Round 2
Three away wins last week, fat chance of that this week but 2 a possibility. Nobody quite expecting France to roll over so badly, did they flatter Ireland? Scotland grinding out the victory, bittersweet and maddening for both teams I suspect. And England building more steam in Rome, can it continue?
Scotland vs France
At Murrayfield myself today, and this could go either way. Been pishing it doon for at least 36 hours, so wet, slips, and who knows if it will let up? France without a few key players, and a not great recent record in Edinburgh says this one is the game to watch
England v Wales
After Wales remarkable turnaround last week they'll be hoping to expose an England side that is going well, but has yet to be really tested since last years 6n (wherethey finished 4th). But Wales are still rebuilding. This one is always a cracker, but hard for me to call
Ireland v Italy
A forgone conclusion I'm sure, but will Italy continue to play wide and an attractive game at least? Ireland after the points of course, and tackling likely to be optional, could he a fun 70 point game here!
There's been enough ink spilled on the onvious talking points yesterday, but away from that apparently Aldritt's injury was relativly minor - some stitches but no muscle/tendon/bones damaged, and he attended the post-match presser.
I saw the way he'd been pulled over the ruck, and the blood and what looked like bruising on his knee, and was worried that was season over for him, or worse.