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.
30 mins: France 14-10 Ireland
Disaster for Ireland! They knock the ball on again, and lock Bernard Le Roux hacks through and gives chase. He shows delightful footwork to dribble the ball on, and Irish flanker Caelan Doris hauls him down without the ball when a try was a certainty, conceding a penalty try and earning himself a yellow card in the process!
29 mins: France 7-10 Ireland
France show what they’re capable of with a lovely backs move that is eventually chipped deep, and the bounce does Stockdale as he knocks it on … he knocks it on, surely? It’s not given, and Ireland escape with one there.
25 mins: France 7-10 Ireland
France infringe again as Le Roux is caught offside, not for the first time, and Sexton this time will take the shot at goal. Healy is down on his knees once again and they think the vomiting is being caused by a bang to the head, and the loosehead is heading off for an HIA. Given the vomiting, that doesn’t look good and we wish him well. Ed Byrne comes on in the front row, as Sexton knocks the penalty over to give Ireland the lead.
24 mins: France 7-7 Ireland
The attack doesn’t really go anywhere so Sexton kicks for touch, and it’s just flicked off a French hand on its way that gives Ireland the lineout inside the 22. When your luck’s on your side…
22 mins: France 7-7 Ireland
Ireland are growing into the game now and Ntamack gives away a silly penalty for taking out Henshaw in the air, giving the away side a kick to touch in the French half that sets up another good platform to attack from.
21 mins: France 7-7 Ireland
A strange stoppage in play as Bouthier returns to the field and Healy - having just scored - needs to throw up. I’m not kidding you, the prop is bent over, hands on his knees, vomiting, and just when he thinks it’s over he reaches again for good measure.
“Are you ok?” asks Wayne Barnes. Healy looks amused.
20 mins: France 7-7 Ireland
Aki takes the crashball right off the scrum, and after two more drives, Cian Healy sees the line, waits for the support, picks and goes and drives over to score on his 100th cap. Sexton adds the conversion and the scores are level.
More importantly, that means Ireland only have to win by six points as they have the try in the bag.
17 mins: France 7-0 Ireland
Ireland go left to Sexton, and he’s stopped short. Ireland win a penalty advantage for offside, and when their attack comes to nothing we come back for the penalty. With the mark more than 15 metres in-field, Ireland go for the scrum as they want tries.
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