Small Town Values Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) 2018 - NatWest - Six Nations - BBC Podcast Preview / Round 1 - Fixtures / Round 1 - Teams: (Rugby Union Weekly - Podcast) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05w3c92#play ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Round 1 - Fixtures) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/matchcentre/fixtures_and_results.php (Times Listed Are GMT - Check Local Guides / Listings) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (RND 1 - Teams) ****** (ENG) England Team 15 Mike Brown (Harlequins 64 caps)14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby 28 caps)13 Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors 8 caps)12 Owen Farrell (Saracens 53 caps)11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers 29 caps)10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers 40 caps)9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers 73 caps)1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens 44 caps)2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints 89 caps)3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers 77 caps)4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps 47 caps)5 Maro Itoje (Saracens 14 caps)6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints 61 caps)7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins 59 caps)8 Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs 3 caps)Replacements 16 Jamie George (Saracens 20 caps)17 Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs uncapped)18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs 5 caps)19 George Kruis (Saracens 21 caps)20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby 3 caps)21 Danny Care (Harlequins 76 caps)22 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby 35 caps)23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs 23 caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32350.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (FRA) France Team 15. Geoffrey Palis (Castres)14. Teddy Thomas (Racing 92)13. Rémi Lamerat (Clermont Auvergne)12. Henry Chavancy (Racing 92)11. Virimi Vakatawa (Racing 92)10. Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Bègles)9. Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92)1. Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Bègles)2. Guilhem Guirado (Toulon) (c)3. Rabah Slimani (Clermont Auvergne)4. Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont Auvergne)5. Arthur Iturria (Clermont Auvergne)6. Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92)7. Yacouba Camara (Montpellier)8. Kévin Gourdon (La Rochelle)Replacements 16. Adrien Pelissié (Bordeaux-Bègles)17. Dany Priso (La Rochelle)18. Cedate Gomes Sa (Racing 92)19. Paul Gabrillagues (La Rochelle)20. Marco Tauleigne (Bordeaux-Bègles)21. Antoine Dupont (Toulouse)22. Anthony Belleau (Toulon)23. Benjamin Fall (Montpellier) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/france/32326.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (ITA) Italy Team 15. Matteo Minozzi (3 caps)14. Tommaso Benvenuti (45 caps)13. Tommaso Boni (8 caps)12. Tommaso Castello (5 caps)11. Mattia Bellini (8 caps)10 Tommaso Allan (33 caps)9. Marcello Violi (8 caps)1. Andrea Lovotti (20 caps)2. Leonardo Ghiraldini (89 caps)3. Simone Ferrari (8 caps)4. Alessandro Zanni (99 caps)5. Dean Budd (6 caps)6. Sebastian Negri (2 caps)7. Renato Giammarioli (1 caps)8. Sergio Parisse (c) (129 caps)Replacements 16. Luca Bigi (6 caps)17. Nicola Quaglio (2 cap)18. Tiziano Pasquali (2 caps)19. George Biagi (19 caps)20. Maxime Mbanda (11 caps)21. Edoardo Gori (65 caps)22. Carlo Canna (25 caps)23. Jayden Hayward (3 caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/italy/32362.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (IRE) Ireland Team 15. Rob Kearney (Leinster)14. Keith Earls (Munster)13. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)12. Bundee Aki (Connacht)11. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)10. Johnny Sexton (Leinster)9. Conor Murray (Munster)1. Cian Healy (Leinster)2. Rory Best (Ulster) (c)3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster)4. Iain Henderson (Ulster)5. James Ryan (Leinster)6. Peter O'Mahony (Munster) 7. Josh van der Flier (Leinster)8. CJ Stander (Munster)Replacements 16. Sean Cronin (Leinster)17. Jack McGrath (Leinster)18. John Ryan (Munster)19. Devin Toner (Leinster)20. Dan Leavy (Leinster)21. Luke McGrath (Leinster)22. Joey Carbery (Leinster)23. Fergus McFadden (Leinster) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/ireland/32332.php~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SCO) Scotland Team 15. Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) - 55 caps - VCAPT14. Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) - 39 caps13. Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons) - 1 cap12. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) - 11 caps11. Byron McGuigan (Sale Sharks) - 2 caps10. Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) - 32 caps9. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) - 11 caps1. Gordon Reid (London Irish) - 27 caps2. Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby) - 12 caps3. Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons) - 11 caps4. Ben Toolis (Edinburgh Rugby) - 7 caps5. Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) - 38 caps - VCAPT6. John Barclay (Scarlets) - 66 caps - CAPT7. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) - 15 caps8. Cornell du Preez (Edinburgh Rugby) - 5 caps Replacements 16. Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons) - 46 caps17. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) - 3 caps18. Murray McCallum (Edinburgh Rugby) - (UNCAPPED)19. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) - 18 caps20. Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) - 32 caps21. Greig Laidlaw (ASM Clermont Auvergne) - 58 caps22. Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors) - 28 caps23. Sean Maitland (Saracens) - 29 caps https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/scotland/32308.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (WAL) Wales Team 15. Leigh Halfpenny (Scarlets) (74 Caps)14. Josh Adams (Worcester) (*UNCAPPED)13. Scott Williams (Scarlets) (51 Caps)12. Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets) (1 Cap)11. Steff Evans (Scarlets) (5 Caps)10. Rhys Patchell (Scarlets) (5 Caps)9. Gareth Davies (Scarlets) (27 Caps)1. Rob Evans (Scarlets) (20 Caps)2. Ken Owens (Scarlets) (52 Caps)3. Samson Lee (Scarlets) (34 Caps)4. Cory Hill (Dragons) (10 Caps)5. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) (113 Caps) CAPT6. Aaron Shingler (Scarlets) (13 Caps)7. Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues) (7 Caps)8. Ross Moriarty (Gloucester) (17 Caps)Replacements 16. Elliot Dee (Dragons) (2 Caps)17. Wyn Jones (Scarlets) (5 Caps)18. Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs) (26 Caps)19. Bradley Davies (Ospreys) (57 Caps)20. Justin Tipuric (Ospreys) (52 Caps)21. Aled Davies (Scarlets) (5 Caps)22. Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues) (11 Caps)23. Owen Watkin (Ospreys) (2 Caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32294.php Edited February 11, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Scotland vs Wales should be the best match of the first round. Loads of new faces for Wales and basically half the team plays for Scarlets which should add some familiarity between the players. Looking forward to seeing Josh Adams and Byron McGuigan get a chance starting. I think this should have a chance to be a really entertaining match. This match is huge to Scotland if they have any real chance of challenging England and Ireland, they're away record in the Six Nations is atrocious and they'll have to start changing that in Cardiff to mount any sort of a challenge. England vs Italy should only be interesting to see if Italy try and do some crazy tactics like last time around. Ireland vs France could end up being close but I think Ireland winds up winning comfortably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 @LeeEvans... Yeah, that'll be the pick of the bunch. I'm curious, but also a little sceptical, of jumping on the Scottish bandwagon. They need to open their campaign with a strong statement against Wales. England & Ireland are the clear favourites. But it'd be great to have the Scots in the mix. A lot of injuries heading into this year's tournament. Depth will be important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Yeah, I won’t be hopping aboard the Scottish hype-train any time soon. Derailed in their opening encounter - LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEvans Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 15 hours ago, Marc MacGyver said: Yeah, I won’t be hopping aboard the Scottish hype-train any time soon. Derailed in their opening encounter - LOL So, so poor from Scotland. They were their own worse enemy and turnovers killed absolutely any sort of momentum that Scotland could build. I thought Finn Russell was quite poor for him and Hogg was never really able to make an impact. Wales were better in just about every area, Patchell was brilliant. Wales were more physical, especially in the second half and it really handcuffed the Scottish attack. Well played by Wales, well deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 On 05/02/2018 at 8:09 AM, LeeEvans said: So, so poor from Scotland. They were their own worse enemy and turnovers killed absolutely any sort of momentum that Scotland could build. I thought Finn Russell was quite poor for him and Hogg was never really able to make an impact. Wales were better in just about every area, Patchell was brilliant. Wales were more physical, especially in the second half and it really handcuffed the Scottish attack. Well played by Wales, well deserved. Agreed, Scotland failed to fire in both attack & defence. In a way that's the beauty of the Six Nations, you need to hit the ground running. Unfortunately for Scotland, they are now behind the eight ball. England came to life in the 2nd half, & looked really good. However, injuries are going to test their depth this campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) 2018 - NatWest - Six Nations - Round 1 - Results / News / Highlights: (Round 1 - Results) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/matchcentre/fixtures_and_results.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (News) Six Nations: Ben Youngs ruled out for season with knee injury: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/05/england-richard-wigglesworth-six-nations-ben-youngs Quote England will continue their pursuit of a record-breaking third consecutive Six Nations title without Ben Youngs after the scrum-half was ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury. Youngs was taken off on a stretcher 10 minutes into England’s 46-15 win against Italy on Sunday and a scan on Monday afternoon confirmed he has ruptured the MCL ligament in his left knee. He could be heard screaming out on pain on the pitch and even before England confirmed he was set to be out of action for four months, Eddie Jones had added Richard Wigglesworth to his 32-man squad to prepare for the visit of Wales on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) (WAL v. SCO) (FRA v. IRE) (ITA v. ENG) Edited February 11, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 (edited) 2018 - NatWest - Six Nations - Round 2 - Fixtures / Round 2 - Teams: (Round 2 - Fixtures) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/matchcentre/fixtures_and_results.php (Times Listed Are GMT - Check Local Guides / Listings) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (RND 2 - Teams) ****** (ENG) Starting XV 15 Mike Brown (Harlequins 65 caps)14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby 29 caps)13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby 36 caps)12 Owen Farrell (Saracens 54 caps)11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers 30 caps)10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers 41 caps)9 Danny Care (Harlequins 77 caps)1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens 45 caps)2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints 90 caps)3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers 78 caps)4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps 48 caps)5 Maro Itoje (Saracens 15 caps)6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints 62 caps)7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins 60 caps)8 Sam Simmonds (Exeter Chiefs 4 caps)Replacements 16 Jamie George (Saracens 21 caps)17 Alec Hepburn (Exeter Chiefs 1 cap)18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs 6 caps)19 George Kruis (Saracens 22 caps)20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby 4 caps)21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens 27 caps)22 Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors 9 caps)23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs 24 caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/wales/32475.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (WAL) Starting XV 15. Leigh Halfpenny (Scarlets) (75 Caps)14. Josh Adams (Worcester) (1 Cap)13. Scott Williams (Scarlets) (52 Caps)12. Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets) (2 Caps)11. Steff Evans (Scarlets) (6 Caps)10. Rhys Patchell (Scarlets) (6 Caps)9. Gareth Davies (Scarlets) (28 Caps)1. Rob Evans (Scarlets) (21 Caps)2. Ken Owens (Scarlets) (53 Caps)3. Samson Lee (Scarlets) (34 Caps)4. Cory Hill (Dragons) (11 Caps)5. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) (114 Caps) CAPT6. Aaron Shingler (Scarlets) (14 Caps)7. Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues) (8 Caps)8. Ross Moriarty (Gloucester) (18 Caps)Replacements 16. Elliot Dee (Dragons) (3 Caps)17. Wyn Jones (Scarlets) (6 Caps)18. Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs) (27 Caps)19. Bradley Davies (Ospreys) (58 Caps)20. Justin Tipuric (Ospreys) (53 Caps)21. Aled Davies (Scarlets) (6 Caps)22. Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues) (12 Caps)23. George North (Northampton Saints) (69 Caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32448.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (IRE) Starting XV 15. Rob Kearney (Leinster)14. Keith Earls (Munster)13. Robbie Henshaw (Leinster)12. Bundee Aki (Connacht)11. Jacob Stockdale (Ulster)10. Jonathan Sexton (Leinster)9. Conor Murray (Munster)1. Jack McGrath (Leinster)2. Rory Best (Ulster)3. Tadhg Furlong (Leinster)4. Iain Henderson (Ulster)5. Devin Toner (Leinster)6. Peter O'Mahony (Munster)7. Dan Leavy (Leinster)8. Jack Conan (Leinster)Replacements 16. Sean Cronin (Leinster)17. Cian Healy (Leinster)18. Andrew Porter (Leinster)19. Quinn Roux (Connacht)20. CJ Stander (Munster)21. Kieran Marmion (Connacht)22. Joey Carbery (Leinster)23. Jordan Larmour (Leinster) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32484.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (ITA) Starting XV 15. Matteo Minozzi (Zebre Rugby Club)14. Tommaso Benvenuti (Benetton Rugby)13. Tommaso Boni (Zebre Rugby Club)12. Tommaso Castello (Zebre Rugby Club)11. Mattia Bellini (Zebre Rugby Club)10. Tommaso Allan (Benetton Rugby)9. Marcello Violi (Zebre Rugby Club)1. Nicola Quaglio (Benetton Rugby)2. Luca Bigi (Benetton Rugby)3. Simone Ferrari (Benetton Rugby)4. Alessandro Zanni (Benetton Rugby)5. Dean Budd (Benetton Rugby)6. Sebastian Negri (Benetton Rugby)7. Braam Steyn (Benetton Rugby)8. Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais)Replacements 16. Leonardo Ghiraldini (Stade Toulousain)17. Andrea Lovotti (Zebre Rugby Club)18. Tiziano Pasquali (Benetton Rugby)19. Federico Ruzza (Benetton Rugby)20. Maxime Mbanda (Zebre Rugby Club)21. Edoardo Gori (Benetton Rugby)22. Carlo Canna (Zebre Rugby Club)23. Jayden Hayward (Benetton Rugby) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32485.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (FRA) Starting XV 15. Geoffrey Palis14. Teddy Thomas13. Rémi Lamerat12. Geoffrey Doumayrou11. Virimi Vakatawa10. Lionel Beauxis9. Maxime Machenaud1. Jefferson Poirot2. Guilhem Guirado (capt.)3. Rabah Slimani4. Arthur Iturria5. Sébastien Vahaamahina6. Wenceslas Lauret7. Yacouba Camara8. Marco TauleigneReplacements 16. Adrien Pélissié17. Eddy Ben Arous18. Cedate Gomes Sa19. Paul Gabrillagues20. Louis Picamoles21. Baptiste Serin22. Anthony Belleau23. Benjamin Fall https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32492.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SCO) Starting XV 15. Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors)14. Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors)13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors)12. Peter Horne (Glasgow Warriors)11. Sean Maitland (Saracens)10. Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors)9. Greig Laidlaw (Clermont Auvergne)1. Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors)2. Stuart McInally (Edinburgh)3. Simon Berghan (Edinburgh)4. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh)5. Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors)6. John Barclay (Scarlets)7. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh)8. Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors)Replacements 16. Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons)17. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors)18. Jon Welsh (Newcastle Falcons)19. Ben Toolis (Edinburgh)20. David Denton (Worcester Warriors)21. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors)22. Chris Harris (Newcastle Falcons)23. Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32478.php Edited February 11, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Southern Hemisphere Intercontinental (AUS/NZL/RSA/ARG/JPN) - Club Rugby Tournament: * ** *** *** ** * 2018 - Vodafone - Super Rugby - Information: (Conferences / Teams) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (New Format) (Similar to the NFL system) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Law / Rule Changes) * [Most Notable] **** Quote 1. Scrum: Law 20.5 and 20.6 (d) and Law 20.8 (b) Striking after the throw-in No signal from referee. The scrum-half must throw the ball in straight but is allowed to align their shoulder on the middle line of the scrum, therefore allowing them to stand a shoulder width towards their own side of the middle line. Once the ball touches the ground in the tunnel, any front-row player may use either foot to try to win possession of the ball. One player from the team who put the ball in must strike for the ball. Rationale: To promote scrum stability, a fair contest for possession while also giving the advantage to the team throwing in (non-offending team). What we will see: every team MUST hook the ball as part of the scrum-feed. If they don’t, expect to see some Free Kicks against the feeding team. 2. Scrum: Law 20.9 (b) Handling in the scrum – exception The number eight shall be allowed to pick the ball from the feet of the second-rows. Rationale: To promote continuity. What we will see: this will help teams under pressure when going backwards. 3. Tackle: Law 15.4 (c) The tackler must get up before playing the ball and then can only play from their own side of the tackle “gate”. Rationale: To make the tackle/ruck simpler for players and referees and more consistent with the rest of that law. What we will see: cleaner ball at the back of the tackle and all players having to comply with the “gate” at the tackle. 4. Ruck: Law 16 A ruck commences when at least one player is on their feet and over the ball which is on the ground (tackled player, tackler). At this point the offside lines are created. Players on their feet may use their hands to pick up the ball as long as this is immediate. As soon as an opposition player arrives, no hands can be used. Rationale: To make the ruck simpler for players and referees. What we will see: team in possession will send a support player in fast, in order to then clear the ball with an offside line now in operation (will force the defenders to get back onside quickly!). The first defender can still arrive and have an immediate go at the ball – so they can still win a quick turnover. 5. Ruck: Law 16.4: Other ruck offences A player must not kick the ball out of a ruck. The player can only hook it in a backwards motion. Rationale: To promote player welfare and to make it consistent with scrum law. What we will see: the elimination of what is a very negative play to interfere with the attacking team’s ball at ruck time. (Complete Law Details) http://laws.worldrugby.org/index.php?domain=20&language=EN&utm_source=World+Rugby+Press+List&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=170719+DR+Global+law+trials **** (Feedback) Quote SANZAAR CEO Andy Marinos said, “The law amendments have helped create cleaner phases of play in northern hemisphere rugby matches, in terms of the ball at the back of the ruck.” “The scrum sequence will now be simple to implement, with the players taking charge of when they feed the ball into the scrum and the referee can focus simply on whether the scrum is stable.” “The pleasing thing for our Super Rugby team coaches is that both the tackle and scrum amendments are largely what the southern hemisphere believed needed changing in order to help the flow and understanding of the game,” added Marinos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Squads / Players) *** ** * AUS CONF: (AUS) ~ Brumbies ~ https://www.brumbies.com.au/squad/ ~ Reds ~ http://www.redsrugby.com.au/Reds/SuperRugbySquad.aspx ~ Waratahs ~ http://www.nswwaratahs.com.au/waratahs/squad (JPN) ~ Sunwolves ~ https://sunwolves.or.jp/en/team/player/2018/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NZL CONF: (ALL NZ) ~ Blues ~ http://theblues.co.nz/players/ ~ Chiefs ~ http://www.chiefs.co.nz/team/team/player-list ~ Hurricanes ~ https://www.hurricanes.co.nz/the-canes/current-squad/ ~ Crusaders ~ https://crusaders.co.nz/the-team ~ Highlanders ~ http://thehighlanders.co.nz/our-team/player-profiles ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSA CONF: (RSA) ~ Bulls ~ http://thebulls.co.za/team/vodacom-bulls-team-2018-squad/ ~ Sharks ~ http://sharksrugby.co.za/list/2017-super-rugby-squad/ ~ Stormers ~ https://thestormers.com/team/ ~ Lions ~ http://www.lionsrugby.co.za/teams.html (ARG) ~ Jaguares ~ http://www.jaguares.com.ar/plantel/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2018 - Vodafone - Super Rugby - Round 1 - Fixtures) https://sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/fixtures/ (Times Listed Are AEST - Check Local Guides / Listings) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SANZAAR - Super Rugby Site LInk) https://sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/ Edited February 11, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 2017/18 - World Rugby - HSBC - Sevens World Series - Mens/Womens - Midway Results: * *** (MENS) *** * ~ Dubai ~ South Africa kick off series with title defence in Dubai: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/298973?lang=en Quote South Africa successfully defended their Emirates Airline Dubai Rugby Sevens title after beating New Zealand 24-12 in the opening round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2018. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Cape Town ~ New Zealand top standings after Cape Town victory: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/299816 Quote New Zealand beat Argentina 38-14 in the Cup final to take the HSBC Cape Town Sevens title ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Sydney ~ Australia victorious in Sydney: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/308071 Quote Australia beat South Africa 29-0 in the Cup final to take the HSBC Sydney Sevens title. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Hamilton ~ Fiji take victory in New Zealand: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/308864 Quote Fiji beat South Africa to win their first Cup final of the season as Australia take bronze in Hamilton. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (WOMENS) *** * ~ Dubai ~ Australia set the standard with big win in Dubai: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/298045?lang=en Quote Australia beat USA to win first round of the HSBC World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2018 in Dubai. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Sydney ~ Australia take the title in Sydney: https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/news/304221 Quote Australia beat New Zealand 31-0 in the Cup final to take the HSBC Sydney Sevens title on home soil. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Midway - Standings) *** *** * (MENS) https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings/mens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (WOMENS) https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series/standings/womens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (World Rugby - HSBC - World Sevens Series - Site Link) https://www.worldrugby.org/sevens-series Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKTexans Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Great game to watch yesterday, although I was sweating for the last 20 minutes. Not vintage England, but it's a sign of a good side to win when under performing. Good to see Scotland win too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 (edited) 2017/18 - Aviva Premiership - Best Tries, RND 14: (Trinder Try - Voted the best of the round) Edited February 16, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 2018 - NatWest - Six Nations - Round 2 - Results / News / Highlights: (Round 2 - Results) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/matchcentre/fixtures_and_results.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (News) Ireland have confirmed that Robbie Henshaw will miss the remainder of the 2018 NatWest 6 Nations: https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/ireland/32546.php Quote The 24-year-old centre underwent surgery on Monday morning after dislocating his shoulder in Ireland's 56-19 victory over Italy at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Highlights) (IRE v. ITA) (ENG v. WAL) (SCO v. FRA) Edited February 16, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Small Town Values Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) 2018 - NatWest - Six Nations - Round 3 - Fixtures / Round 3 - Teams: (Round 3 - Fixtures) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/matchcentre/fixtures_and_results.php (Times Listed Are GMT - Check Local Guides / Listings) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (RND 3 - Teams) ****** (WAL) Starting XV 15. Leigh Halfpenny (Scarlets) (75 Caps)14. Liam Williams (Saracens) (45 Caps)13. Scott Williams (Scarlets) (53 Caps)12. Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets) (3 Caps)11. Steff Evans (Scarlets) (7 Caps)10. Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (60 Caps)9. Gareth Davies (Scarlets) (29 Caps)1. Rob Evans (Scarlets) (22 Caps)2. Ken Owens (Scarlets) (54 Caps)3. Samson Lee (Scarlets) (35 Caps)4. Cory Hill (Dragons) (12 Caps)5. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) (115 Caps) CAPT6. Aaron Shingler (Scarlets) (15 Caps)7. Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues) (9 Caps)8. Ross Moriarty (Gloucester) (19 Caps)Replacements 16. Elliot Dee (Dragons) (4 Caps)17. Wyn Jones (Scarlets) (7 Caps)18. Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs) (28 Caps)19. Bradley Davies (Ospreys) (59 Caps)20. Justin Tipuric (Ospreys) (54 Caps)21. Aled Davies (Scarlets) (7 Caps)22. Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues) (13 Caps)23. George North (Northampton Saints) (70 Caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32628.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (IRE) Starting XV 15. Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster) 80 caps14. Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) 64 caps13. Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster) 2 caps12. Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht) 4 caps11. Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster) 6 caps10. Johnny Sexton (St Mary's College/Leinster) 70 caps9. Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) 61 caps1. Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster) 75 caps2. Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) 108 caps3. Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster) 4 caps4. James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) 5 caps5. Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster) 55 caps6. Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster) 44 caps7. Dan Leavy (UCD/Leinster) 6 caps8. CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster) 20 capsReplacements 16. Sean Cronin (St Mary's College/Leinster) 58 caps17. Jack McGrath (St Mary's College/Leinster) 44 caps18. John Ryan (Cork Constitution/Munster) 12 caps19. Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht) 4 caps20. Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 6 caps21. Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht) 19 caps22. Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster) 7 caps23. Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster) 33 caps https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32663.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (FRA) Starting XV 15. Hugo Bonneval (Toulon)14. Benjamin Fall (Montpellier)13. Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon)12. Geoffrey Doumayrou (La Rochelle)11. Rémy Grosso (Clermont)10. Lionel Beauxis (Lyon)9. Maxime Machenaud (Racing 92)1. Jefferson Poirot (Bordeaux-Bègles)2. Guilhem Guirado (Toulon)3. Rabah Slimani (Clermont)4. Paul Gabrillagues (Stade Français)5. Sébastien Vahaamahina (Clermont)6. Wenceslas Lauret (Racing 92)7. Yacouba Camara (Montpellier)8. Marco Tauleigne (Bordeaux-Bègles)Replacements 16. Adrien Pelissié (Bordeaux-Bègles)17. Dany Priso (La Rochelle)18. Cedate Gomes Sa (Racing 92)19. Romain Taofifenua (Toulon)20. Kélian Galletier (Montpellier)21. Baptiste Couilloud (Lyon)22. François Trinh-Duc (Toulon)23. Gaël Fickou (Toulouse) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32633.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (ITA) Starting XV 15. Matteo MINOZZI (Zebre Rugby Club, 5 caps)14. Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Rugby, 47 caps)13. Tommaso BONI (Zebre Rugby Club, 10 caps)12. Tommaso CASTELLO (Zebre Rugby Club, 7 caps)11. Mattia BELLINI (Zebre Rugby Club, 10 caps)10. Tommaso ALLAN (Benetton Rugby, 35 caps)9. Marcello VIOLI (Zebre Rugby Club, 10 caps)1. Andrea LOVOTTI (Zebre Rugby Club, 22 caps)2. Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Stade Toulousain, 91 caps)3. Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps)4. Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Rugby, 101 caps) 5. Dean BUDD (Benetton Rugby, 8 caps)6. Sebastian NEGRI DA OLEGGIO (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)7. Maxime Mata MBANDA' (Zebre Rugby Club, 13 caps)8. Sergio PARISSE (Stade Francais, 131 caps) captainReplacements 16. Luca BIGI (Benetton Rugby, 8 caps)17. Nicola QUAGLIO (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)18. Tiziano PASQUALI (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)19. George Fabio BIAGI (Zebre Rugby Club, 20 caps) 20. Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 4 caps)21. Edoardo GORI (Benetton Rugby, 67 caps)22. Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby Club, 26 caps)23. Jayden HAYWARD (Benetton Rugby, 5 caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32639.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (ENG) Starting XV 15 Mike Brown (Harlequins 66 caps)14 Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby 30 caps)13 Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby 37 caps)12 Owen Farrell (Saracens 55 caps)11 Jonny May (Leicester Tigers 31 caps)10 George Ford (Leicester Tigers 42 caps)9 Danny Care (Harlequins 78 caps)1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens 46 caps)2 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints 91 caps)3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers 79 caps)4 Joe Launchbury (Wasps 49 caps)5 Maro Itoje (Saracens 16 caps)6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints 63 caps)7 Chris Robshaw (Harlequins 61 caps)8 Nathan Hughes (Wasps 12 caps)Replacements 16 Jamie George (Saracens 22 caps)17 Joe Marler (Harlequins 53 caps)18 Harry Williams (Exeter Chiefs 7 caps)19 George Kruis (Saracens 23 caps)20 Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby 5 caps)21 Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens 28 caps)22 Ben Te'o (Worcester Warriors 10 caps)23 Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs 25 caps) https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32654.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (SCO) Starting XV 15. Stuart Hogg (Glasgow Warriors) - 57 caps14. Tommy Seymour (Glasgow Warriors) - 41 caps13. Huw Jones (Glasgow Warriors) - 13 caps12. Pete Horne (Glasgow Warriors) - 30 caps11. Sean Maitland (Saracens) - 31 caps10. Finn Russell (Glasgow Warriors) - 34 caps9. Greig Laidlaw (ASM Clermont Auvergne) - 60 caps1. Gordon Reid (London Irish) - 29 caps2. Stuart McInally (Edinburgh Rugby) - 14 caps3. Simon Berghan (Edinburgh Rugby) - 6 caps4. Grant Gilchrist (Edinburgh Rugby) - 20 caps5. Jonny Gray (Glasgow Warriors) - 40 caps6. John Barclay CAPTAIN (Scarlets) - 68 caps7. Hamish Watson (Edinburgh Rugby) - 17 caps8. Ryan Wilson (Glasgow Warriors) - 34 capsReplacements 16. Scott Lawson (Newcastle Falcons) - 47 caps17. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) - 5 caps18. Willem Nel (Edinburgh Rugby) - 19 caps19. Tim Swinson (Glasgow Warriors) - 33 caps20. David Denton (Worcester Warriors) - 36 caps21. Ali Price (Glasgow Warriors) - 13 caps22. Nick Grigg (Glasgow Warriors) - 1 cap23. Blair Kinghorn (Edinburgh Rugby) - uncapped https://www.sixnationsrugby.com/en/news/32637.php Edited March 7, 2018 by Marc MacGyver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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