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Matt Dawson joins Five Live rugby commentary team
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Rugby World Cup winner Matt Dawson is joining 91Èȱ¬ Radio Five Live's award-winning rugby commentary team, starting with the Six Nations on 3 February.
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He joins as England summariser and will be a regular fixture across the summer
tour to South Africa and the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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Matt was part of the England squad that took the country to victory in the 2003
World Cup and is England's most capped scrum half.
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He also captained the side
nine times including the winning England Six Nations team in 2000.
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Matt is
a familiar face on television with credits including A Question of Sport,
Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Masterchef.
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Award-winning voice Ian Robertson continues to head up the commentary team with
seasoned partners Alastair Hignell, Martin Bayfield, Iain Carter, Alastair
Eykyn and Jonny Saunders.
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Former Wales captain Rob Jones will summarise for the
Welsh matches, Gavin Hastings and Bryan Redpath will provide analysis on the
Scottish team and former Irish fullback Hugo MacNeill will use his expertise to
discuss Ireland.
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Matt Dawson said: "I'm delighted to be joining such a distinguished commentary
team and having the opportunity to continue to participate in such great rugby
tournaments.
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"I've thoroughly enjoyed my rugby playing career but am now very
excited about broadening my experience into other areas including the media."
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Radio Five Live Controller Bob Shennan said: "It is great that Matt is joining
the team.
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"His experience of top-level rugby is second to none and he's a great
personality who is not afraid to say what he thinks about the game, which will
provide valuable insight for our listeners."
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Five Live and Five Live Sports Extra will cover all matches in the
Six Nations tournament as follows:
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Saturday 3 February
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Italy v France, Stadio di Flaminio, 1.30pm, Five Live reports
only
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England v Scotland, Twickenham, 4pm, Five Live
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Sunday 4 February
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Wales v Ireland, Millennium Stadium, 3pm, Five Live
Sports Extra
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Saturday 10 February
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England v Italy, Twickenham, 1.30pm, Five Live
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Scotland v Wales, Murrayfield, 3.30pm, Five Live Sports Extra
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Sunday 11 February
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Ireland v France, Croke Park, 3pm, Five Live
Sports Extra
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Saturday 24 February
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Scotland v Italy, Murrayfield, 3pm, Five Live
Sports Extra
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Ireland v England, Croke Park, 5.30pm, Five Live
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France v Wales, Stade de France, 8pm, Five Live
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Saturday 10 March
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Scotland v Ireland, Murrayfield, 1.30pm, Five Live
Sports Extra
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Italy v Wales, Stadio di Flaminio, 3.30pm, Five Live Sports Extra
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Sunday 11 March
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England v France, Twickenham, 3pm, Five Live
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Saturday 17 March
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Italy v Ireland, Stadio di Flaminio, 1.30pm, Five Live reports
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France v Scotland, Stade de France, 3.30pm, Five Live Sports Extra
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England v Wales, Millennium Stadium, 5.30pm, Five Live
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Television
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The whole RBS Six Nations 2007 championship will be screened on the
91Èȱ¬, with coverage kicking off with the opening fixture at 1.30pm on Saturday 3
February.
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John Inverdale will be the main host, with Jill Douglas and Craig Doyle as
fellow presenters.
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The studio line-up will include Jonathan Davies, Jeremy
Guscott, Andy Nicol and Keith Wood, with Austin Healey at pitchside.
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Commentators will be Eddie Butler, Nick Mullins and Andrew Cotter, with
Jonathan Davies, Brian Moore and Philip Matthews as co-commentators.
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Sonja
McLaughlan, John Beattie and Graham Thomas head up the pitchside reporting
team.
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Online
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bbc.co.uk/sport offers live text commentary, match reports, news,
features, photos, pundits' views, squad selector and a RBS Six Nations
competition.
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Plus, live commentary from Five Live/Sports Extra on
every game except Italy v France (UK users only).
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All 91Èȱ¬ Television coverage will also
be broadcast live online (UK users only), with additional two-and-a-half-minute
highlights packages at half-time and five minutes at full time.
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Plus, 24-hours
after the end of each game there will be extended highlights online (UK users
only). Ìý
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