So there you have it, Round 2 of the 2020 Six Nations is done and dusted. Wales followed up their dominant demolition of Italy with a one-sided defeat in Dublin, while England extinguished their Parisian pain with a powerful win over Scotland at a rain and wind-lashed Murrayfield.

France made it two from two today in Paris, in a quintessentially French stop-start performance, and Italy lost yet again - but they showed much, much more than they did in Round 1 against Wales and have plenty of plus-points to take into their next match against Scotland. France go to Wales next, while England host Ireland at Twickenham.

Table-wise, France and Ireland are level on nine points, Wales and England are both on five, Scotland are on two and Italy are on zero. The Six Nations takes a break next weekend, but we will be back for more very soon. Thanks for reading - and see you next time.

Match report!

Tommaso Allan, the Italy fly-half: “The wind is a bit swirly, but that’s how it is for both teams ... We improved our performance compared to last week, today we played a bit more attacking, but we still need a bit more patience when we get in the opposition 22 ... We are trying to compete every single game, Scotland have had two losses, so that will be a tough game in Rome.”

Italy captain Luca Bigi: “We improved our performance, we showed how strong we can be, we scored a try in the last minute which shows we never give up ... I’m very proud to be part of this team, the guys showed big things on the pitch today. It was a tough week [in training] because we conceded too many turnovers at the breakdown last week.”

La victoire et le bonus!

Travail accompli, you could say.

France second row Paul Willemse speaks to the BBC out on the pitch: “We got the bonus point so we are happy, but there are a lot of errors we made, especially with our discipline, so we need to fix that as soon as possible. It’s not normal for us to have [concede] all those penalties, but we’ll definitely focus on that in the weeks to come.

“The atmosphere has been great in our team, we have a lot of young guys who are just starting in the French team ... it’s about getting together and building our own history.”

78 min: Now Palazzani takes a quick tap in midfield for Italy. The Azzurri pour forward, but it’s lost, and a French boot belts the ball deep, back into enemy territory. The French fans are giving ‘La Marseillaise’ another outing as the clock ticks down. Party time in Paris.

77 min: France roar forward again, into the Italian 22, with a lovely line by No 8 Alldritt busting through the defensive line and getting his team right on the front foot. Bellini puts in a good tackle though and then Italy manage to turn it over. Exciting times! France fell asleep for much of the second half but they are finishing strongly. They will be equal with Ireland on nine points at the top of the Six Nations table after this.

73 min: Wise words ... Edwards may also call on his English vocab, because the French guys will definitely be familiar with a few of the more common ones.

The TV director takes a few seconds to focus on those fans dressed as slices of pizza. They are clearly having a great day!

70 min: Hayward pumps a high kick into French territory. It seems to be a little too long and Ntamack looks well set to claim it, but he drops it and knocks it forward. Horrible error. Italy grab it back, and win a penalty, and have another chance to put France under more pressure ...

Ntamack is hauled off after a mixed day, Matthieu Jalibert comes on at No 10.

68 min: France manage to turn the ball over from Italy’s line-out ball now. “A real momentum-killer,” observes Davies. France have a scrum now, on their own 22.

64 min: Italy come again. They kick a penalty to the corner and try a driving maul, and they make good ground.

62 min: Jefferson Poirot, Demba Bamba and Cameron Woki are all on for France. Mauvaka and Serin too. Guglielmo Palazzani is on at scrum-half for Italy and Marco Riccioni is on, too.

58 min: Again it’s good stuff from Italy, Allan claiming a high ball and finding numbers in space on the left. Minozzi then skips beyond a tackle and off-loads on his inside, but Italy immediately concede a penalty for holding on at the resulting ruck, won by Taofifenua.

56 min: France’s defence coach Shaun Edwards is pictured up in the stands. His arms are firmly folded, and he doesn’t look too happy. France have become a bit sloppy, in truth. The French fans have accordingly gone quiet. Italy have been the better team for the past 15 minutes.

55 min: Allan pulls a penalty attempt wide for Italy from close range. A shame, if we want to see a grandstand finish.

“He can’t be missing from there, I don’t care how bad the wind is,” says O’Connell.

“Said the second row ...” counters Eddie Butler.

52 min: Giovanni Licata and Danilo Fischetti come on for Italy, Andrea Lovotti and Luca Bigi go off. Hayward now puts in an excellent kick deep into French territory. If Italy can find the next score, we’ve got an enthralling final 28 minutes on our hands.

50 min: Italy turn the ball over from a French line-out. Polledri powers through a tackle and the ball is then moved to the left. Italy are playing some very decent rugby here and are keeping the French crowd pretty quiet for the most part. They are starting to play with that much-needed continuity at times, and it’s good to see.

47 min: Italy cough up a penalty for not rolling away. Ntamack kicks for touch and they’ll have a very decent spot for a line-out, just inside the Italian 22. They choose to maul it, then spin it right, and there is lots more defending to do for Italy. Romain Taofifenua has come on in the second row in place of Paul Willemse for France.

43 min: More good signs for the Italians. Jayden Hayward makes a confident catch from a high ball, the ball is recycled to the left, and Dean Budd is freed to make a rampaging run into space on the touchline, behind the vast majority of the defensive cover. The ball is then worked all the way over to the other side of the pitch and it needs a strong French tackle in the corner on Bellini, by Bouthier, to stop another try for the visitors. France are vulnerable at times, and will not feel secure even with a 13-point lead.

41 min: Italy’s No 6 Jake Polledri does very well to grab a loose ball at the back of a ruck near halfway. Italy work it left and Minozzi sprints into space, down the touchline. He tries a little kick inside but he has a foot in touch.

Thomas Castaignède assesses France’s first-half display: “We started well, we were winning the collisions ... but then we didn’t seem to know what we wanted to do. As long as we win the collisions, and make some offloads, we look dangerous.”

Ex-Italy player Luke McLean: “It looked like it might be a big grim after 20 minutes, I thought it was going to be the same as the Wales game ... but Italy changed tactics, and they were actually quite clinical when they got chances.”

36 min: Second row Willemse is released by Ollivon and embarks on a powerful run down the middle, into the Italian 22, and then returns the favour for his scrum-half Dupont with an excellent off-load. The Italian defence is stretched all over the place but they manage to repel the danger for now. Now France pass up the chance for a penalty and kick for the corner.

34 min: Italy launch another excellent attack with good hands down the left wing, with Minozzi getting involved once again. It culminates in a scrum for the visitors.

“They’ve got no continuity,” remarks Jonathan Davies on commentary, of the Italians, and he is quite right. They are making a game of it though.

32 min: Now Italy are punished for going off their feet at a ruck, with the defence back under plenty of pressure following a kick straight into touch by Allan. There was a crash ball by Arthur Vincent as France neared the Italian line.

29 min: Allan now has a kick at goal from 35 metres. He can bring his team within three here ...

22 min: Breaking: Italy are in the French half! It’s scrum put-in for the Azzurri on the French 22. Now they work through some phases in possession rather nicely. Allan makes a half-break towards the left corner. Then they spin it right and France are having to make tackle after tackle. And Minozzi is in!!!

16 min: Dupont throws a dummy to his left and then makes one of those lightning little breaks, on the left, and produces a lovely one-handed offload to Paul Willemse on his inside, offering the ball up softly despite the fact he’s travelling at some pace. Marchand then takes it up, and is absolutely smashed by a brilliant tackle from an Italian defender, although I didn’t see who it was. France take it through more phases, and they are in again!

15 min: Ntamack kicks a penalty from distance but he misses it, narrowly, to the left.

14 min: Italy get the line-out right, which is good, but then Julien Marchand is allowed to steal the ball out of a ruck for France, which is not good. Dupont is freed down the left but it breaks down for the hosts.

It’s the same old story for Italy, they are totally incapable of building any continuity, so far.

12 min: Fickou takes the ball into contact for France on the left wing now, and concedes a penalty for holding on. Good defensive work from Italy. Can they mount some kind of platform?

“It will be interesting to see how their line-out functions without Zanni,” says O’Connell on co-commentary.

10 min: France are on the front foot again. Ntamack tries another little grubber kick into the danger area, on the same side of the pitch, but Italy mop this one up well, seeing the danger nice and early. Allan with the clearing kick, but France have a good attacking line-out now.

4 min: Full-back Hayward tries a dart from deep for Italy, but is double-tackled emphatically in midfield. Italy keep possession well, though, until Tommaso Allan is smashed by France’s rush defence.

2 min: Early possession and pressure for France. A cute offload by the prop Cyril Baille helps to set up a number of phases. It ends when Anthony Bouthier knocks on, but it’s taken back by the referee for a penalty. A chance for France to get on the board.

Here we go then ... two belting national anthems ring around the stadium, and we are a couple of minutes from kick-off.

My weather forecasting skills need work. I wrote earlier that Storm Ciara would not arrive in Paris until after the match, but it’s just started raining. Hopefully it won’t affect the spectacle too much ...

A bit of late team news: Second row Dean Budd comes into the Italy XV after Alessandro Zanni was injured in the warm-up:

‘Durante il riscaldamento’ translates as ‘during heating’ on Twitter, but let’s stick with the warm-up.

Worsley analyses Italy’s chances: “If Italy try to run through the first four, five defenders near rucks, they are going to have a long day. They need to move the ball and find the space. They need to get around that wall of defenders that crushed the England attack last week.”

Interestingly, Italy carried the ball for more metres than any other team in Round 1. Considering they failed to score a point and conceded 42 that is quite a surprise.

But that was very much the story of their performance: they showed attacking intent when they had the ball, and actually caused Wales a problem here and there, but without the ball they were all over the shop.

Raphaël Ibañez talks to the BBC: “We will do our best ... we need to play some smart rugby, we need to play with the conditions [high winds]. We need to deal with it.

Asked how to stop the younger players getting carried away with the hype after the win against England: “It’s pretty simple, by training harder. This week, preparation went well. We take nothing for granted. The England game was excellent, the team spirit was good, but it’s gone. It’s about Italy ... it’s a new challenge to see if the boys can perform against Italy with a shorter turnaround.”

Paul O’Connell reminisces about facing a Franco Smith-coached team, Treviso, for his province Munster: “We beat them regularly, but they were very innovative.”

Damning with faint praise?

Italy coach Franco Smith speaks to the BBC: “Nothing’s going to happen overnight ... but we’re going to compete as well as we can against a very good French side.

“Wales were very, very good last week ... but we had our opportunities and we created a lot more than we thought. It’s about establishing our DNA and we’ve got another chance today.”

It’s opening montage time on the BBC, with a few highlights of the French success against England last week.

Luke McLean, Joe Worsley, Thomas Castaignède and Paul O’Connell form a four-man pundit panel alongside presenter Gabby Logan.

“Shaun Edwards can create a very ‘dangerous’ defence for France, that will create opportunities for their attack,” says Worsley.

It looks pretty windy in the stadium in Paris, although nowhere near as bad as it was up in Scotland yesterday.

Ireland produced an excellent display in beating Wales in Dublin yesterday. It would seem the work of Mike Catt, their new attack coach, is paying dividends already.

Looking ahead a couple of weeks, head coach Andy Farrell will take his team to Twickenham, where of course his son Owen will be waiting with England. Here is Michael Aylwin:

Yesterday, France’s women bounced back from last week’s defeat by England with a 45-10 thrashing of Italy. That’s the same Italy that won away in Wales last week. It’s a funny old game, and no mistake.

England coach Eddie Jones was left distinctly unimpressed by the behaviour of some of Scotland’s supporters yesterday. Here is Gerard Meagher with the story:

Today’s Scotland v England women’s Six Nations match fell foul of the weather, unfortunately ... Manchester City v West Ham went the same way, along with some WSL fixtures, some horse racing ... the list goes on:

Inside the Azzurri’s changing room in the bowels of Stade de France. Not much going on, to be honest.

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LA COMPO DES BLEUS!

Of the one change to his starting line-up - Arthur Vincent coming in at outside-centre - Galthié had this to say:

“Vincent is a player who has the perfect career course. We expect him to be himself, with his strengths, his maturity but also his youth. He is a multi-purpose centre, first or second, capable of being a regulator or an accelerator.”

Sounds useful. Will the French back division have as much joy as Wales did last week? If so, we will be in for a feast of attacking rugby.