centre combinations over the last couple of months and have yet

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to decide on what their best two are. Most New Zealand players in

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that team, but fla the team that Ireland beat in November. England

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would win that game. It is a game we would love to see. They're matched

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up nicely. To be continued. Now back three days or two days to the start

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of fourth weekend of Six Nations in Cardiff. It was savage and

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stupendous and it was Wales against Ireland.

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O'Brien. Six running on the sideline. Toner. -- Zebo. CJ

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standard could not quite get it away and Ireland have the advantage. --

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CJ Stander. Scrum becomes a penalty. Holds its line. Ireland take the

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lead. Scott Williams. Jonathan Davies slightly behind him and the

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ball comes to Liam Williams. It is well read by Donny -- Jonny Sexton.

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He stayed down to prevent the tackle being made. Stay down long enough

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for reinforcements to arrive. Toner was brought down by war Britain.

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Sexton stays down. Marie has to clear -- 98.

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-- Murray. -- Warburton. Paddy Jackson will come on the coast Jonny

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Sexton will have to go off for the head injury assessment. Ken Bowens

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throws and Sam Warburton wins the line-out. Ross Moriarty to Rhys

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Webb. Scott Williams is through. Long pass to Leigh Halfpenny. George

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North is back with a vengeance. Fantastic pass. Great finish from

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George North. What a finish. That is a brilliant finish. Great support

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for the inter-passing. Brilliant vision. This is the support they

:31:47.:31:53.

have lacked in the past games. What a finish. Toner again sets up the

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driving maul. CJ Stander against Tipuric. Another penalty against

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Tipuric. Yes. He has got to release the ball when he has tackled him.

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Paddy Jackson, 13 out on his last 13. 14 out of 14, Ireland take the

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lead at the principality stadium. -- Principality Stadium. Dan Biggar.

:32:43.:32:58.

Conor Murray is down. It looks to be his rest that he is clutching. Wales

:32:59.:33:06.

are in possession. -- it looks to be his arm. Leigh Halfpenny against

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Zebo. Leigh Halfpenny gets a hand on it. Wales will have to put in at the

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scrum. Big collision there with George North for Conor Murray. That

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could be a bad injury for a lot of teams, also for Munster. Conor

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Murray, his bicep seems to be OK. For the moment.

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Justin Tipuric, Wales keeping it tight. Not many options for width.

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Ken Owens. Warburton. Jake Ball. It is a penalty for Wales that last and

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it is the kick by web to Leigh Halfpenny. Jonathan Davies, a foot

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short. A advantage again, yellow cards. -- Webb. Jonny Sexton is

:34:14.:34:29.

going into the bin, clearly killing the ball on the line. It is no place

:34:30.:34:41.

for an outside have to be. You cannot get out of there. I do not

:34:42.:34:51.

see how he can get out of there. Leigh Halfpenny lands the penalty

:34:52.:34:56.

and Wales take the lead. It has been an exhilarating half, it has had a

:34:57.:35:03.

bit of everything. Sean O'Brien has got loose, Scott Williams got a boot

:35:04.:35:10.

to it. Rhys Webb. George North takes a pass. Tipuric pops it up. Rhys

:35:11.:35:17.

Webb, for Scott Williams, the Chase, Conor Murray has to turn with Leigh

:35:18.:35:24.

Halfpenny in hot pursuit. Just about find the touch. Conor Murray did

:35:25.:35:36.

well. Big moment here. Ken Owens prepares the throw. The model is on.

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-- maul. It is there, George North, for a

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second time. The line-out maul was set up so well. It look so tight

:36:05.:36:08.

that the Irish have to commit numbers, they are down a man. This

:36:09.:36:14.

man is really putting his mark on the game, so is Rhys Webb. Conor

:36:15.:36:21.

Murray's evening is over and it gets no easier for Ireland.

:36:22.:36:32.

Heaslip. Two passes, Ireland suddenly go wide. Leigh Halfpenny,

:36:33.:36:43.

tries to avoid the touch and it falls back over the goal line. Five

:36:44.:36:54.

metre line-out, Ireland throne. And Rory Best gives the signal.

:36:55.:37:08.

Henderson wins. Charteris. Clever play by Ireland, they have stopped

:37:09.:37:12.

Charteris getting near the ball and on comes the drive by Rory Best.

:37:13.:37:18.

Rory Best edges closer, help arrives from the outside.

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I think it is a penalty to Wales. Number 12 run from the distance in

:37:30.:37:39.

front of the ball. That is obstruction and that is a penalty. I

:37:40.:37:46.

think he has a point. He has the bind over the back of the ball. It

:37:47.:37:52.

is harsh enough. If he had put an arm over the top of Rory breast as

:37:53.:37:58.

he went into that maul, I think it might be a penalty -- Rory Best.

:37:59.:38:06.

Ireland standing still and taking the ball. Is there anyway out of

:38:07.:38:21.

this 22 Ireland trail by 26 points. Robert six we wait for Wayne Burns

:38:22.:38:34.

to award the try and he has and Wales have just won the encounter.

:38:35.:38:40.

Fair play to Wales and they have just paid and Ireland dine, put them

:38:41.:38:47.

under incredible pressure. They did well in the second half -- they put

:38:48.:38:54.

Ireland down. No one has felt that pressure more than the Welsh

:38:55.:39:01.

coaching staff, what a response. We knew there was going to be a

:39:02.:39:06.

reaction. You have to play like that, with or without the ball.

:39:07.:39:11.

There was a lot of hurt in the camp and I am very proud of the players.

:39:12.:39:16.

They deserve that. We did not get the bounce of the ball a couple of

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times. Credit to Wales, they were under pressure and I think they have

:39:22.:39:25.

always demonstrated that when they are under pressure, they come up

:39:26.:39:30.

with big moment and they won some really big ones tonight. It looked

:39:31.:39:33.

as though you had scored close to the end of the game only for Robbie

:39:34.:39:38.

Henshaw to be penalised, what is your view of what happened there? We

:39:39.:39:44.

felt we were going well and going forward and Wayne Barnes is a top

:39:45.:39:48.

referee and I think that will be one of the mistakes we made that we will

:39:49.:39:52.

be disappointed with. I said that the last couple of weeks, you look

:39:53.:39:57.

in the mirror and locate yourself the players have done that, they are

:39:58.:40:01.

very honest about their performance against Scotland and they have come

:40:02.:40:05.

out and I think they can stand proud tonight and enjoy the night. It was

:40:06.:40:11.

a ferocious encounter and in case you have not read about it or seen

:40:12.:40:15.

it, just look at these statistics for the number of tackles made in

:40:16.:40:20.

this match. The highest number in a Six Nations game. 341 tackles in a

:40:21.:40:25.

single match. We keep talking about the brutality and physicality of

:40:26.:40:30.

that game and the concussions that Scotland have suffered, no one was

:40:31.:40:33.

really injured in that game but it was just immense. Where was won and

:40:34.:40:38.

lost for you? The first ten minutes, you look at the aggression and

:40:39.:40:43.

physicality, 50 odd tackles in the first ten minutes. The two sets of

:40:44.:40:49.

teams, the line speed was incredible, Ireland play a game

:40:50.:40:53.

based on their back row carrying the ball, getting over the game line.

:40:54.:41:04.

Ireland being patient, carrying the ball in the 22 and the Welsh back

:41:05.:41:09.

row were commenced all night and nullified any carries that the

:41:10.:41:12.

irish-macro attempted to make. Ireland being patient but a good

:41:13.:41:22.

tackle by Rhys Webb. The Welsh back row was so aggressive. Jamie Heaslip

:41:23.:41:25.

does not make any yards and I think you resort to kicking the ball to

:41:26.:41:31.

try and do something different. The right idea but not that accurate in

:41:32.:41:36.

giving the ball back to the Welsh. Huge credit to Wales from the point

:41:37.:41:41.

of view of a defensive average. The line speed shot Ireland down.

:41:42.:41:46.

Scotland did the same two Ireland in the opening game. On the back of

:41:47.:41:50.

that, they did not have a chance to get over the gain line and play.

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From the Welsh point of view, they were under pressure, it was an

:42:00.:42:01.

immense response? It was the reaction that Rob Howley wanted. I

:42:02.:42:05.

was in Wales and they were beating themselves up. This Welsh team, I

:42:06.:42:10.

think they are a good team that was playing badly, they have fantastic

:42:11.:42:15.

players, the likes of Warburton, Alun Wyn, Dan Biggar, they have top

:42:16.:42:20.

quality and they had a real bite about them on Friday night and I

:42:21.:42:24.

think on Friday night, when the stadium close, they were going to be

:42:25.:42:28.

a tough team to beat. There were some people who said that they

:42:29.:42:32.

watched it in their local rugby club and said they had never known the

:42:33.:42:37.

bar be so quiet, everyone was stunned into silence by the ferocity

:42:38.:42:43.

of those opening assaults. We have seen through the standards, it has

:42:44.:42:47.

lifted a level. The England and Wales game was one of the most

:42:48.:42:52.

physical I have seen for a long time and it continued on Friday night.

:42:53.:42:56.

That is one thing that has been different about Wales, they brought

:42:57.:43:01.

that pretty much every game. The Scotland game network form that have

:43:02.:43:05.

not quite have the creativity we have been used to. That was more

:43:06.:43:10.

apparent, George North was a completely different player. I think

:43:11.:43:15.

that was the biggest difference, they actually brought a variety to

:43:16.:43:18.

their game which allowed them to get on the front foot ahead of Ireland.

:43:19.:43:23.

Wayne Barnes may not be the most popular referee in Ireland but he

:43:24.:43:27.

had a great game on Friday night which enabled it to be such a great

:43:28.:43:33.

spectacle. Two key decisions, Johnny Sexton in the sin bin and then the

:43:34.:43:37.

no try decision, what do you feel about them? It is difficult to argue

:43:38.:43:43.

with his decision. Johnny makes a good tackle

:43:44.:44:03.

initially, he is rolled into the path of the ball. As difficult as it

:44:04.:44:08.

is to get out of there, your one yard from the line and the Welsh

:44:09.:44:10.

guys are doing everything they can to pin him then and that is a

:44:11.:44:13.

decision that the referee has to make. If he is not there, Wales can

:44:14.:44:16.

score and it is five points. It is the correct decision. Likewise here,

:44:17.:44:18.

maul is going forward. Robbie Henshaw feels like he can add some

:44:19.:44:21.

weight to it. Robbie has joined just ahead

:44:22.:44:33.

He made it easy for Wayne Barnes, because he almost knocked into him.

:44:34.:44:40.

Both decisions were close calls, but they were both right. He had no

:44:41.:44:45.

option. You mentioned George North, it was welcome back to the big time?

:44:46.:44:50.

Yes speaking to Andy, he wasn't at the races in that Scotland game.

:44:51.:44:56.

Whether that was because he was not fully recovered from his dead leg,

:44:57.:44:59.

but on the weekend he was running aggressively and hard. Here with

:45:00.:45:07.

this, Peter's going to jump in, Jackson's ahead of where he wants to

:45:08.:45:14.

be. Great support from Rees Webb and the pass accurate and George on the

:45:15.:45:18.

wing, physical, the power takes him over. But we are seeing a different

:45:19.:45:28.

man. I think Leigh Halfpenny gave that pass at the perfect time. Hit

:45:29.:45:34.

the was cute play by -- this was cute play by Webb. Best has got to

:45:35.:45:43.

stay there to mark the blindside. Webb just is waiting ing for Best to

:45:44.:45:58.

vacate that position. A great finish from Wales, before that you had 14

:45:59.:46:04.

phases from Ireland in the Welsh 22. Great line speed from Wales and they

:46:05.:46:09.

turned the ball over and got in the corner. Wales using great width and

:46:10.:46:17.

so physical and powerful. On a weekend like this, a lot of players

:46:18.:46:22.

maybe played their way on to the Lions party and some went down the

:46:23.:46:31.

pecking order. George Nith was mass -- North was massively in credit.

:46:32.:46:36.

His coach made him stand up and said he wasn't good enough against

:46:37.:46:39.

Scotland. He has responded in the only way he can. Not just in attack,

:46:40.:46:46.

but he was physical in defence. Don't know if he doesn't like

:46:47.:46:51.

Cairney. Here is the question, Peter, England going for the Grand

:46:52.:46:58.

Slam, but Ireland would love nothing more than to deny England, given

:46:59.:47:02.

what we have seen in the last 48-hours, and perhaps give than

:47:03.:47:06.

Eddie O'Sullivan said today he thinks Ireland are too predictable

:47:07.:47:10.

in attack, how can Ireland beat England next weekend? They have got

:47:11.:47:14.

to win the gain line. That has been the core element of their success in

:47:15.:47:21.

recent months. Dominating that gain line with the ball carriers they

:47:22.:47:25.

have, front row, back row, come on to the ball at pace, there is a

:47:26.:47:31.

call, or the question over whether they mix up the back row. Just to

:47:32.:47:35.

bring that physicality and aggression that they will need

:47:36.:47:38.

against the English pack. There is plenty of questions, but I think

:47:39.:47:43.

going to Dublin, you know, obviously England will be favourites, but I

:47:44.:47:46.

wouldn't be surprised if Ireland pull off a win. They have done it in

:47:47.:47:51.

the past. On the one occasion they didn't, that was the era when you

:47:52.:47:56.

were playing, what do you think, do England do more of the same or do

:47:57.:48:00.

Ireland pose a different challenge? It is difficult, I have been on both

:48:01.:48:09.

sides of the fence, in 2003 and in 2001 - 2011 I got injured and

:48:10.:48:13.

Ireland frustrated England and played a simple game. Played a lot

:48:14.:48:20.

of high-Ballater tri. Ball territory. And frustrating the

:48:21.:48:26.

forwards. Not allowing them to have the ball they want. Set pieces are

:48:27.:48:30.

going to be massive. If England, we have seen what they can do, if they

:48:31.:48:37.

get easy ball at scrum or line-out time they will get the big men into

:48:38.:48:40.

the game. What you see with Ireland is they will come up with a plan and

:48:41.:48:44.

look at England's weaknesses. I think Ireland are one of the best

:48:45.:48:50.

teams in formulating a plan and putting it into work. England will

:48:51.:48:54.

have to go on their mettle, if they're not, Ireland in Dublin is

:48:55.:48:58.

just, I think they raise their game 20%. One word answer who, wins? I

:48:59.:49:04.

think it is more than one word, I think England are on a roll and they

:49:05.:49:08.

get the world record. Well actually there are two Grand Slam deciders

:49:09.:49:11.

taking place next weekend. England and Ireland going for the

:49:12.:49:42.

Grand Slam. Highlights of the story so far tonight.

:49:43.:50:03.

Our final port of call is Rome. How trick did Italy up their sleeves

:50:04.:50:14.

against the French? A few but not enough.

:50:15.:50:21.

Trying to set up a maul there. They have got the penalty right in front

:50:22.:50:35.

of the posts. They continue with the advantage.

:50:36.:50:50.

And it goes outside. Parisse over the line and we have only played two

:50:51.:50:59.

minutes and Italy have scored their first try in the sunshine and they

:51:00.:51:04.

have caught the French napping. Dulin feeds out to the far side.

:51:05.:51:18.

Nice work by the French backs. Lamerat getting involved. Fickou

:51:19.:51:27.

also in the mix. A nice dart by Lopez. What a dummy from Fickou. He

:51:28.:51:32.

is going to go under the sticks. Beautiful from the French. That's

:51:33.:51:37.

what they can do. When they can actually string the passes together,

:51:38.:51:42.

have a bit of telepathy between the squad and it can be quite pretty.

:51:43.:51:48.

That was the dummy that did it that Fickou rounded the posts to touch it

:51:49.:51:53.

down. Will the French make their mark in the second half? Here is the

:51:54.:52:01.

maul. We heard the referee, it's going backwards. They managed to

:52:02.:52:04.

edge around the corner there. It is all about the French pack wanting to

:52:05.:52:08.

exert themselves and we have a penalty advantage as well. Lopez

:52:09.:52:16.

tries to give the dummy. It is not read though. Serin again and this

:52:17.:52:28.

time it was too easy. Vakatawa puts down. Are the Italians tired? The

:52:29.:52:36.

French don't care! Vakatawa walked through that defensive line like it

:52:37.:52:46.

was an open door. You talk about tired bodies with the Italians as

:52:47.:52:55.

pan vane takes -- Padovani takes it on. Bronzini goes over. Will they

:52:56.:53:09.

check it? The reaction in the Stadio Olimpico is of a crowd that thinks

:53:10.:53:14.

it went over. It doesn't look like the ball actually touched the grass.

:53:15.:53:22.

Conor O'Shea knew it. Could we see a push over from the French? They will

:53:23.:53:31.

fancy it. Oh, there is the warning from the referee, there will be an

:53:32.:53:37.

opportunity as Picamoles is going for the line and the try for King

:53:38.:53:42.

Louis. It is try No 3 for the French. It has been coming for a

:53:43.:53:47.

while. And it comes in the end from the big No 8 who plays for

:53:48.:53:49.

Northampton. It is the French who have it no.

:53:50.:54:11.

Dulin going for the French. The bonus point try will be scored,s

:54:12.:54:21.

Dulin touches it down. The French have come to Rome and got everything

:54:22.:54:32.

they came for. Still more Italian forwards flying through. Pick and go

:54:33.:54:38.

once again. Will the French let them have the second try? Out to

:54:39.:54:47.

Esposito. It will make no difference to the table, but Italy do get the

:54:48.:54:53.

try and Esposito goes down in the corner. Come pet televisionally

:54:54.:55:01.

disappointed, but in terms of the pride the boys put in, we will keep

:55:02.:55:05.

working. The most important for us was to win this game. Many things

:55:06.:55:12.

not perfect, but the most important is victory and we are happy with

:55:13.:55:17.

that. Italy had more possession and territory in that game, but on a

:55:18.:55:21.

weekend of records, look at that statistic on the tackles made and

:55:22.:55:25.

missed. Italy missed 55 tackles in that match. How can you win a match

:55:26.:55:30.

at any level missing that many tackles? Answer - you can't. One

:55:31.:55:37.

player we must talk about is the French scrum-half, he is a

:55:38.:55:41.

tremendous player, man of the match and he has that extra something.

:55:42.:55:46.

Yes, he looks very promising. I have been very impressed with him in the

:55:47.:55:49.

Six Nations. A guy who controls the game very well. Tests defenders. The

:55:50.:55:55.

Italians are tiring, but he is keeping them honest in and around

:55:56.:56:00.

the fringes, picking and going. Italy again rushing up in defence.

:56:01.:56:05.

But he is playing with heads up and puts the ball behind them. Run,

:56:06.:56:13.

pass, kick, he has it all. Leaving gaps around the defenders close to

:56:14.:56:19.

the ruck. Again lovely off-load. You can see just draws in that as a

:56:20.:56:23.

defender, lovely around the back pass. Poor defensive from Italy. But

:56:24.:56:35.

good vision from Serin. A little chip over and pinning Italy. He has

:56:36.:56:42.

so many strings to his bow. He looks like he should be in a boy band too.

:56:43.:56:47.

Talk about Italy, at half time in all their games, it is, this could

:56:48.:56:51.

be their moment and in the second half they fall away. If you look at

:56:52.:57:02.

the statistics, in the second half they're 120-12.

:57:03.:57:06.

What is the cause of that? It must be fitness. They expend so much

:57:07.:57:13.

energy to stay in the game in the first half and they have nothing

:57:14.:57:17.

left to give. There is nothing left in the tank. We could see similar

:57:18.:57:26.

establishments in the Guinness Pro12. Conor knows it is a massive

:57:27.:57:34.

it is a tock -- massive task to turn it around. Also depth of squad. We

:57:35.:57:42.

talk about finishers coming on for England, whether the quality at the

:57:43.:57:45.

bench could be looked at. There is no way you should be missing 55

:57:46.:57:50.

tackles. If you look at half of them, they're just, they're half

:57:51.:57:53.

attempts and not even proper attempts. That would lead you to

:57:54.:57:58.

think fitness is a problem. We must leave it there. Peter, about to come

:57:59.:58:05.

a dad this week and it is your birthday Andy. Anything you want to

:58:06.:58:10.

contribute about your domestic life? Cheltenham. Back a few winners. Good

:58:11.:58:19.

luck if you're going. Grand Scotland decider for England next weekend.

:58:20.:58:24.

They have been there before it it promises to be a fantastic end to

:58:25.:58:29.

the season. Ireland seeking to deprive England of a Grand Slam. And

:58:30.:58:42.

they're dancing all around Lansdowne Road. And he will finish with a

:58:43.:58:47.

flourish. The dashing of England's Grand Slam

:58:48.:58:56.

hopes. It's great that you could

:58:57.:59:01.

come in for this, Lenny.

:59:02.:59:04.

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