here s louise lear. hi there. we quite literally have had everything bar the kitsch sink so far this march. it is often nope as the transition from winter into spring and it can be turbulent so i want to start off with a snapshot of newcastle throughout the week, this could be any city across the country, and look at this roller coaster ride. today mild wet and windyer tomorrow the cold air is set to return, we could see further wintry showers and then mild wet and windy by the time we head towards the weekend. what an earth is going off? well, at the moment this is frontal system is the dividing line between very mild and very windy weather down to the south and some what colder with a northerly component returning and pushing down from scotland, that is going to move steadily southwards as we go through the remendser of day. yes it is rain and snow, across scotland, at the moment, it is a showery mix, some of the showers sharp, across england and wales, and northern ireland
if you haven t played for four weeks or a lot of guys coming back i was shocked a little bit by the pace, but we will be better for it. the amount of injuries we had and to stick at it and have kian healy come in and play hooker, he can play low said, tight head and hooker now, it is amazing feat, so fair play to him. he kept as in the game, because we would have had to go down to m men if he didn t. i would rather talk about the first half than the second half, because the second half was disappointing. we had opportunities in the first half and it was a real high energy performance. ireland played well, too. what you call a proper test match. and then, both teams were a little bit fatigued in the beginning of the second half, and it was there for us to lift the energy, and we didn t. we weren t accurate enough at times, and ireland grew in confidence and were obviously clearly the better team in that second half. arsenal restored their five point advantage at the top of the
shape good evening, this is your sports news. we start with rugby union and ireland proved just why they re the world s number one ranked side in the six nations today. they held off a strong scotland side at murrayfield themselves chasing an outside shot at the championship to win 22 7 this afternoon. it keeps their perfect record this year intact as olly foster reports. the confidence comes with being number one in the world, sitting on top of the six nations table, and beating scotland seven times in a row, but both sides had plenty to play for. there is so much riding on this match. for the irish, it s all about chasing the grand slam. for scotland, they need a win to keep themselves in the title fight. and that would also see them claim their first triple crown in 33 years. stuart hogg s children will be too young to remember, they weren t even born the last time scotland won this fixture. this was the full back s 100th cap and it meant a lot. the first half was p
There was a reflective mood before kick off here at wembley as we observed, as uefa director, the silence, in memory of the swedish citizens who were killed in belgium. It was looking back to the last euros fine away england beat italy at wembley. There is a reminder of that result when italy opened the scoring after just 15 minutes, unpacking the England Defence in a way that the new italian manager Luciano Spalletti would have been very pleased by. Englands response was led by the drive and the vision ofjude bellingham, whether in the white shirt of real madrid or indeed with england. His run into the box won the penalty for harry kane to convert in the first half. His run across the halfway line and vision to pick up marcus rashford, a good finish from rashford, a good finish from rashford, gave england their second goal. And then the harry kane with a strength, the determination, holding off the defenders to make a 3 1 and secure qualification. How italy, how any of englands rivals
Mood before kick off here at wembley, as we observed, as uefa directed, the silence, in memory of the swedish visitors who were killed in belgium. That match, you will remember, was abandoned. The Football Focus was looking back to the last euros finals, when italy beat england at wembley. There was a reminder of that result, when italy opened the scoring, afterjust 15 minutes, unpacking the England Defence in a way that the new italian manager Luciano Spalletti would have been very pleased by. Englands response was led by the drive and the vision ofjude bellingham, whether in the white shirt of real madrid, or, indeed, with england. His run into the box won the penalty for harry kane to convert in the first half. His run across the halfway line and vision to pick up marcus rashford, a good finish from rashford, gave england their second goal. And then harry kane, with the strength, the determination, holding off the defenders to make it 3 1, and secure qualification. How italy, how an