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)
*****************************************************
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)
*********************************************************
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)
Scotland No 3 offside or in on the side, Ireland penalty
Better defence by Scotland, but Ireland slowly marching forward
Penalty Ireland, 2nd and a yellow for Grant. This ones kickable
2 Quick penalties for Ireland, and Ryan Grant of Scotland cops a Yellow Card
…And Jackson steps up to the plate
Kick shanked to posts, missed
Sliced it badly. Nerves showing in the young lad
185 @ Just For Kicks:
Hello Kickers
See if I get a response this time round…
Kick too deep by Ireland, scrum all the way back
Ireland could, and should be further ahead by now, but for early match jitters, their finishing hasn’t been too great. Build up’s have been impressive, and starting to gel nicely
Ciao a tutti due!
@ grootblousmile:Hello GBS, sorry, old friend, my bad!
Hello Turky, before I cop it again!
191 @ The_Young_Turk:
Hello Fruit
192 & 193 @ Just For Kicks:
Hehehehe
Massive Irish Scrum, marched metres… and they get the inevitable penalty
For all Scotlands process in the scrums so far, they capitulate in this one, and give up a penalty in the process. Ireland on the front foot now.
Not straight into the lineout by Ireland… another error to waste opportunities
Ireland still with silly mistakes. Costing them. They’re tiring themselves needlessly with all the mistakes. Could cost them later in the match.
Ireland attack wide again.. and again an error costs them, Scotland lineout
Scotland have surprisingly managed to keep the scoreboard dead quiet. Can the Skirts pull off an upset here?
Great break, such a shame he (Earls) couldnt get the ball to O’Driscoll
Up and under from Scotland… giving Ireland possession… and Earls almost through, until bundled out
Amazing how the first week of the 6 Nations dished up such good rugby but how the standard has dropped so much since then.
Much better from Scotland. Nice little break out, chip and chase. First real bit of Scottish rugby so far
204 @ The_Young_Turk: Yesterdays Eng/Fra match was a real 6N classic. Great match to watch
Scottish terriers
Another penalty to Ireland, but Scotland looking slightly better now. Ireland have lineout in Scots 22
Irelands line out, and set pieces generally have been dismal so far
That could be a yellow
Users Online
Total 95 users including 0 member, 95 guests, 0 bot online
Most users ever online were 3735, on 31 August 2022 @ 6:23 pm
No Counter as from 31 October 2009: 41,434,772 Page Impressions
_