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Welsh Dragons on fire

By ILAITIA TURAGABECI
Sunday, March 17, 2013

Update: 4:53PM TO say Wales won the Six Nations title is an understatement to how the Red Dragons ended it.

Two tries to wing Alex Cuthbert at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium early this morning (Fiji time) ended in a record-breaking 30-3 victory.

Alex Cuthbert's two second-half tries was the difference in a match the Welsh had to win by seven points to retain the title for the first time since 1979.

The last biggest Welsh win over England was a 25-0 margin in 1905.

ITALY 22 IRELAND 15

ROME - Italy produced a breathtaking display to hand Ireland a 22-15 defeat in possibly Brian O'Driscoll's last game in an Irish shirt.
Italy had started this campaign with a 23-18 victory over France and after defeats to Scotland, England and Wales ended it with another deserved win over one of the pre-tournament favourites.
It was Italy's fourth win over the Irish but first in the Six Nations. - AP

FRANCE 23 SCOTLAND 16

PARIS - France landed the wooden spoon for the first time since 1999 despite beating Scotland 23-16 at the Stade de France on Saturday in their final Six Nations match.
Second-half tries by Wesley Fofana and Maxime Medard saw them to their first win of the tournament after trailing 6-0 at halftime. - AP