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2019 Six Nations Championship

The 2019 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 125th edition of the competition (including all the tournament's previous versions as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship).

2019 Six Nations Championship
Date1 February – 16 March 2019
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (27th title)
Grand Slam Wales (12th title)
Triple Crown Wales (21st title)
Matches played15
Tries scored84 (5.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Owen Farrell (59)
Top try scorer(s)England Jonny May (6)
Player of the tournamentWales Alun Wyn Jones[1]
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Wales won the championship for the first time since 2013, beating defending champions Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on the final day to claim their first Grand Slam since 2012.[2]

Participants

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Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London   Eddie Jones Owen Farrell
  France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis   Jacques Brunel Guilhem Guirado
  Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin   Joe Schmidt Rory Best
  Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome   Conor O'Shea Sergio Parisse
  Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh   Gregor Townsend Greig Laidlaw
  Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff   Warren Gatland Alun Wyn Jones

Squads

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Main article: 2019 Six Nations Championship squads

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA GS TB LB Pts
1   Wales 5 5 0 0 114 65 +49 10 7 3 0 0 23
2   England 5 3 1 1 184 101 +83 24 13 0 4 0 18
3   Ireland 5 3 0 2 101 100 +1 14 10 0 2 0 14
4   France 5 2 0 3 93 118 −25 12 15 0 1 1 10
5   Scotland 5 1 1 3 105 125 −20 14 17 0 2 1 9
6   Italy 5 0 0 5 79 167 −88 10 22 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Table ranking rules

  • Four points were awarded for a win.
  • Two points were awarded for a draw.
  • A bonus point was awarded to a team that scored four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scored four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they were awarded both bonus points.
  • Three bonus points were awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensured that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points – a team could lose a match but still win two bonus points and win the other four matches with four try bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
  • Tiebreakers
    • If two or more teams were tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) were ranked higher.
    • If the above tiebreaker failed to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches were ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remained tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title would be shared between them.

Fixtures

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The fixtures were announced on 16 May 2017. The first game of the championship was a Friday night game between France and Wales.[3]

Round 1

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1 February 2019
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) France  19–24  Wales
Try: Picamoles 6' m
Huget 23' m
Pen: Lopez (2/3) 34', 78
Drop: Lopez (1/2) 40'		Report
Match data		Try: T. Williams 47' c
North (2) 52' c, 72' c
Con: Anscombe (2/2) 47', 53'
Biggar (1/1) 73'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 63'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)[4]
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Damian Penaud   63'
OC 13 Romain Ntamack
IC 12 Wesley Fofana   67'
LW 11 Yoann Huget
FH 10 Camille Lopez
SH 9 Morgan Parra   58'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles   71'
OF 7 Arthur Iturria
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Paul Willemse   58'
LL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina
TP 3 Uini Atonio   48'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)   58'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot   61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Julien Marchand   58'
PR 17 Dany Priso   61'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   48'
LK 19 Félix Lambey   58'
N8 20 Grégory Alldritt   71'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   58'
CE 22 Gaël Fickou   63'
CE 23 Geoffrey Doumayrou   67'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel
 
FB 15 Liam Williams   67'
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes   77'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Gareth Anscombe   53'   67'
SH 9 Tomos Williams   53'
N8 8 Ross Moriarty
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi   79'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Adam Beard   48'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   56'
HK 2 Ken Owens   73'
LP 1 Rob Evans   73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   73'
PR 17 Wyn Jones   73'
PR 18 Samson Lee   56'
LK 19 Cory Hill   48'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   79'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   53'
FH 22 Dan Biggar   53'
CE 23 Owen Watkin   77'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
George North (Wales)

Touch judges:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

2 February 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland  33–20  Italy
Try: Kinghorn (3) 12' m, 21' c, 54' c
Hogg 47' c
Harris 62' c
Con: Laidlaw (3/4) 23', 49', 55'
Russell (1/1) 63'		Report
Match data		Try: Palazzani 71' c
Padovani 75' m
Esposito 78' m
Con: Allan (1/1) 71'
Pen: Allan (1/1) 10'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)[4]
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Huw Jones   58'
IC 12 Sam Johnson
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Finn Russell   76'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)   58'
N8 8 Ryan Wilson   72'
OF 7 Jamie Ritchie
BF 6 Sam Skinner   13'
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist
LL 4 Ben Toolis
TP 3 WP Nel   50'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   63'
LP 1 Allan Dell   58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jake Kerr   63'
PR 17 Jamie Bhatti   58'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   71'   50'
FL 19 Gary Graham   72'
N8 20 Josh Strauss   13'
SH 21 Ali Price   58'
FH 22 Adam Hastings   76'
CE 23 Chris Harris   58'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Angelo Esposito
OC 13 Luca Morisi   79'
IC 12 Tommaso Castello   49'
LW 11 Michele Campagnaro
FH 10 Tommaso Allan   27' to 36'   72'
SH 9 Guglielmo Palazzani
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Braam Steyn
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   59'
RL 5 Dean Budd   52'
LL 4 Dave Sisi
TP 3 Simone Ferrari   63'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini   59'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi   59'
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   52'
PR 18 Tiziano Pasquali   63'
LK 19 Federico Ruzza   52'
FL 20 Jimmy Tuivaiti   59'
CE 21 Tommaso Benvenuti   79'
FH 22 Ian McKinley   27'   36'   72'
FB 23 Edoardo Padovani   49'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Man of the Match:
Blair Kinghorn (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Notes:

  • Sam Johnson, Jake Kerr, Gary Graham (all Scotland) and Dave Sisi (Italy) made their international debuts.
  • Leonardo Ghiraldini earned his 100th cap for Italy.
  • This was Sergio Parisse's 66th Six Nations appearance, the most by any player in the history of the competition.
  • Blair Kinghorn's hat-trick was the first by a Scottish player in the Five/Six Nations since Iwan Tukalo managed the feat against Ireland in 1989.[6]
  • This was Scotland's fourth consecutive Six Nations win over Italy, the first time they have won four in a row against any team in the Six nations.
2 February 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  20–32  England (1 BP)
Try: Healy 25' c
Cooney 80' c
Con: Sexton (2/2) 26', 80'
Pen: Sexton (2/2) 11', 55'		Report
Match data		Try: May 2' c
Daly 30' c
Slade (2) 66' m, 76' c
Con: Farrell (3/4) 3', 31', 77'
Pen: Farrell (2/3) 40', 70'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)[4]
FB 15 Robbie Henshaw
RW 14 Keith Earls   41'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose   73'
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton
SH 9 Conor Murray   77'
N8 8 CJ Stander   65'
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Devin Toner   57'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   62'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)   67'
LP 1 Cian Healy   62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin   67'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   62'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   62'
LK 19 Quinn Roux   57'
FL 20 Seán O'Brien   65'
SH 21 John Cooney   77'
FH 22 Joey Carbery   73'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour   41'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt
 
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Jack Nowell   74'
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Manu Tuilagi   77'
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)
SH 9 Ben Youngs
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry   13'
BF 6 Mark Wilson
RL 5 George Kruis   52'
LL 4 Maro Itoje   54'
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   65'
HK 2 Jamie George   77'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   77'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   77'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   77'
PR 18 Harry Williams   65'
LK 19 Courtney Lawes   52'
N8 20 Nathan Hughes   54'
SH 21 Dan Robson
FH 22 George Ford   77'
WG 23 Chris Ashton   74'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Mako Vunipola (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Round 2

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9 February 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  13–22  Ireland
Try: Johnson 29' c
Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 30'
Pen: Laidlaw (2/2) 7', 62'		Report
Match data		Try: Murray 10' m
Stockdale 17' c
Earls 56' c
Con: Murray (1/1) 17'
Carbery (1/1) 57'
Pen: Carbery (1/1) 69'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (France)[4]
FB 15 Stuart Hogg   17'
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Huw Jones
IC 12 Sam Johnson   64'
LW 11 Sean Maitland
FH 10 Finn Russell
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)   69'
N8 8 Josh Strauss
OF 7 Jamie Ritchie   35' to 41'
BF 6 Ryan Wilson   41'
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Grant Gilchrist
TP 3 Simon Berghan   69'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   64'
LP 1 Allan Dell   69'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   64'
PR 17 Jamie Bhatti   69'
PR 18 D'Arcy Rae   69'
LK 19 Ben Toolis
FL 20 Rob Harley   35'
SH 21 Ali Price   69'
CE 22 Peter Horne   64'
WG 23 Blair Kinghorn   17'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Chris Farrell
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale   72'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton   24'
SH 9 Conor Murray   77'
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Seán O'Brien   64'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony
RL 5 Quinn Roux   68'
LL 4 James Ryan
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   68'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)   72'
LP 1 Cian Healy   57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin   72'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   57'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   68'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   68'
FL 20 Josh van der Flier   64'
SH 21 John Cooney   77'
FH 22 Joey Carbery   24'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour   72'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

  • D'Arcy Rae (Scotland) made his international debut.
  • This was Scotland's first loss at Murrayfield in the Six Nations since the opening round of the 2016 tournament, bringing an end to a run of seven consecutive home wins in the championship, their longest run of home wins in the Six Nations era.[10]
  • The nine-point margin was Scotland's biggest defeat in any international at Murrayfield since Ireland won 40–10 on the final day of the 2015 Six Nations tournament.
  • Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich.
9 February 2019
17:45 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  15–26  Wales
Try: Steyn 34' c
Padovani 75' m
Con: Allan (1/2) 36'
Pen: Allan (1/2) 44'		Report
Match data		Try: Adams 54' c
Watkin 70' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 55'
Anscombe (1/1) 71'
Pen: Biggar (4/4) 2', 15', 19', 30'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 38,700
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)[4]
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro
IC 12 Luca Morisi
LW 11 Angelo Esposito
FH 10 Tommaso Allan   48' to 55'
SH 9 Guglielmo Palazzani   60'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Braam Steyn
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   57'
RL 5 Dean Budd   52'
LL 4 Dave Sisi
TP 3 Simone Ferrari   60'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini   60'
LP 1 Nicola Quaglio   51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi   60'
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   51'
PR 18 Tiziano Pasquali   60'
LK 19 Federico Ruzza   52'
FL 20 Marco Barbini   57'
SH 21 Edoardo Gori   60'
FH 22 Ian McKinley   48'   55'
CE 23 Tommaso Benvenuti
Coach:
Conor O'Shea
 
FB 15 Liam Williams   67'
RW 14 Jonah Holmes
OC 13 Jonathan Davies (c)
IC 12 Owen Watkin
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   55'
SH 9 Aled Davies   63'
N8 8 Josh Navidi   67'
OF 7 Thomas Young
BF 6 Aaron Wainwright
RL 5 Adam Beard
LL 4 Jake Ball   51'
TP 3 Samson Lee   51'
HK 2 Elliot Dee   67'
LP 1 Nicky Smith   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryan Elias   67'
PR 17 Wyn Jones   63'
PR 18 Dillon Lewis   51'
LK 19 Alun Wyn Jones   51'
N8 20 Ross Moriarty   67'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   63'
FH 22 Gareth Anscombe   55'
WG 23 Hallam Amos   67'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Josh Navidi (Wales)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Television match official:
David Grashoff (England)

Notes:

  • Jonathan Davies captained Wales for the first time.
  • Alun Wyn Jones made his 50th Six Nations appearance, making him only the fourth Wales player to reach that mark.
  • This was Wales' 11th consecutive win in international rugby, equalling their all-time record, set between 1907 and 1910.[11]
10 February 2019
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England  44–8  France
Try: May (3) 2' m, 24' m, 29' c
Slade 40' c
Penalty try 49'
Farrell 55' c
Con: Farrell (3/5) 31', 40', 56'
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 7', 13'		Report
Match data		Try: Penaud 35' m
Pen: Parra (1/1) 10'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)[4]
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Chris Ashton   52'
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Manu Tuilagi   62'
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)
SH 9 Ben Youngs   70'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola   65'
OF 7 Tom Curry   47' to 52'
BF 6 Mark Wilson
RL 5 George Kruis   47'
LL 4 Courtney Lawes
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   57'
HK 2 Jamie George   62'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   44'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   62'
PR 17 Ben Moon   44'
PR 18 Dan Cole   57'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury   47'
N8 20 Nathan Hughes   47'   52'   65'
SH 21 Dan Robson   70'
FH 22 George Ford   62'
WG 23 Jack Nowell   52'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Yoann Huget   41'
RW 14 Damian Penaud   47' to 57'
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW 11 Gaël Fickou   50'
FH 10 Camille Lopez   57'
SH 9 Morgan Parra   47'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles
OF 7 Arthur Iturria
BF 6 Yacouba Camara
RL 5 Félix Lambey   70'
LL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina   57'
TP 3 Demba Bamba   57'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)   76'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot   65'   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Pierre Bourgarit   76'
PR 17 Dany Priso   65'   70'
PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri   57'
LK 19 Paul Willemse   57'
N8 20 Grégory Alldritt   70'
SH 21 Antoine Dupont   47'
FH 22 Romain Ntamack   47'
FB 23 Thomas Ramos   41'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Jonny May (England)

Touch judges:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Dan Robson (England), Dorian Aldegheri and Thomas Ramos (both France) made their international debuts.
  • Jonny May's hat-trick was the first by an England player against France since Jake Jacob in 1924.[12]
  • This was France's biggest defeat to England since they lost 37–0 in 1911, as well as their biggest loss to any team in the Five/Six Nations since that date.

Round 3

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23 February 2019
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) France  27–10  Scotland
Try: Ntamack 13' c
Huget 41' m
Alldritt (2) 75' m, 80+8' c
Con: Ramos (1/2) 15'
Serin (1/2) 80+9'
Pen: Ramos (1/2) 18'		Report
Match data		Try: Price 78' c
Con: Hastings 78'
Pen: Laidlaw (1/2) 26'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)[4]
FB 15 Thomas Ramos   70'
RW 14 Damian Penaud
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Yoann Huget   28'
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   76'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   70'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles   70'
OF 7 Arthur Iturria
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Félix Lambey   65'
LL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina
TP 3 Demba Bamba   70'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)   28' to 37'   70'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   28'   37'   70'
PR 17 Etienne Falgoux   70'
PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri   70'
LK 19 Paul Willemse   65'
N8 20 Grégory Alldritt   70'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   70'
FH 22 Anthony Belleau   76'
FB 23 Maxime Médard   70'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel
 
FB 15 Blair Kinghorn
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Nick Grigg
IC 12 Sam Johnson   53'
LW 11 Sean Maitland   65'
FH 10 Peter Horne   44' to 53'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)   65'
N8 8 Josh Strauss   65'
OF 7 Jamie Ritchie
BF 6 Magnus Bradbury
RL 5 Jonny Gray   55'
LL 4 Grant Gilchrist
TP 3 Simon Berghan   65'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   65'
LP 1 Allan Dell   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   65'
PR 17 Alex Allan   65'
PR 18 Zander Fagerson   65'
LK 19 Ben Toolis   55'
FL 20 Gary Graham   65'
SH 21 Ali Price   65'
FH 22 Adam Hastings   44'
WG 23 Darcy Graham   65'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Man of the Match:
Demba Bamba (France)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

23 February 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  21–13  England
Try: Hill 68' c
Adams 78' m
Con: Biggar (1/2) 69'
Pen: Anscombe (3/3) 24', 52', 57'		Report
Match data		Try: Curry 27' c
Con: Farrell (1/1) 27'
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 18', 63'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,931
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)[4]
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes   80'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Gareth Anscombe   61'
SH 9 Gareth Davies   77'
N8 8 Ross Moriarty   77'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Cory Hill   71'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   61'
HK 2 Ken Owens   77'
LP 1 Rob Evans   61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   77'
PR 17 Nicky Smith   61'
PR 18 Dillon Lewis   61'
LK 19 Adam Beard   71'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   77'
SH 21 Aled Davies   77'
FH 22 Dan Biggar   61'
CE 23 Owen Watkin   80'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Jack Nowell
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Manu Tuilagi
LW 11 Jonny May   70'
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)
SH 9 Ben Youngs
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry
BF 6 Mark Wilson
RL 5 George Kruis   64'
LL 4 Courtney Lawes   77'
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   57'
HK 2 Jamie George
LP 1 Ben Moon   77'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie
PR 17 Ellis Genge   77'
PR 18 Harry Williams   57'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury   64'
FL 20 Brad Shields   77'
SH 21 Dan Robson
FH 22 George Ford
WG 23 Joe Cokanasiga   70'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Liam Williams (Wales)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Notes:

  • This was Wales' 12th consecutive win, their best run, beating the previous record of 11, set between 1907 and 1910.[14]
  • This was Wales' first victory against England since winning 28–25 at the 2015 Rugby World Cup, and their first in the Six Nations since a 30–3 win in 2013.
24 February 2019
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  16–26  Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Padovani 33' m
Morisi 39' m
Pen: Allan (2/3) 20', 26'		Report
Match data		Try: Roux 11' c
Stockdale 21' m
Earls 51' c
Murray 67' c
Con: Sexton (1/2) 12'
Murray (2/2) 52', 68'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 49,720
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)[4]
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro   72'
IC 12 Luca Morisi
LW 11 Angelo Esposito
FH 10 Tommaso Allan   74'
SH 9 Tito Tebaldi
N8 8 Braam Steyn
OF 7 Maxime Mbanda   43'
BF 6 Jimmy Tuivaiti   52'
RL 5 Dean Budd
LL 4 Federico Ruzza
TP 3 Simone Ferrari   52'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini (c)
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   61'
PR 18 Tiziano Pasquali   52'
LK 19 David Sisi   52'
FL 20 Alessandro Zanni   43'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
FH 22 Ian McKinley   74'
CE 23 Tommaso Castello   72'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Chris Farrell
IC 12 Bundee Aki   13'
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton   78'
SH 9 Conor Murray   71'
N8 8 Jordi Murphy
OF 7 Seán O'Brien   58'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony (c)
RL 5 Quinn Roux
LL 4 Ultan Dillane   32' to 40'   58'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   63'
HK 2 Seán Cronin   47'   74'
LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Scannell   47'   74'
PR 17 Jack McGrath   63'
PR 18 John Ryan   63'
LK 19 Iain Henderson   32'   40'   58'
FL 20 Josh van der Flier   58'
SH 21 John Cooney   71'
FH 22 Jack Carty   78'
WG 23 Andrew Conway   13'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Peter O'Mahony (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

Round 4

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9 March 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland  11–18  Wales
Try: D. Graham 58' m
Pen: Russell (2/2)		Report
Match data		Try: Adams 13' c
J. Davies 30' m
Con: Anscombe (1/2) 14'
Pen: Anscombe (2/3) 24', 80'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)[4]
FB 15 Blair Kinghorn   32'
RW 14 Tommy Seymour   21'
OC 13 Nick Grigg
IC 12 Peter Horne
LW 11 Darcy Graham   65'
FH 10 Finn Russell
SH 9 Ali Price
N8 8 Josh Strauss   65'
OF 7 Jamie Ritchie   9'   21'
BF 6 Magnus Bradbury
RL 5 Jonny Gray   65'
LL 4 Grant Gilchrist
TP 3 WP Nel   65'
HK 2 Stuart McInally (c)   70'
LP 1 Allan Dell
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   15'   21'   70'
PR 17 Gordon Reid
PR 18 Simon Berghan   65'
LK 19 Ben Toolis   65'
FL 20 Hamish Watson   9'   15'   65'
SH 21 Greig Laidlaw   65'
FH 22 Adam Hastings   32'
WG 23 Byron McGuigan   21'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Liam Williams   48'
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes   74'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Gareth Anscombe
SH 9 Gareth Davies   70'
N8 8 Ross Moriarty   70'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Adam Beard   21' to 32'   62'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   65'
HK 2 Ken Owens   65'
LP 1 Rob Evans   62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   65'
PR 17 Nicky Smith   62'
PR 18 Dillon Lewis   65'
LK 19 Jake Ball   21'   32'   62'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   70'
SH 21 Aled Davies   70'
FH 22 Dan Biggar   48'
CE 23 Owen Watkin   74'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Hadleigh Parkes (Wales)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes

9 March 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England  57–14  Italy
Try: George 8' c
May 15' c
Tuilagi (2) 21' c, 47' m
Shields (2) 32' c, 79' c
Kruis 64' c
Robson 68' c
Con: Farrell (4/5) 9', 16', 22', 33'
Ford (3/3) 65', 69', 80'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 26'		Report
Match data		Try: Allan 12' c
Morisi 54' c
Con: Allan (2/2) 14', 56'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)[4]
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Joe Cokanasiga
OC 13 Manu Tuilagi   62'
IC 12 Ben Te'o
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)   62'
SH 9 Ben Youngs   62'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry   56'
BF 6 Brad Shields
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Joe Launchbury   66'
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   56'
HK 2 Jamie George   59'
LP 1 Ellis Genge   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   59'
PR 17 Ben Moon   59'
PR 18 Dan Cole   56'
LK 19 Nathan Hughes   66'
FL 20 Mark Wilson   56'
SH 21 Dan Robson   62'
FH 22 George Ford   62'
CE 23 Henry Slade   62'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro   23'
IC 12 Luca Morisi   62'
LW 11 Angelo Esposito
FH 10 Tommaso Allan
SH 9 Tito Tebaldi
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Braam Steyn
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   49'
RL 5 Dean Budd   49'
LL 4 Federico Ruzza
TP 3 Simone Ferrari   49'
HK 2 Luca Bigi   49'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti
Replacements:
HK 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini   49'
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   62'
PR 18 Tiziano Pasquali   49'
LK 19 David Sisi   49'
FL 20 Jake Polledri   49'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani   62'
FH 22 Ian McKinley   33'
CE 23 Tommaso Castello   23'   33'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Man of the Match:
Joe Cokanasiga (England)

Touch judges:
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Notes:

  • This result meant Italy won the Wooden Spoon for the fourth consecutive year, and their 14th since joining the Six Nations.[18]
10 March 2019
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Ireland  26–14  France
Try: Best 3' c
Sexton 30' c
Conan 36' m
Earls 56' c
Con: Sexton (3/4) 4', 31', 58'		Report
Match data		Try: Huget 77' c
Chat 80+1' c
Con: Serin (2/2) 77', 80+4'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)[4]
FB 15 Jordan Larmour
RW 14 Keith Earls   76'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton   58'
SH 9 Conor Murray   58'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Josh van der Flier   24'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Iain Henderson   58'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   58'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)   58'
LP 1 Cian Healy   51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Scannell   58'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   51'
PR 18 John Ryan   58'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   58'
N8 20 Jack Conan   24'
SH 21 John Cooney   58'
FH 22 Jack Carty   58'
FB 23 Andrew Conway   76'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt
 
FB 15 Thomas Ramos   63'
RW 14 Damian Penaud
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Yoann Huget
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   76'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   72'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles   69'   79'
OF 7 Arthur Iturria
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret   11'
RL 5 Félix Lambey   63'
LL 4 Sébastien Vahaamahina
TP 3 Demba Bamba   13'   20'   63'   69'   79'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)   72'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot   17'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   72'
PR 17 Etienne Falgoux   17'
PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri   68'   13'   20'   63'
LK 19 Paul Willemse   63'
N8 20 Grégory Alldritt   11'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   72'
FH 22 Anthony Belleau   76'
FB 23 Maxime Médard   63'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
James Ryan (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes

  • Rob Kearney was originally named at fullback for Ireland, but withdrew due to a calf injury and was replaced by Jordan Larmour; Andrew Conway replaced Larmour on the bench.[19]
  • Ireland's half-time lead of 19–0 is their largest against France.

Round 5

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16 March 2019
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  14–25  France
Try: Tebaldi 55' m
Pen: Allan (3/3) 6', 12', 43'		ReportTry: Dupont 16' c
Huget 46' c
Penaud 79' m
Con: Ntamack (2/3) 17', 48'
Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 21'
Drop: Ntamack (1/1) 63'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 48,820
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)[4]
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani
OC 13 Marco Zanon
IC 12 Luca Morisi
LW 11 Angelo Esposito   68'
FH 10 Tommaso Allan
SH 9 Tito Tebaldi
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Jake Polledri
BF 6 Braam Steyn   64'
RL 5 Federico Ruzza
LL 4 David Sisi   59'
TP 3 Tiziano Pasquali   46'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini   58'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   68'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luca Bigi   58'
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   68'
PR 18 Simone Ferrari   46'
LK 19 Alessandro Zanni   59'
FL 20 Sebastian Negri   64'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani
FH 22 Ian McKinley
WG 23 Luca Sperandio   68'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea
 
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Damian Penaud
OC 13 Mathieu Bastareaud
IC 12 Wesley Fofana
LW 11 Yoann Huget   69'
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   80'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   57'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles
OF 7 Yacouba Camara   75'
BF 6 Grégory Alldritt   58'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   60'
LL 4 Félix Lambey
TP 3 Demba Bamba
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)   19'
LP 1 Etienne Falgoux   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   72'   19'
PR 17 Dany Priso   65'
PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri   75'
LK 19 Paul Gabrillagues   60'
LK 20 Arthur Iturria   58'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   57'
FH 22 Camille Lopez   80'
FB 23 Thomas Ramos   69'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Sergio Parisse (Italy)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

16 March 2019
14:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  25–7  Ireland
Try: Parkes 2' c
Con: Anscombe (1/1) 3'
Pen: Anscombe (6/6) 18', 36', 40+2', 49', 54', 70'		ReportTry: Larmour 80+3' c
Con: Carty (1/1) 80+4'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)[4]
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North   9'
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes   71'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Gareth Anscombe
SH 9 Gareth Davies   57'
N8 8 Ross Moriarty   71'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Adam Beard   71'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   54'
HK 2 Ken Owens   60'
LP 1 Rob Evans   54'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   60'
PR 17 Nicky Smith   54'
PR 18 Dillon Lewis   54'
LK 19 Jake Ball   71'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   71'
SH 21 Aled Davies   57'
FH 22 Dan Biggar   9'
CE 23 Owen Watkin   71'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
 
FB 15 Rob Kearney   65'
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton   73'
SH 9 Conor Murray   71'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Seán O'Brien   52'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Tadhg Beirne   59'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   65'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)   65'
LP 1 Cian Healy   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Scannell   65'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   59'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   65'
LK 19 Quinn Roux   59'
N8 20 Jack Conan   52'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion   71'
FH 22 Jack Carty   73'
FB 23 Jordan Larmour   65'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Gareth Anscombe (Wales)

Touch judges:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

  • Hadleigh Parkes' try was Wales' fastest against Ireland.[citation needed]
  • This was Wales' biggest margin of victory over Ireland since 1976.[citation needed]
  • Wales won their 12th Grand Slam, their fourth since the expansion of the tournament in 2000 (a record) and also their third under Warren Gatland, a record for a coach.[20]
  • This was the last Six Nations match for Gatland and Joe Schmidt as coaches of Wales and Ireland, respectively, having both announced prior to the tournament their resignations following the 2019 Rugby World Cup;[21][22] however, Gatland returned to coach Wales in the 2023 tournament.[23]
16 March 2019
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England  38–38  Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Nowell 2' c
Curry 9' c
Launchbury 13' c
May 29' c
Ford 80+3' c
Con: Farrell (4/4) 3', 10', 15', 31'
Ford (1/1) 80+4'
Pen: Farrell 25'		ReportTry: McInally 35' c
Graham (2) 47' m, 57' m
Bradbury 50' c
Russell 60' c
Johnson 76' c
Con: Russell (2/3) 36', 51'
Laidlaw (2/3) 60', 77'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)[4]
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Jack Nowell
OC 13 Henry Slade
IC 12 Manu Tuilagi   78'
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)   70'
SH 9 Ben Youngs   74'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry
BF 6 Mark Wilson   62'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Joe Launchbury   74'
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   51'
HK 2 Jamie George   74'
LP 1 Ben Moon   5'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   74'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   5'
PR 18 Dan Cole   51'
FL 19 Brad Shields   62'
FL 20 Nathan Hughes   74'
SH 21 Ben Spencer   74'
FH 22 George Ford   70'
CE 23 Ben Te'o   78'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Sean Maitland   68'
RW 14 Darcy Graham
OC 13 Nick Grigg   57'
IC 12 Sam Johnson
LW 11 Byron McGuigan
FH 10 Finn Russell
SH 9 Ali Price   57'
N8 8 Magnus Bradbury
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Sam Skinner   57'
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist   57'
LL 4 Ben Toolis
TP 3 WP Nel   61'
HK 2 Stuart McInally (c)   57'
LP 1 Allan Dell   45'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   57'
PR 17 Gordon Reid   45'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   61'
LK 19 Jonny Gray   57'
FL 20 Josh Strauss   57'
SH 21 Greig Laidlaw   57'
FH 22 Adam Hastings   68'
CE 23 Chris Harris   57'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Man of the Match:
Finn Russell (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • This was the highest-scoring draw in international rugby history at 76 total points scored.
  • This was the first time England had conceded a try bonus point in the Six Nations; they became the final team to do so since bonus points were introduced in 2017.
  • Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup; this was the first time since 1984 they had done so, and the first time since 1989 they had not lost to England at Twickenham (the 1989 match was also a draw).
  • The 24-point half-time deficit (and 31-point deficit after 30 minutes) Scotland turned around, was the largest comeback for a draw in international rugby history, beating their own previous record against Wales in 2001.
  • With Jonny May's try in the 31st minute, England earned the fastest bonus point try in the Six Nations, beating the previous record they set against Italy the previous week.
  • Scotland's six tries were the most they had scored in a match at Twickenham.

Player statistics

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References

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