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THIS IS THE UPDATE SECTION, edited for LATEST NEWS throughout the championship.

IRELAND~ WINNER OF SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP 2015

CONGRATULATIONS IRELAND!

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Warren Gatland has announced his Wales Squad for the Six Nations Championship 2015.

WALES 2015 RBS 6 NATIONS SQUAD:

Forwards:
Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)
Paul James (Bath)
Rob Evans (Scarlets)
Aaron Jarvis (Ospreys)
Samson Lee (Scarlets)
Scott Andrews (Cardiff Blues)
Richard Hibbard (Gloucester)
Kristian Dacey (Cardiff Blues)
Scott Baldwin (Ospreys)
Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys)
Jake Ball (Scarlets)
Bradley Davies (Wasps)
Luke Charteris (Racing Metro)
Dan Lydiate (Ospreys)
James King (Ospreys)
Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, Capt)
Justin Tipuric (Ospreys)
Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).

Backs:
Mike Phillips (Racing Metro)
Rhys Webb (Ospreys)
Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
Dan Biggar (Ospreys)
Rhys Priestland (Scarlets),
Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues)
Cory Allen (Cardiff Blues)
Jamie Roberts (Racing Metro)
Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne)
Scott Williams (Scarlets)
Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons)
Hallam Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons)
Alex Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues)
George North (Northampton Saints)
Liam Williams (Scarlets)
Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon).



Four Uncapped players have been included in the Wales Squad-
Prop ROB EVANS, who has been impressive in his 17 outings for The Scarlets.
Also Dragon TYLER MORGAN and Cardiff Blues KRISTIAN DACEY and GARETH ANSCOMBE, who have all done well with their clubs.

NEW ZEALAND BORN GARETH ANSCOMBE:
Gareth Anscombe has been included in the Wales Squad for the first time. Gareth, who's mother was born in Wales, offers Gatland options at FLY-HALF or FULL BACK.

SAM WARBURTON REMAINS CAPTAIN OF THE WALES SQUAD.

Scarlets Prop SAMSON LEE and Osprey NICKY SMITH have been side-lined by shoulder injuries.

ADAM JONES:
Despite having worked very hard, following his omission from the Wales Squad last autumn, the Wales Prop (3) has failed to make the squad for this years Six Nations.
He will, however, be on STAND-BY in case of injury.

There is no place for JAMES HOOK in Warren Gatland's squad this tournament.




WALES WILL KICK OFF THEIR TOURNAMENT AT THE MILLENNIUM STADIUM CARDIFF WHEN THEY FACE ENGLAND ...
.......on FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6th 2015 AT 8 -05pm

It'll be quite a match!:-) :-) :-)




WALES SIX NATIONS 2015 ~ FIXTURES

Friday, 6 February
Wales v England (8-05 pm)

Sunday, 15 February
Scotland v Wales (3:00 pm)

Saturday, 28 February
France v Wales (5:00 pm)

Saturday, 14 March
Wales v Ireland (2:30 pm)

Saturday, 21 March
Italy v Wales (12:30 pm)

SIX NATIONS 2015 ~ ALL FIXTURES


Fri 6 Feb

WALES v ENGLAND 8.05pm,
Millennium Stadium

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Sat 7 Feb

ITALY v IRELAND 2.30pm
Stadio Olimpico

FRANCE v SCOTLAND 5pm
Stade de France

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Sat 14 Feb

ENGLAND v ITALY 2.30pm
Twickenham

IRELAND v FRANCE 5pm
Aviva Stadium

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Sun 15 Feb

SCOTLAND v WALES 3pm
Murrayfield

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Sat 28 Feb

SCOTLAND v ITALY2.30pm
Murrayfield

FRANCE v WALES 5pm
Stade de France

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Sun 1 March

IRELAND v ENGLAND3pm
Aviva Stadium

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Sat 14 March

WALES v IRELAND 2.30pm
Millennium Stadium

ENGLAND v SCOTLAND5pm
Twickenham

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Sun 15 March

ITALY v FRANCE 3pm
Stadio Olimpico

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Sat 21 March

ITALY v WALES 12:30pm
Stadio Olimpico

SCOTLAND v IRELAND 2.30pm
Murrayfield

ENGLAND v FRANCE 5pm
Twickenham

Dear Jemima

Hello

Right, I better start planning the meals and the family activities around the games!

Thank you for the listings. Much better than anything in the papers.

See you at the matches!


Take gentle care
With best wishes
Elizabeth, EOS
xx

STUART LANCASTER HAS NAMED HIS ENGLAND SIX NATIONS SQUAD 2015:

Forwards

Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby)
Calum Clark (Northampton Saints)
Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers)
Alex Corbisiero (Northampton Saints)
Nick Easter (Harlequins)
Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints)
James Haskell (Wasps)
Graham Kitchener (Leicester Tigers)
George Kruis (Saracens)
Joe Marler (Harlequins)
Geoff Parling (Leicester Tigers)
Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain)
Billy Vunipola (Saracens)
Mako Vunipola (Saracens)
David Wilson (Bath Rugby)
Tom Wood (Northampton Saints)
Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)

Backs

Brad Barritt (Saracens)
Mike Brown (Harlequins)
Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints)
Danny Care (Harlequins)
Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks)
Kyle Eastmond (Bath Rugby)
Owen Farrell (Saracens)
George Ford (Bath Rugby)
Alex Goode (Saracens)
Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby)
Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby)
Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs)
Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby)
Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby)
Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens)
Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)


ENGLAND WILL KICK OFF THEIR TOURNAMENT AT THE MILLENNIUM STADIUM CARDIFF on FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 6th 2015 AT 8 -05pm ....

WHEN THE FACE US WELSH :-| :-| ;-) :-D

All in good fun :-) :-)

Yabbadabbadoo :-D :-D :-D

Welcome back to the rugby thread Starry Ann :-D :-D

I will convert you to Rugby yet! ;-) :-D :-D :-D



Lovely to see you Elizabeth :-) :-)
Your support of the Rugby Threads is valued :-) :-)

Jem what will we do on 15 Feb ;-) :-D <3

We can have a party Emms :-D :-D <3


France and Scotland on Saturday the 7th Emms :-)

Are you joining me to cheer the Scots boys on?!:-)

All gloves will be off when they play Wales however ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

As long as you understand that Jem ;-) ;-) :-D :-D

Jem i am ready but that first game is past my bedtime ;-)

Hiya Fly! :-D :-D :-D <3

You must have an afternoon nap!

As an honorary Welsh Woman you need to be there! :-D :-D

Now Jems you know I no likey rugby but I likey you and want to wish your thread
lots of Mwahhh mwahhhhs, you always do a great job <3 :-D <3

Ok Jem i will stay for the start ;-)

Thank You Mers :-D <3

Well done Fly... you are our new mascot remember? ;-) ;-) :-D

SCOTLAND'S SQUAD FOR THE SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT 2015

Scotland Coach Vern Cotter has chosen his Squad for this years Six Nations Tournament.

Forwards:
Hugh Blake (Edinburgh)
Fraser Brown (Glasgow)
Blair Cowan (London Irish)
Geoff Cross (London Irish)
David Denton
Alasdair Dickinson (Edinburgh)
Jonny Gray (Glasgow)
Richie Gray (Castres)
Ross Ford (Edinburgh)
Jim Hamilton (Saracens)
Rob Harley (Glasgow)
Euan Murray (Glasgow Warriors)
Gordon Reid (Glasgow Warriors)
Alasdair Strokosch (Perpignan)
Ben Toolis (Edinburgh)
Hamish Watson (Edinburgh)
Jon Welsh (Glasgow)

Backs:
Mark Bennett (Glasgow)
Sam Hidalgo-Clyne (Edinburgh)
Alex Dunbar (Glasgow)
Dougie Fife (Edinburgh)
Stuart Hogg (Glasgow)
Peter Horne (Glasgow)
Greig Laidlaw (Gloucester, captain)
Sean Lamont (Glasgow)
Sean Maitland (Glasgow)
Henry Pyrgos (Glasgow)
Finn Russell (Glasgow)
Matt Scott (Edinburgh)
Tommy Seymour (Glasgow)
Greig Tonks (Edinburgh)
Tim Visser (Edinburgh)


SCOTLAND'S FIRST GAME-

Saturday, February 7th
France v Scotland ... 5pm Kick Off

THE IRISH SIX NATIONS SQUAD IS ANNOUNCED

Joe Schmidt has made his selection for the Ireland Squad for this years Six Nations

Extended IRELAND and Wolfhounds Squad:

Forwards (25)
Michael Bent (Leinster)
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Sean Cronin (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
James Cronin (Dolphin/Munster)
Robbie Diack (Malone/Ulster)
Dave Foley (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster)
Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster)
Mike McCarthy (Leinster)
Jack McGrath (St. Mary's College/Leinster)
Martin Moore (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Jordi Murphy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster)
Paul O'Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
Tommy O'Donnell (UL Bohemians/Munster)
Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster)
Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster)
Rhys Ruddock (St Mary's College/Leinster)
Dominic Ryan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Richardt Strauss (Old Wesley/Leinster)
Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Nathan White (Galwegians/Connacht)

Backs (21)
Isaac Boss (Terenure/Leinster)
Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
Gordon D'Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
Luke Fitzgerald (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Craig Gilroy (Dungannon/Ulster)
Robbie Henshaw (Buccaneers/Connacht)
Felix Jones (Shannon/Munster)
David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
Ian Keatley (Young Munster/Munster)
Ian Madigan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht)
Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster)
Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster)
Jared Payne (Ulster)
Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
Noel Reid (Clontarf/Leinster)
Jonathan Sexton (Racing Metro 92)
Simon Zebo (Cork Con/Munster)


IRELAND'S OPENING GAME IN THE SIX NATIONS TOURNAMENT 2015:

Saturday, 7th February ... Kick-Off 2.30pm

ITALY v IRELAND
Stadio Olimpico

ADAM JONES

Wales Favourite- Tighthead Prop (number 3) Adam Jones has dramatically retired from Test Rugby at the age of 33.

This comes after he was left out of the Wales Squad for the Six Nations Championship 2015. Adam was also omitted from the Autumn Series.
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His last appearance for Wales was in the first Test of the June 2014 Tour, when Wales was beaten by South Africa 38-16.



Adam Jones is one of the most successful players in Welsh Rugby History, with 95 Wales Caps and 5 British and Irish Lions Caps to his name.

Wales' Head Coach Warren Gatland joined in the tributes for Adam Jones, saying-
"There is no doubt that Adam has played a huge part in Wales' success. He has has 3 Grand Slams and a Six Nations Championship to his name. That is an unbelievable record"


Adam will continue to play for Cardiff Blues, who he joined last August on a 1 year contract.


PROFILE:

ADAM JONES
Name .... Adam Rhys Jones
Born ...... March 8th 1981 in Abercrave, Powys, Wales
School.... Maesydderwen Comprehensive School
Height .... 6 foot
Weight ... 18 stone 13lbs

RUGBY UNION CAREER:
Position ... Tighthead Prop (3)

Senior Clubs:
2000- 2003 Neath ......................40 Caps
2003- 2014 Ospreys ................195 Caps
2014- to present Cardiff Blues ...17 Caps

National Teams:
2003- 2015 Wales ....................... 95 Caps
2009; 2013 British & Irish Lions .... 5 Caps


I, for one, will miss seeing Adam Jones in his Wales number 3 shirt!! :-(

I would like to take this opportunity to wish our Adam Jones every success for the future:-) :-)

Skippy Skippy...Skippy the bush kangaroo :-D :-D :-D <3

:-P :-P :-P @ Ann :-D :-D :-D

Ann - you know you loves rugby really ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

can i join in please :-P :-P :-P :-P :-P ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-) :-D :-D :-D :-D

I'm in training Jem :-D