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RBS Six Nations Saturday , February 26
Italy 16 - 24 Wales
England 17 - 9 France
Sun - 27th Feb 11
Scotland 18 - 21 Ireland
Italy 16 - 24 Wales
Italian police have been called in to investigate a series of burglaries at the Stadio Flaminio. The suspects are believed to have come from Wales, and followed the same modus operandi as a notorious Irish gang that were operating in the area a few weeks ago. They would like to interview the following suspects who may be able to help them with their enquiries:
It was another one that got away for the Italians, who played most of the rugby, suffered most of the infringements (15 penalties conceded by Wales) but still came up short. If Richard the III was Italian he would have giving his kingdom for a kicker, with only a third of their kicks on goal countinmg. For Wales, Hook and Roberts showed a few good touches, as did Stoddart, enough to give Wales the game. And as for Italy, if they ever tried to run round a player instead of through him, they might actually get a win. But in fairness, Italy have been narrowly beaten by two good sides, they are making their opposition look bad.
England 17 - 9 France
Ireland entered this tournament looking for a grand slam, what else would you look for. Failing that, at least to win the championship. At this stage, we might get the triple crown, and still lose the championship on points difference. How does a double crown sound? Anyway, England kept Irish hope for the championship alive with a narrow win over Les Bleus. It was a match that didn’t quite live up to it’s billing, although you would have to say that 1066 was pretty hard to top. The match was decided by one missed tackle by France, as Fodden stormed in from short range. Rougerie came within inches of scoring a fantastic try, and Ashton butchered a good try (and made one swan dive he’d rather forget). It was the oldest cliché in the book, a game of two halves, France shaded the first half, and the second half definitely belonged to England. England are getting a nice head of steam up, both for the 6 Nations and the World Cup.
Scotland 18 - 21 Ireland
The weekend rounded off with a visit to Edinburgh where Scotland layed on a lavish welcome, which included a two try gift pack for their guests. Ireland did their best to waste this advantage, giving away penalties all over the place( well more precisely generally right in front of the posts), their absolute very best, but even with their supreme effort Scotland still couldn’t win the match. Heart surgeons all over the country must be toasting Ireland for keeping them in business. I think I'll have a defibrillator on stand by for the Welsh game. Ireland scored three good tries, Ronan O’Gara played an absolute blinder, as did Reddan and Sean O’Brien - that’s about it for the good points. Discipline was absolutely appalling, some highly questionable substitutions were made, and we just seemed to lose our heads in the last 20 minutes. Scotland just kind of hung in there, accepted the gift penalties, but had no clue at all what to do with the ball when they had it. How about a single crown? King of the 6 Nations? With our points difference, 3rd, 4th of 5th looks a distinct possibility.
Shark Bite
Sharks 26 - 12 Blues
I caught about the last 20 mintues of this match played in sweltering heat in Durban. The highlights for me were the breakaway try for the Sharks, Keegan dailes looking lively, and of course Rene Rangers hair. The Sharks hit the road now, while the Blues continue their SA tour, and once they get over the jetlag they are going to do some damage in SA I'd say
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