Six Nations 2015: Daily Scores, Round 1 Results, Updated Table and Schedule

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Published: February 6, 2015

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England kicked off their 2015 Six Nations campaign with a 21-16 win on Friday evening to take an early lead in the tournament standings and show their potential as title challengers.

Wales failed to score a single point in the second half and fell complacent, but Ireland, France, Scotland and Italy were paying attention to get a glimpse of what's to come their way.

Ireland took their time to get going in Rome on Saturday, but eventually emerged with a 26-3 win thanks to a second-half turnaround, while France scraped past Scotland 15-8 in Paris.



 

France 15-8 Scotland

France finished Round 1 of this year's tournament as the only home team to win in front of their own fans, although a 15-8 triumph over Scotland was far from simple.

Scottish winger Dougie Fife scored the match's only try, coming on for an injured Tommy Seymour to take full advantage of the overlap France had left exposed right before half-time:



Finn Russell's ability to dictate tempo and the work of the Scottish back row in stripping Les Bleus of possession at times will be factors taken as positives by Vern Cotter following this defeat.

 However, some of the old issues remained and there was a sense of indiscipline among the visitors at times, numerous of which gave French fly-half Camille Lopez the opportunities he needed to steer his side to victory.

Things are undoubtedly improving for Scotland under Cotter, though, as Optajonny revealed the travelling outfit did manage to make some kind of history at the Stade de France:



It was only two minutes from time that Lopez found the chance he needed to take the game beyond Scotland and notch a decisive fifth penalty to make the score 15-8.

The hosts did the majority of the threatening, but Scotland simply refused to go away in what turned out to be the even, tense affair many w...
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