With only three units behind the XV of France and in the event of missteps by the Blues, England and Ireland, six points each, can delight the head of the classification from the teammates of Antoine Dupont, who remain on two defeats in the Tournament against to the Scots.

Suffice to say that the Murrayfield match on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. (Paris time) will be closely followed at Twickenham, where the XV de la Rose will host the Welsh defending champions at 5:45 p.m.

Powerful center Manu Tuilagi forfeited, the English, on the strength of their show of force (33-0) in Rome on the second day, are counting on the return of their third line wing Courtney Lawes, once again captain, to win over their neighbors.

English 3rd line Courtney Lawes is tackled by Welsh defenders during their test match on August 11, 2019 at Twickenham, in preparation for the World Cup Daniel LEAL AFP / Archives

Substitute scrum-half Ben Youngs will become, if he comes on, England's most capped player in history with 115 caps, one more than prop Jason Leonard.

Wales have made several important changes for this shock, Wayne Pivac reshuffling his third line and resting his nugget, winger Louis Rees-Zammit, in favor of Josh Adams.

As for the Irish, they will end this third day on Sunday at 4:00 p.m., which will be followed by a 15-day truce for all the teams, by the reception of Italy (0 points), a meeting which should not pose any problem for them. major.

Irish opener Jonathan Sexton scores the 5th try against Italy during their Six Nations Tournament match on October 24, 2020 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin Brian Lawless POOL/AFP/Archives

The program for the 3rd day (in Paris time, GMT+1):

Saturday

(3:15 p.m.) Scotland - France

(5:45 p.m.) England - Wales

Sunday

(4:00 p.m.) Ireland - Italy

Ranking: Pts JGNP pp pc dif Good

1. France 9 2 2 0 0 67 34 33 1

2. England 6 2 1 0 1 50 20 30 2

3. Ireland 6 2 1 0 1 53 37 16 2

4. Scotland 5 2 1 0 1 37 37 0 1

5. Wales 4 2 1 0 1 27 46 -19 0

6. Italy 0 2 0 0 2 10 70 -60 0

Editor's note: Victory = 4 pts;

draw = 2 pts;

defeat = 0pt;

1 bonus point for 4 tries or more, 1 bonus point for a loss of 7 points or less;

3 bonus points for the Grand Slam (five wins).

The tied nations are decided by the difference in general points, then the number of tries scored over all the matches.

If there is still a tie, they are ranked ex aequo.

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