:00:43. > :00:48.Welcome to week two of the women's Six Nations championship. England
:00:49. > :00:53.arrive in Cardiff after producing the biggest comeback in the history
:00:54. > :00:57.of the championship, to meet a Welsh side you have only beaten them twice
:00:58. > :01:04.on 33 occasions. Something is changing hair. Wales Wales may not
:01:05. > :01:13.be packed full of professionals like England, Rowland Phillips' side
:01:14. > :01:26.certainly mean business. -- changing here.
:01:27. > :01:34.Match day in Cardiff is always a huge occasion. When that matches
:01:35. > :01:36.against England, the reigning world champions, it is even bigger. The
:01:37. > :01:45.atmosphere in the city has been electric. Also in action this
:01:46. > :01:53.weekend Ireland after a thrilling last cup win in Scotland, they
:01:54. > :01:56.travel to Italy. France host a Scottish team chasing that elusive
:01:57. > :02:01.victory. A win would be there for Six Nations victory since 2010.
:02:02. > :02:06.Behind me is the tunnel where rugby legends like Gareth Edwards,
:02:07. > :02:17.Jonathan Davies and Sam Warburton have walked out under today it is
:02:18. > :02:22.the town of players like Sarah Hunter. As the Dragons take on the
:02:23. > :02:29.red roses. The teams emerge. For this second round of the Six
:02:30. > :02:36.Nations. Both teams notching up four points on the opening weekend. Wales
:02:37. > :02:48.showing one change from the win at Italy.
:02:49. > :03:00.Hughes out injured, Harris comes in. Butchers comes into the second row.
:03:01. > :03:04.England unchanged from the win against France. Tamara Taylor
:03:05. > :03:12.winning her 100th cap. Even she is not the most experienced in the
:03:13. > :03:20.England side. Rocky Clark, 119th cap today. Five of the backline played
:03:21. > :03:25.in Rio for the Olympics. Waterman has Wilson-Hardy outside her. Going
:03:26. > :03:36.for the corner. Wilson-Hardy in, stretches. Scored the first try. Amy
:03:37. > :03:51.Wilson-Hardy given room on the outside. McLean. Bounces well for
:03:52. > :03:58.Lydia Thompson. Deep into the Wales 22. Cover tackle from Rachael Taylor
:03:59. > :04:05.was needed. Spaces on the outside of this defence. Advantage over, call
:04:06. > :04:11.the referee. Could be something on the wrinkling, still. Cokayne
:04:12. > :04:20.bursting through to score. All England so far. Eight minutes gone.
:04:21. > :04:23.You have to say, they look organised, ominous, they have power
:04:24. > :04:41.and pace, combining as well at the moment. Scarratt finding the target.
:04:42. > :04:47.England leading inside ten minutes. Mells in the action. They are
:04:48. > :04:50.queueing up to score. It is the scrum-half Natasha Hunt going over
:04:51. > :04:57.for England's third try after just 11 minutes. 17-0, the visitors
:04:58. > :05:04.leave, Wales don't know what has hit them. Scarratt floating the pass
:05:05. > :05:11.wide to Lydia Thompson. Thomson to the outside. It is too easy, all too
:05:12. > :05:18.easy for England. They have the bonus point try after just 22
:05:19. > :05:23.minutes at Cardiff Arms Park. That is the angled kick, she has nailed
:05:24. > :05:29.that one as well. No terrors for Emily Scarratt with the wide kicks.
:05:30. > :05:39.England leading 26-0, scoring a better down a point a minute. It is
:05:40. > :05:50.relentless for the visitors. Waterman looking to feed Thomson. It
:05:51. > :05:58.is a fifth try, Kate MacLean loops round the outside. England even
:05:59. > :06:04.scoring. England are toying with the Welsh team. Committing too many
:06:05. > :06:09.tacklers. One-on-one at the end. The wrong angle, cutting inside, you
:06:10. > :06:17.have to force them into touch. They are too smart, they know where to go
:06:18. > :06:21.where the mismatches. Executing Simon Middleton's planned to
:06:22. > :06:27.perfection. England looking to drive their way over. They are up to the
:06:28. > :06:35.line for try number six. Have they got it down? Yes, they have. England
:06:36. > :06:42.extend the lead to 36-0. Sarah Hunter comes up with the ball. The
:06:43. > :06:47.captain. Scarratt finding a Markham once
:06:48. > :06:56.more. Four out of six for her, kicking well. They have run in six
:06:57. > :07:00.tries, adding four conversions. The half-time score, Wales 0- 38
:07:01. > :07:13.England. England starting the second half as
:07:14. > :07:24.impressively as the first. Two scrum half passes from Rocky Clark. Katy
:07:25. > :07:28.McLean, Harriet meal is coming clean down the middle. Thought she was
:07:29. > :07:34.cleared. Managing to get some contact. The chance is on on the
:07:35. > :07:39.outside. If they can float the pass out to Lydia Thompson, he goes to
:07:40. > :07:50.the corner. Second the Thomson, seven Farringdon. -- seven for
:07:51. > :07:56.England. Not much length on the kit. Waterman runs back into the Wales
:07:57. > :08:01.22. England getting the bonus point inside 22 minutes. England looking
:08:02. > :08:07.to get it wide again. Possible hat-trick for Lydia Thompson on the
:08:08. > :08:21.wide outside. What a try scoring rate she has in the England shirt.
:08:22. > :08:26.22 in her 29th appearance. Cokayne joining in the fun. Danielle
:08:27. > :08:30.Waterman standing up Karen Lake. Over goes Danielle Waterman in the
:08:31. > :08:41.corner. Well deserved try from the full-back.
:08:42. > :08:53.McLean and Hunt combining again. Waterman using her strength. Repulse
:08:54. > :08:58.30 metres out. The try for Waterman in the corner. England topping 50
:08:59. > :09:06.points, it is a rout at the Arms Park. Amy Wilson-Hardy made hard
:09:07. > :09:11.work of it. Lovely, slick passing. If she goes for the corner, she is
:09:12. > :09:18.in. Decides to go on the inside. Look makes the last pass, Katy
:09:19. > :09:22.McLean, she has been everywhere. Experienced, mature, cool, calm and
:09:23. > :09:31.collected. Robbing the salt into the wound. Katy McLean, she has Amy
:09:32. > :09:40.Wilson-Hardy, a run in for the second try. England keep on scoring.
:09:41. > :09:44.We have hit the hour mark. Hunter was brought down a couple of yards
:09:45. > :09:52.out. Can England get it wide yet again? Out to Lydia Thompson, that
:09:53. > :09:58.will be the hat-trick. 67 minutes gone. England remorselessly
:09:59. > :10:08.exploiting Wales on the outside. Feedback three running riot. -- the
:10:09. > :10:15.back three. Wales pounding away, looking to get on the scoreboard.
:10:16. > :10:19.Looking for a hint of respectability at the end of the game. You have to
:10:20. > :10:24.give credit to the England defence, 60 points to the good, but
:10:25. > :10:35.resolutely keeping Wales out. He goes out before it can get to
:10:36. > :10:40.Wilkins. Well picked up on the Welsh team. Wales knocking on, England can
:10:41. > :10:45.come away with it. England completely dominant, running in 11
:10:46. > :10:54.tries. Absolutely comprehensive and a one-sided victory over Wales.
:10:55. > :10:58.Talk about two talented guests to make me feel distinctly average.
:10:59. > :11:04.Tamara Taylor, centurion, fantastic performance. You have represented
:11:05. > :11:10.Wales in three sports, the Commonwealth Games, also the top
:11:11. > :11:14.Welsh try scorer, we could go one. Tamara, congratulations, is it
:11:15. > :11:20.starting to sink in? Slowly but surely. Most important thing was the
:11:21. > :11:25.game. Loads of excitement, fantastic for me personally. We needed to get
:11:26. > :11:31.80 minutes out of the way, now I can relax and think about 100 caps. When
:11:32. > :11:36.you think back on your international career, a win like you have produced
:11:37. > :11:42.to date, 63-0 against Wales, the perfect way to market. Definitely a
:11:43. > :11:48.clinical performance. The surface sitting us to play our fast game, we
:11:49. > :11:54.have bags of pace outside. Amy scored three out wide, Lydia with a
:11:55. > :11:58.couple. I would have loved to be on the wing for England. Or full-back.
:11:59. > :12:09.How impressive were England? Absolutely superb. Beautiful pitch.
:12:10. > :12:12.Really suiting England's game plan. Last weekend they started very
:12:13. > :12:18.slowly against France. France dominated the set piece. Correct me
:12:19. > :12:25.if I am wrong, but the game plan today was to go wide, it was the
:12:26. > :12:31.pace. One or two phases, the ball flung wide, and the tries came. Your
:12:32. > :12:34.set plays did improve from last weekend against France. A
:12:35. > :12:39.performance really throwing down a marker. This is a World Cup year.
:12:40. > :12:44.Performances like that will make other countries sit up, and think,
:12:45. > :12:49.OK we have trouble on our hands. Our aim at the moment is to win the Six
:12:50. > :12:56.Nations. Not won it in five years, since 2012. It is a cliche, but we
:12:57. > :13:00.have to take every game as we can. The Welsh had a massive game against
:13:01. > :13:04.us, it is a big scoreline, but does not reflect how physical it was.
:13:05. > :13:08.Especially in the second half, the Welsh came at us on the line, we had
:13:09. > :13:13.to work hard to keep them out. You are the reigning world champions,
:13:14. > :13:17.how much changes when you win a World Cup? Players stepping back. Is
:13:18. > :13:24.it a couple of years rebuilding to get to this level? Definitely. We
:13:25. > :13:27.came out of the World Cup, 2015, the Six Nations, we came to Wales and
:13:28. > :13:35.lost in the first game. Sorry about that! It has been rebuilding, some
:13:36. > :13:39.of the girls away with the sevens, we had seven or eight retire after
:13:40. > :13:43.the World Cup. You have the tag line of a World Cup team, but not the
:13:44. > :13:48.same players, each cycle the World Cup is a different building process.
:13:49. > :13:52.Still in the building process, definitely not the finished product.
:13:53. > :13:56.That is still really exciting, more to come. Thank you, 100 caps,
:13:57. > :14:05.something to be hugely proud. More to come, we should say. Thank you.
:14:06. > :14:07.Let's hear from today's player of the match, try scorer, fantastic
:14:08. > :14:15.playmaker, Katy McLean. Player of the match,
:14:16. > :14:19.congratulations. Thank you, it was a tough game and the score doesn't
:14:20. > :14:22.reflect that. Wales but up a hell of a fight. We knew it would be tough
:14:23. > :14:26.being here and we needed to be clinical and it worked today. You
:14:27. > :14:32.were pulling the strings. Maybe the tries went to the back three, but
:14:33. > :14:38.you were in charge at scrum-half. It's so easy being in ten when you
:14:39. > :14:41.play good football. When the girls carry as well as they did today, it
:14:42. > :14:47.makes my life easier. Looking forward to Italy? It will be nice to
:14:48. > :14:51.have a bit of a break. Having a weekend off, and then we can build
:14:52. > :14:58.on today when we go to Italy in two weeks. The Welsh coach Rowland
:14:59. > :15:02.Phillips has joined us. 63-0, how are the players feeling? Must be
:15:03. > :15:06.pretty sore to lose by that scoreline. It's pretty sore to lose
:15:07. > :15:10.anyway, that's the kind of thing. But as a coach, you find out more
:15:11. > :15:13.about your players sometimes when you have these types of moments
:15:14. > :15:18.rather than just when you skip a long winning loads of games. I will
:15:19. > :15:23.know these girls better and they will know me better and they are
:15:24. > :15:26.positives to build on. Talking about coaches, England were better than
:15:27. > :15:33.they were against France last weekend. I think against France they
:15:34. > :15:38.tried to play a set piece game but France were strung up front. England
:15:39. > :15:42.not very good in the line-out. Today they came out and won two phases and
:15:43. > :15:48.spread the ball wide. Did that make a difference? Yeah, we were prepared
:15:49. > :15:56.for that play, the way they played. From kick-off they hit the 7-Up
:15:57. > :15:59.played wide. To be honest, their line-out was under pressure last
:16:00. > :16:02.week, the scrum was under pressure last week and they've obviously
:16:03. > :16:06.spent time working and improving. I thought our scrum was good today.
:16:07. > :16:12.Other than that, they dominated all parts of the game. If teams like
:16:13. > :16:17.Wales and other countries are wanting to compete with England,
:16:18. > :16:20.what must the rugby unions be doing now to give players a helping hand?
:16:21. > :16:25.We know England are now a professional side. Yeah, I don't
:16:26. > :16:35.know what it is. I think France plans next to drop 15 and seven is
:16:36. > :16:38.women into the Top 14 structure. It will be the future at some point.
:16:39. > :16:47.I'm not grumbling about where we are. We know where we are now is
:16:48. > :16:50.further down. As far as the stadiums and support we get. We are moving in
:16:51. > :16:56.the right direction, but England have set the standard for the
:16:57. > :16:59.professional level of the game. What will you be working on before you
:17:00. > :17:07.had to Scotland for your next match? Probably working on taking my
:17:08. > :17:11.gloves, it will be cold up there! You can borrow mine. The weather is
:17:12. > :17:16.always wonderful in Scotland! We know France threw away a 13-0 lead
:17:17. > :17:17.when they took on England. They have been desperate to get their
:17:18. > :17:36.tournament back on track. COMMENTATOR: Ten yards away from the
:17:37. > :17:41.line. Le Pesq looks left. Jade Le Pesq again. Looking through the gap.
:17:42. > :17:50.Looking to go all the way. Onto Christelle Leduff in support. Safi
:17:51. > :17:55.N'Diaye! France get their first try after 18 minutes. It was after some
:17:56. > :18:00.excellent phase play. The initial burst down the left wing from Lenaig
:18:01. > :18:10.Corson, who got herself again involved.
:18:11. > :18:14.They come out the back door with a little Tommy Wright from Christelle
:18:15. > :18:21.Leduff. A training ground move. Still going. They have room on the
:18:22. > :18:30.outside. It will be France's second try. Shannon Izar with her second
:18:31. > :18:35.try in two weeks. They sucked in the Scottish defenders. Continued to
:18:36. > :18:44.create room on the outside with extras. Shannon Izar.
:18:45. > :18:52.Straight through the middle, Lenaig Corson. The last two defenders of
:18:53. > :19:00.Scotland just watched the try gets gored. -- get scored. Straight
:19:01. > :19:04.through the middle here. You would have thought with two in the defence
:19:05. > :19:08.they could have stopped Lenaig Corson. But I think there was a
:19:09. > :19:18.miscommunication. It's a simple try. It's good, the extras added by
:19:19. > :19:27.Christelle Leduff and France get themselves 17 points.
:19:28. > :19:36.Safi N'Diaye gets going. She's really picked up steam here. The
:19:37. > :19:42.flowed. The tackles need to come in from Scotland, but they will not get
:19:43. > :19:48.there. Elodie Poublan with the first try of the sector. The third
:19:49. > :19:54.conversion attempt of the evening. -- first try of the second half. In
:19:55. > :19:58.off the left-hand upright. That will do, two out of three for the French
:19:59. > :20:04.fly-half. Gemma Forsyth had enough of that and tracked back, bringing
:20:05. > :20:09.back the French number eight. But now they get round the outside. Will
:20:10. > :20:27.it be another try for Shannon Izar? It was over on the right. Melody we
:20:28. > :20:38.on -- 's Elodie Guiglion with the dry. Jade Le Pesq, a former winger,
:20:39. > :20:40.she's got the pace to skip on the outside. Try number six for France.
:20:41. > :21:00.It's one-way traffic. Flowed to Jade Le Pesq. Number eight
:21:01. > :21:04.to number nine again. The result is the same, a second try for the
:21:05. > :21:16.French scrum-half. Try number seven for France. The atmosphere at the
:21:17. > :21:26.Marcel Deflandre is stunning. It will be Caroline Ladagnous. The
:21:27. > :21:28.28-year-old centre gets over. Scotland's defence just getting
:21:29. > :21:39.caught is narrow and they are tiring as well. Elodie Guiglion looks left
:21:40. > :21:47.and right and they are queueing up. It's a try for Camille Cabalou.
:21:48. > :21:54.Conversion from Camille Cabalou, goes sailing through the uprights.
:21:55. > :22:00.France running out comprehensive winners, taking a bonus point and
:22:01. > :22:05.all five points. Winning 55-0. STUDIO: Next up Ireland, who got a
:22:06. > :22:10.bonus point against Scotland last weekend. They headed to Italy making
:22:11. > :22:22.two changes to the side. Elaine Anthony coming into the second row
:22:23. > :22:30.and a winger coming into the backline. COMMENTATOR: Helping
:22:31. > :22:34.Ireland can get off the mark with three points off the boot of Nora
:22:35. > :22:45.Stapleton. The Italian crowds do their best to make her feel at home.
:22:46. > :22:46.Island off the mark. Leading 3-0. -- Ireland off the mark. Still playing
:22:47. > :23:09.advantage according to the referee. Strikes with the right foot. Looks
:23:10. > :23:16.good from here. The flags go up and we are level.
:23:17. > :23:24.The Italians under serious pressure here. Low body position in defence
:23:25. > :23:32.to try to keep tabs Nora Stapleton. To calling for it out wide. Murphy,
:23:33. > :23:39.she scored twice against Scotland. Just held up. Shot to nothing for
:23:40. > :23:50.Ireland. Trying to dig it out. They are queueing up on the right-hand
:23:51. > :23:56.side. Lindsay Peat is well tackled. She can't get over. It is a try.
:23:57. > :24:09.Leah Lyons. They think she has got there. Alison Miller steps inside.
:24:10. > :24:14.She gets the pass away. It's Lindsay Peat again. Much better from
:24:15. > :24:22.Ireland. Lovely hands as well. Five metres short. Quick ball needed.
:24:23. > :24:31.Kick and go, Leah Lyons looking for a second to the right. The pack
:24:32. > :24:38.almost there. Where is the ball? Need to recycle it. And Sophie
:24:39. > :24:46.Spence crashes over for Ireland from the back. They go to the right.
:24:47. > :24:49.Murphy trying to use her power to get over from short range. It's
:24:50. > :24:56.short. Needs to present the ball. Pick and go. Ireland surely, if it's
:24:57. > :25:00.right. The captain Fitzpatrick crashes over. Crossfield kick to
:25:01. > :25:04.Hannah Tyrrell. She has the place to get behind if this sits up for her.
:25:05. > :25:11.She waits for it and off she goes. Can Hannah Tyrrell get the bonus
:25:12. > :25:20.point? She has to go on her own. Ireland for the bonus point. Hannah
:25:21. > :25:27.Tyrrell for the corner. Brilliant vision from Nora Stapleton. With the
:25:28. > :25:34.crossfield kick. Ireland do the business here, beating Italy 27-3.
:25:35. > :25:37.Congratulations on the bonus point. Didn't look like that at half-time.
:25:38. > :25:42.We were trying to string things together but it wasn't coming off,
:25:43. > :25:45.the last bass was letting us down. You can see the play we were trying
:25:46. > :25:49.to generate and in the second of it came together. We were boxing clever
:25:50. > :25:52.and took our chances. I could do with not having a last-minute bonus
:25:53. > :25:58.point try again because it's quite nerve wracking. More reaction to
:25:59. > :26:03.that match out in Italy from Hugh Cahill and former Ireland captain
:26:04. > :26:08.Fiona Coquelin. Ireland getting a bonus point victory. Fiona is beside
:26:09. > :26:13.me. Much improved in that second half. They went through the phases a
:26:14. > :26:17.lot more, sucked Italy in and got the four tries in the end. The last
:26:18. > :26:20.one was particularly impressive. The ball sent up and they crossfield
:26:21. > :26:26.kick from Stapleton for Hannah Tyrrell to finish. Still lots of
:26:27. > :26:32.areas to tidy up. A lot of unforced errors, particularly handling, so
:26:33. > :26:36.they will focus on that. France with a massive score against Scotland, 55
:26:37. > :26:41.points. They ran England close. It's a tough game. It will be tough. It's
:26:42. > :26:45.a home game for Ireland, and it depends what French team travels.
:26:46. > :26:49.But every game against France's tough. They are improving every
:26:50. > :26:52.game. It will be up to Ireland to come out and play their best
:26:53. > :26:55.performance, which they haven't been yet in this championship. They have
:26:56. > :27:03.done enough to get two bonus points. Top of the table without performing
:27:04. > :27:06.at their best. Ireland staying top with maximum points after a late
:27:07. > :27:09.fourth try. England is just behind them, and it's building up to a
:27:10. > :27:13.potential Saint Patrick's Day showdown for the Championship.
:27:14. > :27:18.France are off the mark and they travel to Dublin next. Scotland face
:27:19. > :27:21.Wales and England have consecutive home matches coming up at the Stoop,
:27:22. > :27:26.starting with Italy. A two-week break for all the teams now. With
:27:27. > :27:34.Wales in mind before they head up to Scotland, what should they be
:27:35. > :27:37.working on? A lot to work on, but first of all I hope Charis Phillips,
:27:38. > :27:41.the captain, is fit, and previous captain Rachael Taylor is fit. They
:27:42. > :27:46.both went off the field today. Scotland have won a game since 2010.
:27:47. > :27:51.I used to love going up to Scotland and playing there, even when it was
:27:52. > :27:57.freezing cold. But last weekend, they only lost in the last minute.
:27:58. > :28:02.That was against the Irish team who beat New Zealand in the last World
:28:03. > :28:07.Cup. So it will be very difficult up there in Scotland. But Rowland
:28:08. > :28:11.Phillips is a great coach and will galvanise the team together, get the
:28:12. > :28:16.bumps and bruises all patched up and hopefully we can get the victory up
:28:17. > :28:21.there. Do you see anybody stopping England as we saw them today? No.
:28:22. > :28:24.France were the toughest match, and that was the first game of the Six
:28:25. > :28:29.Nations. I don't see anybody stopping such a great, professional
:28:30. > :28:30.outfit. We will soon find out. Plenty more sport coming up the
:28:31. > :28:51.BBC... That's it from us. A win for the
:28:52. > :28:58.reigning world champions. The chariot rolls on and a great day for
:28:59. > :29:03.Centurion Tamara Taylor. Tamara Taylor has got to be one of my
:29:04. > :29:06.favourite people in camp. I could reel off quite a few things to say
:29:07. > :29:14.about her. Absolutely incredible person. Absolute leader. Somebody
:29:15. > :29:15.everybody looks up to. Here row. One of the most popular people in the
:29:16. > :29:36.team and an absolute warrior. Do you have
:29:37. > :29:40.any prior motoring convictions?