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England demolish Italy again – Italy v England

6 Nations – Second Round We’d better not call this England’s B side that turned out in Parma; we might not get out of the room in one piece. But only four who started against Scotland were on the field at kick-off. The Red Roses scored twelve tries and conceded none. There was no chance

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To Lose in Toulouse – France v Ireland

France came to Toulouse, the beating heart of French rugby, to be greeted by another 5-figure crowd. Ireland had never yet beaten France away from home, and after a quarter of an hour they had enjoyed just 18% possession. As promised by the management, the French team showed seven changes from their victory over Italy.

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Cleall to captain the Red Roses against Italy

Head coach Simon Middleton has named his Red Roses matchday squad for this weekend’s TikTok Women’s Six Nations trip to Italy (Sunday 3 April, KO 3pm UK time/4pm local time, Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma and live on BBC Two). No.8 Poppy Cleall captains the matchday side for a second time with hooker Lark Davies named

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6 Nations Round Two – a Preview

It’s a tough call playing two internationals on successive weekends. Perhaps it’s only fair that the one team of full-time professionals have to travel away for the second time running. The three fixtures: Saturday 2 April France v Ireland Ireland have a hard weekend ahead of them as they face France in Toulouse. Greg McWilliams

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Into the Unknown

Ireland v Wales – First Day of the 6 Nations Wales had to work desperately hard to win a vital away victory in the Dublin sun. Who could say which of the two teams had suffered worse setbacks over the past couple of years? At all events, the two new coaches, Greg McWilliams and Ioan

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