Before we bring the curtain down on this opening Six Nations weekend, we'll end with a drum roll and a grand announcement. [Dramatic pause]. Because James Haskell has been voted as your Six Nations player of the weekend. Well done, James, a Blankety Blank chequebook and pen is in the post.

The first weekend of many is over and has left us wanting more. Injury-hit England opened with a deserved victory, which would have surprised many, favourites Ireland coughed and spluttered in their win over Italy, while the French used their power and brawn to beat the promising Scots.

And, perhaps best of all, new heroes have emerged: Finn Russell, Jonathan Joseph, Camille Lopez, Tommy O'Donnell inspiring and setting hearts racing.

Abbie MacEachin:, external Awesome game from Scotland, shame France held on to it! @finn_russell is my new hero!

Nathan Parry:, external Good effort Scotland! Unfortunately too many silly mistakes for me. Some great rugby today though

Carwyn Price:, external What a brilliant game, so entertaining, both played some nice rugby

Louis Peteranna:, external Great to watch, just unlucky not to win. There's a lot of good points to take into the next game against Wales

Sebastian Morrison:, external Another passionate, gutsy defeat for Scotland in Paris. When will they turn these close losses into close wins?

Iain McLaren:, external Year ago I'd have been happy with score, now I'm disappointed. Shows how far we've come and how far still have to go.

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The Red Button coverage is over, but the rugby isn't. England and Wales' under-20s are about to kick off, which is a match you can watch on the Welsh channel S4C.England Rugby , externaltweet: The calm before the storm in the U20s changing room. Can they follow in the footsteps of the Senior side?

Gregor Townsend
Former Scotland international on BBC Red Button

"There was a lot of discussion about Wales' training methods, they have done a lot of fitness work and it has been done to make sure they last the tournament. So we will see them stay strong throughout the tournament, but the big thing is confidence and we'll see next week how that has been affected by Friday's defeat by England."

Andy Nicol
Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC Red Button

On George North: "Hibbard comes in and you see the collision. It's a surprise for the Welsh management not to have seen that, when it was there for everyone to see, and I think there will be serious questions asked."

Former Scotland scrum-half Chris Cusiter on Twitter: , external"Disappointing finish. Probably too many errors in the second half when they had so little field position. Lots of positives though."

Gabby Logan and co have turned their attention to Friday night's showdown between Wales and England, and specifically the management of wing George North after the winger suffered heavy head blows in each half of the 21-16 defeat.

JavelBleach, external ‏Thought #Wales & #England both looked the most accomplished of the 6. We'll see better next round.

Oliver Milne:, external We threw away a lot of chances. But some progress. Wales should be interesting.

Nathan Parry:, external Good effort Scotland! Unfortunately too many silly mistakes for me. Some great rugby today though #bbc6nations

This is your one-minute warning because the vote for the Six Nations player of the weekend is about to come to a close. Will George Ford get your vote? Or James Haskell? Sutart Hogg? Jonathan Joseph? Tommy O'Donnell? Chris Robshaw? Finn Russell?

The result will be announced here, but small-print fans can get into the nitty-gritty of how the vote works over on our terms and conditions page.

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland international on BBC Red Button

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"Finn Russell is a comfortable ball player but the thing we have not talked about is his bravery. He is incredibly brave with the ball and that is going to be very important next week when Scotland take on Wales."

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC Red Button

On Finn Russell: "I really like the way he plays, he gets the ball in strange positions but every time he manages to create some gaps and he can get his head up and kick the ball. He is very clever and for a young player he is doing really well."

Andy Nicol
Former Scotland scrum-half on BBC Red Button

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"I really liked Finn Russell's ambition and attitude tonight. He was willing to take things on and have a crack at anything. And even when he missed that drop goal - and it was a bad miss - he immediately put it behind him and didn't get cowed by it."

Our friends at Opta , externaltell us that France have never before failed to score a try in their 15 Six Nations matches against Scotland. Something to chew on on Saturday night. Or maybe not.

Scotland coach Vern Cotter speaking to BBC Sport: "There were some really good things that went on out there, but we are obviously disappointed. We created opportunities and took the initiative and varied our play well. Our defence was good but we perhaps turned the ball over too much and that cost us.

"The guys worked very hard and we will look at how we can turn that hard work into more points.

"We have a big game against Wales next weekend but we will analyse this one and then move on."

Not a word is being said in the Scotland dressing room. The players exhausted and perhaps thinking about the fine margins and the bounce of the ball. What if Tim Visser had intercepted? What if the ball had bounced kindly for Finn Russell?

Abbie Mac Eachin: , externalAwesome game from Scotland, shame France held on to it! @finn_russell is my new hero!

Clive Marshall:, external ‏Scotland unlucky today they showed a lot of fight plus great coverage all round by the #bbc6nations

StuartTogneri: , externalWhat if. On another day Visser intercepts, or the ball bounces into Russells arms. That was how close the margin was. Bad luck.

Chris Paterson
Former Scotland international on BBC Red Button

"Scotland can be hugely proud of the performance. I think that they looked more dangerous than France, despite having less of the ball which sounds like a strange thing to say, but is true."

Thomas Castaignede
Former France international on BBC Red Button

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"France have got some players who can really go through the defence but we need to speed up the team. France is playing strongly with power but we need to be more creative."