Six Nations Table 2015: Updated Standings, Schedule After Final Round 2 Results

England sit atop the Six Nations standings after the second weekend of action, having thrashed Italy by 30 points on Saturday to record their second victory from two matches.

The only other team with a perfect record after the weekend's fixtures are Ireland, who overcame France at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

Despite two strong performances, Scotland still are without a point after Wales picked up their first win of the tournament at Murrayfield on Sunday, the hosts losing by three points.

Here are the updated standings following the second round of matches and the schedule for the next weekend of action.

#	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
1	England	2	2	0	0	68	33	4
2	Ireland	2	2	0	0	44	14	4
3	France	2	1	0	1	26	26	2
4	Wales	2	1	0	1	42	44	2
5	Scotland	2	0	0	2	31	41	0
6	Italy	2	0	0	2	20	73	0

Date	Time (GMT/ET)	Fixture
Feb. 28	2:30 p.m./9:30 a.m.	Scotland vs. Italy
Feb. 28	5 p.m./noon	France vs. Wales
March 1	3 p.m./10 a.m.	Ireland vs. England

England

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Stuart Lancaster's men eventually ran out as comfortable winners at Twickenham on Saturday, beating the visiting Italians 47-17.

However, as they did against Wales last weekend, the English were down early on, conceding a Sergio Parisse try just minutes into proceedings.

A similarly sluggish start against Ireland in Dublin in the next match and England will likely be made to pay, per rugby writer Alex Shaw:

Against Italy, though, England quickly found their way back into the game and accelerated in the second half as the Italians tired.

There will be worries about defensive frailties which allowed Italy to score three times, but England can take a number of positives to Dublin, particularly the form of Jonathan Joseph, who ran in two terrific tries at Twickenham, per The Telegraph's Paul Hayward:

Mike Brown could well be missing for England in two weeks, the fullback having suffered a nasty head injury early on against Italy.

However, England have terrific momentum heading to Dublin where a victory would spark genuine hopes of a Grand Slam.

Ireland

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While Ireland have made a similarly perfect start as England in the 2015 Six Nations, their performances have been less impressive, a gritty 18-11 win over France on Saturday following a laboured display against Italy last weekend.

The defending champions welcomed back Johnny Sexton against France, and the No. 10's five penalties were added to by Ian Madigan's solo effort to record a try-less victory.

Sexton returned with a terrific performance, per Rugby World, and his influence will be hugely important if Joe Schmidt's men are to overcome England:

France's indiscipline allowed Ireland to build their lead to 18-6, and although Les Bleus scored the game's only try in Dublin, it came too late in proceedings to deny the Irish their victory.

Ireland have now won nine games in a row and will prove a huge test for England in Dublin, but they will have to improve their early Six Nations form if they want to beat Lancaster's men.

Scotland

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Despite clear and significant improvements from last year's tournament, Scotland remain without a win in the 2015 Six Nations having lost narrowly to Wales at Murrayfield on Sunday.

The hosts went down 26-23 having run out of time as they rallied well late on, but a lack of clinical finishing and indiscipline proved fatal for the Scots.

Wales got a victory under their belt after their disappointing loss to England on opening day, but skipper Sam Warbuton admitted how difficult a task his side had faced, per BBC Wales Sport:

Vern Cotter will be targeting Italy next up as a must-win game as a defeat against the Azzurri in Edinburgh would be devastating considering the Scots' improvements.

They need to be more clinical in attack after several chances went begging against Wales, while Scotland need to stop conceding so many penalties which hands their opponents the initiative.

Scotland can take confidence from their first two performances in the Six Nations, but they need to start winning sooner rather than later, and the Italy game provides the perfect opportunity.