Natwest 6 Nations – Round 5 Preview 2018 Fixtures and Results
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NatWest 6 Nations – Round 5 Preview 2018 Fixtures and Results Rd Date KO* Fixture Stadium 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 1 Sat 3 Feb 34-7 Wales v Scotland Principality Stadium 13-29 27-23 26-23 51-3 28-18 Sat 3 Feb 13-15 France v Ireland Stade de France 9-19 10-9 11-18 20-22 13-13 Sun 4 Feb 15-46 Italy v England Stadio Olimpico 15-36 9-40 17-47 11-52 11-18 2 Sat 10 Feb 56-19 Ireland v Italy Aviva Stadium 63-10 58-15 26-3 46-7 15-22 Sat 10 Feb 12-6 England v Wales Twickenham Stadium 21-16 25-21 21-16 29-18 3-30 Sun 11 Feb 32-26 Scotland v France BT Murrayfield 16-22 29-18 8-15 17-19 16-23 3 Fri 23 Feb 34-17 France v Italy Orange Vélodrome 40-18 23-21 29-0 30-10 18-23 Sat 24 Feb 37-27 Ireland v Wales Aviva Stadium 9-22 16-16 16-23 26-3 30-22 Sat 24 Feb 25-13 Scotland v England BT Murrayfield 21-61 9-15 13-25 0-20 18-38 4 Sat 10 Mar 28-8 Ireland v Scotland Aviva Stadium 22-27 35-25 40-10 28-6 8-12 Sat 10 Mar 22-16 France v England Stade de France 16-19 21-31 35-55 26-24 13-23 Sun 11 Mar 38-14 Wales v Italy Principality Stadium 33-7 67-14 61-20 23-15 26-9 5 Sat 17 Mar 13:30 Italy v Scotland Stadio Olimpico 0-29 20-36 22-19 20-21 10-34 Sat 17 Mar 14:45 England v Ireland Twickenham Stadium 9-13 21-10 9-19 13-10 12-6 Sat 17 Mar 17:00 Wales v France Principality Stadium 18-20 19-10 20-13 27-6 16-6 * KO times local 2018 Standings Pos Team PL W D L PF PA DIFF TF TA TB LB PTS 1 Ireland 4 4 0 0 136 67 69 17 8 3 0 19 2 Wales 4 2 0 2 105 70 35 12 10 2 1 11 3 England 4 2 0 2 87 68 19 11 6 1 1 10 4 France 4 2 0 2 95 80 15 7 5 0 2 10 5 Scotland 4 2 0 2 72 101 -29 7 11 0 0 8 6 Italy 4 0 0 4 65 174 -109 9 23 0 0 0 2018 Top Point and Try Scorers Rank Player Team Matches Points Pens Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Maxime Machenaud France 4 45 13 3 0 0 2 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 40 4 9 0 2 2 Johnny Sexton Ireland 4 40 5 11 1 0 4 Owen Farrell England 4 39 5 7 0 2 5 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 4 32 8 4 0 0 6 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 30 0 0 0 6 7 Tommaso Allan Italy 4 19 2 4 0 1 8 Huw Jones Scotland 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Jonny May England 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Teddy Thomas France 2 15 0 0 0 3 Rank Player Team Matches Tries 1 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 6 2 Huw Jones Scotland 4 3 2 Jonny May England 4 3 2 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 3 2 Teddy Thomas France 2 3 6 Anthony Watson England 4 2 6 Bundee Aki Ireland 4 2 6 Conor Murray Ireland 4 2 6 Gareth Davies Wales 4 2 6 George North Wales 3 2 6 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 2 6 Mattia Bellini Italy 4 2 6 Owen Farrell England 4 2 6 Robbie Henshaw Ireland 2 2 6 Sam Simmonds England 3 2 6 Sean Maitland Scotland 4 2 6 Steff Evans Wales 4 2 Italy v Scotland Saturday, 17 March 2018, Kick-off: 13:30, Stadio Olimpico, Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France) Match Facts • Scotland have won four of the last five matches between these sides in the Six Nations, including the last two in a row; they’ve not won three consecutive games against the Azzurri in the Championship since 2001-2003. • Scotland have won on each of their last two trips to Rome in the Six Nations, this after winning just two of their previous seven away to Italy (L5). • Scotland have lost 17 of their last 19 away games in the Six Nations (W2), however their two victories in that run both came in Rome. • Meanwhile Italy have lost their last 16 games in the Six Nations, the longest such run in the Championship’s history; one more defeat would equal the longest losing run in the Five or Six Nations (France – L17, 1911-1920). • Pascal Gauzère will take charge of his sixth Six Nations game, with his previous five all involving either Italy or Scotland, including the clash between these sides in last year’s Championship which Scotland won 29-0. All-time record Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Italy 489 182 14 291 37% 8328 11090 917 Scotland 679 291 32 356 43% 9355 10209 1192 Head to head Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Italy 28 8 0 20 29% 468 687 39 Scotland 28 20 0 8 71% 687 468 65 Last five meetings Home Away Score Winner Ground Date Italy Scotland 12-16 Scotland Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22-Aug-15 Scotland Italy 48-7 Scotland BT Murrayfield 29-Aug-15 Italy Scotland 20-36 Scotland Stadio Olimpico 27-Feb-16 Scotland Italy 29-0 Scotland BT Murrayfield 18-Mar-17 Italy Scotland 13-34 Scotland Kallang National Stadium, Singapore 10-Jun-17 Italy last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 Scotland 13 34 H L L 2 5 17-Jun-17 Fiji 19 22 A L L 1 3 24-Jun-17 Australia 27 40 A L L 3 6 11-Nov-17 Fiji 19 10 H W D 1 1 18-Nov-17 Argentina 15 31 H L W 0 3 25-Nov-17 South Africa 6 35 H L L 0 5 04-Feb-18 England 15 46 H L L 2 7 10-Feb-18 Ireland 19 56 A L L 3 8 23-Feb-18 France 17 34 A L L 2 3 11-Mar-18 Wales 14 38 A L L 2 5 Scotland last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 Italy 34 13 A W W 5 2 17-Jun-17 Australia 24 19 A W W 3 3 24-Jun-17 Fiji 22 27 A L L 3 2 11-Nov-17 Samoa 44 38 H W W 6 5 18-Nov-17 New Zealand 17 22 H L D 2 3 25-Nov-17 Australia 53 24 H W W 8 4 03-Feb-18 Wales 7 34 A L L 1 4 11-Feb-18 France 32 26 H W L 2 2 24-Feb-18 England 25 13 H W W 3 1 10-Mar-18 Ireland 8 28 A L L 1 4 Last meeting stats Scotland 29 - 0 Italy (2017-03-18 Six Nations) Scotland Italy 4 Tries 0 3 Conversions 0 1 Penalty Goals 0 133 Carries 83 2 Offloads 0 3 Clean Breaks 0 14 Defenders Beaten 4 331 Metres 168 98 Tackles 156 4 Missed Tackles 14 3 Turnovers Won 0 7 Turnovers Conceded 8 9 Throws Won 14 2 Throws Lost 5 13 Penalties Conceded 11 33 Kicks from hand 30 Last meeting player info Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser; 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Ross Ford, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 John Barclay, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Ryan Wilson Bench: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Cornell Du Preez, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Matt Scott Replacements used: Matt Scott for Huw Jones (26), Cornell Du Preez for Ryan Wilson (48), Henry Pyrgos for Ali Price (53), Allan Dell for Gordon Reid (55), Tim Swinson for Grant Gilchrist (56), Fraser Brown for Ross Ford (65), Simon Berghan for Zander Fagerson (65), Duncan Weir for Matt Scott (74) Tries: 4 – Russell, Scott, Visser, Seymour Kicking: Russell (3/4 Conv) Hogg (1/1 Pen) Italy: 15 Edoardo Padovani; 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Luke McLean, 11 Giovanbattista Venditti; 10 Carlo Canna, 9 Edoardo Gori; 1 Andrea Lovotti, 2 Ornel Gega, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 4 Marco Fuser, 5 George Biagi, 6 Braam Steyn, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 8 Sergio Parisse Bench: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Sami Panico, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Dries van Schalkwyk, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Francesco Minto, 22 Marcello Violi, 23 Luca Sperandio Replacements used: Dario Chistolini for Lorenzo Cittadini (40), Leonardo Ghiraldini for Ornel Gega (40), Dries van Schalkwyk for Marco Fuser (52), Francesco Minto for Maxime Mbanda (52), Marcello Violi for Edoardo Gori (52), Sami Panico for Andrea Lovotti (62), Luca Sperandio for Carlo Canna (62), Federico Ruzza for George Biagi (74) Tries: None Kicking: Canna (0/3 Pen) Referee: Pascal Gauzere Attendance: 67,144 NatWest 6 Nations Man of the Match: Finn Russell England v Ireland Saturday, 17 March 2018, Kick-off: 14:45, Twickenham Stadium, Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) Match Facts • Ireland come into this game having won the Six Nations already, they’ve won three of the last five Championships, all under Joe Schmidt.