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If we could distill the feeling when the music cuts out in Flower of Scotland, and the fans take over, we’d be millionaires.

Hook that right into my vein and call me in a week!

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The Opta supercomputer has crunched the numbers and chucked out a predicted result.

Drumroll please….

Hi Daniel.

I am REALLY looking forward to this match. I’ve been “with” Italy ever since they made it a 6 Nations but obviously reasons to be cheerful have been thin on the ground. Until now. Sergio Parisse was world class and was surely only a question of time before other high class Italians emerged.