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Lievremont cries over biased refereeing.

via Lievremont cries foul over biased refereeing – Rugby, Sport – Independent.ie.

France squad:

Forwards: T Domingo (Clermont Auvergne), S Marconnet (Stade Francais), N Mas (Perpignan), J-B Poux (Toulouse), W Servat (Toulouse), D Szarzewski (Stade Francais), L Nallet (Racing-Metro), P Pape (Stade Francais), J Pierre (Clermont Auvergne), J Bonnaire (Clermont Auvergne), T Dusautoir (Toulouse), I Harinordoquy (Biarritz), F Ouedraogo (Montpellier).

Backs: C Poitrenaud (Toulouse), V Clerc (Toulouse), J Malzieu (Clermont Auvergne), A Palisson (Brive); M Bastareaud (Stade Francais), Y Jauzion (Toulouse), D Marty (Perpignan); F Michalak (Toulouse), F Trinh-Duc (Montpellier), M Parra (Clermont Auvergne).

via BBC Sport – Rugby Union – Injured France trio to miss Ireland Six Nations clash.

IRELAND Team & Replacements (v France, RBS 6 Nations Championship, Stade de France, February 13, kick-off 16:30 gmt):

15 – Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster)
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys)
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster)
10 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
9 – Tomas O’Leary (Dolphin/Munster)
1 – Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster)
2 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
3 – John Hayes (Bruff/Munster)
4 – Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – A.N.Other
7 – David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster)

Replacements:
Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), Tom Court (Malone/Ulster), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster), Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Paddy Wallace (Ballymena/Ulster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)

via Ireland Team to play France.

Here are the selections for the weekend – I’ll add any injury updates here too.

England – Available

France – Available

Ireland – Available – Cullen in for O’Callaghan

Italy – Squad Announced

Scotland – Available

Wales – Available – Gethin Jenkins is out

Sat Feb 6 Ireland vs Italy 9:30 am
Sat Feb 6 England vs Wales 12 pm
Sun Feb 7 Scotland vs France 10 am

Sat Feb 13 Wales vs Scotland 9 am
Sat Feb 13 France vs Ireland 11:30 am
Sun Feb 14 Italy vs England 9:30 am

Fri Feb 26 Wales vs France 3 pm
Sat Feb 27 Italy vs Scotland 8:30 am
Sat Feb 27 England vs Ireland 11 am

Sat Mar 13 Ireland vs Wales 9:30 am
Sat Mar 13 Scotland vs England 12 pm
Sun Mar 14 France vs Italy 10:30 am

Sat Mar 20 Wales vs Italy 10:30 am
Sat Mar 20 Ireland vs Scotland 1 pm
Sat Mar 20 France vs England 3:45 pm

All times Eastern Standard Time

Despite Setanta’s problems viewers in the US will still be able to see the 6N in bars as usual but now the provider is Premium Sports which has been spun out of Setanta.

Clarification – Premium Sports will only handle the matches shown in bars that normally costs $20 admission.

You can find all the details on premiumsportsinc.com/