Ireland welcome France to the Aviva Stadium in Round Four of the 2019 Guinness Six Nations and for both sides, this Championship is still very much alive. Joe Schmidt’s side are the defending Grand Slam champions, who have bounced back from their opening-day defeat in Dublin to England, and are still
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Preview: England v Italy {09/03/19}
England will look to maintain their impeccable record against Italy and keep their 2019 Guinness Six Nations title hopes on track at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon. England have never lost to the Azzurri but the visitors’ innovative ‘Fox’ tactics of not allowing a ruck to form in the tackle area gave
Preview: Scotland v Wales {09/03/19}
Six Nations 2019 Report: Italy 16 v 26 Ireland
Ireland's 26-16 victory has moved themselves right back into contention for the 2019 Guinness Six Nations after fighting back to see off a stubborn Italy and set up a mouth-watering final two rounds. Keith Earls and Conor Murray scored second-half tries as Joe Schmidt’s men, far from their best once more,
Six Nations 2019 Report: Wales 21 v 13 England
Brilliant Wales claim place in history with record-breaking win Warren Gatland barely celebrated as his Welsh team secured their place in history with stunning 21-13 victory over England in Cardiff. It didn’t really matter, as all around him were losing their collective heads. Something’s gotta give bellowed the stadium announcer - and
Six Nations 2019 Report: France 27 v 10 Scotland
Preview: England v France {10/02/19}
Following their impressive Six Nations victory over Ireland, England will look to build on that performance when they face France at Twickenham on Sunday. All of a sudden, after most wrote them off before the encounter in Dublin, they now have a realistic chance of a Grand Slam. The next two fixtures
Preview: Italy v Wales {09/02/19}
Italy face another daunting task when they take on Wales in their Round Two Six Nations encounter at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on Saturday. The Azzurri head into this match low on confidence after suffering a 33-20 defeat to Scotland in their tournament opener at Murrayfield last weekend. The Italians have
Preview: Scotland v Ireland {09/02/19}
Scotland will hope to inflict further misery on reigning Six Nations champions Ireland when the sides clash at Murrayfield on Saturday. On the back of that sobering 32-20 defeat to England in Dublin, it’s another difficult assignment for an Irish side bruised both physically and mentally. Put simply, England were better,
England stun Ireland in Dublin
England made a brilliant start to their 2019 Six Nations campaign courtesy of a 32-20 bonus-point win over defending champions Ireland in Dublin on Saturday. As expected, this was a spellbinding and uncompromising encounter characterised by great physicality from both sides. The collisions were brutal but, in the end, England got the rub of the green and