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CONGRATULATIONS TO ENGLAND RUGBY ON WINNING THE RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDREA MASI: PLAYER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP 2011
It may have been England that lifted the Championship Trophy, and Italy that scored the Wooden Spoon, but in the player stakes, it was Italy on top all the way!
Italy's Andrea Masi who resoundingly saw off some stiff competition from England, Ireland, Wales and France to take the trophy for the Azzurri with 30% of the public's vote. It was fellow Azzurri and 6 Nations debutant, Fabio Semenzato who came in second with 12%, whilst Ireland's Sean O'Brien and England's Toby Flood gained 10% each.
The remaining men of the matches from weeks one to four, Chris Ashton, James Haskell, Tom Palmer, Thierry Dusautoir, Maxime Medard, Sam Warburton, James Hook and Ronan O'Gara had to just be content with being nominated.
THE 2011 RBS 6 Nations Championship for the first time in the Championship's history kicked off on a Friday [and the last!] on the 4th February with Wales v England in Cardiff. The Schedule was finalised with a view to showcasing this fantastic fixture and make this great Rugby occasion available to as many people as possible.
In another exciting development 2011 also saw the Irish team return to their traditional home in Lansdowne Road at the new Aviva Stadium after 4 wonderful seasons in their adopted home of Croke Park.
The final weekend of the 2011 Championship again provide plenty of excitement with 3 exhilarating fixtures: Scotland v Italy, Ireland v England and France v Wales.
And along with interviews, live updates and match reports, we have for your entertainment the notorious former England captain, Will Carling's inimitable preview of each week of the RBS Six Nations...so hit the preview link for the latest video, and to visit Will's Virtual Clubhouse, hit the either Carling's face(!) or the Rucku logo on your right...
The brilliant match highlights are brought to you courtesy of some terribly clever peeps at The Rugby Vault, so if you're not in the UK and can't access the BBC iPlayer to see the matches in full [what is all that about, eh?!?! ...thought the world wide web was all about breaking boundaries!], then you can still catch up with the rugby...
For all the latest , you need only pop over to our news section for updates on injuries etc. Match day squad announcement will be published below weekly...
For a rather interesting [though ever so slightly anorakish] breakdown of the records set during the Championship over the decades, going right back to the beginning in 1883, just hit the records button...
Last year's Grand Slam winners, France began their bid for their 10th title on Saturday 5th February at 6pm CET against Scotland.
THE LAUNCH
The launch of the RBS Six Nations 2011 was on Wednesday 26th January, at The Hurlingham Club.
So here's a few familiar faces during the down time...
And here's a some of what the powers that be had to say...
RBS Six Nations CEO John Feehan announced the Friday night games experiment is over. The Championship has dabbled with the idea for two years now, and gauging the temperature of fans one assumes, following the opening spectacle at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Friday 4th February where Wales face the might of England, matches in 2012 and 2013 will be played two-up on Saturday and one on Sunday with the exception of Super Saturdays...Hallelujah!
MARTIN Johnson on Warren Gatland's attack on Hartley: "It's not something I've ever done. You are potentially giving ammunition to the opposition. It's something he has chosen to do, but ultimately people will remember the game.
"There's always a bit of spice between England and Wales... It's about pressure and how people react to it. Where Wales are, they are under pressure as a team with their performances and not winning a game for a while."
WARREN Gatland on Johnno: "All coaches are under pressure. At least my chief exec hasn't told me I have to finish in top two."
DECLAN Kidney on his plethora of injuries: "You never like to see guys injured - we know how much playing for Ireland means to those guys," Kidney said. "They'd be gutted were they to lose out at this stage of the season but we've also tried to build a squad over the last few years and this will be the test of that."
THE delightfully talkative Nick Mallett on the England job: "The performance director role with the RFU is not a job I'd get a lot of pleasure from. My real enthusiasm comes from working with players. I love coaching, getting out there and working with players and I'm not so interested in sitting on committees."
ANDY Robinson on Scotland winning 5 of their last 6 matches: "We have confidence and there's a very good team spirit. The guys are understanding their roles, but the New Zealand game (a 49-3 loss) was a good reminder for us of where we are.
"The France game is the perfect challenge for that. Everybody's saying how unpredictable the French are, but we have huge respect for the way they play the game and the threats that they have."
WEEK 1
WALES 16 - 23 ENGLAND
Friday 4 February Millennium Stadium KO 7.45pm GMT
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 James Hook 14 Morgan Stoddart 13 Jonathan Davies 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Shane Williams 10 Stephen Jones 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees [C] 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Alun Wyn Jones 5 Bradley Davies 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Sam Warburton 8 Andy Powell BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 John Yapp 18 Ryan Jones 19 Jonathan Thomas 20 Dwayne Peel 21 Rhys Priestland 22 Lee Byrne
SCORERS T: Stoddart C: SM Jones P: Hook, SM Jones (3)
Yellow Card: Craig Mitchell
15 Ben Foden 14 Chris Ashton 13 Mike Tindall [C] 12 Shontayne Hape 11 Mark Cueto 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Andrew Sheridan 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Louis Deacon 5 Tom Palmer 6 Tom Wood 7 James Haskell 8 Nick Easter BENCH: Steve Thompson, David Wilson, Simon Shaw, Joe Worsley, Danny Care, Jonny Wilkinson, Matt Banahan
SCORERS T: Ashton (2) C: Flood (2) P: Flood (3), Wilkinson
Louis Deacon
Man of the Match: Toby Flood (England)
Referee:Alain Rolland (Ireland) Assistant Referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland) & Simon McDowell (Ireland) TMO: Jim Yuile (Scotland)
ITALY 11-13 IRELAND
Friday 4 February Stadio Flaminio KO 3.30pm CET
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Luke McLean 14 Andrea Masi 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Kristopher Burton 9 Edoardo Gori 8 Sergio Parisse [C] 7 Alessandro Zanni 6 Josh Sole 5 Quintin Geldenhuys 4 Santiago Dellape 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini BENCH: 16 Fabio Ongaro 17 Andrea Lo Cicero 18 Carlo Antonio Del Fava 19 Valerio Bernabo 20 Pablo Canavosio 21 Luciano Orquera 22 Gonzalo Garcia
SCORERS T: McLean P: Bergamasco (2)
15 Luke Fitzgerald 14 Fergus McFadden 13 Brian O’Driscoll [C] 12 Gordon D’Arcy 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Tomas O'Leary 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Donncha O’Callaghan 5 Paul O'Connell 6 Denis Leamy 7 David Wallace 8 Sean O'Brien BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Tom Court 18 Leo Cullen 19 Shane Jennings 20 Eoin Reddan 21 Ronan O'Gara
22 Paddy Wallace
SCORERS T: O'Driscoll C: Sexton P: Sexton DG: O'Gara
Denis Leamy
Man of the Match: Sean O'Brien (Ireland)
Referee: Romain Poite (France) Assistant Referees: Jerome Garces (France) & David Changleng (Scotland) TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
FRANCE 34-21 SCOTLAND
Saturday 5 February Stade de France KO 6pm CET
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Damien Traille 14 Yoann Huget 13 Aurélien Rougerie 12 Maxime Mermoz 11 Maxime Medard 10 Francois Trinh Duc 9 Morgan Parra 1 Thomas Domingo 2 William Servat 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Julien Pierre 5 Lionel Nallet 6 Thierry Dusautoir [C] 7 Julien Bonnaire 8 Imanol Harinordoquy BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Luc Ducalcon 18 Jerome Thion 19 Sebastien Chabal 20 Dimitri Yachvili 21 Vincent Clerc 22 Clement Poitrenaud 23 Sylvain Marconnet
SCORERS T: Medard, Penalty try, Harinordoquy, Traille C: Parra (2), Yachvili (2) P: Yachvili DG: Trinh-Duc
15 Hugo Southwell 14 Nikki Walker 13 Joe Ansbro 12 Nick De Luca 11 Max Evans 10 Dan Parks 9 Rory Lawson 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford 3 Euan Murray 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock [C] 6 Nathan Hines 8 Kelly Brown 7 John Barclay BENCH: 16 Dougie Hall 17 Moray Low 18 Richie Vernon 19 Ross Rennie 20 Mike Blair 21 Ruaridh Jackson 22 Sean Lamont
SCORERS T: Kellock, Brown, Lamont C: Parks (2), Jackson
Man of the Match: Maxime Medard (France)
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant Referees: Andrew Small (England) & Stuart Terheege (England) TMO: Giulio de Santis (Italy)
WEEK 2
ENGLAND 59 - 13 ITALY
Sat 12th February 11 Twickenham KO 2.30pm GMT
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Ben Foden 14 Chris Ashton 13 Mike Tindall [C] 12 Shontayne Hape 11 Mark Cueto 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Andrew Sheridan 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Louis Deacon 5 Tom Palmer 6 Tom Wood 7 James Haskell 8 Nick Easter BENCH: 16 Steve Thompson 17 David Wilson 18 Simon Shaw 19 Hendre Fourie 20 Danny Care 21 Jonny Wilkinson 22 Matt Banahan
Scorers T: Ashton (4), Cueto, Tindall, Care, Haskell C: Flood (5), Wilkinson (3) P: Flood
15 Luke McLean 14 Andrea Masi 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Luciano Orquera 9 Fabio Semenzato 8 Sergio Parisse [C] 7 Alessandro Zanni 6 Valerio Bernabo 5 Quintin Geldenhuys 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini BENCH: 16 Fabio Ongaro 17 Andrea Lo Cicero 18 Santiago Dellape 19 Robert Barbieri 20 Pablo Canavosio 21 Kristopher Burton 22 Gonzalo Garcia
Scorers T: Ongaro C: Bergamasco P: Bergamasco
Martin Castrogiovanni
Man of the Match: Chris Ashton
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Assistant Referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) & Peter Allen (Scotland) TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
SCOTLAND 6 - 24 WALES
Sat 12th February 11 Murrayfield KO 5pm GMT
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Hugo Southwell 14 Nikki Walker 13 Joe Ansbro 12 Nick De Luca 11 Max Evans 10 Dan Parks 9 Rory Lawson 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford 3 Euan Murray 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock [C] 6 Nathan Hines 8 Kelly Brown 7 John Barclay BENCH: 16 Scott Lawson 17 Moray Low 18 Richie Vernon 19 Ross Rennie 20 Mike Blair 21 Ruaridh Jackson 22 Sean Lamont
Scorer P: Parks
15 Lee Byrne 14 Morgan Stoddart 13 Jamie Roberts 12 Jonathan Davies 11 Shane Williams 10 James Hook 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees (C) 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Sam Warburton 8 Ryan Jones BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 John Yapp 18 Jonathan Thomas 19 Josh Turnbull 20 Tavis Knoyle 21 Stephen Jones 22 Rhys Priestland
Scorers T: Williams (2) C: Hook P: Hook (4)
Lee Byrne Bradley Davies
Man of the Match: Sam Warburton
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) Assistant Referees: Romain Poite (France) & Simon McDowell (Ireland) TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
IRELAND 22 - 25 FRANCE
Sun 13th February 11 Aviva Stadium KO 3pm GMT
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
15 Luke Fitzgerald 14 Fergus McFadden 13 Brian O’Driscoll [C] 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Tomas O'Leary 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Donncha O'Callaghan 5 Paul O'Connell 6 Sean O'Brien 7 David Wallace 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Tom Court 18 Leo Cullen 19 Denis Leamy 20 Eoin Reddan 21 Ronan O'Gara 22 Paddy Wallace
Scorers T: McFadden, O'Leary, Heaslip C: Sexton, O'Gara P: Sexton
15 Clement Poitrenaud 14 Yoann Huget 13 Aurélien Rougerie 12 Damien Traille 11 Maxime Medard 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Morgan Parra 1 Thomas Domingo 2 William Servat 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Julien Pierre 5 Lionel Nallet 6 Thierry Dusautoir (C) 7 Julien Bonnaire 8 Imanol Harinordoquy BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Sylvain Marconnet 18 Jerome Thion 19 Sebastien Chabal 20 Dimitri Yachvili 21 Yannick Jauzion 22 Vincent Clerc
Scorers T: Medard C: Yachvili P: Parra (5), Yachvili
Man of the Match:
Referee: Dave Pearson (England) Assistant Referees: Wayne Barnes (England) & David Changleng (Scotland) TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
WEEK 3
ITALY 16 - 24 WALES
26th February 11 Stadio Flaminio KO 3.30pm CET
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15 Luke Mclean 14 Andrea Masi 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Kristopher Burton 9 Fabio Semenzato 8 Sergio Parisse (C) 7 Robert Barbieri 6 Alessandro Zanni 5 Quintin Geldenhuys 4 Santiago Dellape’ 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 1 Salvatore Perugini BENCH: 16 Carlo Festuccia 17 Andrea Lo Cicero 18 Valerio Bernabo’ 19 Manoa Vosawai 20 Pablo Canavosio 21 Luciano Orquera 22 Tommaso Benvenuti
Scorers T: Canale, Parisse P: Bergamasco (2)
15 Lee Byrne 14 Morgan Stoddart 13 James Hook 12 Jamie Roberts 11 Shane Williams 10 Stephen Jones 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees (C) 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun-Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Sam Warburton 8 Ryan Jones BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 John Yapp 18 Jonathan Thomas 19 Josh Turnbull 20 Tavis Knoyle 21 Rhys Priestland 22 Leigh Halfpenny
Scorers T: Stoddart, Warburton C: SM Jones P: SM Jones (3) DG: Hook
Man of the Match: Fabio Semenzato
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistant Referees: Dave Pearson (England) & John Lacey (Ireland) TMO: Iain Ramage (Scotland)
ENGLAND 17 - 9 FRANCE
26th February 11 Twickenham KO 5pm GMT
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15 Ben Foden 14 Chris Ashton 13 Mike Tindall (C) 12 Shontayne Hape 11 Mark Cueto 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Andrew Sheridan 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Louis Deacon 5 Tom Palmer 6 Tom Wood 7 James Haskell 8 Nick Easter BENCH: 16 Steve Thompson 17 Alex Corbisiero 18 Simon Shaw 19 Hendre Fourie 20 Danny Care 21 Jonny Wilkinson 22 Matt Banahan
Scorers T: Foden P: Flood (3), Wilkinson
15 Maxime Medard 14 Yoann Huget 13 Aurélien Rougerie 12 Yannick Jauzion 11 Vincent Clerc 10 François Trinh-Duc 9 Dimitri Yachvili 1 Thomas Domingo 2 William Servat 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Lionel Nallet 5 Julien Pierre 6 Thierry Dusautoir (C) 7 Imanol Harinordoquy 8 Sebastien Chabal BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Sylvain Marconnet 18 Jerome Thion 19 Julien Bonnaire 20 Morgan Parra 21 Damien Traille 22 Clement Poitrenaud
Scorers P: Yachvili (3)
Man of the Match: Tom Palmer
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia) Assistant Referees: Alan Lewis (Ireland) & Tim Hayes (Wales) TMO: Giulio de Santis (Italy)
SCOTLAND 18 - 21 IRELAND
27th February 11 Murrayfield KO 3pm GMT
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15 Chris Paterson 14 Nikki Walker 13 Nick De Luca 12 Sean Lamont 11 Max Evans 10 Ruaridh Jackson 9 Mike Blair 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford 3 Moray Low 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock (C) 6 Kelly Brown 7 John Barclay 8 Johnnie Beattie BENCH: 16 Scott Lawson 17 Geoff Cross 18 Nathan Hines 19 Richie Vernon 20 Rory Lawson 21 Dan Parks 22 Simon Danielli
Scorers P: Paterson (4), Parks DG: Parks
Allan Jacobsen
15 Luke Fitzgerald 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O’Driscoll (C) 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Keith Earls 10 Ronan O'Gara 9 Eoin Reddan 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Donncha O'Callaghan 5 Paul O'Connell 6 Sean O'Brien 7 David Wallace 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Tom Court 18 Leo Cullen 19 Denis Leamy 20 Peter Stringer 21 Jonathan Sexton 22 Paddy Wallace
Scorers T: Heaslip, Reddan, O'Gara C: O'Gara (3)
Man of the Match: Ronan O'Gara
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) Assistant Referees: Andrew Small (England) & Pascal Gauzere (France) TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
WEEK 4
ITALY 22 - 21 FRANCE
Saturday 12 March 11 Stadio Flaminio KO 3.30pm CET
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15 Andrea Masi 14 Tommaso Benvenuti 13 Gonzalo Javier Canale 12 Gonzalo Garcia 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Luciano Orquera 9 Fabio Semenzato 1 Andrea Lo Cicero 2 Carlo Festuccia 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Santiago Dellape 5 Carlo Antonio Del Fava 6 Alessandro Zanni 7 Robert Barbieri 8 Sergio Parisse (C) BENCH: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini 17 Salvatore Perugini 18 Quintin Geldenhuys 19 Paul Derbyshire 20 Pablo Canavosio 21 Kristopher Burton 22 Luke McLean
Scorers T: Masi C: Bergamasco P: Bergamasco (5)
15 Maxime Medard 14 Yoann Huget 13 Aurelien Rougerie 12 Yannick Jauzion 11 Vincent Clerc 10 Francois Trinh-Duc 9 Morgan Parra 1 Sylvain Marconnet 2 William Servat 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Julien Pierre 5 Lionel Nallet 6 Thierry Dusautoir (C) 7 Julien Bonnaire 8 Sebastien Chabal BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Luc Ducalcon 18 Jerome Thion 19 Imanol Harinordoquy 20 Julien Tomas 21 Damien Traille 22 Clement Poitrenaud
Scorers T: Clerc, Parra C: Parra P: Parra (3)
Man of the Match: Andrea Masi
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) Assistant Referees: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) & Stuart Terheege (England) TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)
WALES 19 - 13 IRELAND
Saturday 12 March 11 Millennium Stadium KO 5pm GMT
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15 Lee Byrne 14 Leigh Halfpenny 13 Jamie Roberts 12 Jonathan Davies 11 Shane Williams 10 James Hook 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees (C) 3 Craig Mitchell 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Sam Warburton 8 Ryan Jones BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 John Yapp 18 Jonathan Thomas 19 Rob McCusker 20 Dwayne Peel 21 Stephen Jones 22 Morgan Stoddart
Scorers T: Phillips C: Hook P: Hook (3), Halfpenny
15 Luke Fitzgerald 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O’Driscoll (C) 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Keith Earls 10 Ronan O'Gara 9 Eoin Reddan 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Donncha O'Callaghan 5 Paul O'Connell 6 Sean O'Brien 7 David Wallace 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Tom Court 18 Leo Cullen 19 Denis Leamy 20 Peter Stringer 21 Jonathan Sexton 22 Paddy Wallace
Scorers T: O'Driscoll C: O'Gara P: O'Gara (2)
Man of the Match: James Hook
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) Assistant Referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa) & Peter Allan (Scotland) TMO: Geoff Warren (England)
ENGLAND 22 - 16 SCOTLAND
Sunday 13 March 11 Twickenham KO 3pm GMT
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15 Ben Foden 14 Chris Ashton 13 Mike Tindall (C) 12 Shontayne Hape 11 Mark Cueto 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Alex Corbisiero 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Louis Deacon 5 Tom Palmer 6 Tom Wood 7 James Haskell 8 Nick Easter BENCH: 16 Steve Thompson 17 Paul Doran-Jones 18 Simon Shaw 19 Tom Croft 20 Danny Care
Scorers T: Croft C: Wilkinson P: Flood (4), Wilkinson
15 Chris Paterson 14 Simon Danielli 13 Jo Ansbro 12 Sean Lamont 11 Max Evans 10 Ruaridh Jackson 9 Rory Lawson 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford 3 Moray Low 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock (C) 6 Nathan Hines 7 John Barclay 8 Kelly Brown BENCH: 16 Scott Lawson 17 Geoff Cross 18 Richie Vernon 19 Alasdair Strokosch 20 Mike Blair 21 Dan Parks 22 Nick de Luca
Scorers T: Evan C: Paterson P: Paterson (2) DG: Jackson
J Barclay
Man of the Match: James Haskell
Referee: Romain Poite (France) [forced to retire through injury & replace by Jerome Garces at 58mins] Assistant Referees: Jerome Garces (France) & Carlo Damasco (Italy) TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland)
WEEK 5
SCOTLAND 21 - 8 ITALY
Sat 19th March 11 Murrayfield KO 2.30pm GMT
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15 Chris Paterson 14 Nikki Walker 13 Joe Ansbro 12 Sean Lamont 11 Simon Danielli 10 Ruaridh Jackson 9 Rory Lawson 1 Allan Jacobsen 2 Ross Ford 3 Geoff Cross 4 Richie Gray 5 Alastair Kellock (C) 6 Nathan Hines 8 Kelly Brown 7 John Barclay BENCH: 16 Scott Lawson 17 Euan Murray 18 Richie Vernon 19 Alasdair Strokosch 20 Mike Blair 21 Dan Parks 22 Nick De Luca
Scorers T: de Luca, Walker C: Paterson P: Paterson (3)
15 Andrea Masi 14 Tommaso Benvenuti 13 Gonzalo Canale 12 Alberto Sgarbi 11 Mirco Bergamasco 10 Kristopher Burton 9 Fabio Semenzato 1 Salvatore Perugini 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 4 Carlo Antonio Del Fava 5 Quintin Geldenhuys 6 Alessandro Zanni 7 Paul Derbyshire 8 Sergio Parisse (C) BENCH: 16 Carlo Festuccia 17 Andrea Lo Cicero 18 Valerio Bernabo' 19 Robert Barbieri 20 Pablo Canavosio 21 Luciano Orquera 22 Luke McLean
Scorers T: Masi P: Bergamasco
Man of the Match: Richie Gray
Referee: Steve Walsh Assistant Referees: Alan Lewis & John Lacey (both Ireland) TMO: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
IRELAND 24 - 8 ENGLAND
Sat 19th March 11 Aviva Stadium KO 5pm GMT
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15 Keith Earls 14 Tommy Bowe 13 Brian O’Driscoll (C) 12 Gordon D'Arcy 11 Andrew Trimble 10 Jonathan Sexton 9 Eoin Reddan 1 Cian Healy 2 Rory Best 3 Mike Ross 4 Donncha O'Callaghan 5 Paul O'Connell 6 Sean O'Brien 7 David Wallace 8 Jamie Heaslip BENCH: 16 Sean Cronin 17 Tom Court 18 Leo Cullen 19 Denis Leamy 20 Peter Stringer 21 Ronan O'Gara 22 Paddy Wallace
Scorers T: Bowe, O'Driscoll C: Sexton P: Sexton (4)
15 Ben Foden 14 Chris Ashton 13 Matt Banahan 12 Shontayne Hape 11 Mark Cueto 10 Toby Flood 9 Ben Youngs 1 Alex Corbisiero 2 Dylan Hartley 3 Dan Cole 4 Louis Deacon 5 Tom Palmer 6 Tom Wood 7 James Haskell 8 Nick Easter (C) BENCH: 16 Steve Thompson 17 Paul Doran-Jones 18 Simon Shaw 19 Tom Croft 20 Danny Care 21 Jonny Wilkinson 22 David Strettle
Scorers T: Thompson P: Flood
Ben Youngs
Man of the Match: Jonathan Sexton
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) Assistant Referees: Nigel Owens & Tim Hayes (both Wales) TMO: Giulio de Santis (Italy)
FRANCE 28 - 9 WALES
Sat 19th March 11 Stade de France KO 8.50pm CET
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15 Maxime Medard 14 Vincent Clerc 13 David Marty 12 Damien Traille 11 Alexis Palisson 10 Francois Trinh-Duc 9 Morgan Parra 1 Thomas Domingo 2 William Servat 3 Nicolas Mas 4 Julien Pierre 5 Lionel Nallet 6 Thierry Dusautoir (C) 7 Julien Bonnaire 8 Imanol Harinordoquy BENCH: 16 Guilhem Guirado 17 Luc Ducalon 18 Pascal Pape 19 Alexandre Lapandry 20 Julien Tomas 21 Fabrice Estebanez 22 Yoann Huget
Scorers T: Nallet (2), Clerc C: Parra (2) P: Parra (3)
15 Lee Byrne 14 Leigh Halfpenny 13 Jamie Roberts 12 Jonathan Davies 11 George North 10 James Hook 9 Mike Phillips 1 Paul James 2 Matthew Rees (C) 3 Adam Jones 4 Bradley Davies 5 Alun Wyn Jones 6 Dan Lydiate 7 Sam Warburton 8 Ryan Jones BENCH: 16 Richard Hibbard 17 John Yapp 18 Jonathan Thomas 19 Rob McCusker 20 Dwayne Peel 21 Stephen Jones 22 Morgan Stoddart
Scorers P: Hook (3)
James Hook
Man of the Match: Lionel Nallet
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) Assistant Referees: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) & Simon McDowell (Ireland) TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
