2011 BULLETIN ROUND 4 REVIEW

12/03/2011 12/03/2011 Millenium Stadium 13/03/2011 Twickenham ITALY 22 FRANCE 21 WALES 19 IRELAND 13 22 SCOTLAND 16 HT: 6-8, ATT: 34,000 HT: 9-13, ATT: 74,233 HT: 9-9, ATT: 82,120 Italy: A Masi; T Benvenuti, G Canale, G Garcia, Wales: L Byrne; L Halfpenny, J Roberts, J England: B Foden; C Ashton, M Tindall (capt, Mirco Bergamasco; L Orquera (K Burton 57), Davies, S Williams; J Hook, M Phillips; P James, M Banahan 41), S Hape, M Cueto; T Flood F Semenzato; A Lo Cicero (S Perugini 47), C M Rees (capt, R Hibbard 72), C Mitchell (J Yapp (J Wilkinson 65), B Youngs (D Care 55); A Festuccia (L Ghiraldini 46), M Castrogiovanni, S 12), B Davies, A Jones, D Lydiate, S Warburton, Corbisiero, D Hartley (S Thompson 65), D Cole Dellape (Q Geldenhuys 51), C del Fava, A Zanni, R Jones (J Thomas 60) (P Doran-Jones 74), L Deacon (S Shaw 65), T R Barbieri (P Derbyshire 57), S Parisse (capt) Palmer, T Wood (T Croft 65), J Haskell, N Easter Scorers: Try: A Masi; Con: M Bergamasco; Scorers: Try: M Phillips; Con: J Hook; Scorers: Try: T Croft; Con: J Wilkinson; Pens: M Bergamasco 5 Pens: J Hook 3, L Halfpenny Pens: T Flood 4, J Wilkinson France: M Medard; Y Huget, A Rougerie, Y Ireland: L Fitzgerald (P Wallace 71); T Bowe, Scotland: C Paterson; S Danielli, J Ansbro (N Jauzion (D Traille 70), V Clerc; F Trinh-Duc, M B O’Driscoll (capt), G D’Arcy, K Earls; R O’Gara De Luca 72), S Lamont, M Evans; R Jackson (D Parra; S Marconnet, W Servat (G Guirado 60), N (J Sexton 49), E Reddan (P Stringer 1); C Healy, Parks 55), R Lawson (M Blair 55); A Jacobsen, Mas (L Ducalcon 41), J Pierre, L Nallet (J Thion R Best (S Cronin 75), M Ross (T Court 69), R Ford (S Lawson 65), M Low (G Cross 52), R 56), T Dusautoir (capt), J Bonnaire, S Chabal (I D O’Callaghan (L Cullen 75), P O’Connell, S Gray, A Kellock (capt), N Hines (A Strokosch Harinordoquy 56) O’Brien, D Wallace, J Heaslip (D Leamy 70) 68), J Barclay, K Brown (R Vernon 43) Scorers: Tries: V Clerc, M Parra; Con: M Parra; Scorers: Try: B O’Driscoll; Con: R O’Gara; Scorers: Try: M Evans; Con: C Paterson; Pens: Pens: M Parra 3 Pens: R O’Gara 2 C Paterson 2; DG: R Jackson Yellow Card: J Barclay (57) Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) Referee: Romain Poite (France) replaced by Jerome Garces (France) 58 RBS MAN OF THE MATCH RBS MAN OF THE MATCH RBS MAN OF THE MATCH Andrea Masi (Italy) (Wales) (England) MATCH STATS MATCH STATS MATCH STATS Mins in Possession Italy France Mins in Possession Wales Ireland Mins in Possession England Scotland 1st Half 14:53 14:30 1st Half 13:00 16:40 1st Half 14:44 08:49 2nd Half 13:59 14:27 2nd Half 16:20 15:37 2nd Half 19:49 11:20 Mins Opponent’s Half Italy France Mins Opponent’s Half Wales Ireland Mins Opponent’s Half England Scotland 1st Half 19:27 22:23 1st Half 21:17 16:22 1st Half 25:07 17:31 2nd Half 26:11 22:39 2nd Half 25:12 17:50 2nd Half 29:12 21:49 Passes Completed 133 164 Passes Completed 132 185 Passes Completed 217 123 Line Breaks 3 2 Line Breaks 2 2 Line Breaks 6 0 Possession Kicked 20 18 Possession Kicked 36 42 Possession Kicked 21 28 Tackles Made 101 97 Tackles Made 111 93 Tackles Made 91 128 Tackles Missed 8 4 Tackles Missed 12 4 Tackles Missed 0 6 Offloads in Tackles 10 15 Offloads in Tackles 3 6 Offloads in Tackles 18 9 Errors 9 11 Errors 10 17 Errors 18 5

ROUND 4 STATS RBS 6 Nations Debuts: 1 YELLOW CARD POINTS CONCEDED FOR AGST Points 113 England: Paul Doran-Jones 1 Louis Deacon (England v Wales) 3 3 Tries 7 2 Craig Mitchell (Wales v England) 0 10 3 Denis Leamy (Ireland v Italy) 3 5 Tries Per Game/Av Pts 4 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy v England) 0 7 2.33/37.66. 5 Bradley Davies (Wales v Scotland) 0 3 Attendance 189,353 6 (Wales v Scotland) 0 3 Players Used 124 7 Allan Jacobsen (Scotland v Ireland) 0 7 8 John Barclay (Scotland v England) 0 10 All information correct at time of publishing 2011 BULLETIN WWW.RBS6NATIONS.COM

SIX NATIONS UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 – ROUND 4

11/013/11 Brescia 11/03/11 Llanelli 11/03/11 Newbury ITALY 3 FRANCE 25 WALES 26 IRELAND 26 ENGLAND 56 SCOTLAND 8 Italy: Pen: Marco Gennari; Wales: Tries: Adam Warren, Owen Williams; England: Tries: 3, Alex Gray 2, France: Tries: Sebastien Vahaamahina, Cons: Matthew Morgan 2; Christian Wade, Rob Buchanan, Mako Vunipola; Jean-Pascal Barraque, Penalty Try; Pens: Matthew Morgan 4; Cons: George Ford 8 Cons: Jean-Marc Doussain, Ireland: Tries: Martin Moore, Craig Gilroy, Scotland: Try: Robin Hislop; Jean-Pascal Barraque; David Doyle; Con: Patrick Jackson; Pen: Harry Leonard Pens: Jean-Marc Doussain 2 Pens: Patrick Jackson 3

Leading Scorers: Tries: 7 Elliot Daly (England) 4 Andy Short (England) Alex Gray (England) 3 Owen Williams (Wales) Craig Gilroy (Ireland) Points: 60 George Ford (England) 47 Matthew Morgan (Wales) SIX NATIONS UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE 34 Jean-Marc Doussain (France) 37 Patrick Jackson (Ireland) COUNTRY P W D L F A PD TF Pts 35 Elliot Daly (England) England 4 4 0 0 175 37 138 24 8 France 43 01 1204080156 ROUND 5 FIXTURES (KOs are LOCAL time) Wales 4 2 1 1 125 100 25 15 5 DATE FIXTURE KO VENUE Ireland 42 11 8273995 18/03/11 SCOTLAND v ITALY 19:30 Stirling Italy 4 0 0 4 30 122 -92 2 0 18/03/11 IRELAND v ENGLAND 19:45 Athlone Scotland 4 0 0 4 16 153 -137 2 0 18/03/11 FRANCE v WALES 20:30 Albi

SIX NATIONS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 – ROUND 4

13/01/11 Cross Keys 13/03/11 Benevento 13/03/11 Twickenham WALES 15 IRELAND 14 ITALY 20 FRANCE 28 ENGLAND 89 SCOTLAND 0 Wales: Tries: Elen Evans, Adi Taviner; Italy: Tries: Paola Zangirolami, Flavia England: Tries: Fran Matthews 2, Con: Aimee Young; Pen: Aimee Young Severin; Cons: Veronica Schiavon 2; 2, 2, Ireland: Tries: Gillian Bourke 2; Pens: Veronica Schiavon 2. 2, 2, Cons: Niamh Briggs 2 France: Tries: Sandrine Agricole, Claire 2, , Canal, Elodie Poublan Cons: Nadege Becky Essex, Katy McLean; Casenave 2; Pens: Nadege Casenave 2, Cons: Katy McLean 7. Sandrine Agricole Leading Scorers: Tries: 6 Elodie Poublan (France) 5 Danielle Waterman SIX NATIONS WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE (England) 4 Elen Evans (Wales) Points: 52 Katy McLean (England) COUNTRY P W D L F A PD TF Pts 30 Elodie Poublan (France) 24 Niamh Briggs (Ireland) England 44 00 1928184318 France 4 3 0 1 98 51 47 13 6 ROUND 5 FIXTURES (KOs are LOCAL time) Ireland 4 2 0 2 74 39 35 12 4 DATE FIXTURE KO VENUE Wales 42 02 6457794 18/03/11 IRELAND v ENGLAND 19:30 Ashbourne Italy 4 1 0 3 42 130 -88 5 2 19/03/11 FRANCE v WALES 15:00 Bourgoin Scotland 4 0 0 4 20 205 -185 3 0 20/03/11 SCOTLAND v ITALY 15:00

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ROUND 4 REVIEW TRIPLE GRAND SLAM PLAYER / COACHES PLAYER COUNTRY GS PLAYER GS COACH Three English teams will head into the final round of RBS 6 Nations action in Ireland Wales 1971 1976, 78 this weekend looking to win Grand Slams. Jacques Fouroux France 1977 1981 England’s senior side, Under 20 and Women’s teams have a perfect 12 out of 12 record Jean-Cladue Skrela France 1977 1997, 98 in their Championships this season and the first opportunity to make a clean sweep will England 1980 2003 fall to Katy Mclean’s side when they take on the Irish Women at Ashbourne at 7.30pm on Friday night. With Grand Slams in 2008 and 2010 England’s Women certainly know Marc Lievremont France 1998 2010 how to deliver, while Alex Gray’s Under 20 side will be seeking their first Grand Slam since 2008. They kick-off 15 minutes later than the women in Athlone on Friday night. REVISITED Two wins over the Irish on Friday would then put the pressure on ’s team to There have been 34 Grand Slams completed over the past 100 years in the Five and end an eight year wait to England’s 13th Championship Grand Slam. 6 Nations, with Wales completing the clean sweep of four matches in 1908 and 1909 before the Championship was formulated with five teams. But there have also been 21 failures at the final hurdle - 5 each by Ireland and England, 4 each by Scotland and France and 3 by Wales. England lead the way with 12 Grand Slams and their last success in 2003 came in the very city they will be travelling to this weekend seeking their 13th clean sweep. Dublin was the venue for a winner-takes-all Grand Slam shoot-out between two unbeaten teams eight years ago. England came through in convincing style and scored five tries in the 42-6 demolition job on the Irish. There are still a few survivors from that occasion at the old . Brian O’Driscoll is still leading the Irish and will have Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer and Paul O’Connell alongside him in the home camp. Current England skipper Mike Tindall, and all featured in that game and Martin Johnson had his scrum coach with him in the England pack.

JONNO POISED TO JOIN SPECIAL GRAND SLAM CLUB Martin Johnson will join a very exclusive club if he can guide his England team to Grand Slam glory in Dublin this weekend. Already recognised as one of the giants of the world game after a playing career that saw him lead the British & Irish Lions to a series win in South Africa and England to the in Australia, he is now poised to become only the sixth IRELAND 6 ENGLAND 42 person to taste Grand Slam success as both a player and coach. His two Grand Slam successes as a player came in the World Cup years of 1995 and For the Record . . . Lansdowne Road, 30 March, 2003 2003, the latter as captain, but he has also learned about the pain of falling at the final Ireland: G Murphy; J Bishop, B O’Driscoll (capt, G Dempsey 80), K Maggs, D Hickie; D hurdle. England went into the final round of matches looking for the top honour in Humphreys (R O’Gara 63), P Stringer; M Horan (J Fitzpatrick 75), S Byrne, J Hayes, G northern hemisphere rugby in 1999, 2000 and 2001 where Johnson captained the side Longwell (P O’Connell 56), M O’Kelly, V Costello (A Quinlan 68), A Foley, K Gleeson in both 1999 against Wales in Wembley and 2001 against Ireland in Dublin. Scorers: Pen: D Humphreys; DG: D Humphreys Now he is aiming to double-up and join Wales’ John Dawes, fellow Englishman Clive Woodward and the French trio of Jean-Claude Skrela, Jacques Fouroux and Marc England: J Lewsey; J Robinson, W Greenwood, M Tindall (D Luger 68), B Cohen; Lievremont in a very special Grand Slam ‘Hall of Fame’. J Wilkinson (P Grayson 62), M Dawson (K Bracken 25-35, 68-72); G Rowntree (T Woodman 37-45), S Thompson, J Leonard, M Johnson (capt), B Kay (D Grewcock 52), R Hill (J Worsley 22-29), L Dallaglio, N Back Scorers: Tries: W Greenwood 2, D Luger, L Dallaglio, M Tindall; Cons: J Wilkinson 3, P Grayson; Pen: J Wilkinson; DG: J Wilkinson 2

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) 2011 BULLETIN WWW.RBS6NATIONS.COM

GRAND SLAM SUCCESSES Grand Slam Venues Grand Slam Cities Year Team Result Opponents Venue Date 8 Twickenham, 9 London 1908 Wales won 11-5 Ireland Balmoral Showgrounds 14 March 5 Arms Park, Cardiff 8 Cardiff 1909 Wales won 19-5 Ireland St Helen’s 13 March 4 Stade Colombes, Paris 7 Paris 1911 Wales won 16-0 Ireland Cardiff Arms Park 11 March Murrayfield, Edinburgh 4 Edinburgh 3 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3 Dublin 1913 England won 3-0 Scotland Twickenham 15 March , Cardiff 2 Belfast 1914 England won 39-13 France Stade Colombes 13 April 2 St Helen’s, Swansea 2 Swansea 1921 England won 10-6 France Stade Colombes 28 March , Paris 1923 England won 12-3 France Stade Colombes 2 April 1 Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast 1924 England won 19-0 Scotland Twickenham 15 March Ravenhill, Belfast 1925 Scotland won 14-11 England Murrayfield 21 March Parc des Princes, Paris 1928 England won 6-0 Scotland Twickenham 17 March Wembley, London 1948 Ireland won 6-3 Wales Ravenhill 13 March 1950 Wales won 21-0 France Cardiff Arms Park 25 March 1952 Wales won 9-5 France St Helen’s 22 March GRAND SLAM FAILURES 1957 England won 16-3 Scotland Twickenham 16 March Year Team Result Opponents Venue Date 1968 France won 14-9 Wales Cardiff Arms Park 23 March 1920 Scotland lost 13-4 England Twickenham 20 March 1971 Wales won 9-5 France Stade Colombes 27 March 1923 Scotland lost 8-6 England Inverleith 17 March 1976 Wales won 19-13 France Cardiff Arms Park 6 March 1926 Ireland lost 11-8 Wales St Helen’s, Swansea 13 March 1977 France won 15-6 Ireland Lansdowne Road 19 March 1951 Ireland drew 3-3 Wales Cardiff Arms Park 10 March 1978 Wales won 16-7 France Cardiff Arms Park 18 March* 1954 England lost 11-3 France Stade Colombes 10 April 1980 England won 30-18 Scotland Murrayfield 15 March 1955 France lost 16-11 Wales Stade Colombes 26 March 1981 France won 16-12 England Twickenham 21 March 1965 Wales lost 22-13 France Stade Colombes 27 March 1984 Scotland won 21-12 France Murrayfield 17 March* 1969 Ireland lost 24-11 Wales Cardiff Arms Park 8 March 1987 France won 19-13 Ireland Lansdowne Road 21 March 1978 France lost 16-7 Wales Cardiff Arms Park 18 March* 1990 Scotland won 13-7 England Murrayfield 17 March* 1982 Ireland lost 22-9 France Parc des Princes 20 March 1991 England won 21-19 France Twickenham 16 March* 1984 France lost 21-12 Scotland Murrayfield 17 March* 1992 England won 24-0 Wales Twickenham 7 March 1988 Wales lost 10-9 France Cardiff Arms Park 19 March 1995 England won 24-12 Scotland Twickenham 18 March* 1990 England lost 13-7 Scotland Murrayfield 17 March* 1997 France won 47-20 Scotland Parc des Princes 15 March 1991 France lost 21-19 England Twickenham 16 March* 1998 France won 51-0 Wales Wembley 5 April 1994 Wales lost 15-8 England Twickenham 19 March 2002 France won 44-5 Ireland Stade de France 6 April 1995 Scotland lost 24-12 England Twickenham 18 March* 2003 England won 42-6 Ireland Lansdowne Road 30 March* 1996 Scotland lost 18-9 England Murrayfield 2 March 2004 France won 24-21 England Stade de France 27 March 1999 England lost 32-31 Wales Wembley 11 April 2005 Wales won 32-20 Ireland Millennium Stadium 19 March 2000 England lost 19-13 Scotland Murrayfield 2 April 2008 Wales won 29-12 France Millennium Stadium 15 March 2001 England lost 20-14 Ireland Lansdowne Road 20 October 2009 Ireland won 17-15 Wales Millennium Stadium 21 March 2003 Ireland lost 42-6 England Twickenham 30 March* 2010 France won12-10 England Stade de France 20 March * both sides playing for Grand Slam