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The 2009 Six Nations Championship, known as the RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th Six Nations Championship, and the 115th international championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the six major European national teams: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was held between 7 February and 21 March 2009.

2009 Six Nations Championship
Ireland win over Scotland on 14 March 2009
Date7 February – 21 March 2009
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (11th title)
Grand Slam Ireland (2nd title)
Triple Crown Ireland (10th title)
Matches played15
Attendance981,963 (65,464 per match)
Tries scored56 (3.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ireland Ronan O'Gara (51)
Top try scorer(s)Ireland Brian O'Driscoll (4)
England Riki Flutey (4)
Player of the tournamentIreland Brian O'Driscoll
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Ireland won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown, only their second Grand Slam, and first since 1948, and first Triple Crown since 2007. It was Ireland's second Grand Slam in total.[1]

England finished as runners-up, and also won the Calcutta Cup. The tournament featured the first Friday night game in its history, played between France and Wales at the Stade de France.[2]

Summary edit

The tournament began on 7 February 2009, when England hosted Italy in the earlier of the day's two matches. Ireland played France later that evening, with Scotland versus Wales the following day.

The reigning champions on entering the 2009 tournament were Wales, who won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in 2008. The winners of both accolades in 2009 were Ireland, with Ronan O'Gara's dropped goal leaving the score in the final match against Wales in Cardiff on 21 March at 17–15.[3] Wales's Stephen Jones then missed a late penalty from just inside the Ireland half to leave Wales in fourth position.[4] Ireland's two tries in that match came when captain Brian O'Driscoll and Tommy Bowe scored in quick succession in the 44th and 46th minutes respectively.[4][5] Paul O'Connell received the Triple Crown and Ireland's captain Brian O'Driscoll lifted the trophy. It was Ireland's first Grand Slam since 1948, 61 years earlier.[4][6] This was achieved in the first Six Nations Championship since Declan Kidney was appointed as manager of the Ireland team, succeeding Eddie O'Sullivan who resigned after the previous tournament.[7]

 
Brian O'Driscoll lifting the Six Nations cup

Twelve tries were scored by Ireland throughout the tournament, and five wins left the team on top of the table at the end of the Championship with ten points. They opened with a 30–21 win over France at home stadium Croke Park on 7 February.[8] On 15 February, Ireland's second match was a 38–9 victory over Italy at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome.[9] On 28 February, Ireland beat England 14–13 at Croke Park and on 14 March, Ireland beat Scotland 22–15 at Murrayfield Stadium.[10][11] Then followed the Grand Slam against Wales on 21 March 2009. That game was attended by the President of Ireland Mary McAleese, who presented the trophy, and Taoiseach Brian Cowen.[12] Following the game there were tributes from politicians.[12] A civic reception for the team took place outside Dublin's Mansion House on 22 March at 16:30,[12] with 18,000 fans attending alongside Taoiseach Brian Cowen and Dublin's Deputy Lord Mayor Emer Costelloe.[13] 2,000 fans had earlier greeted the team upon their arrival at Dublin Airport.[13] Brian O'Driscoll described 21 March as a "sweet, sweet day".[5] The game was watched by 945,000 people in Ireland, the highest rating television programme in the country by that stage of 2009.[14] Former coach Eddie O'Sullivan was said to be "delighted" for the team.[15] Brian O'Driscoll was named player of the tournament, beating Italy's Sergio Parisse and Ireland teammate Paul O'Connell.[16] O'Connell was later named captain of the British and Irish Lions team to tour South Africa and containing fourteen members of the Grand Slam winning Irish team on 21 April 2009, describing it as "a great honour".[17][18]

Italy were the only side to not win a match in the tournament, suffering defeats by twenty points or more against, in addition to Ireland, France (50–8), England (36–11) and Scotland (26–6), while losing 20–15 to Wales. Scotland managed a solitary victory against Italy to finish on 2 points. England, France and Wales all managed to win three of their matches to finish level on six points but England's points difference of +54 granted them second place in the table. Their points tally was boosted by a 36–10 defeat of France and a 26–12 win against Scotland which sealed the Calcutta Cup. Wales' early loss to France and narrow loss to Ireland in the last game of the tournament denied them a second consecutive championship. Although Wales needed to beat Ireland by more than 13 points to win the championship, they could have won the game and the Triple Crown in the last minute of the tournament (as well as denying Ireland the Grand Slam) if Stephen Jones' 50-yard penalty kick had not fallen short.

Participants edit

The teams involved were:

Nation Home stadium City Head coach Captain
  England Twickenham London Martin Johnson[19] Steve Borthwick
  France Stade de France Saint-Denis Marc Lièvremont Lionel Nallet
  Ireland Croke Park Dublin Declan Kidney[7] Brian O'Driscoll[20]
  Italy Stadio Flaminio Rome Nick Mallett Sergio Parisse
  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Frank Hadden Mike Blair
  Wales Millennium Stadium Cardiff Warren Gatland Ryan Jones[21][22]

Squads edit

For each nation's squad for the 2009 Six Nations Championship, see 2009 Six Nations Championship squads.

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts
1   Ireland 5 5 0 0 121 73 +48 12 10
2   England 5 3 0 2 124 70 +54 16 6
3   France 5 3 0 2 124 101 +23 14 6
4   Wales 5 3 0 2 100 81 +19 8 6
5   Scotland 5 1 0 4 79 102 −23 4 2
6   Italy 5 0 0 5 49 170 −121 2 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: The first tiebreaker is point difference from all matches, the second is tries scored. After these two tiebreakers the championship is shared.[23]

Fixtures edit

The fixtures for the 2009 Six Nations were released on 17 April 2008.[24] The France v Wales game on 27 February was the first Friday night game in the history of the championship, both under the Five and Six Nations format.[25]

Round 1 edit

7 February 2009
15:00 GMT
England  36–11  Italy
Try: Goode 2' c
Ellis (2) 18' m, 54' c
Flutey 28' c
Cueto 78' c
Con: Goode (4/5)
Pen: Goode (1/3) 36'		ReportTry: Mi. Bergamasco 72' m
Pen: McLean (2/3) 34', 39'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
FB 15 Delon Armitage
RW 14 Paul Sackey
OC 13 Jamie Noon   73'
IC 12 Riki Flutey   60'
LW 11 Mark Cueto
FH 10 Andy Goode
SH 9 Harry Ellis   60'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Steffon Armitage   62'
BF 6 James Haskell   34'
RL 5 Nick Kennedy   73'
LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery
HK 2 Lee Mears   55'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan   60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   55'
PR 17 Julian White   60'
LK 18 Tom Croft   73'
FL 19 Joe Worsley   62'
SH 20 Ben Foden   60'
CE 21 Shane Geraghty   63'   60'
CE 22 Mathew Tait   73'
Coach:
Martin Johnson
 
FB 15 Andrea Masi
RW 14 Kaine Robertson
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Gonzalo García   55'
LW 11 Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10 Andrea Marcato   29'
SH 9 Mauro Bergamasco   41'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Josh Sole
RL 5 Marco Bortolami   55'
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè   76'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Fabio Ongaro   55'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini   60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Carlo Festuccia   55'
PR 17 Carlos Nieto   60'
LK 18 Tommaso Reato   55'
FL 19 Jean-François Montauriol   76'
SH 20 Giulio Toniolatti   41'
FH 21 Luke McLean   29'
CE 22 Matteo Pratichetti   55'
Coach:
Nick Mallett
7 February 2009
17:00 GMT
Ireland  30–21  France
Try: Heaslip 34' c
O'Driscoll 43' c
D'Arcy 66' c
Con: O'Gara (3/3)
Pen: O'Gara (3/5) 3', 17', 78'		ReportTry: Harinordoquy 15' c
Médard 50' m
Con: Beauxis (1/2)
Pen: Beauxis (1/1) 76'
Drop: Beauxis (2/2) 40+1', 53'
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 79,000
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Rob Kearney   80'
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Paddy Wallace   63'
LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Stephen Ferris   76'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Jerry Flannery   49'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements:
HK 16 Rory Best   49'
PR 17 Tom Court
LK 18 Malcolm O'Kelly
FL 19 Denis Leamy   76'
SH 20 Peter Stringer
CE 21 Gordon D'Arcy   63'
FB 22 Geordan Murphy   80'
Coach:
Declan Kidney
 
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud   79'
RW 14 Julien Malzieu
OC 13 Florian Fritz   80'
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Maxime Médard
FH 10 Lionel Beauxis
SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde   68'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy   71'
OF 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir
RL 5 Sébastien Chabal   62'
LL 4 Lionel Nallet (c)
TP 3 Benoît Lecouls   40'
HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski   58'
LP 1 Lionel Faure
Replacements:
HK 16 Benjamin Kayser   58'
PR 17 Nicolas Mas   40'
LK 18 Romain Millo-Chluski   62'
N8 19 Louis Picamoles   71'
SH 20 Morgan Parra   68'
CE 21 Benoît Baby   80'
WG 22 Cédric Heymans   79'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont
8 February 2009
15:00 GMT
Scotland  13–26  Wales
Try: M. Evans 69' c
Con: Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Paterson (2/2) 32', 51'		ReportTry: Shanklin 22' m
A. W. Jones 29' m
Halfpenny 41' m
S. Williams 58' m
Pen: S. Jones (2/3) 13', 40+1'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Simon Webster   21'
OC 13 Ben Cairns   52'
IC 12 Graeme Morrison
LW 11 Sean Lamont
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Mike Blair (c)   62'
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 John Barclay   56'
BF 6 Allister Hogg   73'
RL 5 Jim Hamilton
LL 4 Jason White
TP 3 Geoff Cross   20'   31'
HK 2 Ross Ford   62'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16 Dougie Hall   62'
PR 17 Alasdair Dickinson   31'
LK 18 Kelly Brown   73'
FL 19 Scott Gray   56'
SH 20 Chris Cusiter   62'
WG 21 Chris Paterson   21'
CE 22 Max Evans   52'
Coach:
Frank Hadden
 
FB 15 Lee Byrne
RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 Jamie Roberts   60'
LW 11 Shane Williams   72'
FH 10 Stephen Jones   63'
SH 9 Mike Phillips   60'
N8 8 Andy Powell
OF 7 Martyn Williams (c)   66'
BF 6 Dafydd Jones
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough   63'
TP 3 Adam Jones
HK 2 Matthew Rees   63'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Huw Bennett   63'
PR 17 John Yapp   63'
LK 18 Luke Charteris   63'
FL 19 Bradley Davies   72'
SH 20 Dwayne Peel   60'
FH 21 James Hook   63'
CE 22 Andrew Bishop   60'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Round 2 edit

14 February 2009
16:00 CET
France  22–13  Scotland
Try: Ouedraogo 46' c
Con: Beauxis (1/1)
Pen: Beauxis (5/7) 23', 38', 53', 60', 73'		ReportTry: T. Evans 69' c
Con: Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Godman (2/3) 35', 49'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,600
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Maxime Médard
OC 13 Benoît Baby   59'
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Cédric Heymans
FH 10 Lionel Beauxis
SH 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde   67'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy   70'
OF 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir
RL 5 Lionel Nallet (c)
LL 4 Romain Millo-Chluski   59'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas   41'
HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski   55'
LP 1 Fabien Barcella
Replacements:
HK 16 Benjamin Kayser   55'
PR 17 Renaud Boyoud   41'
LK 18 Sébastien Chabal   59'
N8 19 Louis Picamoles   70'
SH 20 Morgan Parra   67'
CE 21 Maxime Mermoz   59'
WG 22 Julien Malzieu
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont
 
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Simon Danielli   66'
OC 13 Max Evans
IC 12 Graeme Morrison   73'
LW 11 Thom Evans
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Mike Blair (c)   73'
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 John Barclay
BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch
RL 5 Jim Hamilton   18'
LL 4 Jason White
TP 3 Alasdair Dickinson   46'
HK 2 Ross Ford   66'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16 Dougie Hall   66'
PR 17 Moray Low   46'
LK 18 Kelly Brown   18'
FL 19 Scott Gray
SH 20 Chris Cusiter   73'
WG 21 Chris Paterson   66'
CE 22 Nick De Luca   73'
Coach:
Frank Hadden
14 February 2009
17:30 GMT
Wales  23–15  England
Try: Halfpenny 44' m
Pen: S. Jones (5/5) 4', 16', 43', 54', 72'
Halfpenny 22' (1/2)		ReportTry: Sackey 24' m
D. Armitage 57' c
Con: Flood (1/1)
Drop: Goode (1/1) 30'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
FB 15 Lee Byrne
RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Mark Jones
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Mike Phillips   73'
N8 8 Andy Powell   60'
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Ryan Jones (c)
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough
TP 3 Adam Jones
HK 2 Matthew Rees   66'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16 Huw Bennett   66'
PR 17 John Yapp
LK 18 Luke Charteris
FL 19 Dafydd Jones   60'
SH 20 Dwayne Peel   73'
FH 21 James Hook
CE 22 Andrew Bishop
Coach:
Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Delon Armitage
RW 14 Paul Sackey   65'
OC 13 Mike Tindall   14'
IC 12 Riki Flutey
LW 11 Mark Cueto
FH 10 Andy Goode   41'   53'
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Joe Worsley
BF 6 James Haskell   54'
RL 5 Nick Kennedy   55'
LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery   65'
HK 2 Lee Mears   65'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   65'
PR 17 Julian White   65'
LK 18 Tom Croft   55'
FL 19 Luke Narraway   54'
SH 20 Paul Hodgson
FH 21 Toby Flood   53'
CE 22 Mathew Tait   65'
Coach:
Martin Johnson
15 February 2009
15:30 CET
Italy  9–38  Ireland
Pen: McLean (3/4) 5', 16', 24'ReportTry: Bowe 19' c
Fitzgerald (2) 40' c, 76' c
D. Wallace 48' c
O'Driscoll 78' c
Con: O'Gara (4/4)
Kearney (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 50'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Chris White (England)
FB 15 Andrea Masi   1'
RW 14 Kaine Robertson   20'
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale   48'
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Matteo Pratichetti
FH 10 Luke McLean   72'
SH 9 Paul Griffen
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Tommaso Reato   48'
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè   48'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni   33'
HK 2 Fabio Ongaro   41'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini   36'
Replacements:
HK 16 Carlo Festuccia   41'
PR 17 Carlos Nieto   33'
LK 18 Carlo Del Fava   48'
FL 19 Josh Sole   48'
SH 20 Giulio Toniolatti   72'
FH 21 Gonzalo García   48'
CE 22 Andrea Bacchetti   20'
Coach:
Nick Mallett
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Paddy Wallace   41'
LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara   32'
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary   72'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Stephen Ferris   62'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell   77'
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Jerry Flannery   60'
LP 1 Marcus Horan   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rory Best   60'
PR 17 Tom Court   55'
LK 18 Malcolm O'Kelly   77'
FL 19 Denis Leamy   62'
SH 20 Peter Stringer   72'
CE 21 Gordon D'Arcy   41'
FB 22 Geordan Murphy
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Round 3 edit

27 February 2009
21:00 CET
France  21–16  Wales
Try: Dusautoir 40' c
Heymans 53' m
Con: Parra (1/2)
Pen: Parra (3/5) 6', 35', 70'		ReportTry: Byrne 24' c
Con: S. Jones (1/1)
Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 3', 9'
Hook (1/1) 73'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Julien Malzieu
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Cédric Heymans
FH 10 Benoît Baby   37'
SH 9 Morgan Parra   72'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Fulgence Ouedraogo
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir
RL 5 Sébastien Chabal   57'
LL 4 Lionel Nallet (c)
TP 3 Sylvain Marconnet   57'
HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski   65'
LP 1 Fabien Barcella
Replacements:
HK 16 Benjamin Kayser   65'
PR 17 Thomas Domingo   57'
LK 18 Romain Millo-Chluski   57'
N8 19 Louis Picamoles
SH 20 Sébastien Tillous-Borde   72'
FH 21 François Trinh-Duc   37'
FB 22 Clément Poitrenaud
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont
 
FB 15 Lee Byrne
RW 14 Leigh Halfpenny
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 Jamie Roberts   55'
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 Stephen Jones   70'
SH 9 Mike Phillips   55'
N8 8 Andy Powell   62'
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Ryan Jones (c)
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough   71'
TP 3 Adam Jones
HK 2 Matthew Rees   55'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16 Huw Bennett   55'
PR 17 John Yapp
LK 18 Luke Charteris   71'
FL 19 Dafydd Jones   62'
SH 20 Dwayne Peel   55'
FH 21 James Hook   70'
CE 22 Gavin Henson   55'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
28 February 2009
15:00 GMT
Scotland  26–6  Italy
Try: Danielli 35' c
Gray 64' c
Con: Godman (1/1)
Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Paterson (3/3) 5', 13', 68'
Godman (1/2) 31'		ReportPen: McLean (1/1) 55'
Drop: Parisse (1/1) 22'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Hugo Southwell   47'
RW 14 Simon Danielli
OC 13 Max Evans
IC 12 Graeme Morrison   67'
LW 11 Thom Evans
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Mike Blair (c)   55'
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 John Barclay   56'
BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch
RL 5 Alastair Kellock
LL 4 Jason White
TP 3 Euan Murray   67'
HK 2 Ross Ford   53'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen   68'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dougie Hall   53'
PR 17 Alasdair Dickinson   67'
LK 18 Kelly Brown   68'
FL 19 Scott Gray   56'
SH 20 Chris Cusiter   55'
WG 21 Chris Paterson   47'
CE 22 Nick De Luca   67'
Coach:
Frank Hadden
 
FB 15 Andrea Marcato   47'
RW 14 Mirco Bergamasco
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Gonzalo García   3'
LW 11 Matteo Pratichetti
FH 10 Luke McLean
SH 9 Paul Griffen   55'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami   77'
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè   57'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni   58'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini   58'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK 16 Franco Sbaraglini   58'
PR 17 Carlos Nieto   58'
LK 18 Carlo Del Fava   57'
FL 19 Josh Sole   77'
SH 20 Pablo Canavosio   55'
CE 21 Andrea Bacchetti   3'
WG 22 Giulio Rubini   47'
Coach:
Nick Mallett
28 February 2009
17:30 GMT
Ireland  14–13  England
Try: O'Driscoll 57' m
Pen: O'Gara (2/5) 27', 71'
Drop: O'Driscoll (1/2) 46'		ReportTry: D. Armitage 78' c
Con: Goode (1/1)
Pen: Flood (1/1) 38'
D. Armitage (1/1) 64'
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Paddy Wallace
LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary   65'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip   68'
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Stephen Ferris
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Jerry Flannery   68'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements:
HK 16 Rory Best   68'
PR 17 Tom Court
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Denis Leamy   68'
SH 20 Peter Stringer   65'
CE 21 Gordon D'Arcy
FB 22 Geordan Murphy
Coach:
Declan Kidney
 
FB 15 Delon Armitage
RW 14 Paul Sackey   57'
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Riki Flutey
LW 11 Mark Cueto
FH 10 Toby Flood   66'
SH 9 Harry Ellis   58'
N8 8 Nick Easter   76'
OF 7 Joe Worsley
BF 6 James Haskell
RL 5 Nick Kennedy   69'
LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery   55'
HK 2 Lee Mears   66'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan   77'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   66'
PR 17 Julian White   77'
LK 18 Tom Croft   69'
FL 19 Luke Narraway   76'
SH 20 Danny Care   69'   58'
FH 21 Andy Goode   66'
CE 22 Mathew Tait   57'
Coach:
Martin Johnson

Notes:

Round 4 edit

14 March 2009
16:00 CET
Italy  15–20  Wales
Pen: Marcato (5/5) 5', 31', 34', 57', 70'ReportTry: S. Williams 25' c
Shanklin 71' c
Con: Hook (2/2)
Pen: Hook (2/3) 59', 63'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
FB 15 Andrea Marcato   75'
RW 14 Giulio Rubini
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Matteo Pratichetti
FH 10 Luke McLean
SH 9 Paul Griffen   66'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami   64'
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè   50'
TP 3 Carlos Nieto   50'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK 16 Franco Sbaraglini
PR 17 Martin Castrogiovanni   50'
LK 18 Carlo Del Fava   50'
FL 19 Josh Sole   64'
SH 20 Pablo Canavosio   66'
FH 21 Luciano Orquera   75'
CE 22 Roberto Quartaroli
Coach:
Nick Mallett
 
FB 15 Lee Byrne   68'
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Jamie Roberts
IC 12 Gavin Henson
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 James Hook   75'
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Andy Powell
OF 7 Dafydd Jones
BF 6 Jonathan Thomas   57'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Luke Charteris   66'
TP 3 Rhys M. Thomas   57'
HK 2 Huw Bennett   57'
LP 1 John Yapp
Replacements:
HK 16 Matthew Rees   57'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins   57'
LK 18 Bradley Davies   66'
FL 19 Ryan Jones   57'
SH 20 Warren Fury
FH 21 Stephen Jones   75'
CE 22 Tom Shanklin   68'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
14 March 2009
17:00 GMT
Scotland  15–22  Ireland
Pen: Paterson (5/5) 5', 13', 21', 31', 60'ReportTry: Heaslip 51' c
Con: O'Gara (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 11', 27', 33', 70'
Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 57'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
FB 15 Chris Paterson
RW 14 Simon Danielli
OC 13 Max Evans
IC 12 Graeme Morrison   70'
LW 11 Thom Evans
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Mike Blair (c)   51'
N8 8 Simon Taylor
OF 7 John Barclay   67'
BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch
RL 5 Jim Hamilton
LL 4 Jason White   50'
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Ross Ford   57'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Replacements:
HK 16 Dougie Hall   57'
PR 17 Moray Low
LK 18 Nathan Hines   50'
FL 19 Scott Gray   67'
SH 20 Chris Cusiter   51'
CE 21 Nick De Luca   70'
FB 22 Hugo Southwell
Coach:
Frank Hadden
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney   75'
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Peter Stringer   65'
N8 8 Denis Leamy   30'
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Stephen Ferris
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best   61'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery   61'
PR 17 Tom Court
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Jamie Heaslip   30'
SH 20 Tomás O'Leary   65'
CE 21 Paddy Wallace
FB 22 Geordan Murphy   75'
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Notes:

15 March 2009
15:00 GMT
England  34–10  France
Try: Cueto 1' c
Flutey (2) 22' c, 41' m
D. Armitage 37' c
Worsley 39' m
Con: Flood (3/3)
Pen: Flood (1/1) 18'		ReportTry: Szarzewski 56' m
Malzieu 64' m
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
FB 15 Delon Armitage
RW 14 Mark Cueto
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Riki Flutey
LW 11 Ugo Monye   72'
FH 10 Toby Flood   40'
SH 9 Harry Ellis   55'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Joe Worsley   68'
BF 6 Tom Croft
RL 5 Simon Shaw   57'
LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery
HK 2 Lee Mears   57'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan   66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   57'
PR 17 Julian White   66'
LK 18 Nick Kennedy   68'
FL 19 James Haskell   57'
SH 20 Danny Care   55'
FH 21 Andy Goode   40'
CE 22 Mathew Tait   72'
Coach:
Martin Johnson
 
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Julien Malzieu
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud   46'
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Cédric Heymans
FH 10 François Trinh-Duc   46'
SH 9 Morgan Parra   59'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy   68'
OF 7 Sébastien Chabal
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir
RL 5 Jérôme Thion   46'
LL 4 Lionel Nallet (c)
TP 3 Sylvain Marconnet
HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski   59'
LP 1 Lionel Faure   51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Benjamin Kayser   59'
PR 17 Thomas Domingo   51'
N8 18 Louis Picamoles   68'
FL 19 Julien Bonnaire   46'
SH 20 Sébastien Tillous-Borde   59'
CE 21 Florian Fritz   46'
CE 22 Damien Traille   46'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont

Round 5 edit

21 March 2009
14:15 CET
Italy  8–50  France
Try: Parisse 57' m
Pen: Marcato (1/2) 23'		ReportTry: Chabal 25' c
Trinh-Duc 29' m
Médard (2) 31' c, 70' m
Heymans 42' c
Domingo 55' m
Malzieu 76' m
Con: Parra (3/4)
Pen: Parra (3/3) 7', 15', 48'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 27,650
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15 Andrea Marcato
RW 14 Giulio Rubini
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Matteo Pratichetti   48'
FH 10 Luke McLean   72'
SH 9 Paul Griffen   66'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami   68'
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè   54'
TP 3 Carlos Nieto   58'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK 16 Franco Sbaraglini
PR 17 Martin Castrogiovanni   58'
LK 18 Carlo Del Fava   54'
FL 19 Josh Sole   68'
SH 20 Pablo Canavosio   66'
FH 21 Luciano Orquera   72'
CE 22 Roberto Quartaroli   48'
Coach:
Nick Mallett
 
FB 15 Damien Traille
RW 14 Maxime Médard
OC 13 Florian Fritz   60'
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Cédric Heymans   71'
FH 10 François Trinh-Duc
SH 9 Morgan Parra   52'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy   63'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir
RL 5 Sébastien Chabal
LL 4 Lionel Nallet (c)   71'
TP 3 Sylvain Marconnet   50'
HK 2 Dimitri Szarzewski   52'
LP 1 Fabien Barcella
Replacements:
HK 16 William Servat   52'
PR 17 Thomas Domingo   50'
LK 18 Jérôme Thion   71'
N8 19 Louis Picamoles   63'
FH 20 Frédéric Michalak   52'
CE 21 Mathieu Bastareaud   60'
WG 22 Julien Malzieu   71'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont

Notes:

21 March 2009
15:30 GMT
England  26–12  Scotland
Try: Monye 22' m
Flutey 28' c
Tait 77' m
Con: Flood (1/2)
Pen: Flood (2/2) 40', 41'
Drop: Care 72'		ReportPen: Paterson (3/3) 9', 44', 66'
Godman (1/2) 51'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,688
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
FB 15 Delon Armitage
RW 14 Mark Cueto
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Riki Flutey
LW 11 Ugo Monye   48'
FH 10 Toby Flood   73'
SH 9 Harry Ellis   16'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Joe Worsley
BF 6 Tom Croft   73'
RL 5 Simon Shaw   57'
LL 4 Steve Borthwick (c)
TP 3 Phil Vickery   14'
HK 2 Lee Mears   73'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan
Replacements:
HK 16 Dylan Hartley   73'
PR 17 Julian White   14'
LK 18 Nick Kennedy   57'
FL 19 James Haskell   73'
SH 20 Danny Care   16'
FH 21 Andy Goode   73'
CE 22 Mathew Tait   48'
Coach:
Martin Johnson
 
FB 15 Chris Paterson
RW 14 Simon Danielli   75'
OC 13 Max Evans
IC 12 Graeme Morrison
LW 11 Thom Evans   44'
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Mike Blair (c)   68'
N8 8 Simon Taylor   41'
OF 7 Scott Gray
BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch
RL 5 Jim Hamilton
LL 4 Jason White   57'
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Ross Ford   67'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson   75'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dougie Hall   67'
PR 17 Moray Low   75'
LK 18 Nathan Hines   57'
FL 19 Kelly Brown   41'
SH 20 Chris Cusiter   68'
CE 21 Nick De Luca   44'
FB 22 Hugo Southwell   75'
Coach:
Frank Hadden

Notes:

21 March 2009
17:30 GMT
Wales  15–17  Ireland
Pen: S. Jones (4/5) 33', 39', 51', 56'
Drop: S. Jones (1/1) 76'		ReportTry: O'Driscoll 44' c
Bowe 46' c
Con: O'Gara (2/2)
Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 78'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,625
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Lee Byrne   30'
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 Gavin Henson
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Ryan Jones (c)
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Dafydd Jones
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough   55'
TP 3 Adam Jones
HK 2 Matthew Rees   55'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements:
HK 16 Huw Bennett   55'
PR 17 John Yapp
LK 18 Luke Charteris   55'
FL 19 Jonathan Thomas
SH 20 Warren Fury
FH 21 James Hook
CE 22 Jamie Roberts   30'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney   66'
RW 14 Tommy Bowe
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Luke Fitzgerald   76'
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary   69'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Stephen Ferris   7'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes   23'   27'
HK 2 Jerry Flannery   68'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Replacements:
HK 16 Rory Best   68'
PR 17 Tom Court   23'   27'
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Denis Leamy   7'
SH 20 Peter Stringer   69'
CE 21 Paddy Wallace   76'
FB 22 Geordan Murphy   66'
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Notes:

Scorers edit

References edit

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