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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Comfortable win for France ends round 2 of the Six Nations

The second round of the most exciting and unpredictable six nations ever ended with something of a rarity - a game going to form, with France comfortable defeating Scotland in Arras this afternoon. France were rarely troubled, leading with a penalty in the opening minutes, opening up a 15-7 lead by halftime, and eventually running out winners 25-12 (SRU match report).

So after two rounds of games the table looks like this:
Position Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against
1 Wales 2 2 0 0 47 25 4
2 Ireland 2 2 0 0 42 22 4
3 England 2 1 0 1 85 29 2
4 France 2 1 0 1 30 29 2
5 Scotland 2 0 0 2 22 56 0
6 Italy 2 0 0 2 30 104 0
Remarkably, two weeks into the tournament...
  • England have not only missed out on a fourth Grand Slam, they will also - for the first time since 1998 - not win the Triple Crown.
  • The only teams now capable of winning a Grand Slam have never previously won the championship - in fact Ireland have never finished higher than fourth.
  • A tournament where the most interesting question is normally who will finish second can now realistically go any of four ways... 
On the subject of which I am trying out the online opinion poll gadget (top of the column on the left) - so who do you think will win?

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