Six Nations 2008 Home and Away
Rugby Union Championships Kick Off on February 2, Run Till March 15
Rugby's 2008 Six Nations Championship kicks off on February 2nd, and the annual games between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Scotland and France run until March 15.
That was bad timing on my part. The 2008 Six Nations starts on February 2nd with the Ireland-Italy and England-Wales matches, at Croke Park and Twickenham respectively. And will I be staking my usual place on the sofa, glued to the box for the afternoon? Er, no. Three days earlier we fly off to our place in Arizona, where it is safe to say rugby doesn't get a look-in. I know, because I've tried. The USA may have had a team competing at the Rugby World Cup but can you track down any rugby coverage on any of the 4000 TV channels the average household can tune into? Not a chance.
Not that it would help if we could. Less than two weeks after arriving we leave again to spend a month on the road in Florida, researching a guidebook. So on February 23rd, when there are three matches one after the other, we will be – according to my wife's military-style itinerary - in Disneyland. There's a Mickey Mouse joke in there somewhere, given the way one team played in the World Cup, but my Irish friend would never forgive me.
