:00:46. > :00:52.Welcome to a wet and windy Dublin for the exciting climax to this
:00:53. > :00:56.year's Six Nations. England and Ireland are both on the verge of a
:00:57. > :01:10.Grand Slam and a St Patrick's Day to remember.
:01:11. > :01:22.MUSIC: Shipping Up to Boston by Dropkick Murphys
:01:23. > :01:30.Cast your mind back to weak one. Ireland needed a last-ditch try to
:01:31. > :01:35.get past Scotland while England had to turn around 830- 0/2-time deficit
:01:36. > :01:41.against France. Both teams locked the top with a winner takes all
:01:42. > :01:44.match tonight at Donnybrook. Coming up, Scotland won their first game in
:01:45. > :01:50.seven years last time they stepped out at Broadwood Stadium. Did they
:01:51. > :01:54.do the business against Italy? Wheels looking to end their
:01:55. > :02:01.inconsistent campaign in style as they travel to France. But we start
:02:02. > :02:05.with a Saint Patrick spatial down. A partisan crowd and a wall of green
:02:06. > :02:11.stand in the way of Simon Middleton's professionals. Both
:02:12. > :02:19.Ireland and England expect. A terrific occasion for one in's rugby
:02:20. > :02:24.and Ireland will defend. So much at stake for both the sides.
:02:25. > :02:38.Here is the Irish team and a awful lot resting on the half-backs. Good
:02:39. > :02:47.to see Muldoon restored to something like her best. Here is the English
:02:48. > :02:47.side, and look no further than Emily Scarratt through which all good
:02:48. > :03:01.things work. The slate of hand is really good.
:03:02. > :03:04.Speaking at a handgun does just enough to bring the English when a
:03:05. > :03:12.bone but Ireland Beaven said the 22 again. Once again the battering ram
:03:13. > :03:18.and it is quick Ireland find themselves scrambling wide to try to
:03:19. > :03:24.try to deal with Emily Scarratt. Trying to go on the outside and
:03:25. > :03:30.somehow Ireland just hold on to the jersey but that woman clerk again is
:03:31. > :03:36.asked to carry and does so effectively. England really
:03:37. > :03:41.increasing the intensity and accuracy and Ireland are fighting
:03:42. > :03:53.for every yard. Out wide and England will get in! It is Wilson - Hardy
:03:54. > :04:02.and England strike first. The execution as well as intend going
:04:03. > :04:07.forward. It looked easy for Emily Scarratt, picking the pass off over
:04:08. > :04:10.the last Irish defender and a nice finish by Amy Wilson-Hardy. A lack
:04:11. > :04:30.of communication with Jenny Murphy. Clark will play scrum-half. England
:04:31. > :04:44.launch the big runners but a huge tackle. That has lifted the crowd.
:04:45. > :05:03.Brilliant fit by Miller. Still it is the line and Murphy does
:05:04. > :05:12.the clear at work. Muldoon holds on. England make the tackles and Ireland
:05:13. > :05:22.inch forward. Jenny Murphy, burst of power and pace. England do enough.
:05:23. > :05:25.Painfully bit of control. Terrific tackle from Amy Wilson-Hardy.
:05:26. > :05:28.Ireland made a seven metres away. Really impressive from this Irish
:05:29. > :05:44.side. Muldoon again. Looking to straight in the line.
:05:45. > :05:49.Emily Scarratt makes the tackle once again. Ireland knocking on the door
:05:50. > :05:59.and England so far have kept them out.
:06:00. > :06:17.Protected by Fitzpatrick. Two metres short, even less! England hold her
:06:18. > :06:24.up. Wonderful play. Brilliant English defence. Really clever again
:06:25. > :06:26.by Ireland, switchback inside. Desperate last attempt at defence by
:06:27. > :06:37.England but they are holding out. Ireland will need to be patient and
:06:38. > :06:42.execute well and then go and get the former toppled. And the captain is
:06:43. > :06:53.all that! Can she groaned and the ball? Identification at, was at
:06:54. > :07:03.Millar-Mills or Hunter that got underneath? Another great attacking
:07:04. > :07:09.positions. Huge moment in the context of this game. Ireland with
:07:10. > :07:16.another scrum. England are going to shove all in and they have somehow
:07:17. > :07:20.stolen it. They have done absolutely nothing in the scrum in the first 40
:07:21. > :07:26.but when it was required England found a way. They will take a deep
:07:27. > :07:40.breath and a sigh of relief. Great line for Hunter. Five metre
:07:41. > :07:49.line and England back on the five metre line. Almost there this time.
:07:50. > :07:56.This time they will get their! It is the substitute, Laura Keates, and
:07:57. > :08:02.England have found a way of unlocking the defence. Starting off
:08:03. > :08:06.with Sarah Hunter and Laura Keates doing what she does well, getting
:08:07. > :08:12.over the line, and much better from England.
:08:13. > :08:22.Taken all in and England have found a gap and Emily Scarratt, in trouble
:08:23. > :08:26.here. She could be in a lot of trouble with the referee decides
:08:27. > :08:34.it's a deliberate knock-on, that would be a yellow card and Ireland
:08:35. > :08:38.would play with 14. Yellow card and the steep climb just got a lot
:08:39. > :08:47.steeper and on that evidence hard to argue. Ten minutes in the den and
:08:48. > :08:51.the chance to tag on three. Which she does with the first successful
:08:52. > :08:57.kick of the evening as we approach the hour mark. On the sudden Ireland
:08:58. > :09:02.just don't have the same belief that they had in the opening 40. They
:09:03. > :09:08.need a spark from somewhere, England beginning to turn the screw.
:09:09. > :09:18.Stapleton kicks at high but doesn't go anywhere particularly. A lovely
:09:19. > :09:25.off-loads from Emily Scarratt. She is going to score and that might be
:09:26. > :09:32.that! Really good pass for Emily Scarratt. Sends them on their way.
:09:33. > :09:36.England playing with so much confidence to get her on her way and
:09:37. > :09:44.great pace by the forwards, to run that as a hooker is incredible. The
:09:45. > :09:51.off-loads to Emily Scarratt and then to Amy Cokayne who is dynamic and to
:09:52. > :09:56.finish from that distance out. They simply must score at your if they
:09:57. > :10:03.are to have any designs of getting back into this game and Fitzpatrick
:10:04. > :10:06.knows it. Goes to ground. Ireland is just a little bit slow but needs
:10:07. > :10:18.another injection of pace and strength. Three metres short,
:10:19. > :10:35.England defend strongly. Almost their! England just holding on. They
:10:36. > :10:41.try, this, we will confirm it on the deeply. Ireland have their first
:10:42. > :10:46.points of the evening. They deserve the points and worked through the
:10:47. > :10:54.phases and stuck to their strengthss. She has been a real find
:10:55. > :11:11.since the November internationals. Where is this one off to? England
:11:12. > :11:22.looking to come away. Good work and now the substitute. On two Amy
:11:23. > :11:29.Wilson-Hardy. No one will catch Emily Scarratt and that there was a
:11:30. > :11:35.doubt about the destination of the 2017 Six Nations, that is surely
:11:36. > :11:40.that. The key thing is the off-loading. Absolute classic
:11:41. > :11:47.footwork. Head down and looking for the past before the contact. No one
:11:48. > :11:51.is going to stop Emily Scarratt, not even Murphy, who has had an
:11:52. > :11:58.outstanding game. Probably the try of the night. Really good hands from
:11:59. > :12:11.a few of the England players. Star of the show, Emily Scarratt. And
:12:12. > :12:21.England and away goes Thompson. And England are in and under the post.
:12:22. > :12:27.Try number five. She is so agile and so balanced, just showing how quick
:12:28. > :12:31.she is. They will be happy to see it offered the park and it is out and
:12:32. > :12:36.jumps of jolly for they were men in white. They are the Six Nations
:12:37. > :13:03.Grand Slam champions for 2017. How are you feeling after that?
:13:04. > :13:08.Pirate. It was an absolutely incredible game to play in. The
:13:09. > :13:13.first half was intense but we came away with the win. Amazing
:13:14. > :13:21.atmosphere and a great crowd, what was it like playing here tonight to?
:13:22. > :13:26.Load! The crowd were incredible. So much atmosphere and everything, very
:13:27. > :13:28.intense. Congratulations, I will present you know with the player of
:13:29. > :13:50.the match award, well done! The champions of the six Nations the
:13:51. > :13:53.2017 are England. Well, I'm joined now by Kat merchant and Danielle
:13:54. > :13:58.Waterman, part of the Grand Slam winning team, and that must feel
:13:59. > :14:02.pretty good to have that medal around your neck again. It is
:14:03. > :14:08.unbelievable, a fantastic squad effort and the girls put in a huge
:14:09. > :14:12.shift, to go in at half-time with that on the scoreboard was
:14:13. > :14:15.important, and unbelievable to get the win, really pleased. And you
:14:16. > :14:21.must be delighted to see the Grand Slam back again, even though you
:14:22. > :14:24.weren't part of it this time. I was buzzing for the girls, you could see
:14:25. > :14:28.how much it meant to them afterwards, and this squad has come
:14:29. > :14:35.a long way, they are really building and what aid year to directing, the
:14:36. > :14:40.World Cup year. It is a perfect build-up to the World Cup, but let's
:14:41. > :14:47.look at the game, it was a tough first 40. We knew it was going to be
:14:48. > :14:56.a tough match! My friend from the West Country with her nice big
:14:57. > :15:04.trophy! Five years! Sorry, mate. I apologise for her! To be honest, we
:15:05. > :15:08.knew it was going to be an 80 minute match against them, and we actually
:15:09. > :15:11.found the wind a little bit of a challenge because we didn't win our
:15:12. > :15:17.set pieces very well in the first half. The girls coming off the bench
:15:18. > :15:19.made a massive impact, and it suited us, is shortened up the defence
:15:20. > :15:24.which gave us a wide space and brought it through, so you can see
:15:25. > :15:29.how much it means. There has been a real journey, coming in in January,
:15:30. > :15:37.and how much closer do you feel together as a squad of players? The
:15:38. > :15:40.opportunity of being professional means we get a lot of time on the
:15:41. > :15:45.field, and the time off the field to build that unit, so in terms of
:15:46. > :15:50.technically, tactically, physically, we'll get a little more rest because
:15:51. > :15:55.we don't have to go off to jobs. So it has been really good, and we have
:15:56. > :16:00.a fantastic squad back at home, and it has been a real squad effort. We
:16:01. > :16:05.are a great pace, it was always about winning, and it is about going
:16:06. > :16:10.on to win the World Cup in August. What have you been most impressed by
:16:11. > :16:14.in the Six Nations tournament? The strength and depth, because no
:16:15. > :16:18.matter who they are starting and rotating, you look at them and go,
:16:19. > :16:22.that is an incredible team, and they have more to come on on the bench,
:16:23. > :16:27.and that experience will be key. Well done, Danielle, I'm sure you
:16:28. > :16:31.will enjoy your night celebrations, and we will have more reaction from
:16:32. > :16:38.Donnybrook later, but now let's go to the match that kicked off the
:16:39. > :16:41.weekend, Scotland at home to Italy, the Italians looking to avoid the
:16:42. > :16:48.Wooden Spoon, and they would need a bonus point win to do it.
:16:49. > :16:55.COMMENTATOR: Italy just inside the Scotland 22, and an goes A-list
:16:56. > :17:08.trends and, and this is where Italy are dangerous. They are gaining
:17:09. > :17:18.territory, picking up speed. Five metres short, and rolling over is
:17:19. > :17:24.Ilaria Arrighetti. They are there in numbers, driving forward, almost to
:17:25. > :17:33.the try line. This time perhaps, one more effort should do it, but has
:17:34. > :17:39.the ball being grounded? That is the question. This might tell us a
:17:40. > :17:50.little more, it is the lock forward. And the try is awarded by the TMO,
:17:51. > :17:54.still there for Italy. They are still short of the Scottish try
:17:55. > :18:00.line. Scotland making the tackles, but they have to be careful here.
:18:01. > :18:04.Italy get the drive on once again, it is clear cut this time, Ian
:18:05. > :18:09.tempest on the spot, and both tries have come from the drive from the
:18:10. > :18:19.forwards, and the second score for the hooker, Melissa Bertoni. This is
:18:20. > :18:28.better from Scotland. Good work, the kick downfield from Lisa Thompson.
:18:29. > :18:35.It could be a score, yes it is! Scotland have struck back. Much to
:18:36. > :18:41.the delight of the home supporters. And a good angle from the centre,
:18:42. > :18:51.good handoff as well, and what about that for a neat chip ahead, and
:18:52. > :18:56.giving chase, and the kick taken by Skeldon. That is a superb effort,
:18:57. > :19:09.what a kick that was, and Scotland right back in it. This looks,
:19:10. > :19:19.saying, and it is the try! She gets there for her second try, well
:19:20. > :19:26.worked, but again, it was the intervention from Jade Konkel, and
:19:27. > :19:34.the supporters are in raptures. Skeldon steps up, strikes it sweetly
:19:35. > :19:43.once again, and over it goes to give Scotland the lead.
:19:44. > :19:51.Has to be straight, square, steady, stable. Sarah Law standing off,
:19:52. > :19:57.lovely offload to Thompson, and to the 22, a little too strong,
:19:58. > :20:02.perhaps, and there is another chance gone begging. The clock turns to
:20:03. > :20:09.read. Sarah Law knows exactly what needs to be done. Back into the
:20:10. > :20:15.hands of the captain, Lisa Martin, who hoists it high into the
:20:16. > :20:17.grandstand as Ian Tempest blows the final whistle, it finishes Scotland
:20:18. > :20:29.14-12 Italy. What a fantastic win for Scotland,
:20:30. > :20:36.coming back from 12-0 down, a campaign for them considering they
:20:37. > :20:43.hadn't won a game in the tournament for seven years. And now they have
:20:44. > :20:47.won two in the same Six Nations. It is great for them and great for the
:20:48. > :20:50.competition. And they are trying to grow the game in Scotland, they have
:20:51. > :20:55.Shade Munro in charge and he has bags of experience, he is busy doing
:20:56. > :20:58.the right thing because the side are growing, they were not the whipping
:20:59. > :21:02.team that they have been for so long. And things take time, you
:21:03. > :21:06.can't build a team overnight, so he is obviously putting the right
:21:07. > :21:10.things in place, and the skill set is increasing every year and it is
:21:11. > :21:15.starting to take shape. And always good to have a solid base at home,
:21:16. > :21:19.back wins in their own stadium must give them confidence as they build
:21:20. > :21:22.towards the next fixtures. And it will help world support to watch the
:21:23. > :21:25.game, it is easier to watch a winning side and hopefully they will
:21:26. > :21:30.build support in Scotland. The final match took place in Brive where
:21:31. > :21:35.holders France were looking to end their inconsistent defence of their
:21:36. > :21:43.title and welcome a Welsh team who will also looking to end a
:21:44. > :21:52.disappointing campaign on a high. COMMENTATOR: The French get a decent
:21:53. > :21:58.wheel, and it is going to be a try, Wales turning it around the
:21:59. > :22:15.blindside, and Powell-Hughes gets the break. The score puts them into
:22:16. > :22:22.the lead. They come wide, and Safi N'Diaye can see the try line, but
:22:23. > :22:23.can they turn it into a 5-point? They are over the line, and the
:22:24. > :22:48.referee says try. That kick over the top, and it is a
:22:49. > :22:55.second try for France. They go to the back, and it comes straight down
:22:56. > :23:02.the Powell-Hughes. Parted like the red Sea for the number eight, she
:23:03. > :23:07.just couldn't quite get going. With Wales again, can they get a second
:23:08. > :23:18.try? They can, it is Amy Evans. Brilliant from the Welsh. France
:23:19. > :23:27.have narrowed, they have got room out here, and Safi N'Diaye will
:23:28. > :23:35.fancy her chances, but she goes wide, and is it going to be the
:23:36. > :23:40.score for Boujard? It is. Bevan flicks it a little more, and they
:23:41. > :23:44.drive hard. Not quite sure Rachel Taylor got there that time.
:23:45. > :23:49.And Evans has got one already, she might have got another. Can Wales
:23:50. > :23:58.close the gap once more? France hold for as long as they can
:23:59. > :24:04.at the top of the line-out, and now they break. The maul breaks down,
:24:05. > :24:12.but they have still got it, they twist and turn, Audrey Forlani with
:24:13. > :24:30.it, and now France go forward again. Is it Carragher Baru -- Carricaburu
:24:31. > :24:41.in there? France finding some more, and is it going to be a try? It is.
:24:42. > :24:45.France are victorious. I thought the way the players performed on the way
:24:46. > :24:49.they responded was outstanding, and at times like this, that performance
:24:50. > :24:54.was top drawer, and it is a glimpse of what this team could become in
:24:55. > :25:00.the future. So, the final Six Nations table looks like this:
:25:01. > :25:06.England are once again champions, for the first time since 2012, and
:25:07. > :25:10.Ireland will take heart from their performances for the World Cup this
:25:11. > :25:14.year. Scotland claim two wins for the first time in 11 years, giving
:25:15. > :25:18.it the Wooden Spoon. Said England have the Grand Slam,
:25:19. > :25:25.that must be very pleasing for you to see. Not only that the you were
:25:26. > :25:29.unbeaten throughout the tournament. And the manner in which we did it,
:25:30. > :25:34.we wanted to play tonight and show what we were about as a team, and we
:25:35. > :25:37.had that opportunity over the last 20 minutes, and we had to work hard
:25:38. > :25:39.to create the space to do it, absolutely thrilled with the
:25:40. > :25:44.performance and the whole Six Nations. And you can see, England
:25:45. > :25:49.looked as fresh at the end as they had at the start almost, so much
:25:50. > :25:52.pace and energy in the squad. Yes, not a single one of them looked
:25:53. > :25:56.tired, they all wanted the ball, they all wanted to make that tackle,
:25:57. > :25:59.maybe at the end they could take a breath, but they looked relentless
:26:00. > :26:05.for the whole 80, which was fantastic. And it is a World Cup
:26:06. > :26:09.year. Perfect build-up for that. You must have great confidence among the
:26:10. > :26:15.whole squad going on and trying to retain the trophy? Absolutely, we
:26:16. > :26:18.talk about going and winning it rather than retaining it, because
:26:19. > :26:23.that is what we are going to have to do, but to come here and to perform
:26:24. > :26:27.as well as we have done in attack and defence is massive for us, and
:26:28. > :26:32.it gives us a lot of confidence. We still have a lot of work to do, but
:26:33. > :26:37.we have got some fantastic strength in depth, and you need that going
:26:38. > :26:43.into a World Cup. What an atmosphere in the stadium, it was amazing, and
:26:44. > :26:47.we certainly want to play in front of crowds like this. It will
:26:48. > :26:50.certainly be noisy, August! What is the key, you have the players on
:26:51. > :26:55.professional contract, so you do have time with them to build. Yes,
:26:56. > :26:58.and fitter and stronger is our priority, and that is the beauty of
:26:59. > :27:03.having a full-time programme, we can do that and it is then being able to
:27:04. > :27:06.recover properly rather than doing a shift on the training field and then
:27:07. > :27:11.going and doing shift at work, which is really tough. A bit of a break,
:27:12. > :27:14.let them breathe and we will come back and start working on strength,
:27:15. > :27:22.power, speed and everything that goes with it, and hopefully Balter
:27:23. > :27:26.few skills onto it as well. I won't put you on the spot, but I will put
:27:27. > :27:42.you on the spot, player of the tournament England? I think,
:27:43. > :27:49.tonight, Milla Mills, she sticks out in my mind tonight, I will go with
:27:50. > :27:52.her. But is it from the six next -- Six Nations, the Super League Show
:27:53. > :27:56.is an on Tuesday, but from Donnybrook and the Six Nations, it
:27:57. > :28:00.is England to have been crowned the Grand Slam champions of 2017 in a St
:28:01. > :28:09.Patrick's Day showdown. Goodbye for now.
:28:10. > :28:17.# We are strong # We fight on
:28:18. > :28:19.Across the continent, there has been a surge of interest in the women's
:28:20. > :28:32.game. # We are the brave
:28:33. > :28:44.# Welcome to our new world # We won't be denied
:28:45. > :28:47.# We strong # We fight on