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No team has ever won three

consecutive Six Nations titles.

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EnglandMike bids to do just that

began in Rome this afternoon. Wales

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have been champions four times in

the past 13 years. Scotland have

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never been champions, but they went

to Cardiff yesterday in buoyant

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mood. As did Ireland to Paris. Many

experts' favourites to win the

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title, and a match that proved

beyond all doubt it really is never

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over until it's over.

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over until it's over. Hello, just

one rugby special in this run of Six

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Nations because of the way the games

pan out, so make the most of it in

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the company of Jeremy Guscott, Andy

Nichol and Jonathan Davies. To Rome

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this afternoon, glorious and

springlike day in the Italian

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capital. But how much spring would

there be in Eddie Jones' England and

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how much fight in the perennial

contenders for the Wooden Spoon?

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Commentary from Brian Moore and

Eddie Butler.

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COMMENTATOR: The Italian backs

strictly divided into the old hands,

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Sergio Parisse on a cap. Ghiraldini

up on 19. The others is just a

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handful between them.

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handful between them. Giammarioli

and the rest of the back row, just

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three caps between them. Promise

elsewhere, like full-back Matteo

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Minozzi, but no heavyweight at just

12 stone. England are anything but

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lightweight. Courtney Lawes moving

into the back row looking for

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action. Number eight is such an

important position for England. Sam

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Simmonds of Exeter where is the

shirts today and makes his first

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start in the Six Nations. Ben Te'o,

out of action since October, playing

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outside Owen Farrell in the centre.

So much expected of England. They

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have never lost to Italy. Can they

slip easily into top gear? The

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finishes, rather than the

replacements, England here will hope

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to have a clear-cut advantage, to

cut loose in the last quarter. Chris

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Robshaw, back in the number seven

shirt for England. Courtney Lawes on

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the far side of the scrum in the

back row. Sam Simmonds in the red

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boots at number eight. Penalty to

England.

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That is one of the areas which the

referees have been told to be hot

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on. Make sure there is a credible

feed and a proper strike. That is

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the difficulty, if you have a hooker

who can't hook at the scrum, it's

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stuck there. The Italians can't get

any go forward, and that's the

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result.

First throw for England

captain Dylan Hartley. Maro Itoje is

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clearly up there. I wake up in

England. Ben Te'o. -- away, England.

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Jonny May. Anthony Watson. It's some

start by England.

I hate to use the

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phrase, it's too easy, but it was

Ben Te'o with the initial go

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forward, and then a simple loop move

outflanking the Italians. It could

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be a long afternoon if they concede

so easily.

Just three minutes on the

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clock.

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Danny Care's first task is to feed

the scrummage on the halfway line.

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And set England off. Again, it's the

loop that allows Jonny May to come

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away with it again. Anthony Watson,

his second? Did he get there? They

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will check, but it looks like a

brace for Anthony Watson.

Any reason

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why I can't award a try?

Be the

important question, any reason why I

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can't award the try.

Glenn Newman of

New Zealand is the TMO.

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New Zealand is the TMO.

Not in

touch. Try.

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I can give you no reason, so you can

award the try.

Thanks.

Simple

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enough. Anthony Watson with two

tries, England 10-0.

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Ghiraldini under pressure to get a

strike on the ball. It's a good run

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with Bellini getting the pass away.

Excellent

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Excellent take from Tommaso Boni.

Cutting back against the traffic.

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Free play for the team in blue. Dean

Budd.

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Budd. Allan floats one out, and it

will be a try for Italy. Scored by

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Tommaso Benvenuti.

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Tommaso Benvenuti.

Here we are,

that's a difficult pass, and it's

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beautifully done.

Well, it was all

heading one way, but Italy have

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struck back. Benvenuti, the winger,

after good work on the other wing

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from Bellini. Italy are comfortable

wide out on the touchlines, and they

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are back in this game.

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Dylan Hartley. Quick ball for Ford.

Vunipola, good hands from the prop.

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Dan Cole with a run, the tight head.

Ford, very nearly went for the

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interception. Clear advantage to

England. Vunipola. Could be on for

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England. Owen Farrell is clean

through. England's third try.

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This is beautiful hands by Vunipola.

That's what I mean by giving

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defenders decisions to make, whether

or not you will take the ball in.

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Owen Farrell hasn't landed the

conversion yet, but he has grabbed

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himself a try, and now the

conversion. Seven points for England

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and their centre.

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Quick ball and the chance for Italy

through Tommaso Boni. Minozzi. Five

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metres short. Still in Italian

possession, although... No.

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possession, although... No. From an

offside position, quickly taken by

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Parisse. Tommaso Castello ran into

Mako Vunipola.

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Mako Vunipola. The hooker,

Ghiraldini, does well to keep the

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ball away from the touchline. A good

end to the half from Italy. They

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won't want to surrender possession

here. Have England snaffled it? No,

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Italy have it back. Violi.

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Italy have it back. Violi. Number

seven, Giammarioli. Ghiraldini

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again.

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again. They are that close, Italy,

big forwards ready.

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big forwards ready. A penalty again

against England.

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Allan. Italy are into double

figures. Italy 10-17 England.

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They have held it well... No, they

haven't. Penalty against Italy! And

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it's against Renato Giammarioli.

Handy in the scrum, only the number

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eight is allowed to reach forward

and pick the ball up.

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and pick the ball up. Ferrari, just

a hand there. He has to wait for

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Parisse to get in, which Parisse is

allowed to do from number eight, but

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not him from number seven. And

actually, the Italian tighthead,

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Ferrari, had anchored the scrum

successfully, so there was no need

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to do that.

England are up to 20.

Italy, ten.

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Penalty, Maro Itoje was taken out in

the air.

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England's focus at half-time should

have been on more accuracy, and have

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a more clinical mindset. This is a

decent attacking position.

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decent attacking position.

Dean Budd

just couldn't resist taking Maro

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Itoje in the air. Dylan Hartley to

throw. Itoje pulls it long. Courtney

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Lawes, shorter. Simmonds. The pace

of the number eight.

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Must have been amazed there was no

one in front of him. Had the

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wherewithal and presence of mind to

take advantage of that fully.

It's

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the bonus point try for England. And

it's a straight burst away by Sam

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Simmonds.

The problem for Italy, as

soon as he is sacked, the ball is

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transferred and there are no

defenders behind. Simple running

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from Symonds, but well done for

spotting the opportunity and taking

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his chance.

Luca Bigi with the

throw. This could work. Luca Bigi in

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control.

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control. Ever closer, ever closer...

Luca Bigi seems to be buried there

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somewhere. They have a penalty

advantage out of it. He only has to

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go burrowing.

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go burrowing. Finally, it comes out.

Parisse with the long hands. It's

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even longer now, another long pass

that might just work for Bellini...

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It's so close.

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It's so close.

Jerome Garces has his

finger up, the assistant referee.

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He's saying the pass and grounding

are both fine.

The reason I cannot

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award the try, please? Can you check

whether the player put a foot on the

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line, yes or no?

I will check.

Although you could say Jerome Garces

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was in the best possible position,

he does have men in between him and

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the grounding, so...

It's the knee,

isn't it.

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isn't it. Oh!

That is so... Have you

got white or blue tinted glasses on?

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It's absolutely marginal.

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It's absolutely marginal. The divot

is not from outside the feed of the

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play.

I can't give you a clear

reason.

So I can award the try.

Yes.

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The try is awarded. Sam Underhill is

on for Chris Robshaw. Italy have

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beaten Maro Itoje to the line-out.

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Gori. They have managed that very

well, Italy. Because they faced a

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major threat on the England throw.

Now they are outside their 22.

Good

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work from Parisse in getting up.

We

are under way. England really wanted

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to cut loose in the last quarter,

and bring on the finishers. Still

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plenty of time for it to happen.

Tackle by Negri on Simmonds.

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Beautiful angle from Owen Farrell.

George Ford is in support. And

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George Ford scores.

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George Ford scores.

They needed

England's to finish on a positive

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note. The efforts of the senior

players, Farrell and Ford. And

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there's the gap. Important that Ford

keeps the continued running line. It

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would have been very easy for him to

drop off there.

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Penalty advantage, England. Danny

Care gets its two George Ford. Jack

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Nowell. Still penalty advantage

being played. The pace of Sam

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Simmonds again. It's the second for

the Exeter number eight.

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He may not carry like Billy

Vunipola, but he does have feet.

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They get him out of situations. A

lovely step inside. And pace as

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well.

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Hurting Italy at the scrum Manoa.

Joseph. Jonny May. -- at the scrum

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now.

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Itoje.

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England with a penalty advantage.

Hepburn.

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Another advantage being played.

George Ford can take as much time as

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he likes. Simmonds to Jack Nowell.

And England are finishing in style.

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Ford has seen the opportunity out

wide. Nowell doing the work to make

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the looping run.

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No one knows what to do, but George

Ford does. Lovely pass.

Lovely

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passes. Simmonds did well. England

have their bonus points and they

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have made a successful start to the

Six Nations. Italy 15-46 England.

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The first game is always difficult.

Italy are traditionally a very

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difficult opponent. They are well

coached by Conor O'Shea and have

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good young players coming through.

To have the bonus point at the 52

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minute mark and to go on to win by a

substantial score was pretty

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positive for us.

In terms of what we

put on a pitch and the young fellas

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and their performances, because the

second-best team in the world some

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serious problems by playing some

proper rugby. We are making massive

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progress. But the challenge we face

is a statistic. People can trot it

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out, but we have so much faith in

what we are doing. When I see those

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young fellas play like they did

today, I'm proud and annoyed and we

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face a massive challenge in six

days.

I thought they played well.

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They keep the ball, I think they had

55, 60% possession. They will have

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points against you, and we did well

not to concede the tries, but it's

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part of the game.

STUDIO: Pretty

emphatic scoreline in the end and it

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was quite a 50-50 game in terms of

possession and territory, but

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ultimately England were so clinical

and in certain areas England let

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themselves down. How would you

assess the England performance,

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Jeremy?

We knew they would get the

win, and they required the bonus

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points. We thought it would be a

riot after ten minutes but Italy

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gathered themselves. England lost

momentum and then regathered it. I

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was interested in the Ben Te'o

experiment. It wasn't conclusive for

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me. Jonathan Joseph isn't able to

hold down that position yet. You

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waiting for someone else to take it

and Ben Te'o had his opportunity.

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Eight carries and not many metres.

Not many tackles, eight, and not

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very destructive. He had something

to do with some of the tries, but he

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wasn't the dominant figure in

midfield.

He has barely played.

He

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is coming back and the team is

rusty. Seven tries, good points,

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good start.

I think he's like a 12,

but because of the ten, 12 Farrell

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and Ford axis, he will not play

there. They need somebody to carry

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the ball. And he's the man. It will

take time for him to adjust.

We will

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talk about the immense Ford and

Farrell in a second. Andy what was

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your impression?

England had to dig

deep at times, it didn't look like

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it would be the walkover it would be

after the two early Watson tries. It

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was a contest, a real contest, which

will probably help England for what

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they have coming up next week

against Wales.

Ford and Farrell have

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known each other since they were

teenagers, even before. Today they

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had this momentum from the word go.

Brilliant.

We have

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had this momentum from the word go.

Brilliant.

We have seen it while

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they have been together and that's

why they remain in the axis of ten

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and 12. They synchronise incredibly

well together. Pretty

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straightforward with Ben Te'o into

the middle. Straightaway you can see

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how amateurish the Italians are,

altogether, 14 in one shot. Bellini

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on the edge of the defence, that's

where they are trying to get to,

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where Farrell and Ford really focus,

sitting on the edge defender to make

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the choice. They have the overlap if

he stays where he is. It's similar

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to rugby league, which I think it's

where it's coming from. They get the

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space, get the edge, and Anthony

Watson still has to use his pace.

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Great to see the winger go to the

outside and back himself. Looking

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for the overlap this time. Doesn't

work out. But they get into the

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right banks. Ford and Farrell

talking to each other, spotting the

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space. Farrell is saying to George,

drag the defender and I will be

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away. It's very simple, but simple

things always look easy, but there

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is a lot of communication.

The

English forwards taking this in,

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nothing much on. Ford goes to the

short side. It's brilliant, a

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fantastic line. Support him and goes

over for the try. They have known

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each other for a long time. They

have a rugby league background. And

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they just play flat and pick the

right angles.

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they just play flat and pick the

right angles.

Has the Ford or

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Farrell debate been put to bed?

I

think so. They are so comfortable.

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They have so much time on the ball.

They try to isolate the last but one

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man in who has to make the decision.

When you have your attack deployed,

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you just have to make defenders make

the decision. If they make the wrong

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decision, then you score. They are

working very well together, and it's

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a question of who they play in the

13.

It's so impressive what Owen

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Farrell does, playing stand-off at

Saracens and George Ford is at ten

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for Leicester. In a sense, he's

playing out of position. To be that

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effective and have that

understanding shows their brilliant

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rugby brains and that sets them

apart. I think it has been put to

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bed.

I don't think it has been put

to bed. If somebody comes in and

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plays well, if you look at Ben Te'o,

even though he was at 13...

And

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Tuilagi might come back as well.

It

is a slight weakness. In attack they

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are brilliant, but you need Te'o or

somebody bigger to make the run. If

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you had the overlap more often then

it would be put to bed.

I think if

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he gets the run, you need somebody

direct. That could be Ben Te'o at

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the moment. But because they are so

good together and create a lot. If

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you bring somebody like Elliot Daly,

or Watson at full-back, it's another

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threat out wide. They have so many

options, which is why they are so

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strong.

They are destructive at the

end of the game when people get

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tired. When you have those two

passes and distributors, they see

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the space and put guys in it.

Watson

finished well with his two tries.

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And for an inexplicable reason he

got the man of the match award,

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because Sam Simmonds was

extraordinary.

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because Sam Simmonds was

extraordinary.

Everybody talked

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about Billy Vunipola not being

there, a big loss, but Sam Simmonds

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of Exeter, the defence here from the

Italian line-out fell apart, but

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it's the place and speed off the

mark. They are going for the driving

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maul and it opens up on this

different angle. He is the number

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eight! Incredible. I think he might

end up at seven when Billy Vunipola

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comes back. He's so comfortable. If

you were looking at is that without

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the numbers on the back of the shirt

you would think he was a winger

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coming from the blindside. It's the

speed off the mark. 23 tackles, 14

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runs, 80 metres made, three clean

breaks, 18 defenders beaten, two

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tries, and he's still not a man of

the match!

Look at that pass, you

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would have been proud of that. But

you would much rather be in Jack

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Nowell's position scoring a try.

You

try to get the quick men

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Nowell's position scoring a try.

You

try to get the quick men running at

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the forwards. When you have a big

forward who can run very fast

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anyway... He was very impressive

today.

In today's game he will be

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impressive near the end and on the

edges, but you miss Billy Vunipola's

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bulk, and how destructive he is at

carrying the ball. Sam is a guy for

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the edge and carrying in the space.

The Italian backs were better today,

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posing more threat than we have seen

in the past. A perennial debate

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hovering in the background about the

Italian place in the championship.

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If we went through the archives and

found a rugby special 15 years ago

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we would have been having the same

situation about wanton penalties

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we would have been having the same

situation about wanton penalties and

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lack of discipline putting them

under pressure when they don't need

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to.

Conor O'Shea was right to say he

was happy and angry because it's the

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same silly errors. A lack of

concentration, it's hard to say.

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They put themselves under pressure

with a cumulative errors. Towards

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the end of the game, England can run

in the tries. Those silly errors.

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They have to cut it out. You are

right, John, they were definitely

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better and more direct. Scored a

couple of lovely tries, but at this

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level you have to cut out these

stupid errors.

These are the errors

0:27:010:27:07

that will infuriate, O'Shea because

these are the basics. Not kicking at

0:27:070:27:12

ten, they did it twice and it puts

0:27:120:27:13

these are the basics. Not kicking at

ten, they did it twice and it puts

0:27:130:27:13

more pressure on the defence. All

the penalties we have seen, they are

0:27:130:27:17

in the 22 and it gives England to be

clear and easy out and they are

0:27:170:27:21

defending again. They have Tommaso

Boni at 13, Minozzi at 15. They

0:27:210:27:30

still like game management at nine

and ten, and they have young players

0:27:300:27:34

coming through but they have to cut

out the mistakes because it's

0:27:340:27:36

killing them.

With 52% possession,

if they cut out the errors they

0:27:360:27:43

could have had more possession over

their 52%.

Ben Youngs went off

0:27:430:27:49

injured, we don't know how serious

it is but it looks certain he will

0:27:490:27:53

miss the Wales game next weekend. We

might have Danny Care starting at

0:27:530:27:57

nine, that'll be Eddie Jones' call.

If you were Warren Gatland watching

0:27:570:28:02

the match today, what would have

concerned you and what would have

0:28:020:28:07

encouraged to you?

I think the ten

and 12 axis and the pace they have,

0:28:070:28:12

whether they pick Jonathan Joseph

next week, who knows. They have that

0:28:120:28:17

strength in depth. I think

physically he will be happy with how

0:28:170:28:22

they played yesterday. They look at

the English pack and they didn't

0:28:220:28:26

absolutely kill the Italian pack.

With both performances

0:28:260:28:31

absolutely kill the Italian pack.

With both performances, I think

0:28:310:28:32

Wales...

England are vulnerable on

the edge. You can't go there

0:28:320:28:40

immediately, like Scotland tried to

play, you have to be direct, narrow

0:28:400:28:42

the defence and go out there. Wales

will see that as an advantage, but

0:28:420:28:46

whether they can get enough ball to

do that is the question.

It will be

0:28:460:28:50

adjusting to see what defensive

strategy they come up with to handle

0:28:500:28:55

be ten and 12. And Shaun Edwards is

a rugby league boy as well, so it

0:28:550:28:59

will be an interesting encounter.

Let's go back to Cardiff yesterday,

0:28:590:29:03

2:15pm, for the match that kicked

off the year's championship. The

0:29:030:29:08

first 20 minutes was riveting

mayhem. At the end, the match that

0:29:080:29:10

everybody said was too close to

call, was anything but.

0:29:100:29:14

COMMENTATOR: Russell, to Huw Jones.

With that exhilaration, trying to

0:29:180:29:27

make his way through. Jonny Gray

into play scrum-half. Russell uses

0:29:270:29:35

the referee as a decoy run. Price is

there at scrum-half. Interception!

0:29:350:29:44

Opportunity for Wales and Gareth

Davies. Can anybody catch the

0:29:440:29:48

scrum-half? Going to the corner,

Harris can't get there. Try for

0:29:480:29:53

Wales. A gift for Wales, but so well

taken by Gareth Davies.

The

0:29:530:29:59

interception from Gareth Davies.

They had to work so hard to get the

0:29:590:30:05

breakdown of the last three or four

minute phase. It became a foot race

0:30:050:30:10

between Davies and Harris and Davies

made it.

Space out wide for Wales,

0:30:100:30:15

if they can move to Halfpenny in the

line. Hadleigh Parkes. Back in the

0:30:150:30:20

field. Wales beginning to gather a

bit more momentum and confidence.

0:30:200:30:25

Through the gap again. Shingler

looks for support and finds it from

0:30:250:30:30

Cory Hill. Wales pouring forward.

Alun Wyn Jones charging on. They

0:30:300:30:36

can't quite get there.

0:30:360:30:37

Evans, the final touch.

Brilliant

break, good support from Cory Hill,

0:30:420:30:50

I thought Alun-Wyn Jones was there,

brilliant from Wales.

Scotland will

0:30:500:30:55

be frustrated with their defence,

very narrow and that has given the

0:30:550:31:00

Welsh some space. They have tried to

overload just with that space.

Lots

0:31:000:31:05

of the talk was about the first

scrum, great scrum for Wales to

0:31:050:31:11

attack Scotland.

In this position

Wales will try to put on the

0:31:110:31:15

squeeze. Free kick. They were

talking about Leeds. We wonder what

0:31:150:31:20

the decision is? The feed was not

straight. They talk about credible

0:31:200:31:27

feeding to the scrum.

That is one of

the pointers, it does not have to be

0:31:270:31:34

straight down the middle but it has

to be sort of in the middle. That is

0:31:340:31:38

such an obvious decision to make.

Mariachi holding that.

0:31:380:31:48

Mariachi holding that. Three meters.

Short of the line. Davies has a

0:31:480:31:54

look. Shingler is hurled back, two

men get to him. Wales punching

0:31:540:32:02

clobbered again. It goes to Cory

Hill and there is the gap. Leigh

0:32:020:32:10

Halfpenny! And he is in, two tries

in 12 minutes for Wales. We wondered

0:32:100:32:17

how they would play. What a start

for the home side!

Fantastic

0:32:170:32:24

patients from Wales, scrappy from

the back of the scrum, Patchell

0:32:240:32:29

carries and that was a great little

ball from behind from Cory Hill and

0:32:290:32:33

great composure and a great finish

from Afghanistan Leigh Halfpenny

0:32:330:32:38

ends up. That will do his confidence

a world of good, he has not played a

0:32:380:32:44

lot of rugby of late.

Wales go down

the blind side. Evans. An

0:32:440:32:54

opportunity for Gareth Davies. Into

that challenge from Hogg and Wales

0:32:540:33:00

have an opportunity. And the ball is

stripped by Berkeley, penalty to

0:33:000:33:09

Wales, illegally done by the

Scottish captain.

You have to gamble

0:33:090:33:15

and sometimes you get away with them

but that was great little play. He

0:33:150:33:21

cannot play that ball, John Barclay,

that is concede three instead of

0:33:210:33:26

seven but the build-up play,

fantastic kick from Steff Evans.

0:33:260:33:31

Putting his shoulder into Stuart

Hogg.

0:33:310:33:34

Straight through. And Wales had

their first points in this second

0:33:390:33:45

half.

0:33:450:33:51

Moriarty. Showing plenty of power,

and that as a penalty to Wales. The

0:33:570:34:01

tackle was made by Harris, both

players must release and there was

0:34:010:34:06

not a lot of releasing.

John Barclay

has his hands up.

It is straight...

0:34:060:34:19

Another chance to get Wales to 20.

0:34:190:34:26

His kicking today has been superb,

he has scored a try and has knocked

0:34:280:34:33

over the kicks. Wales 20-0 up in

this second half. Opportunity knocks

0:34:330:34:40

again. That was so smooth to Alun

Wyn Jones. They will try to get

0:34:400:34:48

their small going forward. Wilson

tries to disrupt this but here comes

0:34:480:34:54

the red tide. Driving on. Closer

still but not quite there, two

0:34:540:35:00

metres short. Shingler complains.

And Aaron Shingler will dig deep and

0:35:000:35:09

try to get the ball out. It is not

coming up. There it is for Gareth

0:35:090:35:16

Davies. That was a good tackle

coming in. Rhys Patchell has gone

0:35:160:35:23

himself. Not quite there. A couple

of metres, advantage to Wales. The

0:35:230:35:30

try is coming! Two tries, the

drought is well and truly over four

0:35:300:35:38

Leigh Halfpenny and Wales are

roaring towards victory.

Just that

0:35:380:35:44

physical dominance, fantastic

driving line-out from Wales. Again,

0:35:440:35:48

it is not patients, Rhys Patchell

took that in and brilliant hands

0:35:480:35:52

from Evans. Leigh Halfpenny is

running up the numbers.

Leigh

0:35:520:35:58

Halfpenny is the man who has scored

a couple of tries and knocked over

0:35:580:36:03

the kicks.

0:36:030:36:08

the kicks. Bye, wonderful pack up

and it is a try, surely, for Alun

0:36:080:36:13

Wyn Jones? If it is try number four,

it is brilliant.

0:36:130:36:27

Try, yes or no? Perhaps outright,

subject to terms and conditions but

0:36:280:36:35

what a pick-up from the replacement

prop.

I have no clear and obvious

0:36:350:36:40

granting of the ball. -- grinding.

REFEREE: No drive.

Interception

0:36:400:36:54

again and another ball given away.

Add another transfer Wales to go

0:36:540:37:01

hunting. Aaron Shingler, taken down

by Gilchrist body gets the ball

0:37:010:37:09

away. Hadleigh Parks steps in. Steff

Evans for the corner! They have

0:37:090:37:17

tried number four. Sailing past 30

points. And an opening victory is

0:37:170:37:24

there is in this Six Nations but the

final pass, was it forward? They are

0:37:240:37:31

not looking at the past, they finish

a stylish one, tried number four.

0:37:310:37:41

Still, they come but they go for a

good genre: further. Jonny Gray goes

0:37:410:37:47

to ground. And Ryan Wilson...

Through the middle was Peter Horne

0:37:470:37:52

and he is in for the try. Scotland

have something. One small thing from

0:37:520:37:57

this match. I don't think many tries

have been scored that have been

0:37:570:38:03

celebrated less than that. But that

is something for those who have

0:38:030:38:06

travelled.

Poor performance from

Wales, were you expecting that?

We

0:38:060:38:13

have trained really well in the last

two weeks. I said to the players

0:38:130:38:16

that we

0:38:160:38:20

Which is what we have been doing on

the training pitch and we went out

0:38:200:38:24

there and produced a really good

performance.

Hugely disappointed.

0:38:240:38:29

They played very poorly right from

the start. And we are trying to

0:38:290:38:33

abide by that was the case. It was

not a true reflection of what we're

0:38:330:38:37

of. Fair play to Wales, they played

very well. They got that intercept

0:38:370:38:45

at the beginning but they took a lot

of confidence from that whereas we

0:38:450:38:48

did not and we were very poor after

that.

The facts and figures, Warren

0:38:480:38:53

Gatland spoke to the Welsh hierarchy

on Friday and said Wales would win

0:38:530:38:56

by 20 points and it was more than

that! Jerry, I am sure you watch

0:38:560:39:02

that in the press area at Stade de

France, could you believe that?

Not

0:39:020:39:07

from Wales, I thought it would all

be from Scotland and it was

0:39:070:39:11

tremendous and credit to the Welsh

staff and the players. Pretty much

0:39:110:39:15

the way we have seen the Scarlets

play. Scotland? Clueless in a way,

0:39:150:39:22

they thought they could just go wide

and everything would open up and

0:39:220:39:25

Wales would capitulate. They did

not. You always rely on the brains

0:39:250:39:32

trust to say, we need to change it

and they stuck to something they

0:39:320:39:36

believed would work without thinking

about it and being smart and they

0:39:360:39:39

deserve everything they got.

It was

a reality check for Scotland, they

0:39:390:39:44

played so well in the autumn but

they were just friendlies, playing

0:39:440:39:48

the best in the world, that was

championship rugby yesterday and

0:39:480:39:51

Wales had their game face on in

every sense and that in particular,

0:39:510:39:57

the tactics and the physicality,

Scotland lost the physical battle,

0:39:570:40:02

you cannot give yourself such a

disadvantage in that space and is

0:40:020:40:05

Jerry said, they had just the one

game plan and it did not work and

0:40:050:40:09

they had no other.

That were

Scotland fell down by just having

0:40:090:40:14

one plan and they carried on

0:40:140:40:16

if you look at the defensive lines,

Ali Price is the receiver, Huw Jones

0:40:190:40:23

is going to hold the defence and

this happened the entire game,

0:40:230:40:27

trying to get the ball to Stuart

Hogg but Steff Evans comes out of

0:40:270:40:31

the line beautifully and in essence

that cuts off that out there, Finn

0:40:310:40:37

Russell again forcing the game to

Tommy Seymour so they went wide and

0:40:370:40:40

it did not work and they tried that

so often and another tactic was

0:40:400:40:45

interesting, Rhys Patchell kicked

the ball a lot which allowed Stuart

0:40:450:40:48

Hogg to have a lot of space and time

and that is perfect attacking play

0:40:480:40:52

for Scotland and look at all of the

space Stuart Hogg has got, in

0:40:520:40:57

devastating form and he chooses to

go to McGuigan and look at that

0:40:570:41:00

defensive line, they are together

and talking and even Josh Adams has

0:41:000:41:04

his hands up, pointing to who he is

going to defend. McGuigan takes that

0:41:040:41:09

and Scotland's try to get things

going from here, you could just see

0:41:090:41:13

the line speed from Schengen area,

Berkeley stopping that and Finn

0:41:130:41:17

Russell tries to force that. -- from

Shingler. This was symptomatic of

0:41:170:41:24

Scotland all day, look at the pace

injected by Wales and that was the

0:41:240:41:28

difference. They tried too hard but

the accuracy and execution was not

0:41:280:41:32

there.

Tell us where Wales... Two

selection in the back row indicated

0:41:320:41:39

Warren Gatland, outmuscle them and

take them on in the fringes. Four

0:41:390:41:46

tries against them in the autumn so

they said this is where they have

0:41:460:41:52

two attack, they have a soft

underbelly. The difference was

0:41:520:41:55

incredible, the Welsh forwards

sucked the Scottish defenders in.

0:41:550:42:00

Just one hit, isolated on the wing,

McGuigan, that is a narrow defence

0:42:000:42:07

and the overlap going wide and they

create the overlap and then Russell

0:42:070:42:11

makes the call, they both go in, he

maybe should have gone on but that

0:42:110:42:15

is an easy finish Leigh Halfpenny.

That was the early and this is from

0:42:150:42:21

behind, watch these players, second

row, winger and centre overlapping

0:42:210:42:25

to create the extra man outside and

were quick off the ground, wriggle

0:42:250:42:31

around, lovely pass from Cory Hill.

And Halfpenny scoring. And from the

0:42:310:42:36

second try... The forwards do their

job, look at the Scots, very narrow,

0:42:360:42:46

14 Mon the outside, very quick and

everybody overlaps, off the ground,

0:42:460:42:51

holders on his own, three men to

mark and that is a simple finish.

Is

0:42:510:42:57

it too sadistic to say that Warren

Gatland beat Gregor Townsend

0:42:570:43:01

yesterday?

I think you could see

them. Definitely they got it tactic

0:43:010:43:09

is spot on and Scotland did not have

another plan. Scotland had to be

0:43:090:43:13

better, it was their accuracy, they

will not see anything different,

0:43:130:43:17

they will try that again against

France. They have to carry. When

0:43:170:43:23

Peter Horne got the try in the end,

they just played with directness in

0:43:230:43:28

the last few minutes and if they get

the balance right they can be

0:43:280:43:32

effective but you cannot just have

one style and hope that works.

Don't

0:43:320:43:37

forget, there was a 20 minute period

where New Zealand only played with

0:43:370:43:42

14 men and the only played against

14 so the expectation had risen.

If

0:43:420:43:48

Jonny Gray scored in the first

minutes, the game could have been

0:43:480:43:52

different?

The intercept kill them,

Scotland started well and the

0:43:520:43:57

intercept, the place then went

crazy.

Sam Warburton said of all the

0:43:570:44:01

people who have criticised league

Halfpenny they don't do the game, he

0:44:010:44:05

is fantastic and if he did have

critics they were acquired

0:44:050:44:08

yesterday!

Sam is very close with

him, nobody has ever doubted his

0:44:080:44:15

professionalism, he does is very

well, the best penalty kick in the

0:44:150:44:19

world. If my opinion. You always has

had that, for the last seven or

0:44:190:44:24

eight seasons, and what we have

missed is when he first came in, on

0:44:240:44:29

the wing, scoring tries for Cardiff,

and all of a sudden he stopped

0:44:290:44:33

having that ability and you never

came in as a full-back. But the side

0:44:330:44:40

that has an attacking full-back,

that is an extra dimension so dizzy

0:44:400:44:45

and scoring two tries is brilliant

but it has taken 38 matches for that

0:44:450:44:49

to happen. That is poorer in

anybody's book.

Going to the

0:44:490:44:56

Scarlets, that did him a huge

favour, they play expansive rugby

0:44:560:45:01

with the great back three and if

Williams is fit for next three --

0:45:010:45:09

next week, that'll be interesting.

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tomorrow morning and next Sunday,

live at Murrayfield for Scotland

0:46:260:46:31

against France. 2:30pm on BBC One.

The final match of the opening

0:46:310:46:35

weekend was the most dramatic. It

was in Paris, it was raining and the

0:46:350:46:40

game kind of reflected the weather.

Certainly in the first hour. Jonny

0:46:400:46:48

Sexton, his boat was effective and

he did miss one penalty that did

0:46:480:46:52

look like it was under Kyvat Ireland

kept the score ticking over. And

0:46:520:46:58

actually, the last ten minutes was

when the game came to life...

0:46:580:47:07

The new scrum-half, Dupont. Little

Stars Nursery. -- Little stab

0:47:080:47:18

through. Rob Kearney, into the night

sky. France taking that quickly.

0:47:180:47:27

Dupont, in the clear.

0:47:270:47:33

Dupont, in the clear. Toner is going

to score for France! The conversion

0:47:330:47:35

is good.

There has to be more

pressure than just one man. That is

0:47:350:47:41

an incredible finish. From 60 metres

out. Lovely recognition on the short

0:47:410:47:50

side after Conor Murray made a

mistake, you are better off in that

0:47:500:47:55

situation overextending. The back

three, with good footwork, to try to

0:47:550:48:02

defend in twos and threes. They have

taken full advantage and that was an

0:48:020:48:08

incredible finish.

To put France in

the lead. Byes. All change here in

0:48:080:48:17

Paris. France go into the lead

against Ireland. 13-12.

0:48:170:48:29

against Ireland. 13-12. Tauleigne

has turned the game around.

0:48:290:48:35

has turned the game around. Penalty

to France. The heavyweight

0:48:380:48:41

scrummaging. Did you take that

quickly?

Nigel Owens will bring them

0:48:410:48:46

back. Ireland lost concentration.

0:48:460:48:55

Sliding wide. Another penalty

missed.

0:49:000:49:10

We are into overtime. Iain

Henderson.

0:49:110:49:23

France's defending has been

excellent. Ireland still in

0:49:270:49:29

possession.

0:49:290:49:39

Sexton risking the kick, Keith Earls

rising high. He did not direct touch

0:49:400:49:45

him in the air. Ireland, deep into

the French have. John Ryan.

0:49:450:49:55

the French have. John Ryan. Probably

in drop goal range. Sexton is down,

0:49:570:50:00

the drop-kick expert is on the

ground. Back on his feet. Still a

0:50:000:50:05

long way out for the drop goal.

0:50:050:50:11

long way out for the drop goal. The

French captain looking on from afar.

0:50:110:50:14

As big Devin Toner, the ten metre

line... Peter O'Mahony... At what

0:50:140:50:24

point do Ireland risk the kick? It

is a very long way out. They have to

0:50:240:50:31

get closer than this. The French

defence excellent, Priso, 17.

0:50:310:50:42

Heavyweight tackling, Gomes Sa.

0:50:420:50:50

Heavyweight tackling, Gomes Sa. Aki.

France's defence still keeping

0:50:510:50:56

Ireland at the halfway line.

0:50:560:50:59

Fergus McFadden, 23, involved.

Another replacement, Dan Leavy.

0:51:040:51:14

Peter O'Mahony. Back up to the ten

metre. 36 phases. Sexton. Infield,

0:51:140:51:24

or inside to Henderson.

0:51:240:51:32

Henderson again. Creeping closer to

the point at which the drop goal

0:51:340:51:46

becomes possible. Sexton waiting,

here it comes. It looks good. He

0:51:460:51:51

likes it! Nigel Owens, his arm goes

up. And Ireland have stolen the game

0:51:510:52:00

right at the end! And their players

care back into their own 22. Look at

0:52:000:52:08

that face. Look at that body, France

put themselves in a winning position

0:52:080:52:15

only for Ireland to steal it with

the last kick of the game. Johnny

0:52:150:52:22

Sexton's drop goal. The final score,

France 13, Ireland 15.

Can you

0:52:220:52:32

believe you have done that? Happy to

get another chance, I had two score

0:52:320:52:39

is clear, I snatched up that at the

last moment, something caught my eye

0:52:390:52:42

and was happy to get victory for the

boys who have worked so hard for the

0:52:420:52:46

past two weeks. All of our goals

would have crumbled today every lost

0:52:460:52:50

and it is great to be in this

position after getting the away win.

0:52:500:52:53

I was looking around for the

defibrillator! That was tough! When

0:52:530:52:59

it gets as tight as that. A couple

of times we may be earned a penalty,

0:52:590:53:05

there was some slow ruck ball that

allowed them to get off the line and

0:53:050:53:10

It was character building for the

squad.

All of which means this is

0:53:140:53:18

how the table looks after the first

weekend. A bonus point from Wells,

0:53:180:53:22

might be crucial come the final. We

didn't have time to go into that but

0:53:220:53:27

there was a question over the fourth

try given against Scotland yesterday

0:53:270:53:31

because of a forward pass and

England have the bonus point today

0:53:310:53:34

and Ireland have a victory, what a

victory! Jonny Sexton! How brilliant

0:53:340:53:42

was he? In the moment when the

furnace was burning at its hottest,

0:53:420:53:46

to have the composure was

incredible.

Big players stand up. We

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have a clip of him with cramp before

all of these days is started and you

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think, how can he complete this? To

have the bottle to stick in that

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kick pass at that stage of the game

when it has to be on the money, it

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has to be accurate, Keith Earls has

to catch it, I applaud France in the

0:54:050:54:09

situation as well because they are

not giving away any penalties

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whatsoever and when they are

renowned for doing that, their

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discipline is not the greatest. They

are thinking, this is the 25th phase

0:54:170:54:22

and Sexton is on the deck. With

cramp. But Sexton and Murray are:

0:54:220:54:31

the chain, shall we keep this tight

or go wide? We get to the 41st phase

0:54:310:54:37

and the signal and a chat is coming

back from Sexton, from 40 metres in

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those conditions, he strikes out

swiftly and it creates over and

0:54:420:54:47

there it is. They win the match. I

feel sorry for France because of the

0:54:470:54:52

situation but Ireland were beaten by

New Zealand in the dying moments are

0:54:520:54:55

few years ago at the end of the

game. Cronin knocked over the

0:54:550:55:00

conversion and they lost the game.

Quality play by Ireland.

Brilliant

0:55:000:55:06

looking at the best players in the

world when it is required pulling

0:55:060:55:09

that skill set that. 45 metres. As

soon as it came off the boot you

0:55:090:55:14

knew that was close but that was

right on the edge.

As soon as you

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strike the ball you know if it is

concern that and I thought the

0:55:180:55:23

patience and the execution was

fantastic, remember, Sexton said

0:55:230:55:26

that he missed a penalty to put him

two scores but Belleau missed that

0:55:260:55:32

easy penalty for France on 77

minutes. That was game over but he

0:55:320:55:36

missed that and this is what

happens, the great kicker wins the

0:55:360:55:40

game.

The controversy we can look

at, the head injury assessment

0:55:400:55:45

situation which Brian O'Driscoll has

called nothing short of a disgrace

0:55:450:55:47

today. In the first French player to

go off for a head injury, the young

0:55:470:55:54

outside-half, Jalibert, it looked

like a knee injury but he went for

0:55:540:55:59

the head injury, but the replacement

scrum-half, Dupont, because

0:55:590:56:07

Machenaud had been taken off and

France had used all of their

0:56:070:56:10

replacements by this point so if he

did not go off for a head injury

0:56:100:56:16

assessment, France would have been

down to only 14 men with a few

0:56:160:56:20

minutes to go.

This is what

happened. The official watchdog is

0:56:200:56:25

telling me this is a head injury and

that is the way we will carry on.

0:56:250:56:33

that is the way we will carry on.

It

is the match Doctor's call. It came

0:56:350:56:38

from the touchline!

0:56:380:56:44

from the touchline!

Well, the

untoward incident review group,

0:56:440:56:47

which sounds like something out of W

18! They said there was no clear

0:56:470:56:54

evidence of any malpractice, that

was last time, but that will be

0:56:540:56:59

investigated? They have to look at

this and wonder what was going on?

0:56:590:57:04

There is honesty and integrity and

values in this game and I was there

0:57:040:57:08

last year when it happened in

France, it was Slimani coming on for

0:57:080:57:14

the French prop with the injury,

same as yesterday, it is the

0:57:140:57:20

independent match the doctor was

French, that does not help, whatever

0:57:200:57:25

it is, it has to be stopped, Brian

O'Driscoll is right, it was a

0:57:250:57:30

disgrace. If they had lost because

of that incident, it makes the whole

0:57:300:57:33

thing a complete shambles.

They are

worried about playing with 14 men so

0:57:330:57:39

let us work out a solution with

honesty, it does not get to that

0:57:390:57:45

scenario, get their straight rather

than the scripted way.

The clock has

0:57:450:57:50

beaten us, which coach sleeps easy

as tonight?

I think Warren Gatland.

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Yes, he said in the conference that

he likes going to Twickenham, they

0:57:590:58:03

have a good record, he is looking

forward to that. Eddie Jones also?

0:58:030:58:08

All of the winners! Crystal ball,

next weekend at Twickenham that is

0:58:080:58:15

mouthwatering, even more so, who

wins?

I think England start as

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favourites, tough place to go, Wales

will be happy going there. England?

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Home is the key. It goes past very

quickly, fantastic first chapter in

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this year's Six Nations story, we

will see you for the second next

0:58:330:58:37

weekend, goodbye!

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