Three Six Nations games are played today but unfortunately the early Saturday games overlap with a Super Rugby game and a game in the Lions Challenge.

So, we’ve decided to do one combined Six Nations Article for the early games and a seperate one for the late evening game… giving progress and scores from both Six Nations matches.

Here it is…

Italy (9) 22 / 15 (6) Ireland (Final Score)

Italy and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT) on Saturday 16 March 2013.

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast on SuperSport 6 & SHD 4 on TV in SA.

Scorers:

Italy:

• Penalties – Luciano Orquera (4), Gonzalo Garcia (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Giovanbattista Venditti (1)
• Conversions – Luciano Orquera (1)

Ireland:

• Penalties – Paddy Jackson (5)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Richard Hibbard (1)
• Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (1)

Teams:

Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Giovanbattista Venditti, 13 Gonzalo Canale, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Luke McLean, 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Edoardo Gori, 8 Sergio Parisse (Captain), 7 Simone Favaro, 6 Alessandro Zanni, 5 Joshua Furno, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 3 Leonardo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Alberto De Marchi, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Paul Derbyshire, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Tommaso Benvenuti.

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Keith Earls, 10 Paddy Jackson, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (Captain), 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahoney, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Stephen Archer, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Iain Henderson, 21 Paul Marshall, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Luke Fitzgerald.

Date: Saturday 16 March 2013
Kick-off: 16:30 SA Time (15:30 Italy Time, 14:30 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Expected weather: The whole world saw Wednesday’s heavy rain but it seems that Rome will be sunny on Saturday – not hot with a high of 11°C, dropping to 3°C
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland)

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Wales (9) 30 / 3 (3) England (Final Score)

Wales and England did battle in the Six Nations tournament at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 on TV in SA.

Scorers:

Wales:

• Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (3), Dan Biggar (2)
• Drop Goals – Dan Biggar (1)
• Tries – Alex Cuthbert (2)
• Conversions – 0

England:

• Penalties - Owen Farrell (1) 
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – 0
• Conversions – 0

Teams:

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton, 6 Justin Tipuric, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Ian Evans, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Gethin Jenkins (Captain).
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Scott Andrews, 19 Andrew Coombs, 20 Aaron Shingler, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 James Hook, 23 Scott Williams.

England: 15 Alex Goode, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Mike Brown, 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw (Captain), 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley, 17 David Wilson, 18 Mako Vunipola, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 James Haskell, 21 Danny Care, 22 Toby Flood, 23 Billy Twelvetrees.

Date: Saturday 16 March
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 19:.00 SA Time (17:00 GMT)
Expected weather: They are likely to close the roof, which will make the weather irrelevant. But just in case the roof stays open: Spells of dry, bright weather interspersed with showers, these becoming heavy at times. The high will be 8°C and the low 3°C.
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), John Lacey (Ireland)
TMO: Marshall Kilgore (Ireland)