Wales to begin defence of Six Nations title against Ireland in Six Nations champions Wales will begin their title defence against Ireland in the first round of the tournament while Scotland host England on the same day, organisers announced on Wednesday.
Pivac relishes Six Nations win after 'emotional roller-coaster' of a week Wales head coach Wayne Pivac said on Saturday that he felt an overwhelming sense of relief at his side being crowned Six Nations champions nearly a week after their final game in which they lost to France on the final play. Six Nations decider: Why rugby remains in the pressure cooker for much longer As Scotland travel to France for the Six Nations title decider, Tom Hamilton explains why no team can breathe a sigh of relief, and will be watching the final nervously as rugby ticks along rapidly towards the World Cup.
Sat 27 Feb Luck was on our side, but you have to put yourself in the position to take advantage of what comes your way. Time together has made us better than the Autumn, hopefully we can continue and press on further.
He remains absolutely fuming. Updated at 6. The chat will all be about the ref but it should focus on a winning performance by a team that are executing quite the turnaround. Updated at 8. The ball comes out of the scrum and two phases later Hill drives over from short under the posts. Sheedy intercepts a Ford pass a booms the ball upfield for Rees-Zammit to chase. The winger streaks away from the England cover but the ball is neither catchable nor kickable height and he ends up kneeing it more right that forward, overruns it and in the melee to recover the ball an England hand knocks it on.
Wales have a scrum five to see the game out. Updated at 9. Max Malins joins the game for Elliott Daly. England have a lineout in the Wales half. Oh dear, Dan Robson is penalised for blocking Rees-Zammit very obviously. Another killer penalty given away in range of the posts. Wales have a defensive lineout in their own 22 after Henry Slade angles a kick into touch.
Wales grab and Charlie Ewels relieves their pressure by entering the maul from the side. Penalty that Sheedy clears. Sheedy, nerveless again, bangs it over from thirty metres. Some breathing space now for Wales, but not much.
Wales are back on the ball and going through a familiar pattern of lots of phases around halfway before Gareth Davies, on for Hardy, kicks it away for England to bring out.
On the first England breakdown Ellis Genge is lying on the ruck and gives Wales another kickable penalty. Itoje is penalised for being offside. There is a long way to go in the title race, but Wales have strongly positioned themselves with results, despite having failed to perform that strongly on the pitch.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. O'Mahony was dismissed for a shoulder-led hit to the head of Wales prop Tomas Francis in a ruck, while Fagerson departed following another dangerous ruck clear-out. Both decisions firmly altered the results of either Test; indeed Ireland largely outplayed Wales with a man less before losing, while Scotland were in firm command before their red card.
Red cards also abounded in last weekend's Gallagher Premiership action, with four players banished for head contact incidents. Players and referee Pascal Gauzere will be under the spotlight on Saturday, and Frenchman Gauzere is no stranger to sending players packing, having done it more times - seven - than any other referee in Tests. Between them, they have amassed 70 tries in Test matches, with May now second on England's all-time list behind Rory Underwood, and his Gloucester colleague Rees-Zammit having burst on to the international scene with a memorable double against Scotland a fortnight ago.
Watson and Adams also have proven world-class finishing skills, so there is plenty to be excited about.
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