A look back at all of the action from round four. England travel to France, Wales host Italy at the Principality Stadium and Scotland face Ireland in Dublin.
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Hello and welcome to Grenoble. We
are at the foot of the French Alps | 0:00:41 | 0:00:46 | |
to bring you all of the best of the
action from around four of the | 0:00:46 | 0:00:52 | |
women's six Nations. We start here
were over 16,000 spectators are | 0:00:52 | 0:00:57 | |
expected to fill the stadium as two
teams go head to head in what is | 0:00:57 | 0:01:03 | |
undoubtedly the tie of the
tournament. It is France against | 0:01:03 | 0:01:06 | |
England. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:16 | |
Number two and number three in the
world fighting it out. It is going | 0:02:09 | 0:02:12 | |
to be a big game. When it comes to
recent matches between these two, it | 0:02:12 | 0:02:19 | |
is England who has the upper hand. A
semifinal win over France and the | 0:02:19 | 0:02:24 | |
World Cup. How much confidence will
that give them? This is a new team | 0:02:24 | 0:02:29 | |
with lots of young players coming
through. They are young and they | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
have not been to this environment or
had this pressure. At the same time, | 0:02:33 | 0:02:38 | |
playing in France is never easy. In
2014 England lost here. It is about | 0:02:38 | 0:02:45 | |
coming out and starting well. For
England they have to stick to their | 0:02:45 | 0:02:50 | |
game plan and keep their composure.
We are expecting over 15,000 in here | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
tonight. How big an effect will that
have on both teams particularly when | 0:02:56 | 0:03:00 | |
they are not used to this? It will
have a big impact on them, more so | 0:03:00 | 0:03:05 | |
England. Having 15,000 people
potentially against you, supporting | 0:03:05 | 0:03:12 | |
the opposition, it will be getting
used to that. It is hard to block it | 0:03:12 | 0:03:18 | |
out. When you make a mistake as an
English player, the crowd cheered it | 0:03:18 | 0:03:22 | |
and when the French do well in the
crowd to cheer it, so you have got | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
to block that out. But the pressure
is on France. They have not lost a | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
game and they have to make sure they
execute their game plan and they | 0:03:31 | 0:03:35 | |
have to get points early because
they know England are used to the | 0:03:35 | 0:03:38 | |
pressure. We edged closer to perhaps
finding out where the six Nations | 0:03:38 | 0:03:46 | |
title will be heading. Will it be
England or will France make home | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
advantage count? Alongside madly in
the commentary box is Nicky. -- | 0:03:50 | 0:04:00 | |
Maggie. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:01 | |
It is arguably the biggest match in
the women's game. France against | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
England and we are under way. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
Abby Scott takes it on. A quicker
ball for Reilly this time. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:26 | |
Waterman popping up on the
right-hand side. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:34 | |
right-hand side. And it is England's
first try. It came relatively simply | 0:05:34 | 0:05:39 | |
in the end. They did not spot
Waterman on the other side. It came | 0:05:39 | 0:05:44 | |
from England working their phases
and they spotted the space out wide | 0:05:44 | 0:05:49 | |
and Sarah Brown did enough to get
that off load. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:53 | |
Two points on the scoresheet. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:03 | |
Was there a late hit on Rachel
Burford? She kind upholds her line. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:27 | |
It will be the word at the very
least, but it might be a bit more | 0:06:27 | 0:06:31 | |
for Rachel Burford. REFEREE: There
was no need for it and that is a | 0:06:31 | 0:06:38 | |
yellow card. She is sent for ten
minutes into the bin. England is to | 0:06:38 | 0:06:44 | |
14. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
Tremouliere joining the line and now
they are looking dangerous. | 0:06:53 | 0:07:00 | |
they are looking dangerous. England
stretched for a moment on their | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
line. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:13 | |
Driven back by Tamara Taylor. And
they give it to Tremouliere! | 0:07:15 | 0:07:25 | |
Patience from the home side. It was
all about patience. The French kept | 0:07:25 | 0:07:33 | |
the ball and they kept it alive.
They aimed to retain possession. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:38 | |
England did not put the pressure on,
especially in the 22 metres. One | 0:07:38 | 0:07:44 | |
missed tackle and that is all it
takes for the French. It is just off | 0:07:44 | 0:07:48 | |
the woodwork. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:57 | |
Boujard nearly went all the way.
They are that close. They come | 0:08:08 | 0:08:13 | |
again. It is tried time for France.
The French do what they are best at, | 0:08:13 | 0:08:23 | |
keeping that line with their big,
solid forwards. One thing they do | 0:08:23 | 0:08:28 | |
very well is they are able to attack
a broken defence. When your defence | 0:08:28 | 0:08:33 | |
becomes disjointed, they find that
gap. That will be that for the first | 0:08:33 | 0:08:41 | |
half. It has been gripping. There
are just three points in it. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:50 | |
France have not committed too many
numbers, so at the moment it is just | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
a walk-in. Cokayne edging ever
closer. There is the line. England | 0:08:54 | 0:09:00 | |
get their first try in the second
half. It all came from the line-out. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:07 | |
The French are trying to put one
player in, but they do not commit | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
enough numbers and England to do so
well to throw their players in and | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
keep that ball alive and there is
only one direction, over the try | 0:09:14 | 0:09:18 | |
line. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
A key moment of the game this.
England with that first spot after | 0:09:27 | 0:09:33 | |
the break. It is important for
France to see some return from this | 0:09:33 | 0:09:41 | |
sort of field position. They are
splintering around and they get the | 0:09:41 | 0:09:47 | |
penalty. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:51 | |
penalty. Menager controlled the ball
at the back. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Two flag is raised. Several hundred
flags raised. That gets the crowd | 0:10:05 | 0:10:13 | |
going. Look at the seams. 17,440 on
the board. It is a new record for | 0:10:13 | 0:10:22 | |
the women's International. France
gets the ball going. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:29 | |
They fire it back for the drop goal.
They have the penalty. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:52 | |
They have the penalty. No problem at
all. England extended their | 0:10:52 | 0:10:55 | |
advantage to four. | 0:10:55 | 0:11:02 | |
That is brilliant. Carla Neeson with
a run for the corner. England might | 0:11:04 | 0:11:11 | |
shepherd France into touch here.
What is the call on who took that | 0:11:11 | 0:11:17 | |
out? It looks like Kildunne rolled
away in the end. England just about | 0:11:17 | 0:11:26 | |
getting there. There was a huge gap
in the middle. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:34 | |
They have got a bit more width on
it. And burritos in the right | 0:11:42 | 0:11:47 | |
channel to make the tackle. They
need numbers there. Tremouliere is | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
going all the way. She could win it
for France potentially. They are so | 0:11:52 | 0:11:59 | |
capable when they need to be,
France. You could see Charlotte | 0:11:59 | 0:12:04 | |
Pearce calling across two defenders.
Look at the strength of Tremouliere. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:12 | |
They were sucked into the breakdown
so there were not enough numbers. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:17 | |
They love to attack broken play.
When they seek two versus one, they | 0:12:17 | 0:12:22 | |
always go for it. | 0:12:22 | 0:12:28 | |
always go for it. They come again. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:34 | |
The clock is red and the game is
over. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:47 | |
over. France love beating England in
even years and they have done it | 0:12:47 | 0:12:50 | |
again. England gave it absolutely
everything, but a double from | 0:12:50 | 0:13:00 | |
Tremouliere and another try was
enough to see them win. Fair play to | 0:13:00 | 0:13:11 | |
France, they never gave up. They
went up right to the end which we | 0:13:11 | 0:13:16 | |
knew they would. We were not at our
best and we know that. That is what | 0:13:16 | 0:13:23 | |
the girls are more disappointed with
anything, we did not take our | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
chances. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:31 | |
Maggie has joined be from the
commentary box and we have Captain | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
Sarah Hunter with us. That was a
really tough match to end the way | 0:13:34 | 0:13:39 | |
that it did. Absolutely. You could
see the disappointment on the team's | 0:13:39 | 0:13:45 | |
faces. Just what it meant to ask,
that game, and losing in the way | 0:13:45 | 0:13:50 | |
that we did right at the end. We
defended pretty well, we got that | 0:13:50 | 0:13:58 | |
close, we needed to get out of our
own third and we did not do that. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:03 | |
They took it and all credit to them,
they took their opportunities when | 0:14:03 | 0:14:08 | |
they came. Maggie, disappointing for
England to lose it in that way at | 0:14:08 | 0:14:14 | |
the end, but what a game of rugby in
front of an incredible crowd. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:21 | |
It was brilliant. Gutted for the
England team to lose by a point, but | 0:14:22 | 0:14:25 | |
17 and a half thousand people, a
record number of people, and again | 0:14:25 | 0:14:31 | |
did live up to what we wanted it to
be. Where did you think in that game | 0:14:31 | 0:14:36 | |
was lost? That was one point you
could pick out, but we probably had | 0:14:36 | 0:14:44 | |
a few opportunities to score points
especially in the second half that | 0:14:44 | 0:14:49 | |
we just didn't take. And when you
look at a game where there are fine | 0:14:49 | 0:14:54 | |
margins, they are the ones you have
to take, maybe earlier in the | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
tournament it didn't matter, but
tonight it did matter. If we had | 0:14:58 | 0:15:04 | |
taken those opportunities when they
came, we could have been two or | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
three scores ahead of France, and
that try at the end wouldn't have | 0:15:07 | 0:15:12 | |
mattered, so we might need to be a
bit smarter about how we play the | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
rugby. We know they are dangerous if
they get into our third, and they | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
did that on a couple of occasions
when they had the ball, when they | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
kept it, and they were near our try
line, they came away with points. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
Thank you so much for coming to join
us. We will let you go and get | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
showered and cool off. All the best
in your final match to come. Thank | 0:15:32 | 0:15:36 | |
you very much. Just a quick word
about the French full-back, Jessy | 0:15:36 | 0:15:47 | |
Tremouliere, she was the player of
the match today. Yes, she scored two | 0:15:47 | 0:15:56 | |
tries, her kicking out of hand was
accurate, and that try at the end | 0:15:56 | 0:16:01 | |
highlighted how dangerous she is.
People talk about at the start of | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
the | 0:16:04 | 0:16:04 | |
People talk about at the start of
the game, but I don't think England | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
controlled her as much as they
wanted to. They needed to close her | 0:16:06 | 0:16:10 | |
down, because in that last bit of
play, England's defence also | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
disjointed, but almost opened up
gaps for her to run into. It is a | 0:16:15 | 0:16:19 | |
relatively new side, the England
side, what should | 0:16:19 | 0:16:21 | |
relatively new side, the England
side, what should they learn | 0:16:21 | 0:16:22 | |
tonight? They should learn a lot. At
the time, losing is never great, but | 0:16:22 | 0:16:30 | |
you learn how you can improve as a
team and an individual, the next | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
game is Ireland and any to fix
themselves up and finish the next | 0:16:34 | 0:16:38 | |
game on a high. Yes, the next game
for England will be Ireland, but | 0:16:38 | 0:16:44 | |
before then, the Irish welcomed a
winless Scotland to Donnybrook. The | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
hosts had eased past Wales a few
weeks ago, and your commentators are | 0:16:49 | 0:16:59 | |
Fiona Coquelin and Ryan Nugent. | 0:16:59 | 0:17:03 | |
COMMENTATOR: That is good work from
Scotland from the line-out. Sarah | 0:17:04 | 0:17:13 | |
Law, and it is taken on by Sarah
Bonar, and now the prop forward, | 0:17:13 | 0:17:21 | |
Kenedy, doing the clearer work. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
Kenedy, doing the clearer work. And
the tackle on that occasion came in | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
from | 0:17:29 | 0:17:34 | |
from McDermott, and law is dragged
Ian and eventually forced into | 0:17:34 | 0:17:36 | |
conceding a penalty, it is against
Eva McDermott. And you think that | 0:17:36 | 0:17:42 | |
that was an opportunity for
Scotland, and they will take the | 0:17:42 | 0:17:46 | |
shot against gold put the points on
the board. It will be taken by Helen | 0:17:46 | 0:17:51 | |
Nelson, and straight over it goes.
Scotland owning the ball for the | 0:17:51 | 0:17:59 | |
opening two minutes of the second
half. Can they get points? The ball | 0:17:59 | 0:18:04 | |
is out wide, over the line, try
scored. Nelson. Talk about coming | 0:18:04 | 0:18:11 | |
out with a bang. They recycled,
recycled again. The ball moves out, | 0:18:11 | 0:18:22 | |
brilliant try, Brilliant sustained
pressure by Scotland. Good feet from | 0:18:22 | 0:18:29 | |
Elsie Hughes at eight. The scrum
moves forward. It is super control | 0:18:29 | 0:18:36 | |
from the captain. Penalty try given.
And Ireland have their opening | 0:18:36 | 0:18:47 | |
score. And you can see just what
that means to the women in green. | 0:18:47 | 0:18:54 | |
Scotland take a couple of players
off the ball, and it is therefore | 0:18:54 | 0:18:59 | |
Malloy. Now it goes back in the
Lindsey Smith, and it is knocked | 0:18:59 | 0:19:12 | |
away, and over they go. It is
Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick is over. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:20 | |
Last throw of the dice. And Scotland
have got players in the air, and it | 0:19:20 | 0:19:29 | |
is into touch, and that is
Scotland's day. Wonderful scenes for | 0:19:29 | 0:19:38 | |
Scotland's women as they win against
Ireland for the first time in their | 0:19:38 | 0:19:42 | |
six Nations history. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:48 | |
We knew if we had met them on our
side, that we would do well, it was | 0:19:48 | 0:19:53 | |
keeping them on the positive side,
and all credit to Ireland, they | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
really gave it to us especially in
the second half, and we were | 0:19:57 | 0:20:01 | |
delighted to get that try | 0:20:01 | 0:20:07 | |
delighted to get that try to win.
So, disappointment for Ireland, but | 0:20:07 | 0:20:12 | |
a very raucous Scottish crowd still
here. Fiona Coquelin, former Irish | 0:20:12 | 0:20:20 | |
captain, is still with me. It could
have gone either way at the end. All | 0:20:20 | 0:20:28 | |
credit to Scotland, they came out
with intent, they played fabulous | 0:20:28 | 0:20:31 | |
rugby, they hit it hard through
their forwards and moved it out of | 0:20:31 | 0:20:34 | |
some really exciting backs, so all
credit to them, in the first win in | 0:20:34 | 0:20:45 | |
the Six Nations since 2007. And the
errors and discipline were possibly | 0:20:45 | 0:21:00 | |
to costly? I think if Ireland had
controlled the ball, it would have | 0:21:00 | 0:21:05 | |
taken more in their favour, but you
have to take your hats after that | 0:21:05 | 0:21:09 | |
performance. Over a hundred players
were capped before the RFU | 0:21:09 | 0:21:16 | |
recognised women's rugby.
Disappointment on the field, but for | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
Adam Griggs and his players, they
just need to re-group and refocus, | 0:21:18 | 0:21:22 | |
and what they take from today? The
same again, the unforced error is | 0:21:22 | 0:21:29 | |
killed, if they can control that, I
think next week they will be looking | 0:21:29 | 0:21:32 | |
for a performance against England,
and based on the performance today, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:40 | |
England are hands down favourites to
win that game. So Scotland deserving | 0:21:40 | 0:21:46 | |
winners here at Donnybrook. | 0:21:46 | 0:21:51 | |
So to our final match of round
formatters, where Wales welcomed an | 0:21:51 | 0:21:55 | |
Italian team looking to get their
first points on the board. | 0:21:55 | 0:22:01 | |
COMMENTATOR: Dew half-backs trying
to keep things moving, and the first | 0:22:08 | 0:22:18 | |
try has gone to Italy, it is
Isabella Locatelli, and the | 0:22:18 | 0:22:23 | |
scoreboard is under way inside ten
minutes, but it is down to Italy. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:32 | |
Robyn Wilkins is going to take first
dibs of the TV. Wilkins breaks the | 0:22:40 | 0:22:48 | |
Welsh bagel just before the
half-hour mark. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:53 | |
half-hour mark. Wales struggling for
the line, and I think they have got | 0:22:57 | 0:22:59 | |
there. They are celebrating, and it
is Alisha Butchers who is given the | 0:22:59 | 0:23:05 | |
congratulations, and that is a very
big score in this game now. | 0:23:05 | 0:23:14 | |
Here comes her back line. Manuel
furl an, it goes back inside, and | 0:23:14 | 0:23:26 | |
finished off, yet again the Italy
attack showing they have the | 0:23:26 | 0:23:34 | |
confidence and the belief to make
their attacks count. And sliding | 0:23:34 | 0:23:48 | |
through is Madia, she scored one in
the first half, coming through again | 0:23:48 | 0:23:52 | |
in the second, and it isn't there,
and it is Rigoni with the finish. | 0:23:52 | 0:24:01 | |
That is a classic rugby try. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:09 | |
Penalty against Italy, I think it
was Sara Barattin. Follow me, she | 0:24:15 | 0:24:24 | |
says, and follow me they do. And the
subsequent try, I | 0:24:24 | 0:24:33 | |
subsequent try, I think it was
Charlotte Haynes who went down the | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
side. And that was a cracking kick
from Robyn Wilkins. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:46 | |
from Robyn Wilkins. Claire they have
got 90 seconds left. Again, the call | 0:24:50 | 0:24:56 | |
goes against Wales, and again Italy
will try and make the most of it, | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
the drive by Arrighetti. There is
Franco looking to capitalise on this | 0:25:00 | 0:25:14 | |
opportunity, hunting for that fourth
tried, and a bonus point would | 0:25:14 | 0:25:18 | |
follow, of course. And the victory
would be assured if they can score | 0:25:18 | 0:25:23 | |
now. They have got huge numbers out
to the left. They came into this | 0:25:23 | 0:25:30 | |
match was not a point on the table,
and now they have got the try bonus | 0:25:30 | 0:25:35 | |
point, and surely victory as well?
What a finish from Italy, what a | 0:25:35 | 0:25:43 | |
special day for Michaela Soumare,
the number 13. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:52 | |
That is it, it's all over. Italy
have come to Cardiff and scored four | 0:25:54 | 0:25:59 | |
tries to get their first win in 96
Nations matches. Their last win was | 0:25:59 | 0:26:06 | |
here in Port Talbot two years ago,
they have done the same in Cardiff | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
on the day for the mothers, the land
of my Fathers, Italy celebrate a | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
very special day with a huge and
emotional win. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:20 | |
So, France have their sights set on
the Grand Slam is the only unbeaten | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
side left in the tournament. England
still could beat them to the | 0:26:28 | 0:26:33 | |
championship, but they will need a
miracle from Wales next week. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:36 | |
Scotland secured their first win of
the tournament in Ireland, ending | 0:26:36 | 0:26:40 | |
their hopes of finishing in top
spot, plus Italy's first win mean it | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
is now a 3-way fight for the Wooden
Spoon. France have one hand on the | 0:26:45 | 0:26:49 | |
Grand Slam, on that 2018 title, but
for England they won't want to give | 0:26:49 | 0:26:54 | |
up just yet, because you just never
know in sport. France have to go and | 0:26:54 | 0:26:59 | |
face Wales. Absolutely. England are
going to want to finish on a higher, | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
and there is always a possibility
that things could change, and | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
playing Ireland at home, a
double-header as well, England are | 0:27:07 | 0:27:14 | |
going to want to have the home
support, but they are a side that | 0:27:14 | 0:27:19 | |
could go on a potentially win the
next Six Nations. Thank you very | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
much for joining us tonight. Much
more sport coming your way on the | 0:27:23 | 0:27:27 | |
BBC. There is life Premier League
commentary from Stoke City against | 0:27:27 | 0:27:32 | |
Manchester city, that is from eight
o'clock on ABC five Live. And in the | 0:27:32 | 0:27:38 | |
Super League Show at half past one
on Tuesday. Here in Grenoble it is | 0:27:38 | 0:27:45 | |
France who edged closer to the Six
Nations title and a potential Grand | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
Slam. We will be back next week with
all the action from the final | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
weekend as we find out who will be
crowned 2018 champions. Goodbye for | 0:27:51 | 0:27:55 | |
now. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:57 |
A look back at all of the action from round four of the Women's Six Nations. Reigning champions England travel to France, who beat England at home in 2016 to pip them to the trophy. Elsewhere, Wales host Italy at the Principality Stadium and Scotland face Ireland in Dublin.