Six Nations, Round Four - Scotland 11-18 Wales, England 57-14 Italy, Ireland 26-14 France

In the penultimate game-week in this year's Six Nations, Wales travelled to Scotland, England hosted Italy and Ireland played France.

Scotland 11-18 Wales
Wales survived a nervy second half at Murrayfield, and are now one game away from the Six Nations title.
Adams and Davies had early on put the Welsh on course for a 13th consecutive win, and maintaining Warren Gatland's 100% record against Scotland in his eleventh match.

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Graham scored on his first start for the hosts, and inspired his team to threaten an upset.
If Wales beat Ireland in Cardiff they will be crowned champions.
Gregor Townsend's side travel to Twickenham next weekend, searching for a first win in London against England since 1983.

England 57-14 Italy
England's eight tries in a thrashing over Italy were enough to keep their title hopes alive.
Manu Tuilagi scored either side of the break to cap a dominant performance, as Eddie Jones' men kept their perfect record against the Azzuri intact.
Joe Cokanasiga put in a man of the match performance, flanker Brad Shields bagged two tries of his own, and Italy could not hold off the onslaught.

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England need Ireland to beat Wales, the latter chasing a Grand-Slam, in Cardiff before beating Scotland themselves to pull it off.
It was Italy's 25th loss against England, and they are winless in the past four Six Nations tournaments.

Ireland 26-14 France
Ireland's bonus point win against France kept their defence of the title alive in Dublin.
Captain Rory Best scored early on, and with the floodgates open; Sexton, Conan and Earls also crossed.

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Huget and Chat scored late consolation tries for France, but they may affect Ireland if points difference is important to deciding the title winner.
The only disappointment for head coach Joe Schmidt in his final Six Nations home match was that his side could not convert their dominance into more scores as they remain behind Wales and England in the race for this year's championship title.


FIXTURES & RESULTS
Round One
1 February
France 19-24 Wales, Paris
2 February
Scotland 33-20 Italy, Edinburgh
Ireland 20-32 England, Dublin

Round Two
9 February
Scotland 13-22 Ireland, Edinburgh
Italy 15-26 Wales, Rome
10 February
England 44-8 France, London

Round Three
23 February
France 27-10 Scotland, Paris
Wales 21-13 England, Cardiff
24 February
Italy 16-26 Ireland, Rome

Round Four
9 March
Scotland 11-18 Wales, Edinburgh
England 57-14 Italy, London
10 March
Ireland 26-14 France, Dublin

Round Five
16 March
Italy v France, Rome
Wales v Ireland, Cardiff
England v Scotland, London

Women's Six Nations
Scotland 15-17 Wales
HT 10-10
Tries: Konkel, Bonar, Rollie/Lewis, Lillicrap
Conversions: /Wilkins, George
Penalties: /Wilkins

England 55-0 Italy
HT 21-0
Tries: Breach (2), Davies, Hunter, Bern, Packer, Cornborough, Scott, Fleetwood/
Conversions: Harrison, McLean (4)/

Ireland 17-47 France
HT 12-28
Tries: Griffin, Molloy, Naoupu/Thomas, Jason, Arricastre, Boujard, Menager, Forlani, Menager
Conversions: Fowley/Tremouliere (6)

FIXTURES & RESULTS
Round One
1 February
Ireland 7-51 England, Dublin
Scotland 7-28 Italy, Glasgow
2 February
France 52-3 Wales, Montpellier

Round Two
8 February
Scotland 5-22 Ireland, Glasgow
9 February
Italy 3-3 Wales, Lecce
10 February
England 41-26 France, Doncaster

Round Three
23 February
Italy 29-27 Ireland, Parma
France 41-10 Scotland, Lille
24 February
Wales 12-51 England, Cardiff

Round Four
8 March
Scotland 15-17 Wales, Glasgow
9 March
England 55-0 Italy, Exeter
Ireland 17-47 France, Dublin

Round Five
16 March
England v Scotland, London
17 March
Wales v Ireland, Cardiff


Italy v France, Padova

Six Nations Round One Results and Report
Six Nations Round Two Results and Report
Six Nations Round Three Results and Report

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