| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Tries | |||
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 103 | 8 | 81 | 15 | 6 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | 31 | 39 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 24 | 36 | 10 | 4 |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 43 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 102 | -80 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 116 | -96 | 3 | 0 |
Sky's live coverage was slightly spoilt by their decision to switch the game to the "red button" in the second half in favour of some utterly forgettable golf event. I guess we should be thankful that they covered it at all, but even so this was a bit shabby - especially for anyone following the game online (as a fair few were) or trying to record it. Sky have a "feedback" page at http://www.skysports.com/contactus/, if you can spare a minute (and whether you were watching it or not - indeed whether you are a Sky subscriber or not) please drop them a line and tell them what you think about this!
Elsewhere Ireland predictably beat Scotland - by only by 22-5, which - considering the hiding Wales gave them a fortnight ago - was perhaps not a great performance. Especially as Wales lost 12-8 to Italy today, which mean that the Italians will be targeting fourth place this year - which will be a remarkable performance.
PS - Congratulations to England U20s as well, who beat France 12-5 before the women's game.
England U20's played before the senior game but not on Sixways, they were moved to a wet, muddy and unsuitable ground on the Worcester complex. Embarrassing really but a good crowd watching. Why could the boys not have moved????
ReplyDeleteThe women's under 20s were moved but not the boys because it's a man's world. Unfortunately, it seems that such treatment is something as women we have to put up with for a lot longer. Very few people actually care about women's rugby - at least not enough to make a major difference.
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