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Six Nations `others`, Week 2

Friday 08th February 2008

Trying Times: Action, action everywhere!

Again there are many matches taking places within the Six Nations apart from the big matches between the 1st XVs.

We give some of them with teams where possible.

A Teams

Italy A vs England Saxons in Ragusa, Sicily on

The Saxons had a good home win over Ireland A last weekend while Italy A lost to Scotland A.

Both sides have made changes.

Italy A: 15 Riccardo Pavan (Overmach Cariparma), 14 Ludovico Nitoglia (Cammi Calvisano), 13 Gilberto Pavan (Overmach Cariparma), 12 Alessio Galante (Rolly Gran Parma), 11 Michele Sepe (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 10 Paolo Buso (Cammi Calvisano), 9 Giulio Toniolatti (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 8 Jacobus Erasmus (Montepaschi Viadana), 7 Robert Barbieri (Benetton Treviso), 6 Silvio Orlando (Benetton Treviso), 5 Antonio Pavanello (Benetton Treviso), 4 Gonzalo Padro' (Carrera Petrarca Padova), 3 Lorenzo Cittadini (Cammi Calvisano), 2 Luigi Ferraro (Montepaschi Viadana), - Capitano1 Matias Aguero (Saracens),
Replacements: 16 Matteo Pietrosanti (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 17 Franco Sbaraglini (Benetton Treviso), 18 Mantvydas Tveraga (Overmach Cariparma), 19 Paul Derbyshire (Rolly Gran Parma), 20 Fabio Semenzato (Benetton Treviso), 21 Luciano Rodriguez (Orved San Donà), 22 Alessandro Chillon (Overmach Cariparma)

England Saxons: 15. Nick Abendanon (Bath), 14. Tom Biggs (Leeds Carnegie), 13. Delon Armitage (London Irish), 12. Alex Crockett (Bath), 11. John Rudd (Newcastle Falcons), 10. Adrian Jarvis (Harlequins), 9. Lee Dickson (Newcastle Falcons), 8. Tom Guest (Harlequins), 7. Ben Woods (Newcastle Falcons), 6. Phil Dowson (Newcastle Falcons) (captain), 5. Nick Kennedy (London Irish),4. Peter Short (Bath), 3. Jason Hobson (Bristol), 2. David Paice (London Irish),1. Alex Clarke (Bristol)
Replacements 16. Andrew Long (Newcastle Falcons), 17. Jon Golding (Newcastle Falcons), 18. Andrew Springgay (Bayonne), 19. Will Skinner (Harlequins), 20. Danny Care (Harlequins), 21. Mike Brown (Harlequins), 22. Topsy Ojo (London Irish)

Referee: Cyril Lafon (France)

Clubs

Wales Clubs vs Scottish Clubs at Caerphilly RFC

Wales: Thom Botwood (Blues, Llantrisant), Thomas Bonnell (Scarlets, Narberth), Steve Martin (Scarlets, Narberth), Matthew Lewis (capt, Blues, Builth Wells), Andrew Mead (Ospreys, Llangennech), Emyr Williams (Scarlets, Whitland), Andrew Davies (Scarlets, Narberth), Alun Davies (Scarlets, Whitland), Gareth Jones (Scarlets, Pembroke), James Huntley (Blues, Rhiwbina), Chris James (Scarlets, Narberth), Lee Williams (Dragons, Newport Saracens), Lee Edwards (vice-capt, Dragons, Newport Saracens), Andrew Packer (Dragons, Newport Saracens), Colin Davies (Scarlets, Cardigan)
Replacements: Andrew Pettit (Dragons, Caerphilly), Anthony Payne (Dragons, Caerphilly), Kyle Coulter (Ospreys, Bridgend Athletic), Shaun Miles (Scarlets, Ammanford), Glenn Holloway (Blues, Llantrisant), Michael Thomas (Blues, Llantwit Fadre), Gethin Davies (Blues, Brecon)

Scotland: 15 Stephen Ruddick (Boroughmuir), 14 Marc Teague (Heriot's), 13 Graham Thomson (Dundee HSFP), 12 Malcolm Clapperton (Boroughmuir), 11 Rory Couper (Boroughmuir), 10 Andrew Skeen (Watsonians), 9 Richard Snedden (Currie), 8 Ross Weston (Currie), 7 Angus Martyn (Boroughmuir), 6 Tam McVie (Heriot's) (captain), Andy Adam (Currie), 4 Damien Kelly (Ayr), 3 Jon Welsh (GHA), 2 Sean Crombie (Boroughmuir), 1 Bruce McNeil (Heriot's),
Replacements: 16 Pat MacArthur (Ayr), 17 Garry Mountford (Stirling County), 18 Graeme Dodds (Melrose), 19 George Oommen (Dundee HSFP), 20 Greg Cottrell (Boroughmuir), 21 Colin Goudie (Heriot's), 22 Dougie Brown (Watsonians),

Referee: Dale Newitt (England)

Under-20

Italy vs England at the Sciorba in Genoa

Italy: 15 Matteo Nava (Giunti Firenze 1931), 14 Andrea Bacchetti (Femi-Cz Rovigo), 13 Roberto Quartaroli (Easy Living L'Aquila), 12 Alberto Chiesa (Consiag I Cavalieri Prato) (captain), 11 Edoardo Rotella (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 10 Riccardo Bocchino (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 9 Luca Martinelli (Antares Benevento), 8 Luca Petillo (Mantovani Pol. Lazio), 7 Simone Favaro (Benetton Treviso), 6 Nicola Simion (Benetton Treviso), 5 Alberto Cazzola (Favero Montebelluna), 4 Filippo Giusti (Colleferro Rugby), 3 Massimiliano Ravalle (Overmach Cariparma), 2 Tommaso D'Apice (Antares Benevento), 1 Andrea De Marchi (Mont De Marsan),
Replacements: 16 Marc Piero Colia (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), 17 Lorenzo Sebastiani (Easy Living L'Aquila), 18 Lorenzo Puliti (Montepaschi Viadana), 19 Raffaele Joshua Furno (Antares Benevento), 20 Giovanni Massaro (Antares Benevento), 21 Alberto Marconato (Benetton Treviso), 22 Giuseppe Sapuppo (Amatori Catania)

England: 15 Greig Tonks (Leicester Tigers), 14 Noah Cato (Saracens), 13 Luke Eves (Bristol), 12 Jordan Turner-Hall (Harlequins), 11 Seb Stegmann (Harlequins), 10 Alex Goode (Saracens), 9 Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), 8 Hugo Ellis (London Wasps) (captain), 7 Matthew Cox (Worcester Warriors), 6 Jon Fisher (London Irish), 5 Scott Hobson (Cornish Pirates), 4 Ben Thomas (Saracens), 3 Alex Corbisiero (London Irish), 2 Joe Gray (Northampton Saints), 1 Nathan Catt (Bath)
Replacements: 16 Scott Freer (Leeds Carnegie), 17 Billy Moss (Bath), 18 Andy Saull (Saracens), 19 Tom Sargeant (Harlequins), 20 Jonny Arr (Worcester Warriors), 21 Robert Miller (Newcastle Falcons), 22 Dan Norton (Gloucester)

Referee: David Bodilly (Wales)

Wales vs Scotland at Rodney Parade, Newport

Wales: Daniel Evans (Scarlets); Leigh Halfpenny (Blues), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Rhys Williams (Scarlets), Jimmy Norris (Dragons); Daniel Biggar (Ospreys), Luke Evans (Blues); Ryan Bevington (Ospreys), Ryan Prosser (Bristol Academy), Scott Andrews (Blues), Haydn Pugh (Scarlets), Jevon Groves (Blues) (captain), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Nicholas Cudd (Scarlets), Josh Turnbull (Scarlets). Reps: Sam Hobbs (Blues), Ben Roberts (Dragons), Ashley Sweet (Dragons), Rory Pitman (Ospreys), Gareth Williams (Ospreys), Jason Tovey (Dragons), Nathan Rees (Blues)

Scotland: 15 Murray Allan (Loughborough University), 14 Tom Bury (Boroughmuir), 13 Ruaridh Jackson (Glasgow Hawks), 12 Stephen McColl (Dunfermline), 11 Chris Kinloch (Edinburgh Academicals), 10 James Murray (Leeds Carnegie and Edinburgh Academicals), 9 Ross Samson (Newcastle Falcons), 8 Craig Simmonds (Heriot's), 7 Lewis Calder (captain, Newcastle Falcons), 6 Fraser McKenzie (Heriot's), 5 Neale Patrick (Dunfermline), 4 Josh Brown (Bristol), 3 Lewis Niven (Edinburgh Academicals), 2 Adrian Duncan (Stewart's-Melville FP), 1 Gary Strain (Glasgow Hawks)
Replacements: Fraser Brown (Biggar), Angus Dixon (Aberdeen Grammar Rugby), Craig Charters (Hawick), Steven Burton (Currie), Matthew Heeks (London Scottish), Steven Wilson (Dundee HSFP), Lee Jones (Selkirk)

Referee: Greg Garner (England)

France vs Ireland at Stade Jacques-Fouroux in Auch on Friday, 8 February 2008

France: 15 Julien Dumora (Pau), 14 Vincent Mehn (Colomiers), 13 Charles Gimenez (Toulouse), 12 Yann David (Bourgoin), 11 Wesley Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), 10 Mathieu Belie (Toulouse), 9 Thierry Lacrampe (Tarbes, 8 Raphaël Lakafia (Grenoble), 7 Arthur Chollon (Bordeaux-Begles), 6 Yohann Vivalda (Perpignan), 5 Adam Jaulhac (Brive), 4 Yohan Maestri (Toulon)(captain), 3 Kevin Kervarec (Montpellier, 2 Clément Maynadier (Albi), 1 Nicolas Agnesi (Toulon)
Replacements: 16 Raphaël Olive (Montpellier, 17 Clément Ric (Clermont Auvergne), 18 Jean-Baptiste Roidot (Biarritz), 19 Antoine Loubière (Perpignan), 20 Adrien Tomas (Montpellier), 21 Max, 22 Cédric Coll (Perpignan)

Ireland: 15 Sean Scanlon (UCC/Munster), 14 David Kearney (Lansdowne/Leinster), 13 Eoin O'Malley (Old Belvedere/Leinster), 12 Eamonn Sheridan (Lansdowne/Leinster), 11 Chris Cochrane (Queens University/Ulster), 10 Martin Dufficy (Dublin University/Leinster), 9 David Moore (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), 8 Patrick Mallon (Lansdowne/Leinster), 7 Paul Ryan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), (captain)6 Kieran Essex (UL Bohemians/Munster), 5 Eoin Sheriff(Lansdowne/Leinster), 4 David Nolan (Galwegians/Connacht3 Ben Barclay (UCD/Leinster), 2 Stephen Douglas (Ballymena/Ulster), 1 Paul Karayiannis (Queen's University/Ulster)
Replacements: 16 Jason Harris-Wright (Greystones/Leinster), 17 Stephen Archer(UCC/Munster), 18 James Sandford (Queen's University/Ulster), 19 Ian Nagle (UCC/Munster), 20 Kris Greene (St. Mary's College/Leinster), 21 Ian Madigan (Blackrock College RFC/Leinster), 22 Conor Cleary (Greystones/Leinster)

Under-18

Italy vs France at Stadio Walter Beltrametti in Piacenza

Italy: Nicola Belardo (Partenope), Alberto Benettin (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Tommaso Benvenuti (Benetton Treviso), Tomaso Bergonzini (Donelli Modena), Edoardo Carugi (Montepaschi Viadana), Filippo Cazzola (Favero Montebelluna), Alberto Chillon (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Gabriele Cicchinelli (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), Nicola Corbanese (Benetton Treviso), Igino Corradi (Vibu Noceto), Filippo Ferrarini (Vibu Noceto), Edoardo Gori (Consiag I Cavalieri Prato), Tommaso Iannone (Ruggers Tarvisum), Enrico Lioneri (Ruggers Tarvisium), Andrea Manici (Rolly Gran Parma), Michele Mortali (Rolly Gran Parma), Marcello Paglia (Vibu Noceto), Costantino Ricciardi (Carrera Petrarca Padova), Sebastian Rodwell (Giunti Firenze), Lorenzo Santelli (Università Di Cosenza), Paolo Stinchelli (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), Enrico Targa (Roccia Rubano), Ruggero Trevisan (Orved San Donà), Luca Varriale (Frascati), Giovanbattista Venditti (AlmavivA Ur Capitolina), Matteo Zamparo (Orved San Donà), Alberto Zorzi (Ruggers Tarvisium)

France: Alexi Bales (Agen), Romain Barthelemy (Toulon), Eddy Ben Arous (Tours), RédouaneBoussetta (Perpignan), Camille Canivet (La Rochelle), QuentinEtienne (Clermont Auvergne), Thomas Gaston (Agen), Gaetan Germain (Bourgoin), Jérémy Gondrand (Bourgoin), Kevin Gourdon (Toulon), Mickael Ivaldi (Toulon), Gwendal Lamache (Toulon), Remi Lamerat (Toulouse), Anthony Maury (Clermont Auvergne), Tanguy Molcard (Perpignan), Julien Parent (La Rochelle), Benjamin Petre (Verdun), Alex Revol (Perpignan), Arthur Roulin (Perpignan), Benoit Sicart (Narbonne), Jérémy Sinzelle (Toulon), Romain Taofifenua (Clermont Auvergne)

Referee: Keith Lewis (England)