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)
4min left. Ireland need to conjure up some magic if they’re to win
For Italy, they just need to hold them out for a couple more minutes. Can they do it. Ireland have the ball,and throwing everything at it at the moment. Last chance saloon.
Ireland on the halfway, and Italy steal the ball to the crowds delight. Penalty and yellow. Murray off. Thats 3 yellows to Ireland. Surely the Italians will go for goal and take their time
Parisse the orchestrator of that steal again
No, they go for the lineout. THey just need to win the lineout, and hold onto the ball.
Task 1 complete. Italy win the ball. …..And they get another penalty in front inside the Irish 22 with 19 sec on the clock
This time they will go for goal
OVER, and an Italian win. Ireland havent won a game 4 games in a row. Bye Bye O’Driscoll and Kidney
Italy (9) 22 / 15 (6) Ireland. Final score
Players coming out, Anthems next
Brava Italia!
Now for the Pommies and the Dragons.
Picked the Dragons by 1 point and the Poms to win the cup on PD.
Wales need to take this one by 8 or more to retain the crown. Going to be hard. GOOOOOOOO England
Now thats a full stadium. Great to see
Goooooooooooo Wales!
Gooo Dragons! Moer die Pommies sommer stukkend!
Farrell back at pivot. Had an aweful game before he was injured, lets hope hes back to his best.
Game on
Halfpenny looking for a spot on ‘Come Dancing’
Farrell with an up and under. Wasted ball….again
Shane Williams says both sides intent on running it Farrell ahs kicked the last 2 balls away!!!!
Wales have to run with the ball and score tries as they have to win by more than 8. England just need to play for penalties.
Wales hard on attack now
England scrum. A bit scrappy for both sides as they settle into the game
Penalty Wales. Kickable.
Sorry, just a free kick. Scrum again
Wales win the scrum, in Englands 22
England having to throw everything into their defence, but give up a penalty. This one IS kickable
Wales 3 / 0 England (10 min) as Halfpenny slots
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