Rugby Fix » Rugby Union News http://rugbyfix.com We'll Hook You Up Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:21:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 RugbyFix Picks: 2012 Six Nations Round One http://rugbyfix.com/rugbyfix-picks-2012-six-nations-round-one/ http://rugbyfix.com/rugbyfix-picks-2012-six-nations-round-one/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:05:21 +0000 Mike http://rugbyfix.com/?p=760

Rugby picks for the first round of the 2012 Six Nations tournament

The 2012 Six Nations kicks off this weekend, where the best International rugby union teams in the Northern Hemisphere compete for one of rugby’s most coveted trophies. This weekend France host Italy, England host Scotland and Wales host Ireland. France will be hoping to continue their momentum from 2011, where they narrowly lost the World Cup final. England and Scotland both had disappointing World Cups; Scotland missed out on the quarter finals for the first time while England’s campaign was mired in controversy and they…

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Six Nations 2012 Round One Fixtures:

Saturday 4th February 12 at 2:30pm France v Italy at Stade de France
Saturday 4th February 12 at 5:00pm Scotland v England at Murrrayfield
Sunday 5th February 12 at 3:00pm Ireland v Wales at Aviva Stadium

France v Italy

France:

15 Maxime Medard, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Dimitri Yachvili, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5 Lionel Nallet, 4 Pascal Pape, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Vincent Debaty.
Reserves: 16…

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England’s new coach, albeit on a temporary basis, Stuart Lancaster, has outlined his manifesto for the reform of the national side, noting that players who lack a particular “character and talent” will be shown the door. The 42-year-old added that the focus will be on young players, when the time comes to select England’s Six Nations squad, in 2012..

Lancaster, who is joined in the England camp by fellow coaches, Graham Rowntree and Andy Farrell, said that, by the end of the Six Nations, England will hopefully be on “very strong foundations”, in preparation for the arrival…

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Ronan O’Gara makes 100th Heineken Cup rugby appearance.

Munster stalwart Ronan O’Gara made his 100th Heineken Cup appearance when he played against the Scarlets on Saturday, becoming only the second player ever to do so. It’s not the first time he made the headlines during this Heineken Cup rugby season; O’Gara got his season off to a fantastic start when he secured Munster victories in the Heineken Cup fixtures against Northampton Saints and Castres Olympique with last gasp drop goals. The first victory, against the Northampton Saints came in the 84th minute after…

]]> http://rugbyfix.com/ronan-ogara/feed/ 0 Mallett rules himself out of England role http://rugbyfix.com/mallett-rules-himself-out-of-england-role/ http://rugbyfix.com/mallett-rules-himself-out-of-england-role/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:51:20 +0000 Guest Author http://rugbyfix.com/?p=736 Former Italy and South Africa coach Nick Mallett has revealed that he will not be considered as Martin Johnson’s replacement as England team manager.

Johnson stepped down from leading the men in England Rugby Shirts this week after reviewing his position following a disappointing World Cup campaign and Mallett was one of a number of names linked as his successor.

However, he has ruled himself out of the running, despite admitting he was intrigued enough to speak to the RFU about the position.

He said: “I was interested to hear what the RFU had to say.…

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