France 33-10 Ireland: With both having won their opening games, two of the pre-tournament favourites meet at the Stade de France in Paris
The first points of a tight opening spell come from the boot of Morgan Parra in the 18th minute before William Servat adds to France's total with the opening try 10 minutes later
Declan Kidney's men hit back moments later when they earn a penalty for blocking at the kick-off and Ronan O'Gara sends his kick safely over
France, though, continue to look the better side and add another try when Mathieu Bastareaud runs deep into Ireland's half before Yannick Jauzion crosses to make it 17-3 at the interval
After warming up in the dressing rooms the players return to the freezing conditions of the Paris pitch and it is the hosts who are next to score when Clement Poitrenaud finishes off a fine passage of play on the hour
On 65 minutes David Wallace scores what turns out to be only a consolation try as France continue to send over successful kicks to register a 33-10 win and make it two wins out of two
Wales 31-24 Scotland: The roof remains open and the pyrotechnics begin as the players emerge from the dressing rooms prior to kick-off at the Millennium Stadium
To the disappointment of most of the crowd, the visitors get off to a great start when John Barclay canters over the line for the first try of the game in the ninth minute
Stephen Jones and Dan Parks exchange penalties before Scotland see replacement Max Evans cross for another try in the 20th minute to make it 15-3
Not everything goes Scotland's way though as Chris Paterson, on the occasion of his 100th cap, is forced off with a shoulder injury on the half hour
Thom Evans also picks up a nasty looking back injury which, after some lengthy treatment, sees him stretchered off in the latter stages of the first half
The kicking skills of Stephen Jones keep Wales in the contest, although he does miss one good chance, as Scotland's lead is reduced to 18-9 at the interval
The hosts begin the second half by conceding another penalty but see Lee Byrne score their first try of the match in the 56th minute to cut the gap to seven points
The impressive Parks takes the play deep into Wales territory and sends over a drop-goal with 13 minutes to go to add another three to their tally
With just over five minutes to go it all starts to go wrong for Scotland - first Scott Lawson is sin-binned, then Leigh Halfpenny scores a try for Wales and Phil Godman gets a yellow card for cynically taking out Byrne
The resulting penalty is converted by Jones to bring the sides level before one final attack by Wales ends with Shane Williams going over for a sensational injury-time winner
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