The Rugby Paper Podcast

The Rugby Paper Podcast returns this Thursday with another bumper episode to get you ready for the second round of Six Nations fixtures.

Host Oliver Little and The Rugby Paper columnists Nick Cain and Brendan Gallagher will be joined by Italian international and Harlequins back Tommaso Allan to discuss all things Italy ahead of England's visit to Rome on Sunday.

Before each week of Six Nations action, our podcast panel will predict what they think the score lines will be in the weekends fixtures.

As Nigel Owens famously said: ‘This is not soccer', so we understand this is incredibly difficult to do in rugby.

The Rugby Paper has devised a points based scoring system for our Six Nations predictions. They are:

5 points for correct match winner

1 point for within 7 points of a score – with 2 points up for grabs as there are two teams in rugby

3 points for correct score for one team

10 points for exact final scoreline

	Ireland v Wales	Scotland v England	France v Italy
Final Score	29 – 7	20 – 17	37 – 10
Jeremy Guscott prediction	37-21	14-21	58-14
Jeremy Guscott points	5	2	6
Nick Cain prediction	26 – 15	17 – 18	58 – 10
Nick Cain points	6	2	8
Brendan Gallagher prediction	34 – 20	28 – 22	45 – 19
Brendan Gallagher points	6	6	5
Oliver Little prediction	29 – 16	12 – 17	43 – 6
Oliver Little points	8	3	7

After a tight first week of predictions, host Oliver Little leads the way with 18 points. Each week, the podcast will have a new guest. So, their prediction will be cumulatively added along with the other regulars.

Oliver Little – 18
Brendan Gallagher – 17
Nick Cain – 15
Guest: Jeremy Guscott – 13

This week, Tomasso Allen, as well as Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and host Oliver Little outline their predictions for the second round of Six Nations fixtures.

	Wales v Scotland	France v Ireland	Italy v England
Guest: Tomasso Allan	15 – 24	22 – 24	10 – 35
Nick Cain	18 – 25	26 – 23	12 – 30
Brendan Gallagher	19 – 20	25 – 35	18 – 35
Oliver Little	24 – 29	23 – 25	12 – 39