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 |
Ireland 23/6 England as Sexton gets it over 49th min
Ireland 32/11 England 78th min, England scrum a few metres out
May scores in left corner, making the 2 man advantage count, converted
Ireland 32/18 England 79th min
Aki sent off earlier with a red card, and Murray sent off for repeated offences by Ireland with England on attack before they opted to scrum their when they were given a penalty, try came after that
Final score: Ireland 32/18 England
France 14/17 Wales 29th min
Cracking game 2 tries each, the 4 tries scored in about first 20 minutes. Wales are looking like a well coached side dominating possession and territory. France did well to take the 2 chances that came their way.
Halftime 17 all. One of the things would like the refs to pick up in second half if it happens again is Alun Wyn Jones taking out France players out well beyond the rock saw him get away with it twice. This is rugby not gridiron
Try Josh Adans
France 27/17 Wales 51st min
Bullscot wrote:
sorry France 17/27 Wales
Willemse doing a lot of carrying for France
France 20/27 Wales Ntamack penalty 55th min
Zammit dots down looks like against corner flag so now try but yellow card to France 3 for collapsing maul that was motoring forward
France 20/30 Wales 59th min
France scored a good try but Willemse got red card for hand in eye area so try cancelled
Faletau yellow card for repeated offence then Williams gets one a few minutes later
14 against 13 come on Wales keep them out
Another penalty conceeded by Wales in their 22 but instead of giving another card ref gives a warning. Another penalty to France who chose to scrum yet again no yellow card
Try France 77th min converted France 27/30 Wales
play inside France half 78th min
France knock on near halfway
Wales pick and go but they give away penalty in 80th minute!
France lineout just outside Wales 22
France on the attack
5m out
France score in the 82nd min bonus point try!
Final score: France 32/30 Wales a lot of action in this game
France need to get a bonus point win and win by at least 25 against Scotland on Friday night.
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