Six nations tournament 2013 – Wikipedia

The Six nations tournament 2013 takes place February 2 At 16 mars 2013 . The competition takes place as every year with five days disputed in February and March. The days extend over seven weeks, with breaks before and after the third day. Each of the six participating nations faces all the others. The three teams that have in 2013 the advantage of playing one more game at home than the others are England, Scotland and Italy.

The 2013 program is revealed from the January 26, 2012 in London ^{[ first ]} .

Wales won its 37 ^{It is} tournament in its history, at the end of 5 ^{It is} day, winning against England.

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England [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

List of 34 players of the England team selected for the start of the tournament ^{[ 2 ]} .

Workforce of the England team

Coach		Stuart Lancaster
Front	Pillar	And Cole, Alex Corbisiero, Joe Marler, Mako Vunipola, David Wilson
	Hooker	Dylan Hartley
	Second line	Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Palmer, Geoff Parling
	Third wing line	Calum Clark, Tom Croft, James Haskell, Chris Robshaw ( cap. ), Tom Wood
	Third line center	Phil Dowson, Tom Johnson, Ben Morgan, Thomas Waldrom
Rear	Scrub	Danny Care, Lee Dickson, Ben Youngs
	Half opening	Freddie Burns, Owen Farrell, Toby Flood
	Centre	Brad Barritt, Jonathan Joseph, Manu Tuilagi, Billy Twelvetrenes
	Wing	Chris Ashton, David Strettle
	Back	Mike Brown, Ben Foot, Alex Goode

Scotland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

List of 35 players of the Scotland team selected for the start of the tournament ^{[ 3 ]} .

Equestive of the Scotland team

Coach		Scott Johnson
Front	Pillar	Geoff Cross, Alasdair Dickinson, Ryan Grant, Euan Murray, Moray Low
	Hooker	Ross Ford, Dougie Hall, Pat MacArthur
	Second line	Grant Gilchrist, Richie Gray, Jim Hamilton, Alastair Kellock
	Third wing line	Kelly Brown ( cap. ), Chris Fusaro, Rob Harley, Ryan Wilson
	Third line center	Johnnie Beattie, David Denton, Richie Vernon
Rear	Scrub	Sean Kennedy, Henry Pyrgos, Duncan Weir
	Half opening	Tom Hesscote, Rum Davidson, Greig Latlaw
	Centre	Alex Dunbar, Max Evans, Peter Horne, Matt Scott
	Wing	Sean Lamont, Sean Maitland, Tommy Seymour, Tim Visser
	Back	Stuart Hogg, Peter Murchie

France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Philippe Saint-André announces the list of 33 players of the French team selected for the start of the tournament January 11 ^{[ 4 ]} . Brice Dulin, first selected, must declare for the reason for injury. He gives way to Maxime Médard ^{[ 5 ]} . Wenceslas Lauret is replaced by Pierrick Gunther ^{[ 6 ]} . The February 11th , the South African Antonie Claassen is called in the group before the third day of the tournament ^{[ 7 ]} .

Staff of the French team

Coach		Philippe Saint-André
Front	Pillar	David Attoub, Vincent Debaty, Thomas Domingo, Luc Ducalcon, Yannick Forestier, Nicolas Mas
	Hooker	Guilhem Guirado, Benjamin Kayser, Dimitri Szarzewski
	Second line	Thouth Throann, Easter Papé ( cap. ), Jocelino Suta, Slebast Vahamaama, romain taofifére
	Third wing line	Thierry Dusautoir, Pierrick Gunther, Yannick Nyanga, Fulgence Ouedraogo
	Third line center	Damien Choulny, Louis Picamoles, Antonie Claassen
Rear	Scrub	Maxime Machenaud, Morgan Parra
	Half opening	Frédéric Michalak, François Trinh-Duc
	Centre	Mathieu Bastareaud, Gaël Fickou, Wesley Fofana, Maxime Mermoz
	Wing	Vincent Clerc, Benjamin Fall, Florian Fritz, Yoann Huget
	Back	Jean-Marcellin Buttin, Maxime Médard

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List of 34 players from the Wales Country Team for the start of the tournament ^{[ 8 ]} . Dan Lydiate, elected best player in the tournament the previous year, is not due to injury.

Workforce of the Wales team

Coach		Rob Howley
Front	Pillar	Scott Andrews, Ryan Bevington, Paul James, Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones
	Hooker	Richard Hibbard, Ken Owens, Matthew Rees
	Second line	Ryan Jones, Lou Reed, James King, Olly Kohn
	Third wing line	Andrew Coombs, Josh Navidi, Aaron Shingler, Justin Tipuric, Josh Turnbull, Sam Warburton ( cap. )
	Third line center	Toby Faletau, Pretorius Andries
Rear	Scrub	Tavis Knoyle, Mike Phillips, Lloyd Williams
	Half opening	Dan Biggar, James Hook
	Centre	Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Scott Williams
	Wing	Alex Cuthbert, George North, Eli Walker
	Back	Lee Byrne, Leigh Halfpenny, Liam Williams

Ireland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Irish team

Coach		Declan Kidney
Front	Pillar	Michael Bent, Tom Court, Declan Fitzpatrick, Cian Healy, David Kilcoyne, Mike Ross
	Hooker	Rory Best, Sean Cronin, Mike Sherry
	Second line	Iain Henderson, Mick McCarthy, Donncha O’Callaghan, Donnacha Ryan, Devin Toner
	Third wing line	Chris Henry, Kevin McLaughlin, Sean O’Brien
	Third line center	Jamie Heaslip ( cap. ), Peter O’Mahony
Rear	Scrub	Conor Murray, Eoin Redan
	Half opening	Paddy Jackson, Ronan O’Gara, Jonathan Sexton
	Centre	Gordon D’Arcy, Keith Earls, Fergus McFadden, Dave McSharry, Brian O’Driscoll
	Wing	Luke Fitzgerald, Craig Gilroy, Simon Zebo
	Back	Rob Kearney

Italy [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

List of 30 players of the Italian team selected for the start of the tournament ^{[ 9 ]} .

Workforce of the Italian team

Coach		Jacques Brunel
Front	Pillar	Martín Castrogiovanni, Lorenzo Cittadino, Alberto De Marchi, Andrea Lo Cicero, Michele Rizzo
	Hooker	Leonardo Ghirchardo, Davide Jizzon
	Second line	Joshua Furno, Quintin Geldenhuys, Francesco Minto, Antonio Pavanello
	Third wing line	Robert Barbieri, Paul Derbyshire, Simone Favaro, Alessandro Zanni
	Third line center	Sergio Parisse ( cap. ), Master Vosawai
Rear	Scrub	TOBIE BOOTS, EDARDO GORI
	Half opening	Kris Burton, Luciano Orquera
	Centre	Tommaso Benvenuti, Paolo Buso, Gonzalo Canale, Alberto Sgarbi
	Wing	Tommaso Iannone, Andrea Masi, Giovanbattista Venditti
	Back	Gonzalo García, Luke McLean

Referees [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

List of tournament field referees ^{[ ten ]} .

The hours are given in the spindles used by the country which receives: Wet (UTC+0) in the British Islands and this (UTC+1) in France and Italy.

	Winner of the 2013 tournament.
	T : Title 2012.

Assignment of classification points (pts)
2 points for a victory, 1 point in the event of a draw, nothing for a defeat.

Classification rules ^{[ 11 ]}
1. classification points; 2. PP-PC match points difference; 3. Number of marked tests; 4. Shared title.

Best player in the tournament [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Leigh Halfpenny, rear of Wales, was elected best player in the 2013 tournament.

Best markers [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Best directors [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Wales – Ireland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Wales begins the part on the decline, put under pressure by the power of Irish forwards. After ten minutes to the advantage of Ireland in terms of possession and occupation, Ireland obtains a fray over the 22 Welsh meters, right side of the field. It negotiates the outing of the ball and after a fixing point, shifts to the left wing for Zebo, which crosses the in-goal line for the first trial of the match. Sexton transforms and adds a penalty to the twentieth minute. Wales attempts to react by keeping the ball, but their lack of organization slows down their offensive, and Irish defense is very aggressive. A Biggar candle is countered by Best, which recovers and sponsors in-goal. It is stopped a few meters from the Welsh in goal, but after two short phases of play, Healy recovers the ball and will mark, in force, the second Irish test. Irish clarification contrasts with the small Welsh errors, which concede fifteen turnovers on the whole game ^{[ twelfth ]} . Sexton takes advantage of it, adding two penalties while the pride of the Welshman seems to wake up. In the meantime, Halfpenny reduces the gap. At halftime, the Irish lead by twenty points (3-23).

Upon returning from the locker room, the first offensive intentions are again Irish. A ruck is formed on the Welsh-Beetle line, and O’Driscoll flattens in the small perimeter, bringing the Irish advance to 27 points thanks to the transformation of Sexton. The Welsh forwards sound the revolt, and, back in the 22 meters Irish, load for several phases before launching the Cuthbert winger who punctuates the Irish defense for the first Welsh try. The Leek XV corrects its inaccuracies and manages to breathe dynamism into its offensive movements, pushing the Irish to repeated faults, and Rory Best is excluded for ten minutes in the middle of the second period. The Welsh attack grows, forms a ruck to the left of the Irish posts. Mike Phillips commits a bad gesture on Sexton, which escapes the arbitral body, and the launch of the following game allows Halfpenny, at the end of the line on the right wing, to register the second Welsh trial. The accumulation of Irish mistakes costs a new yellow card with the half of melee Conor Murray. Wales benefits again from its numerical superiority to mark a last test by Craig Mitchell. The solid, solid defense managed to contain the Welsh fury sufficiently to inflict on Red devils Their eighth consecutive defeat.

England – Scotland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Very quickly, the English put great pressure on the Scotland team. It is fed up and allows Farrell to open the scoring in the fourth minute. England begins to confiscate the ball, without however being particularly dangerous. On a Mike Brown occupation foot kick, the Scottish rear Hogg pierces English defense but sees his offensive fail a few meters from in-goal. After two playing times and on a ruck On the right side, Maitland escapes to score on the small side deserted by the defense. It was the first Scottish foray into the English camp. LAIDLAW misses the transformation. The English pressure resumes. Farrell marks two penalties against one for ugly, allowing England to lead 9-8. At half an hour of play, the English winger Chris Ashton concretizes the domination of his team thanks to a percussion test. The two scorers add a penalty each, and the two teams return to the locker room on the score of 19-11 for the XV of the rose.

Upon returning from the locker room, the men in white accentuate their domination and mark a new test through Twelvetrees. English forwards impose their power, winning the physical challenge in the face of an overly passive Scottish defense, which fails to make decisive tackle (Scotland is missing 19 tackles on the whole match ^{[ 13 ]} ). While the English forwards unroll, undermining their vis-à-vis, the second Parling line adds a logical test. On a new English attack, the Scottish captain Brown recovers the ball, and after a counter of 80 meters started by Maitland, Hogg scored a second trial against the XV of the Chardon. A new recovery ball slides from Beattie’s hands, while the situation seemed particularly dangerous. 30 seconds from the end of time, England obtains a new penalty, which Farrell does not try, but is looking for the touch. The English forwards will again make their domination speak, concluding in the stoppages of play by a collective test between the poles, by Danny Care. England, dominating, nevertheless conceded many ball losses (19), on which the Scottses were able to count to minimize the difference in points.

Italy – France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Italy begins the good foot, repelling the French in their camp. On a French revival, the Italians benefit from a lost ball to launch a counter concluded by Parish without great resistance to the completely disorganized French defense. Orquera transforms. From the sixth minute, Italy leads 7-0. The French reaction is immediate and thanks to a good conservation of the ball, the Blues quickly occupied the 22 meters Italian. Picamoles, effective in contact, shakes up the Italian defensive wall, however well in place, to register the second. Michalak misses the transformation. The French team then seems to have taken control of the match, but Italy puts its hands on the ball. More effective in conservation, Blues settle in the half of French fields. A territorial domination materialized, three minutes apart, by a drop and an Orquera penalty. Then, at the 26 ^{It is} Minute, the Blues are refused a test: after a touch and playing times when the forwards are mobilized, Machenaud quickly releases for Michalak who shifts Mermoz. He manages to give Fritz and it is finally Fall who will fall into the in-goal five meters from the posts, but the referee after consultation with the video, refuses the test, however valid. The French generally dominate the last ten minutes. Michalak reduces the gap of a penalty. Then, on a launch of the game in the midfield, the French attack tears the Italian curtain and, thanks to two passes after contact, marks a second try by Benjamin Fall. The transformation passes. At the break, the XV of France leads 13 to 15.

On the moment, the French team entered a new penalty at the 50 ^{It is} minute. To the 56 ^{It is} , Maxime Machenaud overflows a long line and leads the load of his forty meters up to ten meters from the Italian in-goal. French support is too slow, Italy recovers and relaunches its 22 meters. In just nine phases of play, the Italian offensive sweeps the French defense, too slow and disorganized. After a last fixing point five meters from French in-goal, Orquera loads up close, transmits after contact in Castrogiovanni, which without difficulty registered the second Italian test. Where a French before, it was the winger Fall who had the heavy task of arresting the Italian pillar in his momentum. The Italian stranglehold continues on the whole of the second half. Burton increases the mark in favor of Italy by a drop at the 68 ^{It is} . We must wait for the last two minutes of the game to see the XV of France in the 22 meters Italian for the second time of half-time. More inspired and more dynamic, the French team pushes the Italian team to the fault. Giazzon is expelled a minute from the end of regulation time. But the Italian defense is good, and does not concede the test that would have saved the XV of France from the rout. Less disciplined but more aggressive and more united, the Italian team won the battle of envy against an irregular French team over the whole match.

Scotland – Italy [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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France – Wales [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Résumé : The match is completely closed and the two teams are observed. Michalak unlocks the counter at the 15 ^{It is} Minute by a penalty. Leigh Halfpenny also immediately responds with a penalty. The rest of the first half goes without any real beautiful action, even if the French have some testing opportunities. Lots of melee, foot play and faults, few offshore attacks. Upon returning from half-time, the Welsh put pressure and won a penalty. Halfpenny Botte and the Welsh lead 6-3. The Blues are tied to the 59 ^{It is} . The meeting seems to be heading for the draw, but that is without counting on North. He marks the only test of the part to 72 ^{It is} Minute after a clever kick from Dan Biggar. Halfpenny transforms and passes a penalty to the 75 ^{It is} , destroying the hopes of the French. The latter will have possession during the last two minutes, but the Welsh defensive curtain being in place and the French being in their 22 meters, Florian Fritz entered into play to follow to follow but the ball is recovered by the Welsh and put in touch . The Welsh has dominated the last ten minutes which allowed them to finish on the score of 16 to 6.

Ireland – England [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Italy – Wales [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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England – France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Résumé : The first half is balanced. Wesley Fofana achieves a personal feat by resisting five English tackles to mark a test after a race of more than 60 meters. French indiscipline nevertheless allows Owen Farrell to pick up the score by passing three penalties. After half-time, the French commit more inaccuracies (faults by excess of engagement in the rucks areas, gaps to launch in touch, Parra misses several penalties). Finally, the part changes thanks to a tiilagi test on a recovery ball from a maul and diverted by the Vunipola pillar manifestly in the offside position. France concedes its third defeat in three games, made unprecedented since the 1999 tournament ^{[ 18 ]} .

Scotland – Ireland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Scotland – Wales [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Ireland – France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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This France-Irlande is a match without much stake since these are two teams who have nothing more to play but who still want to avoid the last place, especially since the Blues have won none of their first three games. By this rainy time, the spectacle offered by the two teams is very poor, the two teams carrying many candles through their respective demisis and neglecting the current game, taking advantage of melee and keys. In this closed match, it is the XV of clover that will open the scoring: ten ^{It is} Minute after a well -negotiated touch in the five French meters and a devastating maul, Jamie Heaslip marks a test, transformed by Paddy Jackson, replacing Jonathan Sexton, injured. But the French remain concentrated in the match and take advantage of the fray (sector where they are dominators) to obtain a penalty missed by Frédéric Michalak ( 15 ^{It is} ). Jackson also misses a penalty ( 22 ^{It is} ). But the Irish, unruly, are once again penalized in melee and it is ultimately Michalak who will mark the first points of the Blues at the 26 ^{It is} minute. This penalty has the gift of waking up the Irish and Paddy Jackson will immediately respond by two penalties in six minutes.

England – Italy [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Italy – Ireland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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Italy won its first victory against Ireland in the Six Nations tournament.

Wales – England [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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France – Scotland [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

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France dominates the first half but does not materialize its highlights while the Scottish are realistic by marking two penalties. In the second half, the Blues take off by scoring two tests but are made cold sweats when screw reduces the gap to the 75 ^{It is} minute. Despite this victory, France finished last in the tournament.

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