Six Nations takeaways: France triumphs despite Mauvaka madness and Lions squad shaping up

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11:51 AM on Sunday, March 16

By FOSTER NIUMATA

LONDON (AP) — France prevailed in the Six Nations and the standings didn’t change on the final day in an anticlimactic end. Scotland was game but outgunned in Paris. France won 35-16 for its second championship under Fabien Galthié, the coach since 2020. England was second, a point behind. England handed Wales in Cardiff its worst loss — 68-14 — in the tournament’s 142-year history. Wales’ 17th straight defeat in 17 months landed it with another low, consecutive wooden spoons for finishing last. England’s 10-try romp ended Ireland’s faint hopes of a historic third consecutive title. The Irish needed a Dan Sheehan hat trick to labor past Italy 22-17 in Rome. The top three teams all had 4-1 records, not seen in 10 years.