France have received the Six Nations after beating Scotland 35-16 in Paris.
England pushed the championship battle to the ultimate recreation after earlier destroying Wales with a file 68-14 win in Cardiff.
However Les Bleus sealed victory in entrance of a house crowd in a packed Stade de France to raise their first title since 2022 and solely their second since 2010.
France had bounced again emphatically from their defeat away to England on matchday two to crush Eire and Italy and put themselves in pole place coming into the ultimate day.
The hosts solely wanted a win towards Scotland, with each England and Eire additionally in with an opportunity, however provided that different outcomes went their means.
Final 12 months’s champions Eire stored their hopes of retaining the title alive with an unconvincing 22-17 bonus-point win over Italy within the early recreation in Rome.
Per week on from having their Grand Slam dream crushed by a 42-27 drubbing in Dublin by the hands of France, Eire moved high of the desk forward of the opposite matches.
However they wanted each of their championship rivals to slide up, and England’s 10-try demolition of Wales pushed Eire again into second place, whereas France’s win meant they completed the competitors in third.
The Prince of Wales, who’s the patron of the Welsh Rugby Union and his spouse the Princess of Wales, the patron of the Rugby Soccer Union, cheered on opposing sides from the stands.
England’s emphatic bonus-point victory nonetheless left them counting on Scotland to beat the favourites to complete within the high spot.
Winless Wales have been condemned to a second successive wood spoon and seventeenth Check defeat on the bounce – a file for a tier one nation within the skilled period.
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