Six Nations, Round Five - Wales 25-7 Ireland, England 38-38 Scotland, Italy 14-25 France

Wales celebrated their third Grand Slam in 11 years with their win over Ireland, while England and Scotland drew, and France beat Italy.

Wales 25-7 Ireland
Hadleigh Parkes scored early on, with Gareth Anscombe converting and adding three penalties before half-time for a 16-0 lead.
There were three more from the fly-half in the second period, with Ireland far from their best, Jordan Larmour scored a late try but it was no consolation for a poor performance from the defending champions.

Photo from BBC Sport

It means Warren Gatland becomes the first coach in Five or Six Nations history to win three Slams, his team's record-breaking winning run now stretching to 14 games.

England 38-38 Scotland
England had earlier had their title hopes dashed by Wales, but raced into a 31-point lead against Scotland in as many minutes.

Photo from BBC Sport

But a second half blitz, Scotland made it all square with McInally, Graham, Bradbury and Russell all crossing.
Sam Johnson scored late on, only for George Ford to cross for the game's 11th try for the match to end all square.

Italy 14-25 France
Italy's wait for Six Nations win continues, despite the chances to end the 21-game hoodoo
Antoine Dupont and Yoann Huget scored to give France control and Tito Tebaldi scored in the 54th minute.

Photo from telegraph.co.uk

The crucial moment was when a converted try would have put Italy in front late on, but tragically Marco Zanon lost the ball when over the tryline after a brilliant tackle from Damian Penaud.
It was Penaud who crossed in the 78th minute to seal the win.
France offered little going forward for the majority of the game but the win does at least see them end the campaign with a second win.

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 14-25 France, Rome
Wales 25-7 Ireland, Cardiff
England 38-38 Scotland, London

Final Tournament Standings

P	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	SD	B	Pts
1	Wales	5	5	0	0	114	65	49	3	23
2	England	5	3	1	1	184	101	83	4	18
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	101	100	1	2	14
4	France	5	2	0	3	93	118	-25	2	10
5	Scotland	5	1	1	3	105	125	-20	3	9
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	79	167	-88	0	0

Tournament Stats
Most points
Player, Team: Points
Owen Farrell, England: 59
Gareth Anscombe, Wales: 43
Tommaso Allan, Italy: 34
Jonny May, England: 30
Jonathan Sexton, Ireland: 23
Dan Biggar, Wales: 21
Greig Laidlaw, Scotland: 21
Yoann Huget, France: 20
Finn Russell, Scotland: 17
Conor Murray, Ireland: 16

Most tries
Player, Team: Tries
Jonny May, England: 6
Yoann Huget, France: 4
Josh Adams, Wales: 3
Keith Earls, Ireland: 3
Darcy Graham, Scotland: 3
Blair Kinghorn, Scotland: 3
Edoardo Padovani, Italy: 3
Henry Slade, England: 3
Grégory Alldritt, France: 2
Tom Curry, England: 2

Women's Six Nations
England finished top in the women's competition, with five wins from five. Italy took second place with three wins a draw and a loss. France also won three but lost two, they finished third. Wales' two wins and a draw keep them above Ireland with one win and Scotland prop up the table with five losses.

England 80-0 Scotland
HT 45-0
Tries: Beckett, Breach (2), Hunt, Smith, Cleall (2), Cokayne, Bern, Hunter, Scarratt, O'Donnell/
Conversions: McLean (9), Scarratt/

Italy 31-12 France
HT 8-5
Tries: Stefan, Bettoni, Rigoni, Furlan/Boujard, Jason
Conversions: Sillari/Tremouliere
Penalties: Sillari (3)/

Wales 24-5 Ireland
HT 12-5
Tries: Kavanagh-Williams, Phillips, Lewis, Joyce/Parsons
Conversions: George (2)/

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 80-0 Scotland, London
17 March
Wales 24-5 Ireland, Cardiff
Italy 31-12 France, Padova

Final Tournament Standings

P	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	SD	B	Pts
1	England	5	5	0	0	278	45	233	8	28
2	Italy	5	3	1	1	91	104	-13	3	17
3	France	5	3	0	2	178	102	76	4	16
4	Wales	5	2	1	2	59	126	-67	1	11
5	Ireland	5	1	0	4	78	156	-78	3	7
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	37	188	-151	1	1

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

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