Former captain Thierry Dusautoir says France are far from the finished article despite winning their opening two games of the Six Nations against England and Italy in Paris.

France face Wales - who beat Italy but lost to Ireland - in Cardiff on Saturday, 22 February

Dusautoir says Fabien Galthie's young side must embrace the occasion if they are to win away against Wales for the first time since 2010.

Watch the interview in full on Scrum V on Sunday at 18:00 GMT on BBC Two Wales.

Sam Skinner and Matt Fagerson have both been added to Gregor Townsend's Scotland squad for the remainder of the Six Nations.

Exeter Chiefs' Skinner and Glasgow Warriors back row Fagerson were both initially ruled out through injury.

However, impressive form for their respective clubs has propelled them back into Townsend's plans.

Gloucester second-row Alex Craig has been released from the squad back to his club.

There is still no place for exiled Finn Russell, who was left out of Scotland's first two games after breaching team protocol.

Skinner last featured for Scotland in last summer's Test win over France at Murrayfield, where he sustained the hamstring injury that would rule him out of contention for the World Cup.

Fagerson's last Test outing came the following weekend, in the away win over Georgia in Tbilisi, with the 21-year-old narrowly missing out on going to Japan.

Scotland are currently fifth in the Six Nations table, having lost to Ireland and England in their opening matches.

Townsend's side are away to Italy on Saturday.

With two rounds done, the Six Nations squads are in the midst of a rest week, nursing injuries and refining gameplans.

With four head coaches making their debut in the competition ,though, who is top of the class and who must try harder at this point?

Former England fly-half and BBC Radio 5 Live analyst Paul Grayson is here to hand out his half-term report card.

England

After the run to the Rugby World Cup campaign, losing away in France without really firing a shot was very disappointing. England were just so ineffective.

I think coach Eddie Jones has made a few selection mistakes with his squad as well, leaving himself without much wriggle room if he gets injuries in certain areas.

For instance, George Furbank is probably his third- or fourth-choice full-back but, with a couple of injuries, he was thrust into the first team.

It is too early to call the experiment with Tom Curry playing at number eight in Billy Vunipola's enforced absence. It didn't work in the opening game in France. He was better in the second game, but the conditions really made that game such an oddity.

I would have liked to have seen a specialist number eight in the squad - either Harlequins' Alex Dombrandt or Exeter's Sam Simmonds.

For all that, though, the big caveat is that when England perform well we know that they are more than a match for anyone.

Grade: C-

Wales

Wales are probably the team that have changed the most under a new coach.

Wayne Pivac has made a decent capture in convincing former England under-20 centre Nick Tomkins to commit himself to Wales, even if the harsh realities of Test rugby caught up with him against Ireland somewhat after his try-scoring debut against Italy.

Pivac also seems keen to get Wales playing a more adventurous gameplan, similar to the one which he used to guide Scarlets to the Pro12 title in 2017.

There is a similar shape to the team and a similar willingness to chance their arm with offloads out of contact.

When it come off it looks great, when it doesn't it looks risky and messy.

Are they moving too fast from the central tenets of the Warren Gatland and Shaun Edwards era? I'm not sure.

Italy at home in the first game was a nice soft landing for a new coach, but it was disappointing not to be able to put Ireland under the same sort of pressure.

It is going to take some time to up-skill to an all-court game in attack and, defensively they have to be better than they were at the Aviva Stadium.

Grade: C+

Ireland

With new coaches, there is often the expectation that there is going to be some sort of immediate shift in style, despite the players being largely the same and the time it takes for any new philosophy to stick.

Farrell is going about it the right way. There is not change for the sake of change, but instead a more gentle evolution.

He has made a few tweaks here and there - Jordan Larmour is now the definite first-choice full-back with Rob Kearney out the the picture, Andrew Conway is getting a go on the wing - but he is keeping the elements that made them the world's top side in 2018.

He is doing things his way, but not at the expense of the framework for success that predecessor Joe Schmidt laid down.

To put away a decent Wales side at home, and take the bonus point in doing so, was impressive.

Grade: B+

Scotland

The big call for Gregor Townsend so far in the Six Nations has come off the pitch - dealing with fly-half Finn Russell refusing to play for him.

It feels like a issue that has been a long time coming. You don't have a catastrophic breakdown in the relationship between your coach and star player over one evening or one breach of team rules. It must run far deeper and more fundamental than that.

The to-and-fro in the media has not been an edifying spectacle and, with two losses from two so far, Townsend desperately needs a victory.

This poor start to the Six Nations follows on from a dismal World Cup campaign and it is clear that they have gone backwards in the wake of Vern Cotter's departure.

They beat Ireland and Wales in Cotter's final Six Nations campaign in 2017.

They fought hard against England and Ireland, but they have made some basic mistakes, not least captain Stuart Hogg.

There are some bright spots for them. They have the makings of a good team. The pack is improved and Adam Hastings has done well filling in for Russell at fly-half, but I can't see where they will turn the corner.

It feels like there is more pain to come.

Grade: C-

France

France have made some fantastic appointments behind the scenes, not least in recruiting defence coach Edwards from Wales.

England could not deal with France's line speed in defence on the opening weekend in Paris and, while France were patchier in their win over Italy in the second round, Edwards will really galvanise that squad.

He has the sort of personality that will win over the players and give them direction and discipline in defence.

I was at the Stade de France for their win over England and I have never known an atmosphere like it in Paris. Usually there is a hint of chaos in the crowd, but this time it did not feel like anyone was about to turn on the team or coaches.

That feel-good factor is strong and signs that is only going to get better. In Antoine Dupont and Romain Ntamack they seem to have found a generational half-back pairing, who will play together for the next decade or so.

Behind them there is a very promising crop of youngsters, who have won successive under-20 world titles. Prop Demba Bamba leads a handful who look like they can lock down their national shirts for the foreseeable.

Grade: B

Italy

New coach Franco Smith has tried to innovate. He has brought in a dual playmaker axis with Tommaso Allan and Carlo Canna at 10 and 12 respectively.

Gloucester back row Jake Polledri, one of the Premiership's strongest ball-carriers, is a gem and wing Matteo Minozzi is quick and dangerous.

But they are in transition. With number eight Sergio Parisse joining prop Martin Castrogiovanni in retirement at the end of the tournament, you can't see where their successors are coming from.

Their Six Nations games tend to fall into a rhythm of them conceding early - both Wales and France scored tries inside the first seven minutes of their matches - and Italy being unable to dig themselves out of trouble despite a few promising patches when the opposition's concentration wavers.

It is so hard trying to close the chasm in quality between them and the best northern hemisphere sides.

Grade: D

Paul Grayson was speaking to BBC Sport's Mike Henson.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – One year after Michael Annett earned his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win during the season opener at Daytona Int’l Speedway, Noah Gragson replicated the feat on Saturday afternoon.

Gragson, who endured a solid but sometimes rough rookie season in 2019, drafted his way to the front during a three-lap sprint to the finish in the NASCAR Racing Experience 300 and then held off the charging Toyotas of Harrison Burton and Timmy Hill in the final set of corners to secure the victory.

A hard crash on the backstretch during the final lap, ironically enough involving defending race winner Annett, ultimately forced officials to call for the caution as the leaders raced through turn four to the finish line.

At that moment, the field was frozen and Gragson’s triumph was assured, handing the 21-year-old Las Vegas native the trophy in his 37th Xfinity Series start.

The sprint to the finish was set up by a major pileup in turn three on lap 114, when a block from then-leader Chase Briscoe to cover the top spot from Gragson stacked up the outside lane and led to contact between Austin Cindric and Jeb Burton, who were just behind the leading pair.

Cindric’s bump to Burton’s unstable Chevrolet sent the No. 8 careening out of control entering the banking, the beginning to a massive crash that saw many of the frontrunners collected in the process.

Among those eliminated in the melee were both Burton and Cindric, as well as Brett Moffitt, Josh Williams, CJ McLaughlin, Jeremy Clements and Caesar Bacarella.

Following a nearly-eight minute red flag, the field realigned for the final restart with Briscoe and Gragson side by side in the front row, while Brandon Jones was behind Briscoe and Harrison Burton was the pusher for Gragson’s machine.

Racing resumed with a relative lack of energy for the first of the three laps, seeing the front pair stay wheel to wheel for the entire 2.5-mile distance before Burton got close enough to Gragson’s back bumper to push him clear of Briscoe coming off the second corner on lap 199.

Crossing under the white flag, it was Gragson ahead of Burton and Hill, and that was how the order stayed among the top three after Annett went around off of Brandon Brown’s front bumper in a hard shunt down the backstretch.

Once the yellow lights flickered on, Gragson was able to cruise to the checkered flag, locking himself into the playoffs in the process.

Gragson then capped his day with a huge burnout and fence climb as he celebrated in the moment and soaked in the emotions of winning at the World Center of Racing.

“I’m speechless right now,” Gragson said in victory lane. “I didn’t think this (moment) would come. But there’s so many people who have made this (moment) possible for me, from Dustin Ash back at home, to the O’Hanley family and Jefferson Pitts Racing … Kyle Busch Motorsports, just everybody who’s helped me get to this point. I spent a lot of time with Dale (Earnhardt) Jr. this week, talked to him for about two hours, because I wanted to be a better speedway racer. He told me to go have fun – wreckers or checkers – that I had to manage my gaps, be there at the end and just go lead the damn thing.

“That’s what we did, and dang, it feels good! I’m so thankful. Thank you to all the fans. We did it!”

Working through the final lap, Gragson actually got out to what some would consider “too big” of a lead as he went down the backstretch and headed toward home.

The young star wasn’t worried, however, even as Burton and Hill were steaming forward in the final half-lap. He just put his head down and focused on Earnhardt’s advice in the waning moments.

“I saw myself get pushed out in the mirror, and just tried to work all race long managing how far out in front of the car behind me I got,” Gragson noted. “If it weren’t for this Hendrick power, I don’t think we would have been able to get here to victory lane.

“This is what it’s all about, man. What a day.”

Of interesting note, Gragson’s win marked the seventh different Daytona Xfinity Series win for JR Motorsports as an organization, all coming with different drivers.

In addition to Gragson and Annett, Regan Smith (2014-1), Kasey Kahne (2014-2), Chase Elliott (2016), William Byron (2017) and Tyler Reddick (2018) have also won for JR Motorsports at Daytona in the past.

Burton and Hill finished second and third, respectively, followed by a third Toyota in Brandon Jones.

Briscoe’s Stewart-Haas Racing-prepared Ford Mustang completed the top five after leading the race with two laps to go.

Justin Haley, Brown, Ray Black Jr., Ryan Sieg and Alex Labbe were the balance of the top 10.

Burton (26 laps led), Justin Allgaier (23) and first-time pole winner Myatt Snider (22) combined to lead 71 of the 120 laps in Saturday’s race, but none of the three made it to the checkered flag after each being involved in hard crashes throughout the day.

The NASCAR Xfinity Series season continues Feb. 22 at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway, Gragson’s home track.

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The art of slam drafting is back at the Daytona 500, according to seven-time NASCAR Series Cup champion Jimmie Johnson.

The two-time Daytona 500 winner and others are wondering if the current cars are strong enough to handle the hard impacts in the rear that are often used to move the line of cars forward in the race.

“As the plate racing continues to develop, I’m not sure it’s quite tandem, but the bump-drafting, the slam-drafting that’s taking place, that’s been probably my weak spot as the week started down here,” Johnson said. “It’s turned into one of our strengths, and we’ve kept the speed in the car.

“We’ve tried to exploit that area a bit more and it would be nice to have a bit more.”

Team owner Joe Gibbs has a powerful four-driver contingent that can win Sunday’s Daytona 500. That includes defending race winner Denny Hamlin, defending Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, last Sunday’s Busch Clash winner Erik Jones and 2017 Cup champion and two-time runner-up Martin Truex Jr.

Gibbs was asked by SPEED SPORT if he thinks the race will be filled with slam drafting and the potential dangers that creates.

“You’re really not sure until you get in the packs,” Gibbs said. “If you’ve watched us, we’ve stayed pretty much by ourselves, and you’re not making contact. Honestly, we were so worried about being in packs in practice. If you go back to other years, we’ve wrecked a lot of cars in practice, and so you’re leery of that.

“I think tomorrow, a lot of our drivers, and I hear the crew chiefs, we’re not quite sure until you get in that pack and you start moving around what’s going to happen.  I think that’s the reason why part of it, that this race is so unpredictable and exciting. I think we’re not going to really know until we get in there, but we feel like our cars are pretty good.  We qualified decent, wasn’t great, and so we’ll kind of see once we get going.

“We’ve been totally surprised in the past.  The best we ever qualified for this race, when we got to the race, we were not very good.  And so, it shows you you’re never quite sure, I think, until we get in a big pack and get moving out there.”

It is also the start of Johnson’s final full-time season as a driver in NASCAR and could ultimately be his final Daytona 500. The two-time Daytona 500 winner starts sixth in the No. 48 Ally Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports.

“I feel really good about it,” Johnson said. “We’ve had great speed in our 500 car. The first experience I’ve had with the new body, and all the Chevys did, was in the Clash and didn’t have the comfort that I was looking for in the car there.

“Since then, we’ve been making some great change and I felt like in the closing laps of Friday’s practice session, we really hit on what I was looking for; a great combination of speed and comfort.”

Sunday’s 62nd Daytona 500 is scheduled for a 3:18 p.m. Eastern Time start, weather permitting. There is a threat of rain in the late afternoon. Unfortunately, that is when the Daytona 500 will be contested.

President Donald J. Trump will be in attendance, becoming the third President to attend a race at Daytona Int’l Speedway and the second to attend the Daytona 500. The last was President George W. Bush in 2004.

MEXICO CITY – After starting second, Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Mitch Evans emerged victorious after a flawless Formula E race in Mexico City.

Following Evans across the finish line was DS Techeetah’s Antonio Felix da Costa, while Nissan e.dams’ Sebastian Buemi completed the podium in third.

Pulling away from the pole, TAG Heuer Porsche’s Andre Lotterer was forced wide through turn one, forcing him back down the order to fourth. Slipping ahead, Evans took the lead.

Nose to tail, the pack headed through Foro Sol stadium before completing a lap. Sitting in sixth, Geox Dragon’s Nico Mueller misjudged the entry into turn one, ploughing into the wall and ending his race with 48 minutes left on the clock. With the new-look BMW i8 Safety Car deployed, the pack followed in formation while Mueller’s car was recovered.

With the racing restarted, Evans pulled ahead with 35 minutes left on the clock. Under the new regulations for the 2019/20 season, all cars received a 5kW energy reduction after following the Safety Car for five minutes. Traveling wide through turn one, Rokit Venturi Racing’s Felipe Massa clipped the wall, damaging his car and ending his race early.

Holding the lead, Evans extended the gap at the front as Envision Virgin Racing’s Sam Bird overtook Nissan e.dams’ Sebastian Buemi to move into second. With the battle for the podium raging, Lotterer slipped even further down the ranks, while damage to his right-front wing left a plume of smoke behind him. Eventually losing the damaged wing on track, the German returned to the pits for new bodywork before retiring from the race.

Jean-Eric Vergne sat behind his teammate Antonio Felix da Costa, as the two DS cars held their place in the points in sixth and seventh. Behind Vergne, was Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler’s Lucas di Grassi in eighth.

With 17 minutes left on the clock, Mercedes-Benz EQ’s Nyck de Vries (in fifth) failed to stop at the end of the start/finish straight whilst attempting to defend a move from Da Costa. De Vries clipped fellow Dutchman and Envision Virgin Racing’s Robin Frijns before skidding to a halt at the end of the straight. Reporting technical problems over the radio, the rookie was left stranded and became the fourth driver to retire from the race.

Having made his way up to fifth, Vergne remained behind his teammate Da Costa in fourth. With less energy than his counterpart, the two DS Techeetah drivers battled over the radio with the management back in the garage, unable to decide on a concrete strategy. Eventually breaking out of his long-held position, Da Costa climbed up to third past Buemi with his extra energy.

With five minutes left on the clock plus one lap to the finish, Evans continued to pull away with Bird and Da Costa following. With increased pressure, Bird misjudged turn 13, clipping the wall and ending his race along with any chance of a podium finish. Da Costa, now in second, stayed ahead as Buemi moved up into third, hoping to claim his first championship points of the season.

After being discharged from hospital with a clean bill of health just hours before the race, following a crash in the first practice, Audi Sport Abt Schaeffler’s Daniel Abt retired with a few minutes left on the clock.

Running well ahead of the rest of the pack, Evans crossed the line trouble free, clinching his and Jaguar’s second victory in the series.

“It is very nice leaving here knowing that you managed to sort the issues from past races. We had a very good pace and it was a tight battle with Andre. It felt like deja vu from Rome,” Evans said. “After overtaking him, I put my head down and tried to gain distance as everybody was quite aggressive in my mirrors. I had to keep them away and the car was working well. I only had to keep hitting the targets. I cannot wait to watch the replay back, as I have heard it was crazy behind me. It feels great to achieve a second victory in Formula E and doing so in Mexico surrounded by such a passionate crowd… it is the cherry on the cake.”