Six Nations "other" results
There are many matches amongst the six nations which make up the Six Nations apart from the first teams of each of the countries. We give the results with short reports as they become available over the weekend.
There are many matches amongst the six nations which make up the Six Nations apart from the first teams of each of the countries. We give the results with short reports as they become available over the weekend.
Sadly the weather did not celebrate the openeing of the Six Nations as enthusiastically as the players and the fans did.
We shall try to give some details of each of these matches.
A Teams
(For A read B),
England Saxons vs Ireland A, 31-13
Ireland A led 10-8 at half-time at Welford Road on Friday night, but then the Saxons conquered on a night of foul weather.
Scorers:
For England Saxons:
Tries: Paice, Varndell 2, Armitage
Con: Armitage
Pens: Lamb, Armitage 2
For Ireland A:
Try: Bowe
Con: Dunne
Pens: Dunne 2
England Saxons: 15 Nick Abendanon (Bath), 14 Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), 13 Ollie Smith (Leicester Tigers), (vice captain), 12 Shane Geraghty (London Irish), 11 Delon Armitage (London Irish), 10 Ryan Lamb (Gloucester), 9 Lee Dickson (Newcastle Falcons), 8 Jordan Crane (Leicester Tigers), (captain), 7 Ben Woods (Newcastle Falcons), 6 Phil Dowson (Newcastle Falcons), 5 Nick Kennedy (London Irish), 4 Tom Palmer (London Wasps), 3 Jason Hobson (Bristol), 2 David Paice (London Irish), 1 Nick Wood (Gloucester),
Replacements: 16 Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), 17 David Wilson (Newcastle Falcons), 18 George Skivington (London Wasps), 19 Will Skinner (Harlequins), 20 James Grindal (Newcastle Falcons), 21 Anthony Allen (Gloucester), 22 Mike Brown (Harlequins),
Ireland A: 15 Gavin Duffy (Galwegians/Connacht), 14 Johne Murphy (Leicester Tigers), 13 Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock/Leinster), 12 Shane Horgan (Boyne/Leinster), (captain), 11 Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), 10 Andrew Dunne (Old Belvedere/Connacht), 9 Isaac Boss (Ballymena/Ulster), 8 Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster), 7 Shane Jennings (St Mary's/Leinster), 6 Stephen Keogh (St Mary's/Leinster), 5 Ryan Caldwell (Dungannon/Ulster), 4 Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Leinster), 3 Bryan Young (Ballymena/Ulster), 2 Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster), 1 Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster),
Replacements: 16 Adrian Flavin (Buccaneers/Connacht), 17 Declan Fitzpatrick (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), 18 Donncha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), 19 David Pollock (Queen's University/Ulster), 20 Chris Keane (Old Belvedere/Leinster), 21 Niall O'Connor (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), 22 Daniel Riordan (Buccaneers/Connacht), .
Referee: Peter Allan (Scotland)
Scotland A vs Italy A, 37-15
Coached by Andy Robinson, Scotland A were too good for Italy A in this match played in Venice on Sunday.
Scorers
For Scotl;and:
Tries: Morrison, Rennie, Evans, Cairns, Dickinson
Cons: Godman 3
Pens: Godman 2
For Italy:
Tries: Padrò, Erasmus
Con: Buso
Pen: Buso
Scotland A: 15 Calum MacRae (Edinburgh), 14 Simon Danielli (Ulster), 13 Ben Cairns (Edinburgh), 12 Graeme Morrison (Glasgow Warriors), 11 Thom Evans (Glasgow Warriors), 10 Phil Godman (Edinburgh), 9 Rory Lawson (Gloucester), (captain), 8 Johnnie Beattie (Glasgow Warriors), 7 Ross Rennie (Edinburgh), 6 Al Strokosch (Gloucester), 5 Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), 4 Mark Rennie (Bourgoin), 3 Moray Low (Glasgow Warriors), 2 Dougie Hall (Glasgow Warriors), 1 Alasdair Dickinson (Gloucester)
Replacements: 16 Scott Lawson (Sale Sharks), 17 Craig Smith (Edinburgh), 18 Craig Hamilton (Edinburgh), 19 James Eddie (Glasgow Warriors), 20 Mark McMillan (Wasps), 21 Gordon Ross (Saracens), 22 John Houston (Edinburgh)
Italy A: 15 Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Cariparma), 14 Ludovico Nitoglia (Cammi Calvisano), 13 Alessio Galante (Rolly Gran Parma), 12 Enrico Patrizio (Carrera Petrarca Padova), 11 Michele Sepe (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 10 Paolo Buso (Cammi Calvisano), 9 Fabio Semenzato (Benetton Treviso), 8 Jacobus Erasmus (Montepaschi Viadana), 7 Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso), 6 Gonzalo Padrò (Carrera Petrarca Padova), 5 Antonio Pavanello (Benetton Treviso), 4 Mantvydas Tveraga (Overmach Cariparma), 3 Matteo Pietrosanti (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 2 Luigi Ferraro (Montepaschi Viadana) (captain),1 Matias Aguero (Saracens)
Replacements: 16 Alberto De Marchi (Overmach Cariparma), 17 Franco Sbaraglini (Benetton Treviso), 18 Paul Derbyshire (Rolly Gran Parma), 19 Luca Beccaris (Cammi Calvisano), 20 Giulio Toniolatti (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 21 Luciano Rodriguez (Orved San Donà ), 22 Gilberto Pavan (Overmach Cariparma)
Under 20
England vs Wales, 28-15
England were strong from the start with excellent tries by wings Noah Cato and Benjamin
Scorers:
For England:
Tries: Cato, Benjamin, Eves
Cons: Goode 2
Pens: Goode 2
For Wales:
Tries: Turnball, Halfpenny.
Con: Halfpenny
Pen: Halfpenny
England: 15 Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers), 14 Noah Cato (Saracens), 13 Luke Eves (Bristol Rugby), 12 Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), 11 Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), 10 Alex Goode (Saracens), 9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), 8 Hugo Ellis (London Wasps (captain), 7 Matthew Cox (Worcester Warriors), 6 Jon Fisher (London Irish), 5 Gregor Gillanders (Leicester Tigers), 4 Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates), 3 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), 2 Joe Gray (Northampton Saints), 1 Nathan Catt (Bath).
Replacements: Billy Moss (Bath), Tom Sargeant (Harlequins), Dan Norton (Gloucester Rugby), Seb Stegmann (Harlequins), Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie), Ben Thomas (Saracens), Jonny Arr (Worcester Warriors).
Wales: 15 Daniel Evans (Scarlets), 14 Leigh Halfpenny (Blues), 13 Gareth Owen (Ospreys), 12 Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), 11 Jimmy Norris (Dragons), ;10 Daniel Biggar, 9 Gareth Williams (Ospreys), 8 Lloyd Phillips (Scarlets), 7 Nic Cudd (Scarlets), 6 Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), 5 Jevon Groves (Blues, 4 Josh Turnbull (Scarlets) (captain), 3 Patrick Palmer (Blues), 2 Ben Roberts (Dragons), 1 Ryan Bevington (Ospreys)
Replacements: 16 Sam Hobbs (Blues), 17 Scott Andrews (Blues), 18 Ryan Prosser (Bristol), 19 Haydn Pugh (Scarlets), 20 Rory Pitman (Ospreys), 21 Luke Evans (Blues), 22 Rhys Williams (Scarlets)
Referee: Jérôme Garces (France)
Ireland vs Italy, 6-0
Two penalties in the first half gave Ireland, the defending champions but with nohne of last years champions in the team, a hard-fought victory in difficult conditrions at Dubarry Park in Athlone.
Despite losing scrumhalf Luca Martinelli to the sin-bijn in the first half and then having the embarrassment of a red card for lock Alberto Cazzola, the Italian line remained intact. The yellow card was for an offence at the tackle, the red card for punching. It was on a touch judge's report. Presumably there are different standards for Under-20 players from those applying to seniors.
Martinelli's infringement just before half-time brought the score to 6-