Tag: 6 Nations

  • 2013 Six Nations – Scotland vs Ireland Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – Scotland vs Ireland Predictions

    After avoiding the Wooden Spoon with an impressive win in the second week, Scotland are hoping that their ability early in the 2013 Six Nations Championship might mean that their inability to beat Ireland at home in the tournament and in general will take a turn for the better after a two week break.

  • 2013 Six Nations – England vs France Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – England vs France Predictions

    Despite the clear difference in ability and result from both sides, it would be quite an uneducated and underestimating guess to consider England should have no problem beating France for a third consecutive time in the Six Nations.

  • 2013 Six Nations – Ireland vs England Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – Ireland vs England Predictions

    It’s been quite a while (ten years) since England last managed a Six Nations win at Ireland, but their first visit to the Aviva stadium since August 2011 brings with it a different sense of favorites, and a sign of change in the constant power struggle.

  • 2013 Six Nations – France vs Wales Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – France vs Wales Predictions

    There wasn’t too much for France to take from their opening weekend defeat in Rome, but the fact that Wales haven’t won in Paris since February 2005 has to be one of the few things keeping a smile on their players heading into their second 2013 Six Nations match.

  • Owen Farrell Keeps Getting Better (England vs Scotland)

    Owen Farrell Keeps Getting Better (England vs Scotland)

    It wasn’t a perfect performance from the young England Fly-Half, but you couldn’t have asked for much more as well. Owen Farrell kept hitting penalties and making the right passes and decisions as the home side began their Six Nations campaign brilliantly, demolishing a Scotland side that fought hard, but wasn’t really close to causing an upset.

  • Brian O’Driscoll With a Little Bit More Magic (Wales vs Ireland)

    Brian O’Driscoll With a Little Bit More Magic (Wales vs Ireland)

    Counted out time and time again, Brian O’Driscoll keeps coming back, this time with a tremendous match in the 2013 Six Nations opener, leading Ireland to a very impressive away win against Wales after a perfect first half and an enormous defensive effort, sometimes with 14 men, in the second.

  • 2013 Six Nations – England vs Scotland Predictions

    Few sport rivalries in this world are as ancient as the one between England and Scotland in Rugby Union, playing for the Calcutta Cup, but in recent years, especially in the Six Nations, it’s been one of the more one-sided one’s as well.

  • 2013 Six Nations – Wales vs Ireland Predictions

    2013 Six Nations – Wales vs Ireland Predictions

    The opening match in the 2013 edition of the Six Nations tournament brings together two teams that have formed possibly the finest rivalry in the tournament in recent years; Wales, the defending champions and Ireland, who haven’t won a Six Nations title since 2009.

  • Squads for the 2013 Six Nations Championship

    Squads for the 2013 Six Nations Championship

    For the 14th time, the Six Nations Championship gets underway; counting the previous Home Nations and Five Nations incarnations, this is the 119th edition of the annual Northern Hemisphere championship. Wales are the defending champions, England are confident due to their Autumns tests and the win against the All-Blacks, while France always have the talent to win it, but not always the will.

  • Six Nations Grand Slam Winners Since 2000

    Although it sounds impressive, the Grand Slam in the Six Nations era has not been that hard to achieve. Since Italy joined the competition in 2000, 8 Grand Slams have been achieved out of the 13 tournaments. Wales, winning 2012, made it 3 Six Nations grand slams for them, making it even with France, who they beat to capture their fifth win in 2012.