Proud Scots are no pushover

IT WASN’T just the tournament favourites Ireland who got a wake-up call on the first weekend of the RBS Six Nations Championship.

Tue, 08 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

Charlie Mulqueen

Scotland in Paris and Wales in Cardiff performed well enough to confirm Eddie O'Sullivan's view that "this is the most open Six Nations for a long time."

Crucial refereeing decisions at the Stade de France and in the Stadio Flaminio went against the underdogs, but isn't that invariably the case?

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Courts Rugby Place: Paris Place: Wales Place: Cardiff Place: Stade de France Place: Stadio Flaminio Place: Rome Place: Murrayfield Place: Scotland Person: Scots Person: Eddie O'Sullivan Person: Azzurri Person: Matt Williams Person: Williams Person: O'Sullivan Person: Brian O'Driscoll Person: Gordon D'Arcy Person: Kevin Maggs Person: D'Arcy Person: O'Driscoll Person: Geordan Murphy Person: Shane Horgan Person: Murphy Person: Horgan Person: Tommy Bowe Person: Shaun Payne Person: Denis Leamy Person: Johnny O'Connor Person: Leamy Person: Mauro Bergamasco Person: O'Connor Person: Alan Quinlan Person: David Wallace Person: John Hayes Person: Shane Byrne Person: Corrigan Person: Marcus Horan Person: Frankie Sheahan Person: Paul O'Connell Person: Malcolm O'Kelly Person: Donnacha O'Callaghan Person: Clive Woodward Event: RBS Six Nations Championship Event: Christmas Event: Heineken Cup Organisation: Ireland Organisation: Edinburgh Organisation: Munster Organisation: Leinster Organisation: Bath Organisation: Lions

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