第三比賽日 previews - 橄欖球

Italy v Scotland

Date: Saturday, March 6
Kick-off: 14.30 (13.30 GMT)
Venue: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Conditions: Rain, High 12。, Low 4。
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

The teams:

Italy: 15 Andrea Masi, 14 Gonzalo Canale, 13 Cristian Stoica, 12 Manuel Dallan,
11 Denis Dallan, 10 Roland De Marigny, 9 Paul Griffen, 8 Sergio Parisse,
7 Aaron Persico, 6 Andrea De Rossi (captain), 5 Marco Bortolami,
4 Santiago Dellape, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 Fabio Ongaro,
1 Andrea Lo Cicero.
Replacements: 16 Carlo Festuccia, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Carlo Checchinato,
19 Silvio Orlando, 20 Simon Picone, 21 Rima Wakarua, 22 Nicola Mazzucato.

Scotland: 15 Ben Hinshelwood, 14 Simon Danielli, 13 Tom Philip,
12 Brendan Laney, 11 Simon Webster, 10 Chris Paterson (captain),
9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Allister Hogg, 6 Jason White,
5 Stuart Grimes, 4 Scott Murray, 3 Bruce Douglas, 2 Gordon Bulloch,
1 Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16 Gavin Kerr, 17 Rob Russell, 18 Nathan Hines, 19 Jon Petrie,
20 Mike Blair, 21 Andrew Henderson, 22 Derrick Lee.

New Scotland coach Matt Williams has stressed that his team's RBS Six
Nations match against the ever-improving Italians in Rome on Saturday
is not a 'must-win' fixture, but he would be well aware that while his
head might not be on the chopping block now, unless the Scots start
showing a marked improvement soon, there could just be a call for it
to happen sooner rather than later.


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England v Ireland

Date: Saturday, March 6
Kick-off: 16.00 GMT
Venue: Twickenham, London
Conditions: Cloudy but dry, Maximum 8。, Minimum 3。
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

The teams:

England: 15 Iain Balshaw, 14 Josh Lewsey, 13 Jason Robinson,
12 Will Greenwood (vice-captain), 11 Ben Cohen, 10 Paul Grayson,
9 Matt Dawson, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (captain), 7 Richard Hill,
6 Joe Worsley, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Steve Borthwick, 3 Phil Vickery,
2 Steve Thompson, 1 Trevor Woodman.
Replacements: 16 Mark Regan, 17 Matt Stevens, 18 Chris Jones,
19 Neil Back, 20 Andy Gomarsall, 21 Olly Barkley, 22 James Simpson-Daniel.

Ireland: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Shane Horgan, 13 Gordon D'Arcy,
12 Brian O'Driscoll (captain), 11 Tyrone Howe, 10 Ronan O'Gara,
9 Peter Stringer, 8 Anthony Foley, 7 Keith Gleeson, 6 Simon Easterby,
5 Paul O'Connell, 4 Malcolm O'Kelly, 3 John Hayes, 2 Shane Byrne,
1 Reggie Corrigan.
Replacements: 16 Frankie Sheahan, 17 Simon Best, 18 Gary Longwell,
19 Victor Costello, 20 Guy Easterby, 21 David Humphreys, 22 Kevin Maggs.

England play their first competitive home Test since becoming world champions
when they face Ireland in the RBS Six Nations on Saturday - a game that also
so happens to be their biggest test since they snatched the world crown from
Australia back in November.


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Wales v France

Date: Sunday, March 7
Kick-off: 15.00 GMT
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Conditions: Bright - max 11。, min -1ꄮ
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

The teams:

Wales: 15 Gareth Thomas, 14 Rhys Williams, 13 Mark Taylor, 12 Iestyn Harris,
11 Shane Williams, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Gareth Cooper, 8 Dafydd Jones,
7 Colin Charvis (captain), 6 Jonothan Thomas, 5 Michael Owen,
4 Brent Cockbain, 3 Gethin Jenkins, 2 Robin McBryde, 1 Iestyn Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Ben Evans, 18 Gareth Llewellyn,
19 Martyn Williams, 20 Dwayne Peel, 21 Ceri Sweeney, 22 Tom Shanklin.

France: 15 Nicolas Brusque, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yannick Jauzion,
12 Damien Traille, 11 Christophe Dominici, 10 Frederic Michalak,
9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Thomas Lievremont, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy,
6 Serge Betsen, 5 Pascal Pape, 4 Fabien Pelous (captain),
3 Pieter de Villiers, 2 William Servat, 1 Sylvain Marconnet.
Replacements: 16 Yannick Bru, 17 Jean-Jacques Crenca, 18 David Auradou,
19 Olivier Magne, 20 Dimitri Yachvili, 21 Aurelien Rougerie,
22 Cedric Heymans.

Wales host France in the RBS Six Nations on Sunday, and the home side will
be hoping to pick themselves up off the floor after being thumped by Ireland
36-15 last month.


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