Ireland clinched a hard-fought 20-16 victory over England in their Six Nations clash at Twickenham. Two tries for Tommy Bowe and another for fellow winger Keith Earls to a pushover effort by Dan Cole made the difference. England briefly led 16-13 after a Jonny Wilkinson drop-goal nine minutes from time but Bowe’s second try proved decisive and secured Ireland’s sixth win in seven games against England.
Pablo Canavosio scored the only try of the match as Italy held off Scotland to earn a superb 16-12 victory in the Six Nations at the Stadio Flamini in Rome. A tough-fought match saw no quarter given on either side, with the boots of Dan Parks and Mirco Bergamasco keeping the scoreboard ticking over. Scotland came close to the line twice through forward drives, but in the 67th minute Gonzalo Canale’s break set up Canavosio (pictured) to cut back inside and score the decisive try under the posts.
Prima vittoria per gli Azzurri in questo Sei Nazioni: il successo, 16-12, arriva grazie a una meta dell’oriundo, dopo che poco prima gli ospiti si erano portati in vantaggio. Scacciato il fantasma del Cucchiaio di Legno.
England made it two wins from two in the Six Nations with a 17-12 victory over Italy but they were pushed all the way at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. England survived a scare to scrape a 17-12 victory over an obstinate Italy on Sunday and maintain their winning start to the Six Nations. Mathew Tait scored the only try six minutes into the second half and Jonny Wilkinson kicked a drop goal to seal the match after Italy had pulled within two points late on with Mirco Bergamasco’s fourth successful penalty. But it was a disappointing performance by England, 30-17 winners over Wales in their opener last week, especially for fly-half Wilkinson, who provided the other points but also missed three attempts at goal.
Gli inglesi superano la squadra di Mallett a Roma 17 a 12 nella seconda giornata del Sei Nazioni. L’Italia, a segno quattro volte su calcio piazzato con Mirco Bergamasco, regge bene per un tempo, poi la meta di Tait a inizio ripresa consente agli ospiti di allungare.
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A disciplined France side ended Ireland’s 15-month unbeaten run with a 33-10 victory in the Six Nations championship at the Stade de France on Saturday. France scored three tries to one, dominating the scrum and holding off sustained bouts of Irish pressure with a well organised defence and ferocious, controlled tackling. The Blues led 17-3 at half-time through tries from hooker William Servat and centre Yannick Jauzion, both converted by scrum-half Morgan Parra, leaving the reigning champions with a mountain to climb in the second half.
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Wales conjured two tries in the final four minutes to rescue victory from the jaws of defeat with a thrilling 31-24 win over Scotland in their Six Nations clash at the Millennium Stadium Saturday. Scotland led 18-9 at the break with tries through John Barclay and Max Evans and had a 24-14 advantage entering the last five minutes, only to be undone by an extraordinary Welsh comeback. Wales, beaten 30-17 by England in their opener last week, looked down and out until Leigh Halfpenny crossed with four minutes remaining. Stephen Jones converted to reduce the deficit to three and then kicked a penalty in front of the posts to level after Phil Godman had been shown a straight red card for cynically taking out Lee Byrne. With time just about expired, Wales regained possession from the kickoff and, with Scotland in disarray, Shane Williams found space to joyfully dive over the line.
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Mathieu Bastareaud ensured his redemption in French rugby with a sterling first half performance to set up an 18-9 win for Les Bleus over Scotland at Murrayfield. Bastareaud, who scored two tries in the first 40 minutes, had not played for France since a three-month ban for his controversial part in the tour of New Zealand in summer 2009.
James Haskell scored two tries as England held off a spirited Wales fight-back to win their opening Six Nations clash 30-17 at Twickenham. The result will relieve the pressure on England manager Martin Johnson, whose side were in danger of letting a 20-3 lead slip until Haskell finished off a long-range attack in the 74th minute to put the game beyond Wales.
Six Nations champions Ireland opened their campaign with a comfortable 29-11 victory over Italy in a poor game at Croke Park in Dublin. The Grand Slam champions were never in danger of losing but will need to produce a much-improved performance next week in France if they are to repeat their success of last season.
Esordio amaro al Croke Park di Dublino, gli azzurri partono meglio ma vanno sotto puniti dalle mete di Heaslip e O’Leary. Gower e una meta di Robertson illudono ma i campioni uscenti fanno buona guardia e allungano la striscia d’imbattibilità
Italy beat Samoa for the first time in their history 24-6 to end a 13-match losing streak here on Saturday. Not only did Italy come into this game on a poor run but on Thursday they also lost influential captain Sergio Parisse to a cruciate knee ligament injury. And yet from the get-go they quickly established their superiority over the touring Pacific Islanders and the result never looked in doubt.
Una meta di McLean, una tecnica e un drop di Tebaldi, migliore in campo, per il successo degli azzurri senza Parisse contro Samoa. Mirco Bergamasco e Gower si alternano sui piazzati. Per Mallett 3ª vittoria da c.t in 21 gare.
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Scotland completed one of the greatest rearguard victories in recent Test history to beat Australia 9-8 for the first time in 27 years. Despite being penned in their own half for almost the whole 80 minutes, Andy Robinson’s men somehow held on after Matt Giteau missed a stoppage-time conversion for the Wallabies. It completed a miserable evening for the fly-half, who kicked Australia ahead early on but missed more than once in front of goal.
