Ireland Wobble Against Italy, England Inquest Begins & Who Can Stop France? | Six Nations Round 2 Review

For The Love Of Rugby

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Ben Youngs and Dan Cole complete their review of the second round of Six Nations matches as France continue to impress with an eight-try win against Wales. Ireland beat Italy in Dublin in a fixture that was much closer than it’s ever been before, but what does it mean? Is this a new Irish era? And did Jack Crowley do enough from the bench to earn a start against England? Meanwhile, the England inquest continues after Calcutta Cup defeat with a record number of your comments. And did bottom-of-the-table Wales do anything better this week? 🎟️ For The Love Of Rugby LIVE Tour 2026 Tickets: UK: https://www.livenation.co.uk/for-the-love-of-rugby-live-tickets-adp1630694 Dublin: https://thehelix.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/1173663616 💳 Open a Tide Business Current Account and receive £100 cashback when you spend up to £1,000 in your first 60 days: https://tide.co/sixnations T&Cs apply 📋 Fill out the FTLOR listener survey: https://forms.gle/rPGCtcPe7NpnBgfh6 ✍️ Subscribe to Coley's newsletter: https://loveofrugby.substack.com/subscribe 📹 Send us your rugby videos: https://forms.gle/TrB1MB2V2krVXdqd7 💭 Got a question for us? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/4o1f7VCSFvj5aZb38 💗 Buy a bobble hat: https://crowdnetwork.co.uk/podcasts/for-the-love-of-rugby 🎶 Music courtesy of BMG Production Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's stop there.
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0:29.6	The Grand Slam is still on for France.
0:32.6	Ireland get the job done but Italy definitely could have won it.
0:35.6	Plus your comments as the England Inquest begins.
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0:56.0	I'm Dan Cole, he's Ben Young's, and this is the second part of our round two review.
1:02.2	If you want our breakdown of England's Calcutta Cup match, go find that episode.
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1:09.7	The train was good. I had to go via York, but my train from York got cancelled, so I was in York Station a bit longer than I planned. It was fine. I bought some mini eggs and ate them because I was feeling really Easter-like, and that's the reason. But no, I got home. I got to Peterborough, and then, yeah, I've now driven here to the Tesco Woosh Studio.
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