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24 things that will DEFINITELY happen during this year's 6 Nations TV coverage

Excited fans, tearful props and history lessons from rugby pundits to keep you close to the remote control this spring.

SPRING IS JUST around the corner, and that means it’s the perfect time for booking weekend afternoons on the couch so you can gorge on international rugby.

At times, television can be an unpredictable business, so to ensure you’re only mildly shocked by everything that surrounds the intricacies of the game, here is a full list of things you can be on the look out for between Saturday February 1 and March 15.

1. Tough old props will cry like babies when their anthem is played

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2. Simon Zebo will make a try-scoring return, blowing kisses to the camera as he dots down

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3. Ryle Nugent’s try-gasm will return to the national broadcaster

Because ‘Peter O’Mahonyyyyyy’ just doesn’t sound the same.

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4. Pre-match: ‘Italy are improving, a tough nut to crack’

Post-match: ‘We should be putting 40-50 points on teams like that’.

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5. The BBC will blow twice RTE’s budget on epic, stirring previews

6. But Tom McGuirk will still get us pumped

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7. Twitter will be OUTRAGED at having to listen to Ireland’s Call

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8. We may never figure out which French team turned up

Even though it’s usually a team good enough to beat Ireland.

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9. Every team selection will spark a series of Munster v Leinster spats

Any Ulster or Connacht players will be assumed to be tokens.

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10. The punditry team will tell you almost as much about Winston Churchill and the battle of the Somme as they do about Alex Cuthbert and the battle at the scrum

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11. There’ll be gratuitous shots of men in kilts

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12. And tries will cause some fans to completely lose the run of themselves

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13. Half of Ireland will flick over to BBC (if England are about to lose)

14. Brian Moore will get angry at re-set scrums

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15. You’ll get angry at John Inverdale

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16. Thank goodness for Woody

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17. Any little knock suffered by Jonny Sexton will be attributed to his move to France

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18. Clare McNamara will get a crick in her neck from looking up at second rows post-match

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19. Brian O’Driscoll will be written off exactly one week before his best performance of the championship/ever

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20. George Hook will claim to be BOD’s actual auld fella

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21. We’ll all sing along to La Marseillaise

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22. A scrum-half will become tangled in Gordon Darcy’s beard

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23. Paul O’Connell will become a worldwide internet sensation every weekend

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24. After five wins in a row, Joe Schmidt will humbly address the Paris crowd in French, English and Irish explaining how the whole thing had nothing to do with him

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