From February 7 until March 9, the rugby world will again focus on the annual 6 Nations Championship Tournament in which England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy and France will battle it out for the tournament win. Wales won the 2008 “Six Nations” with a Grand Slam. Before that France won in 2006 and 2007. This years favourite to win it is again Wales with odds around 9/4 (3.25), followed by France around 3/1 (4.00), Ireland 7/2 (4.50) and England around 4/1 (5.00).

Scotland and Italy are heavy underdogs with Scotland around 15/1 (16.00) and Italy coming in with odds above 100/1. That is no wonder, Scotland`s last win of the 6 Nations dates back to 1999, the last year before Italy joined the what was then the “5 Nations Championship”. Italy itself managed to win only a total of 6 games so far in 45 matches, last year was the first tournament with 2 wins for the Italian side.

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RBS Six Nations Fixtures:

Sat 7th February: England vs. Italy and Ireland vs. France
Sun 8th February: Scotland vs. Wales
Sat 14th February: France vs. Scotland and Wales vs. England
Sun 15th February: Italy vs. Ireland
Fri 27th February: France vs. Wales
Sat 28th February: Scotland vs. Italy and Ireland vs. England
Sat 14th March: Italy vs. Wales and Scotland vs. Ireland
Sun 15th March: England vs. France
Sat 21st March: Italy vs. France, England vs. Scotland and Wales vs. Ireland