Six Nations "others"

Editor

There are many matches amongst the six nations which make up the Six Nations apart from the first teams of each of the countries.

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 shall try to give some details of each of these matches.

A Teams

(For A read B),

England Saxons vs Ireland A at Welford Road on Friday, 1 February at 19.45

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)

Italy A vs Scotland A at the Stadio Comunale Mogliano in Venice on Sunday 3 February, kick-off 14.30

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)

Referee: tba

England Combined Services Under-23 vs Irishs at Sunbury on Friday 1st February

Irishs: 15 Ed Torrie (Univesity of Limerick/UL Bohs), 14 Sean Carey (NUI Galway/Buccaneers), 13 Paddy O'Toole (Garda/Connemara), 12 Mick O'Shea (Garda/Suttonians), 11 Darragh Fanning (IT Tallaght/StMarys), 10 Phil DeBarra (IT Carlow/DLSP), 9 Brendan O'Brien (Blackhall Place/Wanderers), 8 Hugh Hogan (GriffithDublin/St Marys), 7 Dan Kenny (Dun Laoghaire VEC/Greystones), 6 Ian Cullinan (NUI Galway/Galwegians), 5 Chris Napier (Belfast Metropolitan/Ballynahinch), 4 Barry Holmes (Dublin Institute of Technology/Greystones), 3 Stephen Snell (Nationalof Ireland/Greystones), 2 Alex O'Sullivan (Inst Art Design Tech Dun Laoghaire/Greystones), 1 Shane Cahill (Dun Laoghaire VEC/Blackrock).
Replacements: (from) Jason Taggert (University of Ulster Jordanstown/Ballymena), Richard O'Neill (IT Tallaght/Terenure), Jonathan Molloy (IT Tallaght/StMarys), Brian Collins (IT Blanchardstown/Old Belvedere), Ben Reilly (Dublin City University/Suttonians), Michael McKeever (University of Ulster Jordanstown/Instonians), Brian Moroney (IT Tallaght/Terenure), Colum Murphy (Cork Institute of Technology/Cork Constitution), Damien Carley (IT Carlow/Co.Carlow),

Combined Services Under-23: tba

Referee: tba

Deaf

England vs Wales at Broadstreet RFC near Coventry on Sunday February 3, kick-off 13.00

England squad:

Backs: Adam Smallwood (Bridgnorth), Mark Lewis (East Grinstead), Tim Quigley (Northampton Mens Own), Guy Lavery (Tunbridge Wells), Gareth Waterfield (Burnham on Sea), Charlie James (New Brighton), Mark Todd (Andover), Matt Woodward (Chinnor), Gavin Jackson (Selby), Alex Astbury (Twickenham), .

Forwards: Nick Todd (Petersfield), Matt Vandenbrouck (Paignton), Robert Hill (Folkestone), Kris Mannering (Guildford), Daniel McAllister (Luton), Ian Collins (Sevenoaks), Brett Pruce (Aylestone St James), Andrew Jones (Stamford), Tom Cowdale (Wolverhampton), Tony Wilkinson (Chinnor), Peter Altham (Sale Academy), Nick McKen (Burnham-on-Sea), Brett Hanratty (Ryton), Henry Skinner (Handsworth), Matt Gilbert (Hartpury)

Referee: Adrian Hartwell (England)

Under 20

England vs Wales at Kingsholm on Friday, 2 February, kick-off 19.45

England

Forwards: Nathan Catt (Bath), Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), Billy Moss (Bath), Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie), Joe Gray (Northampton Saints), Greg Gillanders (Leicester Tigers), Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates), Ben Thomas (Saracens), Matt Cox (Worcester Warriors), Hugo Ellis (London Wasps), Jon Fisher (London Irish), Andy Saull (Saracens),

Backs Joe Simpson (London Wasps), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Alex Goode (Saracens), Luke Eves (Bristol), Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), Miles Benjamin (Worcester Warriors), Noah Cato (Saracens), Dan Norton (Gloucester), Seb Stegmann (Harlequins), Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers),

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