The Six Nations Table of points after two rounds of the six nations.

Teams	P	W	D	L	PD	BP	PTS
1. England	2	2	0	0	48	2	10
2. Wales	2	2	0	0	16	0	8
3. Scotland	2	1	0	1	4	1	5
4. Ireland	2	1	0	1	-3	0	4
5. France	2	0	0	2	-41	1	1
6. Italy	2	0	0	2	-24	0	0

Another shocking performance from Wales again even though they won 26-15. The amount of errors they made were shocking they could have had at least 5 try’s on score board but due to handling errors and not enough support from team kicking ball out wide but no one there to support going forward with the ball that was done on numerous accessions.

They were so close to try line and only if they passed the ball more and not running through Italy and making mistakes in the maul, scrum. Italy overturned the ball multiple times. Wales made the mistake by kicking the ball but was the error that led to Italy gaining the ball and going over for a try.

The line outs were absolutely shocking couldn’t get one right. 
Two greats try’s from Josh Adams and Owen Watkin with Dan Biggar setting up the try’s.
Shame Jonathan Davies try was denied as it was a brilliant try, Josh Navidi is far better playing at number 8 than blindside flanker. 
There defence was not on point it was like the old days were wales couldn’t play at all. 

On to the next game now England next and please hope Gatland picks his strong men for it and make the right choice for number 10 we all know that Dan Biggar should start and Anscombe on bench. Keep Josh Adams as left wing.

Should be focusing on Six Nations not World Cup yet they want to win the Six Nations put the effort in now so you can pick the best squad for World Cup

Wales Statistics from the Match;

• 2 successful tries –  Josh Adams , Owen Watkin
• 2 Successful conversions – Kicked by Dan Biggar Gareth Anscombe
• 2 Successful penalties – Kicked by Dan Biggar
• Conceded 15 turnovers of the ball
• Conceded 6 penalties
• Won 9 lineouts
• Lost 4 lineouts
• Won 6 Scrum sets
• Made 109 tackles
• Wales won the possession battle in the fist half
• Wales won the territory battle in both half of the game

The Wales team narrowly avoided defeat against France 24-19. The first half was shocking from Wales they gave away 2 penalties but luckily France wasn’t able to convert the points. In the first half It was all France they got through Wales poor defence and scored the first try. Wales were shockingly poor were they didn’t score any points in the first half there were far to many errors they had handling errors giving away penalties with being offside collapsing the ruck , in at the side. in total they gave away 10 penalties. Liam William charged down the field only to be denied the try for knocking the ball on.

They were kicking the ball into the French hands not able to put it into touch and very poor kicking. At half time it was looking like a France win as France were ahead 16-0.

Second half gets underway and the changes come thick and fast he brought on Dan Biggar to replace Gareth Anscombe , Gareth Davies came on for Tomos Williams scrum half. He also brought on Samson Lee to replace Rob Evans. Not long after the replacements came on the dynamic of the game changed and the speed and tempo of the game improved massively and they forced France into making mistakes.

Tomos Williams who was picked ahead of Gareth Davies touched down for his first international try and from their on that got Wales on the score board.

The power man George North scored our first try within the second half he sprinted through the defence of France and Dan Biggar converted the conversion. The mistakes kept coming as they kicked ball down field the France player wasn’t quick enough and the magician George North got the ball and touched down for our second try and we also converted.

Liam Williams took a nasty cut to the head and was forced off the field Gareth Anscombe came back on to take his place.

They gave away another penalty in the closing minutes all they had to do was to keep the ball in hand but couldn’t France got a penalty kick and converted it so down to the final minutes Wales put enough points between them to win a very hard match.

Let’s hope Wales can get a better start next weekend and play a better game of rugby.

The team to face France this evening has been announced;

• 1 Rob Evans – Losehead prop
• 2 Ken Ovens -Hooker
• 3 Tomas Francis- Tighthead prop
• 4 Adam Beard – Lock
• 5 Alun Wyn Jones – Lock
• 6 Josh Navidi – Blindside Flanker
• 7 Justin Tipuric – Openside Flanker
• 8 Ross Moriarty- Number 8
• 9 Tomos Williams – Scrum Half
• 10 Gareth Anscombe – Fly Half
• 11 George North – Left Wing
• 12 Hadley Parks – Inside Centre
• 13 Jonathon Davies – Outside Centre
• 14 Josh Adams – Right Wing
• 15 Liam Williams – Full Back

Subs;

• 16 Elliot Dee
• 17 Wyn Jones
• 18 Samson Lee
• 19 Cory Hill
• 20 Aaron Wainwright
• 21 Gareth Davies
• 22 Dan Biggar
• 23 Owen Watkin

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It’s that time of year again one of the best rugby tournament is about to get under way this Friday. The best of the best put on their home nation jersey and fight together.

The current champions are Ireland but will they be dethroned that will be the biggest question considering they are the best team at the moment and no team has been able to beat them. They have beaten the All Blacks twice and are in contention for the World Cup title.

I know a lot of people probably don’t know the format for the six nations so here goes I will explain the rules, teams and trophies that are awarded.

The teams that are competing are;

• Ireland- Defending Six Nations and Grand Slam winners they have 3 Grand Slam wins. Have 12 Triple Crown titles
• Wales- Have 11 Grand Slam titles and 26 Six Nation Titles. 20 Triple Crown titles
• England- Have 13 Grand Slam titles and 28 Six Nation Titles they have won the Triple Crown 25 times
• Scotland- Have not won the Six Nations but have won 10 Triple Crown Titles before six nations started. 
• Italy- Haven’t won any Six Nations or Grand Slams 
• France- Have won Six Nations 3 times 

The format for Six Nations are;

• The six teams will face each other once 
• If one nation wins  they get 4 points and if they nation scores 4 or more tries they get bonus point. 
• If the nation loses then they get no points only if they score more that 4 tries they receive 1 losing point or if they are defeated by less that 7 points.
• If the nations draw both will get two points and if they score 4 or more tries they will get extra bonus point.
• Who gets the most points at the end is the winner of the Six Nations 
• The nation that comes last at the end will get the Wooden Spoon title 

The Trophies; 

• Six Nation Trophy- is given to the team that comes first in the table at the end of the championship. 
• Triple Crown Trophy- The nation that wins three Six Nation matches in a row will receive this trophy. 
• Grand Slam Trophy- Is award to the nation that wins every Six Nation match.
• Calcutta Cup Trophy- This trophy is only awarded when England play Scotland and who wins gets the trophy.
• Millennium Trophy- This trophy is only awarded when Ireland play England who wins gets the trophy.
• Doggy Weir Trophy- This trophy is only awarded when Wales play Scotland who wins gets the trophy.
• Giuseppe Garlbuldl Trophy- This trophy is only awarded when France play France who wins get thee trophy. 

Fixtures;

Round 1-  France V Wales KO 8pm Paris Friday 1st Feb BBC 

                  Scotland V Italy KO 2.15pm Edinburgh Saturday 2nd Feb ITV

                  Ireland V England KO 4.15pm Dublin Saturday 2nd Feb ITV

Round 2- Scotland V Ireland KO 2.15pm Edinburgh Saturday 9th Feb 

                 Italy V Wales KO 4.45pm Rome Saturday 9th Feb 

                 England V France KO 3.00pm Twickenham Sunday 10th Feb                                  

Round 3- France V Scotland KO 2.15pm Paris Saturday 23rd Feb          

                 Wales V England KO 4.15pm Cardiff Saturday 23rd Feb 

                 Italy V Ireland KO 3.00pm Rome Sunday 24th Feb 

Round 4- Scotland V Wales KO 2.15pm Edinburgh Saturday 9th March 

                England V Italy KO 4.15pm Twickenham Saturday 9th March               

                Ireland V France KO 3.00pm Dublin Sunday 10th March    

Round 5-Italy V France KO 3.00pm Rome Saturday 16th March 

              Wales V Ireland KO 2.45pm Cardiff Saturday 16th March                  

               England V Scotland KO 5.00pm Twickenham 16th March