England Women Look Unstoppable

It seems highly unlikely that Scotland, Italy or Ireland could even be a speed bump in their journey to the title.

The senior men beat Wales 21-16 and the Under-20 won 37-21 but the women won 63-0, a huge defeat for Wales who had beaten Italy the week before and Ireland in a warm-up match.

France also bounced back with a big 55-0 win over Scotland as they bounced back from losing at Twickenham in Round 1.

In fact all three winners in Round 2 were each a part of a three-match clean sweep.

Round 2 Results

England vs Wales, 63-0

France vs Scotland, 55-0

Ireland vs Italy, 27-3

Round 1 Results

England vs France, 26-13

Ireland vs Scotland, 22-15

Wales vs Italy 20-8

France vs Scotland

At half-time France led 17-0 before 10 000 spectators at Stade Marcel-Defiandre, La Rochelle's homeground, and  in the second 40 minutes they scored 38 points.

In all France scored nine tries and, naturally, scored a bonus point.

Scorers:

For France:

Tries: Safi N’Diaye, Shannon Izar, Lénaïg Corson, Elodie Poublan, Elodie Guiglion, Jade Le Pesq 2, Caroline Ladangous, Camille Cabalou

Cons: Christelle Le Duff 2, Camille Cabalou 3

Teams

France: 15 Jessy Trémoulière, 14 Elodie Guiglion, 13 Caroline Ladagnous, 12 Elodie Poublan, 11 Shannon Izar, 10 Christelle Le Duff, 9 Jade Le Pesq, 8 Safi N’Diaye, 7 Marjorie Mayans, 6 Romane Ménager, 5 Audrey Forlani, 4 Lénaïg Corson, 3 Julie Duval, 2 Gaëlle Mignot (captain), 1 Lise Arricastre

Replacements: 16 Caroline Thomas, 17 Annaëlle Deshayes, 18 Céline Ferer, 19 Julie Annery, 20 Yanna Rivoalen, 21 Camille Cabalou, 22 Marine Ménager, 23 Patricia Carricaburu

Scotland: 15 Chloe Rollie, 14 Megan Gaffney, 13 Lisa Thomson, 12 Lisa Martin (captain), 11 Rhona Lloyd, 10 Helen Nelson, 9 Sarah Law, 8 Jade Konkel, 7 Louise McMillan, 6 Karen Dunbar, 5 Deborah McCormack, 4 Emma Wassell, 3 Lindsey Smith, 2 Lana Skeldon, 1 Tracy Balmer

Replacements: 16 Lucy Park, 17 Heather Lockhart, 18 Katie Dougan, 19 Sarah Bonar, 20 Jemma Forsyth, 21 Jenny Maxwell, 22 Lauren Harris (Melrose), 23 Eilidh Sinclair

Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)

Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa), Local

Television match official: Sean Davey (England)

England vs Wales

England were too strong and much too fast for Wales's at venerable Cardiff Arms Park and by half-time had scored six of their 11 tries. Those 11 tries included a hat-trick by speedy right wing Lydia Thompson.

Wales, who showed spirit in finishing strongly, could have ,most by more if seven conversions not been missed.

Scorers

For England:

Tries: Amy Wilson Hardy 2, Amy Cokayne, Natasha Hunt, Lydia Thompson 3, Katy Mclean, Sarah Hunter, Danielle Waterman 2

Cons: Emily Scarratt 4

Teams

Wales: 15 Dyddgu Hywel, 14 Elen Evans, 13 Kerin Lake, 12 Robyn Wilkins, 11 Adi Taviner, 10 Elinor Snowsill, 9 Keira Bevan, 8 Sioned Harries, 7 Rachel Taylor, 6  Alisha Butchers, 5 Mel Clay, 4 Rebecca Rowe, 3 Amy Evans, 2 Carys Phillips (captain), 1 Caryl Thomas

Replacements: 16 Lowri Harries, 17 Cerys Hale, 18 Gwenllian Pyrs, 19 Siwan Lillicrap, 20 Nia Elen Davies (Blues), 21 Sian Moore, 22 Gemma Rowland, 23 Jessica Kavanagh-Williams

England: 15 Danielle Waterman, 14 Lydia Thompson, 13 Emily Scarratt, 12 Amber Reed, 11 Amy Wilson Hardy, 10 Katy Mclean, 9 Natasha Hunt, 8 Sarah Hunter, (captain), 7 Marlie Packer, 6 Izzy Noel-Smith, 5 Harriet Millar-Mills, 4 Tamara Taylor, 3 Laura Keates, 2 Amy Cokayne, 1 Rochelle Clark

Replacements: 16 Vicky Fleetwood, 17 Justine Lucas, 18 Sarah Bern, 19 Zoe Aldcroft, 20 Poppy Cleall, 21 La Toya Mason, 22 Emily Scott, 23 Rachael Burford

Referee: Marie Lematte (France)

Assistant referees: Graham Cooper (Australia), Local

Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Ireland vs Italy

It was the closest of the three Women's Six Nations matches at the weekend and was not as comfortable as the score suggests. At half-time on Sunday in the rugby town of L'Aquilla, the score was a humble three-all and they scored their fourth, bonus-point try in injury time thanks to a long (some 80 metres) run by Hannah Tyrrell.

Scorers

For Ireland:

Tries: Leah Lyons, Sophie Spence, Paula Fitzpatrick, Hannah Tyrrell  

Cons: Nora Stapleton 2

Pens: Nora Stapleton

For Italy:

Pen: Michela Sillari

Teams

Italy: 15 Manuela Furlan, 14 Michela Sillari, 13 Mariagrazia Cioffi, 12 Sofia Stefan, 11 Maria Magatti, 10 Beatrice Rigoni, 9 Sara Barattin (captain), 8 Elisa Giordano, 7 Isabellla Locatelli, 6 Lucia Cammarano, 5 Alice Trevisan, 4 Flavia Severin, 3 Lucia Gai, 2 Melissa Bettoni, 1 Elisa Cucchiella

Replacements: 16 Gaia Giacomoli, 17 Marta Ferrari, 18 Ilaria Arrighetti, 19 Michela Este, 20 Silvia Folli, 21 Elisa Pillotti, 22 Claudia Salvadego, 23 Paola Zangirolami

Ireland: 15 Mairead Coyne, 14 Hannah Tyrrell, 13 Jenny Murphy, 12 Sene Naoupu, 11 Alison Miller, 10 Nora Stapleton, 9 Ailsa Hughes, 8 Paula Fitzpatrick, (captain), 7 Claire Molloy, 6 Ciara Griffin, 5 Marie Louise Reilly, 4 Elaine Anthony, 3 Ailis Egan, 2 Leah Lyons, 1 Lindsay Peat

Replacements: 16 Jennie Finlay, 17 Ilse van Staden, 18 Ciara O'Connor, 19 Ciara Cooney, 20 Sophie Spence, 21 Mary Healy, 22 Claire McLaughlin, 23 Eimear Considine

Referee: Rachel Horton (Australia)

Assistant referees: Amy Perrett (Australia), Local

Television match official: Eric Gauzins (France)