Women's Six Nations - Round 2

[Which Tyler]

France Women v Scotland Women Sat 29th March 2025 1:00pm Rugby Union Women's Six Nations
BBC iPlayer
BBC Sport Website

England Womens v Wales Womens Sat 29th March 2025 4:45pm Rugby Union Women's Six Nations
BBC iPlayer
BBC1 Wales
BBC2


Italy Women v Ireland Women Sun 30th March 2025 3:00pm Rugby Union Women's Six Nations
BBC iPlayer
BBC Red Button
BBC2 Northern Ireland

[Which Tyler]

France:
1 Yllana Brosseau
2 Manon Bigot
3 Rose Bernadou
4 Manae Feleu (c)
5 Madoussou Fall-Raclot
6 Charlotte Escudero
7 Seraphine Okemba
8 Teani Feleu

09 Pauline Bourdon-Sansus
10 Carla Arbez
11 Melissande Llorems Vignères
12 Montserrat Amedee
13 Marine Menager
14 Kelly Arbey
15 Morgane Bourgeois

16 Elisa Riffonneau, 17 Ambre Mwayembe, 18 Clara Joyeux, 19 Kiara Zago, 20 Axelle Berthoumieu, 19 Lea Champon
20 Alexandra Chambon, 21 Lina Queyroi


Scotland:
15 Chloe Rollie
14 Rhona Lloyd
13 Emma Orr
12 Lisa Thomson
11 Francesca McGhie
10 Helen Nelson
09 Leia Brebner-Holden

1 Anne Young
2 Lana Skeldon
3 Elliann Clarke
4 Hollie Cunningham
5 Sarah Bonar
6 Rachel Malcolm (c)
7 Rachel McLachlan
8 Jade Konkel

16 Elis Martin, 17 Leah Bartlett, 18 Molly Poolman, 19 Adelle Ferrie, 20 Becky Boyd, 21 Alex Stewart
22 Caity Mattinson, 23 Evie Wills

[Which Tyler]

Wales:
1 Gwenllian Pyrs
2 Carys Phillips
3 Jenni Scoble
4 Abbie Fleming
5 Gwen Crabb
6 Kate Williams
7 Bethan Lewis
8 Georgia Evans

09 Keira Bevan
10 Lleucu George
11 Carys Cox
12 Kayleigh Powell
13 Hannah Jones (C)
14 Lisa Neumann
15 Jasmine Joyce

16 Kelsey Jones, 17 Maisie Davies, 18 Donna Rose, 19 Alaw Pyrs, 20 Bryonie King
21 Meg Davies, 22 Courtney Keight, 23 Nel Metcalfe


England:
1 Mackenzie Carson
2 Lark Atkin-Davies
3 Sarah Bern
4 Morwenna Talling
5 Abbie Ward
6 Zoe Aldcroft (C)
7 Sadia Kabeya
8 Maddie Feaunati

09 Natasha Hunt
10 Zoe Harrison
11 Jess Breach
12 Tatyana Heard
13 Megan Jones
14 Abby Dow
15 Ellie Kildunne

16 Amy Cokayne, 17 Hannah Botterman, 18 Maud Muir, 19 Rosie Galligan, 20 Abi Burton
21 Lucy Packer, 22 Holly Aitchison, 23 Helena Rowland

[Danno]

Our depth is phenomenal

[Mr Mwenda]

Our depth is phenomenal

I was just thinking that that was a lot of changes!

[Which Tyler]

Ireland:
1. Niamh O’Dowd
2. Neve Jones
3. Linda Djougang
4. Ruth Campbell
5. Fiona Tuite
6. Edel McMahon (c)
7. Erin King
8. Aoife Wafer

9. Aoibheann Reilly
10. Dannah O’Brien
11. Amee-Leigh Costigan
12. Eve Higgins
13. Aoife Dalton
14. Anna McGann
15. Stacey Flood

16. Cliodhna Moloney, 17. Siobhán McCarthy, 18. Christy Haney, 19. Grace Moore, 20. Dorothy Wall, 21. Brittany Hogan
22. Emily Lane, 23. Enya Breen

[Which Tyler]

Excellent match so far in La Rochelle

[Which Tyler]

Scotland right back in this - against the run of play capitalising on a double handling error by France, but back to 1 score game just before HT


France 13 - 7 Scotland

39 min

[Mr Mwenda]

Not really being attentive here, but feels like France could go up.a gear. Hope the jockesses keep making it a scrap.

[Which Tyler]

Yeah, it feels like Scotland are fighting to stay in it, and that France should have another gear, but treating Scotland with more respect than they've earned.

But I'm not sure France DO have that extra gear.
Something's just not clicking for them this year. I know it's been a bit longer, but they still haven't replaced the Sansus-Tremulier axis to run the game (good though Bourdon and Queyroi are). Whilst for the taliswomen up front, Fall seems a shadow of her former self, and RManager seems to have disappeared from the squad.

[Mr Mwenda]

Yeah, the french have been regressing for a few years now. Which is a shame but does give us a chance of an upset today. I was actually surprised the Irish hadn't overtaken the frogettes after the last WXV

The break that led to the last Scottish penalty seemed typical of this match. Great to see but was really just a moment of magic as the structure wasn't creating anything. Then France stole the ball but conceded a silly penalty. If France stop being silly, they'll start smashing the Scots.

[Which Tyler]

I may have got it wrong about whether France can find another gear.

They (have to) play EVERYTHING through Bourdon, so you should be able to shut her down. Scotland managed in the first half, but lost track of her this last 5 minutes


Fra 31 - 10 Sco
63 min

ETA, it was the arrival of Qeyroi wasn't it? - present a 2nd threat, and suddenly there was space for the first

[Which Tyler]

And after 2 quick tries and the match put to bed, France are playing with their tails up, and immediately secure the TBP

[Mr Mwenda]

I ended up wandering off. Just got a bit too grim to keep putting off the hoovering for.

[Mr Mwenda]

This gap between games is pretty annoying.

[Which Tyler]

This gap between games is pretty annoying.

Perfect for watching a club game..

[Danno]

This gap between games is pretty annoying.

Perfect for watching a club game..

Yeah, glad the clash is minimal

[Mr Mwenda]

Peculiar start. Wales putting a lot of effort in and England seem to be content to ride it but then stupid errors keeping the pressure on. Not sure i like this massive rotation strategy.

Gosh the Welsh commentator is annoying.

[Donny osmond]

Great run in from Jones there

[Mr Mwenda]

Breach deserves a compensatory try after that oddly disallowed effort.

England pack beating their counterparts like they're owed money.

[Danno]

Kildunne really can do everything. Outrageous player. Even carries a stylish beard off

[Slater582]

Similar scoreline to the men's fixture couple of weeks ago.

[Which Tyler]

Kildunne really can do everything. Outrageous player. Even carries a stylish beard off

Even pass the ball for someone in a better position?

[Danno]

Kildunne really can do everything. Outrageous player. Even carries a stylish beard off

Even pass the ball for someone in a better position?

Quins fullbacks don't pass

[Mr Mwenda]

Italy were really poor there.