Six Nations 2013: one weekend to go

• England will be going for their second Six Nations Grand Slam when they take on Wales in Cardiff. Since the first Six Nations tournament in 2000, Wales and France have won three Grand Slams each and Ireland one.
• Wales, who need to beat England by eight points to finish top, have never won the Six Nations without also winning the Grand Slam.
  

  All eyes will be on the Millennium Stadium on Saturday afternoon

• If Wales do win the Six Nations, it will be the first time the tournament winners had lost their opening game since France were beaten by Scotland in 2006.
• If England win, they will extend Wales’s record of most consecutive home losses (currently five).
• In the all-time series, England have beaten Wales 56 times, Wales have won 55 times, with 12 draws.
• Wales have won the last two games against England. The last time Wales won at least three in a row was between 1987 (two matches that year) and 1989.
• Any of France, Ireland and Italy and could still finish bottom of the table. It would be the first time for either France or Ireland.
• So far there have been 425 points in this season’s tournament. If teams carry on scoring at their current rate there will be a total of 531 points by the end of next weekend. The fewest total points in a Six Nations before this year was 2012 (538).
• 2012 also has the record for fewest tries in a tournament, with 46. So far in 2013, there have been just 30 – of which 15 came in the first weekend alone.
• France have never scored fewer than 101 points in a Six Nations championship. With one game to go in 2013, they’ve managed 50 so far.
• Only once have Ireland scored fewer than 100 points in a Six Nations championship (2008, 93). With one game to go, they’ve managed only 57.