England grind it out!

The Welsh won in Paris, and because the French have already been beaten by the Italians, who in turn were thrashed by Scotland this week, you could argue that the French will almost surely get the wooden spoon for the first time! 

Again, I only predicted one outcome from the three matches this weekend, (Beverley getting 2 out of 3) and the six nations is like that every time. The game in Dublin was fairly dire to watch, with no tries and every score coming from a penalty. The Irish will be very unhappy with their performance and the support from their home crowd was so bland, having no effect on lifting the team whatsoever. It's not easy to get tickets for that match, and those who did were more interested in the bar and the pork/horse pies. At kick off the stadium seats were only half full, the same at the start of the second half and the Irish team must have wondered if they were at the wrong venue! The English will come away from this delighted, now clear favourites for the Grand Slam, with the Welsh looking like the only barrier, though the Scots would argue that!

Three weeks until we travel to Edinburgh for the Scotland v Wales match. No rugby next weekend but on 23rd Feb we have Italy v Wales followed by England v France; then Scotland v Ireland on the Sunday. We can talk about those nearer the time. 

See...Full fixture list

Pos	P	Team	W	D	L	F	A	PD	TF	Pts
	1	England	2	0	0	50	24	26	4	4
	2	Scotland	2	0	1	52	48	4	6	2
	3	Wales	2	0	1	38	36	2	4	2
	4	Ireland	2	0	1	36	34	2	2	2
	5	Italy	2	0	1	33	52	-19	3	2
	6	France	0	0	2	24	39	-15	2	0