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)
@ Just For Kicks:
Looks like England will stroll to the title unbeaten.
By the way, Pakistan is 208 / 9, still 45 runs behind
No, a very lucky let off for Harley. That was his second offence in as many minutes.
@ The_Young_Turk:Yup, France was always ever going to be the real opposition
204 @ Just For Kicks:
Didn’t see much of the Eng/France match to be honest.
penalty, Ireland, and kickable
Nope, they go for the line out. With their lineouts so far, a mistake?
The Proteas are really destroying all opposition lately. Nice to see new guys coming through as well. Maybe it’s SA’s turn at the top of the cricket world after the WI and then the Ozzies.
Another penalty to Ireland. They have wasted valuable energy, but now, they see sense, and go for posts
Very poor decision making by Ireland so far.
Over
Sco 0/3 Ire (37 min)
If Ireland don’t start putting points on the board with all their possession, the Scots are going to grow in confidence while the Irish are going to get more frustrated. That said they score their first 3 points.
For all their possession and territory, Ireland have been hopeless. Scotland will definitely go in for banana’s the happier team.
Ireland should be reading that umbrella defence a bit better too.
I’ve put up a Bulls / Stormers match report… with Audio of the After match Pressers
Kickable Scotland penalty, for holding on in the tackle
And as the final seconds tick by, Scotland get a kickable penalty, and as if to push my point, Scotland will definitely be the happier of the two
Thats Banana’s
Just short.
Lemoenetyd
224 @ grootblousmile:I’ll have a look in a minute, but look forward to some scathing comments from me regarding the Stormers
Ireland should be leading by much more but the match is won on the scoreboard and not the stats. So unless the Irish pull finger early in the second half, the Scots are going to get more dangerous towards the end if the score remains close.
Ireland have been simply awful so far. They haven’t only been making silly mistakes, the captaincy has been woeful. 3 chances were not taken. Just plain stupid. Scotland will be the fresher of the two sides in the second half. And they are the side that have all to play for. Ireland need to up their game dramatically.
230 @ The_Young_Turk:You beat me to it by seconds!!!
Players back out, and second half underway
Strong tackling first up by the Scots. Time for them to up their game now
What was my Bru pick… let me see….
Ireland by 11
Hello all, missed most of 1st half seems like Scotland were just hanging in there hope all that tackling has not tired us out too much for 2nd half
Great break by O’Brian, but he slips.
Ireland into the Scots 22, 10 m out
Try Ireland, at Last. Gilroy.
Try Craig Gillroy for Ireland
Wall had to break
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