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Six Nations Round Two Rugby Lineups and Picks 3 views
10 February 2011 by The Swede Eaters
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Check out the Rugby Lineups and Picks for Round Two of the Six Nations. Win Six Nations Magnetic Bracelets.
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Scotland vs Wales
Scotland host Wales this weekend and since both teams lost their first games, if they are to have any shot at winning the Six Nations they must win this Saturday. This game should be very close and it is refreshing to see Scotland competitive again last week against France. They had several players scoring heavily in http://www.testrugby.com/ points. Kelly Brown, Richie Gray and Joe Ansbro played well last week.
Andy Robinson has named his side to take on Wales at Murrayfield this weekend, with only one change to the bench.
“We were disappointed as players and management that we did not start the championship with a win against France. We are determined to put that right with an improved performance against Wales,” Robinson said.
Will this side heap yet more misery on Warren Gatland’s Welsh side? My pick Scotland 12-. The Scotland side need to learn to win the tight ones, but now is the time to learn over Wales.
Scotland:
15 Hugo Southwell
14 Nikki Walker
13 Joe Ansbro
12 Nick De Luca
11 Max Evans
10 Dan Parks
9 Rory Lawson
1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Ross Ford
3 Euan Murray
4 Richie Gray
5 Alastair Kellock
6 Nathan Hines
7 John Barclay
8 Kelly Brown
Substitutes
16 Scott Lawson
17 Moray Low
18 Richie Vernon
19 Ross Rennie
20 Mike Blair
21 Ruaridh Jackson
22 Sean Lamont
Wales have been disappointing recently, but will be relying on James Hook who moves to Number 10 making him a potential high point scorer. There are some amazing bargain priced players in red, who performed well last week, so watch for Bradley Davies, Dan Lydiate, Jonathon Davies and Morgan Stoddart if you are short of cash!
Warren Gatland has made some necessary changes to his side to take on Scotland this weekend.
James Hook starts at fly-half with Stephen Jones dropping to the bench, in a move that Gatland hopes will provide some creativity for his backline.
Morgan Stoddart recovers from a broken hand and Jon Davies escapes any citing for his trip on Chris Ashton.
WALES:
Lee Byrne
Morgan Stoddart
Jamie Roberts
Jon Davies
Shane Williams
James Hook
Mike Phillips
Paul James
Matthew Rees (capt)
Craig Mitchell
Bradley Davies
Alun Wyn Jones
Dan Lydiate
Sam Warburton
Ryan Jones
Replacements: R Hibbard, J Yapp, J Thomas, J Turnbull, T Knoyle, S Jones, R Priestland.
Ireland vs France
This match is intriguing given how disappointing Ireland were last week against Italy, while France were able to score some great tries against Scotland. Ireland will have to improve substantially if they are to beat France, but a week is a long time in rugby. My pick France 12-
Declan Kidney has named the following side to take on France at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday.
There’s just one change following the disappointing perfomance in Italy, with Jamie Heaslip returning to the side at Number 8 and Sean O’Brien moving to the blindside flank. It will be interesting to see if the Irish can improve enough after their performance last week.
Ireland
15 – Luke Fitzgerald
14 – Fergus McFadden
13 – Brian O’Driscoll
12 – Gordon D’Arcy
11 – Keith Earls
10 – Jonathan Sexton
9 – Tomas O’Leary
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 – Eoin Reddan
21 – Ronan O’Gara
22 – Paddy Wallace
France captain Thierry Dusatoir was their highest http://www.testrugby.com/ points scorer.
France coach Marc Lievremont has made just one enforced change to his French team to take on Ireland at Lansdowne Road this weekend.
Maxime Mermoz misses out through injury, so Damien Traille moves to inside centre and Clement Poitrenaud starts at full-back. Yannick Jauzion and Sylvain Marconnet have been added to the replacements bench.
France:
15. Clement Poitrenaud
14. Yoann Huget
13. Aurelien Rougerie
12. Damien Traille
11. Maxime Medard
10. Francois Trinh-Duc
9. Morgan Parra
1. Thomas Domingo
2. William Servat
3. Nicolas Mas
4. Julien Pierre
5. Lionel Nallet
6. Thierry Dusautoir (capt)
7. Julien Bonnaire
8. Imanol Harinordoquy
Replacements:
16. Guilhem Guirado
17. Sylvain Marconnet
18. Jerome Thion
19. Sebastien Chabal
20. Dimitri Yachvili
21. Yannick Jauzion
22. Vincent Clerc
England vs Italy
England should be too strong for Italy this weekend. England have some exciting players who scored heavily last week against Wales including Tom Wood,Toby Flood, Chris Ashton and Dylan Hartley. Watch for Hendre Fourie to make an appearance with Joe Worsley released for club rugby.
Italy will put up a brave fight up front. Last week Luke McLean and Leonardo Ghiraldini were good. Double check their lineup this week.
My pick: England 13+
I couldn't find either of these lineups anywhere.
England (probable): Foden, Ashton (both Northampton), Tindall (Gloucester, capt), Hape (Bath), Cueto (Sale Sharks); Flood, Youngs (both Leicester); Sheridan (Sale Sharks), Hartley (Northampton), Cole, Deacon (Leicester), Palmer (Stade Français), Wood (Northampton), Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), Easter (Harlequins)
Players returning to clubs: Abendanon (Bath), Chuter (Leicester), Corbisiero (London Irish), Doran-Jones (Gloucester), Dowson (Northampton), Flutey (London Wasps), Hodgson (Sale Sharks), Simpson (London Wasps), Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), Skivington (Leicester Tigers), Strettle (Saracens), Worsley (London Wasps).
The Swede Eaters - Here is my team for Round Two - Good luck!
FR Leonardo Ghiraldini ITA 0 0 $842,500
FR William Servat FRA 260 260 $902,500
LK Richie Gray SCO 320 320 $630,000
LK Bradley Davies WAL 0 0 $1,010,000
LF Kelly Brown SCO 0 0 $962,500
LF Thierry Dusautoir FRA 0 0 $1,167,500
HV Luke McLean ITA 0 0 $830,000
HV Toby Flood ENG 0 0 $1,240,000
CT Brian O'Driscoll IRE 280 280 $1,237,500
CT James Hook WAL 0 0 $1,225,000
OB Shane Williams WAL 290 290 $1,235,000
OB Chris Ashton ENG 0 0 $915,000
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