Six Nations: The weekend review
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Ugo, Ashy and a very happy John Barclay review round two of the Six Nations after Scotland regained the Calcutta Cup. Is a first triple crown since 2010 now on the cards? Did Scotland's gameplan expose England's weaknesses? Should it have been Marcus Smith on the bench at Murrayfield? And is his namesake Fin getting enough Test minutes? France flex their muscles in Cardiff as they put 50 on Wales, can anyone stop the defending champions from winning another title? But why are Wales still struggling defensively under Steve Tandy? Ireland's fly-half debate rumbles on, will it be Sam Prendergast or Jack Crowley lining up at Twickenham? And what is the biggest obstacle preventing Italy from being in the title hunt one day?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Steve Bracknelly, are the assistant manager of Sunday League team, the Royal Oak FC. |
| 0:12.0 | Are you sick of changes to our beautiful game? |
| 0:15.0 | Five minute stoppages for VAR checks. |
| 0:17.0 | VAR, the talking point again after a five minute plus delay. |
| 0:20.0 | Cryotherapy ice chambers. |
| 0:22.9 | Ols in back at socks. |
| 0:25.3 | XG double pivots and inferred wingbacks. |
| 0:28.2 | The game's well and truly gone and I'm here to bring it back. |
| 0:31.9 | Games gone. |
| 0:32.9 | The Steve Bracknell podcast. |
| 0:34.9 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.0 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:43.7 | Gentlemen. |
| 0:44.9 | I need to apologise. |
| 0:46.2 | Okay, Chris, is that to Wales for saying they should be tier two last week? |
| 0:51.1 | That, well, I mean, that's still pretty solid. |
| 0:54.5 | Yeah. Stand by that. I mean, that's still pretty solid. Yeah. |
| 0:55.3 | Stand by that. |
| 0:55.8 | Didn't do anything. |
| 0:57.8 | But no, we were in doing a bits and bobs in the corporate of Murrayfield, which was great. |
| 1:04.8 | I had a really good time, but I got a bit bullish, shall we say. |
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