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Ireland's Head Coach Andy Farrell (father of England Captain Owen Farrell) has chosen his Men in Green to face Italy in this weekend's opening game

IRELAND

Captain: JONATHAN SEXTON

Backs:
15. Hugo Keenan
14. Jordan Larmour
13. Garry Ringrose
12. Robbie Henshaw
11. James Lowe
10. Jonathan Sexton (C)
9. Jamison Gibson Park

Forwards:
1. Dave Kilcoyne
2. Ronan Kelleher
3. Tadhg Furlong
4. Iain Henderson
5. James Ryan
6. Tadhg Beirne
7. Will Connors
8. CJ Stander

Replacements:
16. Rob Herring, 17. Cian Healy, 18. Andrew Porter, 19. Ryan Baird, 20. Jack Conan,
21. Craig Casey, 22. Billy Burns, 23. Keith Earls


ITALY

Captain: LUCA BIGI

Backs:
15. Jacopo Trulla, 14. Luca Sperandio, 13. Juan Ignacio Brex, 12. Carlo Canna,
11. Montanna Ioane, 10. Paolo Garbisi, 9. Stephen Varney

Forwards:
1. Andrea Lovotti, 2. Luca Bigi (C), 3. Marco Riccioni, 4. Marco Lazzaroni, 5. David Sisi,
6. Sebastian Negri, 7. Johan Meyer, 8. Michele Lamaro

Replacements:
16. Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17. Cherif Traore’, 18. Giosuè Zilocchi, 19. Niccolò Cannone,
20. Maxime Mbanda’, 21. Callum Braley, 22. Federico Mori, 23. Mattia Bellini


Saturday February 27th

Game 1:
ITALY v IRELAND ..... Kick Off 2.15pm

LIVE on ITV
and on this thread for lots of silliness and banter :-D

CAN WALES WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN?

With only Wales still in with a chance to win the Triple Crown this year ...
Here's the team that Wayne Pivac has chosen to fight it out against England on Saturday


WALES <3

Captain: ALUN-WYN JONES

Backs:
15. Liam Williams
14. Louis Rees-Zammit
13. George North
12. Jonathan Davies
11. Josh Adams
10. Dan Biggar
9. Kieran Hardy

Forwrads:
1. Wyn Jones
2. Ken Owens
3. Tomas Francis
4. Adam Beard
5. Alun Wyn Jones (C)
6. Josh Navidi
7. Justin Tipuric
8. Taulupe Faletau

Replacements:
16. Elliot Dee, 17. Rhodri Jones, 18. Leon Brown, 19. Cory Hill, 20. James Botham
21. Gareth Davies, 22. Callum Sheedy, 23. Uilisi Halaholo


WALES v ENGLAND
Kick Off 4.45

LIVE on BBC (English) S4C (Welsh)

.....and of course RADIO JEM ;-) (this thread)
for lots of cheering and fun participation with Jem and The Rugby Gang :-D

Here it is England Fans!
Eddie Jones has declared his men who will face my Wales boys on Saturday!

ENGLAND

Captain:: OWEN FARRELL

Backs:
15. Elliot Daly
14. Anthony Watson
13. Henry Slade
12. Owen Farrell (C)
11. Jonny May
10. George Ford
9. Ben Youngs

Forwards:
1. Mako Vunipola
2. Jamie George
3. Kyle Sinckler
4. Maro Itoje
5. Jonny Hill
6. Mark Wilson
7. Tom Curry
8. Billy Vunipola

Replacements
16. Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17. Ellis Genge, 18. Will Stuart, 19. Charlie Ewels,
20. George Martin, 21. Ben Earl, 22. Dan Robson, 23. Max Malins



*Game 2:
THE BIG BIG GAME:-0 ;-) :-D

***** WALES <3 v ENGLAND *****

KICK OFF 4.45pm

LIVE on....
BBC (English Commentary)
S4C (Welsh Commentary)
and RADIO JEM;-) (Silly Commentary!) :-D :-D



WALES TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT UP NEXT! :-D <3

IT'S TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS DAY EVERYONE :-D <3

Watch this space it will be ENGLAND first today :-D

ROUND 3 WEEKEND SCHEDULE for SATURDAY & SUNDAY FEBRUARY 27 & 28

Saturday February 27th

Game 1:
ITALY v IRELAND ..... Kick Off 2.15pm ..... LIVE on ITV and Radio Jem:-D


*Game 2:
THE BIG BIG GAME:-0 ;-) :-D

***** WALES <3 v ENGLAND *****

KICK OFF 4.45pm

LIVE on....
BBC (English Commentary)
S4C (Welsh Commentary)
and RADIO JEM;-) (Silly Commentary!) :-D :-D

Join Jem and the Gang as we follow the games together on this thread :-D


EDITED
Sunday February 28th
FRANCE v SCOTLAND GAME POSTPONED ... see post further down this page

NO GAMES NEXT WEEKEND :-)

Good Evening Everyone <3

We have enjoyed another Round of The Six Nations Championship 2021 this weekend. Another 3 Rounds to go! :-D

ROUND 2 FINAL RESULTS & TABLE POSITIONS

Game 1:
ENGLAND 41 ~ ITALY 18
Match Report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56047922

Game 2:
SCOTLAND 24 ~ WALES 25
Match Report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/56057789

Game 3:
IRELAND 13 ~ FRANCE 15
Match Report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/rugby-union/56064678



SIX NATIONS TABLE POSITIONS (At end of Round 2)

1. FRANCE ............... 9 Match Points (Points Difference +42)*
2. WALES ................. 9 Match Points (Points Difference +6)*
3. ENGLAND ............ 6 Match Points (Points Difference +18)
4. SCOTLAND .......... 5 Match Points (Points Difference +4)
5. IRELAND .............. 2 Match Point (Points Difference -7)
6. ITALY .................... 0 Match Points (Points Difference -63)

* France and Wales both have the same amount of Match Points- 9.
But France has a better "Points Difference"* than Wales.


*Points Difference is the difference between the total points scored by a team, and the total points conceded by the team, during the matches they have played.

If teams have the same Match Points and the same Points Difference then the winner will be decided on total Tries scored.

Thanks Everyone once again for your company and support of Radio Jem :-D
Fly <3 <3 Pat <3 <3 Linda <3 <3 Ann <3 <3

Thanks Everyone that has looked in today <3


I'm off to make OH some dinner now.
I will be back later with Round 2 Final Scores and the Positions Table :-)

Hard luck Ireland

Thank you again Jem <3 Pat <3 Linda <3 not forgetting Ann <3 ;-)

Congratulations to France :-) :-) :-)
You have come on well under Shaun Edwards' Defence Coaching :-) :-) :-)
Please give him back to Wales :-(

Commiserations to OH's team Ireland :-) :-) :-)
You need to buck you ideas up though :-(

Well done France, much improved and looked very dangerous.

Never mind Ireland you nearly did it.

Thank you ladies for a fun afternoon :-D :-D <3 <3

FINAL SCORE

IRELAND 13 ~ FRANCE 16

Not If he's Eddies mate Jem :-0 ;-)

Well at least Ireland kept France's POINTS DIFFERENCE DOWN and prevented them from a BONUS POINT for 4 or more games.

Ireland will have a bonus point for losing the game within 7 points too

Thank you for your company once again everyone <3 <3 <3

I am off to do the veg for dinner

all over

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:-( :-( :-(

IT'S ALL OVER AND FRANCE HAVE WON BY 2 POINTS

DOES SHAUN EDWARDS EVER SMILE? :-0

Hard luck Ireland, it was a close game

Thank Goodness I have ears :-D

Even with wax :-D