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France's preparatory squad

Forwards: Uini Atonio (La Rochelle) Eddy Ben Arous (Racing Metro), Nicolas Mas (Montpellier), Alexandre Menini (Toulon), Rabah Slimani (Stade Francais), Guilhem Guirado (Toulon), Benjamin Kayser (Clermont Auvergne), Alexandre Flanquart (Stade Francais), Yoann Maestri (Toulouse), Pascal Pape (Stade Francais), Romain Taofifenua (Toulon), Damian Chouly (Clermont Auvergne), Thierry Dusautoir (Toulouse), Bernard Le Roux (Racing Metro), Yannick Nyanga (Toulouse), Charles Ollivon (Bayonne), Louis Picamoles (Toulouse).

Backs: Rory Kockott (Castres), Sebastien Tillous-Borde (Toulon), Camille Lopez (Clermont Auvergne), Remi Tales (Castres), Mathieu Bastareaud (Toulon), Alexandre Dumoulin (Racing Metro), Wesley Fofana (Clermont Auvergne), Remi Lamerat (Castres), Sofiane Guitoune (Bordeaux), Yoann Huget (Toulouse), Noa Nakaitaci (Clermont Auvergne), Teddy Thomas (Racing Metro), Brice Dulin (Racing Metro), Scott Spedding (Bayonne).

Round Match Date Time (ET)

Round 1 Wales Vs. England 2/6/2015 3:05pm
Round 1 Italy Vs. Ireland 2/7/2015 9:30am
Round 1 France Vs. Scotland 2/7/2015 12:00pm

Round 2 England Vs. Italy 2/14/2015 9:30am
Round 2 Ireland Vs. France 2/14/2015 12:00pm
Round 2 Scotland Vs. Wales 2/15/2015 10:00am

Round 3 Scotland Vs. Italy 2/28/2015 9:30am
Round 3 France Vs. Wales 2/28/2015 12:00pm
Round 3 Ireland Vs. England 3/1/2015 10:00am

Round 4 Wales Vs. Ireland 3/14/2015 10:30am
Round 4 England Vs.Scotland 3/14/2015 1:00pm
Round 4 Italy Vs. France 3/15/2015 11:00am

Round 5 Italy Vs. Wales 3/21/2015 8:30am
Round 5 Scotland Vs.Ireland 3/21/2015 10:30am
Round 5 England Vs. France 3/21/2015 1:00pm

Wales

Backs: Leigh Halfpenny, Liam Williams, George North, Alex Cuthbert, Hallam Amos, Tyler Morgan, Scott Williams, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, Cory Allen, Dan Biggar, Gareth Anscombe, Rhys Priestland, Rhys Webb, Mike Phillips, Gareth Davies.

Forwards: Gethin Jenkins, Paul James, Rob Evans, Aaron Jarvis, Samson Lee, Scott Andrews, Richard Hibbard, Kristian Dacey, Scott Baldwin, Alun Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris, Jake Ball, Bradley Davies, Dan Lydiate, James King, Sam Warburton (capt), Taulupe Faletau, Justin Tipuric.

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For anyone who hasn't seen the Toulouse-Bath match from the weekend, try to find it. It had everything: great tries, big hits, disgraceful diving, etc.

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I saw the match over the weekend. Huget, lol. Flood was lucky he didn't get carded on that play.

I'm gonna try to watch the Northhampton vs Ospreys game tonight. I've had it on my pc since Sunday but haven't found the time to watch it yet.

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England Squad:

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

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

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And Burgess got a Saxons call up

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)

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Saints have been so strong, hard to predict anything else.

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Well I sure was wrong about that match. Juan Imhoff went beast mode almost pulled off the hat trick. Very impressive win for Racing to win like that one the road.

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The Bath-Glasgow intrigues me, so will probably watch a little.

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It was a good match. Glasgow gave them everything they had and I was pulling for them after that one amazing try.


Wasp vs Leinster was a good match too.

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I think Clermont is going to win big...the Sarries will have trouble adjusting after playing that so called Munster team last week.

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Didn't win big but it was a big win in locking up home field for the quarter finals. Sarries missed some critical goals early one and Clermont was just more physical at the breakdown.

Not sure why but I ended up watching a lot of the Treviso-Ospreys game it was very entertaining.

I know the Ospreys did not have a full team, but their scrum was shameful. Rightly deserved penalty try at the end for the win for Treviso

Blue Bulls are playing pre-season game in Europe right now against the Sarries.


Second half just kicked off.