Here are the latest rugby headlines for Sunday, February 13.
Wales ready to welcome back reinforcements for England
Wales boss Wayne Pivac is set to welcome back Josh Adams and Willis Halaholo for the trip to Twickenham in two weeks as Josh Navidi nears a comeback.
Adams missed out on the match against Scotland due to a calf problem and Halaholo has overcome a hamstring strain, while Navidi has been out since October with a shoulder injury.
Asked about reinforcements in Wales' post-match press conference on Saturday, Pivac said: "Certainly we welcome back anybody from injury. Willis Halaholo has been training with us for a good week and a half and he’ll be a lot sharper for another week. He’ll come into the reckoning.
"Josh Adams is recovering from a tight calf and we would expect both of them to be available for England, hopefully.
"Taulupe Faletau has a game this weekend and we’ll review that closely, and hopefully Josh Navidi will be back very shortly for Cardiff. We’ll monitor their progress."
France ruin Ireland's Grand Slam hopes
France stand top of the Six Nations table having beaten Ireland 30-24 in a thrilling contest in Paris.
They were actually outscored by three tries to two, but 20 points from the boot of full-back Melvyn Jaminet proved decisive.
Les Bleus are now the only side which can complete the Grand Slam, with a trip to Scotland their next assignment in two weeks.
They came flying out of the traps as they claimed a try after just 67 seconds through World Rugby player of the year Antoine Dupont, with the scrum-half taking a scoring offload from Romain Ntamack after a mighty carry from prop Uini Atonio.
It didn’t take long for Ireland to respond as winger Mack Hansen - man of the match against Wales last week - continued the dream start to his international career by plucking the ball out of the air to go over.
The remainder of the half was dominated by the boot of Frenchman Jaminet who kicked them into a 19-7 interval lead which he extended with another successful kick after the break.
But Ireland came roaring back into the game with two tries in the space of five minutes.
First flanker Josh Van der Flier broke away from a lineout maul to ground the ball in the corner.
Then sustained pressure culminated in scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park ghosting through under the sticks for a converted score to cut the deficit to just a point.
France responded, however, with prop Cyril Baille crashing over after fellow prop Atonio had steamed forward again.
Joey Carbery cut the gap back to three points with a penalty, but Jaminet had the final word as he sealed the victory with another unerring shot at goal.
Faletau returns with a bang
Faletau returned to action for the first time since last summer's Lions tour on Saturday afternoon with a try-scoring outing for Bath.
The Wales and Lions forward's comeback was a positive to take away despite 14-man Bath's 41-24 defeat against Wasps.
Faletau scored in the 32nd minute in the 10-try fixture before Bath's Semesa Rokoduguni was sent off just after half time.
The Cardiff-bound No. 8's return will be seen as a major boost to Wayne Pivac, with three matches remaining of Wales' Six Nations campaign - against England, France and Italy.
Bath remain bottom of the Premiership having lost 13 of their 15 matches.
Stuart Hogg: 'It's a horrible feeling'
Scotland captain Stuart Hogg insists his team are better than the performance put in during their 20-17 defeat at the Principality Stadium.
Gregor Townsend's men were beat by just three points amid a tense final quarter of the Six Nations encounter but ended on the wrong side of the scoreline just a week after their Calcutta Cup heroics against England.
"We’re bitterly disappointed", the Scottish full-back told BBC One. "The stuff that we're in control of, when we're on the front foot, we're really dangerous. At times, we weren’t allowed to do that.
"We’re a lot better than what we showed. That’s international rugby – you have to take your chances or you end up on the wrong side of the scoreline.
"[Ill-discipline] was absolutely a factor. One penalty or knock-on is fine, but when we compound error upon error that’s frustrating, because we know we’re better than that.
"Credit to Wales, they were fairly good at times. It’s a horrible feeling right now but that is Test match rugby."
Former England captain Martin Johnson said: "Twenty minutes in, you feared for Wales. But they just battled and battled. They turned the game into a street fight. Scotland didn't back off but they got involved in something they probably didn't want to get involved with."
'Wales become superheroes'
Wales' players "became superheroes" on Saturday afternoon as they recorded the first win of their 2022 Six Nations campaign, according to former Scotland captain Rory Lawson.
Citing a "massive missed opportunity" for the men in blue, Lawson told BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra: "No doubt this is a quality Scotland side but the men who wear the red jerseys become superheroes for 80 minutes at the Principality Stadium.
"This Welsh side were without a number of their stars and experienced players but they came today with a lot of fight and desire and stayed on the right side of the penalty count and key decisions and it was enough to win the game. Scotland struggled to break the Welsh defence down really at any stage."
Ryan Elias 'fantastic'
Wales hooker Ryan Elias put in a "fantastic" shift and "carried so strongly", according to ex-Wales captain Ian Gough.
The man of the match was solid at the lineout, busy in the loose and made yards after contact to prove a vital figure in Wales' win.
The 27-year-old Scarlet hailed his team's "never-say-die" attitude following on from their miserable defeat in Dublin just seven days earlier.
"We needed a big reaction from last week, especially for the crowd here," he said.
"We didn't turn up last week physically or in a lot of aspects of the game. I don't think we fired any shots last week.
"We had a long hard look at ourselves in the week. We were physical, we had that never-say-die attitude. Hopefully we can just keep building on that now."
Italy hoping lightning strikes twice
Italy are hoping for a second upset of the same weekend as the senior side look to replicate their U20s' efforts by beating England.
Eddie Jones' men go against the Azzurri in Rome on Sunday off the back of last weekend's defeat to Scotland in Murrayfield, while the hosts have recorded their 33rd consecutive Six Nations defeat.
Italy U20s managed to beat 2021's Grand Slam winners England in the Six Nations in Treviso for the first time on Friday night.
As for Sunday's encounter, England have won all 28 previous meetings in a series dating back to 1991 and apart from close run visits to Rome in 2008, 2010 and 2012, they have prevailed comfortably in the Six Nations.
Italy head coach Kieran Crowley oversaw a spirited performance last time out despite their eventual 37-10 defeat to France, but is hopeful their losing run will come to an end soon amid talk about their credibility in the tournament.
"We know we have to start pulling our weight," he said. "I’m not against promotion-relegation. It might be a good thing. That’s a decision for the boardrooms. What I will say is that we can silence that chat with our own performances."
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