Home advantage will decide Six Nations winner

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Brian Moore is joined in the studio by Harlequins and England centre Rachael Burford to recap a thrilling second round of action in the 2022 Six Nations.

England picked up their first win and and expected bonus point away to Italy. Marcus Smith was the star of the show, and head coach Eddie Jones says the sky is the limit for the young fly half. We assess his impact on the current England side and ask what his role could be once skipper Owen Farrell returns to the fold.

France edged out Ireland in the pick of the weekend's games. The match was billed as one between the two tournament favourites and it did not disappoint. We are joined by the former Ireland back row Alan Quinlan to dissect the game and discuss why the Irish have plenty to be happy about despite defeat.

And Scotland followed up their round one win with England with a defeat away to Wales, we speak with former Ospreys head coach about the win and if it was a turning point for the Welsh or a case of Scotland shooting themselves in the foot.

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0:00.0	The Telegraph Podcasts.
0:07.0	Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact with the Telegraph.
0:24.6	Well, round two of the 22-6 nations is now history.
0:29.6	As expected, England picked up their first win.
0:32.3	It was quite a routine victory over Italy in Rome, Marcus Smith, once again starred.
0:37.2	And Eddie Jones said afterwards,
0:38.7	he doesn't think there's any ceiling on just how good this young fly-half can become.
0:44.3	We'll assess his role in the current England side,
0:47.9	England's overall performance,
0:49.4	and let's be fair, it was a frankly sloppy display from the Italians
0:53.1	who are going to
0:54.3	carry on waiting for a six nations win. How many games have it been now 30? Well, a lot.
1:00.3	And, well, in Paris, what a game we were treated to on Saturday evening. France just edged out
1:06.1	Ireland. It was a thriller. The result means France are the only side left in the competition with a hundred spent record.
1:12.7	And they are rightly favourites to win it from here.
1:15.8	But there is a long way to go, as we will discuss no doubt throughout this podcast.
1:21.6	Even though Ireland lost, they were quite, I thought they were quite impressive, actually.
1:26.4	And they showed they are firmly on the right track under Andy Farrell. We will recap that game with the former island back row, Alan Quinlan. Who was at the Stad de France on Saturday? Elsewhere, Scotland. Oh dear. Another disappointment. See, expectation. That's what it is, disappointment waiting to happen,
1:45.8	failed to back up their opening weekend win over England. It was a narrow defeat away to Wales.
1:52.3	Welsh skipper Dan Bigger called it one of the best wins of his career as he celebrated his
1:56.9	100th cap by slotting a match-winning drop goal and we'll speak to Bigger's former coach
2:01.3	Sean Holly about his performance and the Welsh performance in general after many had written
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