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England survive tough Rome test

England dug themselves out of a hole in freezing Rome to beat Italy 19-15 in the 6 Nations with another charge-down try from Charlie Hodgson.

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Today

Wales

v

(3:00pm) preview

Scotland

Today

London Wasps

v

(1:15pm)

Saracens

18 February

Bath	v (2:30pm)	Gloucester
London Wasps	v (3:00pm)	Exeter
Newcastle	v (3:00pm)	London Irish
Northampton	v (3:00pm)	Sale
Harlequins	v (5:30pm)	Worcester

19 February

Saracens

v

(2:15pm)

Leicester

17 February

Cardiff Blues

v

(7:05pm)

Ulster

Ospreys

v

(7:30pm)

Aironi

Leinster

v

(7:35pm)

Scarlets

18 February

Benetton Treviso

v

(3:15pm)

Munster

Connacht

v

(5:30pm)

Glasgow Warriors

Newport Gwent Dragons

v

(6:30pm)

Edinburgh

18 February

Cornish Pirates	v (2:00pm)	Bristol
Doncaster	v (2:30pm)	Rotherham Titans
Moseley	v (3:00pm)	Bedford
Plymouth Albion	v (3:00pm)	Nottingham

19 February

London Scottish

v

(2:00pm)

London Welsh

Leeds

v

(3:00pm)

Esher

18 February

Barking	v (3:00pm)	Blackheath
Blaydon	v (3:00pm)	Ealing
Cambridge	v (3:00pm)	Birmingham & Solihull
Macclesfield	v (3:00pm)	Coventry
Sedgley Park	v (3:00pm)	Jersey
Stourbridge	v (3:00pm)	Cinderford
Tynedale	v (3:00pm)	Fylde
Wharfedale	v (3:00pm)	Rosslyn Park

18 February

Caldy	v (3:00pm)	Kendal
Huddersfield	v (3:00pm)	Bromsgrove
Hull Ionians	v (3:00pm)	Sheffield Tigers
Loughborough Students	v (3:00pm)	Leicester Lions
Nuneaton	v (3:00pm)	Hull
Otley	v (3:00pm)	Westoe
Preston G	v (3:00pm)	Luctonians
Stockport	v (3:00pm)	Harrogate

18 February

Barnes	v (3:00pm)	Redruth
Dings Crusaders	v (3:00pm)	Southend
Hartbury College	v (3:00pm)	Shelford
Henley	v (3:00pm)	Launceston
Hertford	v (3:00pm)	Clifton
Lydney	v (3:00pm)	Worthing
Richmond	v (3:00pm)	Westcombe Park
Taunton	v (3:00pm)	Old Albanians

18 February

Cartha Queens Pk	v (3:00pm)	Dumfries
Dalziel	v (3:00pm)	GHA
Haddington	v (3:00pm)	Morgan Acad FP
Howe of Fife	v (3:00pm)	Greenock Wanderers
Kirkcaldy	v (3:00pm)	Lasswade
Perthshire	v (3:00pm)	Ardrossan Accs

View fixtures for entire season

Yesterday

Italy

Tries: Venditti (37) Benvenuti (40)
Cons: Burton (41)
Pens: Burton (47)

15-19

England

Tries: Hodgson (50)
Cons: Farrell (50)
Pens: Farrell (26, 35, 54, 65)

France

Postponed

Ireland

5 February

Ireland

Tries: Best (36) Bowe (67)
Cons: Sexton (38)
Pens: Sexton (3, 43, 59)

21-23

Wales

Tries: Davies (13, 54) North (75)
Cons: Halfpenny (55)
Pens: Halfpenny (53, 79)

4 February

France

Tries: Rougerie (20) Malzieu (34) Clerc (53) Fofana (71)
Cons: Yachvili (21, 54)
Pens: Yachvili (11, 51)

30-12

Italy

Pens: Burton (29, 46) Botes (60)
Drops: Burton (17)

Scotland

Pens: Parks (25, 32)

6-13

England

Tries: Hodgson (40)
Cons: Farrell (41)
Pens: Farrell (22, 74)

Yesterday

Harlequins

Tries: Casson (21) Williams (40) Chisholm (61)
Cons: Evans (23, 41, 62)
Pens: Evans (5, 55)
Drops: Care (48)

30-23

London Irish

Tries: Homer (2) Joseph (50)
Cons: Homer (2, 51)
Pens: Homer (32, 40) Jarvis (75)

Bath

Tries: Woodburn (15, 50) (54) Perenise (65)
Cons: Heathcote (55, 66)
Pens: Barkley (1) Heathcote (69)

30-24

Newcastle

Tries: Wilson (18) Vickers (30) Chudley (80)
Cons: Gopperth (19, 31, 81)
Pens: Gopperth (67)

Gloucester

Tries: Sharples (6) Dawiduik (39)
Cons: Burns (7)
Pens: Burns (16, 30, 54, 65, 74)

27-24

Northampton

Tries: Tongauiha (61) Pisi (66)
Cons: Myler (62)
Pens: Lamb (12, 31, 37, 48)

Exeter

Tries: Baxter (54)
Cons: Mieres (56)
Pens: Mieres (31, 40, 63, 67)

19-11

Leicester

Tries: Tuilagi (8)
Pens: Flood (28, 53)

10 February

Sale

Pens: MacLeod (4, 8, 49, 70, 76)

15-12

Worcester

Pens: Goode (11, 25, 28) Gray (66)

10 February

Ulster

Tries: Diack (12) Pienaar (14) Gilroy (51) Terblanche (79)
Cons: Pienaar (15, 80)
Pens: Pienaar (30, 78)

30-12

Newport Gwent Dragons

Pens: Tovey (6, 23, 28, 50)

Cardiff Blues

Tries: Hobbs (63)
Cons: Blair (64)
Pens: Blair (4, 8, 30, 36, 56)

22-15

Connacht

Tries: O'Halloran (16) Moore (80)
Cons: O'Connor (17)
Pens: O'Connor (2)

Edinburgh

Tries: Fife (18)
Pens: Godman (14, 39, 53)

14-15

Ospreys

Tries: Hibbard (25) Dirksen (55)
Cons: Biggar (56)
Drops: Biggar (21)

9 February

Glasgow Warriors

Tries: Welsh (31)
Cons: Jackson (31)
Pens: Jackson (13, 51, 63, 69)

19-9

Scarlets

Pens: Newton (22, 53, 59)

Leinster

Tries: Madigan (21) Strauss (61) Nacewa (65) Cooney (70) Carr (79)
Cons: Nacewa (63, 66, 71) Madigan (80)
Pens: Nacewa (4, 32, 51)

42-8

Benetton Treviso

Tries: Muccignat (54)
Drops: Di Bernardo (19)

5 February

Cardiff Blues

Tries: James (22, 38, 47, 69) Hamilton (30) Cook (66)
Cons: Blair (23, 32, 39, 48, 66, 71)
Pens: Blair (11)

45-40

Harlequins

Tries: York (6) Stegmann (20, 78) Smith (50) Chisholm (52, 81)
Cons: Clegg (6, 21, 51, 53) Urdapilleta (78)

Exeter

Pens: Dorrian (24)

3-31

Bath

Tries: Biggs (6, 21, 30) Woodburn (59) Ovens (76)
Cons: Barkley (7, 31, 77)

4 February

Leicester

Tries: Waldrom (6) Skivington (48)
Cons: Staunton (8)
Pens: Staunton (11, 15, 21, 40)

24-13

Newcastle

Tries: Gopperth (63)
Cons: Gopperth (64)
Pens: Gopperth (18, 23)

London Irish

Tries: Blaney (7)
Pens: Homer (2, 14, 17, 51, 58, 74)

23-15

Gloucester

Tries: Clark (48, 63)
Cons: Tindall (49)
Pens: Tindall (44)

Northampton

Tries: Long (18) Craig (25) Elliott (38, 69) (53) Cato (64, 79) Waller (77)
Cons: Myler (19, 39, 54, 65, 70, 78, 80)
Pens: Myler (7)

57-10

London Wasps

Tries: Simpson (71)
Cons: Robinson (72)
Pens: Robinson (37)

Sale

Tries: Fourie (10)
Cons: MacLeod (10)
Pens: MacLeod (51, 58, 62, 74)

19-14

Scarlets

Tries: Edwards (31)
Pens: Newton (19, 26) Jones (71)

Worcester

Tries: Abbott (21) Drauniniu (43, 46)
Cons: Goode (21, 44, 47)
Pens: Goode (60)

24-14

Ospreys

Tries: Morgan (6) Dirksen (50)
Cons: Morgan (7, 51)

3 February

Newport Gwent Dragons

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Saracens

Yesterday

London Welsh

Postponed

Doncaster

Bedford

29-17

Plymouth Albion

Esher

24-14

London Scottish

5 February

Nottingham

Postponed

Leeds

4 February

Rotherham Titans

Postponed

Cornish Pirates

3 February

Bristol

Postponed

Moseley

Yesterday

Bedwas	15-25	Pontypridd
Cross Keys	15-19	Neath
Llanelli	40-27	Bridgend
Newport	36-19	Cardiff
Pontypool	Postponed	Aberavon
Tonmawr	19-17	Swansea

4 February

Aberavon	Postponed	Bedwas
Cardiff	Postponed	Neath
Llandovery	Postponed	Swansea
Llanelli	24-7	Pontypool
Pontypridd	Postponed	Carmarthen Quins
Tonmawr	Postponed	Cross Keys

Yesterday

Birmingham & Solihull	Postponed	Barking
Blackheath	Postponed	Blaydon
Cinderford	Postponed	Wharfedale
Coventry	Postponed	Tynedale
Ealing	Postponed	Sedgley Park
Fylde	Postponed	Cambridge
Jersey	44-7	Stourbridge
Rosslyn Park	Postponed	Macclesfield

Yesterday

Bromsgrove	Postponed	Otley
Harrogate	Postponed	Preston G
Hull	Postponed	Caldy
Kendal	Postponed	Loughborough Students
Leicester Lions	Postponed	Huddersfield
Luctonians	35-3	Nuneaton
Sheffield Tigers	Postponed	Stockport
Westoe	Postponed	Hull Ionians

Yesterday

Clifton	37-12	Barnes
Launceston	18-0	Dings Crusaders
Old Albanians	Postponed	Hertford
Redruth	23-36	Richmond
Shelford	Postponed	Lydney
Southend	Postponed	Taunton
Westcombe Park	Postponed	Hartbury College
Worthing	Postponed	Henley

Yesterday

Ammanford	31-38	Narberth
Bonymaen	13-11	Tata Steel
Bridgend Athletic	27-19	Llanharan
Llangennech	10-23	Carmarthen Athletic
UWIC	Postponed	Waunarlwydd
Whitland	19-16	Tondu

Yesterday

Bargoed	Postponed	Treorchy
Beddau	Postponed	Tredegar
Ebbw Vale	Postponed	Newbridge
Glamorgan Wanderers	Postponed	Gilfach Goch
Mountain Ash	Postponed	Blackwood
Rumney	24-14	Merthyr

4 February

Tredegar

Postponed

Ebbw Vale

Yesterday

Dumfries	Postponed	Haddington
GHA	37-5	Kirkcaldy
Lasswade	Postponed	Howe of Fife
Morgan Acad FP	18-7	Dalziel
Perthshire	6-16	Cartha Queens Pk

View results for entire season

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	2	2	0	0	32	21	11	4
2	France	1	1	0	0	30	12	18	2
3	Wales	1	1	0	0	23	21	2	2
4	Ireland	1	0	1	0	21	23	-2	0
5	Scotland	1	0	1	0	6	13	-7	0
6	Italy	2	0	2	0	27	49	-22	0

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Munster	6	6	0	0	163	118	45	25
2	Scarlets	6	3	3	0	119	124	-5	15
3	Northampton	6	2	4	0	176	160	16	12
4	Castres	6	1	5	0	111	167	-56	7

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Edinburgh	6	5	1	0	156	138	18	22
2	Cardiff Blues	6	5	1	0	145	110	35	21
3	London Irish	6	1	5	0	116	139	-23	9
4	Racing Metro	6	1	5	0	160	190	-30	9

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leinster	6	5	0	1	172	88	84	24
2	Glasgow Warriors	6	2	3	1	106	133	-27	12
3	Bath	6	2	4	0	122	151	-29	11
4	Montpellier	6	1	3	2	84	112	-28	10

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Clermont Auvergne	6	4	2	0	215	69	146	20
2	Ulster	6	4	2	0	158	87	71	20
3	Leicester	6	4	2	0	123	117	6	17
4	Aironi	6	0	6	0	51	274	-223	0

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Saracens	6	5	1	0	145	107	38	22
2	Biarritz	6	3	3	0	143	105	38	18
3	Ospreys	6	2	3	1	142	147	-5	13
4	Benetton Treviso	6	1	4	1	122	193	-71	7

Group 6

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Toulouse	6	4	2	0	150	105	45	18
2	Harlequins	6	4	2	0	122	94	28	17
3	Gloucester	6	3	3	0	111	122	-11	15
4	Connacht	6	1	5	0	68	130	-62	6

Group 1

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Stade Francais	6	6	0	0	241	43	198	29
2	Worcester	6	4	2	0	194	95	99	20
3	Romania Bucuresti	6	2	4	0	102	184	-82	10
4	Crociati Rugby	6	0	6	0	36	251	-215	0

Group 2

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Toulon	6	5	1	0	197	73	124	25
2	Newcastle	6	4	2	0	133	82	51	18
3	Lyon	6	3	3	0	143	114	29	14
4	Petrarca Padova	6	0	6	0	50	254	-204	0

Group 3

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	London Wasps	6	5	1	0	189	75	114	24
2	Bayonne	6	5	1	0	197	61	136	22
3	Bordeaux Begles	6	2	4	0	82	132	-50	10
4	Rovigo	6	0	6	0	51	251	-200	1

Group 4

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Exeter	6	5	1	0	202	64	138	23
2	Perpignan	6	4	2	0	153	112	41	18
3	Newport Gwent Dragons	6	3	3	0	139	100	39	15
4	Cavalieri Prato	6	0	6	0	62	280	-218	0

Group 5

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Brive	6	6	0	0	209	79	130	27
2	Sale	6	4	2	0	225	96	129	20
3	Agen	6	2	4	0	168	166	2	10
4	La Vila	6	0	6	0	64	325	-261	0

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Harlequins	14	12	2	0	350	242	108	51
2	Saracens	13	10	2	1	278	208	70	44
3	Northampton	14	8	6	0	334	231	103	37
4	Leicester	14	7	6	1	359	336	23	36
5	Exeter	14	7	7	0	261	263	-2	35
6	Sale	14	7	7	0	300	324	-24	34
7	London Irish	14	6	7	1	329	328	1	34
8	Gloucester	14	6	7	1	302	278	24	33
9	Bath	14	6	8	0	265	276	-11	29
10	Worcester	14	5	8	1	187	235	-48	26
11	London Wasps	13	4	9	0	202	286	-84	21
12	Newcastle	14	2	11	1	231	391	-160	13

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Leinster	14	12	2	0	388	226	162	53
2	Ospreys	14	10	3	1	288	222	66	43
3	Glasgow Warriors	14	8	4	2	270	223	47	39
4	Munster	13	8	5	0	277	214	63	38
5	Ulster	14	8	6	0	298	265	33	36
6	Cardiff Blues	13	7	6	0	291	267	24	35
7	Scarlets	14	7	6	1	237	224	13	34
8	Benetton Treviso	14	6	8	0	277	312	-35	28
9	Edinburgh	14	4	9	1	304	338	-34	23
10	Connacht	14	3	11	0	181	269	-88	18
11	Newport Gwent Dragons	13	3	9	1	197	289	-92	17
12	Aironi	13	3	10	0	183	342	-159	14

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Australia	4	3	1	0	92	79	13	13
2	New Zealand	4	2	2	0	95	64	31	10
3	South Africa	4	1	3	0	54	98	-44	5

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Bristol	19	15	4	0	498	329	169	63
2	Leeds	19	12	6	1	398	428	-30	52
3	London Welsh	19	11	6	2	433	357	76	51
4	Cornish Pirates	18	10	5	3	504	404	100	48
5	Bedford	19	10	7	2	547	419	128	47
6	Rotherham Titans	18	10	7	1	411	356	55	46
7	Nottingham	17	9	7	1	461	351	110	43
8	Doncaster	18	9	7	2	399	380	19	42
9	Plymouth Albion	17	6	11	0	294	395	-101	27
10	London Scottish	19	5	14	0	371	490	-119	27
11	Moseley	18	5	12	1	391	527	-136	24
12	Esher	19	1	17	1	287	558	-271	8

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