Three Six Nations games are played today but unfortunately the early Saturday games overlap with a Super Rugby game and a game in the Lions Challenge.
So, we’ve decided to do one combined Six Nations Article for the early games and a seperate one for the late evening game… giving progress and scores from both Six Nations matches.
Here it is…
Italy (9) 22 / 15 (6) Ireland (Final Score)
Italy and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday 16 March 2013.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast on SuperSport 6 & SHD 4 on TV in SA.
Scorers:
Italy:
- Penalties – Luciano Orquera (4), Gonzalo Garcia (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Giovanbattista Venditti (1)
- Conversions – Luciano Orquera (1)
Ireland:
- Penalties – Paddy Jackson (5)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Richard Hibbard (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
Teams:
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Leonardo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Alberto De Marchi, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Paul Derbyshire, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.
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’Mahoney, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.
Date: Saturday 16 March 2013
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (15:30 Italy Time, 14:30 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Expected weather: The whole world saw Wednesday’s heavy rain but it seems that Rome will be sunny on Saturday – not hot with a high of 11°C, dropping to 3°C
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
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Wales (9) 30 / 3 (3) England (Final Score)
Wales and England did battle in the Six Nations tournament 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:
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (3), Dan Biggar (2)
- Drop Goals – Dan Biggar (1)
- Tries – Alex Cuthbert (2)
- Conversions – 0
England:
- Penalties – Owen Farrell (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Teams:
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 Sam Warburton, 6 Justin Tipuric, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Ian Evans, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins (Captain).
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Andrew Coombs, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.
Date: Saturday 16 March
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 19:.00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: They are likely to close the roof, which will make the weather irrelevant. But just in case the roof stays open: Spells of dry, bright weather interspersed with showers, these becoming heavy at times. The high will be 8°C and the low 3°C.
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), John Lacey (Ireland)
TMO: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)
Kickers… can you take over here?
Right, A massive game coming up after this, A wonderful culmination to the 6N all round. Ireland need to save Declan’s skin, The Italians just need to turn up, so it seems, and then…….England/Ireland…..well, who could have predicted this for a final.
Second half on
I see Sergio Parisse is carrying on where he left off last week. Right now, I think, he would walk into any international side
Italians hard on attack, but crossing ends in a penalty Irelands way
Italy back up in Irelands 22
Ireland carry ball over line, a 5m scrum to Italy. Italy with all the running at the moment
Ireland having to really defend now
Italy 2m out
……1m
….and over, but could be held up. TMO. Refs asking for any reason NOT to award the try
TRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY given
Italy (9) 16 / 6 (6) Ireland (50 min)
Venditti awarded the try
Uh OH, Parrisse the, now, Pariah is given a yellow card for a trip
Penalty to Ireland in front, and easy
Italy (9) 16 / 9 (6) Ireland (54 min)
Paddy Jackson with another penalty…..easy as youlike
Italy (9) 16 / 12 (6) Ireland (57 min)
Parisse rueing his stupidity right now, really let Ireland back into the game
Free kick Ireland
Italy right back in it now. Into Italy’s 22 and running hard.
Ireland 2m out. Using the forwards
Advantages Ireland
Penalty awarded, right in front
Easily slotted
Parisse back on and penaltyto Italy. A long range one
Penalty over
Italy (9) 19 / 15 (6) Ireland (72 min)
…..and Ireland with another yellow for the last 10 min. Ryan tackling late
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