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Guinness Six Nations
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international men’s rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions are Ireland, who won the 2023 tournament.
Week 5 Picks:
France vs England – 8pm GMT
Picks:
England to win @2/1
Over 49.0 Points @1/1
The final match of what has been a great 2024 Six Nations tournament will conclude with England heading across the channel to the Groupama Stadium to take on last season’s runners-up France on Super Saturday.
England currently sit in second place in the Six Nations table with 12 points, while Ireland hold the top spot with 16 points. France, on the other hand, are in fourth place with 11 points after securing a victory over Wales on Sunday afternoon.
While France enter this contest as the favourites, they have been far from impressive in this competition, making this arguably the most level tie of Super Saturday. If England can keep the game close, they may just be able to take advantage of the hosts’ nerves and pull off a close victory.
France starting lineup: 15 Leo Barre, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Gael Fickou, 12 Nicolas Depoortere, 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Thomas Ramos, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Gregory Alldritt (c), 7 Charles Ollivon, 6 François Cros, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Uini Atonio, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Cyril Baille
Replacements: 16 Peato Mauvaka, 17 Sebastien Taofifenua, 18 Georges-Henri Colombe, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Alexandre Roumat, 21 Paul Boudehent, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Yoram Moefana
England starting lineup: 15 George Furbank, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ollie Chessum, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ethan Roots, 20 Alex Dombrandt, 21 Danny Care, 22 Marcus Smith, 23 Manu Tuilagi
Wales vs Italy – 2.15pm GMT
Picks:
Wales -7.0 @1/1
Under 50 Points @10/11
After a set of results that blew the Championship wide open last weekend, the 2024 Six Nations final round kicks off with the battle to avoid the wooden spoon in Cardiff, where Wales will play host to Italy on Saturday.
Could it be Wales who finish bottom of the pile, take Italy’s unwanted title away from them? It will come down to a Welsh victory which has to be by a big enough margin.
Wales starting lineup: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 George North, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow. 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Dafydd Jenkins (c), 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Mason Grady
Italy starting lineup: 15 Lorenzo Pani, 14 Louis Lynagh, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Stephen Varney, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Niccolo Cannone, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Giosue Zilocchi, 19 Andrea Zambonin, 20 Ross Vintcent, 21 Manuel Zuliani, 22 Martin Page-Relo, 23 Leonardo Marin
Ireland vs Scotland – 4.45pm GMT
Picks:
Ireland -15.0 @10/11
Over 50 Points @11/10
Despite suffering an against-the-odds defeat last week, Ireland are still in the driver’s seat to defend their Six Nations title and will look to do so when they play host to Scotland in their final match of this year’s competition on Super Saturday.
Ireland head into this fixture as clear favourites to overcome their Scottish opponents, and the support of their home crowd should provide them a significant advantage, similar to what we saw for England at Twickenham last week.
While the title is not yet wrapped up, it will take a huge collapse for Ireland to throw it away now. The Shamrocks will be furious following their defeat at Twickenham last week, and we feel Scotland may face the brunt of their retaliation to that result on Saturday.
Ireland starting lineup: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Robbie Henshaw, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris, 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Peter O’Mahony (c), 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Dan Sheehan, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Ronan Kelleher, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Harry Byrne, 23 Garry Ringrose
Scotland starting lineup: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Stafford McDowall, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Andy Christie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Matt Fagerson, 21 George Horne, 22 Cameron Redpath, 23 Kyle Rowe
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