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France and England the favourites, but who’ll win Rugby Union's Six Nations title?

New Wales coach Warren Gatland believes his men can spring a surprise, Scotland’s Frank Hadden expects big things of his young side and Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll is banking on a revival. Who will be Rugby Union kings of Europe?

by Donna Gee on 25 January 2008

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The start of the RBS Six Nations Championship is still over a week away, but the pot is already boiling for the opening-day clash between England and Wales on February 2.

'As with the Scots, Irish and indeed French, beating the English is the Big One for Wales fans – to the point that losing every other game becomes almost acceptable'

Wales coach Warren Gatland’s ‘poaching’ of Wasps' supremo Shaun Edwards as part-time defence coach did not officially bother the powers-that-be at Twickenham. But the fact the RFU stepped in by offering the former Rugby League legend control of the England second string – the Saxons – suggests they weren’t exactly happy at his ‘defection’.

Either way, it gives extra flavour to a match which has always had a special place in the hearts of Wales fans, in particular. As with the Scots, Irish and indeed French, beating the English is the Big One – to the point that losing every other game becomes almost acceptable.

The Welsh Rugby Union were in danger of shooting themselves in the foot before the tournament even begins by announcing that players who moved outside the Principality could damage their international chances.

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Comments (7)

by greg gumble on January 26, 2008

England are at their worst when pressure is on, and expectations are high so it wont be them. Ive got a cheeky idea that wales can do it

by Saxon Paige Vickers-Buckley on January 28, 2008

Argentina. Oh, yeah, I was forgetting... How long? How 'bout them Saracens eh?

by sports girl on January 30, 2008

i'm afraid to say that the 6 nations nowdays is a second class tournament. the powerful side in union are in the SH.

by alan on January 30, 2008

the 6 nations is the best tournament in the world, it is unpredictable and the build up is immense, for a moth or 2 coaches were having a go at other coaches and the tri-nations tournament is dull, boring, predictabel and no-one talks about it up here in europe, anyway 2 european teams kncoked out the aussies and the woefull all blacks. do you want to hear a joke? hear goes What is the competition where the played between the 7th and 8th best team in the world... ...the bledislope cup Will Greenwood said that after the quarter finals

by Dale Sheldon on March 11, 2008

Ha your wrong look av england now and france are on the back foot well done to the man who said wales perhaps the only one with a clue about rugby hope he hit the bookies hard

by Helen Jenkins on March 11, 2008

Well i think england are crap whats all the fuss is about wales are gonna win why foot we stop talking about england the underachievers of the tournenent they could come last and thered be two pages im the paper

by Brian The blade stab you for looking at him sheldon on March 11, 2008

Well i think the england coach should give up he cant even say his r' s im bislexick but he is taking the mick what a shambles

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