Ireland capped off a glorious season in Italy at the weekend, lifting the women's RBS 6 Nations title for the first time ever with a Grand Slam to boot.

At around 2:30 in the afternoon on the first Saturday of last month, thousands of Welsh fans stared at the electronic scoreboard at the Millennium Stadium in utter disbelief. 'Cymru 3, Iwerddon 30.'....writes Peter Jackson.

Following England's a third successive RBS 6 Nations Under-20s title after beating previously unbeaten Wales 28-15, departing boss Rob Hunter hailed the attitude and commitment of his players.

So now we know the score. A home win in Cardiff on Saturday by a minimum of eight points would result in Wales retaining the RBS 6 Nations title and England going home empty-handed - no pot of Grand Slam gold, no lovely silver trophy....writes Peter Jackson.

Every RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam team has had at least one....writes Peter Jackson.

The last time Scotland won three successive matches in the same Championship they finished up playing England for the Grand Slam at Twickenham....writes Peter Jackson.

If Philippe Saint-Andre is as good as his word, France will run out at Twickenham on Saturday 'full of enthusiasm, confidence and daring'....writes Peter Jackson.

France have never finished bottom of the Championship since the Five grew into Six at the turn of the century....writes Peter Jackson.

Where the opening weekend of the RBS 6 Nations was thrilling, the second was nail-biting and again there were a host of stand-out performers. Here we pick our best XV of the weekend, featuring some of England's warhorses, Welsh heroes but there's no place for Alex Goode, Owen Farrell or George North.

Even by the challenging standards of the RBS 6 Nations, there can never have been an opening act quite as stupendous as the one spanning last weekend....writes Peter Jackson.

At the launch of the 2013 RBS 6 Nations a question was put to each of the 6 Nations captains to see who they rated as the best player to have appeared in the tournament since 2006.

England's Six Nations opening victory against Scotland marked almost a year to the day that Chris Robshaw was first installed as captain by the then new coach Stuart Lancaster.

A shock win for Italy, a narrow victory for the Irish and a resounding first day for England were the talking points of the opening weekend of the women's RBS 6 Nations, with round two set to be a cracker.

Declan Kidney hopes Brian O'Driscoll can defy the sands of time while Chris Ashton isn't sure about Owen Farrell's age. Here are some of the best quotes from the first weekend of the RBS 6 Nations.

Wales wrapped up a third RBS 6 Nations Grand Slam in eight years in 2012, sweeping all before them on the back of an appearance in the 2011 World Cup semi-finals.

As the countdown to the 2013 RBS 6 Nations grows louder, we will be going back in time and profiling past tournaments all the way up to last year.

As the countdown to the 2013 RBS 6 Nations grows louder, we will be going back in time and profiling past tournaments all the way up to last year.

With the RBS 6 Nations 2013 kicking off on Saturday, here we profile each of the six countries, picking out players who are set to make an impact at this year's competition.

It took 19 minutes of Chris Robshaw's first game as England captain to demonstrate his pride in the shirt - then it was ripped to shreds in a clash with Scotland's Chris Cusiter as he asserted his credentials as the Red Rose's figurehead.

With the women's RBS 6 Nations 2013 kicking off on Saturday, here we profile each of the six countries, picking out players who are set to make an impact at this year's competition.