Predicting who's going to win and wanting your team to win, are very different beasts. Looking at today's first game Wales v Ireland at 1.30, will be a very close. Of course I want Ireland to win but last years 6 Nations winners are not going to want anything but a win at home in front of their 'red army'. I expect Wales to win (just!) but I'll be bellowing out, "you'll never beat the Irish" until the last kick. If Ireland are good enough to win at The Millennium Stadium, then they can go all the way.
4.00 sees England v Scotland kick off at Twickenham, and as an outsider you'd more than likely say that England would win. They have a new fresh and very disciplined team now, who are on the up and the Scots are still struggling to find the form of past years. However, when the Scots play the English they have a determination that seems to give them an extra man on the field, and this fanatical approach to the 'auld enemy' will help the Scots early on in today's game. As the clock moves on I do expect England to grind ahead and I'll be the first to raise my hand if this is anything but a great start for the English.
4.00 sees England v Scotland kick off at Twickenham, and as an outsider you'd more than likely say that England would win. They have a new fresh and very disciplined team now, who are on the up and the Scots are still struggling to find the form of past years. However, when the Scots play the English they have a determination that seems to give them an extra man on the field, and this fanatical approach to the 'auld enemy' will help the Scots early on in today's game. As the clock moves on I do expect England to grind ahead and I'll be the first to raise my hand if this is anything but a great start for the English.
Then tomorrow it's Italy v France and oh so easy to say... "a French win". If Italy can lift themselves with the first try, then this could go anywhere. The French losing this would be unthinkable, but in recent years Italy have pulled off some very big surprises. I'm staying safe and going with the French victory, but if the Italians could do it I'd jump for joy!
One thing's for sure, after this weekend we'll have a much better idea of what the final table will look like.
This was last year's…
Will your team do better?
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | PD | TF | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Wales | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 58 | 51 | 10 | 10 | |
 | England | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 71 | 27 | 7 | 8 | |
 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 121 | 94 | 27 | 13 | 5 | |
 | France | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 101 | 86 | 15 | 8 | 5 | |
 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 121 | -68 | 4 | 2 | |
 | Scotland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 108 | -52 | 4 | 0 |
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