Trei victorii ale gazdelor in tot atatea meciuri disputate s-au consemnat in etapa a 3-a din cadrul Six Nations, performera rundei fiind Scotia care a trecut de Anglia la Edinburgh astfel ca Irlanda ramane in fruntea clasamentului in timp ce Italia ocupa ultima pozitie dupa ce a fost infranta in Franta.
Pe Stade Velodrome din Marsilia, Franta a intrecut Italia cu rezultatul de 34-17, cocosii galici in ciuda diferentei de scor irosind sansa obtinerii punctului bonus ofensiv. Azzurri au evoluat curajos mai ales in prima repriza, la pauza avantajul gazdelor fiind de numai patru puncte, dar in partea secunda Hugo Bonneval si Mathieu Bastareaud au securizat victoria elevilor lui Jacques Brunel, fara a obtine insa si bonificatia ofensiva.
Extrem de spectaculoasa a fost partida de la Dublin dintre Irlanda si Tara Galilor, dupa o prima jumatate de ora penele de strut aflandu-se in avanataj si datorita faptului ca Jonathan Sexton a irosit trei tentative de tinta. Pana la pauza irlandezii au revenit si eseul lui Bundee Aki a dus la rasturnarea situatiei de pe tabela de marcaj.
Irlanda a inceput in forta partea secunda astfel ca Dan Leavy si Cian Healy au batut defensiva galezilor care au revenit cu reusitele jucatorilor Aaron Shingler si Steffan Evans. Finalul a fost dramatic, frunza de trifoi avand un avantaj de trei puncte insa trupa lui Warren Gatland nu a stiut sa gestioneze ultimul atac si Jacob Stockdale a dat lovitura dupa o interceptie.
Scotia a jucat aproape fara greseala in prima repriza a partidei de pe Murrayfiled , in fata Angliei, dupa 40 de minute ciulinii conducand cu 22-6 in urma celor trei incercari marcate de Huw Jones dubla si Sean Maitland, in timp ce replica trandafirilor a constat in doua tentative de tinta concretizate de Owen Farrell.
Acelasi Owen Farrell a marcat o incercare in debutul reprizei secunde si se parea ca Anglia va avea puterea sa revina, insa scotienii au jucat cu daruirea care-i caracterizeaza, blocand practic drumul catre propriul teren de tinta, avantajul obtinut in prima repriza dovedindu-se decisiv pentru ca ciulinii sa intre in posesia Calcutta Cup dupa o asteptare de zece ani.
Rezultate Six Nations-Etapa a 3-a:
Stade Velodrome, Marsilia: Franta-Italia 34-17 (11-7)
Au marcat: Gabrillagues-e, Bonneval-e,Bastareaud-e, Machenaud-tr,5lp, Trinh-Duc-tr respectiv Eseu de penalizare, Minozzi-e, Canna-tr,Allan-lp
Franta: 15 Hugo Bonneval, 14 Benjamin Fall, 13 Mathieu Bastareaud, 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 11 Rémy Grosso, 10 Lionel Beauxis, 9 Maxime Machenaud, 8 Marco Tauleigne, 7 Yacouba Camara, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 5 Sébastien Vahaamahina, 4 Paul Gabrillagues, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Guilhem Guirado, 1 Jefferson Poirot
Rezerve: 16 Adrien Pelissié, 17 Dany Priso, 18 Cedate Gomes Sa, 19 Romain Taofifenua, 20 Kélian Galletier, 21 Baptiste Couilloud, 22 François Trinh-Duc, 23 Gaël Fickou
Italia: 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Tommaso Boni, 12 Tommaso Castello, 11 Mattia Bellini, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Marcello Violi, 8 Sergio Parisse (c), 7 Maxime Mbanda, 6 Sebastian Negri, 5 Dean Budd, 4 Alessandro Zanni, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Andrea Lovotti
Rezerve: 16 Luca Bigi, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Tiziano Pasquali 19 George Biagi, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Edoardo Gori, 22 Carlo Canna, 23 Jayden Hayward
Aviva Stadium, Dublin: Irlanda-Tara Galilor 37-27 (15-13)
Au marcat: Stockdale- 2e, Healy-e, Leavy-e, Aki-e,Sexton-3tr,lp,Carbery-tr,Murray-lp respectiv Davies-e, Shingler-e, Evans-e, Halfpenny-3tr,2lp
Irlanda: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Keith Earls, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 Jacob Stockdale, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 CJ Stander, 7 Dan Leavy, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Devin Toner, 4 James Ryan, 3 Andrew Porter, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy
Rezerve: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Jack McGrath, 18 John Ryan, 19 Quinn Roux, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 Joey Carbery, 23 Fergus McFadden
Tara Galilor: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Cory Hill, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Rob Evans
Rezerve: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 George North
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh: Scotia-Anglia 25-13 (22-6)
Au marcat: Jones- 2e, Maitland-e, Laidlaw-2tr,lp, Russell-lp respectiv Farrell-e,tr,2lp
Scotia: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Pete Horne, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 John Barclay (c), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 3 Simon Berghan, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Gordon Reid
Rezerve: 16 Scott Lawson, 17 Jamie Bhatti, 18 Willem Nel, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 David Denton, 21 Ali Price, 22 Nick Grigg, 23 Blair Kinghorn
Anglia: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell, 11 Jonny May, 10 George Ford, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Maro Itoje, 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 1 Mako Vunipola
Rezerve: 16 Jamie George, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Harry Williams, 19 George Kruis, 20 Sam Underhill, 21 Richard Wigglesworth, 22 Ben Te’o, 23 Jack Nowell
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