Three games will be played today in the 6 Nations in what should have been the final weekend of this year’s tournament.
Scotland host Italy at Murrayfield in the match of the day and go into the game with captain Stuart Hogg starting at flyhalf. This due to first choice flyhalf Finn Russell being out with concussion and second choice Adam Hastings serving a suspension. Jaco vd Walt will be on the bench and will hopefully get some deserved game time.
The second game will see Ireland host England in Dublin following their narrow win away from home against Scotland last weekend. This will be CJ Stander’s last 6 Nations match for Ireland who will be hoping to send him off with a win.
The final game which would probably have turned out to be the title decider had COVID-19 not affected France earlier in the tournament. France host Wales in Paris tonight. Wales will be chasing the Grand Slam and have it in their hands to ensure this is the title deciding game with a win having not been beaten in the 6 Nations so far this year. France will be hoping for a win themselves to take the title race into next weekend when they host Scotland in the re-arranged fixture.
Scotland 52/10 Italy
(Final Score)
Kick off at 17:00 (15:00 GMT).
Teams:
Scotland |
Italy |
| 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Stuart Hogg (captain), 9 Scott Steele, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 David Cherry, 1 Rory Sutherland. Replacements: 16 George Turner, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Alex Craig, 20 Nick Haining, 21 Ali Price, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Chris Harris. |
15 Edoardo Padovani; 14 Mattia Bellini, 13 Ignacio Brex, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Monty Ioane; 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney; 8 Michele Lamaro, 7 Johan Meyer, 6 Sebastian Negri; 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Luca Bigi (captain), 1 Danilo Fischetti Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Andrea Lovotti, 18 Giosue Zilocchi, 19 Riccardo Favretto, 20 Maxime Mbanda, 21 Marcello Violi, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Marco Zanon |
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England) & Craig Evans (Wales)
TMO: Alex Ruiz (France)
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Ireland 32/18 England
(Final Score)
Kick off at 18:45 (16:45 GMT).
Teams:
Ireland |
England |
| 15 Hugo Keenan; 14 Keith Earls, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale; 10 Johnny Sexton (captain), 9 Conor Murray; 8 Jack Conan, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 CJ Stander; 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Iain Henderson; 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rob Herring, 1 Jack Kilcoyne. Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Andrew Porter, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Jamison Gibson-Park, 22 Billy Burns, 23 Jordan Larmour. |
15 Elliot Daly, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Lawrence, 12 Owen Farrell (captain), 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Mark Wilson, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Mako Vunipola. Replacements: 16 Jamie George, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Jonny Hill, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Ollie Lawrence, 23 Joe Marchant. |
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Assistant referees: Pascal Gauzere (France), Alex Ruiz (France)
TMO: Romain Poite (France)
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France / Wales
Kick off at 22:00 (20:00 GMT).
Teams:
France |
Wales |
| 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 Teddy Thomas, 10 Matthieu Jalibert, 9 Antoine Dupont, 8 Gregory Alldritt, 7 Charles Ollivon (captain), 6 Dylan Cretin, 5 Paul Willemse, 4 Romain Taofifenua, 3 Mohamed Haouas, 2 Julian Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille. Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Uini Atonio, 19 Swann Rebbadj, 20 Anthony Jelonch, 21 Baptiste Serin, 22 Romain Ntamack, 23 Arthur Vincent. |
15 Liam Williams, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 George North, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Justin Tipuric, 6 Josh Navidi, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain), 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ken Owens 1 Wyn Jones Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Leon Brown, 19 Cory Hill, 20 James Botham, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 Uilisi Halaholo |
In the 3rd minute at Murrayfield no score yet
Won’t be able to cover the games a lot but will add scores when possible, please feel free to put up the scores in the comments
Scotland 0/7 Italy – try in the corner by Italy after a maul from their lineout 5m out, very good conversion, 10th min now
Can’t keep up 2 tries scored by Scotland, 1st one off a maul similar to Italy’s one, not converted, 2nd one vd Merwe scores under the posts converted, Scotland 12/7 but Italy on attack, 15th min
Italy knock on 5m out but they were playing advantage so they go back to near 22 for a penalty, going for posts it seems, Italy playing well
Scotland 12/10 Italy as Garbisse slots the penalty – 17th minute
Italy full of running not scared to run from inside their half
Scotland on the attack now, end to end stuff fast game
Arghh Scotland concede a penalty for holding on deep in Italy 22 but they are checking for a possible illegal tackle on Sam Johnson
Johnson was on his way down after he passed but Italy centre hit him marginally late but used his shoulder with out wrapping, ref says it wasn’t a tackle but a charge… Yellow card
Scotland line out near Italy 5m line
Italy defending maul well force the ball to be passed out of it
Try D’Arcy Graham after lovely break by Maitland and good interplay with Huw Jones who almost went through to score himself.
Scotland 17/10 Italy as Hogg misses conversion – 23rd min
3 tries to 1 so far but only a 7 point lead for Scotland
Gilchrist getting a bit of treatment to his shoulder/back but he is done now
Scotland on the attack
Italy offsides at the ruck but refs don’t spot it
Nice stepping by Hogg then Graham but Italy defence keeping them out. Huge tackle by Ioane on Graham who looks to be shaken and he concedes a penalty for holding on
Graham looks hurt, will he go off with vd Walt coming on at flyhalf, Hogg going to fullback and Maitland to wing, nope looks like Graham going to carry on
Italy clear to just inside Scotland half where it is their lineout
Huw Jones try under the posts. Bonus point try scored in the 29th min. Lovely run down the left wing by vd Merwe then offloads to Hogg who offloads in a tight angle to Jones who runs it in
Scotland 24/10 Italy 29th min and Scotland get a penalty on their 22
Very good kick takes play from Scotland 22 to more than halfway between Italy 10m and 22
Scotland on attack inside Italy 22 playing advantage
Strong run by vd Merwe coming in off the wing to get the offload, Scotland 5m out
All right Bullscot?
What is the score?
12 phases later Scotland get the ball to Hogg who tries a cross field kick but it bounces off an Italian and they go back for a penalty 5m out to Scotland
Italy replace their tight head in 33rd min
Can’t remember there being any scrums yet
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