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Player Ratings: Magnifique

OPINION: No matter what the fortunes of either side going into it, England-France in the Six Nations is always a highly anticipated, muscular affair and this contest was no different.

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OPINION

Player Ratings: Turning point?

OPINION: Warren Gatland’s Wales have been under fire so far this tournament, not favoured to win a wooden spoon battle with Italy.

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England

Player Ratings: That winning feeling

OPINION: Rome witnessed a humdinger of an all-frills Italy-Ireland contest but this Wales-England encounter was no less engrossing in a very different way.

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France

Player Ratings: Bouncing back

OPINION: Although France, last year’s Grand Slam winners, suffered a setback in their previous match against Ireland, they were eager to recover their form.

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Scotland

Player Ratings: Grand Slam dream crushed

OPINION: Scotland’s hopes of a first Six Nations Grand Slam were brought to an end in Paris as France edged a pulsating contest at the Stade de France.

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Wales

Player Ratings: A long way to go

OPINION: It’s not been an easy few weeks for Welsh rugby.

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Ireland

Player Ratings: A wild ride in Rome

OPINION: After a crucial – maybe even tournament-deciding – win against France, a rapidly improving Italy at Stadio Olimpico might have seemed on the face of it more of a ‘banana skin’ game for Andy Farrell’s World No.1s. than a seismic task.

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England

Player ratings: Breaking the Borthwick duck

OPINION: Daniel Gallan rates the England players after their 31-14 win over Italy at Twickenham on Sunday!

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OPINION

Player Ratings: Invincible

OPINION: The arrival of France in Dublin two years on from their last visit was the perfect moment to stress test the voluminous progress of Ireland under Andy Farrell, going from relatively nowhere to becoming the world’s No. 1 ranked side.

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OPINION

Player Ratings: Out of gas

OPINION: France is the only team to have won at Landsdown Road during Andy Farrell’s tenure and they came to Dublin in excellent form.

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OPINION

Player Ratings: Far from pretenders

OPINION: Scotland backed up their Calcutta Cup success with a bonus point 35-7 thumping of a hapless Wales at Murrayfield.

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OPINION

Player Ratings: More humiliation for Gatland and Co

OPINION: Wales’ first-round performance didn’t go as planned, but Warren Gatland used his strong record against Scotland to his advantage and rang the changes in key positions.

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