8 March 2014 (Round 4) IRELAND (17) 46, ITALY (7) 7 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney; 14 Andrew Trimble, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 David Kearney; 10 Jonny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Paul O'Connell, 6 Iain Henderson, 7 Chris Henry, 8 Jamie Heaslip Bench: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 Martin Moore, 19 Rhys Ruddock, 20 Jordi Murphy, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Fergus McFadden Test debuts: None RBS 6 Nations debuts: Ruddock Replacements used: Eoin Reddan for Conor Murray (16), Jack McGrath for Cian Healy (53), Rhys Ruddock for Iain Henderson (53), Sean Cronin for Rory Best (54), Martin Moore for Mike Ross (56), Fergus McFadden for Brian O'Driscoll (61), Paddy Jackson for Jonny Sexton (63), Jordi Murphy for Chris Henry (73). Tries: 7 - Sexton (2), Trimble, Healy, Cronin, McFadden, McGrath Kicking: Sexton (2/4 Conv, 1/1 Pen), Jackson (2/3 Conv) Italy: 15 Luke McLean; 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Michele Campagnaro, 12 Gonzalo Garcia, 11 Leonardo Sarto; 10 Luciano Orquera, 9 Tito Tebaldi; 1 Alberto De Marchi, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 4 Quintin Geldenhuys, 5 Marco Bortolami, 6 Josh Furno, 7 Paul Derbyshire, 8 Robert Barbieri Bench: 16 Davide Giazzon, 17 Michele Rizzo, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Antonio Pavanello, 20 Manoa Vosawai, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Tommaso Allan, 23 Andrea Masi Test debuts: None RBS 6 Nations debuts: None Replacements used: Lorenzo Cittadini for Martin Castrogiovanni (7), Manoa Vosawai for Paul Derbyshire (34), Paul Derbyshire for Manoa Vosawai (39), Michele Rizzo for Alberto De Marchi (56), Manoa Vosawai for Paul Derbyshire (56), Andrea Masi for Gonzalo Garcia (63), Antonio Pavanello for Marco Bortolami (63), Tommaso Allan for Luciano Orquera (63), Davide Giazzon for Leonardo Ghiraldini (70), Edoardo Gori for Tito Tebaldi (70), Alberto De Marchi for Lorenzo Cittadini (70). Tries: 1 - Sarto Kicking: Orquera (1/1 Conv) Scoring sequence: 7’ Sexton (T & C) 7-0, 25’ Sarto (T) 7-5, 26’ Orquera (C) 7-7, 32’ Sexton (P) 10-7, 38’ Trimble (T) 15-7, 40’ Sexton (C) 17-7, 53’ Healy (T) 22-7, 60’ Sexton (T) 27-7, 69’ Cronin (T) 32-7, 70’ Jackson (C) 34-7, 78’ McFadden (T) 39-7, 78’ Jackson (C) 41-7, 80’ McGrath (T) 46-7. Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) Attendance: 52,000 RBS 6 Nations Man of the Match: Brian O’Driscoll 8 MARCH 2014 (Round 4) SCOTLAND (14) 17, FRANCE (9) 19 Murrayfield, Edinburgh Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matthew Scott, 11 Sean Lamont; 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw; 1 Ryan Grant, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Geoff Cross, 4 Richie Gray, 5 James Hamilton, 6 John Beattie, 7 Kelly Brown, 8 Dave Denton Bench: 16 Ross Ford, 17 Moray Low, 18 Euan Murray, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Ryan Wilson, 21 Chris Cusiter, 22 Duncan Taylor, 23 Max Evans Test debuts: None RBS 6 Nations debuts: None Replacements used: Ryan Wilson for John Beattie (16), Max Evans for Sean Lamont (29), Ross Ford for Scott Lawson (51), Tim Swinson for James Hamilton (68). Tries: 2 - Hogg, Seymour Kicking: Laidlaw (2/2 Conv, 0/1 Pen), Weir (1/2 Pen) France: 15 Brice Dulin; 14 Yoann Huget, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Maxime Medard; 10 Jules Plisson, 9 Maxime Machenaud; 1 Thomas Domingo, 2 Brice Mach, 3 Nicolas Mas, 4 Pascal Papé, 5 Yoann Maestri, 6 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 7 Alexandre Lapandry, 8 Damien Chouly Bench: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Rabah Slimani, 19 Alexandre Flanquart, 20 Antonie Claassen, 21 Jean-Marc Doussain, 22 Remi Tales, 23 Gael Fickou Test debuts: None RBS 6 Nations debuts: None Replacements used: Guilhem Guirado for Brice Mach (46), Remi Tales for Jules Plisson (46), Alexandre Flanquart for Yoann Maestri (59), Rabah Slimani for Nicolas Mas (59), Antonie Claassen for Sebastien Vahaamahina (66), Gael Fickou for Mathieu Bastareaud (68), Vincent Debaty for Thomas Domingo (68), Jean- Marc Doussain for Maxime Machenaud (74). Tries: 1 - Huget Kicking: Machenaud (1/1 Conv, 3/4 Pen), Doussaim (1/1 Pen) Scoring sequence: 2’ Machenaud (P) 0-3, 11’ Machenaud (P) 0-6, 13’ Hogg (T) 5-6, 14’ Laidlaw (C) 7-6, 17’ Machenaud (P) 7-9, 22’ Seymour (T), 23’ Laidlaw (C) 14-9, 46’ Huget (T) 14-14, 47’ Machenaud (C) 14-16, 62’ Weir (P) 17-16, 79’ Doussain (P) 17-19. Referee: CJ Pollock (New Zealand) Attendance: 67,144 RBS 6 Nations Man of the Match: Dave Denton 9 MARCH 2014 (Round 4) ENGLAND (20) 29, WALES (15) 18 Twickenham, London England: 15 Mike Brown; 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Jonny May; 10 Owen Farrell, 9 Danny Care; 1 Joe Marler, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dave Wilson, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 Tom Wood, 7 Chris Robshaw, 8 Ben Morgan Bench: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Tom Johnson, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 George Ford, 23 Alex Goode Test debuts: Ford RBS 6 Nations debuts: Ford, Johnson Replacements used: Mako Vunipola for Joe Marler (63), Tom Youngs for Dylan Hartley (68), Dave Attwood for Joe Launchbury (72), Henry Thomas for Dave Wilson (72), Lee Dickson for Danny Care (78), George Ford for Owen Farrell (78), Tom Johnson for Tom Wood (78), Alex Goode for Mike Brown (78). Tries: 2 - Care, Burrell Kicking: Farrell (2/2 Conv, 5/5 Pen) Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny; 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North; 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Rhys Webb; 1 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 Adam Jones, 4 Jake Ball, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Dan Lydiate, 7 Sam Warburton, 8 Taulupe Faletau Bench: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Paul James, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Andrew Coombs, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Liam Williams Test debuts: None RBS 6 Nations debuts: None Replacements used: Mike Phillips for Rhys Webb (52), Ken Owens for Richard Hibbard (54), Dan Biggar for Rhys Priestland (61), Paul James for Gethin Jenkins (63), Rhodri Jones for Adam Jones (66), Justin Tipuric for Dan Lydiate (72), Andrew Coombs for Jake Ball (72), Liam Williams for Leigh Halfpenny (74). Tries: None Kicking: Halfpenny (6/6 Pen) Scoring sequence: 5’ Care (T) 5-0, 6’ Farrell (C) 7-0, 9’ Halfpenny (P) 7-3, 19’ Farrell (P) 10-3, 23’ Halfpenny (P) 10-6, 27’ Farrell (P) 13-6, 31’ Halfpenny (P) 13-9, 34’ Burrell (T) 18-9, 35’ Farrell (C) 20-9, 38’ Halfpenny (P) 20- 12, 40+1 Halfpenny (P) 20-15, 46’ Farrell (P) 23-15, 57’ Halfpenny (P) 26-18, 59’ Farrell (P) 29-18. Referee: Romain Poite (France) Attendance: 81,641 RBS 6 Nations Man of the Match: Courtney Lawes 2014 FIXTURES 2014 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP Last 5 seasons Rd Date Local KO Fixture Stadium 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 1 Sat 1 Feb 23-15 WALES v ITALY Millennium Stadium 26-9 24-3 24-16 33-10 20-15 Sat 1 Feb 26-24 FRANCE v ENGLAND Stade de France 13-23 22-24 9-17 12-10 10-34 Sun 2 Feb 28-6 IRELAND v SCOTLAND Aviva Stadium 8-12 15-9 21-18 20-23 22-15 2 Sat 8 Feb 26-3 IRELAND v WALES Aviva Stadium 30-22 21-23 13-19 27-12 17-15 Sat 8 Feb 0-20 SCOTLAND v ENGLAND Murrayfield 18-38 6-13 16-22 15-15 12-26 Sun 9 Feb 30-10 FRANCE v ITALY Stade de France 18-23 30-12 21-22 46-20 50-8 3 Fri 21 Feb 27-6 WALES v FRANCE Millennium Stadium 16-6 16-9 9-28 20-26 16-21 Sat 22 Feb 20-21 ITALY v SCOTLAND Stadio Olimpico 10-34 13-6 8-21 16-12 6-26 Sat 22 Feb 13-10 ENGLAND v IRELAND Twickenham Stadium 12-6 30-9 8-24 16-20 13-14 4 Sat 8 Mar 46-7 IRELAND v ITALY Aviva Stadium 15-22 42-10 13-11 29-11 38-9 Sat 8 Mar 17-19 SCOTLAND v FRANCE Murrayfield 16-23 17-23 21-34 9-18 13-22 Sun 9 Mar 29-18 ENGLAND v WALES Twickenham Stadium 3-30 12-19 26-19 30-17 15-23 5 Sat 15 Mar 13:30 ITALY v ENGLAND Stadio Olimpico 11-18 15-19 13-59 12-17 11-36 Sat 15 Mar 14:45 WALES v SCOTLAND Millennium Stadium 28-18 27-13 24-6 31-24 26-13 Sat 15 Mar 18:00 FRANCE v IRELAND Stade de France 13-13 17-17 25-22 33-10 21-30 2014 TABLE RBS 6 NATIONS 2014 Attack Defence Pos Nation W D L Pts T C PG DG For T C PG DG Agst PD 1 Ireland 3 0 1 6 13 9 9 0 110 2 2 5 0 29 81 2 England 3 0 1 6 7 6 11 2 86 4 2 10 0 54 32 3 France 3 0 1 6 7 5 12 0 81 7 5 10 1 78 3 4 Wales 2 0 2 4 4 3 15 0 71 6 5 12 0 76 -5 5 Scotland 1 0 3 2 4 3 5 1 44 8 7 10 1 87 -43 6 Italy 0 0 4 0 6 5 4 0 52 14 10 9 1 120 -68 TOTALS 12 0 12 24 41 31 56 3 444 41 31 56 3 444 2014 STATS & FACTS TOP RBS 6 NATIONS POINTS SCORERS 2014 Name Team Apps Mins Try Conv PG DG PTS Leigh Halfpenny Wales 4 306 0 3 15 0 51 Jonathan Sexton Ireland 4 292 2 6 9 0 49 Owen Farrell England 4 319 0 6 10 0 42 Jean-Marc Doussain France 3+1 164 0 3 7 0 27 Tommaso Allan Italy 3+1 229 1 2 4 0 21 Danny Care England 4 295 2 0 0 2 16 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 4 283 0 2 4 0 16 Maxime Machenaud France 1+3 156 0 2 4 0 16 Best in a 6 Nations Season: 89pts by Jonny Wilkinson (England) in 2001 TOP RBS 6 NATIONS TRY SCORERS 2014 Name Team Apps Mins Tries Gm1 Gm2 Gm3 Gm4 Gm5 Luther Burrell England 4 314 3 1 1 0 1 Yoann Huget France 4 320 3 2 0 0 1 Mike Brown England 4 319 2 1 1 0 0 Michele Campagnaro Italy 4 320 2 2 0 0 0 Danny Care England 4 295 2 0 0 1 1 Alex Dunbar Scotland 4 302 2 0 0 2 0 Rob Kearney Ireland 4 320 2 1 0 1 0 Jonathan Sexton Ireland 4 292 2 0 0 0 2 Andrew Trimble Ireland 4 287 2 1 0 0 1 Best in a 6 Nations Season: 6 by Will Greenwood (England) in 2001, by Shane Williams (Wales) 2008, and by Chris Ashton (England) in 2011 BEST RBS 6 NATIONS PLACE KICKERS 2014 Name Team Good Att Kick% Last 10 kicks Conv PG Streak Luciano Orquera Italy 3 3 100.00% 2/2/2 3/3 0/0 Last 3 Alex Goode England 1 1 100.00% 3 0/0 1/1 Last 1 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 18 21 85.71% 33p2/333333 3/4 15/17 Last 7 Maxime Machenaud France 6 7 85.71% 32/333p2 2/2 4/5 Last 1 Jonathan Sexton Ireland 15 19 78.95% p33/23/232cc 6/9 9/10 Missed last 2 Owen Farrell England 16 21 76.19% p32/2332333 6/7 10/14 Last 9 Paddy Jackson Ireland 3 4 75.00% 2/22c 3/4 0/0 Missed last 1 Jean-Marc Doussain France 10 15 66.67% p333222/3p/3 3/5 7/10 Last 1 Duncan Weir Scotland 2 3 66.67% 2/3p 1/1 1/2 Missed last 1 Tommaso Allan Italy 6 10 60.00% 3cp2/3p/3p32 2/3 4/7 Last 2 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 6 11 54.55% 33/pp/33c/22p 2/3 4/8 Missed last 1 Jules Plisson France 1 2 50.00% 3p 0/0 1/2 Missed last 1 Gonzalo Garcia Italy 0 2 0.00% pp 0/0 0/2 Missed last 2 Under Streak, "Last 4" means has kicked last four place kicks in a row successfully.