Round 2
Game 1: Saturday February 11 France vs Ireland at Stade de France, Paris 13:30 GMT (2;30am Sunday NZ)
FRANCE: 15 Christophe Dominici, 14 Aurelien Rougerie, 13 Florian Fritz, 12 David Marty, 11 Cedric Heymans; 10 Frederic Michalak, 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Julien Bonnaire, 7 Olivier Magne, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Jerome Thion, 4 Fabien Pelous (captain), 3 Pieter de Villiers, 2 Raphael Ibanez, 1 Olivier Milloud.
Replacements: 16 Sebastien Bruno, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Remy Martin, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Benjamin Boyet, 22 Ludovic Valbon.
IRELAND: 15-Geordan Murphy; 14-Shane Horgan, 13-Brian O'Driscoll (captain), 12-Gordon D'Arcy, 11-Tommy Bowe; 10-Ronan O'Gara, 9-Peter Stringer; 8-Denis Leamy, 7-David Wallace, 6- Simon Easterby, 5-Paul O'Connell, 4-Malcolm O'Kelly, 3-John Hayes, 2-Jerry Flannery, 1-Marcus Horan.
Replacements: 16-Rory Best, 17-Simon Best, 18-Donncha O'Callaghan, 19-Johnny O'Connor, 20-Eoin Reddan, 21-David Humphreys, 22-Andrew Trimble.
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Chris White (England), Rob Dickson (Scotland)
Television match official: Roy Maybank (England)
Game 2: Saturday Feb 11 Italy v England at Stadio Flaminio, Roma 16:00 GMT ( 5am Sunday NZ)
ITALY: 15 Cristian Stoica (Montpellier), 14 Pablo Canavosio (Ghial Calvisano), 13 Gonzalo Canale (Clermont-Auvergne), 12 Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais), 11 Ludovico Nitoglia (Ghial Calvisano), 10 Ramiro Pez (Perpignan), 9 Paul Griffen (Ghial Calvisano), 8 Sergio Parisse, 7 Mauro Bergamasco (both Stade Francais), 6 Josh Sole (Arix Viadana), 5 Marco Bortolami (Narbonne, captain), 4 Santiago Dellape (Agen), 3 Carlos Nieto (Arix Viadana), 2 Fabio Ongaro (Benetton Treviso), 1 Salvatore Perugini (both Ghial Calvisano).
Replacements: 16 Carlo Antonio Festuccia (SKG Gran Parma), 17 Andrea Lo Cicero ( L'Aquila), 18 Martin Castrogiovanni (Ghial Calvisano), 19 Carlo Del Fava (Bourgoin), 20 Silvio Orlando (Treviso), 21 Simon Picone (Benetton Treviso), 22 Rima Wakarua (SKG Gran Parma).
ENGLAND: 15-Tom Voyce; 14-Mark Cueto, 13-Jamie Noon, 12-Mike Tindall, 11-Ben Cohen; 10-Charlie Hodgson, 9-Harry Ellis; 8-Martin Corry (captain), 7-Lewis Moody, 6-Joe Worsley, 5-Danny Grewcock, 4-Steve Borthwick, 3 Matt Stevens, 2-Steve Thompson, 1-Andy Sheridan.
Replacements: 16-Lee Mears, 17-Julian White, 18-Simon Shaw, 19-Lawrence Dallaglio, 20-Matt Dawson, 21-Andy Goode, 22-James Simpson-Daniel.
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Donal Courtney (Ireland), Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official: Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Game 3: Sunday February 12 Wales v Scotland
at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 1500 GMT (4am Monday NZ)
WALES: 15 Gareth Thomas (Toulouse, captain), 14 Mark Jones (Llanelli Scarlets), 13 Hal Luscombe (Newport Gwent Dragons), 12 Matthew Watkins (Llanelli Scarlets), 11 Shane Williams (Ospreys), 10 Stephen Jones (Clermont Auvergne), 9 Dwayne Peel (Llanelli Scarlets), 8 Michael Owen (Newport Gwent Dragons), 7 Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues), 6 Colin Charvis (Newcastle Falcons), 5 Robert Sidoli (Cardiff Blues), 4 Ian Gough (Newport Gwent Dragons), 3 Adam Rhys Jones (Ospreys), 2 Rhys Thomas (Cardiff Blues), 1 Duncan Jones (Ospreys).
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies (Gloucester), 17 Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), 18 Gareth Delve (Bath), 19 Adam M Jones (Llanelli Scarlets), 20 Michael Phillips (Cardiff Blues), 21 Nicky Robinson (Cardiff Blues), 22 Lee Byrne (Llanelli Scarlets).
SCOTLAND:15 Hugo Southwell (Edinburgh Gunners), 14 Chris Paterson (Edinburgh Gunners), 13 Marcus Di Rollo (Edinburgh Gunners), 12 Andrew Henderson (Glasgow Warriors), 11 Sean Lamont (Northampton Saints), 10 Dan Parks (Glasgow Warriors), 9 Mike Blair (Edinburgh Gunners), 8 Simon Taylor (Edinburgh Gunners), 7 Allister Hogg (Edinburgh Gunners), 6 Jason White (Sale Sharks, captain) 5 Scott Murray (Edinburgh Gunners), 4 Alastair Kellock (Edinburgh Gunners), 3 Bruce Douglas (Border Reivers), 2 Scott Lawson (Glasgow Warriors), 1 Gavin Kerr (Leeds Tykes).
Replacements: 16 Ross Ford (Border Reivers), 17 Craig Smith (Edinburgh Gunners), 18 Scott MacLeod (Border Reivers), 19 Jon Petrie (Glasgow Warriors), 20 Chris Cusiter (Border Reivers), 21 Gordon Ross (Leeds Tykes), 22 Simon Webster (Edinburgh Gunners).
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa), Eric Darrière (France)
Television match official: Giulio De Santis (I[taly)
ALL UP! GL RUGBYHEADS! GO SCOTLAND!
Cheers,
Baz
