6 Nations Rugby fixtures 2005

Dates for your diaries

Saturday 5th February 2005
14:00 GMT France vs Scotland
17:30 GMT Wales vs England

Sunday 6th February 2005
14:30 GMT Italy vs Ireland

Saturday 12th February 2005
13:30 GMT Italy vs Wales
16:00 GMT Scotland vs Ireland

Sunday 13th February 2005
15:00 GMT England vs France

Saturday 26 February 2005
14:00 GMT Scotland vs Italy
16:00 GMT France vs Wales

Sunday 27th February 2005
15:00 GMT Ireland vs England

Saturday 12th March 2004
13:30 GMT Ireland vs France
16:00 GMT England vs Italy

Sunday 13th March 2005
15:00 GMT Scotland vs Wales

Saturday 19th March 2005
13:00 GMT Italy vs France
15:30 GMT Wales vs Ireland
18:00 GMT England vs Scotland

Intresting to see they've done that last saturday again when you have all 3 games back to back to back - thats going to be a long day somewhere drinking. I also spy some possible day trips to rome

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I can certainly recommend a rugby weekend visit to Rome. I went last year and had a great time. Scotland played some shocking rugby but the Italians (players and fans) were all crying after the game because they won. It was a really good atmosphere. The best bit though was when we got back to the city centre and caught the end of the IrelandvEngland game. That manged to cheer up all of the Scottish fans !!!

Would be intrested in hearing any travel tips? how did you get down there? Have looked on map24 and it reckons on it being a 9 hour drive from munich?

flights for that weekend are around on lufthansa for around 120 euros at the moment...

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looks like saturday the fith is going to be interesting.

intend to watch that game with you pootle, so get you welsh shirt washed (and ironed) and your drinking/screaming/crying head on. (and bring a lbunch of daffs, i'll bring roses)

oh, sorry that was planning ahead.

just an aside, something i posted ages ago. what about the heiniken cup games which wasps and leicester are playing in italy. i think its just around garda see or therabouts.

Have to say I fancy France to retain from that ... have a full month to recover from the Irish game for England...although they are playing England in Twickenham.
Not a lot of hope for us tho...

Hieneken Cup fixtures

(for the italian clubs Calvisano and Treviso)

29/30/31 Oct Pool 1 Calvisano v London Wasps
3/4/5 Dec Pool 2 Benetton Treviso v Bath Rugby
14/15/16 Jan Pool 1 Calvisano v Leicester Tigers

These were taken from the official Heineken Cup site...

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(wiaitng corrections and more updated info)

enough of these pointless friendlies..team building exercises..

i seem to recall they've made the draw for the next world cup in france too.

hopefully wilko will be fit by then. that's all that matters.

I flew into Rome from Düsseldorf as I moved up here in January. My pals flew in from Munich and I think they paid about 120euros each for the flights. Unfortunately can't tell you much about accommodation as we stayed in the NATO officers club.
We went to the stadium early on the Saturday morning and joined a large queue to get tickets. It turned into a bit of a bun fight as the touts kept forcing their way into the front of the queue, but we got tickets eventually.
The Italians have quite a good set up as they turn a car park at the front of the stadium into one giant bier tent and the atmosphere was really good before the game. I also really enjoyed it as the stadium is tiny compared to Murrayfield or the Millennium Stadium.
Great weekend, I can highly recommend it.