Here’s your round up of the latest round of the 6 Nations Rugby Tournament;
England 17 France 9
England showed great determination and patience when things did not go their way during the match. Key performers were Ben Foden, Tom Palmer and Mike Tindall. There is a lot of talk of England’s chances of the Grand Slam and even The World Cup later this year. Things are definitely looking good for England rugby fans. England lead the table by 2 points in other terms one more win than Wales who are second place.
France were better than they had been during the tournament so far but the match was full of errors on both sides and England took their chances and it paid off. England will play Scotland at Twickenham next and France head to Italy.
Italy 16 Wales 24
Italy blew their chance in their match with Wales. Bergamasco missed three costly kicks and then after he was replaced they still missed their valid points. Wales admitted they were lucky and had Italy had a better goal kicker on the day it would have been a very different story. Italy will host France next and Wales are at home to Ireland.
Scotland 18 Ireland 21
Scotland still have not scored a try at home under Andy Robinson. Ireland are giving away penalties at an alarming rate and they should have won this at a greater margin than they did. Scotland host Italy in the next match and Ireland head to Wales.
Remaining Matches;
Saturday 12th March – Italy v France
Saturday 12th March – Wales v Ireland
Sunday 13th March – England v Scotland
Saturday 19th March –Â Scotland v Italy
Saturday 19th March – Ireland v England
Saturday 19th March – France v Wales
Also the last time England won a Grand Slam they started with a win in Cardiff and ended with a win in Dublin đ
And finally… Jonny Wilkinson even got the chance to chart a record points total in Test Rugby this weekend. New Zealand’s Dan Carter (my favourite rugby player ;-)) had taken it from Wilkinson last year. With Flood now first choice on Martin Johnson’s team sheet I don’t expect him to stay at the top of the list for long…
(Less of the fangirl swooning please Sarah – ED)