Six Nations Permutations: France in Pole position, but England and Ireland in the mix of last weekend | News of rugby
Six nations 2025. He comes to his conclusion this weekend, because another super Saturday is moving around to determine the champion. Read below for all permutations …
Three nations remain with Vik win in the championship in the form of France, England and Ireland, and all three avoid each other on the last day.
Ireland travels to play Italy in Rome first above (2.15am start), England then faced Wales in Cardiff (4.45pm), before the host of French Scotland in Paris (20:00).
French heavy title favorites
Outside their statement, throwing the favorites of six nations and double defenders of Ireland champion in Dublin, France is basically one win of the championship search for the first time since 2022 and only the second time since 2010.
Les Bleus – without Talisman Antoine Dupont due to an ACL knee injury – host of Scotland in the Stade de France, knowing the victory of the Bonus -Bon (victory while achieving four attempts or more), they will guarantee them the title, no matter what happens elsewhere.
This is because France is currently sitting one point above England in the ladder and two above Ireland. As such, no other side can reach 21 competitive points.
Victory even without a bonus-point, it is extremely likely to seal the title for France as well, due to the fact that the accusations of Fabien Garthie are 86 points above England before the ball is struck in terms of points difference.
In six countries, the difference in point is a decisive factor whether to be straight in the table, not the records of the head to the head. Therefore, the win in the twelfth two will not significantly matters in relation to France.
England requires a bonus point victory in Cardiff and Hope to make France slip
For England, their equation is quite simple. Due to the huge difference in the difference in points with France, England must beat Wales and hope that Scotland will do them a service in Paris.
The side of Steve Borthwick will probably need to try a bonus point if they want to win the title, as Ireland first played Italy on Saturday, so they are likely to increase the victory of the bonus-bathe and a lot of points to move in front of them.
If England wins with a bonus point in Cardiff, he can’t do anything to overcome them – a situation that can hardly be imagined when looking at the contrasting form of both sides of this year.
Bonus’ victory in England and the defeat of France in Scotland would see Borthwick’s side of the title.
Ireland is required to load points in Rome, England, to lose/miss the bonus and France to lose
For so long the only side that is still involved in Grand Slam and one in search of a history that has become the first to win three consecutive championship titles, Ireland seriously harmful losses at home in France leaves them little hopes on the last day.
Not only did the defeat mock them behind France, but also in the fact that he failed to pick up a bonus from a loss in Dublin – except that only two attempts in winning Wales in the third round – Ireland now sat down behind England, and seven points worse in terms of points.
Ireland game first on Saturday at Stadio Olimpico and will probably move to the top of the ladder for at least a few hours.
But they need four attempts, and then some to leave Rome with a bonus-pointed victory and a much healthier difference in points to have any hope.
The victory of the Bonus points would move Ireland four points above England, and if Borthwick’s side lost or won without reaching four attempts, the difference in points would decide who finished above the other.
There is all that France is, of course, a win in the last game, but if Les Bleus loses it, it could drop down to a very fine margin between Ireland and England.
England fights for a form, but fights for the title last day for the first time since 2020
After seven attempts and – in the end – a pleasant victory in England over Italy on Sunday, it would be sharply to be critical of the side that now moved above Ireland to the second place in the ladder six nations and sits only one point of a shy favorite in France.
Moreover, England went to Cardiff on the last day, still included in the race with the title, which is something they failed to say about the last four campaigns, dating from 2020.
Yet. The Sunday result may have been emphasized, but the first 43 minutes of the conflict was anything, but as Italy took care and stretched England, an appropriate result for the result. The fast regiment in three passages killed Italy, but England then went from the 53rd minute to the final game without any attempts between.
In the introductory circle, in Dublin were 27-10 in Dublin, up to four minutes, when two very late tried to break into a scarcely deserved losing bonus point.
In the second round, France has passed three or four huge attempts before the last one defeated him with an attempt by Elliot Daly, while the third round of Scotland dominated the TWICKENham game, but failed to add points for such domination as England was aroused for its negative flame of the game.
Even then, Finn Russell had the last conversion to win the visitors game, but he hit wide.
England did not play well these six nations, of which there is little discussion. But they found a way to win, which is never a bad habit, for confidence as much as anything. It is also a far more comfortable place to build.
France holds all the aces who entered the last day at home in Scotland, and if England does not reach four attempts at Cardiff, you would imagine that Ireland would end up above them, because the defenders would go to Italy angry and ask them to increase the big result.
If things would play in an unexpected way and England raised this trophy six nations, it will be one of the most interesting victories of the Championship in memory.
“The team always tries to play the way we want to play. We have through planning, trying to develop and develop and build togetherness as a team, this is an English team that is on the road. Today it was another step forward,” Borthwick said after winning Sunday.
The last day is intriguing, if nothing else.
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