2012 Six Nations Championship

Participants

Squads

Main article: 2012 Six Nations Championship squads

Table

Results

Round 1

Malzieu 34' m Clerc 53' c Fofana 71' m Botes (1/1) 60'

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• Nicolas Mas and Thierry Dusautoir (both France) earned their 50th caps.
• Wesley Fofana, Yoann Maestri (both France), Tobias Botes and Giovanbattista Venditti (both Italy) made their international debuts in this match.
• Vincent Clerc's try was the 32nd of his international career, placing him joint second with his coach Philippe Saint-André on the French try scoring list. (To this date, Serge Blanco remains the top French try scorer with 38.)

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• Brad Barritt, Lee Dickson, Phil Dowson, Owen Farrell, Ben Morgan, Geoff Parling, Jordan Turner-Hall (all England) and Lee Jones (Scotland) made their international debuts.
• Chris Robshaw of England captained his team earning only his second cap in this match.
• This match turned out to be Dan Parks's last appearance with the Scotland jersey as he announced his retirement from international rugby a few days after the game.

Bowe 67' m North 75' m

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• Huw Bennett (Wales) earned his 50th cap.
• Coming off the bench in the 76th minute to replace Johnny Sexton, Ronan O'Gara became the most capped Irish player with 117 caps, jointly with Brian O'Driscoll. O'Gara also took sole possession of the all-time lead for appearances in the Championship, with 57. He had previously been level with his countryman Mike Gibson, who made 56 appearances in the Five Nations between 1964 and 1979.

Round 2

Benvenuti 40' c

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• Luca Morisi (Italy) and Rob Webber (England) made their international debuts.
• The four-point margin in this match is the joint-closest Italy have ever come to beating England.

This match was postponed due to an unplayable pitch. It was the first weather-related postponement of a Five/Six Nations game since 1985. The match was rescheduled for 4 March.

Halfpenny (2) 50' c, 55' c

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• Lou Reed, Aaron Shingler (both Wales), Stuart Hogg and Ed Kalman (both Scotland) made their international debuts.

Round 3

Bowe (2) 38' c, 61' c Court 76' c Trimble 80' m

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• Peter O'Mahony (Ireland) made his international debut.
• Coming off the bench in the 69th minute to replace Gordon D'Arcy, Ronan O'Gara overtook Brian O'Driscoll as the most-capped Irish player with 118 caps.

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• Wales won their 20th Triple Crown.

Jones 55' c Weir (1/1) 56' Médard 58' c

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• Duncan Weir (Scotland) made his international debut.

Rescheduled match

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Round 4

Cuthbert 77' m Priestland (1/1) 69'

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• Rhys Webb (Wales) and Fabio Staibano (Italy) made their international debuts.

Reddan 33' c Trimble 40' m McFadden 76' c

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• Matt Scott (Scotland) made his international debut.

Dupuy (1/2) 32' Parra (1/1) 64' Foden 17' c Croft 70' c

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Round 5

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• Scotland were whitewashed. This was the first time since 2007 that Italy avoided the wooden spoon.
• Italy's starting pack in this match was the most capped ever to play an international match.

Beauxis (1/1) 44'

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• Matthew Rees (Wales) earned his 50th cap.
• Jean-Marcellin Buttin (France) made his international debut.
• William Servat and Julien Bonnaire (both France) played their final matches.
• Wales won the Grand Slam.

Youngs 73' m

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Media coverage

In the United Kingdom, all the matches were televised on BBC channels. In Ireland, RTÉ Two and RTÉ Two HD televised all the matches live. S4C televised Wales matches while French international channel TV5Monde televised only France matches and was available internationally (including the United States, where BBC America and BBC America HD also televised some matches).

Notes

References

References

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16. (4 March 2012). "Honours even in Paris". [[BSkyB]].
17. (10 March 2012). "Simply a stroll for Wales". [[BSkyB]].
18. (10 March 2012). "Dublin delight for Ireland". [[BSkyB]].
19. (11 March 2012). "England come of age". [[BSkyB]].
20. Dilger, Simon. (17 March 2012). "Azzurri claim precious win". [[BSkyB]].
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