Two Six Nations games are played today. Unfortunately the Saturday games overlap with two Super Rugby games.
So, we’ve decided to do one combined Six Nations Article… giving progress and scores from both Six Nations matches.
Here it is…
Scotland (12) 18 / 28 (13) Wales (Final Score)
Scotland and Wales did battle in the Six Nations at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday 9 March 2013.
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast on SuperSport 6 on TV in SA.
Scorers:
Scotland:
- Penalties – Greig Laidlaw (6)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – 0
- Conversions – 0
Wales:
- Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (7)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Richard Hibbard (1)
- Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
Teams:
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Sean Maitland, 13 Sean Lamont, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Tim Visser, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Johnnie Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown (Captain), 6 Robert Harley, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Euan Murray, 2 Ross Ford, 1 Ryan Grant.
Replacements: 16 Dougie Hall, 17 Moray Low, 18 Geoff Cross, 19 Alastair Kellock, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Max Evans.
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 Ryan Jones (Captain), 5 Ian Evans, 4 Alun-Wyn Jones, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Scott Andrews, 18 Ryan Bevington, 19 Andrew Coombs, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 9 March
Venue: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT)
Expected weather: There is a 50 percent chance of rain on a bitterly cold day when the high is 5°C, dropping to 0°C.
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Glen Jackson (New Zealand), Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
TMO: Giulio De Santis (Italy)
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Ireland (13) 13 / 13 (3) France (Final Score)
Ireland and France 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:
Ireland:
- Penalties – Paddy Jackson (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Jamie Heaslip (1)
- Conversions – Paddy Jackson (1)
France:
- Penalties – Frederic Michalak (1), Morgan Parra (1)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Louis Picamoles (1)
- Conversions – Frederic Michalak (1)
Teams:
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Fergus McFadden, 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 Mike McCarthy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Donncha O’Callaghan, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.
France: 15 Yoann Huget, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Maxime Medard, 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Thierry Dusautoir (Captain), 7 Louis Picamoles, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Christophe Samson, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Thomas Domingo.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 20 Antonie Claassen, 21 Maxime Machenaud, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23 Mathieu Bastareaud.
Date: Saturday 9 March
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: Light rain is expected, with an Easterly blowing at about 30 kilometres per hour. A high of about 7°C, with a low of 4°C
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Wayne Barnes (England), Greg Garner (England)
TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Ireland with a penalty this time. Kickable.
Jackson slots.
Ireland 10 / 3 France (29 min)
Ireland playing all the game so far, but as with their last game, struggling to convert it to points.
Penalty Ireland. Jackson steps up and slots it, just!
Ireland 13 / 3 France (32 min)
Ireland steal the ball away from the French, and boot it down to the corner flag. France on the back foot.
Ireland penalised for tripping. France let off lightly. Brian Moore, the worst commentator by a country mile has another wobble about it.
Ireland back in charge again now. Normality resumes.
Ball very slippery at Aviva stadium. Conquering the weather is a challenge alone!
Jackson clears from his line, just, after a good boot into the corner by France
France with the ball in the Irish 22 now
….and they win the penalty – offside, I think – my daughter playing her music so loud, I can’t hear myself think!!! Michalak steps up
…..and, just to show his Frenchness, misses.
Banana’s.
Ireland (13) 13 / 3 (3) France (Halftime)
Second half on
Ireland come out the stronger, driving the French backwards
….and then knock the ball on. Eish, all that hard work.
Looks like a monsoon out there. Raining cats and dogs.
Ireland successfully wheel the scrum to take the re-put in. French pissed, to say the least! And they get the penalty (Ireland, that is!)
Paddy Jackson steps up.
Just short.
Ireland (13) 13 / 3 (3) France (44 min)
France caught napping, Ireland steal 30m after a quick penalty tap.
Weather making the ball a greasy pig. Expect some kicking soon. Ireland losing all their hard earned advantage by not being able to hold onto the ball.
Ball so wet now, it’s starting to knock itself on!
I counted that ball slipping through 6 different pairs of hands before Walsh decided to blow his whistle
France win a penalty after the Isish pop the scrum Parra taking over from Michalak.
Parra slots it with ease. One has to question why he didn’t start with the kicking.
Ireland (13) 13 / 6 (3) France (53 min)
French definitely looking a lot better this half. Conditions just letting both sides down now though
France get the penalty again, and kickable
Parra pulls this one. Much harder kick though
Ireland (13) 13 / 6 (3) France (57 min)
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