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Revision as of 10:15, 13 March 2011
| 2011 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 4 February 2011 - 19 March 2011 | ||
| Countries |  England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales | ||
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The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, is the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship is contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it is the 119th edition of the annual Northern Hemisphere championship.
The biggest development for this season is Ireland's opening of their new Aviva Stadium on the former site of Lansdowne Road. The completion of the Aviva ended the IRFU's arrangement with the Gaelic Athletic Association that allowed the rugby team to use the GAA's flagship venue of Croke Park for rugby internationals. Ireland played their first Tests at the Aviva in November 2010.
For the first time in its history, the tournament opened with a Friday night fixture.[1]
For the first time in a decade, all of the teams had the same head coach as in the previous year's tournament.[2]
The tournament was also notable for a major upset, with Italy coming up from the bottom of the table, to beat then holders France.
Participants
The teams involved are:
- ^ Moody, England's regular captain, was initially ruled out of at least the first two rounds of the competition with a knee injury.[3] He returned to play for his club team, Bath, on 20 February, but his injury reportedly returned during a training session for England's third match against France, ruling him out of both of England's next two matches.[4][5]
Squads
Table
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| 1 | England
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 41 | +61 | 11 | 6 |
| 2 | Wales
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 86 | 61 | +25 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | France
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 82 | +7 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Ireland
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 73 | -4 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 117 | −55 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Scotland
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 79 | −34 | 3 | 0 |
Fixtures
Week 1
| 4 February 2011 19:45 |
| Wales | 19 – 26 | England |
| Try: Stoddart 60' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 23', 29', 43' Hook (1/2) 70' | Report | Try: Ashton (2) 14' c, 56' c Con: Flood (2/2) Pen: Flood (3/3) 19', 32', 47' Wilkinson (1/1) 75' |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,276 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland) |
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| 5 February 2011 14:30 |
| Italy | 11 – 13 | Ireland |
| Try: McLean 75' m Con: Mi. Bergamasco (0/1) Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (2/3) 6', 40' | Report | Try: O'Driscoll 44' c Con: Sexton (1/1) Pen: Sexton (1/1) 28' Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 78' |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 32,000[6] Referee: Romain Poite (France) |
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| 5 February 2011 17:00 |
| France | 34 – 21 | Scotland |
| Try: Médard 2' c Penalty try 29' c Harinordoquy 54' c Traille 68' c Con: Parra (2/2) Yachvili (2/2) Pen: Yachvili (1/2) 79' Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 9' | Report | Try: Kellock 18' c Brown 60' c Lamont 75' c Con: Parks (2/2) Jackson (1/1) |
| Stade de France, Paris Attendance: 78,595 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) |
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Week 2
| 12 February 2011 14:30 |
| England | 59 – 13 | Italy |
| Try: Ashton (4) 3' c, 25' c, 54' c, 76' c Cueto 30' c Tindall 35' c Care 58' c Haskell 72' c Con: Flood (5/5) Wilkinson (3/3) Pen: Flood (1/1) 10' | Report | Try: Ongaro 70' c Con: Bergamasco (1/1) Pen: Bergamasco (2/3) 4', 12' |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 80,810 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa) |
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- Chris Ashton's four-try performance marked a number of milestones:
- He became the first player of any nation to score four tries in a Six Nations match since the competition took its current form in 2000.
- He also became the first England player to have scored four tries in a Six Nations, Five Nations, or Home Nations match since Ronald Poulton scored four against France in 1914.
- His six tries so far in the competition equal the single-season record in the Six Nations era, shared by Will Greenwood of England and Shane Williams of Wales.
| 12 February 2011 17:00 |
| Scotland | 6 – 24 | Wales |
| Pen: Parks (2/3) 31', 58' | Report | Try: Williams (2) 8' c, 70' m Con: Hook (1/1) Pen: Hook (4/5) 13', 18', 21', 65' |
| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,259 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) |
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| 13 February 2011 15:00 |
| Ireland | 22 – 25 | France |
| Try: McFadden 4' c O'Leary 37' m Heaslip 67' c Con: Sexton (1/2) O'Gara (1/1) Pen: Sexton (1/1) 15' | Report | Try: Médard 54' c Con: Yachvili (1/1) Pen: Parra (5/5) 10', 18', 20', 27', 48' Yachvili (1/2) 62' |
| Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 51,000 Referee: Dave Pearson (England) |
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Week 3
| 26 February 2011 14:30 |
| Italy | 16 – 24 | Wales |
| Try: Canale 5' m Parisse 52' m Pen: Bergamasco (2/2) 12', 26' | Report | Try: Stoddart 9' m Warburton 13' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: S. Jones (3/3) 3', 38', 40+2' Drop: Hook 73' |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) |
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| 26 February 2011 17:00 |
| England | 17 – 9 | France |
| Try: Foden 42' m Pen: Flood (3/3) 5', 13', 17' Wilkinson (1/1) 52' | Report | Pen: Yachvili (3/5) 7', 19', 22' |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 82,107 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland) |
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In this match Jonny Wilkinson kicked a penalty which made him the leading pointscorer in international rugby, overtkaing Dan Carter.
| 27 February 2011 15:00 |
| Scotland | 18 – 21 | Ireland |
| Pen: Paterson 16', 17', 32', 58' Parks 66' Drop: Parks 70' | Report | Try: Heaslip 6' c Reddan 29' c O'Gara 53' c Con: O'Gara (3/3) |
| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 63,082 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales) |
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Week 4
| 12 March 2011 14:30 |
| Italy | 22 – 21 | France |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand) |
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| 12 March 2011 17:00 |
| Wales | 19 – 13 | Ireland |
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| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa) |
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- The Mike Phillips second-half try that ultimately gave Wales its winning margin proved extremely controversial. It came off a quick lineout off a different ball from one that had been kicked into touch from Jonathan Sexton, which should have made the play illegal.
- Brian O'Driscoll's try gave him 24 career tries in the Championship, equalling the all-time record of Ian Smith of Scotland amassed in the Five Nations and Home Nations between 1924 and 1933.
- Ronan O'Gara became the fifth player in rugby history with 1,000 career Test points, reaching the mark with his conversion of O'Driscoll's try.
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Top scorers
Try scorers
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Points scorers
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Media coverage
The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries, some of which are listed below:
| Nation(s) | Broadcaster |
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| Australia/New Zealand | ESPN[7] |
| France | France 2 |
| Italy | Sky Sport |
| Republic of Ireland | RTÉ Two [8] |
| UK | BBC[9] S4C (Wales matches only)[10] |
| United States/Caribbean | BBC America (United States) (selected matches only)[11] Premium Sports[12] |
References
- ^ "Six Nations to end experiment of Friday night matches". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ Palmer, Bryn (26 January 2011). "Six Nations set for launch with a bang". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "Lewis Moody upbeat on injury progress". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "Six Nations: Sheridan back for England but Moody absent". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 February 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
- ^ "Six Nations: Croft back on bench as Corbisiero starts". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ "O'Gara rescues shaky Ireland". ESPN Scrum. ESPN EMEA. 5 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "ESPN: RUGBY - RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP". espn.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ "Six Nations Coverage on RTÉ". RTE Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Six Nations on the BBC". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Match Schedule". S4C.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "2011 Match Schedule". BBC America. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Schedule". premiumsportsinc.com. Retrieved 27 February 2011.