Six Nations Latest: Ireland on the brink of history as England stand in their way

  • 7 months ago
The action-packed Six Nations tournament has had drama from minute one.
As Ireland are looking the runaway side at the top of the rankings, we take a look at the rest of the pack as we head to the final fortnight of test rugby action.
Transcript
00:00 England face a daunting challenge against Ireland as the Six Nations
00:06 resumes for round four this weekend. Steve Borthwick's side return to
00:10 Twickenham having suffered a sobering fourth successive defeat by Scotland in
00:14 the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield before the second fallow week. Now with their
00:19 own modest Grand Slam hopes over the hosts face the unenviable task of trying
00:25 to halt the formidable Green machine with Ireland currently firmly on course
00:28 to become the first nation to claim back-to-back Grand Slam titles in the
00:33 Six Nations era. As for Wales they are still on the hunt for their first Six
00:38 Nations win this year. Centre Joe Roberts and Owen Watkin coming into the side as
00:44 George North and Nick Tompkins drop out of the squad completely. Assistant coach
00:49 Mike Falshaw said Nick and George have been spoken to, they were disappointed
00:54 which I get but they firmly believe in what we're doing.

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