Recuperating Vickery to miss start of Six Nations

Wasps prop Phil Vickery will miss the start of the Six Nations contempt undergoing successful neck surgery. Vickery requires a minimum three months of reclamation from the injury sustained against Racing Metro last month.
With England opening their Six Nations against Wales on 6 February, Vickery has little hope of forcing his way back into the team until later in the tournament. But the Wasps director of rugby, Tony Hanks, is backing the 33 year old to make a complete recovery from his latest injury setback.

UB40 of king hits Provo

Founding member of legendary British and the former lead singer band UB40 hit the stage at the swish resort after midnight on Thursday evening.

But the late start did not stop hundreds of excited residents and holiday makers from bobbing and swaying to the intoxicating reggae beats.

Ali Campbell, who turned 50 this year, sold more than 70 million records worldwide with UB40.
He has four number one hits under his belt including ‘Red, Red Wine,’ ‘Baby Come Back,’ ‘I’ve Got You Babe,’ and ‘I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You.’

After three decades of success with the popular eight-piece Brummie band, Ali split from them in January 2008.

He added the break-up down to reoccurring problems with management and said he wanted to focus on his solo career.

In 2007 he launched a solo album called Running Free which entered the UK charts at number nine and earlier this year he released his second album Flying High.

Paul Sackey will miss the games of starting season

The 29-year-old has been tangential since problem his leg 10 minutes into his return to action verses Bristol in April, having hurt his calf during the RBS Six Nations.
And even though the revival process has gone well, Paul accepts he won't come back into action.
"My leg was broken in two places last season but it is healing well. I haven't started running yet and it may be that I miss one or two games at the start of the season. But that's better than rushing back too quickly and maybe suffering another injury as a result.
"As soon as the leg is strong and ready to go out there, that's when my date is. When I come back I want to be 100 per cent and hopefully fitter, stronger and faster than ever."
Wasps begin their Guinness Premiership campaign on September 5 verses Harlequins at Twickenham.

Ireland have named a 36-man Training squad

Ireland Training squad consists of players that were involved in the summer tours to North America and the Churchill Cup during May and June as well as several senior players who were not included for the summer tours.

Ireland have named a 36-man squad for the first of three summer training camps, which gets underway in Belfast next week.

The camp begins on July 26 in Northern Ireland, lasting for three days, with the other two sessions taking place in August and September.

There have been no players who toured South Africa with the British & Irish Lions over the earlier part of the summer named in the squad, whilst players recovering from injuries have also been overlooked.

RBS Six Nations 2010

The 2010 Six Nations Championship are also called the 2010 RBS 6 Nations because of tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS 2010 Six Nations will be the 11th series of the Six Nations Championship. The annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship is challenged by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The championship will start on the weekend of 6 February 2010, with the final games scheduled for 20 March 2010. The present holders of the Six Nations Championship are Ireland, who triumph the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in 2009.

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Ireland Beat Wales in 2009 RBS Six Nations Cup

2008 Championship winner Wales in this years fourth placer for the recently concluded RBS 6 Nations Rugby Championship on March 21 after they have been beaten by first time winner Ireland.

Ireland hit last year's winner in a very theatrical score, 15-17. It's a 61 years wait for Ireland to win the grand slam and their first RBS 6 Nations title.

in the meantime, France beaten Italy in 50-8 score and winning their third successive Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy. England defeated Scotland in 26 - 12 score and won the 121st Calcutta Cup.

sideways from winning the Grand Slum and Six Nations champ title, Ireland also got the Millennium Trophy on Week 3 and the Centenary Quaich on Week 4.

2009 is a good start for Ireland and hopefully they will be successful in the upcoming years.

Six Nations - Summary

Teams England • France • Ireland • Italy • Scotland • Wales

Stadia Twickenham • Stade de France • Croke Park • Stadio Flaminio • Murrayfield • Millennium Stadium

Home Nations Championship 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899 • 1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909

Five Nations Championship 1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • Not held due to World War I • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931

Home Nations Championship 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • Not held due to World War II

Five Nations Championship 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

Six Nations Championship 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010

Records

Six Nations 2009 Result

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	Ireland	5	5	0	0	121	73	+48	12	10
2	England	5	3	0	2	124	70	+54	16	6
3	France	5	3	0	2	124	101	+23	14	6
4	Wales	5	3	0	2	100	81	+19	8	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	79	102	−23	4	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	49	170	−121	2	0

Six Nations 2009

The 2009 Six Nations Championship are also called 2009 RBS 6 Nations because of tournament's sponsorship by the RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland), was the tenth Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the six major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament had been taken place between 7 February and 21 March 2009.
Although the six nations 2009 was the tenth in its present format, comprising the competition's time as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship, it was the 115th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.
The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Ireland won the Grand Slam and Triple Crown, their first Grand Slam since 1948 and Triple Crown since 2007. It was Ireland's second Grand Slam in total.
England finished as runners-up, and they also won the Calcutta Cup. The 2009 tournament featured the first Friday night game in its history, played between France and Wales in Paris.

Six Nations Statistics 2000 - 2009

-	England	Wales	Scotland	Ireland	France	Italy	Total
2000	183(20)	111(8)	95(9)	168(17)	140(12)	106(9)	803 (75)
2001	229(28)	125(10)	116(8)	129(11)	115(9)	106(8)	820 (74)
2002	184(23)	119(11)	91(6)	145(16)	156(15)	70(4)	765 (75)
2003	173(18)	82(10)	81(7)	119(10)	153(17)	100(12)	708 (74)
2004	150(17)	125(14)	53(4)	128(17)	144(14)	42(2)	642 (68)
2005	121(16)	153(17)	84(8)	126(12)	134(13)	55(5)	673 (71)
2006	120(12)	80(9)	78(5)	131(12)	148(18)	72(5)	629 (61)
2007	119(10)	86(7)	95(7)	149(17)	155(15)	94(9)	698 (65)
2008	75(5)	148(13)	69(3)	83(8)	91(11)	51(4)	517(44)
2009	124(16)	100(8)	79(4)	121(12)	124(14)	49(2)	597(56)
TOTAL	1478(165)	1129(107)	841(61)	1299(132)	1360(138)	745(60)	6852 (663)

Highest wait without a championship win

Team	Tournaments	Years	Season
France	24	44	1910-1953
Ireland	23	23	1986-2009
Scotland	18	25	1939-1963
England	15	17	1893-1909
Wales	10	10	1995-2004
Italy	9+	9+	2000-present

Six Nations 2000–present

2000 England
2001 England
2002 France (Grand Slam)
2003 England (Grand Slam)
2004 France (Grand Slam)
2005 Wales (Grand Slam)
2006 France
2007 France
2008Wales (Grand Slam)
2009 Ireland (Grand Slam)

Six Nations - Winning Chart

	England	France	Ireland	Italy	Scotland	Wales
Tournaments	107	77	107	9	107	107
Outright Wins (Shared Wins)	25 (10)	16 (8)	11 (8)	0 (0)	14 (8)	24 (11)
Grand Slams	12	8	2	0	3	10
Triple Crowns	23	N/A	10	N/A	10	19

About Six Nations

The Six Nations Championship are also called RBS 6 Nations due to sponsorship reasons, known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

The Six Nations Championship, with its predecessors the Five Nations and the Home Nations Championship, is the first international rugby union tournament in the Northern Hemisphere. The champions of the Six Nations are seen as being the European Champions. The event is presently sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Ireland are the present Grand Slam title holders, for the 1st time since 1948, having compete the competition in 2009 by competing all other teams, and getting the Triple Crown by beating England, Scotland and Wales.