:00:42. > :00:48.A huge sense of anticipation from huge support here. Across the
:00:49. > :01:04.continent there has been a surge of interest in the women's game.
:01:05. > :01:08.It's been a thrilling tournament so far, England and Ireland lead the
:01:09. > :01:26.way and both sides know victory in their respective
:01:27. > :01:29.matches this weekend will set up a championship showdown in Dublin on
:01:30. > :01:32.St Patrick's Day. But that is a week away and a week is a long time in
:01:33. > :01:34.international rugby. Welcome to the Twickenham stoop for the fourth
:01:35. > :01:36.round of the women's six Nations championship. Here is what's your
:01:37. > :01:38.way. The penultimate weekend of competition and it is the red Roses
:01:39. > :01:40.topping the table unbeaten with a vastly superior points difference.
:01:41. > :01:44.Scotland with new-found self belief out of their brilliant last-gasp win
:01:45. > :01:48.over Wales in round three. In Cardiff Ireland arrived undefeated
:01:49. > :01:54.and in contention for the title. They needed to win to keep their own
:01:55. > :01:57.grand slam dreams alive. Wales who beat the Irish in a friendly in July
:01:58. > :02:01.have had a tough month on and off the field and were looking to get
:02:02. > :02:08.their season back on track. Italy hosted the reigning six Nations
:02:09. > :02:10.champions, France, whose title hopes may have faded, but they definitely
:02:11. > :02:15.didn't want to experience defeat against an Italian team yet to
:02:16. > :02:19.register a win in 2017. On Friday night our cameras had exclusive
:02:20. > :02:21.behind-the-scenes access to the England team hotel as they handed
:02:22. > :02:26.out the jerseys for this match against Scotland. This England group
:02:27. > :02:31.have such experience and depth, they can make five changes and their
:02:32. > :02:40.match day squad still contains 987 international caps. The 121st cap
:02:41. > :02:52.for prop Rocky Clark and Tamara Taylor gets her jersey for the 102nd
:02:53. > :02:55.time. Katy McLean's three match suspension means England are without
:02:56. > :02:57.their star playmaker so Emily Scott gets her hands on the number ten
:02:58. > :03:01.jersey. A return for Danielle Waterman who will wear 15. Home
:03:02. > :03:04.advantage and they are clear favourites to win this one. A
:03:05. > :03:10.massive day for Scotland is gone through a real transformation under
:03:11. > :03:20.their coach, Munro. COMMENTATOR: Healthy crowd at the Twickenham
:03:21. > :03:23.stoop, this is the England team for this contest this afternoon. Five
:03:24. > :03:25.changes. Amy Wilson hardly the leading try scorer so far of the
:03:26. > :03:31.championship. Kay Wilson and just the taking their places. Daniel was
:03:32. > :03:34.and Lydia Thompson who missed the third round win over Italy return to
:03:35. > :03:35.the starting 15. Here is the Scotland team appointed. Four
:03:36. > :03:44.changes. Keep an eye on the dangerous runner
:03:45. > :04:06.Chloe Roddy at England being played advantage here
:04:07. > :04:11.by referee Sean Gallagher. Again the timing of the past, England bouncing
:04:12. > :04:18.off the tackles. Alex Matthews five metres out. Mason. England queueing
:04:19. > :04:21.up for the ball on this left-hand side. It's all about the execution
:04:22. > :04:27.for England. And the first drive. Kay Wilson doing what you did
:04:28. > :04:33.against Italy two weeks ago. England on the scoreboard inside three
:04:34. > :04:40.minutes. Lloyd. This is looking ominous for the Scots. It's all
:04:41. > :04:47.about the past. Wilson... She looks good. Try number two for England and
:04:48. > :04:55.China but two for Kay Wilson. -- and try number two. Two brilliant
:04:56. > :05:00.tackles that time from Louise McMillan for Scotland. But the
:05:01. > :05:06.penalty is still to come. It's a yellow card. A yellow card for Gemma
:05:07. > :05:10.Forsyth. Disappointing for Scotland, they'll have to work extra hard with
:05:11. > :05:15.14. England with the line-out five metres from the try line. Scotland
:05:16. > :05:23.is not even competing here. Waiting, searching. Cokayne to score. England
:05:24. > :05:34.have three tries in 11 minutes. Scotland appear to be slow to
:05:35. > :05:39.complete that maul. Taylor. The fourth try looks as though it's only
:05:40. > :05:43.seconds away. The referee Sean Gallagher is going to take a look at
:05:44. > :05:48.this one, I think. Possibly does touch down, the point of the ball. I
:05:49. > :05:58.have the decision, the ball has been grounded by the white player.
:05:59. > :06:08.Scott, nice inside ball to Sarah Hunter. England a meter out. Mason.
:06:09. > :06:27.Rocky Clark. Mason, Scarratt. Scarratt to Waterman.
:06:28. > :06:29.Wilson going to have a go at a hat-trick. Doesn't need any
:06:30. > :06:48.invitation. The referee gives it. The scrum-half, Sarah Law. Not the
:06:49. > :06:53.cleanest passes to Lisa Thompson. England can try and make hay with
:06:54. > :07:00.this. A wide pass to Scarratt. Scarratt to Wilson and this will be
:07:01. > :07:03.try number four. I'm pleased for Kay Wilson, to have missed the first
:07:04. > :07:18.couple of games and commands do this. An out and out finisher.
:07:19. > :07:29.This could be the last element. Hugely disappointing for Scotland.
:07:30. > :07:35.Couldn't do the basics well enough. The exit strategy fell to pieces.
:07:36. > :07:46.Any cocaine goes in for another try, England's eighth in this first half.
:07:47. > :07:54.-- Amy Cokayne. A lovely pass. Emily Scarratt lifting up her knees. It is
:07:55. > :08:05.try number five for Kay Wilson. She probably can't believe her luck. In
:08:06. > :08:10.comes Nelson, gets the past. Nice blitz ball from the skipper Lisa
:08:11. > :08:19.Martin. Good kick by Nelson. This is going to cause problems for England.
:08:20. > :08:24.I think she's done it! A little bit of ingenuity that time from
:08:25. > :08:29.Scotland. I haven't got a view of the grounding. It's all about
:08:30. > :08:38.whether she got the hands on the ball and grounded it, Rollie. They
:08:39. > :08:54.get another shot. She trampled all over her opponent.
:08:55. > :09:03.Gemma Forsyth. Blackburn, Scarratt. Lovely pass from Scarratt to Wilson
:09:04. > :09:16.for try number six. Unbelievable. Hat-trick for Kay Wilson. A six
:09:17. > :09:18.Nations record for Kay Wilson. It comes Matthews, Alex Matthews
:09:19. > :09:24.through the gap. Emily Scarratt to score. Much closer to the post. She
:09:25. > :09:45.can hopefully convert her own try. Lucky attempt at number 11 for Emily
:09:46. > :09:54.Scarratt. England running with real purpose now. Efficient rugby. It's
:09:55. > :09:57.clinical. Looking for try number 12. You've got to be kidding me, not
:09:58. > :10:08.another one! You can't write it, you can't write it. Seven tries for Kay
:10:09. > :10:09.Wilson. In her wildest dreams she would never have thought this was
:10:10. > :10:22.possible. Full time here at the stoop. A
:10:23. > :10:27.consummate performance. England ripping Scotland apart and making a
:10:28. > :10:39.real statement of intent as they go in search of their first grand slam
:10:40. > :10:43.since 2012. Seven tries on the night, a new six Nations record, how
:10:44. > :10:45.much fun? So much fun. As a team we wanted to build on what we did last
:10:46. > :10:50.week against Italy. We're happy with our performance. We went in the game
:10:51. > :10:52.trying to be clinical. We did our basics well. It paid off and we're
:10:53. > :10:56.looking forward to Ireland. Our windows have been fantastic in this
:10:57. > :11:00.competition. Kay had great service today. When you're playing outside
:11:01. > :11:09.some of the backs we've got, what you have to do is be good as your
:11:10. > :11:14.job. A world-class player, K. When at her best she takes a lot of
:11:15. > :11:16.handling, she's great. Second half we definitely improved, but England
:11:17. > :11:21.under pressure. It's just us being able to retain the ball, making
:11:22. > :11:27.quality decisions. We were unlucky to score in the corner, we've got an
:11:28. > :11:31.exciting backline, we have to use them. Looking forward to going to
:11:32. > :11:34.Italy next week. If putting a rugby girl band together, this is the
:11:35. > :11:42.ultimate girl band you would want, what a group, cat, Donna and Amber.
:11:43. > :11:49.What a wonderful match. We've heard from Kay Wilson. What a first half.
:11:50. > :11:52.I think we tried to play patient rugby, didn't want to get the ball
:11:53. > :11:57.wide to early. Scotland have good defence, we knew it would take a
:11:58. > :12:04.little to get them down. Use our big carriers, straight through the
:12:05. > :12:07.middle, then release the pace we've got out wide. We know how starved of
:12:08. > :12:10.ball Scotland were in the first half, when they got it in a second
:12:11. > :12:17.break try to do something but the try wasn't allowed. That was what
:12:18. > :12:19.cost them in the first half, not getting hands on the ball. Credit to
:12:20. > :12:21.England they had most of the territory and possession. Played
:12:22. > :12:23.very good patient rugby. It wasn't fancy rugby, just simple rugby
:12:24. > :12:31.through the hands, working it through the forwards, through the
:12:32. > :12:33.phases. And the tries came. What impressed UN commentary? What Amber
:12:34. > :12:45.said, they need to earn the right to go wide and they did that. There
:12:46. > :12:48.were ten faces at first, forward, floating through the middle, then
:12:49. > :12:51.when they tied the Scottish in that was when they have the execution and
:12:52. > :12:53.skill set to get it wide to players with such pace. Like Kay Wilson. Is
:12:54. > :12:56.it some you drill down on through the week? Coming off the back of the
:12:57. > :13:00.Italy game we were frustrated with the errors we made and it cost us
:13:01. > :13:03.the momentum of the game. We like to play with momentum, be on the front
:13:04. > :13:06.foot, because it gives us space. A big focus going into this week,
:13:07. > :13:11.earned the right to go wide, build phases, then we can use the pace
:13:12. > :13:15.we've got. There is a big weekend coming up next weekend but looking
:13:16. > :13:20.further ahead, it's a World Cup year. How confident is this group of
:13:21. > :13:23.players? We definitely need to build on our confidence but we are taking
:13:24. > :13:27.it one step at a time. We've got a big challenge next week against
:13:28. > :13:31.Ireland, or to play for next week. We look ahead to summer tour, then
:13:32. > :13:41.we have our eyes on the World Cup. Let's turn our attention is to
:13:42. > :13:43.Ireland, who have also 100% unbeaten record so far. They travelled to
:13:44. > :13:49.Wales to take on a side still coming to terms with such a tragic loss.
:13:50. > :13:53.Two weeks ago the rugby world was stunned by the News the 20-year-old
:13:54. > :13:58.Welsh international Celine Orchid had died in a road accident. --
:13:59. > :14:21.Norkett. She was an extremely talented hard
:14:22. > :14:24.running three quarters. She was the youngest player at the 2014 Rugby
:14:25. > :14:26.World Cup, won five caps for the senior side and played club rugby
:14:27. > :14:28.for the ospreys. Tributes flowed in from across the rugby world and last
:14:29. > :14:31.Friday any's University team-mates paid their own tribute by retiring
:14:32. > :14:35.the number 12 and 14 jerseys for the rest of the season. Every player
:14:36. > :14:37.laid down a rose before their quarterfinal match. Her team won
:14:38. > :14:40.84-0 and jazz Joyce crossed the line for six tries. A fitting tribute.
:14:41. > :14:41.Before the six Nations match in Cardiff there was another tribute. A
:14:42. > :14:53.minute's applause for Elli Match commentary from Michael
:14:54. > :15:07.Corcoran and Fiona. Commentary --
:15:08. > :15:13.COMMENTATOR: That's the first one they've missed. Good work there by
:15:14. > :15:19.the Irish back row and Paula Fitzpatrick. And a chance here now
:15:20. > :15:23.for Mary Healey to get her hands on this. Jenny Murphy uses her strength
:15:24. > :15:32.to go forwards with that one but a strong challenge there by Clay. It
:15:33. > :15:39.is confusion in the centre of the pitch. Stapleton. On towards Alison
:15:40. > :15:44.Miller, and she is the flyer as she makes it towards the 22, but a
:15:45. > :15:55.strong challenge on her. The referee's whistle has gone. And a
:15:56. > :16:03.good attacking position. Ireland go towards Sophie Spence. And they now
:16:04. > :16:11.put pressure on Wales here again. The ball tucked under her right arm.
:16:12. > :16:16.Lindsay Pete charging for the line and she is in for the try! It has
:16:17. > :16:19.come in the concluding minutes of this game and Ireland know certainly
:16:20. > :16:24.it might have taken them a while to hit top gear, but they did so on
:16:25. > :16:30.that occasion. Again, good variety and a wonderful time to score a try.
:16:31. > :16:34.Brilliant time to score a try. Time to get the players around, really
:16:35. > :16:38.strongly formed ball with really good momentum. You can see them
:16:39. > :16:44.getting control at the back. She spots a bit of a gap, she's so
:16:45. > :16:49.powerful, and over she goes for a brilliant try, Lindsay. In the final
:16:50. > :16:54.minute of first half. She pumps this one, kicks it towards the post. And
:16:55. > :17:01.that is a terrific kick from Nora Stapleton.
:17:02. > :17:10.It is well taken there by the Welsh full-back. She makes tremendous
:17:11. > :17:16.ground towards the 22 metre line and eventually and she is pulled to the
:17:17. > :17:20.ground by Hannah. Absolutely carved open there by the full-back. And the
:17:21. > :17:26.whistle has gone. This could be a costly one from an Irish point of
:17:27. > :17:30.view. A yellow card for Lindsay from the referee and Ireland just not
:17:31. > :17:37.dealing with the runner. Basically running up. Wales, then, in a good
:17:38. > :17:46.position here. REFEREE: Bind, set.
:17:47. > :17:54.Strom Strong buy Ireland but Wales wheel it around. -- strong scrum by
:17:55. > :18:10.Ireland. Again, as I said at the previous
:18:11. > :18:14.couple of phases, if she can continue to give them the go forward
:18:15. > :18:20.ball, that's what Wales need to be looking at. And it is Robin Wilkins,
:18:21. > :18:26.then, with the conversion, and straight between the posts it goes.
:18:27. > :18:32.Wales are now pumped back towards the full-back. She gets the kick
:18:33. > :18:39.away and, well, can they prevent that ball going into touch? A
:18:40. > :18:47.challenge there. By Amy Evans, the Welsh from forward. The referee is
:18:48. > :18:52.going to have a look at that one. She clipped her ear. It was a high
:18:53. > :18:59.tackle. I think she just slipped up as she made impact.
:19:00. > :19:10.REFEREE: For me that is a high tackle, is dangerous. Please leave
:19:11. > :19:18.the field. Very close to water line there. Griffin. Lindy charges
:19:19. > :19:24.forward. What strength as she goes forward but doesn't seem to have
:19:25. > :19:33.turned it over. -- Lindsay. She's been quite decisive, to be fair
:19:34. > :19:37.about it. Mary Healey giving way. Smashed onto the ground. A good
:19:38. > :19:43.challenge there. Ireland you feel have to come out of here with
:19:44. > :19:50.something as they drive Wales back. Paula Fitzpatrick. Again, reaching
:19:51. > :19:54.forward for that one. Has she been shunted over for a second time? I
:19:55. > :19:58.think we may very well see a try for Ireland here.
:19:59. > :20:05.REFEREE: Any reason not to award that try? Very, very close in there,
:20:06. > :20:16.Paula Fitzpatrick. Hand underneath the ball.
:20:17. > :20:26.REFEREE: No try. Held up. The scrum feed. Shunting Wales back
:20:27. > :20:33.and Jenny Murphy has it. Hold onto the ground. Nora Stapleton moves it
:20:34. > :20:37.on the far side. Taken by Hannah Tyrrell on the far side of the
:20:38. > :20:41.pitch. Touches it down on the corner and it looked as if it was all in
:20:42. > :20:48.slow motion. And Ireland with the try, a crucial score in a really,
:20:49. > :20:54.really tight game. And the referee has blown the full-time whistle and
:20:55. > :20:59.its four out of four for Ireland, as they've beaten Wales 12-7.
:21:00. > :21:07.Definitely not pretty at times but overly emotional day for Wales.
:21:08. > :21:11.Really feeling for them as we know how much it meant to them but
:21:12. > :21:15.delighted with the win. Didn't look after the ball as much as we should
:21:16. > :21:20.have and we were under pressure at times, especially later in the play
:21:21. > :21:24.in the ruck area, so that kind of stopped us from gaining momentum and
:21:25. > :21:27.it stopped our game plan, but thankfully we reverted them to a bit
:21:28. > :21:31.of a kicking game, so we have the contrast between the two, and
:21:32. > :21:35.thankfully for the last couple of minutes we weren't under too much
:21:36. > :21:43.pressure. Proud of the girls and the effort they put in today, yes. Keep
:21:44. > :21:47.making them proud and playing. Ronan Phillips made seven changes to
:21:48. > :21:52.the Welsh side heading into this match. How unsettling is that for a
:21:53. > :21:57.team? How necessary was it? Seven changes in any team is a big ask, I
:21:58. > :22:00.think. It depends why he's made the changes. It could be through injury
:22:01. > :22:04.or he could be looking ahead to the World Cup coming up, looking to key
:22:05. > :22:09.players in certain positions, but seven changes is a big change. It
:22:10. > :22:14.was all is going to be a big physical match but, my goodness, it
:22:15. > :22:17.was, and right from the off? Definitely, Ireland have been very
:22:18. > :22:21.physical and Wales of the back of their last two games needed to up
:22:22. > :22:26.it, and they did, and that's why it was such a tough competition between
:22:27. > :22:34.the two site. I don't think Wales need to concentrate on discipline.
:22:35. > :22:39.But it lacked again today. That will always cost them in points or
:22:40. > :22:44.territory, and it is so key to keep possession in such a tight battle.
:22:45. > :22:53.You both coach alongside each other at Worcester. How well did Shona
:22:54. > :22:56.play? Fantastically. It is or is going to give the side the lift and
:22:57. > :23:00.the goal forward that you need but it's always going to give the
:23:01. > :23:05.players a roundabout on the left and she scored a fantastic try from the
:23:06. > :23:10.scrum, so a quality player. What will Ireland take from that win
:23:11. > :23:13.against Wales today? It will give them huge confidence because they
:23:14. > :23:16.are going into a grand slam decider, obviously. But from my perspective,
:23:17. > :23:19.they will need to update again because their points have been
:23:20. > :23:24.really close and England point difference is huge, so it's going to
:23:25. > :23:34.be a good game. We will talk about that later in the programme but
:23:35. > :23:36.let's turn to France. They've had a real eclectic mix of results so far.
:23:37. > :23:39.The current champions headed to Italy as favourites, but also in the
:23:40. > :23:46.back of their mind knowing they've not won in Italy since 2011.
:23:47. > :23:55.It's going to be France just short of the line but with numbers to the
:23:56. > :24:13.right. Still have a massive overlap to the right-hand side.
:24:14. > :24:23.Good work to give them some forward momentum. They hold onto the ball.
:24:24. > :24:31.Unsuccessful with her first conversion. Successful with her
:24:32. > :24:40.first penalty. Italy has been ordered off the ball. A very good
:24:41. > :24:49.pass. Out to the wing, scrambled defence. By Italy. But France poised
:24:50. > :25:00.to score their second try. And it's shot again, says the referee. The
:25:01. > :25:08.drive. The try has been awarded. France counter. A long pass. Here
:25:09. > :25:14.they come. She's going to go all the way on her own. She then feeds it
:25:15. > :25:25.over and France are over for their third try. Good pick-up. France are
:25:26. > :25:37.pressing, closing in on that try line, and it's a hat-trick of tries.
:25:38. > :25:48.They have to go digging for it and France has the penalty. France's
:25:49. > :25:58.lead grows. Italy not yet on the scoreboard. A try would go down so
:25:59. > :26:11.well here. Huge drive by the Italian forwards. Has to be! It is! And the
:26:12. > :26:15.applause. Ooh, there's a knock-on. Was it deliberate? No, it wasn't.
:26:16. > :26:25.And the women of France have beaten Italy. 28-5.
:26:26. > :26:31.Wins for England and Ireland mean it is still those two teams who occupy
:26:32. > :26:43.the top spots with their records perfectly intact. The next match,
:26:44. > :26:49.Scotland versus Italy and France versus Wales on St Patrick's Day.
:26:50. > :26:54.What will England's we can look like in the build-up to this? I think
:26:55. > :26:59.they are still in for a tough week because anything short of a grand
:27:00. > :27:02.slam means they will have to re-evaluate the game, what went
:27:03. > :27:07.well, but also the things they have to work on. They can't just go, that
:27:08. > :27:11.was a great win, and then move on, they must adapt and take it to the
:27:12. > :27:16.Irish. I'm going to ask your question to which I'm not sure
:27:17. > :27:19.there's an answer! How does any team beat this English side? With
:27:20. > :27:23.difficulty! That's the honest answer. Because they are so powerful
:27:24. > :27:28.and they have everything coming through the forwards, the pace,
:27:29. > :27:30.power out wide, so the only thing you can do is make sure you have
:27:31. > :27:33.your defence structure and your shape, and you just have to shut
:27:34. > :27:37.them down. You've got to starve them of space to play in, and if Ireland
:27:38. > :27:42.can do that from a defensive structure, they are in the game. We
:27:43. > :27:49.saw what England did to Wales on a forgery surface. Will they see it as
:27:50. > :27:53.a strength? Absolutely. With the pace and power they have, they will
:27:54. > :27:57.do well on that pitch, England, definitely.
:27:58. > :28:01.Thank you so much for your input. We are in for an enthralling match next
:28:02. > :28:05.week. It's hard to believe we are already coming up to the last round
:28:06. > :28:10.of the women's Six Nations. We will have a full round-up view on BB 's
:28:11. > :28:14.-- on the BBC on Sunday night, repeated on Monday, and it's on
:28:15. > :28:18.iPlayer. A big night for Jose Mourinho on Monday as he takes
:28:19. > :28:23.Manchester United to meet his former team, Chelsea. The quarterfinal of
:28:24. > :28:26.the FA Cup, live on BBC One from 7:30pm.
:28:27. > :28:32.That's it from us and all eyes are on Donnybrook, as England's red
:28:33. > :28:36.roses had across the sea to take on Ireland in a championship showdown.