@Tarn_nation @glove931 Yeah, they won that weird Six Nations in 2020 on points difference - largely thanks to us beating France for them! Then won the Autumn Nations Cup as well. No games between the big northern & southern hemisphere teams either that year. We kicked off their decline!

Comfortable win for Italy in the main area of the game in Rome - kicks... Italy 50 - 41 Wales

Head to heads for @Scotlandteam v @IrishRugby in part 2 of the match preview for @ScotRugbyNews. - Scotland's 25 year wait for a wing try; - debut for the Tom Jones centre partnership; - veterans do battle in the second row.

Match preview part 1 for @Scotlandteam v @IrishRugby for @ScotRugbyNews. - Ireland's winning mentality; - Scotland's second round struggles; - yet another new ref.

The last 3 victories for @Scotlandteam against Italy have all been by a margin of 12 points. More stats highlights from Saturday's game 👇

The Rugby Union (now the RFU) were the Guardians of the Laws of the Game at this time and Case law was collated in "The History of the Laws of Rugby Football" by Admiral Sir Percival Royds, published in 1949.

Forward passes caused controversy this weekend Laws of the game definition of throw forward: "When a player throws or passes the ball forward i.e. 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝"

Match preview part 2 for @Scotlandteam v Italy: - head to heads; - matchday squad stats; - the players who have waited more than 1,000 days since their last Six Nations outing.

Mystery of the day - what height is Scotland's number 19 Gregor Brown? 1.90m - Six Nations 1.90m - Ultimate Rugby 1.91m - Glasgow Warriors 1.91m - Rugbypass 1.91m - SRU 1.91m - Wikipedia 1.96m - All Rugby 1.96m - Itsrugby 1.96m - TNT Sports 1.98m - EPCR 1.98m - URC

French players have committed 6 red card offences in their last 10 Six Nations’ fixtures: Atonio (cited) 2023 Haouas (red card) 2023 Willemse (cited) 2024 Willemse (red card) 2024 Danty (red card) 2024 Ntamack (red card) 2025

Pictorial definition now provided of what falls within 2-phases of a try

@glove931 Stones

@Andy__Reid__ Away to Ireland in the 2023 Six Nations.

This is the first time in their last 50 @URCOfficial fixtures that @GlasgowWarriors have named a matchday 23 that does not include Tom Jordan.