The Good...
A 30-17 win for England, despite a strong comeback from Wales in the second half.
England's line out. Excellent work again from messrs Borthwick and Shaw.
Jonny Wilkinson. Another 15 points in the bag. Easy.
James Hook's solo try. Is he Barry John in disguise?
France's Mathieu Bastareaud, an 18 stone double try-scoring powerhouse. Ireland beware in Paris next week.
The French front five. Dominated scrum time, solid in the line out and great in the loose.
The Bad...
Scotland's scrum which looked totally feeble. Please hurry back Euan Murray.
Wales' goal kicking. A couple of misses for James Hook which let England off the hook early on.
Ireland's second half performance. Brian O'Driscoll said it was "mediocre" and "frustrating". I nearly drifted off to sleep. Ireland have got to step it up before their trip to Paris next weekend.
Rob Kearney's sloppy clearance, straight into the arms of Kane Robertson, who skipped over the line for an easy try.
The Ugly...
Italy's tediously slow work at the breakdown. The BBC commentator said Italy's backs could make a cappuccino in the time it took their scrum-half Tebaldi to dig the ball out. I think it would have been quicker if I had swum across the Irish sea to Croke Park and got the ball for him. Zzzzzz.
Gonzalo Garcia's attempted spear tackle on Brian O'Driscoll. Tut, tut. A well deserved yellow card for that one.
Alun Wyn Jones' stupid trip. Cue a ten minute sin-binning and England scoring two tries against 14 man Wales. D'oh.
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Italy has it's generations mixed up. Juan Dominguez had no forwards when he wore the Italian number 10, and now Italy has some decent forwards, but their fly and scrum halfs are just nothing to write home about.
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