Summary

  • France snatch 17-19 win with late penalty against Scotland at Murrayfield

  • Huget scores length-of-field try from interception

  • Tommy Seymour & Stuart Hogg score for Scotland

  • Ireland score seven tries to beat Italy 46-7 in Dublin

  • Brian O'Driscoll named man of the match, wins a record 140th cap

Live Reporting

James Standley

  1. But no matter how legendary a player may be, rugby is the ultimate team sport and there's plenty more to focus on ahead of kick off.

    Rucks are a hugely important area of the game because if you can slow down the opponent's ball, or even steal possession, it can have a major bearing on the momentum of the match.

    Even though the hosts have lost blind-side flanker Peter O'Mahony, who has been outstanding at the breakdown, to injury they will be looking to gain a real advantage here.

    So far, Ireland have won more turnovers than any other side (36) in the 2014 Six Nations, while the Italians have managed the fewest (17).

  2. Keith Wood
    Former Ireland hooker on BBC One

    "Brian O'Driscoll has set the place alight every time he has played. He had one season where he has dropped below a really high standard but the other 14 seasons he has been phenomenal."

  3. Brian O'DriscollGetty Images

    An Irish sporting icon, and now the most-capped player of all time in Test rugby, Brian O'Driscoll sets a new record at 140 caps today, one ahead of Australia legend George Gregan.

    The Ireland centre also becomes the most-capped player in the tournament's history with 64 appearances, breaking the record he shared with former international team-mate Ronan O'Gara.

    Want to see some of his finest moments in Dublin on his final Test appearance in front of his home fans? There have been a few...

  4. Keith Wood
    Former Ireland hooker on BBC One

    "Brian O'Driscoll isn't carrying on playing because, simply, he wants to stop. He wanted to go on that last Lions tour, which was very important to him, and then I think there was a big chance of him stopping last year.

    "But since Joe Schmidt came over, Brian is unwavering in his declaration that he is the best coach he has ever played under. And so he wanted to win another championship, or even a Grand Slam. The Slam has gone but the championship is still there."

  5. Get involved

    Neil Cowan: I'm not even Irish but Brian O'Driscoll is a genius. If only we had found a Scottish granny all those years ago!

    James Skinner: Come on Italy! You've earned at least one win this Six Nations - it would be really convenient if you could make this it.

  6. Want to see the match but you're nowhere near a TV? No problem, just click the play button at the top of this page to watch our broadcast of the build-up and the game itself.

    If you click the coverage tab it will give you a whole variety of radio commentaries to choose from as well, and there will be highlights available too.

    Watching the game while stuck in town shopping? Let me know, and I'll give a shout out to the most amusing location.

  7. Scottish fans will be champing at the bit to see if they can inflict a first defeat on France since 2006.

    France have reverted to type - ie who knows which Les Bleus team will turn up today - and for those of you playing rugby cliche bingo, may I be the first today to say the only predictable thing about France is that they're unpredictable.

    But first... Ireland bid to batter Italy and move a step closer to the title.

  8. Get involved

    Irish Rugby tweets:

    Coin tossirfurugby

    The respective captains Marco Bortolami (left) and Paul O'Connell (in green) have just tossed the coin to decide choice of ends etc. I don't know who won I'm afraid, but as this isn't cricket so it shouldn't matter too much.

  9. So, is Brian O'Driscoll the greatest Irish player of all time? The greatest centre the game's ever seen? The greatest player ever, full stop? Join the debate via twitter using #bbcrugby or text on 81111, while you can also find us on facebook.

    It's not all about the man they call Bod though. Can Italy upset the apple cart? Can Scotland put one over Ireland? Who's going to win the title? There's plenty to have your say on, so get stuck in, the elves await your finely considered morsels.

  10. Keith Wood
    Former Ireland hooker on 5 live Sport

    "It has been an incredibly long and drawn-out retirement for Brian O'Driscoll. There was talk of him retiring a couple of years ago and then it didn't happen. Then he decided to play longer, which has built up this level of expectancy. Every time he now plays he beats another record of some sort.

    "This match today, Ireland v Italy, will be a good match but isn't usually a sell-out. But you cannot get a ticket for love nor money today. This is a date and an occasion that needs to be marked, because he has been extraordinary for 15 years playing international rugby, suffering a series of injuries but yet his standard has never dipped."

  11. BBC Radio 5 live

    Former Ireland prop Reggie Corrigan of 5 live Breakfast: "I played alongside Brian O'Driscoll in Australia in 1999, and he just burst on the scene straightaway. He made an impression very young, a fresh-faced kid full of speed and skill and ambition. Even at that age you could tell he was going to become something great.

    "He really is the icon of Irish rugby and the greatest player we have ever had. There is no shortage of fitting tributes to him this week over here in Ireland, and anywhere around Lansdowne Road has houses pasted with flags and posters wishing him well on his final game in the Aviva. Today is such a big day for him."

  13. Today's not all about Brian O'Driscoll - far from it with the 2014 title still very much alive - but it's safe to say he's going to get plenty of attention.

    To play 140 games of Test rugby is a remarkable achievement and testament to both his talent and his longevity.

    As tough as Giants Causeway, as relentless as the River Liffey and as iconic as a pint of Guinness, O'Driscoll has transcended his sport to become of Ireland's defining features.

    This will be his final Test match in Dublin, and boy will them miss him when he's finally gone.

  14. One thing we are guaranteed today are records, courtesy of Ireland icon Brian O'Driscoll. The veteran centre will set two of them in Dublin today when the Irish host Italy in our first match (kick-off 1430 GMT), before Scotland welcome France to Murrayfield in our second match at 1700.

    O'Driscoll's been around for so long he won his first Test cap in the second millennium. Back then tablets were associated with illness, not browsing the internet - hello by the way!

  15. The Six Nations. For some it's the only thing that makes winter bearable, but as spring peers around the corner we enter the final stretch of the the 2014 Championship.

    With two games left to play and four teams level on four points it's still all to play for.

    And after the wettest winter on record let's hope the only thing we get today is a deluge of tries.