Team news, expert analysis and everything else you need to know ahead of this weekend’s Six Nations action
There are of course two other games on this weekend, as much was we might be obsessing over Ireland v France. The weekend’s fixtures are … Saturday, March 8th Ireland v France, at the Aviva Stadium, 2.15pm, and you can follow the action on RTÉ and the Irish Times blog. Scotland v Wales, in Murrayfield, 4.45 . Sunday, March 9th England v Italy, Twickenham, 3pm . You might have spotted the kicking difficulties suffered by Scotland outhalf Finn Russell the last day out in Twickenham.
Scotland’s co-captain was off target with all three conversion attempts against England and his last miss in the final minute allowed the hosts to squeeze home 16-15. “I think they were tough conversions. One of them he would have thought wasn’t as tough but his last one was very tough. With about 20 seconds to go, he got asked to move it further to the touchline,” Townsend said.
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