Regarding France, they played for the second or the third position of this cup.
See below all the results of this turn :
Sunday, 15 March 2009 :
ENGLAND 26 - 12 SCOTLAND
WALES 15 - 17 IRELAND
FRANCE 50 - 8 ITALY
ENGLAND 26 - 12 SCOTLAND
WALES 15 - 17 IRELAND
FRANCE 50 - 8 ITALY
copyright : Equipe.frFrance easily won the match against Italy with 7 touchdowns for France (of which 2 in 6 minutes). They were kicked by Chabal, Trinh-Duc, Medard, Heymans, Domingo and Malzieu. For Italy, Parisse takes a touchdown.
Even with this victory, this cup was a complete failure for France and they finished to the 3rd place.
copyright : irishrugby.ieRegarding the other matches, England won against Scotland and finished this cup to the second place. Ireland playeda close match until the last minute against Wales. Suddenly, the Irish finished the cup ahead by 10 points and won the second Grand Slam in their history.
Ireland had not won this cup since 1985, and their last grand slam had been won in 1948. It was also the first team which won the Grand Slam after the second World War (more precisely after France rejoigned this cup).
You can listened to an interview from two players of Ireland after the grand slam victory:
Interview of Tommy Browe
Interview of Rob Kearney
You can see below the ranking after this 5th turn :
| Team | Pts | D. | V. | N. | D. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 IRELAND | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 ENGLAND | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 3 FRANCE | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 4 WALES | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 5 SCOTLAND | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 6 ITALY | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
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