Scotland 13-26 Wales – as it happened!

Six Nations: Wales comfortably saw off Scotland as they succesfully opened their campaign

Slow-burn Lee finally lights up grand-slam champions

Eddie Butler: Late-blooming Bridgend boy has become a key player for Wales as the Six Nations champions kick-off their title defence

Paul Hayward: Twickenham regulars are too experienced to misled by a handful of England tries created by Italian errors

Eddie Butler: The Ireland coach's experimentation paid off - unlike Italy's at Twickenham

Jon Henderson: England players' performances rated

Six Nations: Ireland began their campaign in style with a 30-21 win over France in a stirring encounter at Croke Park

Andy Bull: Martin Johnson's men will need to do better than this if they are to trouble Wales in Cardiff

Six Nations: England recorded a routine win as Italy's gamble to field Mauro Bergamasco at scrum-half backfired

Harry Ellis scored twice as England completed a comfortable but scrappy victory over error-prone Italy

Warren Gatland's hope of taking advantage of Gavin Henson record in Six Nations starts has been scuppered by injury

Scotland have elevated Gregor Townsend to backs coach in a bid to spur on their Six Nations challenge

England's Maori centre tells Robert Kitson how his Six Nations debut will pose his toughest challenge yet

Richard Williams: The Six Nations begins today with Warren Gatland's troops firm favourites to retain the title – but history is more sceptical

Coach Declan Kidney just wants to be understood by Ireland

England coach Martin Johnson has been forced to prepare for the match against Italy with a depleted squad