Seeing as Americans are clamouring over kicking an oval-shaped ball in pads, I thought I'd cover the Six Nations matches... kicking an oval-shaped ball without pads. Coverage is being shared in the UK by ITV and BBC this year, with local stations covering France (FR2) and Ireland (RTÉ). Not sure about America, but it's probably available on livestreams online if you're interested.

How Rugby match points work
A kick is 3 points (inc. penalty kicks)
A try is 5 points (the equivalent of a touchdown)
A conversion kick is 2 points (a free kick after you score a try, bringing it to 7 if scored)

How Tournament points work
A victory is 2 points
A draw is 1 point
A loss is 0
If more than one team have the same Tournament Points by the end, the victor is announced by the sum of match point difference from each game.

Other Notes
The Triple Crown is a title given to the Nation that beats all other UK/IE countries; only England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales can participate.
The Grand Slam is when one Nation beats all the others.
The Wooden Spoon is the Nation at the bottom of the tournament (usually Italy).
All these awards used to be figurative and not mean anything than bragging rights/humiliation, although recently the Triple Crown has gotten a separate trophy.

Fixtures

FINAL RESULTS: (As of 19th March, 23:31 GMT)

Position	Nation	Wins	Draws	Losses	Point Difference	Tournament Points
1	England	5	0	0	62	10
2	Wales	3	1	1	62	7
3	Ireland	2	1	2	41	5
4	Scotland	2	0	3	7	4
5	France	2	0	3	-27	4
6	Italy	0	0	5	-145	0

_{Unrelated, but why the fuck are these tables totally unintuitive to use?}

England has won the Triple Crown, and by beating all other countries, the Grand Slam, their first in 13 years!

Italy, on the other hand by losing every single game and scoring no points, has "won" the conciliatory prize of the Wooden Spoon.

So, here's to the next one, may it be won by someone else.

Well obviously I want Ireland to win, and they have a good chance of doing so but I think they still have PTSD from that Argentina game a while back.

It'd be nice to see Italy win a game or two as well, considering how shit they have been recently.

I thought it only ended like two weeks ago

I thought it only ended like two weeks ago

Lolno it only started yesterday.

I dread to think what my grandpa will scream out if the frogs beat the irish next week <_<

Just cheer him up with Rob Kearney building a fort out of frenchies from a few years' back.

FUCK!

France beat Ireland, the cheese eating surrender monkeys concussed two players and almost certainly did an illegal move in an attempt to knock out Johnny Sexton.

Will be updated once I check the results of Wales V Scotland later... There's folk in kilts wandering around Cardiff since Friday.

Sexton has a death wish, he always tackles the biggest lads on the field and he wonders why he walks out injured every game, just keep him behind the 10 meter line permantley until we need him for a kick for fucks sake.

Rugby is such an intense sport. Crazy stuff.

I don't watch rugby but

GO WALES
CYMRU AM BYTH

Ah, you've got an easy game ahead, it's only Scotland.

New Zealand isn't playing, this is unimportant

Where are my strong black African Americans?

New Zealand isn't playing, this is unimportant

You have the RWC let us northeners have the Six Nations in peace.

inb4 le haka scary dance meme xDD

How's Wales doing

New Zealand isn't playing, this is unimportant

I came here to post this^

FUCK!

France beat Ireland, the cheese eating surrender monkeys concussed two players and almost certainly did an illegal move in an attempt to knock out Johnny Sexton.

Will be updated once I check the results of Wales V Scotland later... There's folk in kilts wandering around Cardiff since Friday.

What the fuck do you have against cheese

Sports are not my thing and they tend to bore me easily, but I just wanted to pop in and say I admire your formatting of this thread. You put a lot of effort into it, so I found you a gif. This one made me giggle.

England 21-10 Ireland

:^)