Our Northern hemisphere cousins also have a tournament going this weekend, but with it being a lesser tournament we thought we’d only give it one common thread for all three matches. 😉
ITALY 22 – 21 FRANCE
WALES 19 – 13 IRELAND
ENGLAND 22 – 16 SCOTLAND
Game 1 – Italy v France
Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Mirco Bergamasco, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Robert Barbieri, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Carlo Del Fava, 4 Santiao Dellape, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Quintin Geldenhuys, 19 Paul Derbyshire, 20 Pablo Canavosio, 21 Kris Burton, 22 Luke McLean.
France: 15 Maxime Medard, 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Yannick Jauzion, 11 Vincent Clerc, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Sebastien Chabal, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Julien Pierre, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Sylvain Marconnet.
Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Luc Ducalcon, 18 Jerome Thion, 19 Imanol Harinordoquy, 20 Julien Thomas, 21 Damien Traille, 22 Clement Poitrenaud.
Ref: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
ARs: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland), Stuart Terheege (England)
Venue: Stadio Flaminio – Rome
Kick-off: 16:30 RSA Time
Game 2 – Wales v Ireland
Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jamie Roberts, 12 Jonathan Davies, 11 Shane Williams, 10 James Hook, 9 Michael Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Craig Mitchell, 2 Matthew Rees (captain), 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Richard Hibbard, 17 John Yapp, 18 Jonathan Thomas, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Dwayne Peel, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Morgan Stoddart.
Ireland: 15 Luke Fitzgerald, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Brian O’Driscoll (captain), 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Ronan O’Gara, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 David Wallace, 6 Sean O’Brien, 5 Paul O’Connell, 4 Donncha O’Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Cullen, 19 Denis Leamy, 20 Peter Stringer, 21 Jonathan Sexton, 22 Paddy Wallace.
Ref: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
ARs: Craig Joubert (South Africa), Peter Allan (Scotland)
Venue: Millennium Stadium – Cardiff
Kick-off: 19:00 RSA Time
Game 3 – Sunday, England v Scotland
England: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Mike Tindall (captain), 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Nick Easter, 7 James Haskell, 6 Tom Wood, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Alex Corbisiero.
Replacements: 16 Steve Thompson, 17 Paul Doran-Jones, 18 Simon Shaw, 19 Tom Croft, 20 Danny Care, 21 Jonny Wilkinson, 22 Matt Banahan.
Scotland: 15 C Paterson, 14 S Danielli, 13 J Ansbro, 12 S Lamont, 11 M Evans, 10 R Jackson, 9 R Lawson, 8 A Jacobsen, 7 R Ford, 6 M Low, 5 R Gray, 4 A Kellock (Captain), 3 N Hines, 2 J Barclay, 1 K Brown.
Replacements: 16 S Lawson, 17 G Cross, 18 R Vernon, 19 A Strokosch, 20 M Blair, 21 D Parks, 22 N De Luca.
Ref: Romain Poite (France)
ARs: Jérôme Garces (France), Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Venue: Twickenham – London
Kick-off: 17:00 RSA Time
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Hope I have a good round, I’m currently 3rd in one pool and I need the honours.
France by 13.
Wales by 2.
Poms by 9.
Go!! All of the above!! 😛
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 1) : Can I join that pool I’m only 1,25 points ahead of you. 🙂
Game 10: Italy v France: France by 19
Game 11: Wales v Ireland: Wales by 9
Game 12: England v Scotland: England by 21
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : There’s only 17 in the pool 😆
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 5) : 😛
@KSA Shark © (Comment 3) : 😛
1. Richie – 14.75
2. Juyt – 14.00
3. JarsonX – 13.75
4.Bumblebee – 13.25
5. Raging Bull – 13.25
Italy 3 – 0 France
5min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 8) : Will you be giving us some updates tonight?
Yip for both matches.
Vincent Clerc try.
No conversion
Italy 3 – 5 france
16min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 10) : 😎 SS is to far behind for my liking.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 12) : I’m using Sportinglife and 365. 🙂
18 min
The French almost have a second try, but Aurelien Rougerie loses control of the ball as he stretches for the line.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 13) : Planetrugby aint to bad either 😎
Italy 3 – 8 France
21min
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 15) : I believe they are the same as 365?
Italy 6 – 8 France
24min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 17) : Don’t ask me 😳 I’m a SW fan 😛
Italy at home hasn’t been a pushover this year, no big margins yet 😎
Halftime
Ita 6 – 8 Fra
HALF TIME
Italy 6 – 8 France.
NOT A SINGLE SCRUM COMPLETED ON THE 1ST ATTEMPT IN THE HALF
6 – 11 France
47min
45min
Morgan Parra slots the penalty and France are into double figures –
Italy 6 – 11 France
51min
TRY – Great stepping by Francois Trinh-Duc, who off-loads to Morgan Parra for the score under the posts. Parra adds the conversion and at 18-6 it is beginning to look ominous.
Parra try!
6 – 18
54mins
@KSA Shark © (Comment 25) : 😆 ominous 😆
Masi try!
Ita 13 – 18 Fra
65mins
59min
TRY – Andrea Masi gets the score, but it was set up by some strong running from Tommaso Benvenuti.
Mirco Bergamasco adds the conversion and the gap closes to 13-18
Ita 16 – 18 France
67mins
68min
The Italians are pinged at the tackle and Morgan Parra slots the penalty to give the French some breathing space –
France 21-16 Italy
70min
Italy win a penalty at the tackle and Mirco Bergamasco closes the gap to two points again –
Italy 19-21 France
75min
Penalty at the tackle to Italy and Mirco Bergamasco can put Italy in the lead here. He slots the penalty and Italy lead –
Italy 22-21 France
Go Italy!
Italy 22 – 21 France
😯
Last play of the game.
French scrum.
Italy win!!!!!!!!
THEY’VE DONE IT!!!
Hugs & Kisses all round. if you’re Italian that is.
Well done Italy 😕
Fulltime
Italy 22 – 21 France
FULL TIME
ITALY 22 – 21 FRANCE
@McLovin (Comment 40) : Or Nick Mallett. 😛
@klempie (Comment 44) : He’s certainly never paying for another drink in Italy.
Okay back to real sport 😛
Wales 0 – 7 Ireland
3min
Wales 3 – 7 Ireland
18min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 46) : 😕
Wales 6 – 7 Ireland
24min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 49) : 😐
Wales 6 – 10 Ireland
30min
Wales 9 – 10 Ireland
37min
I need Wales to win more than ever now 😕
HALF TIME
Wales 9 – 10 Ireland
pampas xv 25 blue bulls 3 33min left.i like that
@juba_fan (Comment 55) : Hahahahaha 😆
Wales 16 – 13 Ireland
53min
@KSA Shark © (Comment 57) : That’s what I’m talking about 😛
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 58) : How’s this comment regarding the Welsh try.
Try Time for Mike Phillips No need for any video analysis. The lineout was taken quickly and caught the Irish unawares. The Lineout got the call wrong looking at replays the lineout was taken with the wrong ball as the ball kicked out went into touch. . Try stands
And then
It goes from bad to worse for Ireland. Fitzgerald goes over for what he thinks is a try but play is called back for a forward pass.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 59) : lol: That’s why I wont even try 😛
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 60) : Commentating 😳
68min
Wales 19 – 13 Ireland
Wales 19 – 13 Ireland
75mins
FULL TIME
Wales 19 – 13 Ireland
@KSA Shark © (Comment 64) : I get a margin point but so does no1 and no2 😈
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 65) : 😆
Okay i’m off to bed. Work tomorrow.
I’m out, cheers y’all 😛
An England win tomorrow should win them the 6nations
@Ben (Comment 68) : They won’t only win the 6Ns they will take the grandslam as well this year. They have certainly turned their fortunes around.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 69) : you’re right, they have turned their fortune around. But this was also the weakest six nations I have seen in a while.
I hope England comes through for me, I’m losing ground 🙁
I believe the 3rd and final game of the round is about to start. Can England keep their Grand Slam aspirations alive? Let’s find out.
Eng 0 – 0 Sco
0:00mins 😛
4mins in and scores are still level at 0 a piece.
Scotland PK
0 – 3 Scots
6mins
Still 0 – 3 after 11mins.
A Flood PK levels the score after 17mins.
3 a piece.
Scotland PK
3 – 6
24MINS
Flood levels the score with another PK
6 – 6
Eng 6 – 6 Sco
31mins.
England in front after another penalty by Flood
9 – 6
32mins
Scotland PK on the stroke of halftime.
HALFTIME
ENGLAND 9 – 9 SCOTLAND
Still 9 a piece after 49mins.
@Jarson (AddicteD) (Comment 82) : My appologies, that was a dropgoal not a penalty kick 😳
The Rugby is boring.
Hopefully the game at Twickers goes ahead so we can show the English some proper rugby.
hopefully the replacement ref knows the laws cos the last one was shocking.