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Axe set to miss lock Jones

Axe set to miss lock Jones

Wales lock forward Alun-Wyn Jones is set to avoid the humiliation of being dropped following his costly Twickenham sin-binning.

Bring on Saturday - Beattie

Johnnie Beattie insists Scotland showed enough in their Six Nations opener against France to be confident of upsetting Wales.

Easter encouraged by new England

Nick Easter is convinced England's victory over Wales on Saturday is the start of a bright future and not just another false dawn.

France squad retained despite injuries

France have named the same 23 players that travelled to Scotland for Saturday's clash with Ireland despite three injury concerns.

Back to work, Johnson tells troops

Martin Johnson warned England's players their victory over Wales will be wasted unless they back it up against Italy this Sunday.

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Saturday , February 13
Wales vs Scotland14:00
France vs Ireland16:30
Sunday , February 14
Italy vs England14:30
Friday , February 26
Wales vs France20:00
Saturday , February 27
Italy vs Scotland13:30
England vs Ireland16:00
Saturday , March 13
Ireland vs Wales14:30
Scotland vs England17:00
Sunday , March 14
France vs Italy14:30
Saturday , March 20
Wales vs Italy14:30
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Sunday , February 7
Scotland 9 - 18 FranceScotland vs France Report
Saturday , February 6
Ireland 29 - 11 ItalyIreland vs Italy Report
England 30 - 17 WalesEngland vs Wales Report
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3France12
4Scotland10
5Wales10
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The weekend in stats

The weekend in stats

So that was the first Six Nations weekend! Victory for England, Ireland and France, all hard-earned, and sending coaches from Wales, Italy and Scotland back to their respective drawing boards for some study and improvements.

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England's back row heroes

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