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2011 Six Nations Selections

Pat — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 13:20:13 +0000

UPDATE – All the team selections for the first round of matches are now here. You can select your fantasy team from the one page. France team: Damien Traille (Biarritz); Yoann Huget (Bayonne), Aurelien Rougerie (Clermont Auvergne), Maxime Mermoz (Perpignan), Maxime Medard (Toulouse); Francois Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), Morgan Parra (Clermont Auvergne); Thomas Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), William Servat (Toulouse), Nicolas Mas (Perpignan), Julien Pierre (Clermont Auvergne), Lionel Nallet (Racing Metro), Thierry Dusautoir (captain, Toulouse), Julien Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), Imanol Harinordoquy (Biarritz). Replacements: Guilhem Guirado (Perpignan), Luc Ducalcon (Castres), Jerome Thion (Biarritz), Sebastien Chabal (Racing Metro), Dimitri Yachvili (Biarritz), David Skrela (Toulouse), Clement Poitrenaud (Toulouse). Full Story BBC Ireland: L Fitzgerald (Leinster), F McFadden (Leinster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster, captain), G D’Arcy (Leinster), K Earls (Munster), J Sexton (Leinster), T O’Leary (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D O’Callaghan (Munster), P O’Connell (Munster), D Leamy (Munster), D Wallace (Munster), S O’Brien (Leinster). Replacements: S Cronin (Connacht), T Court (Ulster), L Cullen (Leinster), S Jennings (Leinster), E Reddan (Leinster), R O’Gara (Munster), P Wallace (Ulster). Full StoryÂ BBC Scotland team: Hugo Southwell (Stade Francais), Nikki Walker (Ospreys), Joe Ansbro (Northampton Saints), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors); Dan Parks (Cardiff Blues) Rory Lawson (Gloucester); Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Euan Murray (Northampton Saints), Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors, capt), Nathan Hines (Leinster), John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), Kelly Brown (Saracens). Substitutes: Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors), Ross Rennie (Edinburgh), Mike Blair (Edinburgh), Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors), Sean Lamont (Scarlets). Full Story BBC Italian Team: L McLean (Treviso); A Masi (Racing MÃ©tro), G Canale (Clermont Auvergne), A Sgarbi (Treviso), M Bergamasco (Racing MÃ©tro); K Burton (Treviso), E Gori (Treviso); S Perugini (Aironi), L Ghiraldini (Treviso), M Castrogiovanni (Leicester), S Dellape (Racing MÃ©tro), Q Geldenhuys (Aironi), J Sole (Aironi), A Zanni (Treviso), S Parisse (Stade FranÃ§ais, capt). Replacements: F Ongaro (Aironi), A Lo Cicero (Racing MÃ©tro), C Del Fava (Aironi), V Bernabo (Treviso), P Canavosio (Aironi), L Orquera (Brive), G Garcia (Treviso). Full StoryÂ Gaurdian Wales: James Hook (Ospreys); Morgan Stoddart (Scarlets), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Jamie Roberts (Blues), Shane Williams (Ospreys); Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Mike Phillips (Ospreys); Paul James (Ospreys), Matthew Rees (Scarlets, capt), Craig Mitchell (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues), Andy Powell (Wasps). Replacements: R Hibbard (Ospreys), J Yapp (Blues), R Jones (Ospreys), J Thomas (Ospreys), D Peel (Sale), R Priestland (Scarlets), L Byrne (Ospreys). England: B Foden (Northampton Saints); C Ashton (Northampton Saints), M Tindall (Gloucester, capt), S Hape (Bath), M Cueto (Sale Sharks); T Flood (Leicester Tigers), B Youngs (Leicester Tigers); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), D Hartley (Northampton Saints), D Cole (Leicester Tigers), L Deacon (Leicester Tigers), T Palmer (Stade Francais), T Wood (Northampton Saints), J Haskell (Stade Francais), N Easter (Harlequins). Replacements: S Thompson (Leeds Carnegie), D Wilson (Bath), S Shaw (Wasps), J Worsley (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins), J Wilkinson (Toulon), M Banahan (Bath).

Apparently only one thing matters to the Welsh today!

Pat — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:24:40 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9rNG8eR8Y

hat tip to rugbydump.com

Selections for Six Nations Second Round

Pat — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:48:09 +0000

France: C Poitrenaud; Y Huget, A Rougerie, D Traille, M Medard; F Trinh-Duc, M Parra; T Domingo, W Servat, N Mas; J Pierre, L Nallet; T Dusautoir, J Bonnaire, I Harinordoquy.Replacements: G Guirado, S Marconnet, J Thion, S Chabal, D Yachvili, Y Jauzion, V Clerc. via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Maxime Mermoz to miss Six Nations clash with Ireland Wales team to face Scotland in Edinburgh on 12 February: Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Morgan Stoddart (Scarlets); Jamie Roberts (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets); Shane Williams (Ospreys); James Hook (Ospreys), Mike Phillips (Ospreys); Paul James (Ospreys), Matthew Rees (Capt, Scarlets), Craig Mitchell (Ospreys), Bradley Davies (Blues), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Dan Lydiate (Dragons), Sam Warburton (Blues), Ryan Jones (Ospreys) Replacements: Richard Hibbard (Ospreys), John Yapp (Blues), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), John Turnbull (Scarlets), Tavis Knoyle (Scarlets), Stephen Jones (Scarlets), Rhys Priestland (Scarlets) viaÂ BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations: Hook replaces Jones for Wales’ Scots trip Italy team: Luke McLean, Andrea Masi, Gonzalo Canale, Alberto Sgarbi, Mirco Bergamasco, Luciano Orquera, Pablo Canavosio; Salvatore Perugini, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Martin Castrogiovanni, Carlo Del Fava, Quintin Geldenhuys, Valerio Bernabo, Alessandro Zanni, Sergio Parisse (capt). Replacements: Fabio Ongaro, Andrea Lo Cicero, Santiago Dellape, Robert Barbieri, Fabio Semenzato, Kris Burton, Gonzalo Garcia. via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations 2011: Italy change four for England match.

England side to play Italy:Â Ben Foden (Northampton); Chris Ashton (Northampton), Mike Tindall (Gloucester, capt), Shontayne Hape (Bath), Mark Cueto (Sale); Toby Flood (Leicester), Ben Youngs (Leicester); Andrew Sheridan (Sale), Dylan Hartley (Northampton), Dan Cole (Leicester); Louis Deacon (Leicester), Tom Palmer (Stade Francais); Tom Wood (Northampton), James Haskell (Stade Francais), Nick Easter (Harlequins). Replacements: Matt Banahan (Bath), Jonny Wilkinson (Toulon); Danny Care (Harlequins); Dave Wilson (Bath); Steve Thompson (Leeds); Simon Shaw (Wasps); Hendre Fourie (Leeds) viaÂ BBC Sport – Rugby Union – England unchanged for Italy clash.

Ireland: L Fitzgerald (Leinster), F McFadden (Leinster), B O’Driscoll (Leinster, captain), G D’Arcy (Leinster), K Earls (Munster), J Sexton (Leinster), T O’Leary (Munster); C Healy (Leinster), R Best (Ulster), M Ross (Leinster), D O’Callaghan (Munster), P O’Connell (Munster), S O’Brien (Leinster), D Wallace (Munster), J Heaslip (Leinster). Replacements: S Cronin (Connacht), T Court (Ulster), L Cullen (Leinster), D Leamy (Munster), E Reddan (Leinster), R O’Gara (Munster), P Wallace (Ulster). viaÂ BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Six Nations: Heaslip returns for Ireland against France.

Scotland team: Hugo Southwell (Stade Francais), Nikki Walker (Ospreys), Joe Ansbro (Northampton Saints), Nick De Luca (Edinburgh), Max Evans (Glasgow Warriors); Dan Parks (Cardiff Blues) Rory Lawson (Gloucester); Allan Jacobsen (Edinburgh), Ross Ford (Edinburgh), Euan Murray (Northampton Saints), Richie Gray (Glasgow Warriors), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors, capt), Nathan Hines (Leinster), John Barclay (Glasgow Warriors), Kelly Brown (Saracens). Replacements: Scott Lawson (Gloucester), Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), Richie Vernon (Glasgow Warriors), Ross Rennie (Edinburgh), Mike Blair (Edinburgh), Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Warriors), Sean Lamont (Scarlets). viaÂ BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Andy Robinson names an unchanged side for Wales clash.

Ireland v France also on TV5MONDE

Pat — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:37:15 +0000

Just got this message fromÂ TV5MONDE

Information for French and Irish rugby enthusiasts.Â The Ireland -France rugby match on Sunday, 13 Feb at 15h (Dublin time) will beÂ relayed over four of the five continents by the world’s second most availableÂ from satellite tv station from all transponders EXCEPT Europe including/andÂ FBS.

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Las Vegas 7s is on NBC at 3.30pm

Pat — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:55:41 +0000

Las Vegas 7s is on in a couple of hours on NBC, if you have Universal Sports it is on in a few minutes. Saturday, February 12 NBC Sports Broadcast Schedule 3:30 PM â€“ 6:00 PM ET Featured Games: England vs. France, USA vs. Samoa and New Zealand vs. Kenya Universal Sports Broadcast Schedule 2:00 PM â€“ 3:30 PM ET 6:00 PM â€“ 8:00 PM ET 9:30 PM â€“ 1:00 AM ET Featured Games: South Africa vs. USA, Australia vs. Scotland and Cup Quarterfinals

2011 USA Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship

Pat — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:13:52 +0000

Big weekend for sevens rugby on tv in the US with Universal Sports, Versus and NBC -Â http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=533997.html#college+viewers+guide Full details below the fold June 4 Universal Sports: Noon-2pm Arizona v. Temple Oklahoma v. Texas Ohio State v. Penn State Dartmouth v. Notre Dame Army v. North Carolina Versus: 2pm-4pm California v. Louisiana State Boston College v. Utah Central Washington v. Navy Temple v. Texas Arizona v. Oklahoma NBC: 4pm-6pm California v. Penn State Notre Dame v. Utah Army v. Navy Arizona v. Texas Versus: 6pm-8pm Louisiana State v. Ohio State Boston College v. Dartmouth Central Washington v. North Carolina Oklahoma v. Temple June 5 Universal Sports: Noon-2pm Men’s Cup Quarterfinals Women’s Cup Semifinals Versus: 2pm-4pm Men’s Challenge (Plate) Semifinals Men’s Cup Semifinals Women’s Final NBC: 4pm-6pm Women’s Final Men’s Challenger Final Men’s 3rd/4th Men’s Final

USA vs. England Saxons

Pat — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:06:02 +0000

The Churchill Cup game between USA vs. England Saxons will be shown for free on Universal Sports this Saturday at noon ET. Full details here. Eagles coach Eddie O’Sullivan gives his rundown on the game below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQUJzYdBfxI

Site Relaunch & upgrades

Pat — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:41:18 +0000

Now that the RWC is over the site will undergo some big change which are already underway. We have lost some posts and comments but they will be restored once the site is republished.

2012 Six Nations Championship are almost here!

Pat — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:38:08 +0000

The 2012 Six Nations Championship are almost here and we’ll be updating all the ways you can watch around the world here. First up is in the USA where you can watch some games at home with BBC America and all the games on Premium Sports in bars and venues. Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/theedinburghblog/with/3372699420/

BBC America Schedule

Pat — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:56:56 +0000

Here’s BBC America’s 2012 match schedule: Scotland vs. England Murrayfield in Edinburgh Saturday, February 4, 12 pm ET France vs. Ireland Stade de France in Paris Saturday, February 11, 3 pm ET England vs. Wales Twickenham in London Saturday, February 25, 11 am ET Wales vs. Italy Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Saturday, March 10, 9:30 am ET England vs. Ireland Twickenham in London Saturday, March 17, 1 pm ET