0:00:41 > 0:00:46Hello and welcome to Grenoble. We are at the foot of the French Alps
0:00:46 > 0:00:52to bring you all of the best of the action from around four of the
0:00:52 > 0:00:57women's six Nations. We start here were over 16,000 spectators are
0:00:57 > 0:01:03expected to fill the stadium as two teams go head to head in what is
0:01:03 > 0:01:06undoubtedly the tie of the tournament. It is France against
0:01:06 > 0:01:16England.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Number two and number three in the world fighting it out. It is going
0:02:12 > 0:02:19to be a big game.When it comes to recent matches between these two, it
0:02:19 > 0:02:24is England who has the upper hand. A semifinal win over France and the
0:02:24 > 0:02:29World Cup. How much confidence will that give them?This is a new team
0:02:29 > 0:02:33with lots of young players coming through. They are young and they
0:02:33 > 0:02:38have not been to this environment or had this pressure. At the same time,
0:02:38 > 0:02:45playing in France is never easy. In 2014 England lost here. It is about
0:02:45 > 0:02:50coming out and starting well. For England they have to stick to their
0:02:50 > 0:02:56game plan and keep their composure. We are expecting over 15,000 in here
0:02:56 > 0:03:00tonight. How big an effect will that have on both teams particularly when
0:03:00 > 0:03:05they are not used to this? It will have a big impact on them, more so
0:03:05 > 0:03:12England. Having 15,000 people potentially against you, supporting
0:03:12 > 0:03:18the opposition, it will be getting used to that. It is hard to block it
0:03:18 > 0:03:22out. When you make a mistake as an English player, the crowd cheered it
0:03:22 > 0:03:26and when the French do well in the crowd to cheer it, so you have got
0:03:26 > 0:03:31to block that out. But the pressure is on France. They have not lost a
0:03:31 > 0:03:35game and they have to make sure they execute their game plan and they
0:03:35 > 0:03:38have to get points early because they know England are used to the
0:03:38 > 0:03:46pressure.We edged closer to perhaps finding out where the six Nations
0:03:46 > 0:03:50title will be heading. Will it be England or will France make home
0:03:50 > 0:04:00advantage count? Alongside madly in the commentary box is Nicky. --
0:04:00 > 0:04:01Maggie.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48It is arguably the biggest match in the women's game. France against
0:04:48 > 0:04:50England and we are under way.
0:05:12 > 0:05:26Abby Scott takes it on. A quicker ball for Reilly this time.
0:05:27 > 0:05:34Waterman popping up on the right-hand side.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39right-hand side. And it is England's first try. It came relatively simply
0:05:39 > 0:05:44in the end. They did not spot Waterman on the other side.It came
0:05:44 > 0:05:49from England working their phases and they spotted the space out wide
0:05:49 > 0:05:53and Sarah Brown did enough to get that off load.
0:05:58 > 0:06:03Two points on the scoresheet.
0:06:20 > 0:06:27Was there a late hit on Rachel Burford?She kind upholds her line.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31It will be the word at the very least, but it might be a bit more
0:06:31 > 0:06:38for Rachel Burford.REFEREE: There was no need for it and that is a
0:06:38 > 0:06:44yellow card.She is sent for ten minutes into the bin. England is to
0:06:44 > 0:06:4714.
0:06:53 > 0:07:00Tremouliere joining the line and now they are looking dangerous.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05they are looking dangerous. England stretched for a moment on their
0:07:05 > 0:07:13line.
0:07:15 > 0:07:25Driven back by Tamara Taylor. And they give it to Tremouliere!
0:07:25 > 0:07:33Patience from the home side.It was all about patience. The French kept
0:07:33 > 0:07:38the ball and they kept it alive. They aimed to retain possession.
0:07:38 > 0:07:44England did not put the pressure on, especially in the 22 metres. One
0:07:44 > 0:07:48missed tackle and that is all it takes for the French.It is just off
0:07:48 > 0:07:57the woodwork.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13Boujard nearly went all the way. They are that close. They come
0:08:13 > 0:08:23again. It is tried time for France. The French do what they are best at,
0:08:23 > 0:08:28keeping that line with their big, solid forwards. One thing they do
0:08:28 > 0:08:33very well is they are able to attack a broken defence. When your defence
0:08:33 > 0:08:41becomes disjointed, they find that gap.That will be that for the first
0:08:41 > 0:08:50half. It has been gripping. There are just three points in it.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54France have not committed too many numbers, so at the moment it is just
0:08:54 > 0:09:00a walk-in. Cokayne edging ever closer. There is the line. England
0:09:00 > 0:09:07get their first try in the second half.It all came from the line-out.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11The French are trying to put one player in, but they do not commit
0:09:11 > 0:09:14enough numbers and England to do so well to throw their players in and
0:09:14 > 0:09:18keep that ball alive and there is only one direction, over the try
0:09:18 > 0:09:23line.
0:09:27 > 0:09:33A key moment of the game this. England with that first spot after
0:09:33 > 0:09:41the break. It is important for France to see some return from this
0:09:41 > 0:09:47sort of field position. They are splintering around and they get the
0:09:47 > 0:09:51penalty.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56penalty. Menager controlled the ball at the back.
0:10:05 > 0:10:13Two flag is raised. Several hundred flags raised. That gets the crowd
0:10:13 > 0:10:22going. Look at the seams. 17,440 on the board. It is a new record for
0:10:22 > 0:10:29the women's International. France gets the ball going.
0:10:43 > 0:10:52They fire it back for the drop goal. They have the penalty.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55They have the penalty. No problem at all. England extended their
0:10:55 > 0:11:02advantage to four.
0:11:04 > 0:11:11That is brilliant. Carla Neeson with a run for the corner. England might
0:11:11 > 0:11:17shepherd France into touch here. What is the call on who took that
0:11:17 > 0:11:26out? It looks like Kildunne rolled away in the end. England just about
0:11:26 > 0:11:34getting there. There was a huge gap in the middle.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47They have got a bit more width on it. And burritos in the right
0:11:47 > 0:11:52channel to make the tackle. They need numbers there. Tremouliere is
0:11:52 > 0:11:59going all the way. She could win it for France potentially. They are so
0:11:59 > 0:12:04capable when they need to be, France. You could see Charlotte
0:12:04 > 0:12:12Pearce calling across two defenders. Look at the strength of Tremouliere.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17They were sucked into the breakdown so there were not enough numbers.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22They love to attack broken play. When they seek two versus one, they
0:12:22 > 0:12:28always go for it.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34always go for it.They come again.
0:12:37 > 0:12:47The clock is red and the game is over.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50over. France love beating England in even years and they have done it
0:12:50 > 0:13:00again. England gave it absolutely everything, but a double from
0:13:00 > 0:13:11Tremouliere and another try was enough to see them win.Fair play to
0:13:11 > 0:13:16France, they never gave up. They went up right to the end which we
0:13:16 > 0:13:23knew they would. We were not at our best and we know that. That is what
0:13:23 > 0:13:26the girls are more disappointed with anything, we did not take our
0:13:26 > 0:13:31chances.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Maggie has joined be from the commentary box and we have Captain
0:13:34 > 0:13:39Sarah Hunter with us. That was a really tough match to end the way
0:13:39 > 0:13:45that it did.Absolutely. You could see the disappointment on the team's
0:13:45 > 0:13:50faces. Just what it meant to ask, that game, and losing in the way
0:13:50 > 0:13:58that we did right at the end. We defended pretty well, we got that
0:13:58 > 0:14:03close, we needed to get out of our own third and we did not do that.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08They took it and all credit to them, they took their opportunities when
0:14:08 > 0:14:14they came.Maggie, disappointing for England to lose it in that way at
0:14:14 > 0:14:21the end, but what a game of rugby in front of an incredible crowd.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25It was brilliant. Gutted for the England team to lose by a point, but
0:14:25 > 0:14:3117 and a half thousand people, a record number of people, and again
0:14:31 > 0:14:36did live up to what we wanted it to be. Where did you think in that game
0:14:36 > 0:14:44was lost?That was one point you could pick out, but we probably had
0:14:44 > 0:14:49a few opportunities to score points especially in the second half that
0:14:49 > 0:14:54we just didn't take. And when you look at a game where there are fine
0:14:54 > 0:14:58margins, they are the ones you have to take, maybe earlier in the
0:14:58 > 0:15:04tournament it didn't matter, but tonight it did matter. If we had
0:15:04 > 0:15:07taken those opportunities when they came, we could have been two or
0:15:07 > 0:15:12three scores ahead of France, and that try at the end wouldn't have
0:15:12 > 0:15:15mattered, so we might need to be a bit smarter about how we play the
0:15:15 > 0:15:19rugby. We know they are dangerous if they get into our third, and they
0:15:19 > 0:15:23did that on a couple of occasions when they had the ball, when they
0:15:23 > 0:15:27kept it, and they were near our try line, they came away with points.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Thank you so much for coming to join us. We will let you go and get
0:15:32 > 0:15:36showered and cool off. All the best in your final match to come.Thank
0:15:36 > 0:15:47you very much.Just a quick word about the French full-back, Jessy
0:15:47 > 0:15:56Tremouliere, she was the player of the match today.Yes, she scored two
0:15:56 > 0:16:01tries, her kicking out of hand was accurate, and that try at the end
0:16:01 > 0:16:04highlighted how dangerous she is. People talk about at the start of
0:16:04 > 0:16:04the
0:16:04 > 0:16:06People talk about at the start of the game, but I don't think England
0:16:06 > 0:16:10controlled her as much as they wanted to. They needed to close her
0:16:10 > 0:16:15down, because in that last bit of play, England's defence also
0:16:15 > 0:16:19disjointed, but almost opened up gaps for her to run into.It is a
0:16:19 > 0:16:21relatively new side, the England side, what should
0:16:21 > 0:16:22relatively new side, the England side, what should they learn
0:16:22 > 0:16:30tonight?They should learn a lot. At the time, losing is never great, but
0:16:30 > 0:16:34you learn how you can improve as a team and an individual, the next
0:16:34 > 0:16:38game is Ireland and any to fix themselves up and finish the next
0:16:38 > 0:16:44game on a high.Yes, the next game for England will be Ireland, but
0:16:44 > 0:16:49before then, the Irish welcomed a winless Scotland to Donnybrook. The
0:16:49 > 0:16:59hosts had eased past Wales a few weeks ago, and your commentators are
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Fiona Coquelin and Ryan Nugent.
0:17:04 > 0:17:13COMMENTATOR: That is good work from Scotland from the line-out. Sarah
0:17:13 > 0:17:21Law, and it is taken on by Sarah Bonar, and now the prop forward,
0:17:21 > 0:17:26Kenedy, doing the clearer work.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Kenedy, doing the clearer work. And the tackle on that occasion came in
0:17:29 > 0:17:34from
0:17:34 > 0:17:36from McDermott, and law is dragged Ian and eventually forced into
0:17:36 > 0:17:42conceding a penalty, it is against Eva McDermott. And you think that
0:17:42 > 0:17:46that was an opportunity for Scotland, and they will take the
0:17:46 > 0:17:51shot against gold put the points on the board. It will be taken by Helen
0:17:51 > 0:17:59Nelson, and straight over it goes. Scotland owning the ball for the
0:17:59 > 0:18:04opening two minutes of the second half. Can they get points? The ball
0:18:04 > 0:18:11is out wide, over the line, try scored. Nelson.Talk about coming
0:18:11 > 0:18:22out with a bang. They recycled, recycled again. The ball moves out,
0:18:22 > 0:18:29brilliant try, Brilliant sustained pressure by Scotland.Good feet from
0:18:29 > 0:18:36Elsie Hughes at eight. The scrum moves forward. It is super control
0:18:36 > 0:18:47from the captain. Penalty try given. And Ireland have their opening
0:18:47 > 0:18:54score. And you can see just what that means to the women in green.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59Scotland take a couple of players off the ball, and it is therefore
0:18:59 > 0:19:12Malloy. Now it goes back in the Lindsey Smith, and it is knocked
0:19:12 > 0:19:20away, and over they go. It is Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick is over.
0:19:20 > 0:19:29Last throw of the dice. And Scotland have got players in the air, and it
0:19:29 > 0:19:38is into touch, and that is Scotland's day. Wonderful scenes for
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Scotland's women as they win against Ireland for the first time in their
0:19:42 > 0:19:48six Nations history.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53We knew if we had met them on our side, that we would do well, it was
0:19:53 > 0:19:57keeping them on the positive side, and all credit to Ireland, they
0:19:57 > 0:20:01really gave it to us especially in the second half, and we were
0:20:01 > 0:20:07delighted to get that try
0:20:07 > 0:20:12delighted to get that try to win. So, disappointment for Ireland, but
0:20:12 > 0:20:20a very raucous Scottish crowd still here. Fiona Coquelin, former Irish
0:20:20 > 0:20:28captain, is still with me.It could have gone either way at the end. All
0:20:28 > 0:20:31credit to Scotland, they came out with intent, they played fabulous
0:20:31 > 0:20:34rugby, they hit it hard through their forwards and moved it out of
0:20:34 > 0:20:45some really exciting backs, so all credit to them, in the first win in
0:20:45 > 0:21:00the Six Nations since 2007.And the errors and discipline were possibly
0:21:00 > 0:21:05to costly?I think if Ireland had controlled the ball, it would have
0:21:05 > 0:21:09taken more in their favour, but you have to take your hats after that
0:21:09 > 0:21:16performance.Over a hundred players were capped before the RFU
0:21:16 > 0:21:18recognised women's rugby. Disappointment on the field, but for
0:21:18 > 0:21:22Adam Griggs and his players, they just need to re-group and refocus,
0:21:22 > 0:21:29and what they take from today?The same again, the unforced error is
0:21:29 > 0:21:32killed, if they can control that, I think next week they will be looking
0:21:32 > 0:21:40for a performance against England, and based on the performance today,
0:21:40 > 0:21:46England are hands down favourites to win that game.So Scotland deserving
0:21:46 > 0:21:51winners here at Donnybrook.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55So to our final match of round formatters, where Wales welcomed an
0:21:55 > 0:22:01Italian team looking to get their first points on the board.
0:22:08 > 0:22:18COMMENTATOR: Dew half-backs trying to keep things moving, and the first
0:22:18 > 0:22:23try has gone to Italy, it is Isabella Locatelli, and the
0:22:23 > 0:22:32scoreboard is under way inside ten minutes, but it is down to Italy.
0:22:40 > 0:22:48Robyn Wilkins is going to take first dibs of the TV. Wilkins breaks the
0:22:48 > 0:22:53Welsh bagel just before the half-hour mark.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59half-hour mark. Wales struggling for the line, and I think they have got
0:22:59 > 0:23:05there. They are celebrating, and it is Alisha Butchers who is given the
0:23:05 > 0:23:14congratulations, and that is a very big score in this game now.
0:23:14 > 0:23:26Here comes her back line. Manuel furl an, it goes back inside, and
0:23:26 > 0:23:34finished off, yet again the Italy attack showing they have the
0:23:34 > 0:23:48confidence and the belief to make their attacks count. And sliding
0:23:48 > 0:23:52through is Madia, she scored one in the first half, coming through again
0:23:52 > 0:24:01in the second, and it isn't there, and it is Rigoni with the finish.
0:24:01 > 0:24:09That is a classic rugby try.
0:24:15 > 0:24:24Penalty against Italy, I think it was Sara Barattin. Follow me, she
0:24:24 > 0:24:33says, and follow me they do. And the subsequent try, I
0:24:35 > 0:24:37subsequent try, I think it was Charlotte Haynes who went down the
0:24:37 > 0:24:46side. And that was a cracking kick from Robyn Wilkins.
0:24:50 > 0:24:56from Robyn Wilkins. Claire they have got 90 seconds left. Again, the call
0:24:56 > 0:25:00goes against Wales, and again Italy will try and make the most of it,
0:25:00 > 0:25:14the drive by Arrighetti. There is Franco looking to capitalise on this
0:25:14 > 0:25:18opportunity, hunting for that fourth tried, and a bonus point would
0:25:18 > 0:25:23follow, of course. And the victory would be assured if they can score
0:25:23 > 0:25:30now. They have got huge numbers out to the left. They came into this
0:25:30 > 0:25:35match was not a point on the table, and now they have got the try bonus
0:25:35 > 0:25:43point, and surely victory as well? What a finish from Italy, what a
0:25:43 > 0:25:52special day for Michaela Soumare, the number 13.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59That is it, it's all over. Italy have come to Cardiff and scored four
0:25:59 > 0:26:06tries to get their first win in 96 Nations matches. Their last win was
0:26:06 > 0:26:10here in Port Talbot two years ago, they have done the same in Cardiff
0:26:10 > 0:26:15on the day for the mothers, the land of my Fathers, Italy celebrate a
0:26:15 > 0:26:20very special day with a huge and emotional win.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28So, France have their sights set on the Grand Slam is the only unbeaten
0:26:28 > 0:26:33side left in the tournament. England still could beat them to the
0:26:33 > 0:26:36championship, but they will need a miracle from Wales next week.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Scotland secured their first win of the tournament in Ireland, ending
0:26:40 > 0:26:45their hopes of finishing in top spot, plus Italy's first win mean it
0:26:45 > 0:26:49is now a 3-way fight for the Wooden Spoon. France have one hand on the
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Grand Slam, on that 2018 title, but for England they won't want to give
0:26:54 > 0:26:59up just yet, because you just never know in sport. France have to go and
0:26:59 > 0:27:04face Wales.Absolutely. England are going to want to finish on a higher,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07and there is always a possibility that things could change, and
0:27:07 > 0:27:14playing Ireland at home, a double-header as well, England are
0:27:14 > 0:27:19going to want to have the home support, but they are a side that
0:27:19 > 0:27:23could go on a potentially win the next Six Nations.Thank you very
0:27:23 > 0:27:27much for joining us tonight. Much more sport coming your way on the
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0:27:32 > 0:27:38Manchester city, that is from eight o'clock on ABC five Live. And in the
0:27:38 > 0:27:45Super League Show at half past one on Tuesday. Here in Grenoble it is
0:27:45 > 0:27:48France who edged closer to the Six Nations title and a potential Grand
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Slam. We will be back next week with all the action from the final
0:27:51 > 0:27:55weekend as we find out who will be crowned 2018 champions. Goodbye for
0:27:55 > 0:27:57now.