[Rugby] Six Nations 2012

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Who do you think are favourites to win the Six Nations and why?

Jamie Roberts: It’s hard to look past France, the quality of their players and their league. I would like to say Wales are favourites but France purely for the fact that they got to a World Cup final.

Ben Foden: Probably Wales. If you look at their World Cup final with France, they could have easily won it if Sam Warburton hadn't been sent off early in the game.

Willie-John McBride: It’s a hard question because we don’t know too much about England. Wales have been going well and I’d say it’s between them and Ireland. They produced the best match of the World Cup and it could have gone either way.

Sean Lamont: Wales are the team to watch this season especially with the way they played in the World Cup and they will be dangerous again in the Six Nations.

Will there be a Grand Slam this year, like Ireland in 2009 and Wales in 2008?

Roberts: Fingers crossed it’s us. It’s all down to that first game. You target it, Ireland away. Hopefully, it’s the same scenario as England away at Twickenham in 2008. We go out there and turn them over. It’s got all the ingredients to be a classic.

Foden: It would be very unexpected if it was because the competition is so fierce between all the teams. Italy are always capable of upsetting somebody and you've got to perform in all five games.

McBride: I don’t think so because there’s also France to consider. They were hopeless at the World Cup and then put in a tremendous performance in the final. You never know what you’re going to get with them.

Lamont: I am not sure there will be. Everybody is capable of beating each other and the tournament is much closer than it used to be. You need to be a very strong side to win five games in seven weeks.

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Youngster David Denton is set to make his first international start in Scotland's Six Nations opener against England at Murrayfield on Saturday.

The 21-year-old won his only previous cap coming on as replacement against Ireland last August.

The Zimbabwe-born back-row will start alongside Ross Rennie and Al Strokosch.

The number 10 jersey, subject of much debate among Scottish rugby supporters, will be filled by Dan Parks, winning his 67th cap.

In the front row, captain Ross Ford lines up alongside Allan Jacobsen and Euan Murray.

There is no place for former captain Al Kellock in the second row, where Jim Hamilton and Richie Gray are the preferred pairing and Chris Cusiter features at scrum-half beside Parks.

Glasgow-bound Sean Lamont and Edinburgh's Nick De Luca are the centres, with De Luca coming in for the injured Joe Ansbro.

Lee Jones and Max Evans start on the wings with Rory Lamont at full-back.

On the bench are Scott Lawson, Geoff Cross, Al Kellock, John Barclay, Mike Blair, Greig Laidlaw and Graeme Morrison.

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Op donderdag 2 februari 2012 19:16 schreef Idler het volgende:
De tijden in de OP, dat zijn de lokale tijden toch?