Italy vs England LIVE: Six Nations latest updates, scores and results with France vs Ireland to decide title
Follow the latest updates from the final day of the 2020 Six Nations Championship as England, Ireland and France battle for the title
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest updates from the final day of the Six Nations after England moved top of the table with a 34-5 bonus-point win over Italy, with France’s clash with Ireland at the Stade de France to decide the destination of this year’s title.
Two tries from England centurion Ben Youngs helped his side secure the bonus point they desperately needed, with Jamie George also scoring on his 50 cap for his country. Tom Curry’s try in the second half secured the crucial bonus point, with Henry Slade adding a fifth for good measure.
It means that England have one hand on the trophy, but will have to wait for the result in the final game of the championship to know if they have clinched the title for the first time since 2017, as if Ireland beat France by six points - so long as they score a try - or by seven points, they will beat England to top spot, while a bonus-point win would also be enough for the Irish.
ITALY VS ENGLAND
With the anthems done and dusted inside the Stadio Olimpico, here’s a reminder of what England need to do this afternoon (essentially it’s points, point and more points):
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ITALY VS ENGLAND
With the teams already out in Rome, here’s how Italy and England line up today.
Italy: Matteo Minozzi; Edoardo Padovani, Luca Morisi, Carlo Canna, Mattia Bellini; Paolo Garbisi, Marcello Violi; Danilo Fischetti, Luca Bigi, Giosue Zilocchi; Marco Lazzaroni, Niccolo Cannone; Sebastian Negri, Abraham Steyn, Jake Polledri.
Replacements: Gianmarco Lucchesi, Simone Ferrari, Pietro Ceccarelli, David Sisi, Johan Meyer, Maxime Mbanda, Guglielmo Palazzani, Federico Mori.
England: George Furbank; Anthony Watson, Jonathan Joseph, Henry Slade, Jonny May; Owen Farrell, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler; Maro Itoje, Jonny Hill; Tom Curry, Sam Underhill, Billy Vunipola.
Replacements: Tom Dunn, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, Charlie Ewels, Ben Earl, Dan Robson, Ollie Lawrence, Ollie Thorley.
WALES 10-14 SCOTLAND
Here’s how the two sides fared on a difficult day in south-west Wales.
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FULL-TIME
Well that is a very impressive victory for Scotland. It wasn’t a pretty match, but Scotland’s defence really came to the fore and once they scored the try to reply to Rhys Carre’s first-half score, they did an excellent job at closing out the match.
The back row excelled at the breakdown, with Jamie Ritchie really standing out, but for Wales that is a big blow particularly in light of Alun Wyn Jones’s 149th record appearance that will go down as a defeat. It’s also Wales’s fifth loss in a row, and that will not ease the growing pressure on Wayne Pivac from fans who are missing the Warren Gatland era, it’s fair to say.
80 mins: Wales 10-14 Scotland
Hogg lands the kick! And that’s it!
Scotland beat Wales 14-10 for a rare Six Nations away victory!
79 mins: Wales 10-11 Scotland
Penalty to Scotland! A crucial decision as Jonathan Davies spills the ball backwards, regathers but gets trapped immediately as Ritchie wins another penalty. It’s right in front of the uprights and even though Scotland are down to Hogg on kicking duties, he’s not exactly a bad option to have.
77 mins: Wales 10-11 Scotland
The phase after phase of carrying only goes backwards, but when opportunity presents itself Price kicks over the top again and finds touch. Halfpenny thinks about the quick lineout, thinks some more and goes to Liam Williams to get Wales on the attack.
76 mins: Wales 10-11 Scotland
Scotland work possession into the Welsh 22 as they go through the phases, into double figures and then some. The Wales defence is impressive though as they use that 22 as a defensive line, but what it is doing is running down the clock.
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