European Rugby
Scotland (10) 17 France (10) 23 (Final Score)
Scotland and France did battle in the Six Nations at Murrayfield, Edinburgh at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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I looked at the SuperSport TV schedules and I could not see any significant live rugby this weekend. So it seems we have one last break to do this…
But then our lives will be annexed by our beloved game RUGBY.
Wales (3) 27 / Scotland (3) 13 (Final Score)
Wales and Scotland did battle in week 2 of the Six Nations of 2012 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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France / Ireland (Game Postponed)
France and Ireland were supposed to do battle in week 2 of the Six Nations of 2012 at Stade de France, Paris at 22:00 SA Time (20:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was supposed to be broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Italy (12) 15 / England (6) 19 (Final Score)
Italy and England did battle in week 2 of the Six Nations of 2012 at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome at 18:00 SA Time (16:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scotland international fly half Dan Parks has announced that he will retire from playing international rugby with immediate effect leaving Scotland without a first choice pivot for the rest of the Six nations.
Ireland (10) 21 / Wales (5) 23 (Final Score)
Ireland and Wales did battle in the Third Six Nations Test of 2012 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland at 17:00 SA Time (15:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & SHD on TV in SA.
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Scotland (6) 6 / England (3) 13 (Final Score)
Scotland and England did battle in the Second Six Nations encounter of 2012 at Murrayfield, Edinburgh at 19:00 SA Time (17:00 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 & M-Net on TV in SA.
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France (15) 30 / Italy (6) 12 (Final Score)
France and Italy did battle in the First Six Nations encounter of 2012 at Stade De France, Paris at 16:30 SA Time (14:30 GMT).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & M-Net on TV in SA.
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Old hurts and new hopes will all be in the air when Scotland and England start their Six Nations campaign with the latest edition of international rugby union’s oldest match on Saturday.
World Cup finalists France will bid to get their Six Nations campaign off with a resounding bang when they host Italy at the Stade de France on Saturday.
England caretaker coach Stuart Lancaster has named his team to face Scotland with three new caps in the starting line up for Saturday’s Six Nations match at Murrayfield.
With the Six Nations looming large it might be time to have a look at what we can expect from the tournament the players, coaches and of course the referees.
Wales have suffered a further injury blow with the news that hooker Matthew Rees will miss the Six Nations opener away to Ireland and next week’s home match against Scotland.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney has made three changes to the team that played Wales in Ireland’s final 2011 Rugby World Cup match for this weekend’s Six Nations opener.
New Italy coach Jacques Brunel has changed nearly half of Italy’s squad for his Six Nations debut against his home nation France on Saturday.
Wales record try scoring winger Shane Williams will hang up his rugby boots and retire from all rugby at the end of this season.
Scotland coach Andy Robinson is to hand uncapped Edinburgh winger Lee Jones a debut against England in the RBS Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Wales came from nowhere to win it in 2008 with a Grand Slam to boot. Ireland emulated them twelve months later, France followed suit in 2010 and last year England made it to the top of the pile before their World Cup implosion.
There is nothing to beat the RBS 6 Nations and not merely because of its capacity to spread the title around. Four different champions in successive years had last happened long before the Five became Six, a sequence completed in 1982 when Ollie Campbell’s fusillade of seven goals swamped a lone Scottish try to guarantee Ireland the Triple Crown and, ultimately, the championship.
Ireland coach Declan Kidney picked five uncapped players on Monday in his final 32-man squad for his team’s Six Nations opener against Wales.
The All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry has described England as “world champions at wasting talent” and as playing a game based on fear.
The Outspoken Toulon owner and club president Mourad Boudjellal has been given a 130-day ban for using lurid language to describe the level of refereeing in a recent Top 14 Rugby match.
Twenty-seven-year-old Edinburgh Rugby hooker Ross Ford has been appointed Scotland captain for the opening match of the Six Nations Championship – against England at Murrayfield.
Sunday afternoon’s Heineken Cup sixth round pool clashes brought an end to the Pool phase of the Heineken Cup and the quarter finalists have now been decided.
Jean-Pierre Elissalde’s brief reign as coach of struggling French Top 14 club Bayonne ended on Sunday after just three matches, the Sud-Ouest newspaper reported on its website.
Newcastle Falcons have announced that Gary Gold has been appointed as director of rugby for the remainder of the current season.
England Caretaker Coach Stuart Lancaster has revealed his revised England Elite Player squad which has nine players who have no Test Experience.
Wales’ Rugby World Cup captain Sam Warburton has been named rugby personality of 2011 beating World Cup winning coach Graham Henry to the title.
World Cup-winning South African captain John Smit is set to play more regularly at prop for his new club, Saracens.
Former French international fly-half Frederic Michalak, who currently plays for the Natal Sharks in Durban South Africa has verbally agreed to join Toulon on a three-year contract.
Toulouse’s South Africa hooker Gary Botha broke his right leg in Friday’s French Top 14 win over Montpellier and will be ruled out for up to four months.
Scotland’s most-capped player Chris Paterson has put an end to his 12-year international career, but won’t hang up his boots altogether and will continue playing for Edinburgh.
The Irish Rugby Football Union has announced a change in the way they will manage Non-Irish qualified players from the 2013/2014 season.
England’s RFU have revealed that Ian Ritchie will become the new Chief Executive Officer of the Rugby Football Union.
Rugby World Cup winning fly-half Jonny Wilkinson has retired from international rugby union after 91 matches for England.