2011 6 Nations - Starts This FRIDAY

[Iceman]

The fixture list for the 2011 RBS 6 Nations has been announced with another tantalising finale is in store for rugby fans.
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On March 19, Grand Slam holders France host Wales in the final match of the tournament while England travel to the refurbished and renamed Aviva Stadium to take on Ireland and Scotland play Italy keen to avenge their 16-12 defeat.

The opening weekend on February 4/5 - which already sees Wales and England make history by starting the Championship on a Friday night - are a reverse of 2010's first round games with Ireland and Scotland travelling to Italy and France respectively.

Ireland's first match back at Landsdowne Road after four years at Croke Park is at home to Les Bleus the following weekend.

The tournament takes on extra significance with the 2011 World Cup just months away and David Pickering, Chairman of the Six Nations Council, said: "The RBS 6 Nations Championship remains the envy of the rugby world, a tournament played with pride and passion and drenched in history and tradition".

All UK time - Add 1 hour for France and Italy

RBS Six Nations Fixture Schedule 2011
Friday 4th February - Wales v England - 7.45pm
Saturday 5th February - Italy v Ireland - 2.30pm
Saturday 5th February - France v Scotland - 5pm

Saturday 12th February - England v Italy - 2.30pm
Saturday 12th February - Scotland v Wales - 5pm
Sunday 13th February - Ireland v France - 3pm

19/20 February Free

Saturday 26th February - Italy v Wales - 2.30pm
Saturday 26th February - England v France - 5pm
Sunday 27th February - Scotland v Ireland - 3pm

5/6 March Free

Saturday 12th March - Italy v France - 2.30pm
Saturday 12th March - Wales v Ireland - 5pm
Sunday 13th March - England v Scotland - 3pm

Saturday 19th March - Scotland v Italy - 2.30pm
Saturday 19th March - Ireland v England - 5pm
Saturday 19th March - France v Wales - 7.45pm

[Captain.Remy]

Pre-ranking:

Winner - France/Ireland.
Runner-up - Ireland/France.
3rd - England.
4th - Wales.
5th - Scotland.
6th - Italy.

Should be an interesting one mate :hugesmile: Get ready for some serious a$$ kicking bro

[Legend killer]

Hope Ireland win even though i was born in England my mum and dad (both Irish) would die before they let me support England in any thing lol

[Iceman]

Ireland rugby coach Declan Kidney could be without Geordan Murphy for the early stages of the RBS 6 Nations championship.

The Leicester captain was stretchered off after 71 minutes of Saturday's English Premiership match against Northampton and it is now believed that he has suffered a dislocated ankle.

'He's gone over on his ankle and we'll assess it over the next couple of days,' said Leicester boss Richard Cockerill in the wake of his side's victory over Northampton, but the prognosis does not appear to be promising.

Rob Kearney has already been ruled out of the opening games of the Six Nations with a knee injury, leaving Kidney without his two first choice full backs and opening the door for Luke Fitzgerald.

[DDRickyDD]

1. England
2. Ireland
3. France
4. Wales
5. Italy
6. Scotland

[Novo]

1. England

The rest don't matter

[Iceman]

England V Wales @ 19.45 on Friday!!!!!!!

[Captain.Remy]

I seriously can't wait. I've got a feeling this year will be a huge battle. Should be good :hugesmile:

And good luck Ireland and England, you'll need it :laugh:

[Iceman]

A friday game is going to be really weird...

[Novo]

I seriously can't wait. I've got a feeling this year will be a huge battle. Should be good :hugesmile:

And good luck Ireland and England, you'll need it :laugh:

England 54
France 7


Get £10 on that score

[Captain.Remy]

England 54
France 7


Get £10 on that score

Keep dreaming bruv, it's not happening. It's not.

France will win by a 3 points margin over England.

[Novo]

Keep dreaming bruv, it's not happening. It's not.

France will win by a 3 points margin over England.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb150/TOTO-LERO/gifs/000130d8.gif

[Captain.Remy]

can't see the pic :tongue:

[Captain.Remy]

:dance: LET THE FIGHT BEGIN!!!!

Good luck to everyone, enjoy the tournament, hopefully it's a great one and we'll have fun together commenting.

Going to the pub tonight to watch Wales vs England.

England to win! :hugesmile:

[Captain.Remy]

Summary - Week 1:

Wales 19 – 26 England
Italy 11 – 13 Ireland
France 34 – 21 Scotland

Ranking - Week 1:

1 France
2 England
3 Ireland
4 Italy
5 Wales
6 Scotland

[Captain.Remy]

New avatar and sig for the tournament :hugesmile:

[DDRickyDD]

England are going to win the grand slam, they are easily the best team in the competition.

[Iceman]

Ireland beating France already :P sorry remy

[Niamh.]

Ireland beating France already :P sorry remy

not anymore :/ they're playing well though

[Iceman]

its been on okay first half.....

[Niamh.]

yeah, very close

[Niamh.]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO /caps

[Iceman]

glad we've gone into half time winning.

[Niamh.]

glad we've gone into half time winning.

we're playing really well, I was worried after the Italian game

[Iceman]

Me too, good going so far though

[Iceman]

getting sloppy now

[Niamh.]

not a great start

[Iceman]

15- 15 now

[Iceman]

god damn

[Niamh.]

Bollox.

[Iceman]

O Gara on NICE

10 point lead ****

[Iceman]

2 meteres

[Iceman]

ah cmon

[Iceman]

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Iceman]

oh ym god

[Iceman]

Think we got it

[Iceman]

possible knock on

[MTVN]

Looks like a try to me

[Iceman]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iceman]

what a conversion

[Niamh.]

G'wan O'Gara!!!

[Iceman]

cmon put em under pressure

[MTVN]

Gonna be an interesting end to this one

[Niamh.]

jesus 10 minutes to catch up

[Iceman]

Gonna be an interesting end to this one

gonna be so close I recokon

[Iceman]

4 mins, think its over now anyway :(

[Niamh.]

:(

[Niamh.]

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Iceman]

ah that was it... France turnover

[MTVN]

:o

[Niamh.]

Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

[Iceman]

should have been a penalty for ireland

[Iceman]

close game best of 6 Nations so far, well done to France

[Niamh.]

I know ffs, don't think that ref likes us much :/

[Iceman]

penalty France. well done

[Captain.Remy]

I was about to have a heart attack at the end. The first 10 minutes were a disaster for us but then we came back strong. I told my friends it would be a close call, they all told me "No way, Ireland is going to eat us alive" and yet I was RIGHT.

Well done to Ireland, they played well, loads of physical stuff out there but they made too many mistakes by the end.

And of course, I'm proud of my team. If we beat England in 2 weeks, not only we win the 6 Nations but we get the Gram Slam back to back (pretty easy to assume we'll beat Wales and Italy)

Summary of the weekend coming up in a few minutes.

[Iceman]

Was a great game I have to say. Best so far this year

[Captain.Remy]

Summary - Week 2:

England 59 - 13 Italy
Scotland 6 – 24 Wales
Ireland 22 - 25 France

Ranking - Week 2:

1 England
2 France
3 Wales
4 Ireland
5 Scotland
6 Italy

[Captain.Remy]

Was a great game I have to say. Best so far this year

I agree. It was tough, Ireland really went for it. They did well, they deserved to win based on their strategic moves but 3/4 mistakes in a row killed them.

[Iceman]

Yeah, I hope we at least put on a strong showing and win the triple crown again....

[Novo]

England are going to dominate this year, feel sorry for France next week they may as well not show up

[Captain.Remy]

England are going to dominate this year, feel sorry for France next week they may as well not show up

Keep dreaming bruv because it's not happening. Although, it's going to be a tough one between France and England in two weeks. :hugesmile:

[Captain.Remy]

Well played England but damn it, that's so unfair :(

Good for them, I'm a bit bitter tho, my rugby boys and I were pissed but hey, that's the game.

[Novo]

England :worship:

[Captain.Remy]

England :worship:

be quiet. :nono:

:tongue:

[DDRickyDD]

England are once again coming good in a World Cup year, 3 games won with 2 games to play, the Grand Slam will be won by England this year and who knows perhaps a 2nd World Cup could be coming back to England in November.