Shane Williams believes his last-gasp match-winning try against Scotland can be the turning point for Wales in the 2010 RBS 6 Nations.

The game had gone beyond the 80-minute mark when Williams dived over triumphantly for the winning score, with Leigh Halfpenny's converted try and a Stephen Jones penalty bringing the teams level after Scotland had led 24-14 with four minutes to go.

The 31-24 win provides a big lift for Warren Gatland's side after their opening defeat to England last week and Williams told BBC Sport: "It was great to be a part of. If that can't turn us around I don't know what can."

Talking about his late try, he joked: "It's not good for the nerves at this age I'll be honest with you.

"We know we didn't start well, the pressure was on us. The boys stuck in there right to the end, we did absolutely everything out there today."

Alun-Wyn Jones, whose sin-binning proved costly in last week's defeat to England, added: "I had my 15 minutes of shame, that's behind me now. Hopefully it's onwards and upwards for me personally and for the squad."

Scotland led 18-9 at half-time, with the visitors registering tries from flanker John Barclay and replacement wing Max Evans.

But they had been reduced to 13 men late on as Wales launched their incredible fightback.

Fly-half Dan Parks said: "There's no justice, it breaks your heart and it's unreal. The referee makes the decisions on the spot, we did so much hard work and it just gets taken away."

Meanwhile, France beat Ireland 33-10 in Paris.

Ireland’s ambition of defending the Grand Slam met a grim and brutal end as France coasted to an agonisingly-familiar victory.

All week the Irish had stressed the importance of preventing the RBS 6 Nations favourites from establishing an unassailable lead, which they managed to triumphant effect in 2006 and 2008.

But the same scenario unfolded yet again with an irresistible France surging 17-3 ahead by half-time with tries from William Servat and Yannick Jauzion.

Ten of those points arrived while prop Cian Healy was in the sin-bin, guilty of an early tackle on Francois Trinh-Duc, with the kicking of Morgan Parra also keeping the scoreboard active.

A try from Clement Poitrenaud and Parra's kicking added to the post-interval carnage to underline the gulf in class and the Les Bleus' title credentials. Tweet