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The 2008 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2008 RBS 6 Nations because of sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the ninth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, the 114th series of the international championship.
Initial squad announced on 22 January 2008, accessed from BBC. Changes since then are: Before the competition began, Florian Fritz was injured in training on 30 January 2008 and will miss the whole of the Six Nations. David Marty was called up to replace him. Prop Nicolas Mas was also called up to the squad to replace Jean-Baptiste Poux. [5]
2008 Six Nations Championship — Winner: Wales [4] 2007-2008 European Nations Cup First Division — Winner: Georgia; 2007-2008 European Nations Cup Division 2A — Winner: Germany; 2007-2008 European Nations Cup Division 2B — Winner: Poland; 2007-2008 European Nations Cup Division 3A — Winner: Sweden
Scotland opened their 2008 Six Nations campaign losing 27–6 to France at home. [64] Pressure on Frank Hadden started to intensify after Scotland lost to Wales [ 65 ] and then to Ireland. [ 66 ] They then defeated England in the Calcutta Cup with a 15–9 victory [ 67 ] before succumbing to Italy, avoiding the wooden spoon only on scoring ...
All six countries that competed feature in our pick of the best players across the championship Six Nations team of the tournament: Ireland dominate after securing back-to-back crowns Skip to main ...
His performances in the Six Nations led to him being named the player of the tournament. On 23 November 2008, Williams became the first Welshman to be named IRB Player of the Year, beating fellow Welshman Ryan Jones, New Zealand's Dan Carter, Scotland captain Mike Blair, and Italy captain Sergio Parisse. [17]
2008 Six Nations Championship: 92 15 March 2009 Twickenham Stadium, London 34–10 England: 2009 Six Nations Championship: 93 20 March 2010 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 12–10 France: 2010 Six Nations Championship: 94 26 February 2011 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–9 England: 2011 Six Nations Championship: 95 8 October 2011
Netflix has partnered with the International Olympic Committee for The Redeem Team—a new documentary looking at the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball team’s iconic victory of 2008, which will be ...