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Six Nations Final Round Lineups - Can England Win? 1 views
18 March 2011 by The Swede Eaters
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The Six Nations final round is here, will England win?
Ireland vs England
Martin Johnson's men will be too good for the unlucky Irish.
England will win this match, but it will be relatively close. England 12-
Will England win the Six Nations?
Matt Banahan comes in for the injured Mike Tindall, with Nick Easter
taking over the captaincy and Dave Strettle promoted to the bench.
Can this side bring home the bacon?
ENGLAND:
Ben Foden
Chris Ashton
Matt Banahan
Shontayne Hape
Mark Cueto
Toby Flood
Ben Youngs
Alex Corbisiero
Dylan Hartley
Dan Cole
Louis Deacon
Tom Palmer
Tom Wood
James Haskell
Nick Easter (capt)
Andrew Trimble starts on the left wing with Keith Earls moving to
full-back, whilst Jonny Sexton starts at fly-half ahead of Ronan O’Gara.
Can this side stop England’s Grand Slam dream?
15 – Keith Earls
14 – Tommy Bowe
13 – Brian O’Driscoll
12 – Gordon D’Arcy
11 – Andrew Trimble
10 – Jonathan Sexton
9 – Eoin Reddan
1 – Cian Healy
2 – Rory Best
3 – Mike Ross
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan
5 – Paul O’Connell
6 – Sean O’Brien
7 – David Wallace
8 – Jamie Heaslip
Replacements:
16 – Sean Cronin
17 – Tom Court
18 – Leo Cullen
19 – Denis Leamy
20 – Peter Stringer
21 – Ronan O’Gara
22 – Paddy Wallace
France vs Wales
Watch for France to be hurt after last week and deal to Wales. France 12-.
Lievremont changes five – Marc Lievremont has rushed five new players
into the starting side after last week’s embarrassing loss to Italy.
The France coach has named Damien Traille and David Marty in the
centres while Alexis Palisson wins a place on the left wing. Imanol
Harinordoquy returns at No 8 and prop Thomas Domingo will also front
Wales this weekend.
France - 15-Maxime Medard, 14-Vincent Clerc, 13-David Marty, 12-Damien
Traille, 11-Alexis Palisson, 10-Francois Trinh-Duc, 9-Morgan Parra,
8-Imanol Harinordoquy, 7-Julien Bonnaire, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (c),
5-Lionel Nallet, 4-Julien Pierre, 3-Nicolas Mas, 2-William Servat,
1-Thomas Domingo.
Subs: 16-Guilhem Guirado, 17-Luc Ducalcon, 18- Pascal Pape,
19-Alexandre Lapandry, 20-Julien Tomas, 21-Fabrice Estebanez, 22-Yoann
Huget
Warren Gatland has recalled George North and Adam Jones for Wales’ trip to Paris this weekend.
James Hook continues at fly-half, Jones replaces Craig Mitchell at
tighthead, whilst North comes in for the injured Shane Williams.
Wales:
Lee Byrne
Leigh Halfpenny
Jamie Roberts
Jonathan Davies
George North
James Hook
Mike Phillips
Paul James
Matthew Rees (C)
Adam Jones
Bradley Davies
Alun Wyn Jones
Dan Lydiate
Sam Warburton
Ryan Jones
Replacements
Richard Hibbard, John Yapp, Jonathan Thomas, Rob McCusker, Dwayne Peel, Stephen Jones, Morgan Stoddart.
Scotland vs Italy
I am picking Scotland the Brave to topple the Italians who will
struggle to come down from cloud nine last weekend. Scotland 12-.
Scotland
15-Chris Paterson, 14-Max Evans, 13-Joe Ansbro,
12-Sean Lamont, 11-Simon Danielli, 10-Ruaridh Jackson, 9-Rory Lawson,
8-Kelly Brown, 7-John Barclay, 6-Nathan Hines, 5-Alastair Kellock
(captain), 4-Richie Gray, 3-Geoff Cross, 2-Ross Ford, 1-Allan Jacobsen.
Replacements: 16-Scott Lawson, 17-Euan
Murray, 18-Richie Vernon, 19-Alasdair Strokosch, 20-Mike Blair, 21-Dan
Parks, 22-Nick De Luca.
Italy to be named
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