2007 Six Nations Championship

2007 Six Nations Championship
France vs Wales, Stade de France, Saint-Denis, 24 February 2007
Date3 February – 17 March 2007
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions France (16th title)
Triple Crown Ireland (9th title)
Matches played15
Tries scored65 (4.33 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ireland Ronan O'Gara (82)
Top try scorer(s)England Jason Robinson (4)
Ireland Ronan O'Gara (4)
Player of the tournamentIreland Brian O'Driscoll
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Rugby was played for the first time at Croke Park, seen here during the Ireland vs. England match.

The 2007 Six Nations Championship was the eighth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 113th series of the international championship. Fifteen matches were played over five weekends from 3 February to 17 March.

In this year, France again won on points difference above Ireland, after four teams had at least a mathematical chance of topping the table going into the final week. Italy had their first away win of the tournament, beating Scotland in Edinburgh. It was also the first time that they won two of their matches, as they went on to beat Wales in Rome, finishing in 4th place, their best result so far. Scotland won the wooden spoon on points difference below Wales, and Ireland won the Triple Crown for the second straight year and third time in four years.

Participants

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham Stadium London England Brian Ashton Phil Vickery[a]
 France Stade de France Saint-Denis France Bernard Laporte Raphaël Ibañez[b]
 Ireland Croke Park[c] Dublin Republic of Ireland Eddie O'Sullivan Brian O'Driscoll[d]
 Italy Stadio Flaminio Rome France Pierre Berbizier Marco Bortolami
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Frank Hadden Chris Paterson[e]
 Wales Millennium Stadium Cardiff Wales Gareth Jenkins Stephen Jones[f]

Squads

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts
1  France 5 4 0 1 155 86 +69 15 8
2  Ireland 5 4 0 1 149 84 +65 17 8
3  England 5 3 0 2 119 115 +4 10 6
4  Italy 5 2 0 3 94 147 −53 9 4
5  Wales 5 1 0 4 86 113 −27 7 2
6  Scotland 5 1 0 4 95 153 −58 7 2
Source: [citation needed]
  • After Round 4 of the competition, all of the teams had lost at least one match, and as a result, no one could win the Grand Slam.
  • Ireland won the Triple Crown for the second straight year and third time in four years.

The first four rounds

In the build-up to the competition, Ireland were being tipped as favourites for the Grand Slam, having played well during the Autumn Tests. However, despite having started strongly with a win against Wales, they lost to France 20–17 in an historic encounter at Croke Park.[g] In turn, Ireland went on to beat England, who subsequently won against France.

Round 3 of the competition saw Italy win their first ever away match in the Six Nations. Scotland conceded three tries (all converted) in the first six minutes, and Italy went on to secure an historic 37–17 victory. In the same round, England's defeat by Ireland at Croke Park 43–13 marked their worst result ever in the history of the tournament, both in number of points conceded and in points difference (30 points).

In round 4, Italy achieved a second victory in the same tournament for the first time, when they defeated Wales 23–20 in Rome in a match that ended in controversy.[3] Trailing by three points, Wales had the chance to equalise in the closing moments of the game when they were awarded a kickable penalty near the Italian 22-metre line. But, having been informed by the referee that 10 seconds remained, they chose to kick for touch, believing that there was time for an attacking line-out and possible try-scoring opportunity, only for the referee to blow his whistle and end the game before the line-out could form. The Welsh players were incensed and the referee later apologised for the misunderstanding that had arisen.[4]

Final day

All three matches in week five of the tournament were played on the same day and four teams — France, Ireland, England and Italy — still had a chance of winning the tournament: France were narrowly ahead of Ireland on points difference, England and Italy could become champions if they won by a large margin and the other results favoured them.

The game between Ireland and Italy was played first. At half-time, Ireland led by a single point, but they extended their lead in the second half. As time ran out, Ireland were in possession and could have kicked the ball into touch, ending the game and leaving France requiring a 30-point margin in their game; instead, they opted to seek another try, supposedly to set France a bigger target, only for Italy to regain possession and score a converted try, reducing France's target to 23 points.

The second game was between France and Scotland. After starting slowly, France steadily extended their lead, but were still three points short of their target when, with time running out, Elvis Vermeulen scored a try in injury-time, which was converted, to give France a 27-point victory and put them in the lead in the tournament. The referee referred the try to the Television Match Official (TMO), an Irishman, asking if there was any reason why the try should not be awarded. The TMO advised that there was no reason, and the referee awarded the try.

In the final match, England needed to beat Wales by 57 points to overtake France, while Wales were trying to avoid the wooden spoon. Wales led 15–0 after 15 minutes and 18–15 at half-time, and though England managed to draw level in the second half, James Hook then kicked two penalties and a drop goal, to give Wales the victory by 27–18. This result confirmed France's position as champions and handed the wooden spoon to Scotland, both on points difference.

Results

Round 1

3 February 2007
13:30 GMT
Italy 3–39 France
Pen: Pez (1/1) 36'ReportTry: Dominici 23' c
Heymans 30' c
Chabal (2) 40' m, 44' c
Jauzion 63' c
Con: Skrela (4/5)
Pen: Skrela (1/1) 13'
Beauxis (1/1) 72'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Roland de Marigny
RW 14 Denis Dallan
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale downward-facing red arrow 78'
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Andrea Masi
FH 10 Andrea Scanavacca downward-facing red arrow 25'
SH 9 Paul Griffen downward-facing red arrow 71'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Josh Sole
RL 5 Marco Bortolami (c)
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè downward-facing red arrow 49'
TP 3 Carlos Nieto downward-facing red arrow 49'
HK 2 Fabio Ongaro downward-facing red arrow 49'
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini downward-facing red arrow 49'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Carlo Festuccia upward-facing green arrow 49'
PR 17 Andrea Lo Cicero upward-facing green arrow 49'
PR 18 Martin Castrogiovanni upward-facing green arrow 49'
LK 19 Roberto Mandelli upward-facing green arrow 49'
SH 20 Alessandro Troncon upward-facing green arrow 71'
FH 21 Ramiro Pez upward-facing green arrow 25'
WG 22 Kaine Robertson upward-facing green arrow 78'
Coach:
France Pierre Berbizier
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Cédric Heymans
OC 13 Florian Fritz downward-facing red arrow 69'
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 David Skrela
SH 9 Pierre Mignoni
N8 8 Sébastien Chabal downward-facing red arrow 72'
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire downward-facing red arrow 66'
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Lionel Nallet
TP 3 Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez (c) downward-facing red arrow 58'
LP 1 Olivier Milloud downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Dimitri Szarzewski upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 17 Sylvain Marconnet upward-facing green arrow 58'
LK 18 Pascal Papé upward-facing green arrow 72'
FL 19 Imanol Harinordoquy upward-facing green arrow 66'
SH 20 Dimitri Yachvili
FH 21 Lionel Beauxis upward-facing green arrow 69'
WG 22 Vincent Clerc
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

3 February 2007
16:00 GMT
England 42–20 Scotland
Try: Robinson (2) 37' m, 55' c
Wilkinson 59' c
Lund 72' m
Con: Wilkinson (2/4)
Pen: Wilkinson (5/5) 11', 29', 31', 49', 53'
Drop: Wilkinson (1/2) 19'
ReportTry: Taylor 25' c
Dewey 77' c
Con: Paterson (2/2)
Pen: Paterson (2/3) 18', 43'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
FB 15 Olly Morgan
RW 14 Josh Lewsey
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Andy Farrell
LW 11 Jason Robinson
FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Martin Corry (c)
OF 7 Magnus Lund
BF 6 Joe Worsley
RL 5 Danny Grewcock
LL 4 Louis Deacon
TP 3 Phil Vickery downward-facing red arrow 74'
HK 2 George Chuter
LP 1 Perry Freshwater
Substitutions:
HK 16 Lee Mears
PR 17 Julian White upward-facing green arrow 74'
LK 18 Tom Palmer
FL 19 Tom Rees
SH 20 Peter Richards
FH 21 Toby Flood
CE 22 Mathew Tait
Coach:
Brian Ashton
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Sean Lamont
OC 13 Marcus Di Rollo
IC 12 Andrew Henderson downward-facing red arrow 62'
LW 11 Chris Paterson
FH 10 Dan Parks
SH 9 Chris Cusiter
N8 8 Dave Callam
OF 7 Kelly Brown downward-facing red arrow 62'
BF 6 Simon Taylor
RL 5 Jim Hamilton downward-facing red arrow 62'
LL 4 Alastair Kellock (c)
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Dougie Hall
LP 1 Gavin Kerr downward-facing red arrow 55'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Ross Ford
PR 17 Allan Jacobsen upward-facing green arrow 55'
LK 18 Scott Murray upward-facing green arrow 62'
FL 19 Ally Hogg upward-facing green arrow 62'
SH 20 Rory Lawson
CE 21 Rob Dewey upward-facing green arrow 62'
FB 22 Rory Lamont
Coach:
Frank Hadden

4 February 2007
15:00 GMT
Wales 9–19 Ireland
Pen: S. Jones (3/3) 9', 19', 25'ReportTry: R. Best 1' m
B. O'Driscoll 33' c
O'Gara 71' c
Con: O'Gara (2/3)
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,239
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
FB 15 Kevin Morgan
RW 14 Hal Luscombe downward-facing red arrow 60'
OC 13 Jamie Robinson
IC 12 James Hook
LW 11 Chris Czekaj
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Dwayne Peel downward-facing red arrow 73'
N8 8 Ryan Jones (c) red cross icon 34' to 40'
OF 7 Martyn Williams downward-facing red arrow 79'
BF 6 Alix Popham
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough downward-facing red arrow 71'
TP 3 Chris Horsman downward-facing red arrow 55'
HK 2 T. Rhys Thomas downward-facing red arrow 67'
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Substitutions:
HK 16 Matthew Rees upward-facing green arrow 67'
PR 17 Duncan Jones upward-facing green arrow 55'
LK 18 Robert Sidoli upward-facing green arrow 71'
FH 19 Gavin Thomas upward-facing green arrow 34' downward-facing red arrow 40' upward-facing green arrow 79'
SH 20 Mike Phillips upward-facing green arrow 73'
CE 21 Ceri Sweeney
WG 22 Aled Brew upward-facing green arrow 60'
Coach:
Wales Gareth Jenkins
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll (c) downward-facing red arrow 75'
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Denis Hickie downward-facing red arrow 27' upward-facing green arrow 37'
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Peter Stringer
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best downward-facing red arrow 65'
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Substitutions:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 17 Simon Best
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Neil Best
SH 20 Isaac Boss
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
FB 22 Geordan Murphy upward-facing green arrow 27' downward-facing red arrow 37' upward-facing green arrow 75'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

Round 2

10 February 2007
13:30 GMT
England 20–7 Italy
Try: Robinson 39' m
Pen: Wilkinson (5/5) 3', 15', 25', 56', 75'
ReportTry: Scanavacca 65' c
Con: Scanavacca (1/1)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Iain Balshaw
RW 14 Josh Lewsey
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Andy Farrell
LW 11 Jason Robinson
FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Martin Corry (c)
OF 7 Magnus Lund
BF 6 Nick Easter
RL 5 Danny Grewcock
LL 4 Louis Deacon
TP 3 Phil Vickery
HK 2 George Chuter downward-facing red arrow 70'
LP 1 Perry Freshwater
Substitutions:
HK 16 Lee Mears
PR 17 Julian White upward-facing green arrow 70'
LK 18 Tom Palmer
FL 19 Tom Rees
SH 20 Shaun Perry
FH 21 Toby Flood
CE 22 Mathew Tait
Coach:
Brian Ashton
FB 15 Roland de Marigny
RW 14 Kaine Robertson
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Denis Dallan downward-facing red arrow 24'
FH 10 Andrea Scanavacca
SH 9 Alessandro Troncon
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Maurizio Zaffiri
BF 6 Josh Sole
RL 5 Marco Bortolami (c)
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè downward-facing red arrow 71'
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia
LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
HK 16 Fabio Ongaro
PR 17 Salvatore Perugini upward-facing green arrow 58'
LK 18 Valerio Bernabò upward-facing green arrow 71'
FL 19 Roberto Mandelli
SH 20 Paul Griffen
CE 21 Ramiro Pez
WG 22 Matteo Pratichetti upward-facing green arrow 24'
Coach:
France Pierre Berbizier

10 February 2007
15:30 GMT
Scotland 21–9 Wales
Pen: Paterson (7/7) 6', 19', 37', 48', 52', 58', 79'ReportPen: S. Jones (3/3) 24', 40', 54'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Sean Lamont
OC 13 Marcus Di Rollo
IC 12 Rob Dewey
LW 11 Chris Paterson
FH 10 Phil Godman downward-facing red arrow 70'
SH 9 Chris Cusiter
N8 8 Dave Callam
OF 7 Kelly Brown downward-facing red arrow 56'
BF 6 Simon Taylor (c)
RL 5 Scott Murray
LL 4 Jim Hamilton downward-facing red arrow 49'
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Ross Ford
LP 1 Gavin Kerr downward-facing red arrow 56'
Substitutions:
PR 16 Allan Jacobsen upward-facing green arrow 56'
LK 17 Nathan Hines upward-facing green arrow 49'
FL 18 Ally Hogg upward-facing green arrow 56'
SH 19 Rory Lawson
CE 20 Graeme Morrison
CE 21 Simon Webster
WG 22 Nikki Walker upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
Frank Hadden
FB 15 Kevin Morgan
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Jamie Robinson
IC 12 James Hook
LW 11 Chris Czekaj
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Dwayne Peel
N8 8 Ryan Jones (c)
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Alix Popham
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Robert Sidoli downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Duncan Jones
HK 2 T. Rhys Thomas
LP 1 Adam Jones
Substitutions:
HK 16 Matthew Rees
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins
LK 18 Ian Gough upward-facing green arrow 53'
FH 19 Jonathan Thomas
SH 20 Mike Phillips
FH 21 Ceri Sweeney
CE 22 Tom Shanklin
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins

11 February 2007
15:00 GMT
Ireland 17–20 France
Try: O'Gara 31' m
Pen: O'Gara (4/4) 12', 24', 56', 78'
ReportTry: Ibañez 14' c
Clerc 79' c
Con: Skrela (1/1)
Beauxis (1/1)
Pen: Skrela (2/4) 4', 9'
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 81,000[5]
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Geordan Murphy
OC 13 Gordon D'Arcy
IC 12 Shane Horgan
LW 11 Denis Hickie
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Isaac Boss
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Substitutions:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery
PR 17 Simon Best
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Neil Best
SH 20 Eoin Reddan
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
WG 22 Andrew Trimble
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 David Marty
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 David Skrela
SH 9 Pierre Mignoni
N8 8 Sébastien Chabal
OF 7 Imanol Harinordoquy
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Pascal Papé
LL 4 Lionel Nallet
TP 3 Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Sylvain Marconnet
Substitutions:
HK 16 Yannick Bru
PR 17 Olivier Milloud
LK 18 Jérôme Thion
FL 19 Julien Bonnaire
SH 20 Dimitri Yachvili
FH 21 Lionel Beauxis
FB 22 Cédric Heymans
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

Round 3

24 February 2007
15:00 GMT
Scotland 17–37 Italy
Try: Dewey 14' c
Paterson 60' c
Con: Paterson (2/2)
Pen: Paterson (1/1) 40'
ReportTry: Ma. Bergamasco 1' c
Scanavacca 4' c
Robertson 6' c
Troncon 75' c
Con: Scanavacca (4/4)
Pen: Scanavacca (3/3) 19', 66', 71'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 50,284
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Sean Lamont
OC 13 Marcus Di Rollo
IC 12 Rob Dewey
LW 11 Chris Paterson
FH 10 Phil Godman
SH 9 Chris Cusiter
N8 8 Dave Callam
OF 7 Kelly Brown
BF 6 Simon Taylor
RL 5 Scott Murray
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Dougie Hall
LP 1 Gavin Kerr
Substitutions:
HK 16 Ross Ford
PR 17 Allan Jacobsen
LK 18 Jim Hamilton
FL 19 Ally Hogg
SH 20 Rory Lawson
CE 21 Andrew Henderson
WG 22 Nikki Walker
Coach:
Frank Hadden
FB 15 Roland de Marigny
RW 14 Kaine Robertson
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Andrea Masi
FH 10 Andrea Scanavacca
SH 9 Alessandro Troncon
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè
TP 3 Martín Castrogiovanni
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia
LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
HK 16 Fabio Ongaro
PR 17 Salvatore Perugini
PR 18 Carlos Nieto
LK 19 Valerio Bernabò
FL 20 Maurizio Zaffiri
SH 21 Paul Griffen
FH 22 Ramiro Pez
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier
  • This was Italy's biggest margin of victory over a Tier 1 nation.

24 February 2007
17:30 GMT
Ireland 43–13 England
Try: Dempsey 30' c
D. Wallace 37' c
Horgan 63' c
Boss 78' c
Con: O'Gara (3/3)
P. Wallace (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (5/5) 6', 20', 26', 43', 57'
ReportTry: Strettle 46' c
Con: Wilkinson (1/1)
Pen: Wilkinson (2/3) 2', 56'
Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 81,611[6]
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Shane Horgan
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Denis Hickie
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Peter Stringer
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Substitutions:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery
PR 17 Simon Best
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Neil Best
SH 20 Isaac Boss
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
WG 22 Andrew Trimble
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan
FB 15 Olly Morgan
RW 14 Josh Lewsey
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Andy Farrell
LW 11 David Strettle
FH 10 Jonny Wilkinson
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Martin Corry
OF 7 Magnus Lund
BF 6 Joe Worsley
RL 5 Danny Grewcock
LL 4 Louis Deacon
TP 3 Phil Vickery
HK 2 George Chuter
LP 1 Perry Freshwater
Substitutions:
HK 16 Lee Mears
PR 17 Julian White
LK 18 Tom Palmer
FL 19 Tom Rees
SH 20 Shaun Perry
FH 21 Toby Flood
CE 22 Mathew Tait
Coach:
Brian Ashton

24 February 2007
20:00 GMT
France 32–21 Wales
Try: Dominici 28' c
Nallet 34' c
Con: Skrela (2/2)
Pen: Skrela (5/6) 11', 18', 38', 46', 52'
Beauxis (1/1) 80'
ReportTry: Popham 13' c
Shanklin 15' c
Robinson 74' c
Con: S. Jones (3/3)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,959
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 David Marty
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 David Skrela
SH 9 Pierre Mignoni
N8 8 Elvis Vermeulen
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Lionel Nallet
TP 3 Nicolas Mas
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Olivier Milloud
Substitutions:
HK 16 Benoît August
PR 17 Sylvain Marconnet
LK 18 Grégory Lamboley
N8 19 Imanol Harinordoquy
SH 20 Dimitri Yachvili
FH 21 Lionel Beauxis
WG 22 Aurélien Rougerie
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 Lee Byrne
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 James Hook
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Dwayne Peel
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Alix Popham
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough
TP 3 Chris Horsman
HK 2 Matthew Rees
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Substitutions:
HK 16 T. Rhys Thomas
PR 17 Duncan Jones
LK 18 Brent Cockbain
FL 19 Jonathan Thomas
SH 20 Mike Phillips
FH 21 Ceri Sweeney
CE 22 Jamie Robinson
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins

Round 4

10 March 2007
13:30 GMT
Scotland 18–19 Ireland
Pen: Paterson (6/6) 17', 36', 40', 51', 61', 66'ReportTry: O'Gara 30' c
Con: O'Gara (1/1)
Pen: O'Gara (4/6) 9', 38', 68', 70'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,800
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)
FB 15 Hugo Southwell
RW 14 Sean Lamont
OC 13 Marcus Di Rollo
IC 12 Rob Dewey
LW 11 Chris Paterson
FH 10 Dan Parks
SH 9 Chris Cusiter
N8 8 Dave Callam
OF 7 Kelly Brown
BF 6 Simon Taylor
RL 5 Scott Murray
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Dougie Hall
LP 1 Gavin Kerr
Substitutions:
HK 16 Ross Ford
PR 17 Allan Jacobsen
LK 18 Jim Hamilton
FL 19 Ally Hogg
SH 20 Rory Lawson
CE 21 Andrew Henderson
WG 22 Rory Lamont
Coach:
Frank Hadden
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Shane Horgan
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Denis Hickie
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Peter Stringer
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby
RL 5 Paul O'Connell
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best
LP 1 Simon Best
Substitutions:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery
PR 17 Bryan Young
LK 18 Mick O'Driscoll
FL 19 Neil Best
SH 20 Eoin Reddan
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
WG 22 Andrew Trimble
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

10 March 2007
15:30 GMT
Italy 23–20 Wales
Try: Robertson 37' c
Mauro Bergamasco 78' c
Con: Pez (2/2)
Pen: Pez (3/4) 12', 20', 73'
ReportTry: S. Williams 27' c
Rees 45' c
Con: S. Jones (1/1)
Hook (1/1)
Pen: Hook (2/2) 44', 54'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Chris White (England)
FB 15 Roland de Marigny
RW 14 Kaine Robertson
OC 13 Gonzalo Canale
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Andrea Pratichetti
FH 10 Ramiro Pez
SH 9 Alessandro Troncon
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Mauro Bergamasco
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè
TP 3 Carlos Nieto
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia
LP 1 Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
HK 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
PR 17 Salvatore Perugini
PR 18 Fabio Staibano
LK 19 Valerio Bernabò
FL 20 Maurizio Zaffiri
SH 21 Paul Griffen
FH 22 Andrea Scanavacca
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier
FB 15 Kevin Morgan
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 James Hook
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 Stephen Jones
SH 9 Dwayne Peel
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Alix Popham
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough
TP 3 Chris Horsman
HK 2 Matthew Rees
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Substitutions:
HK 16 T. Rhys Thomas
PR 17 Duncan Jones
PR 18 Adam Jones
LK 19 Brent Cockbain
FL 20 Jonathan Thomas
SH 21 Mike Phillips
FB 22 Gareth Thomas
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins
  • This was the first time that Italy won two matches in a Six Nations Championship.

11 March 2007
15:00 GMT
England 26–18 France
Try: Flood 48' c
Tindall 73' c
Con: Flood (1/1)
Geraghty (1/1)
Pen: Flood (3/5) 8', 31', 35'
Geraghty (1/1) 68'
ReportPen: Skrela (3/3) 4', 15', 21'
Yachvili (3/3) 34', 52', 59'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
FB 15 Josh Lewsey
RW 14 David Strettle
OC 13 Mike Tindall
IC 12 Mike Catt
LW 11 Jason Robinson
FH 10 Toby Flood
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Nick Easter
OF 7 Tom Rees
BF 6 Joe Worsley
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Martin Corry
TP 3 Julian White
HK 2 George Chuter
LP 1 Tim Payne
Substitutions:
HK 16 Lee Mears
PR 17 Stuart Turner
LK 18 Louis Deacon
FL 19 Magnus Lund
SH 20 Shaun Perry
FH 21 Shane Geraghty
CE 22 Mathew Tait
Coach:
Brian Ashton
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 David Marty
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Christophe Dominici
FH 10 David Skrela
SH 9 Dimitri Yachvili
N8 8 Sébastien Chabal
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Lionel Nallet
TP 3 Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Olivier Milloud
Substitutions:
HK 16 Sébastien Bruno
PR 17 Nicolas Mas
LK 18 Pascal Papé
N8 19 Imanol Harinordoquy
SH 20 Pierre Mignoni
FH 21 Lionel Beauxis
FB 22 Cédric Heymans
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
  • England's victory meant that no team could now win the Grand Slam.

Round 5

17 March 2007
13:30 GMT
Italy 24–51 Ireland
Try: Bortolami 75' m
De Marigny 80' c
Con: Scanavacca (1/2)
Pen: Pez (2/3) 15', 26'
Drop: Pez (2/2) 12', 29'
ReportTry: Dempsey (2) 17' m, 46' c
Easterby 21' m
D'Arcy 40' c
Horgan 51' m
Hickie (2) 55' c, 77' m
O'Gara 59' c
Con: O'Gara (4/8)
Pen: O'Gara (1/1) 6'
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
FB 15 Roland de Marigny
RW 14 Kaine Robertson
OC 13 Ezio Galon
IC 12 Mirco Bergamasco
LW 11 Andrea Pratichetti
FH 10 Ramiro Pez
SH 9 Alessandro Troncon
N8 8 Sergio Parisse
OF 7 Maurizio Zaffiri
BF 6 Alessandro Zanni
RL 5 Marco Bortolami
LL 4 Santiago Dellapè
TP 3 Carlos Nieto
HK 2 Carlo Festuccia
LP 1 Salvatore Perugini
Substitutions:
HK 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini
PR 17 Fabio Staibano
LK 18 Valerio Bernabò
FL 19 Josh Sole
SH 20 Paul Griffen
FH 21 Andrea Scanavacca
CE 22 Matteo Barbini
Coach:
Pierre Berbizier
FB 15 Girvan Dempsey
RW 14 Shane Horgan
OC 13 Brian O'Driscoll
IC 12 Gordon D'Arcy
LW 11 Denis Hickie
FH 10 Ronan O'Gara
SH 9 Peter Stringer
N8 8 Denis Leamy
OF 7 David Wallace
BF 6 Simon Easterby
RL 5 Mick O'Driscoll
LL 4 Donncha O'Callaghan
TP 3 John Hayes
HK 2 Rory Best
LP 1 Marcus Horan
Substitutions:
HK 16 Jerry Flannery
PR 17 Simon Best
LK 18 Trevor Hogan
FL 19 Neil Best
SH 20 Eoin Reddan
FH 21 Paddy Wallace
WG 22 Andrew Trimble
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

17 March 2007
15:30 GMT
France 46–19 Scotland
Try: Harinordoquy 29' c
Jauzion 33' c
Marty 52' c
Heymans 59' m
Milloud 62' c
Vermeulen 80' c
Con: Beauxis (5/6)
Pen: Beauxis (2/2) 19', 37'
ReportTry: Walker 7' c
S. Lamont 40' c
E. Murray 76' m
Con: Paterson (2/3)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,959
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Clément Poitrenaud
RW 14 Vincent Clerc
OC 13 David Marty
IC 12 Yannick Jauzion
LW 11 Cédric Heymans
FH 10 Lionel Beauxis
SH 9 Pierre Mignoni
N8 8 Imanol Harinordoquy
OF 7 Julien Bonnaire
BF 6 Serge Betsen
RL 5 Jérôme Thion
LL 4 Lionel Nallet
TP 3 Pieter de Villiers
HK 2 Raphaël Ibañez
LP 1 Olivier Milloud
Substitutions:
PR 16 Nicolas Mas
HK 17 Sébastien Bruno
LK 18 Pascal Papé
N8 19 Elvis Vermeulen
SH 20 Jean-Baptiste Élissalde
CE 21 Damien Traille
WG 22 Christophe Dominici
Coach:
Bernard Laporte
FB 15 Chris Paterson
RW 14 Sean Lamont
OC 13 Rob Dewey
IC 12 Andrew Henderson
LW 11 Nikki Walker
FH 10 Dan Parks
SH 9 Rory Lawson
N8 8 Ally Hogg
OF 7 Kelly Brown
BF 6 Simon Taylor
RL 5 Scott Murray
LL 4 Nathan Hines
TP 3 Euan Murray
HK 2 Ross Ford
LP 1 Gavin Kerr
Substitutions:
HK 16 Dougie Hall
PR 17 Allan Jacobsen
LK 18 Jim Hamilton
FL 19 Dave Callam
SH 20 Chris Cusiter
CE 21 Marcus Di Rollo
WG 22 Rory Lamont
Coach:
Frank Hadden
  • France needed to win by 24 points to overtake Ireland.

17 March 2007
17:30 GMT
Wales 27–18 England
Try: Hook 3' c
Horsman 13' m
Con: Hook (1/2)
Pen: Hook (4/5) 11', 39', 64', 74'
Drop: Hook (1/2) 68'
ReportTry: Ellis 32' c
Robinson 40' m
Con: Flood (1/2)
Pen: Flood (1/1) 46'
Drop: Flood (1/1) 35'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
FB 15 Kevin Morgan
RW 14 Mark Jones
OC 13 Tom Shanklin
IC 12 Gareth Thomas
LW 11 Shane Williams
FH 10 James Hook
SH 9 Dwayne Peel
N8 8 Ryan Jones
OF 7 Martyn Williams
BF 6 Alix Popham
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Ian Gough
TP 3 Chris Horsman
HK 2 Matthew Rees
LP 1 Gethin Jenkins
Substitutions:
HK 16 T. Rhys Thomas
PR 17 Duncan Jones
PR 18 Adam Jones
LK 19 Brent Cockbain
FL 20 Jonathan Thomas
SH 21 Mike Phillips
CE 22 Jamie Robinson
Coach:
Gareth Jenkins
FB 15 Mark Cueto
RW 14 David Strettle
OC 13 Mathew Tait
IC 12 Mike Catt
LW 11 Jason Robinson
FH 10 Toby Flood
SH 9 Harry Ellis
N8 8 Joe Worsley
OF 7 Tom Rees
BF 6 James Haskell
RL 5 Tom Palmer
LL 4 Martin Corry
TP 3 Julian White
HK 2 George Chuter
LP 1 Tim Payne
Substitutions:
HK 16 Lee Mears
PR 17 Stuart Turner
LK 18 Louis Deacon
FL 19 Magnus Lund
SH 20 Shaun Perry
FH 21 Shane Geraghty
CE 22 Jamie Noon
Coach:
Brian Ashton
  • England needed to win by 57 points to win the Championship.

Scorers

Notes

  1. ^ Mike Catt captained England in their final two matches against France and Wales, which Vickery missed due to injury.
  2. ^ Regular captain Fabien Pelous was out injured for France's first two matches against Italy and Ireland, with vice-captain Ibañez elevated to the captaincy for both matches. Pelous' injury ultimately ruled him out of the entire 2007 competition, and Ibañez was announced as his replacement.[1]
  3. ^ Lansdowne Road, Ireland's traditional home, was demolished in 2007 to make way for the construction of the Aviva Stadium, which opened in 2010.
  4. ^ Paul O'Connell captained Ireland in their second match against France, which O'Driscoll missed due to injury.
  5. ^ The regular Scotland captain, Jason White, did not play in this season's competition because he was recovering from a serious knee injury.
  6. ^ Jones was ruled out of Wales' final match against England due to a broken wrist. Gareth Thomas was named captain for the match, in which he equalled Gareth Llewellyn for most caps by a Wales player.[2]
  7. ^ This was the first rugby match ever at Croke Park. Before 2005, the constitution of the Gaelic Athletic Association, which owns Croke Park, prohibited "foreign games" from being played on the ground. In practice, this ban was applied only to football and the rugby codes, as the stadium had been used for matches in International Rules football (a hybrid between Australian Rules and Gaelic football) and American football.

References

  1. ^ "France robbed of skipper Pelous". RugbyRugby.com. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Thomas to deputise for injured captain". wru.co.uk. Welsh Rugby Union. 14 March 2007. Archived from the original on 18 March 2007. Retrieved 15 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Italy 23-20 Wales". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 10 March 2007. Archived from the original on 20 March 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Referee sorry for Rome confusion". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 March 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
  5. ^ "France last gasp try seals 17-20 win over Ireland". Rbs6nations.com. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Six Nations 2007". espnscrum. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Statistics - 2007". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 8 February 2024.