The young Welsh XV lived up to expectations in this year’s Six Nations competition, after dispatching Ireland 23-21, Scotland 27-13, England 19-12 and Italy 24-3. All that was left was Les Bleus at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday and they didn’t disappoint. A brilliant try by winger Alex Cuthbert, plus three penalties and a conversion […]
A 24-22 victory over France at the Stade de France on Sunday gave England the slightest chance of retaining the Six Nations title this year if they beat Ireland at Twickenham next weekend and France win against leaders Wales in Cardiff. Tries from Manu Tuilagi and Ben Foden gave England an early 14-3 lead. England had a couple of multi-phase […]
Ireland were in great form as they beat Scotland 32-14 in their Six Nations clash at Lansdowne Road in Dublin on Saturday. It was their sixth defeat in a row, which could see the Jocks compete for the Wooden Spoon when they play Italy in Rome next weekend. Scotland took an early 6-0 lead through two Greig Laidlaw penalties, but Ireland hit […]
The Welsh dragon was smoking in the Six Nations after a dramatic 19-12 away win against England at Twickenham on Saturday. The victory gave Wales the Triple Crown and left the World Cup semifinalists on course for a Grand Slam ahead of home matches with Italy and France. Replacement centre Scott Williams scored a breakaway […]
When the Five Nations competition was expanded to Six Nations to include Italy, most pundits thought that it was a joke and the scorelines tended to prove, that but with some great effort by a number of top South Afrcans including coach Nick Mallett, Italy are now a force to be reckoned with at international […]
The annual Six Nations Rugby competition kicked off at Stade de France in Paris in freezing weather as icy Arctic conditions swept across most of Europe and the UK on Saturday. New French coach Philippe Saint-Andre saw his charges off to 30-12 victory over Italy. Tries from Aurelien Rougerie, Julien Malzieu, Vincent Clerc and Wesley Fofana, plus […]
2012 Six Nations Fixtures February 2012 4 France v Italy Paris 16:30 4 Scotland v England Edinburgh 19:00 5 Ireland v Wales Dublin 17:00 11 Italy v England Rome 18:00 11 France v Ireland Paris 22:00 12 Wales v Scotland Cardiff 17:00 25 Ireland v Italy Dublin 15:30 25 England v Wales London 18:00 26 […]