2011 BULLETIN ROUND 2 FIXTURES RBS 6 NATIONS MATCH FACTS RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES (KOs are LOCAL time) (KOs are LOCAL time) DATE FIXTURE KO/SCORE VENUE 12/02/2011 04/02/2011 WALES v ENGLAND 19-26 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 05/02/2011 ITALY v IRELAND 11-13 Stadio Flaminio, Rome ENGLAND v ITALY 05/02/2011 FRANCE v SCOTLAND 34-21 Stade de France, Paris 14:30 Twickenham Stadium 12/02/2011 ENGLAND v ITALY 14:30 Twickenham Stadium, London SCOTLAND v WALES 17:00 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh ENGLAND V ITALY 13/02/2011 IRELAND v FRANCE 15:00 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 56 Matches Played 56 26/02/2011 ITALY v WALES 15:30 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 36 (64.28%) Matches Won (%) 7 (12.5%) ENGLAND v FRANCE 17:00 Twickenham Stadium, London 19 (33.92)% Matches Lost (%) 48 (85.71%) 27/02/2011 SCOTLAND v IRELAND 15:00 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 12/03/2011 ITALY v FRANCE 15:30 Stadio Flaminio, Rome 5 (2003) Most wins in a season 2 (2007) WALES v IRELAND 17:00 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 1625 Total Points Scored 848 13/03/2011 ENGLAND v SCOTLAND 15:00 Twickenham Stadium, London 881 Total Points Conceded 1857 19/03/2011 SCOTLAND v ITALY 14:30 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 177 (3.16) Total Tries Scored (Av per match) 68 (1.21) IRELAND v ENGLAND 17:00 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 64 (1.14) Total Tries Conceded (Av per match) 211 (3.77) FRANCE v WALES 20:45 Stade de France, Paris Ref: Craig Joubert (South Africa) AR1: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland) RBS 6 NATIONS 2011 POINTS TRIES AR2: Peter Allan (Scotland) TMO: Tony Redmond (Ireland) RBS 6N 170 Citing Comissioner: Bill Dunlop (Scotland) COUNTRY P W D L F A PD F A Pts FRANCE 1 1 0 0 34 21 13 4 3 2 ENGLAND 1 1 0 0 26 19 7 2 1 2 12/02/2011 IRELAND 1 1 0 0 13 11 2 1 1 2 SCOTLAND v WALES ITALY 1 0 0 1 11 13 -2 1 1 0 17:00 Murrayfield Stadium WALES 1 0 0 1 19 26 -7 1 2 0 SCOTLAND V WALES SCOTLAND 1 0 0 1 21 34 -13 3 4 0 56 Matches Played 56 ENGLAND V ITALY CHRIS ASHTON – ENGLAND 15 (26.78%) Matches Won (%) 25 (44.64%) Northampton Saints wing Chris Ashton opened his 39 (69.64%) Matches Lost (%) 29 (51.78%) RBS 6 Nations try account with two for England against 3 (2006) Most wins in a season 5 (2005, 08) Wales in their 26-19 victory at the Millennium Stadium. Those two touchdowns took his Test tally to five in eight 921 Total Points Scored 1259 games and he is all set to return to the scene of his epic 1444 Total Points Conceded 1364 score against Australia at Twickenham Stadium 67 (1.19) Total Tries Scored (Av per match) 118(2.11) in November. That try ended up being voted the best 144 (2.57) Total Tries Conceded (Av per match) 125 (2.23) try of the year by the IRPU and helped England crush Australia 35-19. Ref: George Clancy (Ireland) AR1: Romain Poite (France) AR2: Simon McDowell (Ireland) TMO: Graham Hughes (England) RBS 6N 171 SCOTLAND V WALES JAMES HOOK – WALES Citing Comissioner: Francis Palmade (France) The Ospreys outside half will fill the coveted Welsh No 10 jersey for the first time since Italy in 2009 when he takes over from Stephen Jones at Murrayfield. Hook will 13/02/2011 be winning his 49th cap in Scotland and he has played in three different positions for his country – 17 at centre, IRELAND v FRANCE 13 at outside half, 7 at full back and 11 as a replacement 15:00 Aviva Stadium (7OH, 2C, 1FB). He started against Scotland at outside half in 2008 and came on in place of Jones in 2009, Wales IRELAND V FRANCE winning both games. He is 10 points short of reaching 250 56 Matches Played 56 in Test rugby. 40 (71.43%) Matches Won (%) 42 (75%) IRELAND V FRANCE IMANOL HARINORDOQUY – FRANCE 16 (28.57%) Matches Lost (%) 14 (25%) The Basque No 8 extended his try record for French 5 (2009) Most wins in a season 5 (2002, 04, 10) forwards in the Championship to nine with his long run in against the Scots last weekend and is now only one score 1428 Total Points Scored 1541 short of matching Olivier Magne’s overall record for a 1099 Total Points Conceded 977 French forward of 14 tries. Magne scored 14 in 89 Tests, 145 (2.59) Total Tries Scored (Av per match) 155 (2.77) while Harinordoquy has 13 in 65. Since missing the 2008 RBS 6 Nations campaign he has started in every game, 99 (1.77) Total Tries Conceded (Av per match) 87 (1.55) scoring three tries. Ref: Dave Pearson (England) AR1: Wayne Barnes (England) AR2: David Changleng (Scotland) TMO: Geoff Warren (England) RBS 6N 172 Citing Comissioner: Brian Fowler (Wales) All information correct at time of publishing 2011 WWWBULLETIN.RBS6nations.COM 6 NATIONS YELLOW CARD BREAK DOWN WALES SUFFER FROM ITALY YELLOW CARDS 34 (1 in every 2 games) v England 6 YELLOW FEVER AT HOME v France 9 Wales back row man Sam Warburton was left cursing his v Ireland 9 v Scotland 4 side’s inability to take their chances in their opening night v Wales 6 defeat against England at the Millennium Stadium in Home Cards 12 Away Cards 22 Round 1 of the 2011 RBS 6 Nations. Games Won 1 Games Lost 24 * 25 games / 4 cards in 1 game, 3 in 1, 2 in 4 Not only did Wales miss two early penalties, but they failed to take advantage of their extra man when Louis Deacon was sent to the sin-bin SCOTLAND YELLOW CARDS 21 (1 in every 3 games) in the first half. During the 10 minutes the Leicester Tigers lock was on the v England 5 sidelines both teams managed a penalty. v France 4 v Ireland 3 Conversely, when Wales prop Craig Mitchell picked up a yellow card in the v Italy 2 second half, England picked up 10 points without reply. It was a similar v Wales 7 story for Wales in the 2010 championship when Lee Byrne’s yellow in Home Cards 9 Away Cards 12 Dublin cost 10 points and Alun Wyn Jones’ card at Twickenham allowed Games Won 3 Games Lost 15 England to score 17 points. * 19 games / 2 cards in 2 games (Drawn 1) “A yellow card should be worth between 7-10 points to the side with the WALES YELLOW CARDS 19 (1 in every 3 games) extra man, but we didn’t press home our advantage,” admitted Warburton v England 7 after the game. v France 4 Mitchell’s 10 minute spell in rugby’s ‘cooler’ proved the difference between v Ireland 3 the two sides in a typically tight clash. It was the 19th yellow card issued v Italy 1 to Welsh players during their 56 Six Nations games and the 12th at the v Scotland 4 Millennium Stadium. Home Cards 12 Away Cards 7 In contrast to every other team in the tournament, Wales are the only team Games Won 7 Games Lost 10 who have a worse record in picking up yellows at home rather than away * 17 games / 2 cards in 2 games (12-7). ENGLAND YELLOW CARDS 16 (1 in every 5 games) This weekend Wales head to Murrayfield to face a Scottish side that they v France 2 have beaten in seven of their last eight meetings. Whilst the Scots kept v Ireland 4 15 players on the field throughout their opening weekend 34-21 defeat to v Italy 3 v Scotland 2 France in Paris, the last four of their yellow cards in the tournament have v Wales 5 come against Wales. Home Cards 4 Away Cards 12 Nathan Hines started the trend in a defeat in Cardiff in 2008 and Geoff Games Won 5 Games Lost 6 Cross followed a year later in Edinburgh. While Hines’ offence didn’t cost * 11 games / 2 cards in 4 games his side any points, Wales scored 10 when Cross was off the field. IRELAND YELLOW CARDS 9 (1 in every 6 games) Then disaster struck in the closing minutes of last year’s match at the v England 0 Millennium Stadium. Scotland led 24-14 moving before Scott Lawson was v France 2 sent to the sin-bin in the 73rd minute and Phil Godman followed in the 79th. v Italy 5 Wales conjured up 17 points, through two converted tries and a penalty, in v Scotland 0 the closing 10 minutes to snatch victory with the final move. v Wales 2 Munster back row forward Denis Leamy became the first Irish player to Home Cards 4 Away Cards 5 Games Won 8 Games Lost 1 receive two yellow cards in the 6Nations when he was sent to the sin-bin against Italy. Moments later Luke McLean put Italy ahead before Ronan O’Gara dropped a goal to save Irish blushes in Rome. FRANCE YELLOW CARDS 9 (1 in every 8 games) v England 2 v Ireland 1 2011 RBS 6 Nations Yellow Card Points Conceded v Italy 1 FOR AGST v Scotland 2 1 Craig Mitchell (Wales v England) 0 10 v Wales 3 2 Denis Leamy (Ireland v Italy) 3 5 Home Cards 3 Away Cards 6 3 Louis Deacon (England v Wales) 3 3 Games Won 5 Games Lost 2 All information correct at time of publishing WWW2011.RBS6nations BULLETIN.COM SMITH LANDMARK IN IAN SMITH’S CHAMPIONSHIP TRIES FIVE NATIONS RECORD P31 W20 L11, PTS 72 (24T) O’DRISCOLL’S SIGHTS YEAR OPPONENT VENUE TRIES Brian O’Driscoll is within touching distance of yet another remarkable milestone - 1924 WALES Inverleith 3 the Championship try scoring record that has stood since 1933.