6 Nations Rugby.

It's that time of year again, the 6 Nations Tournament is here and we couldn't be more excited. For any of you out there that aren't too sure what the 6 Nations are then here's your quick down low...

There is men's tournament and a women's tournament as well as an under 21's. (Keep checking the blog for our posts on the players in the women's tournament.)

The 6 Nations is a Rugby Tournament, the format of which is simple each team plays every other team once (they alternate home games every other year!)

The 6 Teams included in the Tournament are: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:
2 points for a win
1 point for a draw
0 points for a loss
Unlike other tournaments there is NO BONUS point in the 6 Nations,

If a team wins each game this is called a GRAND SLAM (England holds the record for the no. of Grand Slams won.)

The TRIPLE CROWN is played for by the "Home Nations". It's where one team takes victor over the other three.

There are other trophies that are played for between individual teams, and at the end of the tournament the team in last place gets the figurative WOODEN SPOON.

Wales won last year with a GRAND SLAM (their THIRD in the space of 8 years.)

In the game of rugby:
A try is awarded 5 points
A conversion (kicked after a try) is awarded 2 points
and a penalty is awarded 3 points

But who will win this year? Here at SGW we have done a little predicting.... and for the first time EVER we are letting a boy be on the Blog, we are predicting against J's brother to see who gets it right!!!

SGW Predict....

1. Wales to beat Ireland in the dying minutes.  (27 - 25)
2. England to beat Scotland (27- 20)
3 France to beat Italy ( 28-10)

J's Brother Predicts....
1. Wales to beat Ireland (25-20)
2. England to beat Scotland in the dying minutes (19-17)
3. France to Beat Italy (22-10)

We hope you enjoy the 6 Nations as much as we do... keep checking back for more on the women's rugby and check out our twitter for tweets about the games and our Man of the Match predictions (and no we aren't just going to pick the hottest one HONEST!!!)

Love
SGW
xx