2011 Six Nations Championship

2011 Six Nations Championship

Italy and France during the 2011 Six Nations at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome
Date 4 February 2011 – 19 March 2011
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  England (26th title)
Calcutta Cup  England
Millennium Trophy  Ireland
Centenary Quaich  Ireland
Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy  Italy
Matches played 15
Attendance 920,618 (61,375 per match)
Tries scored 51 (3.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s) England Toby Flood (50)
Top try scorer(s) England Chris Ashton (6)
Player of the tournament Italy Andrea Masi
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The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by England.

Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 117th edition of the annual Northern Hemisphere championship.

The biggest development for this season was Ireland's opening of their new Aviva Stadium on the former site of Lansdowne Road. The completion of the Aviva ended the IRFU's arrangement with the Gaelic Athletic Association that allowed the rugby team to use the GAA's flagship venue of Croke Park for rugby internationals. Ireland played their first Tests at the Aviva in November 2010.

For the first time in its history, the tournament opened with a Friday night fixture.[1] For the first time in a decade, all of the teams had the same head coach as in the previous year's tournament.[2]

The tournament was also notable for a major upset, with Italy coming up from the bottom of the table, to beat then holders France. The champions were England who won their first four matches, but were denied the Grand Slam by a defeat to Ireland.

Italy's Andrea Masi was named as the Six Nations Player of the Championship, becoming the first Italian player to win the award with 30% of the voting. The runners up were Fabio Semenzato in second, Sean O'Brien in third and Toby Flood in fourth. [3]

Final results

England won the championship after winning four out of their five matches, losing only one against Ireland meaning they did not achieve a Grand Slam. Due to France defeating Wales in the final match of the tournament, England ended the tournament at the top of the table.[4] Had England beaten Ireland it would have led to their first Grand Slam since 2003.[4] Italy lost their final match against Scotland to claim the wooden spoon for the ninth time since entering the competition in 2000.[5]

Participants

The teams involved are:

Nation Home stadium City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham Stadium London England Martin Johnson Mike Tindall[captains 1]
 France Stade de France Saint-Denis France Marc Lièvremont Thierry Dusautoir
 Ireland Aviva Stadium Dublin Ireland Declan Kidney Brian O'Driscoll
 Italy Stadio Flaminio Rome South Africa Nick Mallett Sergio Parisse
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh England Andy Robinson Alastair Kellock
 Wales Millennium Stadium Cardiff New Zealand Warren Gatland Matthew Rees
  1. ↑ Replaced regular captain Lewis Moody, who was initially ruled out of at least the first two rounds of the competition with a knee injury.[6] He returned to play for his club team, Bath, on 20 February, but his injury reportedly returned during a training session for England's third match against France, ultimately ruling him out of the rest of the Championship.[7]Tindall suffered an ankle injury during England's fourth match against Scotland that ruled him out of their final match against Ireland; Nick Easter was named captain for that match in TIndall's absence.[8][9][10]

Squads

See 2011 Six Nations Championship squads.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Tries
1 England 540113281+51138
2 France 530211791+26106
3 Ireland 53029381+12106
4 Wales 53029589+666
5 Scotland 510482109-2762
6 Italy 510470138-6862

Results

Week 1

4 February 2011
19:45
Wales  19–26  England
Try: Stoddart 60' c
Con: S. Jones (1/1)
Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 23', 29', 43'
Hook (1/2) 70'
 Report Try: Ashton (2) 14' c, 56' c
Con: Flood (2/2)
Pen: Flood (3/3) 19', 32', 47'
Wilkinson (1/1) 75'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,276
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15James Hook
RW 14Morgan Stoddart
OC 13Jamie Roberts
IC 12Jonathan Davies
LW 11Shane Williams
FH 10Stephen Jones  67'
SH 9 Mike Phillips  69'
N8 8 Andy Powell  33'
OF 7 Sam Warburton
BF 6 Dan Lydiate 52' to 57'  69'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Craig Mitchell 46' to 56'  71'
HK 2 Matthew Rees (c)  70'
LP 1 Paul James
Replacements:
HK 16Richard Hibbard  70'
PR 17John Yapp  52'  57'  71'
N8 18Ryan Jones  33'
FL 19Jonathan Thomas  69'
SH 20Dwayne Peel  69'
FH 21Rhys Priestland
FB 22Lee Byrne  67'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland
FB 15Ben Foden
RW 14Chris Ashton
OC 13Mike Tindall (c)
IC 12Shontayne Hape
LW 11Mark Cueto
FH 10Toby Flood  63'
SH 9 Ben Youngs  62'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 James Haskell  62'
BF 6 Tom Wood
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Louis Deacon 27' to 37'  69'
TP 3 Dan Cole
HK 2 Dylan Hartley  69'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan  61'
Replacements:
HK 16Steve Thompson  69'
PR 17David Wilson  61'
LK 18Simon Shaw  69'
FL 19Joe Worsley  62'
SH 20Danny Care  62'
FH 21Jonny Wilkinson  63'
WG 22Matt Banahan
Coach:
England Martin Johnson

Man of the Match:
Toby Flood (England)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Jim Yuille (Scotland)

5 February 2011
14:30
Italy  11–13  Ireland
Try: McLean 75' m
Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (2/3) 6', 40'
 Report Try: O'Driscoll 44' c
Con: Sexton (1/1)
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 28'
Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 78'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 32,000[11]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15Luke McLean
RW 14Andrea Masi
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Alberto Sgarbi  69'
LW 11Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10Kristopher Burton  71'
SH 9 Edoardo Gori  10'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Josh Sole  50'
RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè  54'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini  64'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini 36' to 40'  64'
Replacements:
HK 16Fabio Ongaro  64'
PR 17Andrea Lo Cicero  36'  40'  64'
LK 18Carlo Del Fava  54'
FL 19Valerio Bernabò  50'
SH 20Pablo Canavosio  10'
FH 21Luciano Orquera  71'
CE 22Gonzalo Garcia  69'
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett
FB 15Luke Fitzgerald
RW 14Fergus McFadden
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Gordon D'Arcy  76'
LW 11Keith Earls
FH 10Jonathan Sexton  65'
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary  55'
N8 8 Sean O'Brien
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Denis Leamy 73' to 80'
RL 5 Paul O'Connell  73'
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 Mike Ross
HK 2 Rory Best  76'
LP 1 Cian Healy  76'
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin  76'
PR 17Tom Court  76'
LK 18Leo Cullen  73'
FL 19Shane Jennings
SH 20Eoin Reddan  55'
FH 21Ronan O'Gara  65'
CE 22Paddy Wallace  76'
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
Sean O'Brien (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
David Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

5 February 2011
17:00
France  34–21  Scotland
Try: Médard 2' c
Penalty try 29' c
Harinordoquy 54' c
Traille 68' c
Con: Parra (2/2)
Yachvili (2/2)
Pen: Yachvili (1/2) 79'
Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 9'
 Report Try: Kellock 18' c
Brown 60' c
Lamont 75' c
Con: Parks (2/2)
Jackson (1/1)
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 78,595
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15Damien Traille
RW 14Yoann Huget
OC 13Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12Maxime Mermoz  44'
LW 11Maxime Médard  73'
FH 10François Trinh-Duc
SH 9 Morgan Parra  52'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy  55'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet  62'
LL 4 Julien Pierre
TP 3 Nicolas Mas  52'
HK 2 William Servat  57'
LP 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements:
HK 16Guilhem Guirado  57'
PR 17Luc Ducalcon  52'
LK 18Jérôme Thion  62'
N8 19Sébastien Chabal  55'
SH 20Dimitri Yachvili  52'
FB 21Clément Poitrenaud  44'
WG 22Vincent Clerc  73'
Coach:
France Marc Lièvremont
FB 15Hugo Southwell
RW 14Nikki Walker
OC 13Joe Ansbro
IC 12Nick De Luca  55'
LW 11Max Evans
FH 10Dan Parks  69'
SH 9 Rory Lawson  40'
N8 8 Kelly Brown
OF 7 John Barclay  61'
BF 6 Nathan Hines  55'
RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c)
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 Euan Murray  70'
HK 2 Ross Ford  73'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16Dougie Hall  73'
PR 17Moray Low  70'
N8 18Richie Vernon  56'
FL 19Ross Rennie  61'
SH 20Mike Blair  40'
FH 21Ruaridh Jackson  69'
WG 22Sean Lamont  55'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
Maxime Médard (France)

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (England)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Week 2

12 February 2011
14:30
England  59–13  Italy
Try: Ashton (4) 3' c, 25' c, 54' c, 76' c
Cueto 30' c
Tindall 35' c
Care 58' c
Haskell 72' c
Con: Flood (5/5)
Wilkinson (3/3)
Pen: Flood (1/1) 10'
 Report Try: Ongaro 70' c
Con: Bergamasco (1/1)
Pen: Bergamasco (2/3) 4', 12'
FB 15Ben Foden
RW 14Chris Ashton
OC 13Mike Tindall (c)
IC 12Shontayne Hape
LW 11Mark Cueto  49'
FH 10Toby Flood  55'
SH 9 Ben Youngs  55'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Tom Wood  61'
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Louis Deacon  45'
TP 3 Dan Cole  61'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley  49'
LP 1 Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK 16Steve Thompson  49'
PR 17David Wilson  61'
LK 18Simon Shaw  45'
FL 19Hendre Fourie  61'
SH 20Danny Care  55'
FH 21Jonny Wilkinson  55'
WG 22Matt Banahan  49'
Coach:
England Martin Johnson
FB 15Luke McLean  79'
RW 14Andrea Masi  62'
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Alberto Sgarbi  58'
LW 11Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10Luciano Orquera
SH 9 Fabio Semenzato
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Valerio Bernabò  53'
RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys
LL 4 Carlo Del Fava  46'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni 43' to 53'  56'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini  66'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK 16Fabio Ongaro  66'
PR 17Andrea Lo Cicero  56'
LK 18Santiago Dellapè  46'
FL 19Robert Barbieri  53'
SH 20Pablo Canavosio  62'
FH 21Kristopher Burton  79'
CE 22Gonzalo Garcia  58'
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
Chris Ashton (England)

Touch judges:
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television match official:
Tony Redmond (Ireland)

12 February 2011
17:00
Scotland  6–24  Wales
Pen: Parks (2/3) 31', 58'
 Report Try: Williams (2) 8' c, 70' m
Con: Hook (1/1)
Pen: Hook (4/5) 13', 18', 21', 65'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,259
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
FB 15Hugo Southwell  20'
RW 14Nikki Walker
OC 13Joe Ansbro
IC 12Nick De Luca
LW 11Max Evans
FH 10Dan Parks
SH 9 Rory Lawson  46'
N8 8 Richie Vernon
OF 7 John Barclay  67'
BF 6 Kelly Brown
RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c)  71'
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Euan Murray  46'
HK 2 Ross Ford  67'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16Scott Lawson  67'
PR 17Moray Low  46'
LK 18Scott MacLeod  71'
FL 19Ross Rennie  67'
SH 20Mike Blair  46'
FH 21Ruaridh Jackson
WG 22Sean Lamont  20'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson
FB 15Lee Byrne 27' to 37'  76'
RW 14Morgan Stoddart
OC 13Jamie Roberts
IC 12Jonathan Davies
LW 11Shane Williams
FH 10James Hook  66'
SH 9 Mike Phillips  75'
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Sam Warburton
BF 6 Dan Lydiate  53'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones  71'
LL 4 Bradley Davies 23' to 33'
TP 3 Craig Mitchell
HK 2 Matthew Rees (c)  75'
LP 1 Paul James  66'
Replacements:
HK 16Richard Hibbard  75'
PR 17John Yapp  66'
LK 18Jonathan Thomas  53'
FL 19Josh Turnbull  71'
SH 20Tavis Knoyle  75'
FH 21Stephen Jones  66'
FB 22Rhys Priestland  76'
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Sam Warburton (Wales)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

13 February 2011
15:00
Ireland  22–25  France
Try: McFadden 4' c
O'Leary 37' m
Heaslip 67' c
Con: Sexton (1/2)
O'Gara (1/1)
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 15'
 Report Try: Médard 54' c
Con: Yachvili (1/1)
Pen: Parra (5/5) 10', 18', 20', 27', 48'
Yachvili (1/2) 62'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
FB 15Luke Fitzgerald
RW 14Fergus McFadden
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11Keith Earls
FH 10Jonathan Sexton  62'
SH 9 Tomás O'Leary  68'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Sean O'Brien
RL 5 Paul O'Connell  80'
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 Mike Ross
HK 2 Rory Best  75'
LP 1 Cian Healy  56'
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin  75'
PR 17Tom Court  56'
LK 18Leo Cullen  80'
FL 19Denis Leamy
SH 20Eoin Reddan  68'
FH 21Ronan O'Gara  62'
CE 22Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney
FB 15Clément Poitrenaud  50'
RW 14Yoann Huget
OC 13Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12Damien Traille  72'
LW 11Maxime Médard
FH 10François Trinh-Duc
SH 9 Morgan Parra  53'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire  53'
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Julien Pierre  63'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 William Servat
LP 1 Thomas Domingo  49'
Replacements:
HK 16Guilhem Guirado
PR 17Sylvain Marconnet  49'
LK 18Jérôme Thion  63'
N8 19Sébastien Chabal  53'
SH 20Dimitri Yachvili  53'
CE 21Yannick Jauzion  72'
WG 22Vincent Clerc  50'
Coach:
France Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Thierry Dusautoir (France)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
David Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

Week 3

26 February 2011
14:30
Italy  16–24  Wales
Try: Canale 5' m
Parisse 52' m
Pen: Bergamasco (2/2) 12', 26'
 Report Try: Stoddart 9' m
Warburton 13' c
Con: S. Jones (1/2)
Pen: S. Jones (3/3) 3', 38', 40+2'
Drop: Hook (1/1) 73'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15Luke McLean
RW 14Andrea Masi  73'
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Alberto Sgarbi
LW 11Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10Kristopher Burton  64'
SH 9 Fabio Semenzato  71'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Robert Barbieri  72'
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè  52'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni  70'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini  40'  70'
Replacements:
HK 16Carlo Festuccia
PR 17Andrea Lo Cicero  40'
LK 18Valerio Bernabò  52'
N8 19Manoa Vosawai  72'
SH 20Pablo Canavosio  71'
FH 21Luciano Orquera  64'
WG 22Tommaso Benvenuti  73'
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett
FB 15Lee Byrne
RW 14Morgan Stoddart
OC 13James Hook
IC 12Jamie Roberts
LW 11Shane Williams
FH 10Stephen Jones
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Sam Warburton
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Craig Mitchell
HK 2 Matthew Rees (c)  77'
LP 1 Paul James
Replacements:
HK 16Richard Hibbard  77'
PR 17John Yapp
N8 18Jonathan Thomas
FL 19Josh Turnbull
SH 20Tavis Knoyle
FH 21Rhys Priestland
WG 22Leigh Halfpenny
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Fabio Semenzato (Italy)

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Iain Ramage (Scotland)

26 February 2011
17:00
England  17–9  France
Try: Foden 42' m
Pen: Flood (3/3) 5', 13', 17'
Wilkinson (1/1) 52'
 Report Pen: Yachvili (3/5) 7', 19', 22'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,107
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
FB 15Ben Foden
RW 14Chris Ashton
OC 13Mike Tindall (c)
IC 12Shontayne Hape  76'
LW 11Mark Cueto
FH 10Toby Flood  51'
SH 9 Ben Youngs  65'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Tom Wood
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Louis Deacon  71'
TP 3 Dan Cole  76'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley  67'
LP 1 Andrew Sheridan  23'
Replacements:
HK 16Steve Thompson  67'
PR 17Alex Corbisiero  23'
LK 18Simon Shaw  71'
FL 19Hendre Fourie  76'
SH 20Danny Care  65'
FH 21Jonny Wilkinson  51'
WG 22Matt Banahan  76'
Coach:
EnglandMartin Johnson
FB 15Clément Poitrenaud  51'
RW 14Yoann Huget
OC 13Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12Yannick Jauzion
LW 11Vincent Clerc
FH 10François Trinh-Duc  67'
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili  62'
N8 8 Sébastien Chabal  51'
OF 7 Imanol Harinordoquy
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Julien Pierre  62'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 William Servat  76'
LP 1 Thomas Domingo  60'
Replacements:
HK 16Guilhem Guirado  76'
PR 17Sylvain Marconnet  60'
LK 18Jérôme Thion  62'
FL 19Julien Bonnaire  51'
SH 20Morgan Parra  62'
UB 21Damien Traille  51'
FB 22Alexis Palisson  67'
Coach:
France Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Tom Palmer (England)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

27 February 2011
15:00
Scotland  18–21  Ireland
Pen: Paterson 16', 17', 32', 58'
Parks 66'
Drop: Parks 70'
 Report Try: Heaslip 6' c
Reddan 29' c
O'Gara 53' c
Con: O'Gara (3/3)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 63,082
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15Chris Paterson
RW 14Nikki Walker  74'
OC 13Nick De Luca
IC 12Sean Lamont
LW 11Max Evans
FH 10Ruaridh Jackson  53'
SH 9 Mike Blair  60'
N8 8 Johnnie Beattie  46'  55'  55'
OF 7 John Barclay  66'
BF 6 Kelly Brown
RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c)
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 Moray Low  66'
HK 2 Ross Ford  53'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen 44' to 55'
Replacements:
HK 16Scott Lawson  53'
PR 17Geoff Cross  46'  55'  66'
LK 18Nathan Hines  66'
N8 19Richie Vernon  55'
SH 20Rory Lawson  60'
FH 21Dan Parks  53'
WG 22Simon Danielli  74'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson
FB 15Luke Fitzgerald
RW 14Tommy Bowe
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11Keith Earls
FH 10Ronan O'Gara  67'
SH 9 Eoin Reddan  60'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace  60'
BF 6 Sean O'Brien
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan  66'
TP 3 Mike Ross  70'
HK 2 Rory Best  60'
LP 1 Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin  60'
PR 17Tom Court  70'
LK 18Leo Cullen  66'
FL 19Denis Leamy  60'
SH 20Peter Stringer  60'
FH 21Jonathan Sexton  67'
CE 22Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (England)
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Week 4

12 March 2011
14:30
Italy  22–21  France
Try: Masi 59' c
Con: Bergamasco (1/1)
Pen: Bergamasco (5/7) 1', 23', 63', 70', 75'
 Try: Clerc 14' m
Parra 50' c
Con: Parra (1/2)
Pen: Parra (3/4) 19', 44', 66'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
FB 15Andrea Masi
RW 14Tommaso Benvenuti
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Gonzalo Garcia
LW 11Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10Luciano Orquera  57'
SH 9 Fabio Semenzato
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Robert Barbieri  57'
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Carlo Del Fava
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè  53'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia  47'
LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero  47'
Replacements:
HK 16Leonardo Ghiraldini  47'
PR 17Salvatore Perugini  47'
LK 18Quintin Geldenhuys  53'
FL 19Paul Derbyshire  57'
SH 20Pablo Canavosio
FH 21Kristopher Burton  57'
FB 22Luke McLean
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett
FB 15Maxime Médard
RW 14Yoann Huget
OC 13Aurélien Rougerie
IC 12Yannick Jauzion  70'
LW 11Vincent Clerc
FH 10François Trinh-Duc
SH 9 Morgan Parra
N8 8 Sébastien Chabal  56'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet  56'
LL 4 Julien Pierre
TP 3 Nicolas Mas  40'
HK 2 William Servat  61'
LP 1 Sylvain Marconnet
Replacements:
HK 16Guilhem Guirado  61'
PR 17Luc Ducalcon  40'
LK 18Jérôme Thion  56'
N8 19Imanol Harinordoquy  56'
SH 20Julien Tomas
CE 21Damien Traille  70'
FB 22Clément Poitrenaud
Coach:
France Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Andrea Masi (Italy)

Touch judges:
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official:
Jim Yuille (Scotland)

12 March 2011
17:00
Wales  19–13  Ireland
Try: Phillips 50' c
Con: Hook (1/1)
Pen: Hook (3/4) 19', 27', 68'
Halfpenny (1/1) 38'
 Report Try: O'Driscoll 2' c
Con: O'Gara (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 32', 40'
FB 15Lee Byrne
RW 14Leigh Halfpenny
OC 13Jamie Roberts
IC 12Jonathan Davies
LW 11Shane Williams
FH 10James Hook
SH 9 Mike Phillips
N8 8 Ryan Jones  59'
OF 7 Sam Warburton
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Craig Mitchell  12'
HK 2 Matthew Rees (c)  71'
LP 1 Paul James
Replacements:
HK 16Richard Hibbard  71'
PR 17John Yapp  12'
N8 18Jonathan Thomas  59'
FL 19Rob McCusker
SH 20Dwayne Peel
FH 21Stephen Jones
WG 22Morgan Stoddart
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland
FB 15Luke Fitzgerald  72'
RW 14Tommy Bowe
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11Keith Earls
FH 10Ronan O'Gara  49'
SH 9 Eoin Reddan  1'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip  69'
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Sean O'Brien
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan  75'
TP 3 Mike Ross  68'
HK 2 Rory Best  75'
LP 1 Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin  75'
PR 17Tom Court  68'
LK 18Leo Cullen  75'
N8 19Denis Leamy  69'
SH 20Peter Stringer  1'
FH 21Jonathan Sexton  49'
CE 22Paddy Wallace  72'
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
James Hook (Wales)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

13 March 2011
15:00
England  22–16  Scotland
Try: Croft 67' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)
Pen: Flood (4/5) 15', 23', 29', 57'
Wilkinson (1/1) 79'
 Report Try: Evans 74 'c
Con: Paterson (1/1)
Pen: Paterson (2/2) 3', 20'
Drop: Jackson (1/1) 40'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,120
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Ben Foden
RW 14 Chris Ashton
OC 13 Mike Tindall (c)  40'
IC 12 Shontayne Hape
LW 11 Mark Cueto
FH 10 Toby Flood  65'
SH 9 Ben Youngs  54'
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Tom Wood  65'
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Louis Deacon  65'
TP 3 Dan Cole  74'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley  65'
LP 1 Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK 16 Steve Thompson  65'
PR 17 Paul Doran-Jones  74'
LK 18 Simon Shaw  65'
FL 19 Tom Croft  65'
SH 20 Danny Care  54'
FH 21 Jonny Wilkinson  65'
CE 22 Matt Banahan  40'
Coach:
England Martin Johnson
FB 15Chris Paterson
RW 14Simon Danielli
OC 13Joe Ansbro  72'
IC 12Sean Lamont
LW 11Max Evans
FH 10Ruaridh Jackson  54'
SH 9 Rory Lawson  54'
N8 8 Kelly Brown  42'
OF 7 John Barclay 56' to 66'
BF 6 Nathan Hines  68'
RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c)
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 Moray Low  52'
HK 2 Ross Ford  65'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16Scott Lawson  65'
PR 17Geoff Cross  52'
N8 18Richie Vernon  42'
FL 19Alasdair Strokosch  68'
SH 20Mike Blair  54'
FH 21Dan Parks  54'
CE 22Nick De Luca  72'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
James Haskell (England)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television match official:
Tony Redmond (Ireland)

Week 5

19 March 2011
14:30
Scotland  21–8  Italy
Try: De Luca 46' m
Walker 54' c
Con: Paterson (1/2)
Pen: Paterson (3/4) 3', 18', 67'
 Report Try: Masi 10' m
Pen: Bergamasco (1/1) 30'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 42,464
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)
FB 15Chris Paterson
RW 14Nikki Walker
OC 13Joe Ansbro  19'
IC 12Sean Lamont  78'
LW 11Simon Danielli
FH 10Ruaridh Jackson
SH 9 Rory Lawson  64'
N8 8 Kelly Brown  74'
OF 7 John Barclay
BF 6 Nathan Hines  54'
RL 5 Alastair Kellock (c)
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 Geoff Cross  64'
HK 2 Ross Ford  64'
LP 1 Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK 16Scott Lawson  64'
PR 17Euan Murray  64'
N8 18Richie Vernon  74'
FL 19Alasdair Strokosch  64'
SH 20Mike Blair  64'
FH 21Dan Parks  78'
CE 22Nick De Luca  19'
Coach:
England Andy Robinson
FB 15Andrea Masi  32'
RW 14Tommaso Benvenuti
OC 13Gonzalo Canale
IC 12Alberto Sgarbi  69'
LW 11Mirco Bergamasco
FH 10Kristopher Burton  59'
SH 9 Fabio Semenzato
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Paul Derbyshire  59'
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Quintin Geldenhuys
LL 4 Carlo Del Fava  54'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini  79'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini  59'
Replacements:
HK 16Carlo Festuccia  79'
PR 17Andrea Lo Cicero  59'
LK 18Valerio Bernabò  54'
FL 19Robert Barbieri  59'
SH 20Pablo Canavosio  69'
FH 21Luciano Orquera  59'
FB 22Luke McLean  32'
Coach:
South Africa Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
Richie Gray (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)

19 March 2011
17:00
Ireland  24–8  England
Try: Bowe 27' m
O’Driscoll 46' c
Con: Sexton (1/2)
Pen: Sexton (4/4) 6' 14' 22' 37'
 Report Try: Thompson 52' m
Pen: Flood (1/2) 32'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
FB 15Keith Earls
RW 14Tommy Bowe
OC 13Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC 12Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11Andrew Trimble
FH 10Jonathan Sexton  69'
SH 9 Eoin Reddan  78'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 David Wallace  71'
BF 6 Sean O'Brien
RL 5 Paul O'Connell  78'
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 Mike Ross  58'
HK 2 Rory Best  78'
LP 1 Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK 16Sean Cronin  78'
PR 17Tom Court  58'
LK 18Leo Cullen  78'
FL 19Denis Leamy  79'
SH 20Peter Stringer  78'
FH 21Ronan O'Gara  69'
CE 22Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Ireland Declan Kidney
FB 15Ben Foden
RW 14Chris Ashton
OC 13Matt Banahan
IC 12Shontayne Hape
LW 11Mark Cueto  66'
FH 10Toby Flood  51'
SH 9 Ben Youngs 35' to 45'  46'
N8 8 Nick Easter (c)
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Tom Wood
RL 5 Tom Palmer  27'
LL 4 Louis Deacon  55'
TP 3 Dan Cole  51'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley  51'
LP 1 Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK 16Steve Thompson  51'
PR 17Paul Doran-Jones  51'
LK 18Simon Shaw  27'
FL 19Tom Croft  55'
SH 20Danny Care  46'
FH 21Jonny Wilkinson  51'
WG 22David Strettle  66'
Coach:
England Martin Johnson

Man of the Match:
Jonathan Sexton

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

19 March 2011
19:45
France  28–9  Wales
Try: Nallet (2) 37' m, 43' c
Clerc 58' c
Con: Parra (2/3)
Pen: Parra (3/4) 7', 25', 52'
 Report Pen: Hook (3/4) 2', 42', 48'
FB 15Maxime Médard
RW 14Vincent Clerc  75'
OC 13David Marty
IC 12Damien Traille  70'
LW 11Alexis Palisson
FH 10François Trinh-Duc
SH 9 Morgan Parra  73'
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy  72'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL 5 Lionel Nallet
LL 4 Julien Pierre  66'
TP 3 Nicolas Mas  66'
HK 2 William Servat  70'
LP 1 Thomas Domingo
Replacements:
HK 16Guilhem Guirado  70'
PR 17Luc Ducalcon  66'
LK 18Pascal Papé  66'
FL 19Alexandre Lapandry  72'
SH 20Julien Tomas  73'
CE 21Fabrice Estebanez  70'
WG 22Yoann Huget  75'
Coach:
France Marc Lièvremont
FB 15Lee Byrne
RW 14Leigh Halfpenny
OC 13Jamie Roberts
IC 12Jonathan Davies
LW 11George North
FH 10James Hook  66'
SH 9 Mike Phillips  67'
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Sam Warburton  15'
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Adam Jones  52'
HK 2 Matthew Rees (c)  67'
LP 1 Paul James
Replacements:
HK 16Richard Hibbard  67'
PR 17John Yapp  52'
N8 18Jonathan Thomas  15'  71'
FL 19Rob McCusker  71'
SH 20Dwayne Peel  67'
FH 21Stephen Jones  66'
WG 22Morgan Stoddart
Coach:
New Zealand Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Top scorers

Try scorers

Tries Name Pld Team
6 Chris Ashton 5  England
3 Brian O'Driscoll 5  Ireland
2 Vincent Clerc 5  France
Maxime Médard 4  France
Lionel Nallet 5  France
Jamie Heaslip 4  Ireland
Andrea Masi 5  Italy
Morgan Stoddart 3  Wales
Shane Williams 4  Wales
1 27 players

Points scorers

Points Name Pld Team
50 Toby Flood 5  England
47 Morgan Parra 5  France
40 Mirco Bergamasco 5  Italy
James Hook 5  Wales
31 Chris Paterson 3  Scotland
30 Chris Ashton 5  England
24 Ronan O'Gara 5  Ireland
Jonathan Sexton 5  Ireland
22 Stephen Jones 5  Wales
21 Dimitri Yachvili 5  France

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, BBC One[15] televised the matches live except the week three match between Scotland and Ireland which was televised live on BBC HD and BBC Two. The opening match between Wales and England started at 7:00pm in Wales and half an hour later for the rest of the UK and the week four match between Italy and France starting at 2:00pm apart from Scotland which started half an hour later. The matches were also televised by France 2 in France, RTÉ Two in Ireland,[16] Sky Sport in Italy and ESPN in Australia and New Zealand.[17]

In Wales, Welsh language channel S4C televised live only Wales matches.[18]

In the United States and the Caribbean, Premium Sports[19] televised the matches live while in the United States, BBC America televised selected matches only.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "Six Nations to end experiment of Friday night matches". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Bryn (26 January 2011). "Six Nations set for launch with a bang". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Masi scoops Six Nations award". ESPN Scrum. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  4. 1 2 Standley, James (19 March 2011). "2011 Six Nations: Ireland 24-8 England". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Malin, Ian (19 March 2011). "Scotland avoid Six Nations wooden spoon after rallying against Italy". London: Guardian. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Lewis Moody upbeat on injury progress". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 21 January 2011. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Sergio Parisse ruled out of Italy-Wales clash". ESPN Scrum (ESPN Sports Media). 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Six Nations: Sheridan back for England but Moody absent". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 24 February 2011. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  9. ↑ "Six Nations: Croft back on bench as Corbisiero starts". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 11 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  10. ↑ "Six Nations: England pick Banahan for Grand Slam match". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "O'Gara rescues shaky Ireland". ESPN Scrum (ESPN EMEA). 5 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  12. 1 2 Pope, Bruce (12 March 2011). "Wales 19–13 Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  13. ↑ http://www.rugby365.com/all_news/nbc/wales/news/2704241.htm
  14. ↑ "Rugby videos of tackles, tries, funny incidents and more: Brian O'Driscoll's record breaking 25 Championship tries". rugbydump.blogspot.com.
  15. ↑ "Six Nations on the BBC". BBC Sport. 5 February 2009. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  16. ↑ "Six Nations Coverage on RTÉ". RTÉ Sport. 31 January 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  17. ↑ "ESPN: RUGBY - RBS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP". espn.com.au. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  18. ↑ "Match Schedule". S4C.co.uk. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  19. ↑ "Schedule". premiumsportsinc.com. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  20. ↑ "2011 Match Schedule". BBC America. Retrieved 22 February 2011.

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