Week 5 Highlights Women's Six Nations Rugby

They need numbers! Jessy Tremouliere

a! To go all the way and to

They need numbers! Jessy Tremouliere

a! To go all the way and to win it

for France! The game is over.

England gave it absolutely

everything... France love beating

England and they have done it again!

And what an atmosphere it was in

Grenoble, watched by a world record

crowd for women's match, nearly

17,500 people. Tremouliere's

last-gasp tribe broke the hearts of

England but it sets them up for a

Grand Slam if they can beat Wales.

England hoping to keep the idea of a

championship alive, but they need to

beat Ireland. Here's what's coming

up... England have to win to stand

any chance of retaining their title,

while Ireland are looking to bounce

back after being shocked by Scotland

in round four... The Grand Slam is

just one win away for France, but

Wales are equally determined to

spoil the French party... Both teams

coming to the match on a higher

after winning last weekend. Who will

take the spoils? I'm delighted to

say that this weekend, Laura Keates

joins me. Sadly, she is out injured

just now. You have 60 caps. I know

that you have spoken to the England

team, how difficult will it be for

them to pick themselves up after the

defeat last weekend?

It will be

tough but they are up for it today.

It was heartbreaking to see them at

the end of the match, you could see

on their faces what it meant for

them to lose the game. They will

definitely want to write a few

rungs.

It is interesting, it is

never an easy match in France. We

know that, but it was within grasp!

That will frustrate them even more.

You're right, they did have it. It

is Test match rugby and at each

level you need to take opportunities

when you get it. All credit to

France, that is what they did and

they ended up with the win.

Any team

travelling to Wales isn't up for an

easy night, that is what France had

to do if they want to get the Grand

Slam. What can we expect from that

match, how tough will it be?

It will

be really tough, traditionally

France do not

France do not travel very well. It

is whoever turns up on the day. It

will be a cracker of a game!

And

England play Ireland, the team is

getting ready as we speak. Some

changes on both sides but England

know what they have to do?

I think

they will be looking to see what

they can do today. They will want to

get a handle on the game early on.

Off the back of those losses last

week, both teams will be fighting

for it.

Laura, thank you. First,

let's take a look at England playing

Ireland, then Wales and France.

England know what they have to do if

they want to keep any championship

hopes alive. Let's go over to Rupert

Cox and Kat merchant, our

commentators... COMMENTATOR: The

line-out isn't working for Ireland.

England have another shot at it.

Daley-McLean to Burford... That was

a good tackle from the island inside

centre.

centre. Waterman with a clear out.

Hunter, straightening the attack.

Daley-McLean, deciding to kick

forward again. It is behind Tyrell,

and it may be a try! For Danielle

Waterman, 47 in test rugby.

Fantastic vision from Daley-McLean,

to put it through. I thought that

Ellie would get there but Waterman

gets the try.

A good line-out at the back from

Abbie Scott, but it was thrown

forward, they need to check it here.

At a penalty for Ireland. Just what

they were after.

The right decision

here. They can begin to build

momentum. England missing their

kick, they were within getting a

penalty.

With the left foot... No

problem! Getting Ireland to within

two. 5-3, leading Ireland 25 minutes

in. A fierce contest. The final

round of the 2018 women's Six

Nations, and England Grand Slam is

out of the questions but take a

Six

Nations title and the Triple Crown

is within reach. Packer... The Red

Roses have two run-on!

Still

going... This is a big part of the

England game. So effective... Almost

there! She is down. Marlie Packer!

16 test tries.

That is a good shift.

As soon as Marlie Packer got her

hands on it, no way was she going to

let Katie get her hands on it and

pass it out. She was heading for the

line.

Here, again, come the England

line-out drive. Most of the Irish

forwards held off there. There was

one player caught in...

one player caught in... Packer has

got it again. They are almost there.

Do they have a third try? Over the

line! Sure thing!

line! Sure thing!

Great power from

the England pack, they are really

dominating here.

dominating here.

A short ball there,

Sarah Bern with heavy contact,

coming in from Leah Lyons. She does

enjoy a spot tackle. A slow ball for

England here... Ireland have the

turnover. The Ireland women can take

stock, if they can pick up more

points before half-time. Abbie Scott

there, going to ground. Still a bit

slow there, wasn't it?

slow there, wasn't it? Briggs

kicking the winning points against

the Black Ferns in the 2014 World

Cup. 19-6 now.

Cup. 19-6 now. McLean feeds it, just

brought down. That was one-handed

from Poppy Cleall. Marlie Packer off

the base. Pick and go this time from

Sarah Bern... Sarah Hunter...

Playing 105th Test match tonight. A

former women's rugby Player of the

Year. A chance for England! An

overlap on the far side... She is

over! Ellie Kildunne, her fifth try

of the Six Nations! She is

absolutely killing it.

What a try

and what a finish. Absolute power to

get over the line.

Leave it now!

So

much strength, so much depth, the

likes of Amber Reed coming in. Ellie

Kildunne, still going! She is lovely

to watch, isn't she? Great feet, the

off-load! Kelly Smith now...

Daley-McLean to Hunter...

Daley-McLean again. Amber Reed!

Straight through the gap... Amber

Reed has scored England's fifth! The

crowd here love that!

It started

from the Ellie Kildunne break. She

is coming into her own, this second

half in particular. Amber Reed

deciding enough is enough, and she

is going for it.

O'Connor, feeding

the line-out.

the line-out. They have had a big

fight all night long against this

England front eight. They look

pretty well set here... Claire

Molloy, in the box seat, heading

towards the England try line...

Still moving forward! Almost

there... Have they got their first

try? They have! It is Claire Molloy.

Very clever, they keep her up into

the air, just long enough that

England cannot smash it. They have

weight, Ireland with a good drive

going there. Work from Ireland

there.

Time is up on the clock... --

good work from Ireland there. McLean

with the off-load, Amber Reed cannot

take it back on the run around. That

will do it. APPLAUSE

A fine performance from the red

roses, a standing ovation at the

Ricoh Arena.

Absolutely amazing, to

go out on a pitch like this and play

against a really good team, we had a

great performance until the end.

It's a phenomenal feeling and good

to get a win.

How we bounced back

after last week is something else.

You won't fix everything over five

games, we are on the right path, and

we are excited with how it develops.

The girls dug deep today and I'm

proud to be captain of the side.

England have done what they had to,

they hope Wales can upset the odds

against a strong French outfit.

Commentary from Colwyn Bay coming

from Simon Ward... COMMENTATOR: Kira

Bevan, checking positioning. Robyn

Wilkins with the clearance. The

kickers have to be careful not to

kick a loose ball back to this

potent back three.

potent back three. Cyrielle Banet

with another one. The tackles

falling off!

falling off! Boudaud scored against

Italy and now she does against

Wales!

We can see the threat that is

Cyrielle Banet. An elusive but a

strong runner. Fighting off players

left, right and centre but she still

has awareness to look for support.

Boudaud is rewarded.

It is an

impressive front row for the ladies

in red.

in red. Phillips and Evans alongside

the loosehead, under pressure.

Trying to drive through the scrum

half.

half. Draw... Slicing through! She

has support! Both of the half-backs

have scored for France inside of the

first quarter.

first quarter.

Scoring through the

centre there, and it went wide. They

shortened the Welsh line, causing

big gaps as the Welsh players try

and spread across the field.

and spread across the field.

Le Pesq

going nowhere fast, brought down by

Amy Evans.

Amy Evans. Can Wales make something

of this unexpected possession?

Wilkins... Aah, was that

unintentional knock-on? The referee

says no, coming back for an earlier

call... Six minutes to go until

half-time. This would be a very

psychologically important time for

the home side to get onto the

scoreboard. That is a very, very

good kick from Robyn Wilkins.

Boudaud... Throwing to Jessy

Tremouliere.

Tremouliere. The break is there for

Neeson! Alarm bells ringing for

Wales once again, France with huge

numbers out to the left-hand side...

Mayans... Wales setting out their

defensive line.

defensive line. The attack, the

momentum, and the impetus in the

French group is beginning to build,

and we are in the final minute of

the first half. Wales are desperate

to hold out, France are desperate to

get their third try on the board.

Weighing up the options, but the

ball is still there. Look! Over to

Jessy Tremouliere, getting her fifth

try of the campaign.

Well worked by

the French team. Lillicrap with

great intensity from the defensive

line, and you have two prop

forwards, unfortunately a bit of a

mismatch, taking her chances and

going for the gap. Recycling, calm,

composed, release the player.

And there another opportunity for

Caroline Boujard. I think the

officials will have to confirm.

officials will have to confirm. It

was jazz joist taking the player off

the ball.

For a split second she

makes contact with the player, who

does not have the ball in their

hands and that is an

hands and that is an infringement --

Jaz Joyce.

Jaz Joyce will be

watching from the sidelines for the

next ten.

next ten. The Olympian so proficient

in sevens and 15s. The French

forwards find forward gear and Wales

having to work overtime to just

rebuff. And she is over. There was a

sense of inevitability to that.

Stud

has been a real find in the

tournament, the up-and-coming

hooker. Gets the ball away.

Powerful

dynamic, drive straight over. The

scrum-half, she is trying to get

things going. And it is great work

from Kavanagh-Williams.

France is

still on the front foot. What a

reaction by the French. Half a gap

and they go for it.

Whisking it out

to the near side.

to the near side. Gets it back into

the outside centre. Neissen gets her

first try of the campaign. That is a

case of where opportunity knocks,

you have to take it and France have

the

the killer instinct.

The difference

between them, it does not matter who

is in position for the French, they

will go for it.

The ball sent out

and once again, France celebrate

their third women's Six Nations in

the last five years. They have

conquered. They are the Six Nations

champions, Europe's top dogs. Well

deserved acclaim.

When we look back

on the campaign, as for performance,

we will have a lot of confidence

going forward and tonight is no

exception. With results there is

frustration. Looking back to Ireland

and Italy, but we cannot dwell on

that, we have to look forward.

It is

the grand slam. Grand slam

champions, France 2018.

STUDIO: Great celebrations for

France and their fifth grand slam

and England left to settle for

France and their fifth grand slam

and England left to settle for the

runners-up spot. I am joined by the

winning captain Sarah Hunter.

England have been impressive in the

championship. The points you have

scored, more than anyone else, small

margins can make a difference.

Yes,

and in the way it is good for the

women's game. Test rugby now won on

fine margins and if you are not

typical, accurate when you get the

opportunity, that is what happens.

Against France we had opportunities

and we would not clinical and

accurate in execution and if we had

one more chance when we did that, it

would have been a slightly different

results. We are disappointed with

that. We will learn from it. It is a

cliche, but you learn more from

defeats than wins because you look

at things in more fine detail. That

will build us for the future, how

when we come to face teams like

France, what we need to do and the

level we need to be at to ensure we

get a different results next time.

We came in this week, short

turnaround, looked at where we went

wrong and put our foot forward about

how we wanted to come out tonight

and get the victory and a

performance. We will finish the Six

Nations on a high, with something we

are proud of. Moving into next year,

we have no more rugby this year so

good to finish on a whim.

A good

performance from the pack.

Ireland,

all credit, the score does not

reflect the game. They made a hard

physical battle. They came at us at

the breakdown and we talked about it

at half-time. Probably did not allow

the backs to get it. We identified

that, working harder, going forward,

you see what our backs can do when

they get ball in space.

There were

good examples of what can happen

with a strong pack, getting near an

opposition line. You can see the

future, just rolling that ball over.

You do not see the hours of work put

in, analysis, to make sure everybody

is in the right place at the right

time and as Sarah said, the forwards

took it forward for them today.

At

least England are finishing on a

high. The final match was played in

Italy.

Simon ward is your commentator.

COMMENTATOR: Coming into the line

early. The try scorer from

early. The try scorer from last

week, Locatelli scored the first try

and set the standard. Franco Baresi

through. Two tackles and gets the

off-load in. There is the first try,

inside three minutes. Italy on the

board.

board. Bettoni love scoring against

Scotland.

Scotland. Italy pressing their case

for a second score. Almost, but not

quite. Rigoni throwing it wide.

quite. Rigoni throwing it wide. It

is one way traffic in the opening

ten minutes. We saw from this

Italian back line how they were

happy to move it across. Fairly

simply in attack and it paid

dividends last week and has already

paid dividends this. Rigoni.

paid dividends this. Rigoni. Manuela

Furlan. Defenders skating out of the

way. It is all the way to the

try-line. Franco finishes it off.

She set up the first and finished

off the third. There the little show

and go. The power and pace to finish

things off.

Franco, quick off-load. This will be

the bonus point.

the bonus point. Rigoni slides over

for their fourth try early in the

second half. Such good awareness.

Saw the opportunity and Rigoni, who

scored at the Principality Stadium

last week, scores that the Stadio

Plebiscito this.

Plebiscito this. The drive is on.

Head is over the line, I do not

think the ball has quite followed

it. A big opportunity.

Who will take the next? Skeldon, the

hooker has done it. Her first try.

Yet again, they get in position to

strike.

strike. Jade Konkel spotted an

opportunity but is turned away.

Skeldon going for glory again. Not

quite there. Sinclair. Sinclair has

got there.

got there. Her second try for

Scotland. Bailey

Scotland. Bailey Sinclair and try

number two for the visitors. Italy

and Scotland have shown they are on

the move. They are on the up. Italy

victorious to finish things off. A

game that never got stuck in the

mud.

Credit to both

game that never got stuck in the

mud.

Credit to both sides. We are

showing we are a team to be reckoned

with. We want the nations to take

notice of Scotland and I think they

are doing that.

At the

notice of Scotland and I think they

are doing that.

At the end of the

championship, France sit proudly at

the top of the standings. England

settle for runners-up spot with

Ireland in third. Italy finishing a

decent fourth. The Scots and

Ireland in third. Italy finishing a

decent fourth. The Scots and Wales

occupying the bottom two positions.

Just with the arrival of Fiona, our

own special music. Disappointment

tonight but I suppose you expected

that taking on a strong English

side?

It was an improved performance

for Ireland. We knew we would be up

against that English side, a

brilliant blend of experience and

youth. Even the front row, Cokayne

and Sarah Bern, 20 and 21.

Unbelievable the experience they

have already. We need to improve the

game board to catch up with the

likes of England. What is going on

in the women's game in Ireland in

the last 12 months?

I think it came from a bad World Cup

experience. I do not think there has

been a lot of development at grass

roots and hopefully we will look at

that now.

That is one thing that

needs to happen across women's

rugby, everybody needs to raise

their game to the level of England

and France?

Exactly, you talk about

the age group, under 20s, we have

those who have come through the

ranks. It is invaluable to have that

player depth.

We have seen

improvement from Scotland this year.

A lot of players for Wales and

England heading off to play sevens.

It has been a slightly odd Six

Nations this year.

Always after the

World Cup it is odd and when players

are going to sevens, as well. But it

gives players a chance to see if

they step up to the mark and those

players did it for England and

France have a mixture of experience

and youth and young players have

stepped up to the mark.

Who has

impressed you? All credit to

Scotland. They have worked hard.

Credit to them, they have done well.

I think the number of players.

Tremouliere for France. Sarah Bern

for England. You can pick players

from every team. I think France have

been consistent with a number of

changes and the game against England

was outstanding rugby from both

teams.

We spend so much time looking

forward to the Six Nations and it

feels like blink and you miss it.

Congratulations to France, champions

and Grand Slam winners. And thank

you to you at home for watching.

Good night.

COMMENTATOR: You know how dangerous

she is.

There is nothing Italy can

do here. Wales get themselves on the

scoresheet.

What a score! What about

that? From one end to the other.

To

go all the way and with it for

France.

Try number two. Waterman.

It

is the Grand Slam. Grand Slam

champions, France, 2018.