Six Nations - Friday night fixture retained for 2010

Eurosport - Thu, 02 Apr 13:27:00 2009

Wales will play France on a Friday night at the Millennium Stadium in next year's Six Nations championship.

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Tournament organisers have decided to repeat their Friday night experiment after deeming this year's groundbreaking fixture a major success.

France's thrilling 21-16 victory over Wales in Paris drew the largest television audience of the championship in the host country and the second highest average audience of all 15 games in the tournament.

Next season's Friday night game is scheduled for round three of the competition on February 26.

The following day, Italy will host Scotland and Ireland play England in back-to-back fixtures.

Grand Slam champions Ireland open the 2010 Six Nations and the defence of their title against Italy in Dublin on February 6.

The tournament will climax in another 'Super Saturday', with Wales hosting Italy, Ireland against Scotland and England travelling to France for an evening kick-off.

RBS 6 Nations Championship 2010 fixture schedule (all times GMT):

Round One:

Saturday 6th February

14:30 - Ireland v Italy

17:00 - England v Wales

Sunday 7th February

15:00 - Scotland v France

Round Two:

Saturday 13th February

14:00 - Wales v Scotland

16:30 (17:30 local) - France v Ireland

Sunday 14th February

14.30 (15:30 local) - Italy v England

Round Three:

Friday 26th February

20:00 - Wales v France

Saturday 27th February

13:30 (14:30 local) - Italy v Scotland

16:00 - England v Ireland

Round Four:

Saturday 13th March

14:30 - Ireland v Wales

17:00 - Scotland v England

Sunday 14th March

14:30 (15.30 local) - France v Italy

Round Five:

Saturday 20th March

14:30 - Wales v Italy

17:00 - Ireland v Scotland

19:45 (20:45 local) - France v England

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  1. With the younger players now having got a Six Nations­ under their belt i think that the England squad could­ be serious challengers for the 2010 Six Nations.­ Ireland watch out!!!!

    From joe.wyllie, on Thu 2 Apr 7:57PM

  2. The fixtures look quite good for Ireland to do a back­ to back 'slam': the only tricky one will be­ England at Twickenham........c'mon the boys in­ green !! Roll on 2010 !!

    From woody, on Thu 2 Apr 7:20PM

  3. France have a good line up next year. All the right­ games at the right time. Hopefully the Welsh side will­ click next year. So much frustration this season. Mike­ Phillips need to learn 1 thing off Dwayne Peel.... Get­ the ball out quicker!!!

    From DAVID, on Thu 2 Apr 3:28PM
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