2011_Six_Nations_Championship

2011 Six Nations Championship

Rugby tournament

The 2011 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2011 RBS 6 Nations due to sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Six Nations Championship, and the 117th edition of the international championship. The annual rugby union tournament was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, and was won by England.

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2011 Six Nations Championship

Italy and France during the 2011 Six Nations at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome

Date

4 February – 19 March 2011

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament statistics

Champions

England (26th title)

Matches played

Attendance

920,618 (61,375 per match)

Tries scored

51 (3.4 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Toby Flood (50)

Top try scorer(s)

Chris Ashton (6)

Player of the tournament

Andrea Masi

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Ireland played their first Six Nations games at the Aviva Stadium, having played their first matches at the new stadium in November 2010.

For the first time in its history, the tournament opened with a Friday night fixture.^[1] For the first time in a decade, all of the teams had the same head coach as in the previous year's tournament.^[2]

This tournament was also notable for a major upset, with Italy beating 2010 champions France. Despite this upset, Italy still finished last, and was awarded the wooden spoon as a result. The champions were England, who won their first four matches, but were denied the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown by a defeat to Ireland.

Italy's Andrea Masi was named the Six Nations Player of the Championship, becoming the first Italian player to win the award with 30% of the voting. The runners up were Fabio Semenzato in second, Seán O'Brien in third and Toby Flood in fourth. ^[3]

Final results

England won the championship after winning four out of their five matches, losing against Ireland. Due to France defeating Wales in the final match of the tournament, England ended the tournament at the top of the table.^[4] Had England beaten Ireland it would have led to their first Grand Slam since 2003.^[4] Italy lost their final match against Scotland to claim the wooden spoon for the ninth time since entering the competition in 2000.^[5]

Participants

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Nation	Home stadium	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Martin Johnson	Mike Tindall^{[captains 1]}
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Marc Lièvremont	Thierry Dusautoir
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	Dublin	Declan Kidney	Brian O'Driscoll
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Nick Mallett	Sergio Parisse
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Andy Robinson	Alastair Kellock
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Warren Gatland	Matthew Rees

[C 1]
Replaced regular captain Lewis Moody, who was initially ruled out of at least the first two rounds of the competition with a knee injury.^[6] He returned to play for his club team, Bath, on 20 February, but his injury reportedly returned during a training session for England's third match against France, ultimately ruling him out of the rest of the Championship.^[7] Tindall suffered an ankle injury during England's fourth match against Scotland that ruled him out of their final match against Ireland; Nick Easter was named captain for that match in Tindall's absence.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Squads

See 2011 Six Nations Championship squads.

Table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	T	Pts
1	England	5	4	1	132	81	+51	13	8
2	France	5	3	2	117	91	+26	10	6
3	Ireland	5	3	2	93	81	+12	10	6
4	Wales	5	3	2	95	89	+6	6	6
5	Scotland	5	1	4	82	109	−27	6	2
6	Italy	5	1	4	70	138	−68	6	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Round 1

4 February 2011
19:45

Wales	19–26	England
Try: Stoddart 60' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (3/4) 23', 29', 43' Hook (1/2) 70'	Report^[11]	Try: Ashton (2) 14' c, 56' c Con: Flood (2/2) Pen: Flood (3/3) 19', 32', 47' Wilkinson (1/1) 75'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,276
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)


FB	15	James Hook
RW	14	Morgan Stoddart
OC	13	Jamie Roberts
IC	12	Jonathan Davies
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	Stephen Jones		67'
SH	9	Mike Phillips		69'
N8	8	Andy Powell		33'
OF	7	Sam Warburton
BF	6	Dan Lydiate		52'	57'	69'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones
LL	4	Bradley Davies
TP	3	Craig Mitchell	46'			71'
HK	2	Matthew Rees (c)		70'
LP	1	Paul James
Replacements:
HK	16	Richard Hibbard		70'
PR	17	John Yapp		52'	57'	71'
N8	18	Ryan Jones		33'
FL	19	Jonathan Thomas				69'
SH	20	Dwayne Peel		69'
FH	21	Rhys Priestland
FB	22	Lee Byrne		67'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Mike Tindall (c)
IC	12	Shontayne Hape
LW	11	Mark Cueto
FH	10	Toby Flood		63'
SH	9	Ben Youngs		62'
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7	James Haskell		62'
BF	6	Tom Wood
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4	Louis Deacon	27'	69'
TP	3	Dan Cole
HK	2	Dylan Hartley		69'
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan		61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Steve Thompson		69'
PR	17	David Wilson		61'
LK	18	Simon Shaw		69'
FL	19	Joe Worsley		62'
SH	20	Danny Care		62'
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson		63'
WG	22	Matt Banahan
Coach:
Martin Johnson

Man of the Match:
Toby Flood (England)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Jim Yuille (Scotland)

Tom Wood (England) made his international debut.

5 February 2011
14:30

Italy	11–13	Ireland
Try: McLean 75' m Pen: Mi. Bergamasco (2/3) 6', 40'	Report^[12]	Try: O'Driscoll 44' c Con: Sexton (1/1) Pen: Sexton (1/1) 28' Drop: O'Gara (1/1) 78'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 32,000^[13]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Luke McLean
RW	14	Andrea Masi
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Alberto Sgarbi	69'
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Kris Burton	71'
SH	9	Edoardo Gori	10'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Alessandro Zanni
BF	6	Josh Sole	50'
RL	5	Quintin Geldenhuys
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè	54'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	64'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	36' to 40'		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro	64'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero	36'	40'	64'
LK	18	Carlo Del Fava	54'
FL	19	Valerio Bernabò	50'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio	10'
FH	21	Luciano Orquera	71'
CE	22	Gonzalo Garcia	69'
Coach:
Nick Mallett


FB	15	Luke Fitzgerald
RW	14	Fergus McFadden
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy		76'
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Johnny Sexton		65'
SH	9	Tomás O'Leary		55'
N8	8	Seán O'Brien
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Denis Leamy	73'
RL	5	Paul O'Connell		73'
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan
TP	3	Mike Ross
HK	2	Rory Best		76'
LP	1	Cian Healy		76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin		76'
PR	17	Tom Court		76'
LK	18	Leo Cullen		73'
FL	19	Shane Jennings
SH	20	Eoin Reddan		55'
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara		65'
CE	22	Paddy Wallace		76'
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
Seán O'Brien (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
David Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

Fergus McFadden (Ireland) made his international debut.

5 February 2011
17:00

France	34–21	Scotland
Try: Médard 2' c Penalty try 29' c Harinordoquy 54' c Traille 68' c Con: Parra (2/2) Yachvili (2/2) Pen: Yachvili (1/2) 79' Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 9'	Report^[14]	Try: Kellock 18' c Brown 60' c Lamont 75' c Con: Parks (2/2) Jackson (1/1)

Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 78,595
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Damien Traille
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Aurélien Rougerie
IC	12	Maxime Mermoz	44'
LW	11	Maxime Médard	73'
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc
SH	9	Morgan Parra	52'
N8	8	Imanol Harinordoquy	55'
OF	7	Julien Bonnaire
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Lionel Nallet	62'
LL	4	Julien Pierre
TP	3	Nicolas Mas	52'
HK	2	William Servat	57'
LP	1	Thomas Domingo
Replacements:
HK	16	Guilhem Guirado	57'
PR	17	Luc Ducalcon	52'
LK	18	Jérôme Thion	62'
N8	19	Sébastien Chabal	55'
SH	20	Dimitri Yachvili	52'
FB	21	Clément Poitrenaud	44'
WG	22	Vincent Clerc	73'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont


FB	15	Hugo Southwell
RW	14	Nikki Walker
OC	13	Joe Ansbro
IC	12	Nick De Luca	55'
LW	11	Max Evans
FH	10	Dan Parks	69'
SH	9	Rory Lawson	40'
N8	8	Kelly Brown
OF	7	John Barclay	61'
BF	6	Nathan Hines	55'
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Euan Murray	70'
HK	2	Ross Ford	73'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16	Dougie Hall	73'
PR	17	Moray Low	70'
N8	18	Richie Vernon	56'
FL	19	Ross Rennie	61'
SH	20	Mike Blair	40'
FH	21	Ruaridh Jackson	69'
WG	22	Sean Lamont	55'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
Maxime Médard (France)

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (England)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Round 2

12 February 2011
14:30

England	59–13	Italy
Try: Ashton (4) 3' c, 25' c, 54' c, 76' c Cueto 30' c Tindall 35' c Care 58' c Haskell 72' c Con: Flood (5/5) Wilkinson (3/3) Pen: Flood (1/1) 10'	Report^[15]	Try: Ongaro 70' c Con: Bergamasco (1/1) Pen: Bergamasco (2/3) 4', 12'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 80,810
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Mike Tindall (c)
IC	12	Shontayne Hape
LW	11	Mark Cueto	49'
FH	10	Toby Flood	55'
SH	9	Ben Youngs	55'
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7	James Haskell
BF	6	Tom Wood	61'
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4	Louis Deacon	45'
TP	3	Dan Cole	61'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley	49'
LP	1	Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK	16	Steve Thompson	49'
PR	17	David Wilson	61'
LK	18	Simon Shaw	45'
FL	19	Hendre Fourie	61'
SH	20	Danny Care	55'
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson	55'
WG	22	Matt Banahan	49'
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Luke McLean		79'
RW	14	Andrea Masi		62'
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Alberto Sgarbi		58'
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Luciano Orquera
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato
N8	8	Sergio Parisse
OF	7	Alessandro Zanni
BF	6	Valerio Bernabò		53'
RL	5	Quintin Geldenhuys
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava		46'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni	43'	56'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini		66'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini
Replacements:
HK	16	Fabio Ongaro		66'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero		56'
LK	18	Santiago Dellapè		46'
FL	19	Robert Barbieri		53'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio		62'
FH	21	Kris Burton		79'
CE	22	Gonzalo Garcia		58'
Coach:
Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
Chris Ashton (England)

Touch judges:
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television match official:
Tony Redmond (Ireland)

Chris Ashton's four-try performance marked a number of milestones:
- He became the first player of any nation to score four tries in a Six Nations match since the competition expanded in 2000.
- He also became the first England player to have scored four tries in a Six Nations, Five Nations, or Home Nations match since Ronald Poulton-Palmer scored four against France in 1914.
- His six tries in the tournament equalled the single-season record in the Six Nations era, shared by Will Greenwood of England in 2001 and Shane Williams of Wales in 2008.
Carlo Del Fava earned his 50th cap
Alex Corbisiero (England) and Fabio Semenzato (Italy) made their international debuts.

12 February 2011
17:00

Scotland	6–24	Wales
Pen: Parks (2/3) 31', 58'	Report^[16]	Try: Williams (2) 8' c, 70' m Con: Hook (1/1) Pen: Hook (4/5) 13', 18', 21', 65'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,259
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)


FB	15	Hugo Southwell	20'
RW	14	Nikki Walker
OC	13	Joe Ansbro
IC	12	Nick De Luca
LW	11	Max Evans
FH	10	Dan Parks
SH	9	Rory Lawson	46'
N8	8	Richie Vernon
OF	7	John Barclay	67'
BF	6	Kelly Brown
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)	71'
LL	4	Nathan Hines
TP	3	Euan Murray	46'
HK	2	Ross Ford	67'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	67'
PR	17	Moray Low	46'
LK	18	Scott MacLeod	71'
FL	19	Ross Rennie	67'
SH	20	Mike Blair	46'
FH	21	Ruaridh Jackson
WG	22	Sean Lamont	20'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15	Lee Byrne	27'	76'
RW	14	Morgan Stoddart
OC	13	Jamie Roberts
IC	12	Jonathan Davies
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	James Hook		66'
SH	9	Mike Phillips		75'
N8	8	Ryan Jones
OF	7	Sam Warburton
BF	6	Dan Lydiate		53'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones		71'
LL	4	Bradley Davies	23'
TP	3	Craig Mitchell
HK	2	Matthew Rees (c)		75'
LP	1	Paul James		66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Richard Hibbard		75'
PR	17	John Yapp		66'
LK	18	Jonathan Thomas		53'
FL	19	Josh Turnbull		71'
SH	20	Tavis Knoyle		75'
FH	21	Stephen Jones		66'
FB	22	Rhys Priestland		76'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Sam Warburton (Wales)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Josh Turnbull and Rhys Priestland (both Wales) made their international debuts.

13 February 2011
15:00

Ireland	22–25	France
Try: McFadden 4' c O'Leary 37' m Heaslip 67' c Con: Sexton (1/2) O'Gara (1/1) Pen: Sexton (1/1) 15'	Report^[17]	Try: Médard 54' c Con: Yachvili (1/1) Pen: Parra (5/5) 10', 18', 20', 27', 48' Yachvili (1/2) 62'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)


FB	15	Luke Fitzgerald
RW	14	Fergus McFadden
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	62'
SH	9	Tomás O'Leary	68'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Seán O'Brien
RL	5	Paul O'Connell	80'
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan
TP	3	Mike Ross
HK	2	Rory Best	75'
LP	1	Cian Healy	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	75'
PR	17	Tom Court	56'
LK	18	Leo Cullen	80'
FL	19	Denis Leamy
SH	20	Eoin Reddan	68'
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara	62'
CE	22	Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Declan Kidney


FB	15	Clément Poitrenaud	50'
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Aurélien Rougerie
IC	12	Damien Traille	72'
LW	11	Maxime Médard
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc
SH	9	Morgan Parra	53'
N8	8	Imanol Harinordoquy
OF	7	Julien Bonnaire	53'
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Lionel Nallet
LL	4	Julien Pierre	63'
TP	3	Nicolas Mas
HK	2	William Servat
LP	1	Thomas Domingo	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guilhem Guirado
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet	49'
LK	18	Jérôme Thion	63'
N8	19	Sébastien Chabal	53'
SH	20	Dimitri Yachvili	53'
CE	21	Yannick Jauzion	72'
WG	22	Vincent Clerc	50'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Thierry Dusautoir (France)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
David Changleng (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

Round 3

26 February 2011
14:30

Italy	16–24	Wales
Try: Canale 5' m Parisse 52' m Pen: Bergamasco (2/2) 12', 26'	Report^[18]	Try: Stoddart 9' m Warburton 13' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: S. Jones (3/3) 3', 38', 40+2' Drop: Hook (1/1) 73'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Luke McLean
RW	14	Andrea Masi	73'
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Alberto Sgarbi
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Kris Burton	64'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato	71'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Robert Barbieri	72'
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Quintin Geldenhuys
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè	52'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni		70'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	40'	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Carlo Festuccia
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero	40'
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò	52'
N8	19	Manoa Vosawai	72'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio	71'
FH	21	Luciano Orquera	64'
WG	22	Tommaso Benvenuti	73'
Coach:
Nick Mallett


FB	15	Lee Byrne
RW	14	Morgan Stoddart
OC	13	James Hook
IC	12	Jamie Roberts
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	Stephen Jones
SH	9	Mike Phillips
N8	8	Ryan Jones
OF	7	Sam Warburton
BF	6	Dan Lydiate
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones
LL	4	Bradley Davies
TP	3	Craig Mitchell
HK	2	Matthew Rees (c)	77'
LP	1	Paul James
Replacements:
HK	16	Richard Hibbard	77'
PR	17	John Yapp
N8	18	Jonathan Thomas
FL	19	Josh Turnbull
SH	20	Tavis Knoyle
FH	21	Rhys Priestland
WG	22	Leigh Halfpenny
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Fabio Semenzato (Italy)

Touch judges:
Dave Pearson (England)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Iain Ramage (Scotland)

Alessandro Zanni (Italy) and James Hook (Wales) each earned their 50th caps.

26 February 2011
17:00

England	17–9	France
Try: Foden 42' m Pen: Flood (3/3) 5', 13', 17' Wilkinson (1/1) 52'	Report^[19]	Pen: Yachvili (3/5) 7', 19', 22'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,107
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Mike Tindall (c)
IC	12	Shontayne Hape	76'
LW	11	Mark Cueto
FH	10	Toby Flood	51'
SH	9	Ben Youngs	65'
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7	James Haskell
BF	6	Tom Wood
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4	Louis Deacon	71'
TP	3	Dan Cole	76'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley	67'
LP	1	Andrew Sheridan	23'
Replacements:
HK	16	Steve Thompson	67'
PR	17	Alex Corbisiero	23'
LK	18	Simon Shaw	71'
FL	19	Hendre Fourie	76'
SH	20	Danny Care	65'
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson	51'
WG	22	Matt Banahan	76'
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Clément Poitrenaud	51'
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Aurélien Rougerie
IC	12	Yannick Jauzion
LW	11	Vincent Clerc
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc	67'
SH	9	Dimitri Yachvili	62'
N8	8	Sébastien Chabal	51'
OF	7	Imanol Harinordoquy
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Lionel Nallet
LL	4	Julien Pierre	62'
TP	3	Nicolas Mas
HK	2	William Servat	76'
LP	1	Thomas Domingo	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guilhem Guirado	76'
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet	60'
LK	18	Jérôme Thion	62'
FL	19	Julien Bonnaire	51'
SH	20	Morgan Parra	62'
UB	21	Damien Traille	51'
FB	22	Alexis Palisson	67'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Tom Palmer (England)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Dimitri Yachvili (France) earned his 50th cap.
Jonny Wilkinson's 52nd-minute penalty for England made him the leading point scorer in international rugby, overtaking Dan Carter.

27 February 2011
15:00

Scotland	18–21	Ireland
Pen: Paterson 16', 17', 32', 58' Parks 66' Drop: Parks 70'	Report^[20]	Try: Heaslip 6' c Reddan 29' c O'Gara 53' c Con: O'Gara (3/3)

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 63,082
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Nikki Walker		74'
OC	13	Nick De Luca
IC	12	Sean Lamont
LW	11	Max Evans
FH	10	Ruaridh Jackson		53'
SH	9	Mike Blair		60'
N8	8	Johnnie Beattie		46'	55'	55'
OF	7	John Barclay		66'
BF	6	Kelly Brown
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Moray Low		66'
HK	2	Ross Ford		53'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen	44'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson		53'
PR	17	Geoff Cross		46'	55'	66'
LK	18	Nathan Hines		66'
N8	19	Richie Vernon		55'
SH	20	Rory Lawson		60'
FH	21	Dan Parks		53'
WG	22	Simon Danielli		74'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15	Luke Fitzgerald
RW	14	Tommy Bowe
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara	67'
SH	9	Eoin Reddan	60'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7	David Wallace	60'
BF	6	Seán O'Brien
RL	5	Paul O'Connell
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan	66'
TP	3	Mike Ross	70'
HK	2	Rory Best	60'
LP	1	Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	60'
PR	17	Tom Court	70'
LK	18	Leo Cullen	66'
FL	19	Denis Leamy	60'
SH	20	Peter Stringer	60'
FH	21	Johnny Sexton	67'
CE	22	Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Andrew Small (England)
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Round 4

12 March 2011
14:30

Italy	22–21	France
Try: Masi 59' c Con: Bergamasco (1/1) Pen: Bergamasco (5/7) 1', 23', 63', 70', 75'	Report^[21]	Try: Clerc 14' m Parra 50' c Con: Parra (1/2) Pen: Parra (3/4) 19', 44', 66'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 34,000
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)


FB	15	Andrea Masi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Gonzalo Garcia
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Luciano Orquera	57'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Robert Barbieri	57'
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Carlo Del Fava
LL	4	Santiago Dellapè	53'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	Carlo Festuccia	47'
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini	47'
PR	17	Salvatore Perugini	47'
LK	18	Quintin Geldenhuys	53'
FL	19	Paul Derbyshire	57'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio
FH	21	Kris Burton	57'
FB	22	Luke McLean
Coach:
Nick Mallett


FB	15	Maxime Médard
RW	14	Yoann Huget
OC	13	Aurélien Rougerie
IC	12	Yannick Jauzion	70'
LW	11	Vincent Clerc
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc
SH	9	Morgan Parra
N8	8	Sébastien Chabal	56'
OF	7	Julien Bonnaire
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Lionel Nallet	56'
LL	4	Julien Pierre
TP	3	Nicolas Mas	40'
HK	2	William Servat	61'
LP	1	Sylvain Marconnet
Replacements:
HK	16	Guilhem Guirado	61'
PR	17	Luc Ducalcon	40'
LK	18	Jérôme Thion	56'
N8	19	Imanol Harinordoquy	56'
SH	20	Julien Tomas
CE	21	Damien Traille	70'
FB	22	Clément Poitrenaud
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont

Man of the Match:
Andrea Masi (Italy)

Touch judges:
Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
Stuart Terheege (England)
Television match official:
Jim Yuille (Scotland)

Carlo Festuccia earned his 50th cap
This was the first time Italy had ever beaten France at home, and the first time they had won the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

12 March 2011
17:00

Wales	19–13	Ireland
Try: Phillips 50' c Con: Hook (1/1) Pen: Hook (3/4) 19', 27', 68' Halfpenny (1/1) 38'	Report^[22]	Try: O'Driscoll 2' c Con: O'Gara (1/1) Pen: O'Gara (2/2) 32', 40'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,233
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


FB	15	Lee Byrne
RW	14	Leigh Halfpenny
OC	13	Jamie Roberts
IC	12	Jonathan Davies
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	James Hook
SH	9	Mike Phillips
N8	8	Ryan Jones	59'
OF	7	Sam Warburton
BF	6	Dan Lydiate
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones
LL	4	Bradley Davies
TP	3	Craig Mitchell	12'
HK	2	Matthew Rees (c)	71'
LP	1	Paul James
Replacements:
HK	16	Richard Hibbard	71'
PR	17	John Yapp	12'
N8	18	Jonathan Thomas	59'
FL	19	Rob McCusker
SH	20	Dwayne Peel
FH	21	Stephen Jones
WG	22	Morgan Stoddart
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Luke Fitzgerald	72'
RW	14	Tommy Bowe
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara	49'
SH	9	Eoin Reddan	1'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip	69'
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Seán O'Brien
RL	5	Paul O'Connell
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan	75'
TP	3	Mike Ross	68'
HK	2	Rory Best	75'
LP	1	Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	75'
PR	17	Tom Court	68'
LK	18	Leo Cullen	75'
N8	19	Denis Leamy	69'
SH	20	Peter Stringer	1'
FH	21	Johnny Sexton	49'
CE	22	Paddy Wallace	72'
Coach:
Declan Kidney

Man of the Match:
James Hook (Wales)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Peter Allan (Scotland)
Television match official:
Geoff Warren (England)

Mike Phillips (Wales) earned his 50th cap.
Brian O'Driscoll's try gave him 24 career tries in the Championship, equalling the all-time record of Ian Smith of Scotland, amassed in the Five Nations and Home Nations between 1924 and 1933.^[23]
Ronan O'Gara became the fifth player in rugby history with 1,000 career Test points, reaching the mark with his conversion of O'Driscoll's try.^[23]
The officials were heavily criticised for allowing the Wales try as it was scored following a quick throw-in after the ball went out on the full, with a different ball. A quick throw-in must be taken with the same ball without it being touched after going over the touchline.^[24]

13 March 2011
15:00

England	22–16	Scotland
Try: Croft 67' c Con: Wilkinson (1/1) Pen: Flood (4/5) 15', 23', 29', 57' Wilkinson (1/1) 79'	Report^[25]	Try: Evans 74 'c Con: Paterson (1/1) Pen: Paterson (2/2) 3', 20' Drop: Jackson (1/1) 40'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,120
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Mike Tindall (c)	40'
IC	12	Shontayne Hape
LW	11	Mark Cueto
FH	10	Toby Flood	65'
SH	9	Ben Youngs	54'
N8	8	Nick Easter
OF	7	James Haskell
BF	6	Tom Wood	65'
RL	5	Tom Palmer
LL	4	Louis Deacon	65'
TP	3	Dan Cole	74'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley	65'
LP	1	Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK	16	Steve Thompson	65'
PR	17	Paul Doran-Jones	74'
LK	18	Simon Shaw	65'
FL	19	Tom Croft	65'
SH	20	Danny Care	54'
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson	65'
CE	22	Matt Banahan	40'
Coach:
Martin Johnson


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Simon Danielli
OC	13	Joe Ansbro		72'
IC	12	Sean Lamont
LW	11	Max Evans
FH	10	Ruaridh Jackson		54'
SH	9	Rory Lawson		54'
N8	8	Kelly Brown		42'
OF	7	John Barclay	56'
BF	6	Nathan Hines		68'
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Moray Low		52'
HK	2	Ross Ford		65'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson		65'
PR	17	Geoff Cross		52'
N8	18	Richie Vernon		42'
FL	19	Alasdair Strokosch		68'
SH	20	Mike Blair		54'
FH	21	Dan Parks		54'
CE	22	Nick De Luca		72'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Man of the Match:
James Haskell (England)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Carlo Damasco (Italy)
Television match official:
Tony Redmond (Ireland)

In the 58th minute, referee Poite was replaced by Jérôme Garcès due to injury. Andrew Small (England) replaced Garcès as touch judge.

Round 5

19 March 2011
14:30

Scotland	21–8	Italy
Try: De Luca 46' m Walker 54' c Con: Paterson (1/2) Pen: Paterson (3/4) 3', 18', 67'	Report^[26]	Try: Masi 10' m Pen: Bergamasco (1/1) 30'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 42,464
Referee: Steve Walsh (Australia)


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Nikki Walker
OC	13	Joe Ansbro	19'
IC	12	Sean Lamont	78'
LW	11	Simon Danielli
FH	10	Ruaridh Jackson
SH	9	Rory Lawson	64'
N8	8	Kelly Brown	74'
OF	7	John Barclay
BF	6	Nathan Hines	54'
RL	5	Alastair Kellock (c)
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Geoff Cross	64'
HK	2	Ross Ford	64'
LP	1	Allan Jacobsen
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	64'
PR	17	Euan Murray	64'
N8	18	Richie Vernon	74'
FL	19	Alasdair Strokosch	64'
SH	20	Mike Blair	64'
FH	21	Dan Parks	78'
CE	22	Nick De Luca	19'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


FB	15	Andrea Masi	32'
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Gonzalo Canale
IC	12	Alberto Sgarbi	69'
LW	11	Mirco Bergamasco
FH	10	Kris Burton	59'
SH	9	Fabio Semenzato
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Paul Derbyshire	59'
BF	6	Alessandro Zanni
RL	5	Quintin Geldenhuys
LL	4	Carlo Del Fava	54'
TP	3	Martin Castrogiovanni
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	79'
LP	1	Salvatore Perugini	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Carlo Festuccia	79'
PR	17	Andrea Lo Cicero	59'
LK	18	Valerio Bernabò	54'
FL	19	Robert Barbieri	59'
SH	20	Pablo Canavosio	69'
FH	21	Luciano Orquera	59'
FB	22	Luke McLean	32'
Coach:
Nick Mallett

Man of the Match:
Richie Gray (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Alan Lewis (Ireland)
John Lacey (Ireland)
Television match official:
Hugh Watkins (Wales)

Scotland's victory lifted them from the bottom of the table and condemned Italy to a fourth consecutive wooden spoon.
De Luca's try was the first for Scotland at Murrayfield for nearly two years.

19 March 2011
17:00

Ireland	24–8	England
Try: Bowe 27' m O’Driscoll 46' c Con: Sexton (1/2) Pen: Sexton (4/4) 6' 14' 22' 37'	Report^[27]	Try: Thompson 52' m Pen: Flood (1/2) 32'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)


FB	15	Keith Earls
RW	14	Tommy Bowe
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll (c)
IC	12	Gordon D'Arcy
LW	11	Andrew Trimble
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	69'
SH	9	Eoin Reddan	78'
N8	8	Jamie Heaslip
OF	7	David Wallace	71'
BF	6	Seán O'Brien
RL	5	Paul O'Connell	78'
LL	4	Donncha O'Callaghan
TP	3	Mike Ross	58'
HK	2	Rory Best	78'
LP	1	Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	78'
PR	17	Tom Court	58'
LK	18	Leo Cullen	78'
FL	19	Denis Leamy	79'
SH	20	Peter Stringer	78'
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara	69'
CE	22	Paddy Wallace
Coach:
Declan Kidney


FB	15	Ben Foden
RW	14	Chris Ashton
OC	13	Matt Banahan
IC	12	Shontayne Hape
LW	11	Mark Cueto		66'
FH	10	Toby Flood		51'
SH	9	Ben Youngs	35'	46'
N8	8	Nick Easter (c)
OF	7	James Haskell
BF	6	Tom Wood
RL	5	Tom Palmer		27'
LL	4	Louis Deacon		55'
TP	3	Dan Cole		51'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley		51'
LP	1	Alex Corbisiero
Replacements:
HK	16	Steve Thompson		51'
PR	17	Paul Doran-Jones		51'
LK	18	Simon Shaw		27'
FL	19	Tom Croft		55'
SH	20	Danny Care		46'
FH	21	Jonny Wilkinson		51'
WG	22	David Strettle		66'
Coach:
Martin Johnson

Man of the Match:
Johnny Sexton (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Tim Hayes (Wales)
Television match official:
Giulio De Santis (Italy)

Brian O'Driscoll's try against England took his all-time championship tally up to 25, breaking the record held by Ian Smith since 1933.^[28]
Denis Leamy (Ireland) and Mark Cueto (England) each earned their 50th caps.

19 March 2011
19:45

France	28–9	Wales
Try: Nallet (2) 37' m, 43' c Clerc 58' c Con: Parra (2/3) Pen: Parra (3/4) 7', 25', 52'	Report^[29]	Pen: Hook (3/4) 2', 42', 48'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,798
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)


FB	15	Maxime Médard
RW	14	Vincent Clerc	75'
OC	13	David Marty
IC	12	Damien Traille	70'
LW	11	Alexis Palisson
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc
SH	9	Morgan Parra	73'
N8	8	Imanol Harinordoquy	72'
OF	7	Julien Bonnaire
BF	6	Thierry Dusautoir (c)
RL	5	Lionel Nallet
LL	4	Julien Pierre	66'
TP	3	Nicolas Mas	66'
HK	2	William Servat	70'
LP	1	Thomas Domingo
Replacements:
HK	16	Guilhem Guirado	70'
PR	17	Luc Ducalcon	66'
LK	18	Pascal Papé	66'
FL	19	Alexandre Lapandry	72'
SH	20	Julien Tomas	73'
CE	21	Fabrice Estebanez	70'
WG	22	Yoann Huget	75'
Coach:
Marc Lièvremont


FB	15	Lee Byrne
RW	14	Leigh Halfpenny
OC	13	Jamie Roberts
IC	12	Jonathan Davies
LW	11	George North
FH	10	James Hook	57'	66'
SH	9	Mike Phillips		67'
N8	8	Ryan Jones
OF	7	Sam Warburton		15'
BF	6	Dan Lydiate
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones
LL	4	Bradley Davies
TP	3	Adam Jones		52'
HK	2	Matthew Rees (c)		67'
LP	1	Paul James
Replacements:
HK	16	Richard Hibbard		67'
PR	17	John Yapp		52'
N8	18	Jonathan Thomas		15'	71'
FL	19	Rob McCusker			71'
SH	20	Dwayne Peel		67'
FH	21	Stephen Jones		66'
WG	22	Morgan Stoddart
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Lionel Nallet (France)

Touch judges:
Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Simon McDowell (Ireland)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Wales needed to beat France by 27 points to clinch the title.
Ryan Jones (Wales) earned his 50th cap.

Top scorers

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Try scorers

Tries	Name	Pld	Team
6	Chris Ashton	5	England
3	Brian O'Driscoll	5	Ireland
2	Vincent Clerc	5	France
	Maxime Médard	4	France
	Lionel Nallet	5	France
	Jamie Heaslip	4	Ireland
	Andrea Masi	5	Italy
	Morgan Stoddart	3	Wales
	Shane Williams	4	Wales
1	27 players

Points scorers

Points	Name	Pld	Team
50	Toby Flood	5	England
47	Morgan Parra	5	France
40	Mirco Bergamasco	5	Italy
40	James Hook	5	Wales
31	Chris Paterson	3	Scotland
30	Chris Ashton	5	England
24	Ronan O'Gara	5	Ireland
24	Johnny Sexton	5	Ireland
22	Stephen Jones	5	Wales
21	Dimitri Yachvili	5	France

Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, BBC channels televised the matches live. The matches were also televised by France 2 in France, RTÉ Two in Ireland,^[30] Sky Sport in Italy and ESPN in Australia and New Zealand.^[31]

In Wales, Welsh language channel S4C televised Wales matches live.^[32]

In the United States and the Caribbean, Premium Sports^[33] televised the matches live while BBC America also televised some matches in the United States.^[34]

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