Hellige lange sider Batman, det her bliver en sk\u00f8nhed! I gamle dage skrev vi vores egne referater fra alle Six Nations-kampene, mest inspireret af eftermiddage p\u00e5 pubben, hvor vi s\u00e5 kampene med vores venner! Denne side vil forblive et arkiv for alle disse Six Nations-kampe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\nS\u00e5 er vi i gang med endnu en Six Nations, og for at g\u00f8re det hele endnu mere interessant har vi f\u00e5et nye tr\u00e6nerteams til at st\u00e5 i spidsen for 2 af de \u00e5rlige topspillere. Hvordan vil\nIrland og Wales klare sig under ny ledelse? Hvordan vil England klare sig efter et st\u00e6rkt VM, som blev til lort i finalen? F\u00f8rst var Wales v\u00e6rt for\nItalien, og for at v\u00e6re \u00e6rlig blev det en af de kedeligste Six Nations-kampe i lang tid. Italienerne fortsatte med deres patetiske udebaneform og gav ingen udfordring\nmod et walisisk hold, der satte point til fra n\u00e6sten f\u00f8rste til sidste minut. Tingene blev meget mere interessante i den n\u00e6ste kamp, og hvis bare Skotland\nkunne holde fast i bolden, n\u00e5r det gjaldt allermest, kunne de have f\u00e5et en meget velfortjent, men ikke s\u00e6rlig sj\u00e6lden sejr over irerne. Irland var selv ret d\u00e5rlige\nog vil kun se dette som en kamp for at komme ud af f\u00e6ngslet. Skotland s\u00e5 t\u00e6t p\u00e5, men s\u00e5 langt v\u00e6k igen. I den sidste kamp i den f\u00f8rste weekend rejste verdensmesterskabets nummer to, England, til Frankrig.\ntil Frankrig. I \u00e6gte Six Nations-stil viste det sig at v\u00e6re en kamp i to halvlege. Frankrig var fantastisk i f\u00f8rste halvleg, og i stil med deres kamp mod Wales sidste \u00e5r opbyggede de en solid f\u00f8ring.\nsidste \u00e5r opbygge en solid f\u00f8ring. I anden halvleg kom England tilbage i kampen, Frankrig vaklede lidt, og stillingen blev t\u00e6ttere. Men ikke nok set med engelske \u00f8jne.\nsynspunkt, og Frankrig tog en velfortjent sejr. Med Irland, England ude, Wales upr\u00f8vet og Frankrig, der ser bedre ud, end de har gjort i lang tid, er der lagt op til\nrunde 2 i n\u00e6ste weekend.\n
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\nUge 2 af Six Nations og en massiv storm havde helt sikkert en stor indflydelse p\u00e5 kvaliteten af kampene. Wales kom godt fra start i uge 1\nmen som altid kan det v\u00e6re sv\u00e6rt og sandsynligvis uklogt at bed\u00f8mme et hold, der har vundet over Italien. Ude mod Irland i denne uge s\u00e5 waliserne ret tandl\u00f8se ud\nog blev sl\u00e5et godt og grundigt. Irland leverede en meget bedre pr\u00e6station end mod Skotland, og man ville ikke satse p\u00e5, at de kunne levere en Grand Slam. Skotland og England spillede\nen forf\u00e6rdelig kamp under forf\u00e6rdelige forhold, hvor England lige akkurat vandt straffesparkskonkurrencen. Helt klart en bedre pr\u00e6station end mod Frankrig, men stadig langt fra\nderes VM-niveau. I den sidste kamp udspillede et modstr\u00e6bende Frankrig et meget bedre Italien, og lad os se det i \u00f8jnene: De kunne ikke v\u00e6re meget v\u00e6rre end i uge 1 mod Wales.\ni det mindste lykkedes det dem i denne uge at f\u00e5 nogle point p\u00e5 tavlen. S\u00e5 i slutningen af uge 2 har vi stadig Irland og Frankrig med en chance for en Grand Slam!\n
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\nRunde 3 af Six Nations 2020, og du vil se flere opfordringer til, at denne turnering bliver blandet sammen. Endnu en gang lykkedes det ikke Italien at f\u00e5 et eneste point,\nDenne gang var det p\u00e5 hjemmebane mod Skotland for at g\u00f8re ondt v\u00e6rre. Det var en rimelig t\u00e6t kamp i store perioder af kampen, men Italien s\u00e5 bare aldrig ud til at sk\u00e6re igennem. Alt i alt\nikke en str\u00e5lende reklame for Six Nations. P\u00e5 den anden side spillede Wales og Frankrig en helt fantastisk kamp senere samme dag. Waliserne \u00f8nskede at opbygge momentum til\nSix Nations-titlen vidste, at dette var et must at vinde, samtidig med at de \u00f8delagde Frankrigs grand slam-h\u00e5b. Hvad der fulgte var en kamp, hvor Frankrig sk\u00f8d ud af blokkene igen, f\u00f8r Wales trak\ndem tilbage og var t\u00e6t p\u00e5 endnu en sejr over franskm\u00e6ndene... men ikke denne gang. I det, som mange neutrale ser som retf\u00e6rdighed, hang franskm\u00e6ndene bare p\u00e5, mens waliserne plagede dommeren som en flok klynkende fodboldspillere.\nklynkende fodboldspillere nok til at vende den gennemsnitlige neutrale fan mod dem. Weekendens sidste kamp var endnu et brag af en kamp, hvor Irland bes\u00f8gte England og spillede en rigtig h\u00e5rd kamp. Hvis det ikke var for et par\nfejl i forbindelse med en l\u00f8s bold, ville irerne stadig have haft en chance for at vinde grand slam, men som det var, udnyttede England alle fejlene og var i sidste ende v\u00e6rdige vindere.\n
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\nOfficielt den l\u00e6ngste runde i Six Nations' historie i det, der ogs\u00e5 vil vise sig at blive den l\u00e6ngste turnering. Kan nogen overhovedet huske begyndelsen\nmarts, hvor de f\u00f8rste to kampe blev spillet? Under alle omst\u00e6ndigheder fik England en smal sejr p\u00e5 hjemmebane over waliserne, som gjorde et fantastisk comeback i anden halvleg. Det\nholder England med i opl\u00f8bet om Six Nations 2020. I den anden kamp f\u00f8r Covid-19-pausen spillede Skotland en fantastisk kamp hjemme mod Frankrig, en af deres\nbedste Six Nations-pr\u00e6stationer i \u00e5revis. I den sidste kamp, der blev spillet i sidste uge, holdt Irland liv i h\u00e5bet om titlen med en bonuspointsejr over italienerne. Det samme\nigen i n\u00e6ste uge mod Frankrig vil se dem l\u00f8fte titlen, uanset hvad der sker i England-kampen.\n
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Det var v\u00e6rd at vente p\u00e5! Sikke en m\u00e5de at afslutte den l\u00e6ngste Six Nations-turnering i historien p\u00e5. Skotland var fremragende mod et walisisk hold, der virkede som om, de var over det hele, men det var kun starten p\u00e5 kampen. England var svingende, men gjorde til sidst nok p\u00e5 udebane mod Italien til at sikre den bonuspointsejr, de havde brug for, for at g\u00f8re turneringens sidste kamp interessant. Og derfra blev tingene lidt sl\u00f8rede. Men det, jeg husker, er, at Six Nations ikke blev afgjort f\u00f8r i de sidste minutter af den sidste kamp, og det er noget, vi har oplevet i alle Six Nations. Lad os bare h\u00e5be, at Six Nations i 2021 er lidt mere standardiseret i forhold til, hvorn\u00e5r kampene spilles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nL\u00f8r 01. februar 14:15 - Wales 42 - 0 Italien (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 01. februar 16:45 - Irland 19 - 12 Skotland (ITV)
\nS\u00f8n 02. feb 15:00 - Frankrig 24 - 17 England (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 08. februar 14:15 - Irland 24 - 14 Wales (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 08. feb 16:45 - Skotland 6 - 13 England (BBC)
\nS\u00f8n 09. feb 15:00 - Frankrig 35 - 22 Italien (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 22. februar 14:15 - Italien 0 - 17 Skotland (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 22. februar 16:45 - Wales 23 - 27 Frankrig (BBC)
\nS\u00f8n 23. februar 15:00 - England 24 - 12 Irland (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 07. marts 16:45 - England 33 - 30 Wales (ITV)
\nS\u00f8n 08. mar 15:00 - Skotland 28 - 17 Frankrig (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 24. okt 14:15 - Irland 50 - 17 Italien (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 31. okt 14:15 - Wales 10 - 14 Skotland (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 31. oktober 16:45 - Italien 5 - 34 England (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 31. oktober 20:05 - Frankrig 35 - 27 Irland (BBC)
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\nJeg har altid sagt, at man aldrig nogensinde vil se et spil som rugby, hvor man deler f\u00f8rste og anden halvleg op. Det ser ud til, at n\u00e5r f\u00f8rst et m\u00f8nster i spillet\ner etableret, forbliver det s\u00e5dan, indtil tr\u00e6nerne f\u00e5r styr p\u00e5 spillerne. Du vil ikke se et bedre eksempel p\u00e5 dette end den f\u00f8rste kamp i dette \u00e5rs\nSix Nations, da Wales rejste til Frankrig. Frankrig var majest\u00e6tisk i f\u00f8rste halvleg, hvor de l\u00f8b efter behag gennem Wales og fandt alle mulige huller. Wales\nvar p\u00e5 den anden side en katastrofe. Efter pausen vil du aldrig se en kamp med et st\u00f8rre rollebytte. Da Wales fandt formen, faldt Frankrig i stumper og stykker, og\nslutresultatet p\u00e5 24 -19 til Wales smigrede Frankrig. Utroligt efter f\u00f8rste halvleg! I de to andre kampe gav Skotland deres fans h\u00e5b om et endnu bedre Six Nations end i\nturneringen i 2018 med en h\u00e5rdt tilk\u00e6mpet sejr hjemme over Italien. Mens England slog sidste \u00e5rs vindere og grand slam-indehavere Irland og fik et bonuspoint i processen\nog gjorde sig selv til favoritter til at tage dette \u00e5rs titel. Jeg kan ikke vente til n\u00e6ste uge!\n
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\nSkotland, de m\u00e5 drive deres fans til vanvid! Efter en rigtig god start ville man tilgive deres fans for at tro, at de havde en god chance p\u00e5 hjemmebane mod et Irland, der ikke kunne\nikke m\u00f8dte op mod England? Men nej. De kom aldrig rigtig i gang, og for at v\u00e6re \u00e6rlig var det langt hen ad vejen den d\u00e5rligste kamp i dette \u00e5rs Six Nations. N\u00e6ste gang\nEt meget forandret Wales-hold rejste til Italien, hvor de kom p\u00e5 h\u00e5rdt arbejde. Kampen var j\u00e6vnbyrdig til langt ind i anden halvleg, hvor det s\u00e5 ud til, at den ekstra kondition\np\u00e5 det walisiske hold slog igennem, og til sidst vandt de overbevisende 26-15. Weekendens sidste kamp var en rigtig gammeldags s\u00f8ndagspubdag, hvor vi blev fork\u00e6let med\nen n\u00e6sten rekordstor pr\u00e6station fra England. Formm\u00e6ssigt var Frankrig langt mere i anden halvleg end i f\u00f8rste halvleg, som de spillede mod Wales. De enorme m\u00e6ngder plads\nbagved blev udnyttet af England, der hurtigt fik et bonuspoint. Og som jeg har sagt f\u00f8r, ser det ud til at tage en halvleg at \u00e6ndre en kamp, hvorfor kunne de franske spillere ikke\nselv se, hvad der skete, da England fortsatte med at sparke ind i de samme rum? Det var sgu indlysende selv for de mest afslappede fans, men det tog indtil pausen, f\u00f8r nogen sagde\net ord med p\u00e5 vejen, og at spillet i det mindste blev lidt t\u00e6ttere i anden halvleg. Alligevel var 44-6 til England velfortjent og kunne helt \u00e6rligt sagtens have v\u00e6ret mere. Pause i n\u00e6ste uge\nog s\u00e5 ser det ud til at kunne blive en titelafg\u00f8relse, n\u00e5r Wales er v\u00e6rt for England.\n
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\nEr der nogen, der kan stoppe Wales? De synes altid at g\u00f8re lige pr\u00e6cis nok til at vinde, og i denne uge fandt England p\u00e5 den h\u00e5rde m\u00e5de ud af, at 40 gode minutter mod et hold\nder ser ud til at have glemt, hvordan man taber, ikke er godt nok! Ligesom mod Italien og Frankrig s\u00e5 de faktisk ikke s\u00e5 overbevisende ud, men de vandt altid.\naltid p\u00e5 toppen, i dette tilf\u00e6lde med et ekstra skub, der gav en sejr p\u00e5 21-13 point. Apropos Frankrig, s\u00e5 vendte de tilbage til scoringsformen (og det samme kan siges om Skotland :)) med en rigtig god 27 - 19 hjemmesejr over skotterne. I den anden\nkamp i weekenden var Italien faktisk i spidsen mod Irland indtil pausen, men bedre kondition gjorde udslaget til sidst, hvor irerne lige akkurat\nen sejr p\u00e5 26-16. Hvis man ser p\u00e5 formen, burde n\u00e6ste uges kampe alle v\u00e6re ret ligetil, hvilket betyder, at vi ender med en super l\u00f8rdag med Six Nations\nden 16. marts.\n
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\nMed en Grand Slam stadig i sigte kvalte Wales livet ud af Skotland i denne uge. I hvad der var en virkelig god kamp at se p\u00e5, dominerede Wales f\u00f8rste halvleg.\nmens Skotland brugte hjemmebanefordelen til at omgruppere i anden halvleg, men det var ikke nok. Som jeg sagde f\u00f8r, ser Wales bare ikke ud til at vide, hvordan man taber, og kom over stregen\nmed 18 point mod 11. England p\u00e5 den anden side holdt deres spinkle titelh\u00e5b i live med endnu en bonuspointsejr, de \u00f8delagde et meget under niveau.\nItalien i f\u00f8rste halvleg, og p\u00e5 trods af at de slappede lidt af, vandt de stadig med 57-14. Helt \u00e6rligt, det kunne og burde m\u00e5ske have v\u00e6ret endnu v\u00e6rre for italienerne. Den sidste\nkamp i weekenden gav os endnu en chance for at se det bipol\u00e6re franske hold. En sk\u00e6ndsel i f\u00f8rste halvleg, hvor de knap nok s\u00e5 ud til at komme ud af deres egne 22. I anden\nhalvleg fors\u00f8gte de i det mindste, men endte alligevel med at tabe 26-14 til et irsk hold, der, hvis de kan sl\u00e5 Wales i deres sidste kamp, stadig har en chance for at vinde Six Nations-titlen. Jeg tror, at\nat dette \u00e5rs Six Nations har givet os flere kampe i to halvlege end nogen anden, og det burde give en fantastisk superl\u00f8rdag med kampe i sidste runde.\n
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\nJeg tror aldrig, jeg har set en hel dag med Six Nations-rugby, der involverede s\u00e5 mange f\u00f8lelser, op- og nedture, og hvad der kunne have v\u00e6ret et d\u00f8dt l\u00f8b\nblev til en af de bedste kampe i international rugby i nyere tid. Det hele startede med, at Italien leverede en meget mere modig pr\u00e6station\n(p\u00e5 hjemmebane selvf\u00f8lgelig) mod de bipol\u00e6re franskm\u00e6nd. Det var stadig ikke helt nok til at f\u00e5 sejren, og med stadig flere mennesker, der r\u00e5ber p\u00e5 nedrykning\/oprykning\ni Six Nations, er deres dage s\u00e5 talte? Forh\u00e5bentlig ikke, for der er fremskridt, og at tabe 14-25 mod et fransk hold, der m\u00f8dte op, er ingen sk\u00e6ndsel. Nu vi taler om at m\u00f8de op\nhvad skete der med irerne? I det, der skulle have v\u00e6ret dagens mest dramatiske kamp, skulle et genopst\u00e5et irsk hold (Grand Slam-vindere sidste \u00e5r) spille rollen som festbremse for waliserne.\nrollen som festbremse for waliserne. Det skete ikke helt, gjorde det? Waliserne var p\u00e5 toppen i alle 80 minutter, og der var stort set ingen dramatik, da de vandt 25-7, gennemf\u00f8rte Grand Slam og kom i finalen.\nGrand Slam og gjorde dagens sidste kamp ligegyldig ... troede vi i hvert fald. Det, der fulgte, kan virkelig ikke beskrives med ord, andet end\nat fort\u00e6lle, hvor meget international rugby i 2 halvlege kan fylde. I stedet vil jeg foresl\u00e5, at du s\u00f8ger efter h\u00f8jdepunkterne og nyder en klassiker! For mig var vi omkring 10 pints\np\u00e5 det tidspunkt og var godt p\u00e5 vej gennem et par rom og cola for at sk\u00e5le for den gamle mand, s\u00e5 chancen for at se h\u00f8jdepunkterne var meget v\u00e6rdsat. Den perfekte afslutning\np\u00e5 endnu en str\u00e5lende Six Nations-turnering.\n
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\nFre 01st Feb 20:00 - Frankrig 19 - 24 Wales (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 02. feb 14:15 - Skotland 33 - 20 Italien (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 02. februar 16:45 - Irland 20 - 32 England (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 09. feb 14:15 - Skotland 13 - 22 Irland (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 09. februar 16:45 - Italien 15 - 26 Wales (ITV)
\nS\u00f8n 10. februar 15:00 - England 44 - 8 Frankrig (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 23. februar 14:15 - Frankrig 27 - 10 Skotland (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 23. februar 16:45 - Wales 21 - 13 England (BBC)
\nS\u00f8n 24. februar 15:00 - Italien 16 - 26 Irland (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 09. marts 14:15 - Skotland 11 - 18 Wales (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 09. marts 16:45 - England 57 - 14 Italien (ITV)
\nS\u00f8n 10. marts 15:00 - Irland 26 - 14 Frankrig (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 16. marts 12:30 - Italien 14 - 25 Frankrig (ITV)
\nL\u00f8r 16. marts 14:45 - Wales 25 - 7 Irland (BBC)
\nL\u00f8r 16. marts 17:00 - England 38 - 38 Skotland (ITV)
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\nUgens kamp? Let, Skotland mod Irland i Six Nations-\u00e5bneren! Skotland kom rigtig godt fra start i f\u00f8rste halvleg, men da de s\u00e5 ud til at blive tr\u00e6tte i starten af anden halvleg, og irerne kom tilbage, var der lagt op til den type skuffelse, som skotterne har v\u00e6nnet sig til.\nvar der lagt op til den type skuffelse, som skotterne har v\u00e6nnet sig til. Men s\u00e5 skete der noget, som ikke sker s\u00e5 tit i elitesport: Skotland genvandt momentum og tog f\u00f8ringen igen og holdt fast i den f\u00f8rste Six Nations-sejr over irerne i lang tid.\nsejr over irerne i lang tid. Andre steder syntes den selvtilfredshed, som mange engelske fans var bekymrede for, at materialisere sig, og de var ekstremt heldige med at slippe af sted med en sejr p\u00e5 3 point over et fransk hold, der var meget\nold school fransk. I weekendens sidste kamp vandt Wales en ganske almindelig sejr over italienerne i anden halvleg efter at have f\u00e5et en forskr\u00e6kkelse i f\u00f8rste. F\u00f8r Six Nations startede, var der mange, der sagde, at\nkampen mellem Irland og England i den sidste weekend sandsynligvis ville blive afg\u00f8rende, men det er den m\u00e5ske ikke l\u00e6ngere?\n
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\nEndnu en fantastisk weekend med Six Nations-rugby, to gigantiske kampe, der kunne v\u00e6re g\u00e5et begge veje, og en kamp, der satte sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5lstegn ved id\u00e9en om at \u00e5bne op for muligheden for \"nedrykning\" fra Six Nations? Efter at Italien l\u00f8b t\u00f8r for kr\u00e6fter mod Wales\nforventedes det, at de ville yde st\u00e6rk modstand hjemme mod Irland, men det skete desv\u00e6rre ikke, og de blev udslettet, mens Irland scorede 9 fors\u00f8g i processen. Italien har nu en tur til Twickenham at se frem til! De andre kampe var meget t\u00e6ttere, Wales\nvar str\u00e5lende i 75 minutter af deres kamp mod England, men kunne bare ikke holde fast. Det var en stormende kamp at se p\u00e5, hvor dominansen skiftede fra det ene hold til det andet. Med det resultat er England nu oppe p\u00e5 16 sejre i tr\u00e6k, og nu venter Italien.\nI weekendens sidste kamp fulgte Frankrig op p\u00e5 sin gode pr\u00e6station mod England med en sejr over et skotsk hold, der havde chokeret Irland i den f\u00f8rste uge. Skotland blev ramt af hovedskader i l\u00f8bet af kampen, og det viser, hvor langt de er kommet, at\ndet kr\u00e6vede 2 sene straffespark af franskm\u00e6ndene at afg\u00f8re kampen.\n
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\nSkotland sl\u00e5r Wales, Irland bygger videre p\u00e5 deres nedrivning af Italien og sl\u00e5r Frankrig, og England sl\u00e5r Italien i en ikke s\u00e6rlig overbevisende pr\u00e6station og opn\u00e5r dermed 10 sejre i tr\u00e6k og tangerer Six Nations-rekorden.\n
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\nWales spillede en stor kamp for at sl\u00e5 Irland og give England chancen for at sikre sig to Six Nations-titler i tr\u00e6k, hvilket de gjorde i en overbevisende pr\u00e6station mod Skotland. For f\u00f8rste gang i\ni dette \u00e5rs turnering faldt alle elementer i det engelske spil p\u00e5 plads, hvilket gav dem en rekordstor 11. sejr i tr\u00e6k i turneringen. I den anden kamp fulgte Frankrig op p\u00e5 en rutinem\u00e6ssig sejr\nover Italien, hvilket gav anledning til endnu flere sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l om Italiens status i Six Nations.\n
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\nS\u00e5dan melder man sig ud af en Six Nations-turnering! Med intet andet end andenpladsen at spille for var de sidste to kampe to af de t\u00e6tteste i hele turneringen, hvor Frankrig og Wales slog rekorden for den l\u00e6ngste kamp, og det tog hele 20 minutter ekstra, f\u00f8r Frankrig endelig\nsnuppede sejren fra et synligt chokeret walisisk hold. S\u00e5 var der kun irerne tilbage til at sl\u00e5 engl\u00e6nderne i en meget sp\u00e6ndende og t\u00e6t kamp, hvor resultatet 13-9 var en god afspejling af, hvad der foregik p\u00e5 banen, s\u00e5 t\u00e6t p\u00e5 St Patricks Day, at det bare m\u00e5tte v\u00e6re s\u00e5dan! Ingen rekordsejre til engl\u00e6nderne, ingen grand slams i tr\u00e6k, irerne var glade, selvom det som neutral m\u00e5 siges at v\u00e6re\ner det sv\u00e6rt at forst\u00e5, HVORFOR de engelske fans er s\u00e5 forhadte, men irerne elskede? Man kunne ikke stikke et stykke papir ind i mellemrummet mellem niveauet af arrogance hos begge s\u00e6t fans (i hvert fald der, hvor jeg s\u00e5 p\u00e5), s\u00e5 det er lidt af et mysterium?\naf et mysterium? \n
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L\u00f8r 4. feb 14:25 - Skotland 27 - 22 Irland (BBC)
L\u00f8r 4. februar 16:50 - England 19 - 16 Frankrig (ITV)
S\u00f8n 5. feb 14:00 - Italien 7 - 33 Wales (ITV)
L\u00f8r 11. februar 14:25 - Italien 10 - 63 Irland (ITV)
L\u00f8r 11. februar 16:50 - Wales 16 - 21 England (BBC)
S\u00f8n 12. februar 15:00 - Frankrig 22 - 16 Skotland (BBC)
L\u00f8r 25. februar 14:25 - Skotland 29 - 13 Wales (BBC)
L\u00f8r 25. februar 16:50 - Irland 10 - 9 Frankrig (ITV)
S\u00f8n 26. februar 15:00 - England 36 - 15 Italien (ITV)
Fre 10. mar 20:05 - Wales 22 - 9 Irland (BBC)
L\u00f8r 11. marts 13:30 - Italien 18 - 40 Frankrig (ITV)
L\u00f8r 11. marts 16:00 - England 61 - 21 Skotland (ITV)
L\u00f8r 18. marts 12:30 - Skotland 29 - 0 Italien (BBC)
L\u00f8r 18. marts 14:25 - Frankrig 20 - 18 Wales (ITV)
L\u00f8r 18. marts 17:00 - Irland 13 - 9 England (ITV)
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\nDer er en gylden regel i tv: Hvis du har brug for en ekspert til at fort\u00e6lle dig, hvor sp\u00e6ndende noget er, s\u00e5 er der stor sandsynlighed for, at det ikke er s\u00e5 sp\u00e6ndende. Det var i h\u00f8j grad tilf\u00e6ldet i den f\u00f8rste uge af Six Nations 2016. De af os, der h\u00e5bede p\u00e5\net tilbageslag p\u00e5 den nordlige halvkugle med sp\u00e6ndende rugby efter VM-kaosset, blev lidt skuffede. Selvf\u00f8lgelig var der nogle h\u00f8jdepunkter, Italien, der n\u00e6sten slog Frankrig p\u00e5 udebane, og en meget sj\u00e6lden uafgjort i kampen mellem Irland og Wales.\nIrland mod Wales, men n\u00e5r alt kommer til alt, var den f\u00f8rste weekend bestemt en langsom omgang. P\u00e5 nuv\u00e6rende tidspunkt har holdene mere at tabe end at vinde, s\u00e5 forh\u00e5bentlig kommer der gang i tingene i n\u00e6ste uge, og vi f\u00e5r set lidt mere l\u00f8b med bolden.\n
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\nUge 2, og tingene begyndte at blive lidt varmere. P\u00e5 trods af en mangel p\u00e5 flydende rugby resulterede den fransk-irske kamp i en meget t\u00e6t kamp, hvor Frankrig lige akkurat vandt, selvom de var bagud med 6 point to gange. To skader i f\u00f8rste halvleg har kostet Irland\nenhver chance for at vinde Six Nations med kun 1 point i de f\u00f8rste 2 kampe. Frankrig har i mellemtiden vundet to ud af to, men er langt fra overbevisende. Kampen mellem Wales og Skotland var langt mere underholdende, og et tidligt fors\u00f8g til Wales satte gang i\net tidligt fors\u00f8g fra Wales syntes at s\u00e6tte gang i tingene, hvilket blev modsvaret af et fors\u00f8g fra Skotland inden for 15 minutter. Det f\u00f8lgende var en svingende aff\u00e6re, f\u00f8r Skotland s\u00e5 ud til at l\u00f8be t\u00f8r for kr\u00e6fter mod slutningen. Weekendens sidste kamp s\u00e5 ud til at kunne give en overraskelse, da Italien tog en tidlig f\u00f8ring.\nItalien tog en tidlig f\u00f8ring, men da England f\u00f8rst kom foran, var det stort set envejstrafik, og de scorede nogle flotte fors\u00f8g undervejs.\n
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\nUge 3 og grunden til, at Wales var storfavorit, f\u00f8r dette \u00e5rs Six Nations startede, kommer endelig frem. Det viste sig ogs\u00e5, hvor tilf\u00e6ldigt det franske hold er, men slutresultatet\nvar, at n\u00e6ste uges kamp mellem Wales og England med stor sandsynlighed bliver en afg\u00f8rende kamp i turneringen. I de andre kampe fik Skotland endelig en velfortjent Six Nations-sejr, da de vandt komfortabelt\nmod et us\u00e6dvanligt svagt italiensk hold, der normalt spiller meget bedre p\u00e5 hjemmebane. I weekendens sidste kamp vandt England over Irland i en meget t\u00e6t kamp, indtil et par hurtige fors\u00f8g afgjorde kampen i anden halvleg.\nafgjorde kampen i anden halvleg.\n
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\nUge 4 og det hele er overst\u00e5et, jeg tror ikke, nogen havde set det komme! I mods\u00e6tning til sidste \u00e5rs nerver i sidste runde er dette \u00e5rs turnering blevet afgjort tidligt. En dominerende f\u00f8rste halvleg af England over Wales\nvar nok til at bringe dem op i toppen af tabellen, og da kun Frankrig havde en chance for at stoppe dem, var deres nederlag til Skotland i s\u00f8ndags nok til at give England Six Nations-trof\u00e6et. Det eneste, der er tilbage nu, er at se, om de kan\nfuldf\u00f8re Grand Slam, n\u00e5r de spiller mod Frankrig i Paris i deres sidste kamp.\n
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\nEngland sikrer sig sin f\u00f8rste Grand Slam siden 2003, Skotland forts\u00e6tter med at imponere, men taber knebent p\u00e5 udebane til Irland, og Wales producerer den mest ensidige\nkamp i hele Six Nations, da de smadrede et Italien med manglende gl\u00f8d p\u00e5 walisisk jord. Alt i alt vil engelske fans v\u00e6re glade for, hvordan 2016\nSix Nations gik, men jeg f\u00f8ler med de neutrale, som vil f\u00f8le sig lidt skuffede efter dramaet i 2015-turneringen.\n
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L\u00f8r 6. feb 14:25 - Frankrig 23 - 21 Italien (BBC)
L\u00f8r 6. februar 16:50 - Skotland 9 - 15 England (BBC)
S\u00f8n 7. februar 15:00 - Irland 16 - 16 Wales (ITV)
L\u00f8r 13. feb 14:25 - Frankrig 10 - 9 Irland (BBC)
L\u00f8r 13. februar 16:50 - Wales 27 - 23 Skotland (BBC)
S\u00f8n 14. februar 14:00 - Italien 9 - 40 England (ITV)
Fre 26. feb 20:05 - Wales 19 - 10 Frankrig (BBC)
L\u00f8r 27. februar 14:25 - Italien 20 - 36 Skotland (ITV)
L\u00f8r 27. februar 16:50 - England 21 - 10 Irland (ITV)
L\u00f8r 12. marts 13:30 - Irland 58 - 15 Italien (ITV)
L\u00f8r 12. marts 16:00 - England 25 - 21 Wales (ITV)
S\u00f8n 13. marts 15:00 - Skotland 29 - 18 Frankrig (BBC)
L\u00f8r 19. marts 14:30 - Wales 67 - 14 Italien (BBC)
L\u00f8r 19. marts 17:00 - Irland 35 - 25 Skotland (ITV)
L\u00f8r 19. marts 20:00 - Frankrig 21 - 31 England (BBC)
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\nFantastisk start p\u00e5 turneringen, men Wales l\u00f8b t\u00f8r for kr\u00e6fter i anden halvleg mod England. Resultatet i Italien-Irland-kampen smigrede Irland en lille smule, og s\u00e5 leverede Skotland en helvedes kamp p\u00e5 udebane mod Frankrig.\nkamp p\u00e5 udebane mod Frankrig. Det ser ud til at blive en virkelig konkurrencedygtig Six Nations, Irland og England vil v\u00e6re de tidlige favoritter, men det kan alt sammen \u00e6ndre sig i n\u00e6ste uge, hvor Wales eller Skotland sandsynligvis vil komme tilbage i billedet.\n
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\nHvad kan man sige om Skotland? Sn\u00e6vert sl\u00e5et af Frankrig og nu sn\u00e6vert sl\u00e5et af Wales. Har de forbedret sig? Selvf\u00f8lgelig har de det, men de er bare efterladt i den uheldige situation, at de er n\u00e6sten-m\u00e6nd, hvis bare de kunne konvertere flere af\nderes m\u00e5lchancer, ville de v\u00e6re helt deroppe. I de andre kampe gjorde England, hvad der forventedes af dem hjemme mod Italien, selv om det var efter en meget sv\u00e6r start. Irland var igen bundsolidt, ikke spektakul\u00e6rt, men de nedk\u00e6mpede et fransk hold, der\nbare aldrig ser ud til at f\u00e5 det til at fungere p\u00e5 udebane. Der er ingen tvivl om, at det bliver kampen i den tredje weekend med Six Nations-action, Irland mod England, som ser ud til at blive en mesterskabsafg\u00f8relse. \n
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\nS\u00e5 meget for at Irland mod England skulle v\u00e6re en mesterskabsafg\u00f8relse, efter denne uges kampe ser det ud til, at vi st\u00e5r over for endnu en \"afg\u00f8relse\" i runde 4, n\u00e5r Wales m\u00f8der Irland. Runde 3 var lidt af en skuffelse i dette\n\u00e5rets Six Nations. Mens England ikke m\u00f8dte op i Irland (hvad skete der med den l\u00f8bende rugby fra tidligere kampe?), gjorde Irland et h\u00e5ndv\u00e6rkeragtigt stykke arbejde mod dem, og Frankrig beviste, hvilket \u00e6gte Yo-Yo-hold de er, denne gang ved at underpr\u00e6stere p\u00e5 hjemmebane.\nfor at give Wales en chance for at vinde Six Nations-titlen. Wales udnyttede fuldt ud, hvad der blev tilbudt. Weekendens klart bedste kamp var Skotland mod Italien, og jeg er ikke sikker p\u00e5, hvor mange der ville have troet det, f\u00f8r kampene begyndte.\ndet, f\u00f8r kampene startede? Kudos til Italien for det, der kun er deres anden udesejr nogensinde i Six Nations-turneringen, kun den mest h\u00e5rdnakkede skotte vil h\u00e6vde, at det ikke var velfortjent, da Skotland endnu en gang ikke form\u00e5ede at f\u00e5 mest muligt ud af deres muligheder.\nderes muligheder. \n
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\nDet ser ud til, at ingen faktisk \u00f8nsker at vinde dette \u00e5rs Six Nations! Ved at sl\u00e5 Irland (og oven i k\u00f8bet godt sl\u00e5et) har Wales \u00e5bnet op for mesterskabet og giver sig selv, England og Irland en chance for at\ntage trof\u00e6et i den sidste spillerunde. Alt andet lige ser det ud til, at Six Nations 2015 kommer til at handle om pointforskel. \n
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\nDen bedste sidste dag i Six Nations i nyere historie? Vi havde det hele, og hvem skulle have troet, at et underkendt fors\u00f8g fra Skotland ville vise sig at v\u00e6re s\u00e5 afg\u00f8rende for, hvem der skulle tage trof\u00e6et med hjem? Dagen\nstartede med, at det bedste walisiske hold i historien (seri\u00f8st, walisiske BBC-eksperter, I er n\u00f8dt til at tage et skridt tilbage) udslettede Italien og gav sig selv en chance. Irland gjorde rent bord mod Skotland, deres bedste pr\u00e6station\ni dette \u00e5rs konkurrence. Og s\u00e5 var der lagt op til en storsl\u00e5et finale p\u00e5 Twickenham og et af de bedste opg\u00f8r mellem England og Frankrig, jeg nogensinde kan huske. Kudos til begge hold. Slutresultatet blev\nIrland tog trof\u00e6et for andet \u00e5r i tr\u00e6k, England blev nr. 2 og Wales nr. 3, og alle hold sluttede med samme antal point. Det samme igen n\u00e6ste \u00e5r, drenge, ville v\u00e6re perfekt.\n
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\nFre 6. feb 20:05 Wales 16 - 21 England\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 7. februar 14:30 Italien 3 - 26 Irland\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 7. feb 17:00 Frankrig 15 - 8 Skotland\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 14. februar 14:30 England 47 - 17 Italien\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 14. februar 17:00 Irland 18 - 11 Frankrig\t
\t\nS\u00f8n 15. februar 15:00 Skotland 23 - 26 Wales\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 28. feb 14:30 Skotland 19 - 22 Italien\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 28. februar 17:00 Frankrig 13 - 20 Wales\t
\t\nS\u00f8n 01. mar 15:00 Irland 19 - 9 England\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 14. marts 14:30 Wales 23 - 16 Irland\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 14. marts 17:00 England 25 - 13 Skotland\t
\t\nS\u00f8n 15. mar 15:00 Italien 0 - 29 Frankrig\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 21. marts 12:30 Italien 20 - 61 Wales\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 21. marts 14:30 Skotland 10 - 40 Irland\t
\t\nL\u00f8r 21. mar 17:00 England 55 - 35 Frankrig\t
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\nEn anst\u00e6ndig start p\u00e5 Six Nations i \u00e5r med den utvivlsomme stjernekamp mellem Frankrig og England, en \u00e6gte kamp med 2 halvlege og en, der bare\nviser, hvor t\u00e6tte kampe kan v\u00e6re p\u00e5 dette niveau. I de andre kampe havde Wales og Irland lignende kampe, langsomme i starten, men da de f\u00f8rst kom i gang, vandt de begge klart over Italien og Irland.\nvar de begge klare vindere over henholdsvis Italien og Skotland. Her er video-h\u00f8jdepunkter fra alle kampene:-\n
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\nJeg tror, vi alle kan blive enige om, at Irland mod Wales ikke rigtig levede op til optakten. Jeg havde forventet en ekstremt t\u00e6t og n\u00e6sten titelafg\u00f8rende kamp. I stedet dukkede waliserne knap nok op, og i kampen mellem hjerne og muskler vandt hjernen komfortabelt. Jeg vil dog v\u00e6re forsigtig med at sige for meget, for jeg gik for meget op i Wales sidste \u00e5r og kom til at se ud som en rigtig idiot! De to andre kampe var stort set standard, og denne uge ville altid v\u00e6re den mest forudsigelige med England og Frankrig, der vandt komfortable sejre over Skotland og Italien. Videoh\u00f8jdepunkterne fra Six Nations 2014 runde 2 kan ses nedenfor:\n
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\nJeg var af sted p\u00e5 et skib, der reklamerede med at have en lokal pub. Desv\u00e6rre blev pubben kun til en pub, n\u00e5r der ikke var en musikquiz for de \u00e6ldre, s\u00e5 jeg gik glip af alle disse kampe! Det var \u00e6rgerligt.\n
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\nIrland smadrer Italien, det er der ikke meget nyt i, for Italien m\u00e5 v\u00e6re et af de v\u00e6rste udehold, jeg nogensinde har set, og forskellen mellem deres pr\u00e6stationer p\u00e5 hjemmebane og udebane er ikke til at overse. Bortset fra\nvar der en meget t\u00e6t kamp mellem Frankrig og Skotland, som franskm\u00e6ndene lige akkurat vandt (endnu et hold, der var meget d\u00e5rligt p\u00e5 udebane), og endelig slog England Wales for at sikre sig en Triple Crown og bevare h\u00e5bet om at l\u00f8fte Six Nations-trof\u00e6et.\nSix Nations-trof\u00e6et. Den sidste kampdag skal vise sig at blive en gyser, hvor England h\u00e5ber p\u00e5 at skabe en cricketscore mod Italien (en helt anden udsigt med italienerne p\u00e5 hjemmebane) for at l\u00e6gge pres p\u00e5\nIrland, som rejser til Frankrig i dagens sidste kamp. Selv om Irland er i pole position p\u00e5 point, kan det stadig g\u00e5 begge veje.\n
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\nSix Nations 2014 slutter med et dr\u00f8mmeresultat for irerne og is\u00e6r for Brian O'Driscoll, som slutter sin sidste kamp med et Six Nations-trof\u00e6. Det var en af de dage, der m\u00e5tte involvere pubben\nog vi var der tidligt for at se England \u00f8del\u00e6gge Italien. Det er bare en skam, at et par defensive fejl og beslutningen om at foretage s\u00e5 mange udskiftninger senere i kampen kunne have kostet England en endnu st\u00f8rre sejr. Wales viste dem\ndem, hvordan det skulle g\u00f8res, med en knusende sejr over et skotsk hold, der ser ud til at have brug for en masse arbejde. S\u00e5 var der kun turneringens sidste kamp tilbage: Kunne Irland f\u00e5 den sj\u00e6ldne sejr p\u00e5 udebane mod Frankrig?\nsejr p\u00e5 udebane mod Frankrig. Patrick's weekend fandt vi hurtigt ud af, hvorfor der var reserveret s\u00e5 mange borde p\u00e5 pubben (ja, en pub, hvor man ikke kunne finde en plads hele dagen, fordi folk havde reserveret borde).\nborde, der kommer jeg ikke igen!). Fem minutter f\u00f8r kick-off kom de irske horder, og vi blev fork\u00e6let med en kamp, der kunne v\u00e6re g\u00e5et begge veje, lige indtil de sidste minutter, hvor\nFrankrig fik et fors\u00f8g underkendt af videodommerne. Det var en fantastisk dag, som blev toppet af et par af vores irske f\u00e6tre og kusiner, men det viser bare, hvilken fantastisk sport rugby er, og hvad fodboldfans\nkunne l\u00e6re af rugby-publikummet. Tillykke til Irland.\n
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\nL\u00f8r 1. februar 14:30 Wales 23 - 15 Italien
\nL\u00f8r 1. feb 17:00 Frankrig 26 - 24 England
\nS\u00f8n 2. feb 15:00 Irland 28 - 6 Skotland
\nL\u00f8r 8. februar 14:30 Irland 26 - 3 Wales
\nL\u00f8r 8. februar 17:00 Skotland 0 - 20 England
\nS\u00f8n 9. feb 15:00 Frankrig 30 - 10 Italien
\nFre 21st Feb 20:00 Wales 27 - 6 Frankrig
\nL\u00f8r 22. feb 13:30 Italien 20 - 21 Skotland
\nL\u00f8r 22. februar 16:00 England 13 - 10 Irland
\nSat 8th Mar 14:30 Ireland 46 – 7 Italy
\nSat 8th Mar 17:00 Scotland 17 – 19 France
\nSun 9th Mar 15:00 England 29 – 18 Wales
\nSat 15th Mar 12:30 Italy 11 – 52 England
\nSat 15th Mar 14:45 Wales 51 – 3 Scotland
\nSat 15th Mar 17:00 France 20 – 22 Ireland
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\nWell as far as starts to the Six Nations go I think most people would agree that the 2013 tournament would take some beating! To get the worst out of the way first the poorest game was definitely the England \nvs Scotland game. Scotland turned up with much hype over how close these games have been for the past 3 years but it was as easy a win for England at this level as you are ever likely to see. But don’t let that fool you into\nthinking it was a “bad” game, there was a lot of running rugby, the English centre was very impressive and compared to some games in previous tournaments it was a fantastic match! Just a shame that it couldn’t match up to\nWales against Ireland and Italy versus France. The Welsh, Irish game was the ultimate game of 2 halves. The Irish blitzed the first half and then seemed to enjoy sitting back in the second whilst Wales took lunking great chunks from their\nlead. Alas, it wasn’t enough to stop Wales creating a new losing streak record of 5 home games lost in a row. I said before the tournament I couldn’t see where the Welsh optimism after the Autumn internationals was coming from and I stick to that now. \nYes they did well in the second half but only after the Irish slowed to crawling pace. The Sunday game of Italy against France was the game of the weekend for me. I’d tipped France as favourites for the whole tourament before this game and how wrong could I be?!\nItaly deserved everything they got, it’s not worth writing about, if you didn’t see it hunt down the highlights on the web!<\/a>\n \nDo we blame the weather or was week 1 just an anomoly? Who knows but week 2 of the 2013 Six Nations was a shocker. England out battled and kicked a fairly tame Ireland, Italy did what they always do away from home and the Welsh returned to winning ways against the \nworst French performance I can remember in recent history. But I really can’t be bothered\nwriting too much about the actual quality of the rugby, instead just watch the rather short highlights. Ireland vs England<\/a>. Scotland vs Italy<\/a>. France vs Wales<\/a>.\n \nNot a lot of great rugby was played again this week but we there was plenty of gritty action and we got to welcome France to the 2013 Six Nations tournament. \nWales started to look good against an Italian team that are always a difficult opponent at home, if anything it looked as though\nthe Italians were suffering from not having their captain and usualy number 8 on the pitch but kudos to Wales for taking advantage. The Scotland vs Ireland game\nwas one of the most one sided games in Six Nations history! Posession and territory heavily dominated by Ireland but then Scotland won the kicking match and actually won the game! I think the Scottish commentary team were in shock!\nEngland vs France was all about France showing up and putting in any sort of a performance and for the majority of the game that’s exactly what they did. The first half was very tight and\nthen thanks to some dodgy substitutions England were given the opportunity to build a meaningful lead and ran out comfy winners. The biggest disappointment of the game was Chris Ashton again, I don’t know what it is with that bloke but he appears to be believing his own hype, constantly \nwinding up opponents with “footballer” style niggles and then generally being shit when he gets the ball. But anyway, week 3 done and it’s only England that have a chance at the Grand Slam although Wales and Scotland (yes Scotland) are still in with a chance of taking the Six Nations title.\n \nFrom the best first week things have been slowly slipping down hill ever since, the situation around the scrums has totally spoilt the game for me. Highlights of the games:- Scotland vs Wales<\/a> Ireland vs France<\/a> England vs Italy<\/a>\n \nWeek 5 from the 2013 Six Nations shall forever be known as the day when things went back to normal. Italy produced a storming home performance (to be fair to them on the back of a great away day versus England) to beat the Irish and spoil what may be Brian O’Driscoll’s last game for the Irish. Scotland were well beaten by the French who although picking up their\nfirst win of the tournament were unable to avoid the wooden spoon, something I’m sure which will delight the Italians. Finally we have the title decider and as we said earlier, things back to normal, an English international team froze completely and went rapidly from Grand Slam hopefulls to 15 blokes bumbling around a pitch looking lost. For rugby fans at least the last set of games\nproduced some good rugby with some tries because to be honest the previous 3 sets of fixtures had been dire as I’m sure will be reflected in the TV viewing figures when they get released. To attract new fans to rugby there has to be more of a flow to the game and it seems with how the rules are being \ninterpreted in the northern hemisphere at the moment that’s just not happening. Anyway, congratulations to Wales for turning around their tournament and running our deserved winners, I’m sure I called that back in week 1…(or maybe not ;))\n \nSat 2nd Feb 13\t13:30\tWales\t 22 – 30 \tIreland\t \nFor this years Six Nations I’m going to do something a little different with my weekly round ups. I’m going to try and sum up the whole weekends action in 1 word so to get things\nstarted I’d like to offer up the word “tight” for the first week of the 2012 Six Nations. Although being fair I could have quite easily used the word “crap” up until the point where\nthe Ireland Wales game kicked into life. France fail to seam roll Italy in quite the fashion everybody was expecting with France playing at home, Scotland vs England was the worst game\nof rugby I can remember watching in a long time. But all this was made up for when Ireland and Wales put together one of the best games of international rugby union in the last 10 years, only ending with a \nspectacular last minute win for Wales.\n \nFor this weeks “Word Of The Week” I think we are best off sticking with Cold! Just when you thought it couldn’t get any colder\nthan the Italy versus England game we found out that the France vs Ireland game was going to be postponed due to a frozen pitch, bad time all around.\nIn the games that did take place England eventually came out on top versus Italy despite the Italians leading at half-time due to 2 late tries. England had to thank another Charlie Hodgson charge down and the \nexcellent kicking skills of Owen Farrell for their win. Despite being poor in both games England are now 2 wins out of 2 but with more sterner challenges to come. In the other game \nWales took on Scotland and despite a brave effort by the Scotts ended up winning comfortably 27 points to 13. There was one major downer though and that was the injury to their winger and \narguably player of the tournament so far George North. The man mountain had to go off with ankle damage and it’s not clear yet whether he’ll play any further part in the 2012 Six Nations. \n \nThere is only 1 possible word that would fit this weeks Six Nations round-up, Irony<\/b>. The irony of an England team finally turning up and showing what they are capable off only then to lose. Really? Two weeks\nof utter rubbish that resulted in wins and then 1 weeks where we get entertaining, skilful, free flowing rugby and they lose! On the positive side for Wales it is going to take a \nvery good team to stop them doing the Grand Slam. Will the French be able to stop them, I have a sneaky feeling not. In the other games Scotland put in a real shift against the French and were unlucky to go down\n23 points to 17, a game that also saw a couple of nasty injuries. The first game of the weekend saw the usual Italian away team turn up, how a team can play so different home and away is anybodys guess? Either way they got \nsteam rolled by the Irish 42 points to 10. At least we got to see some great rugby this week, to be honest the first 2 weeks of the 2012 Six Nations were not exactly ball breaking excitement were they?\n \nSeeing as how we were treated to 3 fantastic games this weekend I think it would be rude to choose any other word than Awesome<\/b> (in a fake American accent) to describe what we saw. Things started off well\nwith a game that was supposed to be a Welsh annihilation of the Italians but it never really turned out like that. The Italian tackling in the first half was a thing of beauty, but it was no real\nsurprise to see them tire later on in the game and the Welsh run out clear 24 points to 3 winners. It was still a brilliant game and for 60 minutes it could have went either way. The same could be said of the\nIreland, Scotland game. When Scotland went 6 points up early doors I’m sure many Irish fans were worrying that their bogey team were going to haunt them once again. It wasn’t to be the case in the 2012 Six Nations though\nbecause a free running Ireland team were scoring tries where the Scottish were restricted behind the game line most of the time. After 80 minutes we’d all witnessed a real belter of a rugby match with the 32- 14 score somewhat\nflattering the Irish. Then finally we get to the game of the weekend. At last we see an English team not kicking the ball away at every opportunity. At last we get to see and English team playing the French at their own game.\nIt was one of the best games in the Six Nations for many a year, you’d be much better of finding a highlights video than reading about it, so that’s what I suggest you go and do! \n Lets end this years Six Nations with our final word….DRUNK. That sums up things perfectly. I can remember Italy getting a deserved win against the Scottish but from that point onwards things got a bit blurry. But apparently Wales won the Grand Slam and England one with ease against the Irish. Who’d have guessed it. Same again then next year lads ?! <\/p>\n\n\n\n \nI have an admission to make, I decided to kick of the 2011 Six Nations by having a few friends around the house so the memories of the Wales ?? England game might be a little jaded! OK, very jaded. I think it would be fair to sum it up as this though, England started well, invited Wales back into the game but just about deserved to hold on for 26-19 win, fair? Perhaps most importantly for fans of running rugby the 2011 Six Nations continued where the Autumn Internationals left off. Sure there was plenty of kicking away possession in the first half an hour but once both teams settled down we were treated to some great rugby and some cracking tries. The second admission is that the fuzzy head didn??t help things on the Saturday either. Italy vs Ireland was a belter for different reasons. Talk about close to an upset? The Ireland game was littered with errors and it helped give Italy a sound footing in the game, the Italians just love playing at home and they came oh so close to a first ever Six Nations win over Ireland with a try in the last 5 minutes. Ireland were dire, no other words for it and they can thank o??Gara for saving any blushes with a drop goal in the last couple of minutes to give them a ??closer than close?? 13 points to 11 victory. If only Italy would have converted the try. The final game of the first weekend saw Scotland taking on France. Passion, pace, running and impact ?? another great game of rugby. Scotland seems to have lifted themselves a level above recent Six Nations efforts and had France under plenty of pressure for a lot of this game. However the French class told in the end and despite a great effort by Scotland France ran out 34 -21 winners. Scotland should not be too downbeat, with a little bit more of a cutting edge they could have caused a massive upset. So what can we conclude from the first weekend of the 2011 Six Nations? Ireland look off their game, England can be still be sloppy but France look bang on form and perhaps ready for back to back grand slams? We??ll see. \n \nEngland vs Italy – England on top all the way through and a proper good old fashioned stuffing. In Ashton England have one of those rare talents that always seems\nto find himself in the right place at the right time. Strangely enough even though Italy were shocking at the line out all through the game it was actually the source of their\nconsolation try late on. It’s hard to understand how Italy can play so differently home and away in the Six Nations? England on this form will take some stopping. Scotland vs Wales was a much more competitive affair all around (not hard) and one that managed to throw the form book on the bonfire. After Scotlands\nperformance against France the previous week great things were expected of them, however them took massive steps back. Wales on the other hand were resurgent. As soon as Wales scored early this game never really seemed to be in doubt, even when they went down to 13 men Scotland failed to take any real advantage. Shane Williams is another of those\nplayers that has a real talent for being in the right place. Finally, Sunday gave us the game of the weekend with Ireland playing France in a very tight game. I think it would be fair to say that\neverything that happened in this game was down to Ireland in one way or another. When they were good they scored tries, when they were bad they gave away endless penalties. France were consistent throughout and kept themselves right in the game with some\nexcellent kicking, eventually running out 25-22 winners. An absolute cracking game to watch and one that Ireland could have easily of won with better discipline.\n \nThe third week of this years Six Nations could really have been the decisive set of games in terms of deciding an eventual winner. The weekend started of with Italy versus Wales and what a brilliant game it was. I sound like an old record\nbut Italy are so much better at home and there were none of the signs of weakness that the displayed against England in their last game. Wales struggled to build on their convincing win over the Scots but just about held out for a very hard fought victory (worth noting that\nif Italy could find a kicker they would have won this game!). Shortly afterwards it was the big decider, England vs France. Can I be honest here without appearing biased? England stuffed them! Other than some sloppy penalties England were far and away the more creative and direct team \nand it was every bit a deserved victory. Even more so considering some French students had gathered in the same pub as us – thank you fate, it’s not often I get to watch England win in the pub and I thank my lucky stars it was a day when the French were in town! The final game of the\nweekend saw Ireland travel the short distance to Scotland. Could Scotland get any worse than the previous game? Of course not, it was a much improved display that saw them lose by just 3 points to an Irish team that alough wasteful at times still look a force. After 3 games\nthe Six Nations is still poised with England ahead (3 victories out of 3) with Ireland, Wales and France all on 2 wins. With England still having to play Ireland it’s certainly not all over yet.\n \nHow many times have I written about Italy being a tough team at home tens, hundreds, thousands? It should come as no surprise then that\nwhen Bergamasco finally puts his kicking boots on they finally turn over one of the big teams. It should come as no surprise that this team would be the French this year either. I can’t tell you just how\ndelighted I was for the Italians, that 22-21 result (A well deserved hard fought one) has made their year already. The French on the other hand were dire. Not one of them could hold their head up after that display and say they gave 100%. Wales gave themselves\na slim chance of still lifting the Six Nations trophy with a dubious 19-13 win over Ireland. It was a very even game until a Scottish official made an almighty ballsup by allowing Wales to take a quick line-out with what was obviously the wrong ball. Not only that but he then confirmed without doubt that it was “the right ball”. Surely this sort of nonsense only happens in football? What\nit did show up though was just how irate team officials can get in rugby. Imagine how irate team\/club officials would get if there was ??20-??30 million riding on it. Those figures are not far from the mark in big promotion\/cup\/title football games. Respect is all well and good until somebody mistake causes a club to go under and lots of people\nto lose their jobs. Just a thought. Anyhoo back to the Rugby. England were nervous as hell against the Scots. Personally I think the Italy result had put doubts in their minds as well as giving the Scottish a boost. A gutsy performance from the Scots which saw them hold England until half time was perhaps worthy of a draw? England’s fitness seemed to tell in the second half and they just about managed a \n22 – 16 victory. Scotland have been so up and down in this years Six Nations, it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if they got a good win in their last game. But the big question on everybody’s lips going in to the last week is…will England do the Grand Slam or will Ireland open it up for another team to lift the Six Nations trophy? \n \nThe final week of the 2011 Six Nations gave us a chance to see just what a massive impact home advantage is in the Six Nations. There were comfortable wins for Scotland, France and Ireland. Obviously most significant in these\nwas the Irish demolition of England. Within 10 minutes it was fairly clear to all but the most die hard English fans that the game was up and there would be no Grand Slam. It was a result that left the English needing some help from the French in order to take the Six Nations title. If Wales could have won \nby a big margin they could take the honours on the final day but it wasn’t to be. The French still smarting from the defeat by Italy the previous week were far from their best but still too strong for Wales. This only left the wooden spoon and completely true to form the Italians which had achieved the unthinkable only a week before were\nback to their away form worst. Scotland even managed to break their try scoring voodoo at home and ran in a couple. After this final weekend of the 2011 Six Nations that leaves England is the winners with Italy taking the Wooden Spoon. Bring on the World Cup I say!\n \nFri 4th Feb 19:45\tWales 19 – 26 England\t \nWhat a brilliant weekend of Rugby, I’ve got to admit that there was far more ball in hand rugby than what I was expecting. Of course just like\nevery first weekend of the Six Nations there were plenty of errors in each game but it all looks good for some free flowing rugby later on in the tournament. In the games\nIreland were a little stodgy against Italy who themselves battled hard. England were impressive against Wales although even the most die hard English fan would have to admit\nthe game was won when Wales were rightly down to 14 men. The importance of discipline in the international game shone through once again. The final game of the weekend\nsaw France looking dangerous against a solid Scottish team. It was nice to see France on their game from the very beginning of the Six Nations. Player of the weekend had to be\nMathieu Bastareaud, the 18 stone French center. He looked unstoppable and his second try against Scotland was awesome.\n \nAnother weekend of superb Rugby action. I’ll get what was by far the worst game of the weekend out of the way first, England vs Italy. After the excitement of Saturday and Englands improved form\nagainst Wales the previous week this one was a shocker. Italy were much improved but even so nothing could hide the total lack of ambition from an England team that were happy to kick the ball in a completely aimless fashion\ntime after time. France vs Ireland on the other hand was full of fast paced ball in hand Rugby. Well I say ball in hand but in Ireland’s case it was much more ball falling out of hand, I don’t think I can recall so many knock-ons \nfrom one team in a game. France were in top form and have surely got to be favourites for a grand slam with England being the only other possible Grand Slam nation. Bastareaud was in ominous form once again, showing a little more to his game including setting up a try\nand some hard hitting tackling. Ireland were below par for them but I doubt that even a top Ireland performance would have been good enough to beat a top French performance at the moment. That only leaves the game of the weekend and perhaps the best game the Six Nations has\never seen, Wales vs Scotland? It didn’t stop from the first minute, both teams full of ambition and Scotland playing out of their skins to build a sizable lead. Right up until the last 10 minutes. What followed can not be portrayed properly through words, the only thing I can\ndo is recommend in the strongest possible way that you find the highlights of this game and watch it! (BBC iPlayer will have it). One of the best 10 minutes of rugby I can ever remember watching and a prefect\nadvert for the 6 Nations. Not so much a player of the week this week, more a team of the week and I’m going to give that to Wales and Scotland jointly, if you didn’t see it then you really need to watch that game \ud83d\ude42 \n \nThe third week of Six Nations produced a mixed bag of rugby. The highlight had to be the Wales vs France game on the Friday, France put themselves\ninto a great position with a commanding lead in the first half but then seemed to completely relax in the second half. This gave Wales the chance to play\nthemselves into the game, a chance they weren’t shy in taking. It couldn’t possibly happen again could it? When Shane Williams went over for only minutes to go I bet there were\nplenty of Welsh fans that believed it could happen! Alas France held on for a deserved win by kicking the ball straight out from the restart (a lesson their for Scotland maybe?). The second\ngame saw Scotland play Italy. In a game that both teams see as their best chance for winning a game in the Six Nations this was always going to be a tight affair. Penalties were the order\nof the day with both side exchanging blows. It all game time to a frantic last few minutes in which Italy held on to secure a rare win in the Six Nations, the home crowd went nuts. To be fair to Italy their home form has been building and\nI don’t think many people would have been too shocked to see them win. Scotland always have a chance at home against England to avoid the wooden spoon. Talking of England, another sack of old shite. By far the most boring game\nof the weekend as they played out a dull as dishwater, take no chances game, against Ireland. Ireland won the game 3 tries to one and even though they had limited chances they looked to run the ball and take each one. A complete contrast to the English “pass sideways” or punt it play. It’ll be a good\nday when England finally wake up to the actually standard of rugby they are inflicting on their fans! When it comes to player of the week I’m going to give it to\nthe Welsh wing Shane Williams, the little man was an inspiration again against the French. \n \nI’m going to keep this really short, I’m still gutted by the total lack of progress being made by England, not to mention the post match England camp spin machine spewing nonsense. England play the most unwatchable Rugby of any international team I’ve watched in the last 20 years. This wouldn’t be so bad if they were playing \neffective Rugby, but as was proven against Scotland they are not. A 15-15 (no trys) score says more about that game than anything I ever could. Luckily fur us rugby fans we had the other 4 teams to provide some top class ENTERTAINING rugby. The Ireland Wales game was compelling to watch, for the second weekend in a row\nIreland seemed to be happy to sit back and pick apart their opposition at just the right time. The speed at which they were able to score was impressive and they ran out well deserved winners over the Welsh. Wales did have a bit of an off day but even at their best I don’t think they would\nhave had the right answers to stop the Irish who if they would have had their kicking boots on would have won be even more. In the final game of the weekend on Sunday France destroyed Italy. Well that’s how it started, but by mid way through the second half Italy woke up and and even managed to score a couple of well worked trys. Perhaps that had something to do with France experimenting with their subs but even\nso all credit must be given to Italy for never letting their heads go down. It was a 1000% more enjoyable watch than the Calcutta Cup game. Man of the weekend is big Lawrence Dallaglio for having the balls to speak his mind and express how disapointed he was, good on him. \n \nWhat a great end to the Six Nations Super Saturday was. I’ll be honest here, I spent a large part of the day in the pub so some of the details are a little hazy, especially about the England game but I’ll do my best to sum up what happened.\nThe first game of the day saw Wales take on Italy. Italy true to form were rubbish away from home, they always are! It was kept fairly close for the first half but as soon as the second half started Wales just blew them\naway with some decisive finishing. Next up was the game of the day for me, Ireland vs Scotland. From the first minute I got the impression that the Irish were only there for a party, turn up, beat Scotland, celebrate last game at Croke Park? Somebody obviously forgot to tell Scotland the script and the team\nwhich has been really unlucky this Six Nations actually got the luck in the last few minutes and a much deserved victory. I have never seen so many upset Irish lads in one pub. Johnny Sextant in particular came in for a lot of stick from his own fans. Last and for once not least it was England vs France at the\nStade de France. Hands up if you were fearing the worst? My hands up. I was expecting a kicking England game and not only a hammering but also a really dull game. It was a massive surprise but a very pleasant one. The changes Martin Johnson had made to the team worked wonders\nand England fans were treated to a great display of running rugby. It wasn’t quite enough on the night to beat the French who fair play to them have been far and away the team of the tournament. A well deserved Grand Slam for France, no Triple Crown for the Irish and at last an English performance worthy of the name. A great day of rugby all around and a very sore head on the Sunday.\n \nSat 6th Feb \t14:30\tIreland\t29 – 11 \tItaly\t Holy long pages Batman, this ones going to be a beauty! Back in the day we used to do our own write-ups from all the Six Nations games, mostly inspired by afternoons in the pub watching the matches with mates! 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n2013 Six Nations Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nSat 2nd Feb 13\t16:00\tEngland\t 38 – 18 \tScotland
\nSun 3rd Feb 13\t15:00\tItaly\t 23 – 18 \tFrance
\nSat 9th Feb 13\t14:30\tScotland\t 34 – 10 \tItaly
\nSat 9th Feb 13\t17:00\tFrance\t 6 – 16 \tWales
\nSun 10th Feb 13\t15:00\tIreland\t 6 – 12 \tEngland
\nSat 23rd Feb 13\t14:30\tItaly\t 9 – 26 \tWales
\nSat 23rd Feb 13\t17:00\tEngland\t 23 – 13 \tFrance
\nSun 24th Feb 13\t14:00\tScotland\t 12 – 8 \tIreland
\nSat 9th Mar 13\t14:30\tScotland\t 18 – 28 \tWales
\nSat 9th Mar 13\t17:00\tIreland\t 13 – 13 \tFrance
\nSun 10th Mar 13\t15:00\tEngland\t 18 – 11 \tItaly
\nSat 16th Mar 13\t14:30\tItaly\t 22 – 15 \tIreland
\nSat 16th Mar 13\t17:00\tWales\t 30 – 3 \tEngland
\nSat 16th Mar 13\t20:00\tFrance\t 23 – 16 \tScotland
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n2011 Six Nations Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nSat 5th Feb 14:30\tItaly 11 – 13 Ireland\t
\nSat 5th Feb 17:00\tFrance 34 – 21 Scotland
\nSat 12th Feb 14:30\tEngland 59 – 13 Italy
\nSat 12th Feb 17:00\tScotland 6 – 24 Wales
\nSun 13th Feb 15:00\tIreland 22 – 25 France
\nSat 26th Feb 14:30\tItaly 16 – 24 Wales
\nSat 26th Feb 17:00\tEngland 17 – 9 France
\nSun 27th Feb 15:00\tScotland 18 – 21 Ireland
\nSat 12th Mar 14:30\tItaly 22 – 21 France
\nSat 12th Mar 17:00\tWales 19 – 13 Ireland
\nSun 13th Mar 15:00\tEngland 22 – 16 Scotland
\nSat 19th Mar 14:30\tScotland 21 – 8 Italy
\nSat 19th Mar 17:00\tIreland 24 – 8 England
\nSat 19th Mar 19:45\tFrance 28 – 9 Wales
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<\/p>\n\n\n\n2010 Six Nations Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nSat 6th Feb \t17:00\tEngland\t30 – 17 Wales\t
\nSun 7th Feb \t15:00\tScotland 9 – 18\tFrance\t
\nSat 13th Feb \t14:00\tWales 31 – 24 \tScotland\t
\n\nSat 13th Feb \t17:30\tFrance 33 – 10 Ireland\t
\nSun 14th Feb \t15:30\tItaly 17 – 12 England\t
\nFri 26th Feb \t20:00\tWales 20 – 26 \tFrance\t
\nSat 27th Feb \t14:30\tItaly 16 – 12\tScotland
\t\nSat 27th Feb \t16:00\tEngland\t16 -20 Ireland\t
\nSat 13th Mar \t14:30\tIreland\t 27 – 12 \tWales\t
\nSat 13th Mar \t17:00\tScotland\t15 – 15 \tEngland\t
\nSun 14th Mar \t15:30\tFrance\t 46 – 20 \tItaly\t
\nSat 20th Mar \t14:30\tWales\t 33 – 10 \tItaly\t
\n\nSat 20th Mar 17:00\tIreland\t 20 – 23 \tScotland\t
\nSat 20th Mar \t19:45\tFrance\t 12 – 10 \tEngland\t
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