Scotland Open 2012 With Calcutta Cup Cracker

Scotland will open next year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship with a Calcutta Cup cracker, and the same pattern will be followed at Twickenham in 2013. The 2012 competition will see Scotland welcome their oldest international opponents England to Murrayfield for their opening fixture. Details of the fixture list for the next two years were announced by the Six Nations Committee earlier today.  Scotland’s fixtures in the 2012 championship are as follows: v England at Murrayfield on Saturday 4 February, kick-off 5pm v Wales at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on Sunday 12 February, kick-off 3pmv France at Murrayfield on Sunday 26 February, kick-off 3pmv Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin on Saturday 10 March, kick-off 5pmv Italy at Stadio Flaminio, Rome on Saturday 17 March, kick-off 12.30pm (UK time)And our matches in the 2013 RBS 6 Nations Championship are as follows: v England at Twickenham on Saturday 2 February, kick-off 4pmv Italy at Murrayfield on Saturday 9 February, kick-off 2.30pmv Ireland at Murrayfield on Sunday 24 February, kick-off 2pmv Wales at Murrayfield on Saturday 9 March, kick-off 2.30pmv France at Stade de France, Paris on Saturday 16 March, kick-off 8pm (UK time).For the full fixture list please visit the RBS 6 Nations Championship website, www.rbs6nations.com. Tickets are selling fast for Scotland’s home matches in this year’s RBS 6 Nations Championship – v Wales on Saturday 12 February; v Ireland on Sunday 27 February and v Italy on Saturday 19 March – and can also be purchased through the website.