Six Nations Talking Points: Ireland's ugly win adds to IRFU's coffers, England slayed in Rome

Elsewhere ruthless Scots kill Grand Slam, but France remain in pole position.

BRIGHT LIGHTS: Andy Farrell walks the pitch before the Guinness 6 Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and Wales at the Aviva. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile.

The Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championship has stolen the thunder on “Super Saturday” weekends over the past decade plus, but the most recent might have been its finest hour.

A roller coaster in Edinburgh proved to be an elongated bout of motion sickness for Les Bleus, while England’s last great record crumbled to ruins in Rome.