France launched their Six Nations campaign with a 36-3 destruction of Wales at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in the last of the days first round games. Tries by Olivier Magne and Thomas Castaignede and a late score from Emile Ntamack - along with 21 points from Christophe Lamaison - left Welsh title hopes reeling. Wales' woes were completed when number eight Scott Quinnell became the first player to be sin-binned in Six Nations history. Earlier, Italian prince Diego Dominguez booted Scotland into submission at the Stadio Fulimino in Rome, landing 29 points in a stunning home win. Before the game, Italy had been rated as 250-1 shots to win the Six Nations Championship in their first season. After massive hammerings by England and New Zealand during the World Cup, even those odds seemed slightly too short. However, Dominguez, the Argentinean-born star on whom Italy pin so much hope, devastated the visitors with a supreme exhibition of goalkicking.
