Six Nations Rugby GIFs

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France's Yoann Huget scores a try in the first minute of play versus England.

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By request: Scotland outside center Matt Scott breaks through the French line and makes a quick pass to winger Tim Visser, who takes it in for a try in the 76th minute against France on 16 March 2013.

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Frederic Michalak chases down a kick from France's replacement scrum half Maxime Machanaud, then decides to tackle Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg rather than the ball carrier. After hitting Hogg off the ball, Michalak punches him repeatedly while the two lock horns before their teammates drag them apart. Michalak was not shown a card as the incident occurred behind the back of referee Nigel Owens. Nor was he cited by the Six Nations independent commissioner, according to scotsman.com. Michalak went on to kick three penalties for points in the ten minutes following the fight.

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Scotland lock Jim Hamilton receives a lineout during the match against France. 16 March 2013.

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By request: A kick from Ireland's Conor Murray was caught in contact by Italy scrum half Edoardo Gori. The ruling on the field was that the Irish players were going for the ball when they made contact; scrum to Italy. Gori was checked out by the medics and returned to play.

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An Italian player gets twisted in a maul early in the match against Ireland. 

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Italy capitalizes on a botched throw by Ireland as hooker Leonardo Ghiraldini makes a powerful run for a gain of around fifteen yards. 16 March 2013.

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Thanks for the messages! Feel free to leave requests in my inbox or as replies to this post. I'll start making GIFs tomorrow once I get access to the video files for this week's games.

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Italy's fly half Luciano Orquera chips the ball out wide to winger Luke MacLean for the only try of the match against England. 10 March 2013.

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Sometimes when the BBC isn't sure what their slow motion cameras should be filming they settle for player reactions. Here are four from England's match against Italy, 10 March 2013.

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Edoardo Gori, scrum half for Italy, has his kick charged down by Toby Flood, then earns himself a trip to the sin bin for obstruction. 10 March 2013.

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England fly half Toby Flood nearly scores a try against Italy, but the ball is held up by the defence. 10 March 2013.

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By request: Scotland fly half Duncan Weir made his first start for the team on 9 March 2013 against Wales. Here he chips the ball past the Welsh line and gives it another boot before tackling Dan Biggar on his own try line.

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Two of Greig Laidlaw's six penalties barely made it over the crossbar against Wales on 9 March 2013. The match set a record for penalty kicks at goal with 18, of which 13 were converted.

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A collapsed scrum leads to a penalty for Scotland and a surprise for scrum half Greig Laidlaw. 9 March 2013.