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RBS 6 NATIONS - ROUND 3 PREVIEWS 2013 FIXTURES 2013 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Last 5 seasons Rd Date Local KO Fixture 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 1 Sat 2 Feb 22-30 v 23-21 19-13 12-27 15-17 16-12 Sat 2 Feb 38-18 v 13-6 22-16 15-15 26-12 9-15 Sun 3 Feb 23-18 v 12-30 22-21 20-46 8-50 13-25 2 Sat 9 Feb 34-10 SCOTLAND v ITALY Murrayfield 6-13 21-8 12-16 16-6 20-23 Sat 9 Feb 6-16 FRANCE v WALES 9-16 28-9 26-20 21-16 12-29 Sun 10 Feb 6-12 IRELAND v ENGLAND Stadium 9-30 24-8 20-16 14-13 10-33 3 Sat 23 Feb 9-26 ITALY v WALES Stadio Olimpico 3-24 16-24 10-33 15-20 8-47 Sat 23 Feb 23-13 ENGLAND v FRANCE Twickenham Stadium 24-22 17-9 10-12 34-10 24-13 Sun 24 Feb 12-8 SCOTLAND v IRELAND Murrayfield 9-15 18-21 23-20 15-22 13-34 4 Sat 9 Mar 14:30 SCOTLAND v WALES Murrayfield 13-27 6-24 24-31 13-26 15-30 Sat 9 Mar 17:00 IRELAND v FRANCE 17-17 22-25 10-33 30-21 21-26 Sun 10 Mar 15:00 ENGLAND v ITALY Twickenham Stadium 19-15 59-13 17-12 36-11 23-19 5 Sat 16 Mar 15:30 ITALY v IRELAND Stadio Olimpico 10-42 11-13 11-29 9-38 11-16 Sat 16 Mar 17:00 WALES v ENGLAND Millennium Stadium 19-12 19-26 17-30 23-15 26-19 Sat 16 Mar 21:00 FRANCE v SCOTLAND Stade de France 23-17 34-21 18-9 22-13 27-6 Round Four of the 2013 RBS 6 Nations Championship resumes on Saturday when Scotland host Wales at Murrayfield, both sides boasting identical won 2, lost 1 records so far. Later that afternoon in , France are the visitors to Aviva Stadium anxious to end their longest winless streak in 55 years of the Five/Six Nations. Twickenham Stadium concludes the round on Sunday afternoon with England entertaining Italy. England will be attempting to keep their hopes alive and the Azzurri hoping to spring an upset to secure a first ever win over England.

HOW THEY STAND RBS 6 NATIONS 2013 Attack Defence Pos Nation W D L Pts T C PG DG For T C PG DG Agst PD 1 England 3 0 0 6 5 3 14 0 73 3 2 6 0 37 36 2 Wales 2 0 1 4 6 5 8 0 64 3 3 8 0 45 19 3 Scotland 2 0 1 4 6 5 8 0 64 6 4 6 0 56 8 4 Ireland 1 0 2 2 4 3 6 0 44 3 2 9 0 46 -2 5 Italy 1 0 2 2 3 3 5 2 42 8 7 8 0 78 -36 6 France 0 0 3 0 3 2 6 0 37 4 3 10 2 62 -25 TOTALS 9 0 9 18 27 21 47 2 324 27 21 47 2 324

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SCOTLAND v WALES Where: Murrayfield, When: Saturday 9 March 2013, kick-off 2.30pm Referee: (SARU, 10th RBS 6 Nations game) Assistants: Glen Jackson (NZRU), (SARU). TMO: Giulio de Santis (FIR)

STATS & FACTS . Scotland have won their last two RBS 6 Nations matches, against Italy and Ireland, a feat they had not previously managed since 2001, when they also beat the Italians and Irish (though the Ireland game was not played until September due to the foot and mouth crisis). They have not won three in a row in the tournament since 1996. . The Scots have won just one round four encounter since 2001: in 2008 against England. . Wales have lost just one of their last eight RBS 6 Nations fixtures: versus Ireland on 2 February. . Scotland’s only win in their last ten contests with Wales: 21-9 in a tryless encounter at Murrayfield in 2007. . In four of the last five Tests between these nations, the Welsh have won by margins of 13 points or more and have averaged 28 points scored per game. . Wales have won on three of their last four visits to Murrayfield. . Wales’ biggest ever victory over Scotland came at Murrayfield in 2005, when they scored six tries in a 46-22 win. ON THE PITCH  Scotland’s average of under 61 per carries per match after three rounds of the RBS 6 Nations is the lowest in the tournament and way below the average of 103 per game. Scotland have also spent the least time in possession, an average of 12 mins, 31 secs per game.  Wales boast the best ball retention at rucks and mauls so far, recycling the ball in 97% of breakdowns.  Scotland’s is the top tackler in the tournament after three rounds, completing 43 of 46 attempts. Richie Gray and are joint-third amongst tacklers in the tournament with 34 apiece.  is the RBS 6 Nations’ top metre-maker with 225m gained in three matches, though he made just 24m in his side’s victory over Ireland.  Adam Jones has conceded seven penalties so far, a joint-high in the championship. LAST TEN SIDE BY SIDE SCOTLAND WALES Date Opponent Venue Result Date Opponent Venue Result 17 Mar Italy Stadio Olimpico L 6-13 9 Jun Brisbane L 19-27 5 Jun Australia Newcastle W 9-6 16 Jun Australia Melbourne L 23-25 16 Jun Lautoka W 37-25 23 Jun Australia L 19-20 23 Jun Samoa Apia W 17-16 10 Nov Millennium Stadium L 12-26 11 Nov Murrayfield L 22-51 16 Nov Samoa Millennium Stadium L 19-26 17 Nov Murrayfield L 10-21 24 Nov New Zealand Millennium Stadium L 10-33 24 Nov Tonga L 15-21 1 Dec Australia Millennium Stadium L 12-14 2 Feb England Twickenham L 18-38 2 Feb Ireland Millennium Stadium L 22-30 9 Feb Italy Murrayfield W 34-10 9 Feb France Stade de France W 16-6 24 Feb Ireland Murrayfield W 12-8 9 Feb Italy Stadio Olimpico W 26-9

Compiled by PREVIOUS RBS 6 NATIONS ENCOUNTERS Scotland Match Result Wales T C PG DG Venue Sco Year Wal Venue T C PG DG 2 1 2 - 18 2000 26 Millennium Stadium 2 2 4 - 3 2 3 - Murrayfield 28 2001 28 1 1 4 3 2 1 5 - 27 2002 22 Millennium Stadium 1 1 5 - 3 3 3 - Murrayfield 30 2003 22 3 2 1 - 1 1 - 1 10 2004 23 Millennium Stadium 3 1 2 - 3 2 1 - Murrayfield 22 2005 46 6 5 2 - 2 1 2 - 18 2006 28 Millennium Stadium 4 4 - - - - 7 - Murrayfield 21 2007 9 - - 3 - - - 5 - 15 2008 30 Millennium Stadium 3 3 3 - 1 1 2 - Murrayfield 13 2009 26 4 - 2 - 2 1 2 2 24 2010 31 Millennium Stadium 3 2 4 - - - 2 - Murrayfield 6 2011 24 2 1 4 - 1 1 2 - 13 2012 27 Millennium Stadium 3 3 2 - 20 14 36 3 245 Totals 342 35 25 36 3 Win Draw COMPARING THE NATIONS Scotland Head to Head Wales P W D L ScW D WaW P W D L 620 263 32 325 All Tests 48 3 66 All Tests 649 333 28 288 68 18 2 48 RBS 6 Nations 3 1 9 RBS 6 Nations 68 35 2 31 249 126 10 113 @ Murrayfield 21 1 18 @ Murrayfield 40 18 1 21 LAST YEAR IN DETAIL 12 FEBRUARY 2012 WALES (3) 27, SCOTLAND (3) 13 (Millennium Stadium) Wales: 15 (2T/3C/2P); 14 (T), 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 , 11 ; 10 , 9 Mike Phillips; 1 (sin bin 77), 2 , 3 Adam Jones; 4 (capt), 5 ; 6 , 7 , 8 Toby Faletau. Bench: 16 , 17 , 18 Lou Reed, 19 , 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 , 22 Scott Williams. Replacements used: Owens for Bennett 10, Bennett for Owens 19, Hook for North 40, Owens for Bennett 41, James for A.Jones 73, Powell for Lydiate 73, Reed for Ry.Jones 74, Ll.Williams for Phillips 74, S.Williams for Roberts 78. Place Kicking: Leigh Halfpenny 5 from 6 (Conv 3/3, Pens 2/3). Scotland: 15 (sin bin 54-64); 14 Lee Jones, 13 (sin bin 45-55), 12 , 11 ; 10 (T/C/2P), 9 ; 1 Allan Jacobsen, 2 (capt), 3 ; 4 Richie Gray, 5 Jim Hamilton; 6 , 7 , 8 . Bench: 16 , 17 Ed Kalman, 18 , 19 John Barclay, 20 , 21 , 22 Stuart Hogg. Replacements used: Hogg for Evans 16, Barclay for Strokosch 43, Blair for Cusiter 49, Kalman for Cross 57, Kellock for Hamilton 58, S.Lawson for Ford 71. Place Kicking: Greig Laidlaw 3 from 4 (Conv 1/1, Pens 2/3).

Scoring sequence: 23' Laidlaw (PG) 0-3, 30' Halfpenny (PG) 3-3, 42' Cuthbert (T) 8-3, Halfpenny (C) 10-3, 46' Halfpenny (PG) 13-3, 49' Laidlaw (PG) 13-6, 51' Halfpenny (T) 18-6, Halfpenny (C) 20-6, 56' Halfpenny (T) 25-6, Halfpenny (C) 27-6, 64' Laidlaw (T) 27-11, Laidlaw (C) 27-13.

Referee: (France). Attendance: 73189.

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IRELAND v FRANCE Where: Aviva Stadium, Dublin When: Saturday 9 March 2013, kick-off 5pm Referee: Steve Walsh (ARU, 10th RBS 6 Nations game) Assistants: (RFU), Greg Garner (RFU) TMO: Nigel Whitehouse (WRU)

STATS & FACTS . Ireland have lost consecutive matches in the RBS 6 Nations for the first time since 2008, but have not lost three in a row in a single championship since 1998. . The Irishmen have only ever lost three previous round 4 fixtures: in 2005, 2008 and 2011. . France have lost their last three test matches but have not lost four in a row since 1989. . Les Bleus have lost five successive matches in the RBS 6 Nations – their worst run in the championship since 1958. . The Frenchmen are winless in their last six RBS 6 Nations games and have not gone seven games without a win in the tournament since 1927. . France have lost in round four in three of the last four seasons. . Ireland’s solo victory in their last 13 clashes with France since 2003 was 30-21 at Croke Park on 7 February 2009. . Despite picking up just one victory in the last nine, Ireland have averaged over 2.1 tries to France’s 2.8 per game in this period. ON THE PITCH  Ireland have missed fewer tackles (29) than any other side in the RBS 6 Nations this season and have the best tackle completion rate in the championship (92%).  Only Kelly Brown (43) has made more tackles than (37) in this year’s championship, although the latter has not missed a single attempt.  Sean O’Brien has made more carries (44) than anyone else in the tournament, second to him is France number 8 (41).  has more clean breaks to his name (4) than any other player in the RBS 6 Nations after three rounds.  France backs and have evaded 10 tackles so far in the tournament, no other player has more.  has won more lineouts (14) than any other player in the RBS 6 Nations after three rounds, whilst is joint-second in this category with 13. LAST TEN SIDE BY SIDE IRELAND FRANCE Date Opponent Venue Result Date Opponent Venue Result 10 Mar Scotland Aviva Stadium W 32-14 11 Mar England Stade de France L 22-24 17 Mar England Twickenham L 9-30 17 Mar Wales Millennium Stadium L 9-16 9 Jun New Zealand L 10-42 16 Jun Argentina Cordoba L 20-23 16 Jun New Zealand L 19-22 23 Jun Argentina Tucuman W 49-10 23 Jun New Zealand Hamilton L 0-60 10 Nov Australia Stade de France W 33-6 10 Nov South Africa Aviva Stadium L 12-16 17 Nov Argentina Lille W 39-22 24 Nov Argentina Aviva Stadium W 46-24 24 Nov Samoa Stade de France W 22-14 2 Feb Wales Millennium Stadium W 30-22 3 Feb Italy Stadio Olimpico L 18-23 10 Feb England Aviva Stadium L 6-12 9 Feb Wales Stade de France L 6-16 24 Feb Scotland Murrayfield L 8-12 23 Feb England Twickenham L 13-23

Compiled by PREVIOUS RBS 6 NATIONS ENCOUNTERS Ireland Match Result France T C PG DG Venue Ire Year Fra Venue T C PG DG 3 3 2 - 27 2000 25 Stade de France 1 1 6 - 1 1 5 - 22 2001 15 2 1 1 - 1 - - - 5 2002 44 Stade de France 5 2 5 - - - 4 1 Lansdowne Road 15 2003 12 - - 4 - 2 2 1 - 17 2004 35 Stade de France 4 3 3 - 1 1 4 - Lansdowne Road 19 2005 26 3 1 2 1 4 4 1 - 31 2006 43 Stade de France 6 5 1 - 1 - 4 - Croke Park 17 2007 20 2 2 2 - 2 1 3 - 21 2008 26 Stade de France 4 3 - - 3 3 3 - Croke Park 30 2009 21 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 - 10 2010 33 Stade de France 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 - Aviva Stadium 22 2011 25 1 1 6 - 2 2 1 - 17 2012 17 Stade de France 1 - 4 - 24 20 30 1 253 Totals 342 34 23 37 5 Win Draw COMPARING THE NATIONS Ireland Head to Head France P W D L IrW D FrW P W D L 624 261 30 333 All Tests 29 6 55 All Tests 690 381 31 278 68 45 1 22 RBS 6 Nations 4 1 8 RBS 6 Nations 68 46 1 21 258 124 17 117 @ Aviva Stadium 13 4 19 @ Aviva Stadium 38 21 4 13 LAST YEAR IN DETAIL 4 MARCH 2012 FRANCE (6) 17, IRELAND (17) 17 (Stade de France)

France: 15 Clement Poitrenaud; 14 , 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana(T), 11 Julien Malzieu; 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 (4P); 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux, 2 , 3 ; 4 Pascal Pape, 5 Yoann Maestri; 6 Thierry Dusautoir (capt), 7 , 8 . Bench: 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 , 22 . Replacements used: Servat for Szarzewski 51, Debaty for Poux 53, Nallet for Pape 61, Beauxis for Poitrenaud 68, Picamoles for Bonnaire 71. Place Kicking: Morgan Parra 4 from 6 (Conv 0/1, Pens 4/5).

Ireland: 15 ; 14 (2T), 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 ; 10 (2C/P), 9 ; 1 , 2 , 3 ; 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Paul O'Connell (capt); 6 , 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 . Bench: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 , 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Peter O'Mahony, 20 , 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden. Replacements used: D.Ryan for O'Callaghan 58, Reddan for Murray 59, O'Mahony for O'Brien 66, O'Gara for D'Arcy 71, McFadden for Trimble 73, Cronin for Best 75, Court for Healy 75. Place Kicking: Jonathan Sexton 3 from 4 (Conv 2/2, Pens 1/2).

Scoring sequence: 13' Bowe (T) 0-5, Sexton (C) 0-7, 23' Parra (PG) 3-7, 27' Sexton (PG) 3-10, 30' Parra (PG) 6- 10, 38' Bowe (T) 6-15, Sexton (C) 6-17, 47' Parra (PG) 9-17, 51' Fofana (T) 14-17, 58' Parra (PG) 17-17.

Referee: Dave Pearson (England) Attendance: 79600.

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ENGLAND v ITALY Where: Twickenham Stadium, When: Sunday 10 March 2013, kick-off 3pm Referee: George Clancy (IRFU, 8th RBS 6 Nations game) Assistants: (WRU), (FFR) TMO: Simon McDowell (IRFU)

STATS & FACTS . England are going for a 4th straight win from the start of an RBS 6 Nations campaign for the fifth time – 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2011. . England’s solo reversal in their last eight RBS 6 Nations matches was 12-19 at home to Wales last season. . Italy have only won two matches in an entire Six Nations campaign once before: in 2007, when they defeated Wales and Scotland in successive rounds. . England have all won all 18 of their previous test matches against Italy. . Three of the last five clashes between these two sides have been settled by margins of five points or under but they have all taken place in . . The closest Italy have ever come to beating England at Twickenham was a 20-7 defeat in 2007. The aggregate score between these teams in six matches at HQ is 274-66, with England averaging six tries scored per game. ON THE PITCH . Only Kelly Brown (43) and Thierry Dusautoir (37) have made more tackles than (34) in this year’s edition of the RBS 6 Nations. . has produced more offloads (8) than any other player in the RBS 6 Nations this season, with England captain second with six. . (2) and the banned (3) are the only players to have more than one lineout steal to their name in this year’s championship. . Italy’s overall goal-kicking success rate is 89% after three matches, the most consistent in the RBS 6 Nations this term. . England kick the ball more often than any other team in the RBS 6 Nations, in play averaging over 31 per match while they have booted more penalties (14) than any other side. . Italy’s scrum success rate on their own feed is 91% this season, a tournament high, whilst England’s is 74%, the joint worst figure alongside Scotland. LAST TEN SIDE BY SIDE ENGLAND ITALY Date Opponent Venue Result Date Opponent Venue Result 9 Jun South Africa L 17-22 17 Mar Scotland Stadio Olimpico W 13-6 16 Jun South Africa L 27-36 9 Jun Argentina San Juan L 22-37 23 Jun South Africa Port Elizabeth D 14-14 15 Jun Canada Toronto W 25-16 10 Nov Fiji Twickenham W 54-12 23 Jun United States Houston W 30-10 17 Nov Australia Twickenham L 14-20 10 Nov Tonga Brescia W 28-23 24 Nov South Africa Twickenham L 15-16 17 Nov New Zealand Stadio Olimpico L 10-42 1 Dec New Zealand Twickenham W 38-21 24 Nov Australia Florence L 19-22 2 Feb Scotland Twickenham W 38-18 3 Feb France Stadio Olimpico W 23-18 10 Feb Ireland Aviva Stadium W 12-6 9 Feb Scotland Murrayfield L 10-34 23 Feb France Twickenham W 23-13 23 Feb Italy Stadio Olimpico L 9-26

Compiled by PREVIOUS RBS 6 NATIONS ENCOUNTERS England Match Result Italy T C PG DG Venue Eng Year Ita Venue T C PG DG 8 5 2 1 59 2000 12 2 1 - - 10 9 4 - Twickenham 80 2001 23 2 2 3 - 6 6 1 - 45 2002 9 Stadio Flaminio - - 3 - 6 5 - - Twickenham 40 2003 5 1 - - - 7 3 3 - 50 2004 9 Stadio Flaminio - - 2 1 6 3 1 - Twickenham 39 2005 7 1 1 - - 4 4 1 - 31 2006 16 Stadio Flaminio 1 1 1 2 1 - 5 - Twickenham 20 2007 7 1 1 - - 2 2 3 - 23 2008 19 Stadio Flaminio 1 1 4 - 5 4 1 - Twickenham 36 2009 11 1 - 2 - 1 - 3 1 17 2010 12 Stadio Flaminio - - 4 - 8 8 1 - Twickenham 59 2011 13 1 1 2 - 1 1 4 - 19 2012 15 Stadio Olimpico 2 1 1 - 65 50 29 2 518 Totals 158 13 9 22 3 Win Draw COMPARING THE NATIONS England Head to Head Italy P W D L EnW D ItW P W D L 661 353 50 258 All Tests 18 - - All Tests 432 173 14 245 68 46 1 21 RBS 6 Nations 13 - - RBS 6 Nations 68 10 1 57 273 174 23 76 @ Twickenham 10 - - @ Twickenham 10 - - 10 LAST YEAR IN DETAIL 11 FEBRUARY 2012 ITALY (12) 15, ENGLAND (6) 19 (Stadio Olimpico)

Italy: 15 ; 14 (T), 13 Tommaso Benvenuti(T), 12 , 11 Luke McLean; 10 Kris Burton(C/P), 9 ; 1 Vaina, 2 , 3 ; 4 , 5 ; 6 Alessandro Zanni, 7 , 8 Sergio Parisse (capt). Bench: 16 Tommaso d'Apice, 17 , 18 Antonio Pavanello, 19 , 20 , 21 Tobias Botes, 22 . Replacements used: Cittadini for Castrogiovanni 34, Botes for Burton 48, A.Pavanello for Geldenhuys 58, Semenzato for Gori 58, d'Apice for Ghiraldini 59, Morisi for Canale 64, Bergamasco for Barbieri 76. Place Kicking: Kris Burton 2 from 3 (Conv 1/2, Pens 1/1), Tobias Botes 0 from 2 (Pens 0/2).

England: 15 ; 14 , 13 , 12 (C/4P), 11 ; 10 (T), 9 ; 1 , 2 , 3 ; 4 Mouritz Botha, 5 ; 6 , 7 Chris Robshaw (capt), 8 Phil Dowson. Bench: 16 , 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Geoff Parling, 19 , 20 , 21 Jordan Turner- Hall, 22 . Replacements used: Morgan for Dowson 52, Dickson for B.Youngs 52, Parling for Palmer 59, Webber for Hartley 75, Stevens for Cole 75, Turner-Hall for Hodgson 78. Place Kicking: Owen Farrell 5 from 5 (Conv 1/1, Pens 4/4).

Scoring sequence: 27' Farrell (PG) 0-3, 36' Farrell (PG) 0-6, 38' Venditti (T) 5-6, 40' Benvenuti (T) 10-6, Burton (C) 12-6, 48' Burton (PG) 15-6, 51' Hodgson (T) 15-11, Farrell (C) 15-13, 55' Farrell (PG) 15-16, 66' Farrell (PG) 15-19.

Referee: Jerome Garces (France). Attendance: 53700.

Compiled by 2013 STATS & FACTS TOP RBS 6 NATIONS POINTS SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Try Conv PG DG PTS Owen Farrell England 3 221 0 3 12 0 42 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 240 1 5 8 0 39 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 3 228 0 5 8 0 34 Frederic Michalak France 2+1 188 0 1 5 0 17 Jonathan Sexton Ireland 2 111 0 3 3 0 15 Kris Burton Italy 1+2 129 0 1 3 1 14 Italy 2 110 0 2 2 1 13 Alex Cuthbert Wales 3 240 2 0 0 0 10 Stuart Hogg Scotland 3 229 2 0 0 0 10 England 0+2 32 0 0 2 0 6 Ronan O'Gara Ireland 0+2 65 0 0 2 0 6 Best in a 6 Nations Season: 89pts by Wilkinson (England) in 2001

TOP RBS 6 NATIONS TRY SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Tries Gm1 Gm Gm3 Gm4 Gm 2 5 Alex Cuthbert Wales 3 240 2 1 0 1 Stuart Hogg Scotland 3 229 2 1 1 0 Chris Ashton England 3 240 1 1 0 0 England 0+2 45 1 1 0 Martin Castrogiovanni Italy 3 185 1 1 0 0 Jonathan Davies Wales 3 240 1 0 0 1 Benjamin Fall France 3 200 1 1 0 0 Wesley Fofana France 3 240 1 0 0 1 Ireland 3 219 1 0 0 1 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 240 1 0 0 1 Cian Healy Ireland 2 147 1 1 0 Sean Lamont Scotland 3 240 1 0 1 0 Scotland 3 240 1 1 0 0 Craig Mitchell Wales 0+3 16 1 1 0 0 George North Wales 3 240 1 0 1 0 Brian O'Driscoll Ireland 3 240 1 1 0 0 Sergio Parisse Italy 2 160 1 1 0 Geoff Parling England 3 240 1 1 0 0 Louis Picamoles France 3 228 1 1 0 0 Scotland 3 240 1 0 1 0 Manusamoa Tuilagi England 1+1 113 1 0 1 England 2 114 1 1 0 Scotland 3 240 1 0 1 0 Alessandro Zanni Italy 3 240 1 0 1 0 Ireland 2 89 1 1 0 Best in a 6 Nations Season: 6 by (England) in 2001, by (Wales) 2008, and by Chris Ashton (England) in 2011

Compiled by BEST RBS 6 NATIONS PLACE KICKERS 2013 Name Team Good Att Kick% Last 10 kicks Conv PG Streak Jonathan Sexton Ireland 6 6 100.00% 232332 3/3 3/3 Last 6 Kris Burton Italy 4 4 100.00% 2/333 1/1 3/3 Last 4 Toby Flood England 2 2 100.00% 33 0/0 2/2 Last 2 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 13 14 92.86% 332222/3333 5/6 8/8 Last 13 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 13 15 86.67% 323/333p232 5/6 8/9 Last 3 Luciano Orquera Italy 4 5 80.00% 232/p3 2/2 2/3 Last 1 Owen Farrell England 15 20 75.00% p33p/3333cp 3/5 12/15 Missed last 2 Frederic Michalak France 6 8 75.00% c323p/33/3 1/2 5/6 Last 3 Ronan O'Gara Ireland 2 3 66.67% 33p 0/0 2/3 Missed last 1 Morgan Parra France 2 4 50.00% 32pp 1/1 1/3 Missed last 2 Ireland 1 4 25.00% p3cp 0/1 1/3 Missed last 2 Stuart Hogg Scotland 0 1 0.00% p 0/0 0/1 Missed last 1 Under Streak, "Last 4" means has kicked last four place kicks in a row successfully. Under "Last 10 kicks" 3 denotes a penalty goal, 2 a conversion, p is a missed penalty and c a missed conversion, whilst separate matches are divided with forward slashes. Qual: 5 place kicks at goal.

RBS 6 NATIONS DISCIPLINE 2013 Yellow cards Team Opps Date Venue Referee Rory Best Ireland v Wales 2 Feb Romain Poite Conor Murray Ireland v Wales 2 Feb Cardiff Romain Poite Italy v France 3 Feb Rome Nigel Owens Geoff Cross Scotland v Italy 9 Feb Murrayfield England v Ireland 10 Feb Dublin Jerome Garces Martin Castrogiovanni Italy v Wales 23 Feb Rome Romain Poite Dan Cole England v France 23 Feb Twickenham Craig Joubert Ryan Grant Scotland v Ireland 24 Feb Murrayfield Wayne Barnes

Compiled by 2013 UNDER-20 Rd Date Local KO Fixture Venue 1 Fri 1 Feb 15-6 ENGLAND v SCOTLAND Brickfields Stadium, Plymouth Fri 1 Feb 6-13 ITALY v FRANCE Stadio Marco Tomaselli, Caltanissetta, Sicily Fri 1 Feb 17-15 WALES v IRELAND Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay 2 Fri 8 Feb 30-17 SCOTLAND v ITALY , Fri 8 Feb 16-15 IRELAND v ENGLAND Dubarry Park, Athlone Sun 10 Feb 13-27 FRANCE v WALES Stade Marcel Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 3 Fri 22 Feb 10-25 ITALY v WALES Stadio Rocchi, Viterbo Fri 22 Feb 21-20 SCOTLAND v IRELAND Netherdale, Galashiels Sat 23 Feb 40-10 ENGLAND v FRANCE Sixways Stadium, Worcester 4 Fri 8 Mar 19:35 SCOTLAND v WALES Tulloch Caledonian Stadium, Inverness Fri 8 Mar 19:45 IRELAND v FRANCE Dubarry Park, Athlone Fri 8 Mar 20:05 ENGLAND v ITALY Franklin's Gardens, Northampton 5 Fri 15 Mar 19:00 ITALY v IRELAND Stadio del Marsi, Avezzano, L'Aquila Fri 15 Mar 19:35 WALES v ENGLAND Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay Sun 17 Mar 14:00 FRANCE v SCOTLAND Amedee Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde

UNDER-20 ROUND 4 - MATCH PREVIEWS SCOTLAND v WALES . Scotland U20 have won four of their last five matches, and are going for an unprecedented third successive win in the U20 Six Nations. . This the fifth U21/U20 Six Nations encounter to be played in Inverness with Scotland’s only win so far being 38-12 at U21 level on 25 February 2005. . Wales U20 have won seven of their last eight games at this level – the one loss was to New Zealand at last year’s Junior World Championships in . . This is the best start to an U20 Six Nations campaign by the Welshmen. . Scotland U20s only previous win over Wales was 18-17 at Perth in 2009.

IRELAND v FRANCE . Ireland U20 have won their last four home games – all played in Athlone. . Ireland U20s last six encounters in the Six Nations have all been won by the home side on the day. . France U20 have lost three of their last four games at this level. . France have lost their last two games in the U20 Six Nations but have never lost three in a row in the competition. . Ireland have won their last two encounters against France U20. . France U20 have visited Dubarry Park three times before, winning 38-13 on their most recent visit in 2011.

ENGLAND v ITALY . England U20 have won three of their last four games. . England U20 have won their last seven home games since losing 10-25 to Ireland at Kingsholm on 26 February 2010. . England U20 have played just once before at Franklin’s Gardens, losing 13-32 there to France U21 on 9 March 2007. . Italy U20 have lost their last 13 matches at this level. . Italy’s only win in the tournament since 2008 remains the 9-7 victory over Scotland at Stirling in March 2011. . England U20 have won all eight previous games they have played against Italy.

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U20 SIX NATIONS Attack Defence Pos Nation W D L Pts T C PG DG For T C PG DG Agst PD 1 Wales 3 0 0 6 7 5 7 1 69 4 3 4 0 38 31 2 England 2 0 1 4 7 4 9 0 70 2 2 6 0 32 38 3 Scotland 2 0 1 4 6 6 5 0 57 7 4 3 0 52 5 4 Ireland 1 0 2 2 6 3 5 0 51 4 3 9 0 53 -2 5 France 1 0 2 2 3 3 5 0 36 8 6 6 1 73 -37 6 Italy 0 0 3 0 3 3 4 0 33 7 6 7 0 68 -35 TOTALS 9 0 9 18 32 24 35 1 316 32 24 35 1 316

TOP U20 SIX NATIONS POINTS SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Try Conv PG DG PTS Henry Slade England U20 3 238 0 4 9 0 35 Wales U20 3 240 0 5 7 1 34 Tommy Allan Scotland U20 3 205 1 4 5 0 28 Tom Daly Ireland U20 3 230 1 3 4 0 23 England U20 3 240 3 0 0 0 15 Damian Hoyland Scotland U20 3 240 3 0 0 0 15 France U20 3 206 0 2 3 0 13 Italy U20 3 194 0 0 4 0 12 Mata Italy U20 3 240 2 0 0 0 10 Rhodri Williams Wales U20 3 235 2 0 0 0 10 Vincent Mallet France U20 3 214 0 1 2 0 8 Rory Scholes Ireland U20 3 240 1 0 1 0 8 Italy U20 3 235 1 1 0 0 7 Best in an U20 Six Nations Season: 76pts by George Ford (England) in 2011

TOP U20 SIX NATIONS TRY SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Tries Jack Clifford England U20 3 240 3 Damian Hoyland Scotland U20 3 240 3 Mata Maxime Mbanda Italy U20 3 240 2 Rhodri Williams Wales U20 3 235 2 Best in an U20 Six Nations Season: 7 - (Eng) 2011

Compiled by 2013 WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Rd Date Local KO Fixture Venue 1 Sat 2 Feb 13-12 ITALY v FRANCE Campo Comunale, Rovato, Brescia Sat 2 Feb 76-0 ENGLAND v SCOTLAND Pillar Data Arena, Esher Sun 3 Feb 10-12 WALES v IRELAND Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon 2 Fri 8 Feb 32-0 FRANCE v WALES Stade Marcel Levindrey, Laon Sat 9 Feb 25-0 IRELAND v ENGLAND Milltown House, Ashbourne Sun 10 Feb 0-8 SCOTLAND v ITALY Mayfield Playing Fields, Dundee 3 Sat 23 Feb 3-30 SCOTLAND v IRELAND Howthornden, Lasswade Sat 23 Feb 20-30 ENGLAND v FRANCE Twickenham Stadium Sun 24 Feb 15-16 ITALY v WALES Stadio Pacevecchia, Benevento 4 Fri 8 Mar 19:30 IRELAND v FRANCE Milltown House, Ashbourne Sat 9 Mar 13:00 ENGLAND v ITALY Pillar Data Arena, Esher Sun 10 Mar 14:00 SCOTLAND v WALES , 5 Fri 15 Mar 19:00 FRANCE v SCOTLAND Stade Bourillot, Dijon Sun 17 Mar 14:30 ITALY v IRELAND Campo Sportivo, Parabiago, Milan Sun 17 Mar 14:30 WALES v ENGLAND Talbot Athletic Ground, Aberavon

WOMEN ROUND 4 - MATCH PREVIEWS IRELAND v FRANCE . Ireland secured a first ever Triple Crown with their 30-3 victory over Scotland in round 3. . Ireland Women have lost just one of their last eight matches at this level: 6-23 to England at Esher last March. . Ireland Women have won their last five home games, all played in Ashbourne. . France Women’s only defeat in their last five matches was 12-13 to Italy in Rovato on 2 February. . Ireland’s only victory in 19 previous encounters with France Women was 7-5 at Milltown House on 6 February 2009.

ENGLAND v ITALY . England Women suffered a second successive defeat for only the second time in their history last time out at home to France – they have never lost three tests in a row. . Only two other countries have ever beaten England Women at home: France three times and New Zealand twice. . England’s record at Esher at this level is played 14, won 12, drawn 1, lost 1. . Italy Women have already beaten France and Scotland this season and have never won three matches in a Six Nations campaign. . England Women have won all 12 previous fixtures against Italy.

SCOTLAND v WALES . Scotland Women’s only victory in their last 18 tests was against 33-10 in in November 2011. . Scotland have not won in the Women’s Six Nations since beating France 10-8 at Lasswade in February 2010. . Wales Women beat Italy 16-15 in Benevento in round three but have not won successive games in the Six Nations since beating Italy and Ireland in 2009. . Wales Women have won their last eight contests with Scotland since the Scots were last victorious, 22-5, at Murrayfield on 13 March 2005. . Scotstoun hosts its first ever Women’s international.

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WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS Attack Defence Pos Nation W D L Pts T C PG DG For T C PG DG Agst PD 1 Ireland 3 0 0 6 10 4 3 0 67 1 1 2 0 13 54 2 France 2 0 1 4 11 5 3 0 74 3 3 4 0 33 41 3 Italy 2 0 1 4 2 1 8 0 36 4 1 2 0 28 8 4 England 1 0 2 2 14 10 2 0 96 9 2 2 0 55 41 5 Wales 1 0 2 2 3 1 3 0 26 6 4 7 0 59 -33 6 Scotland 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 17 10 3 0 114 -111 TOTALS 9 0 9 18 40 21 20 0 302 40 21 20 0 302

TOP WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS POINTS SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Try Conv PG DG PTS Amber Reed England Women 3 240 1 10 2 0 31 Niamh Briggs Ireland Women 3 240 2 4 3 0 27 Veronica Schiavon Italy Women 3 240 0 1 8 0 26 Alison Miller Ireland Women 3 240 5 0 0 0 25 Jessy Tremouliere France Women 2+1 108 2 3 2 0 22

TOP WOMEN'S SIX NATIONS TRY SCORERS 2013 Name Team Apps Mins Tries Alison Miller Ireland Women 3 240 5 Niamh Briggs Ireland Women 3 240 2 Abi Chamberlain England Women 3 240 2 Hannah Gallagher England Women 3 218 2 Sarah Hunter England Women 3 240 2 Ceri Large England Women 3 200 2 Jessy Tremouliere France Women 2+1 108 2 Sally Tuson England Women 2+1 192 2 Kay Wilson England Women 3 183 2

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