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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 3 Picks:
Ireland vs Wales – 2.15pm GMT (Saturday)
Picks:
Ireland -22.0 @10/11
Over 52.5 Points @11/10
After a week’s break, the 2024 Six Nations will resume this weekend, with week three’s action kicking off in Dublin at the Aviva Stadium, where Ireland will take on Wales.
After taking the full ten points available in their first two matches, Ireland are now the clear favourites to win a second consecutive title according to the latest odds, while Wales have managed three points in their two games and are still in search of their first win of the competition.
With the form Ireland have shown over the first two matches of the competition, it is difficult to make much of a case for the visitors in this one. The Shamrocks look well on their way to defending their title, and we feel they will secure another commanding victory in this match.
Ireland starting lineup: 15 Ciaran Frawley, 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 Oli Jager, 19 James Ryan, 20 Ryan Baird, 21 Jack Conan, 22 Conor Murray, 23 Stuart McCloskey
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 Keiron Assiratti, 2 Elliot Dee, 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Corey Domachowski, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Mason Grady
Scotland vs England – 4.45pm GMT (Saturday)
Picks:
England to win @13/8
Over 50.0 Points @5/2
Scotland and their arch-enemies England will resume their 2024 Six Nations campaigns when they face off in the Calcutta Cup in what should be an intense atmosphere at Murrayfield this weekend.
Given that England are trailing Ireland by a mere two points in second place (8), and Scotland are third with 5 points, this match is of critical importance in determining which team will rival the formidable reigning champions in this year’s competition.
Although most see Scotland as favoured here, we think England are improving and will continue to chase down Irelands lead.
Scotland starting lineup: 15 Blair Kinghorn, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (cc), 9 Ben White, 8 Jack Dempsey, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Andy Christie, 21 George Horne, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Cameron Redpath
England starting lineup: 15 George Furbank, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Elliot Daly, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Ollie Chessum, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 George Martin, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Fin Smith, 23 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso
France vs Italy – 3pm GMT (Sunday)
France -26.0 @10/11
Over 54.0 Points @1/1
Italy were very unlucky not to have gotten something from their first game against England, but were then comfortably beaten by Ireland so it’s very difficult to see where they stand in their progression. France may be out of sorts, but should comfortably win this game.
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