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Six Nations Championship 2016i

The Six Nations Championship 2016 will be the 17th running of Europe's premier international rugby competition and involves England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The tournament's five rounds run from 6 February to 19 March 2016 and the two-time defending champions are Ireland.

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An international recall for winger Chris Ashton was considered remote after he was banned for 13 weeks for biting by the English Rugby Football Union.

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The Rugby Football Union and Premiership Rugby Limited have agreed on an eight-year partnership to strengthen the England team and domestic rugby in the country, the organisations said on Monday.

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England’s head coach Eddie Jones has warned several of his Grand Slam winners they could be dropped for the tour to Australia because he is unhappy with their complacent attitudes.

England’s Joe Marler was given a two-game ban and fined £20,000 (HK$220,000) by a World Rugby misconduct hearing on Tuesday for calling Wales prop Samson Lee a “gypsy boy”, the global governing body said.

Ireland ended their Six Nations campaign on a winning note against Scotland, but skipper Rory Best admitted they will view this year’s tournament in a negative light.

Danny Care and Mako Vunipola will start for England on Saturday after coach Eddie Jones announced two changes to his side to play France in Paris where a win would secure a Six Nations grand slam in his first season.

England coach Eddie Jones said his side needed to demonstrate greater tactical awareness if they were to mark the Australian’s first season in charge with a Six Nations grand slam.

England coach Eddie Jones jokingly said he didn’t even know what a grand slam was after his side moved closer to a Six Nations clean sweep with a 21-10 win over Ireland at Twickenham.

George North’s comical try and a robust defensive display steered Wales to a 19-10 win over France in the Six Nations on Friday in a low-quality match that has been the theme of the competition so far.

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Saracens lock Maro Itoje will make his first England start after being named in coach Eddie Jones’ run-on side to face Ireland in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday.

While Eddie Jones has a “pretty good idea” of his squad for a crucial Six Nations clash against Ireland in a fortnight, there is a pretty good chance Jonathan Joseph will be in his starting XV.

A hat-trick of tries by centre Jonathan Joseph and a storming second-half performance swept a previously stuttering England to a 40-9 victory over Italy on Sunday that took them top of the Six Nations standings after back-to-back away wins.

France burst into life when Maxime Medard’s second-half try inspired them to their first victory over Ireland in five years with a 10-9 win in the Six Nations on Saturday.

Former Ireland captain Paul O’Connell has retired from all rugby on medical grounds with immediate effect, the lock announced on Tuesday.

England coach Eddie Jones hailed Billy Vunipola as potentially the best number eight in the world after the Saracens back-rower played a major role in the 15-9 win over Scotland.

All Blacks great Dan Carter gave Eddie Jones the thumbs-up for his revamp of England on Friday, as the new coach prepared for his first game in charge in the Six Nations.

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Eddie Jones will be looking to achieve what only one of England’s previous four head coaches managed to accomplish – an away victory over Scotland – when he starts his revival mission with his new team in their Six Nations opener at Murrayfield on Saturday.

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The Americas Rugby Championship, a second-tier competition for the six best northern and southern American rugby union national teams, kicks off Saturday with regional power Argentina taking on the United States in Houston.

The latest edition of the Six Nations Championship, Europe’s elite international competition, begins February 6 amid much soul-searching in northern hemisphere rugby union.

England on Monday named Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley, the “bad boy” of English rugby, captain for the Six Nations Championship despite him missing more than a year of his career for disciplinary bans.

Controversial Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley is the frontrunner to succeed Chris Robshaw as England’s Six Nations captain with an announcement due on Monday, British media reported Friday.

Eddie Jones once said his idea of retirement was watching cricket in the Caribbean so it was no surprise when the Australian used the summer sport as a reference point when explaining why his first England side might be shorn of debutants come next month’s Six Nations opener away to Scotland.

Ian Peel has joined Eddie Jones’ backroom staff and will serve as scrum coach for England’s Six Nations campaign, the Rugby Football Union said Tuesday.

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France's most-capped player Thierry Dusautoir retired from international rugby on Friday after a career which saw him play 80 times and skipper his country on 56 occasions.

Eddie Jones has insisted there will be no conflict of loyalties when he coaches England against his native Australia for the first time next year.