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Six Nations: Rugby Action Begins Tomorrow

by Jordan Yerman | February 6, 2009 at 01:55 pm

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The Six Nations tournament begins tomorrow, as Wales plays its opener against Scotland, beginning the quest to repeat its 2008 victory.

Ireland will face off against France, and England plays on home turf as it faces Italy.

England's opening match will be their 250th at Twickenham as they look to continue their 100% record against Italy.

The matches will be played at venues in each country, so each team will be truly playing as the "home" side and the "away" side, depending on the fixture.

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Mistywabbit

at 15:53 on February 6th, 2009

Scotland (15) vs England (9) March 8th 2008, Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh The Culcutta Cup matches between Scotland and England in the 6 Nations are always great matches to watch - and especially to attend! Scotland vs England always has that bit more passion involved - at least for the Scots, anyway, as they take on the Auld Enemy - nothing like a historic rivalry to get your country playing at the top of their game!

The 6 Nations games are always great fun, no matter who's playing. The atmosphere is fantastic, the fans friendly, and the games entertaining. Even if it is freezing cold!

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aaron stevens

at 16:41 on February 6th, 2009

Hi there,
I had taken these photographs in the millenium stadium for Wales game against Italy during the 2008 RBS six nations tournament. Wales achieved the grandslam this year by beating all the other nations and winning the tournament. Wales won the match 47-8 in a great game scoring 5 tries in the process sealing a great day for the welsh fans. If you dont know much about the six nations it is a fantastic rugby tournament that is always played in high spirits with an outstanding atmosphere and a brief explanation would be that it consists of 6 teams (Wales, England, Ireland, Scotland, France, italy) and that all of the Celtic nations (Wales, Ireland, Scotland) want to beat England for bragging rights and that France and Italy have their own little European battle which they like to win.

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Abbie Lou

at 04:42 on February 7th, 2009

This photo was taken last year at McLaren Rugby Club in Callander, Scotland. All the kids got a chance to have their photo taken with the cup, and the younger ones had their picture published in the Stirling Observer!

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