There were also two pretty solid games to open the 6 Nations yesterday. England/France wasn't that good, and England managed to pull it out at the end. The Scotland/Ireland game was excellent though. Scotland came out and took control, while Ireland powered back in the second half. Ireland had their chances and were very close to taking the game over but in the end the Scots held the fort and added an insurance penalty in the dying minutes.
The Scots played really well. I would've expected Ireland to win this one, but the Scottish defence in particular was just solid. They made probably double the number of tackles that the Irish did and there were times where the Irish had 15-20 phases and made very little ground. Just an impressive display, and their full back (Hogg) played a great game as well.
Today is Wales/Italy, which could turn out to be a pretty good game as well. I would be taking Wales by a comfortable margin, but who knows.
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