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are still in the mix for glory after winning two of their first three matches of the campaign. Steve Borthwick’s men secured a 16-15 victory over Scotland a fortnight ago after overcoming France 26-25 two weeks earlier. Those results followed an opening-weekend defeat against Ireland.
on Sunday with the opportunity to surpass their points tally from 2024. The 2003 Rugby World Cup champions are four points shy of their total from last season with two rounds remaining. They will be aiming to take the race for silverware down to the final weekend.
The penultimate round of Six Nations fixtures gets underway on Saturday afternoon as leaders Ireland host second-place France. Ireland would take a giant stride towards landing the Grand Slam if they come out of that one victorious ahead of a trip to Italy on the final weekend.
Scotland and Wales then go head-to-head at Murrayfield later in the afternoon ahead of England’s showdown with Italy the following day.
Express Sport will be on hand with all the Six Nations news, so follow our live blog below for the latest updates.
Ireland lead the way
Ahead of the final two rounds of matches, it’s Ireland who lead the way in the Six Nations. France and England will still be eyeing up the title, however.
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Six Nations contact Vatican over Pope’s health
Six Nations chiefs have contacted the Vatican over the health of Pope Francis, according to the .
The Pope was taken to hospital with pneumonia almost three weeks ago and suffered two episodes of ‘acute respiratory failure’ on Monday.
A Six Nations spokesperson told the publication they would respond accordingly if anything were to happen to the 88-year-old.
Ireland are due to travel to Italy for their final Six Nations clash of the year next Saturday.
Marcus Smith called in for private meeting
England star Marcus Smith was called in for a private meeting with Steve Borthwick as the fly-half was told he would be dropped for his country’s clash with Italy. The discussion took place at a table in the bar area of Pennyhill Park Hotel.
According to the , the conversation amounted to a sales pitch as Borthwick told Smith to regard his place on the bench as a ‘different, exciting opportunity’.
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