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RugbyFix Picks: 2012 Six Nations Round One

Mike — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:05:21 +0000

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…

Six Nations Teams for Round One 2012

Mike — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:51:03 +0000

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…

Fantasy Rugby 6 Nations 2012 Now Live

Mike — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:03:54 +0000

Fantasy Rugby 6 Nations 2012 is now live at TestRugby.com, which is one of the best fantasy rugby sites available. TestRugby have continued to upgrade their system and the new layout seems very intuitive. Once again Test Rugby is partnered with leading rugby website Planet Rugby, as they did during the World Cup.

The opening round has matches between France and Italy, Scotland and England, and Ireland and Wales. The first game is France v Italy at Stade de France on Saturday 4th February 12 at 2:30pm (local time). It is advisable to have your team ready…

Ulster ready for Munster match

Guest Author — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:17:56 +0000

Ulster head coach Brian McLaughlin has made it clear his side are in no way intimidated about the prospect of going to Thomond Park to take on Munster in their Heineken Cup quarter-final tie. The two teams will be joined by Leinster in the knockout stages, in a tournament that is once again dominated by Irish clubs.

Ulster may not boast the same European pedigree as they fellow Ireland teams – barring their 1999 cup winning season – but McLaughlin has insisted his squad will go into the match without any fear and the Heineken Cup…

Chiefs Rugby

Mike — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:38:01 +0000

The Chiefs Super Rugby Team
Chiefs Video Tribute – 2010 Season
Chiefs Coaches
Chiefs Captains
Chiefs Super Rugby Placings
The Chiefs in 2012
The 2012 Squad

The Chiefs Super Rugby Team

The Chiefs rugby team is based in Hamilton New Zealand and represents the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau, King Country and Thames Valley New Zealand Rugby Unions. They entered Super Rugby in 1996 as the Waikato Chiefs, representing Waikato, Bay of Plenty, King Country , Thames Valley as well as North Harbour and Northland. The unions around Auckland were split up because of…