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The opening weekend of this year’s Six Nations action served in answering several questions regarding the title-challenging credentials of some of the championship hopefuls. Wales, France and Ireland all started the tournament with wins at home and as a result are in the driving seat for eventual glory at the end of the campaign. As Planet Rugby pointed out in December, this year’s...
Published: February 3, 2014
Wins for France, Wales and Ireland got this year’s Six Nations off to a booming start, with all three home teams managing to defend their turf with varying degrees of difficulty. The opening weekend didn’t fail to impress, upholding its billing as possibly the tightest rendition in the tournament’s history, shown by the closer margins by which results were decided. Now that the dust...
Published: February 2, 2014
Last year saw Scotland finish higher than Ireland in the Six Nations final table for the first time in the tournament’s history, giving this weekend’s meeting in Dublin some fiercer context than usual. In 2013, Scott Johnson’s side were good enough to hold out for a 12-8 win over their Celtic rivals at Murrayfield, but Ireland have since undergone some radical change. Joe Schmidt’s...
Published: February 1, 2014
Putting an end to England’s three-year winning streak, France managed to pull back a victory against Stuart Lancaster’s side in their Six Nations opener on Saturday evening. Philippe Saint-Andre’s men had a mound of responsibility to improve upon following 2013’s last-place finish in the competition, and a 26-24 triumph against tough opposition saw just that. The Stade de France...
Published: February 1, 2014
It wasn’t the simple drubbing that many might have been expecting for this year’s Six Nations opener, but Warren Gatland’s Wales side had enough to start their title defence with a 23-15 win over Italy on Saturday. At the end of the day, though, the Welsh will be happy just to have begun their 2014 with a win on the board, setting them in the right direction to see off the bigger...
Published: February 1, 2014
Saturday’s Six Nations opener pits two teams with quite opposite expectations of the 2014 tournament against one another. Warren Gatland’s team are vying for a third successive title whilst Jacques Brunel’s remain in search of their first-ever championship, hoping to avoid the wooden spoon award just as they did in 2013. The Millennium Stadium will be a harsh atmosphere for the Azzurri...
Published: February 1, 2014
After coming so close in 2013, England once again will bid to break Wales’ hold on the Six Nations this year, with their campaign beginning in French surroundings. It’s a mountain of a climb for Stuart Lancaster’s side which, not abnormally, has taken on another experimental twist for the major European tournament. Philippe Saint-Andre will be hoping Les Bleus have enough about...
Published: February 1, 2014
This year’s Six Nations sees a host of questions looming over the heads of Europe’s biggest rugby bastions, with the 2014 edition of the tournament promising to be the most open competition yet. Will Wales be able to clinch a third, historic title in a row? Will England’s experimental line-up be enough to upset the applecart? Can Italy and Scotland maintain their rise from notorious...
Published: January 30, 2014
France and England clash once again this weekend in a matchup that promises to separate two of this year’s biggest contenders for the 2014 Six Nations title. It’s a fixture that stretches back as far as 1906 when the two teams first met in Paris, both going on to establish themselves as two of the rugby universe’s heaviest hitters. Though archives won’t yield evidence of all...
Published: January 30, 2014
Rory McIlroy finished tied ninth at the Dubai Desert Classic after falling away on the final day. A stunning 63 in his opening round set the Northern Irishman up for an excellent tournament, before solid rounds of of 70 and 69 saw him consolidate his sport in the upper reaches of the leader board. But three bogeys in four holes on the back nine on the final day derailed his chances of victory here. Following...