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Rugby union is the second most popular team sport in France after football and is actually the dominant sport in most of the southern half of the country. It was first introduced in the early 1870s by British residents. Elite French clubs participate in the professional domestic club league, the Top 14.

French played their first Five Nations Championship in 1910, four years after their first test match against New Zealand. The French were the whipping boys of the tournament during those early years, losing repeatedly to the home nations sides. The French were banned from the tournament in 1932 when the sport threatened to go professional in France.

The French next participated in the Five Nations in 1947. It took them a further eight years to secure their first Five Nations championship, which they shared with Wales in 1955, before they came of age and won their first outright title in 1959.

In the years since France claimed its first championship title, the French have become a powerful force in the tournament, winning almost half of the Six Nations rugby tournaments played since 1955. The French are also the only team in the tournament’s history to have won back-to-back championships whilst fielding an unchanged team.

In the Six Nations Championship France won a Grand Slam in 2002. In 2004 they won a second Six Nations Grand Slam

Rugby union is a popular sport in Italy. The sport is thought to have been introduced to the country in the early 1900s, with an organisational committee being established in 1911. The Super 10 competition is the main club rugby competition in the country, although clubs also participate in Europe’s Heineken Cup. Italy competes annually in the Six Nations Championship, and has competed at the Rugby World Cup. Italy is classified as a tier one nation by the International Rugby Board.

Italy finally joined the Six Nations Championship in 2000. They managed to get their second Six Nations win in 2003 30-22 against Wales. Italy was the only Six Nations country not to advance to the knock-out stage. Their third win came against Scotland in 2004.

Most of the Italian national team play in club competitions in England and France, which, being at a higher standard to the Italian league allows the side to make consistent progression. However, this is not always seen through results and it will undoubtedly be a long time before they win their first Six Nations Championship. More and more Italians are coming to watch rugby union games and whereas before most of the fans at the Stadio Flaminio were away fans, now Italy has a good home crowd. In the 2006 Six Nations Championship the Italian team performed strongly against every team.

In the 2007 Six Nations Championship, Italy started poorly, losing to France 3-39. However, Italy’s performance improved considerably, and they held reigning World champions England to a 20-7 result at Twickenham, with the Italian’s Alessandro Troncon being named man of the match.

The 2008 Six Nations Championship saw the Italians again finish in last place, albeit by only a three point margin. They took part in close matches against Ireland, England and France respectively and managed a sole victory, defeating Scotland 23-20 in Rome in the last round of matches.

2010 will be a very tough year for the Azzuri’s with three of their 6 Nations matches being away form home – they will certainly be targeting the England game on Valentine’s Day and the Scotland game on the 27/02/2010.

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On Sun Mar 14, 2010 at (15:30)

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The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England. Wales’ performances in the Home Nations Championship (now the Six Nations) continued to improve, experiencing their first ‘golden age’ between 1900 and 1911.

They won eight Five Nations Championships. They played in the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987 where they achieved their best ever result of third. Following the professionalisation of rugby in 1995, Wales hosted the 1999 World Cup and, in 2005, won their first Six Nations Grand Slam which was followed by a second in 2008. Their 2005 Grand Slam is notable for being the first ever team to gain the accolade playing most matches away from home.

Wales play in red jerseys embroidered with the Prince of Wales’s feathers. Their current home ground is the Millennium Stadium, completed in 1999 to replace the National Stadium at Cardiff Arms Park. Ten former Welsh players have been inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame, and two of the ten have been inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame.

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Scotland. It is the second oldest Rugby Union, being founded in 1873.

The Scotland national rugby union team represents Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked ninth in the IRB World Rankings as at 16 November 2009, and makes up one quarter of the British and Irish Lions rugby team. They annually take part in the Six Nations and participate in the Rugby World Cup, which takes place every four years.

Scottish rugby dates back to 1871, where they beat England in the first international rugby union match at Raeburn Place. Since it started in 1883, Scotland competed in the Five Nations winning it 14 times outright – including the last ever Five Nations in 1999 – and sharing it another 8. In 2000 the competition accepted a sixth competitor, Italy, thus forming the Six Nations. Since this change, Scotland has yet to win the competition. The Rugby World Cup was introduced in 1987 and Scotland has competed in all five competitions, the last being in 2007. Scotland’s best finish came in 1991, where they lost to the All Blacks in the third place play-off.

Scotland has a strong rivalry with the English national team. They both annually compete for the Calcutta Cup. Each year, this fixture is played out as part of the Six Nations. England are the current holders after defeating Scotland 26–12 at Twickenham in the 2009 Six Nations. While Scotland has defeated England the last two times the sides have played at the Scots’ home ground of Murrayfield, they have recorded few victories over their “Auld Enemy” in recent years, beating them just four times since 1990. Furthermore, their last away victory over England was in 1983

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