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Owen Farrell Books His Lions Spot (Ireland vs England)
Last minute of the match, and Ireland couldn’t even get a line out in their own half to go right. Owen Farrell wasn’t flawless, and England didn’t score any tries, but there was no question as to the best team on the damp and muddy pitch, and as to the identity of the favorites to keep on to win the 2013 Six Nations Championship.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Blaming Wayne Rooney for England’s Euro 2012 Exit
Instead of going after Roy Hodgson or the English FA, it looks like Wayne Rooney is the new scapegoat for yet another English failure at a major tournament, this time Euro 2012. It’s easier than talking about tactics or the head. Blaming Rooney, Manchester United and Alex Ferguson is always easy.
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England and a History of Penalty Shootouts Failures
If there was anyone surprised about England losing another knockout stage affair in a big tournament after a penalty shootout, you haven’t been following the sport for the last 20 years. Since Italia ’90, when Germany went to the finals at the expense of Bobby Robson’s lads, England have made a point of finding a way to fail from the spot when the match is on the line.
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Euro 2012 – England vs Italy Summary
Before the quarterfinals, this matches was labeled as the one that could be the first in Euro 2012 to end in a 0-0 and give us the dreaded penalty kicks. Italy tried to avoid them, England tried to avoid conceding, and in the end justice prevailed as Italy came through in the penalty shootout.
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Where to Watch England vs Italy Live
For those of you who’ll have problems watching the England – Italy Euro 2012 quarterfinals, we’ve come up with some links for you to watch in what might be the tightest and hardest fought of the knockout stage matches, through some online streaming sites across the web.
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Theo Walcott – How to Find the Best in Him More Often
Sometimes, it all comes together. Theo Walcott has these moments, when you understand what Arsene Wenger saw in him six years ago, when he purchased him from Southampton before his 17th birthday. His 30 minutes on the Kiev pitch, leading England to a 3-2 win over Sweden.