{"id":16702,"date":"2017-02-03T18:01:37","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T18:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=16702"},"modified":"2017-02-03T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T18:01:37","slug":"six-nations-round-one-can-beat-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/03\/six-nations-round-one-can-beat-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations round one &#8212; Can you beat our experts?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Cardiffian&#8217;s very own <em>Philip Marsh<\/em>, <em>John Arkless<\/em> and <em>Elgan Alderman<\/em> have once again put their reputations on the line for the return of Beat the Expert.<\/strong><br \/>\nThey have\u00a0forecast the scores in the opening matches of the Six Nations. But could you do better?<br \/>\nScotland vs Ireland, England vs France and Italy vs Wales are the first weekend&#8217;s round of games, a repeat of 2015&#8217;s Super Saturday.<br \/>\nThe scoring for Beat the Expert is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Predicting the exact correct scoreline scores 100 points<\/li>\n<li>Predicting the winner and the exact margin of victory scores 50 points<\/li>\n<li>Predicting the winner and the margin of victory within five scores 30 points<\/li>\n<li>Predicting the winner but failing to predict the margin scores 10 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/305950424&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/305950424&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Scotland vs Ireland<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>J<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; This is the toughest won to call out of all the games this weekend.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Ireland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win <\/span><b>24-19<\/b><br \/>\n<b>E<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I would not listen to my prediction on this one because I once incorrectly predicted what day Christmas would fall on.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Ireland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win<\/span><b> 33-22<\/b><br \/>\n<b>P<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I am going to stick with the other two on this on, but I feel it may be slightly closer.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Ireland<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win <\/span><b>31-27<\/b><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>England vs France<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>J<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I\u2019m going to go for England. France have the potential to score tries but England have the better attack.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>England<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win <\/span><b>33-21<\/b><br \/>\n<b>E<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I would like to see 55-35 again but Vincent Debaty is not playing so we won\u2019t be able to see one of the greatest prop tries of all time.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>England<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win<\/span><b> 40-25<\/b><br \/>\n<b>P<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I think it may be a bit tighter so I will say there will be a few less points.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>England<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win <\/span><b>20-14<\/b><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Italy vs Wales<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<b>J<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; As much as I think the appointment of Conor O\u2019Shea is a savvy one, they do just look a little bit short.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Wales<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to win <\/span><b>35-9<\/b><br \/>\n<b>E<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; I am hopeful Wales will see off this Italy side. 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