6 Nations 2014: Latest Reaction to Updated Table and Results

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Published: February 9, 2014

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As the second phase of the RBS Six Nations got underway, Ireland continued their dominance with an emphatic 26-3 win over Wales on Saturday.



One conversion and four penalties from Jonathan Sexton helped his side to their convincing win, after leading 13-0 at half-time. Leigh Halfpenny's penalty couldn't halt a resurgent Ireland, though, as Joe Schmidt's side rose to the top of the table, leapfrogging Wales, who later fell to fourth place.

It was also a fruitful round for Stuart Lancaster's England, who traveled to Scotland on Saturday to pick up a tidy 2-0 victory—after also leading 13-0 at the interval.

The visitors were thankful for five different scorers in their 20-0 win north of the border. Mike Brown and Luther Burrell scored a try apiece, Danny Care hit a drop goal and Owen Farrell added two conversions and a penalty to his afternoon.

France also continued their unbeaten start to this year's tournament with a convincing 30-10 victory over Italy at Stade de France on Sunday.

Three penalties and three conversions from Jean-Marc Doussain helped lift France to their 20-point victory, with tries from Louis Picamoles, Wesley Fofana and Hugo Bonneval lifting their side back into second place.

Late reply from Italy through Tommaso Iannone and Luciano Orquera restored some pride, but it could do nothing to overturn France's dominance in the game and left the side in fifth place.



England face Ireland at Twickenham in their next match on Feb. 22 and will be looking to make it two wins out of three at the halfway stage of this year's contest.

However, it was following the match at Murrayfield that left Lancaster assessing whether his side could go on to win this year's competition, telling The Telegraph's Steve James:

Definitely. We have always felt that, even though we lost last week. 

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Rugby Union

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