The RBS 6 Nations rugby tourney is starting on Saturday
http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/home.php

Tournament Schedule:
http://www.rbs6nations.com/en/matchcentre/match-centre_fixtures-results.php
All times local to venue

Round 1
Sat 7th Feb 09 15:00 England v Italy Twickenham
Sat 7th Feb 09 17:00 Ireland v France Croke Park
Sun 8th Feb 09 15:00 Scotland v Wales Murrayfield

Round 2
Sat 14th Feb 09 16:00 France v Scotland Stade de France
Sat 14th Feb 09 17:30 Wales v England Millennium Stadium
Sun 15th Feb 09 15:30 Italy v Ireland Stadio Flaminio

Round 3
Fri 27th Feb 09 21:00 France v Wales Stade de France
Sat 28th Feb 09 15:00 Scotland v Italy Murrayfield
Sat 28th Feb 09 17:30 Ireland v England Croke Park

Round 4
Sat 14th Mar 09 16:00 Italy v Wales Stadio Flaminio
Sat 14th Mar 09 17:00 Scotland v Ireland Murrayfield
Sun 15th Mar 09 15:00 England v France Twickenham

Round 5
Sat 21st Mar 09 14:15 Italy v France Stadio Flaminio
Sat 21st Mar 09 15:30 England v Scotland Twickenham
Sat 21st Mar 09 17:30 Wales v Ireland Millennium Stadium



Viewing Information
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080127073642AA1Q3hs
The matches are being aired live on Setanta Sports which can be ordered through a few satellite and cable providers.

You can use the Setanta Venue Finder to see if a bar near you will have the games showing:
http://www.setanta.com/us/TV-listings/Venue-Finder/


Here are the bars that will be showing the rugby matches this weekend:

Houston:
Richmond Arms
Big Johns
Bull & Bear Pub

San Antonio
Lion and Rose

Austin
Fado
Bagpipes Pub and Eatery

Dallas
Trinity Hall


Last year the Corner Bar in College Station showed the matches live and probably will again.



Go Ireland!

O'Bannon's shows all the 6 nations rugby matches as well. They don't show them live however, due to them airing at 9 am. Also, most of the pubs showing them live will be charging cover up to $20.

O'Bannon's will be showing the round 1 games starting Sunday night at 6 pm until close.

saw some of the highlights of Ireland V. France and it seemed like it was a great game all around, great try from Brian O'Driscoll, and Heaslip, you gotta love six nations rugby.

Ireland and France was a great match!

Round 1 Results
England 36 - 11 Italy
Ireland 30 - 21 France
Wales 26 - 13 Scotland


Standings after the first weekend.

Pos Team P W D L F A PD Pts
1 England 1 1 0 0 36 11 25 2
2 Wales 1 1 0 0 26 13 13 2
3 Ireland 1 1 0 0 30 21 9 2
4 France 1 0 0 1 21 30 -9 0
5 Scotland 1 0 0 1 13 26 -13 0
6 Italy 1 0 0 1 11 36 -25 0

another solid win for the Irish over Italy, although it was a pretty tough match in spite of what the scoreboard says.

Round 2

France 22 - 13 Scotland
Wales 23 - 15 England
Italy 9 - 38 Ireland


Pos Team P W D L F A PD Pts
1 Ireland 2 2 0 0 68 30 38 4
2 Wales 3 2 0 1 65 49 16 4
3 France 3 2 0 1 64 59 5 4
4 England 2 1 0 1 51 34 17 2
5 Scotland 2 0 0 2 26 48 -22 0
6 Italy 2 0 0 2 20 74 -54 0

This weekends matches:

Friday
France 21 - 16 Wales

Times local
Saturday
Scotland v Italy 3pm
Ireland v England 5:30

Go Ireland!

you can listen to the Irish games live, on irishrugb.ie, England v. Ireland great game so far, O'Driscoll just made a drop goal, great match so far.

Ireland v. England was a great match once again, England was pretty undisciplined, but O'Gara missed quite a few penalties which allowed the English to hang in there, and they even scored a try in the final minute, but the score ended 14-13 Ireland. The Irish really seem to be on course to claim a Grand Slam, but Scotland, and a great Wales team still remain to play.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE IRISH, SIX NATIONS GRAND SLAM CHAMPIONS,

Was in Rome on the 14th and partied with the 5k or so Welsh that came but didn't get tickets to the game. Cheers to everyone who was at Flann O'briens' pub on Via Napoli/Via Nazionale! I didn't pay for a Guinness all day! Wales played sloppy and still came out on top!