Six Nations

Six Nations: Week 4 Review

Wales captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday's clash with Italy after he failed to recover from a knee injury.

Stuart Lancaster's young England side suffered their first loss of the 2012 Six Nations, as Wales claimed a 19-12 victory to seal the Triple Crown.

For reasons determined only by the rugby Gods everything is now measured by France. How was the pitch; was it more playable than the Stade de France?

This weekend's only fixture sees France take on Ireland at the Stade de France after the original fixture was postponed three weeks ago due to a frozen pitch.

Ireland secured their first win of the championships with a runaway 42-10 victory over Italy at the Aviva Stadium.

Six Nations: Preview Week 3

How's it going guys? As round two of the RBS 6 Nations battle took place it made England and Wales look like the two teams most eager to take home some silverware.

Ireland are unhappy with Six Nations Ltd's decision to play their rescheduled match with France on Sunday, March 4.

A gutsy win for England at the Stadio Olimpico saw them go top of the table running out 19-15 winners against Italy. England came from 15-6 down to scrape their second win of the championship.

How's it going my rugby buddies! As the Six Nations swings by it's a great couple of months for all rugby fans in the Northern Hemisphere.

'Four year cycles' is a term that fell into the laps of rugby fans last weekend as the Six Nations kicked off.

Philippe Saint-Andre's first game in charge saw France win comfortably against Italy 30-12 in front of the Paris crowd. The home side avenged last year's defeat to the Azzurri by dominating the game from start to finish.

So what did we learn from the first weekend of the 6 Nations. Some would say not much that we didn’t know on Friday but it was a weekend that gave us flashes of brilliance amongst the pragmatism and a couple of controversial refereeing decisions.

It is one of those things where you are envious because that guy is living your dream, but you would be too terrified to say anything if you were in his position.

The first game of this year's Six Nations tournament sees World Cup finalists France host Italy at the Stade de France.

Rarely has an England line-up lacked in caps as much as the one that will take on Scotland in the Calcutta Cup.

The Calcutta Cup is on the horizon and already the debate has started over team selection. Everyone has their favourites.