Cardiff, Wales, UK (GenevaLunch) – Leicester beat the Cardiff Blues in rugby’s first penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup.
Cardiff, Wales, UK (GenevaLunch) – Ireland won their first Grand Slam since 1948 when they beat Wales 15-17 in a tight match at the Millenium Stadium. The Welsh side led 6-0 at half-time, with two penalties despite Irish domination, but a try by Brian O’Driscoll after Paul O’Connell had won the ball at a line-out put the Irish ahead.
(GenevaLunch) – The England team at last managed two significant achievements: they scored five tries and did not receive any yellow cards.
(GenevaLunch) - France ended Wales’s Grand Slam hopes on Friday evening: the first time a Six Nations match had been held on a Friday.
(GenevaLunch) - Irish speed and flair in the final 20 minutes eventually led to a 9-38 victory in Rome. For the first 60 minutes, however, it was an ugly and bitterly fought affair that resulted in three yellow cards. Andrea Masi might well have been red-carded in the first minute for a dangerous neck high tackle.
(GenevaLunch) – Wales had a comfortable 13-26 win over Scotland in their opening match of the Six Nations tournament on Sunday.
London, England (GenevaLunch) – Last week Harlequins went to Paris and scored a shock win over Stade Francais and their 78,000 supporters.This weekend it was time for revenge.
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) - 76,000 fans packed the Stade de France in expectation of another triumph by the French team.
(GenevaLunch) – England slipped to another defeat with a mixture of poor discipline and a lack of ideas in attack.
(GenevaLunch) – England were handed what manager Martin Johnson described as “a brutal lesson” by the South African Springboks.
(GenevaLunch) – England were handed a lesson in discipline by Australia as they conceded penalties and were short on ideas despite controlling possession for much of the match.
(GenevaLunch) – Wales failed to make the most of a rare chance to beat the Springboks. South Africa have lost only once, in 1999.
Brisbane, Australia (GenevaLunch) – The New Zealand All-Blacks took the 2008 Tri-Nations championship after beating Australia 24-28 in Brisbane. It was their fourth successive victory in the tournament. Australia looked like they might win the game after leading 17-7 at half time but the Kiwis hit back with a 17-point surge. Details, ABC Australia
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GenevaLunch, by Nicholas Bates – Wasps beat Northhampton 13-30 in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup. They will meet Leicester in the final. BBC
