Many people seem to think that the world ends after Christmas, hence people saying, “We must meet up before Christmas” or “Can you get that done before Christmas?”

Fear not – here at The Rugby Blog, we are able to look beyond the festivities and we like what we see on the horizon. The 2008 Six Nations promises to be one of the best ever with plenty of new talent on show.

The fixtures are listed below, and you can even download a file that will put each match into your Outlook calendar – right click here, select ‘Save target as’ and save to your desktop, open the file and tick the box.

Feel free to forward this on to your friends, as it’s one of the most useful things ever!

Saturday, February 2

Ireland v Italy (2pm)

England v Wales (4.30pm)

Sunday, February 3

Scotland v France (3pm).

Saturday, February 9

Wales v Scotland (2pm)

France v Ireland (4pm)

Sunday, February 10

Italy v England (2.30pm).

Saturday, February 23

Wales v Italy (3pm)

Ireland v Scotland (5pm)

France v England (8pm).

Saturday, March 8

Ireland v Wales (1.15pm)

Scotland v England (3.15pm)

Sunday, March 9

France v Italy (3pm).

Saturday, March 15

Italy v Scotland (1pm)

England v Ireland (3pm)

Wales v France (5pm)