Elliot Daly's try four minutes from time gave champions England a 21-16 victory over Wales in a pulsating Six Nations clash played at relentless speed amid an amazing atmosphere at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on Saturday.
Italy coach Conor O'Shea fended off suggestions on Saturday that his team were out of their depth in the Six Nations and said the tournament's experiment with attacking bonus-points encouraged opponents to "go for the jugular" this year.
Eddie Jones has been psychologically "cuddling" his England rugby players in anticipation of the renewal of a special rivalry against Wales.
Wales overcame a poor start to cruch Italy 33-7 in their opening Six Nations encounter in Rome on Sunday.
Wallabies you've been warned: Eddie Jones says he will pick an England squad to tour Australia that's equipped to "play Bodyline".
Eddie Jones' England side have been crowned Six Nations champions with one round of matches remaining following France's 29-18 defeat by Scotland at Murrayfield.
Ireland have run in nine tries in a 58-15 rout of Italy to register their first win in this season's Six Nations.
Eddie Jones has England one win away from first grand slam since 2003.
A hat-trick of tries by centre Jonathan Joseph and a storming second-half performance swept a stuttering England to a 40-9 victory over Italy on Sunday.
Six Nations champions Ireland have opened up their defence with a pulsating 16-16 draw against Wales.
Gritty victory against Scotland in Edinburgh displayed a winning mentality that was often often lacking under predecessor Stuart Lancaster.
Under tight security and in the presence of French President Francois Hollande, the Stade de France opened its gates on Saturday for the first time since the stadium was targeted in the deadly attacks which struck Paris in November.
Virimi Vakatawa and Jules Plisson shone in a new-look France team who had to fight hard against Italy in their Six Nations opener on Saturday.
​England got the Eddie Jones era off to a victorious start on Saturday as tries by George Kruis and Jack Nowell earned them a 15-9 victory over Scotland in a nervy Six Nations clash at Murrayfield.
The most thrilling final round ever seen in the history of the Six Nations has prompted World Cup-winning super coach Clive Woodward to call for administrators to look at using a bonus point system in the prestigious northern hemisphere competition.
Rugby union has probably never had a day like this, with three successive magnificent matches, and Twickenham has probably never seen a game quite like this.
Joe Schmidt's team use their licence to attack to show doubters they can win with flourish, writes Oliver Brown
It was not enough, but Wales did all they could in a sensational second-half demolition of Italy.
Ireland played like the World Cup contenders they are.
France overpowered a lacklustre Italy 29-0 in a scrappy Six Nations clash played in slippery conditions on Sunday to recover from back-to-back defeats to Ireland and Wales.