Scotland defeat England, Ireland beat champions Wales in Six Nations opening fixtures on Saturday.

Scotland won their second consecutive Calcutta Cup when they secured a late 20-17 win over England at Murrayfield, while Ireland defeated Wales. The Six Nations for both teams got underway on Saturday night and both countries played to a dramatic ending. Ad/> England were leading with 20 minutes of the match remaining, but when Luke Cowan-Dickie purposefully slapped a kick from Finn Russell into touch, Scotland were awarded seven points.

RugbyHistory of women's rugby will be lost without action says World Cup winner Taylor24/01/2022 AT 18:10 Russell then followed up with a late penalty to put Scotland three points to the good. England play Italy next weekend. /> Ireland beat current Six Nations champions Wales in the tournament opener on Saturday afternoon.

There was just a single try scored in the first half as Bundee Aki scored the opener for the hosts. However they accelerated their scoring in the second half, as Andrew Conway grabbed a brace in a short space of time, Garry Ringrose scored an impressive effort, and there was a consolation try for Taine Basham late on when the result already looked certain. The defeat means that Wales do not have a win in Ireland since 2015, and they were on the back foot after putting in a disappointing display, though they could point to their injury problems in mitigation.