The second round of the most exciting and unpredictable six nations ever ended with something of a rarity - a game going to form, with France comfortable defeating Scotland in Arras this afternoon. France were rarely troubled, leading with a penalty in the opening minutes, opening up a 15-7 lead by halftime, and eventually running out winners 25-12 (
SRU match report).
So after two rounds of games the table looks like this:
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
played | won | drawn | lost | for | against |
1 | Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 25 | 4 |
2 | Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 22 | 4 |
3 | England | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 85 | 29 | 2 |
4 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 29 | 2 |
5 | Scotland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 56 | 0 |
6 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 104 | 0
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Remarkably, two weeks into the tournament...
- England have not only missed out on a fourth Grand Slam, they will also - for the first time since 1998 - not win the Triple Crown.
- The only teams now capable of winning a Grand Slam have never previously won the championship - in fact Ireland have never finished higher than fourth.
- A tournament where the most interesting question is normally who will finish second can now realistically go any of four ways...
On the subject of which I am trying out the online opinion poll gadget (top of the column on the left) - so who do you think will win?
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