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OFans at the France v Wales game in the final round of the 2017 Six Nations got to see an extra 20 minutes of action as Wayne Barnes didn’t blow the final whistle until the match clock read 100, due to a succession of penalties on the Welsh line. Les Bleus eventually snatched a controversial 20-18 victory. In 2000, England arrived at Murrayfield as huge favourites to land a Grand Slam. But in torrential rain, the Scots prevailed 19-13. A soaked and bloodied Andy Nicol lifting the Calcutta Cup has become an iconic image of Scottish defiance.
PNot even a year since Wales claimed a first Grand Slam in 27 years and just two games into the 2006 Six Nations, head coach Mike Ruddock walked away from the team at a time of great discord.
RA Chris Robshaw-led England created some friction in 2015 when they refused to take to the field in Cardiff until the Welsh side came out of their changing room too. They waited and waited…
SThe year (2013) that Ireland won their first Women’s Six Nations, ending England’s seven-year stranglehold on the trophy. The likes of Fiona Coghlan, Lynne Cantwell and Joy Neville helped secure a famous Grand Slam, with the decisive fixture against Italy the first women’s Test to be broadcast live on Irish TV.
TUA crowd of 17,434 people watched France beat England 18-17 in Grenoble in last year’s Women’s Six Nations – a then world record for a women’s Test. The emblematic England fly-half had a plethora of big Six Nations moments – smashing Émile Ntamack in 2000, his 35 points against Italy in 2001, burying Justin Bishop in a Grand Slam decider in 2003, his triumphant return in 2007… the list goes on.
WIn the 2010 Six Nations match between Wales and Scotland in Cardiff, Thom Evans suffered a severe neck injury in a tackle by Lee
XByrne. The X-rays revealed how significant the damage was to his spine and the Scotland winger had to retire from the game. England back-rower James Haskell has been sin-binned more times than any other player in the Six Nations Championship, getting yellow-carded on five occasions.
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