European rugby is not doing very well.
Before Ireland - France this Sunday (4 p.m.), Scots, Welsh, English and Italians made scrambled copies, riddled with mistakes and approximations.
The Welsh won in Scotland (25-24) and the English dominated the Italians (41-18).
A tasteless Saturday.
The unruly Scots
They had already beaten the Irish (21-16) last weekend playing most of the game 15 to 14, this time the Welsh found themselves outnumbered in the 54th minute after Scottish mainstay Fagerson was sent off for the same reason: a clearing at the level of the head of a Welsh player.
Same punishment for the Scots as for the Irish a week earlier: a defeat (25-24) despite a better start to the match.
Wales, a very confused team, undoubtedly the weakest British nation at the moment, still manages to pocket a second success in a row in this Tournament and take the lead in the standings before the result of the Tricolores in Ireland.
The only interest of this meeting at Murrayfield, the Edinburgh stadium surrounded by snow: the crossover maintained suspense.
Hard-working England
Beaten at home by Scotland (11-6) for the first time in 38 years last week, England relaunched by pocketing the offensive bonus against Italy (41-18) at Twickenham, but she failed did not convince so far.
Far from there.
Eddie Jones' players were once again sluggish, uninspired, messy and unruly.
They were not the reigning vice world champions they are.
With 14 missed passes and 18 hand errors, but also 12 conceded penalties, the English made this match choppy and without rhythm.
Only real flash, a test acrobatically registered by winger Johnny May, along the sideline, his 32nd in the white jersey (20-8, 40th).
He thus became the second best try scorer in history for England, but still a long way from record holder Rory Underwood with 49.