Ireland, who clinched that last second victory in Paris, in the opening round, will take the Grand Slam, first since 2009, if they can beat England.

Scotland turned up in Dublin, full of confidence after beating England, but were taken apart by Ireland in a 28-8 loss, with young winger, Jacob Stockdale going over for two tries, with Conor Murray and Sean Cronin also going over.

England, who played later, knew with Ireland’s win, that to have any chance of taking the championship into the final round, they needed to score 4 tries in Paris.

Although, a first half see them seemingly under control and, with Farrell kicking superbly, they never seem to look like scoring heavily to get the bonus point they severely needed.

The turning point came when Watson was yellow carded and a penalty awarded to France for his high tackle. And though a late rally came with Jonny May scoring a try, English title hopes evaporated as Eddie Jones had his first back-to-back loss as coach.

6 Nations Championship 2018 Results/Fixtures:

Round 1

Wales 34-7 Scotland – Principality Stadium, BBC

Italy 15-46 England – Stadio Olimpico, ITV

France 13-15 Ireland – Stade de France, BBC

Round 2

Ireland 56-19 Italy – Aviva Stadium, ITV

England 12-6 Wales – Twickenham Stadium, ITV

Scotland 32-26 France – BT Murrayfield, BBC

Round 3

February 23 – 20.00 – France 34-17 Italy – Orange Velodrome, BBC

February 24 – 14.15 – Ireland 37-27 Wales – Aviva Stadium, ITV

– 16.45 – Scotland 25-13 England – BT Murrayfield, BBC

Round 4

March 10 – 14.15 – Ireland 28-8 Scotland – Aviva Stadium, ITV

16.45 – France 22-16 England – Stade de France, BBC

March 11 – 15.00 – Wales 38-14 – Principality Stadium, BBC

Round 5

March 17 – 12.30 – Italy v Scotland – Stadio Olimpico, ITV

– 14.45 – England v Ireland – Twickenham Stadium, ITV

– 17.00 – Wales v France – Principality Stadium, BBC