Wales 47-8 Italy: Wales look to maintain their 100% record and begin brightly in Cardiff, racing 6-0 up in 10 minutes But Italy prop Martin Castrogiovanni gathers a loose throw at the tail of a line-out to score as the Azzurri creep back into it Wales hit back when Lee Byrne crosses unopposed out wide and the hosts lead 13-8 at the break Tom Shanklin scores an interception try early in the second half as Wales take charge of the game against Italy Wales run riot in the second half, Shane Williams scoring twice as the hosts romp to a 47-8 victory Ireland v Scotland: Scotland have yet to win this year but they dominate the opening exchanges at Croke Park But Ireland take the lead on 22 minutes when Jamie Heaslip feeds David Wallace for the game's opening try Ireland's lead is extended two minutes later when wing Rob Kearney scores his first international try Scotland score their first try of the Six nations when Simon Webster touches down But Ireland hit back when wing Tommy Bowe scrambles over in the corner, with the try given by the video ref And prop Marcus Horan scores the try of the game when he collects Ronan O'Gara's crossfield kick on the wing France 13-24 England: Paul Sackey goes over for a fifth-minute try as England make a dream start in Paris Jonny Wilkinson slots the conversion and then kicks a penalty to extend England's early lead to 10-0 England lose blind-side flanker James Haskell to injury before France captain Lionel Nallet gets his team's first try Jamie Noon tackles France's Cedric Heymans as England battle to keep their opponents at bay England are 13-7 ahead at half-time before their lead is cut by scrum-half Morgan Parra's penalty But Wilkinson kicks a drop-goal and then another penalty to put England within sight of victory And Richard Wigglesworth's late try seals England's first Six Nations win in France for eight years Coach Brian Ashton embraces Wigglesworth and Wilkinson as England celebrate an important victory
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