Three Six Nations games were played this weekend, two Saturday afternoon and evening and one on Sunday. Unfortunately the Saturday games overlaped with two Super Rugby games.
So, we’ve decided to do one combined Six Nations Article… giving progress and scores from all three Six Nations matches.
Here it is…
Scotland (0) 12 / 8 (3) Ireland (Final Score)
Scotland and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at 16:00 SA Time (14:00 GMT) on Sunday 24 February 2013.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast on SuperSport 5 & SHD on TV in SA.
Scorers:
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Ireland:
- Penalties – Paddy Jackson (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Craig Gilroy (1)
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Ruaridh Jackson, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown (captain), 6 Robert Harley, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Ryan Grant.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Jon Welsh, 18 Moray Low, 19 Alastair Kellock, 20 David Denton, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Max Evans.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Keith Earls; 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (captain), 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Tom Court.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O’Gara, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.
Date: Sunday 24 February
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 16:00 SA Time (14:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Cold weekend in the United Kingdom with generally cloudy conditions with some showers expected for Edinburgh. Should mean it is going to be another arm-wrestle with some slippery and heavy conditions. Temperatures will get to a high of 8 degrees and a low of 1 degree.
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Jérôme Garces (France), Greg Garner (England)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
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Italy (6) 9 / 26 (9) Wales (Final Score)
Wales and Italy did battle in the Six Nations tournament at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 on TV in SA.
Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – Kristopher Burton (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (4)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jonathan Davies (1), Alex Cuthbert (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (2)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovambattista Venditti, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Ratu Manoa Vosawai, 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Francesco Minto, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni (captain), 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Alberto De Marchi, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Quintin Geldenhuys, 20 Paul Derbyshire, 21 Tobias Botes, 22 Luciano Orquera , 23 Gonzalo Garcia.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Ryan Jones (captain), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Craig Mitchell, 19 Alun-Wyn Jones, 20 Sam Warburton, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 23 February 2013
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (15:30 Rome Time, 14:30 GMT)
Venue: Olympic Stadium, Rome
Expected weather: There is an 80 percent chance of rain with a high of 12°C, dropping to 4°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Alain Rolland (Ireland), Pascal Gauzere (France)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
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England (9) 23 / 13 (10) France (Final Score)
England and France did battle in the Six Nations at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 on TV in SA.
Scorers:
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (4), Toby Flood (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Manusamoa Tuilagi (1)
- Conversions – 0
France:
- Penalties – Morgan Parra (1), Frederic Michalak (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Wesley Fofana (1)
- Conversions – Morgan Parra (1)
Teams:
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (captain), 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 James Haskell, 20 Thomas Waldrom, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.
France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Benjamin Fall, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Yannick Nyanga, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewski, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Jocelino Suta, 20 Antonie Claassen, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Frederic Michalak, 23 Florian Fritz.
Date: Saturday 23 February
Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Continuing to be cold and generally cloudy, with the occasional light wintry shower – which will impact on the quality of the rugby. It will be a high of 4°C and a low of -2°C
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Leighton Hodges (Wales)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
England (9) 17 / 13 (10) France (57 min)
Ping pong here, as England now get a kickable penalty
…..but Farrell hooks it badly
Farrell in trouble. Looks like a hammy. He must come off
Toby Flood takes over. It hasn’t been Farrells day, lets hope this change makes a difference.
France take a quick tap penalty, and gain some ground, and advantage for another penalty. Advantage over. England get off lightly
France still in the driving seat, throwing the ball around with gay abandon now. Sublime to see them in this form.
Englands scramble defence going into hyper-drive to stop the Frenchies from going over.
England in possession again. Tuilagi doing well. Over the line, but the French dot it down for a 22
Great interception by Robshaw
England on the front foot now
Just into touch. Advantage swings back to France
Theres nothing pretty about this English game. They’re winning through sheer strength.
Claasens makes his debut for France
Thats better from England. The substitutes from both sides making the difference. England look stronger, France look suspiciously weaker
England with a kickable penalty. Toby Flood steps up
Over.
England (9) 20 / 13 (10) France (73 min)
Michalak throws a pass to no one. England back on attack. They look a different team now. So much better.
France’s discipline gone to pot now. Another kickable penalty, as England simply pile on the pressure
Over.
England (9) 23 / 13 (10) France (76 min)
Robshaw named MOM. Deservedly. The work horse tonight, thats for sure.
DAn Cole gets a yellow card, but only a minute left
France trying hard, but being driven back in every tackle
…..And it all ends in handbags. Sad end to a real roller-coaster of a match. 1st half France, but a powerful 2nd half to England
When Michalak is good, he is special. When he is bad, he is simply horrendous. And tonight, he was that, I am afraid.
Good grinding win see’s England retain their place on the top of the log, and their Grand Slam hope alive.
Tomorrow sees the Might Scots take on their Celtic rivals from across the puddle. Till then, I bid you au revior.
Big thumbs up to you JFK for keeping the thread going through the England France game, sorry wasn’t able to join in was just too much going on this side, managed to catch the game on TV for short spells in between it all, can’t see anyone stopping England from getting the title and Grand Slam, although there will be concern about Farrell’s injury – commentator mentioned he thought a possible groin injury, you could see Farrell wincing just after that missed penalty. Interesting the two front runners for Lions flyhalf are both out injured now with Farrell and Sexton out – not sure though for how long.
Kickoff for Scotland v Ireland at 1400 UK time, 1600 SA time this afternoon GO SCOTLAND!
148 @ Bullscot:
Thanks for those time changes…. I changed the Article accordingly
@ Bullscot: Pleasure. Really enjoyable match to watch as advantage moved from one team to the other. France certainly upped their game for this clash, and before the substitutions, made most of the running. England though, with their big, powerful team, although looking at 6’s and 7’s for most of the first half, absorbed the pressure well. Once the French tired – and they did, badly – the substitutions were made. Lancaster played his hand like a chess master, and set about his own substitutions, and that made the difference. The poms took control, and never looked back.
As for Farrell, he never looked happy at any stage. The French certainly set out to annoy him, and Francois Trinh-Duc and Morgan Parra did exactly that, with aplomb. He never settled, and England certainly looked a different team when the more mature Toby Flood came on. It was Farrell’s first real challenge, and he will learn, and become the better for it. I hope his injury isn’t too bad. I agree, it looked more like a groin, but I had already written Hamstring, and couldn’t be bothered to change it!
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