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Football Soccer Formula 1 Rugby Racing Golf Blogs TennisPublished: February 12, 2011
The two pre-tournament favourites meet at the Aviva Stadium—or Landsowne Road, as most of us still call it—in the final match of the weekend. France had an easy ride against Scotland last weekend, whilst Ireland were almost undone by Italy and will want to bounce back hard. Irish Overview Ireland know that they only avoided embarrassment against the Italians because their opponents—literally—dropped...
Published: February 11, 2011
Scotland take on Wales at Murrayfield in what could turn out to be the battle to avoid the wooden spoon. Scotland didn’t cover themselves in glory against France last weekend, whilst Wales lost at home to England for the first time since 2003. Scottish overview Scotland coach Andy Robinson was bullish after losing to France, pointing out that each of France’s...
Published: February 11, 2011
After their exciting victory over Wales, England begin a run of three home matches with a game against an Italian side who will themselves be confident after coming within an ace of beating Ireland last weekend. English Overview Despite the various problems that they encountered against the Welsh last Friday—lack of power in the scrum, Louis Deacon’s senseless yellow card, Chris...
Published: February 4, 2011
If it is February, it must be time for the Six Nations, the rugby competition so venerable that it makes every other contest—the World Cup, the Tri-Nations—look like a pretentious young upstart. The final game of opening weekend sees Scotland travel to Paris to take on a French team hopeful of a repeat of last year’s tournament victory French overview As is his wont, French...
Published: February 4, 2011
If it is February, it must be time for the Six Nations, the rugby competition so venerable that it makes every other contest—the World Cup, the Tri-Nations—look like a pretentious young upstart. In the tournament’s second game, Italy—wooden spoonists of the last three competitions—take on an injury-depleted Ireland. Italy overview There are two ways of looking at...