The Six Nations title race went all the way down to the ultimate match as France beat Scotland to be topped champions.
England no less than held up their finish of the discount, hammering Wales 68-14 in a 10-try demolition in Cardiff to maneuver to the highest of the standings, and the title would have been theirs had France did not ship underneath strain on the Stade de France towards Scotland.
However Les Blues bought the job executed regardless of a nervy first-half, operating out 35-16 winners in Paris to safe a primary title since 2022.
That got here after Tremendous Saturday started with an unconvincing Eire win in Rome. Dan Sheehan scored a hat-trick because the Irish ran in 4 tries for a bonus-point victory over Italy, however the 22-17 triumph would solely have been sufficient for a 3rd straight title had England and France each slipped up.
The underside of the desk was earlier confirmed, with Wales’ loss to England making it 17 Take a look at defeats on the bounce and condemning them to a second successive wood spoon.
Place
Crew
P
W
D
L
PF
PA
PD
B
Pts
1
France
5
4
0
1
218
93
+125
5
21
2
England
5
4
0
1
179
105
+74
4
20
3
Eire
5
4
0
1
135
117
+18
3
19
4
Scotland
5
2
0
3
115
131
-16
3
11
5
Italy
5
1
0
4
106
188
-82
1
5
6
Wales
5
0
0
5
76
195
-119
3
3