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The 2020 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 126th edition of the competition (including all the tournament's previous versions as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). The tournament began on 1 February 2020, and was scheduled to conclude on 14 March; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy's penultimate match against Ireland and all three of the final weekend's matches were postponed with the intention of being rescheduled.[2][3] It was the first time any match had been postponed since 2012, and the first time more than one match had been delayed since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.[4] In July 2020, a revised fixture schedule was announced, with the last four games being played in October.[5][6]

2020 Six Nations Championship
Date1 February – 31 October 2020
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions England (29th title)
Triple Crown England (26th title)
Matches played15
Attendance727,458 (48,497 per match)
Tries scored74 (4.93 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Romain Ntamack (57)
Top try scorer(s)France Charles Ollivon (4)
Player of the tournamentFrance Antoine Dupont[1]
Official websitesixnationsrugby.com
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England became the first team to win the title despite losing their first game since Wales did so in 2013. It was England's 39th title overall (including shared titles), drawing them level with the record Wales set the previous year, and extended their record of 29 outright titles.[7]

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   Fabien Galthié Charles Ollivon
  Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin   Andy Farrell Johnny Sexton
  Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome   Franco Smith Luca Bigi
  Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh   Gregor Townsend Stuart Hogg
  Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff   Wayne Pivac Alun Wyn Jones
Parc y Scarlets[a] 14,870 Llanelli

Squads

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Main article: 2020 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   England 5 4 0 1 121 77 +44 14 9 0 1 1 18
2   France 5 4 0 1 138 117 +21 17 13 0 2 0 18
3   Ireland 5 3 0 2 132 102 +30 17 11 0 2 0 14
4   Scotland 5 3 0 2 77 59 +18 7 5 0 0 2 14
5   Wales 5 1 0 4 119 98 +21 13 10 0 1 3 8
6   Italy 5 0 0 5 44 178 −134 6 24 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]

Table ranking rules

  • Four points are awarded for a win.
  • Two points are awarded for a draw.
  • A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
  • Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team will always top the table with a minimum of 23 points. A team that loses a single match could only achieve a maximum of 22 points – they could win four matches with four try bonus points and lose the remaining match but still win two bonus points while losing that game.
  • Tiebreakers:
    • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better match points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
    • If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries in its matches is ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures

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The fixtures were announced on 20 March 2019. For the first time since 2013, no matches were scheduled on a Friday night. The final match of the tournament also returned to peak time for the first time since 2016.[8]

Round 1

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1 February 2020
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Wales  42–0  Italy
Try: Adams (3) 18' m, 30' c, 80+2' c
Tompkins 59' c
North 76' c
Con: Biggar (2/3) 31', 61'
Halfpenny (2/2) 77', 80+4'
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 4', 11', 16'		Report
Match data
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 68,582[9]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 Johnny McNicholl   11' to 22'
OC 13 George North
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes   53'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   69'
SH 9 Tomos Williams   61'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau   53'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Aaron Wainwright
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Jake Ball   56'
TP 3 Dillon Lewis   61'
HK 2 Ken Owens   64'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryan Elias   64'
PR 17 Rob Evans   56'
PR 18 Leon Brown   61'
LK 19 Cory Hill   56'
N8 20 Ross Moriarty   53'
SH 21 Rhys Webb   61'
FH 22 Jarrod Evans   69'
CE 23 Nick Tompkins   11'   22'   53'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
 
FB 15 Matteo Minozzi
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto   56'
OC 13 Luca Morisi
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Tommaso Allan
SH 9 Callum Braley   71'
N8 8 Braam Steyn
OF 7 Sebastian Negri   56'
BF 6 Jake Polledri
RL 5 Niccolò Cannone   71'
LL 4 Alessandro Zanni   47'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   47'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   69'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Federico Zani   69'
PR 17 Danilo Fischetti   47'
PR 18 Marco Riccioni   47'
LK 19 Marco Lazzaroni   47'
LK 20 Dean Budd   71'
FL 21 Giovanni Licata   56'
SH 22 Guglielmo Palazzani   71'
FB 23 Jayden Hayward   56'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Justin Tipuric (Wales)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

1 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  19–12  Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Sexton 10' c
Con: Sexton (1/1) 12'
Pen: Sexton (4/5) 35', 45', 57', 73'		Report
Match data		Pen: Hastings (4/5) 5', 16', 52', 66'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000[10]
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
FB 15 Jordan Larmour
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Garry Ringrose   41'
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)   73'
SH 9 Conor Murray   61'
N8 8 Caelan Doris   5'
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Iain Henderson   67'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   78'
HK 2 Rob Herring   73'
LP 1 Cian Healy   50'   51'   66'   78'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   73'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   50'   51'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   66'
LK 19 Devin Toner   67'
FL 20 Peter O'Mahony   5'
SH 21 John Cooney   61'
FH 22 Ross Byrne   73'
CE 23 Robbie Henshaw   41'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
 
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Sean Maitland
OC 13 Huw Jones   65'
IC 12 Sam Johnson   73'
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Adam Hastings
SH 9 Ali Price   65'
N8 8 Nick Haining   73'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Jonny Gray   65'
LL 4 Scott Cummings
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   73'
HK 2 Fraser Brown   47' to 51'   57'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally   47'   51'   57'
PR 17 Allan Dell   65'
PR 18 W. P. Nel   73'
LK 19 Ben Toolis   65'
N8 20 Cornell du Preez   73'
SH 21 George Horne   65'
CE 22 Rory Hutchinson   73'
CE 23 Chris Harris   65'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

2 February 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  24–17  England (1 BP)
Try: Rattez 6' c
Ollivon (2) 20' c, 55' c
Con: Ntamack (3/3) 7', 21', 56'
Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 16'		Report
Match data		Try: May (2) 57' c, 65' c
Con: Farrell (2/2) 58', 65'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 80+2'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,310[13]
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Anthony Bouthier
RW 14 Teddy Thomas
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa   80'
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Vincent Rattez
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   77'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 François Cros   57'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   57'
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   49'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   67'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peato Mauvaka   67'
PR 17 Jefferson Poirot   49'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   49'
LK 19 Boris Palu   57'
FL 20 Cameron Woki   57'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin
FH 22 Matthieu Jalibert   77'
CE 23 Arthur Vincent   80'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
 
FB 15 George Furbank
RW 14 Jonny May
OC 13 Manu Tuilagi   16'
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)
LW 11 Elliot Daly
FH 10 George Ford   76'
SH 9 Ben Youngs   62'
N8 8 Tom Curry
OF 7 Sam Underhill
BF 6 Courtney Lawes   55'
RL 5 Charlie Ewels   56'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   73'
HK 2 Jamie George   49'
LP 1 Joe Marler   52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   49'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   52'
PR 18 Will Stuart   73'
LK 19 George Kruis   56'
FL 20 Lewis Ludlam   55'
SH 21 Willi Heinz   62'
CE 22 Ollie Devoto   76'
CE 23 Jonathan Joseph   16'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Grégory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Round 2

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8 February 2020
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Ireland  24–14  Wales
Try: Larmour 19' m
Furlong 32' c
Van der Flier 47' c
Conway 75' m
Con: Sexton (2/4) 33', 48'		Report
Match data		Try: T. Williams 27' c
Tipuric 80+1' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 28'
Halfpenny (1/1) 80+2'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000[17]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Jordan Larmour
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw   45'
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)   71'
SH 9 Conor Murray   73'
N8 8 CJ Stander   80'
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony   71'
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Iain Henderson   67'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   67'
HK 2 Rob Herring   67'
LP 1 Cian Healy   51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   67'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   51'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   67'
LK 19 Devin Toner   67'
FL 20 Max Deegan   71'
SH 21 John Cooney   73'
FH 22 Ross Byrne   71'
WG 23 Keith Earls   45'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
 
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Nick Tompkins
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes
LW 11 Josh Adams   25'
FH 10 Dan Biggar   45'
SH 9 Tomos Williams   49'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Aaron Wainwright   49'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Jake Ball   71'
TP 3 Dillon Lewis   67'
HK 2 Ken Owens   74'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   64'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryan Elias   74'
PR 17 Rhys Carré   64'
PR 18 Leon Brown   67'
LK 19 Adam Beard   71'
N8 20 Ross Moriarty   49'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   49'
FH 22 Jarrod Evans   45'
WG 23 Johnny McNicholl   25'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

8 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland  6–13  England
Pen: Hastings (2/2) 46', 78'Report
Match data		Try: Genge 70' c
Con: Farrell (1/1) 71'
Pen: Farrell (2/5) 11', 77'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144[20]
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Sean Maitland
OC 13 Huw Jones   56'
IC 12 Sam Johnson
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Adam Hastings
SH 9 Ali Price
N8 8 Magnus Bradbury   75'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Scott Cummings   56'
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   60'
HK 2 Fraser Brown   52'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally   52'
PR 17 Allan Dell   60'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   60'
LK 19 Ben Toolis   56'
N8 20 Nick Haining   75'
SH 21 George Horne
CE 22 Rory Hutchinson
CE 23 Chris Harris   56'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 George Furbank
RW 14 Jonny May
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)
LW 11 Elliot Daly
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Willi Heinz   59'
N8 8 Tom Curry
OF 7 Sam Underhill   66'
BF 6 Lewis Ludlam   52'
RL 5 George Kruis   71'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler
HK 2 Jamie George
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tom Dunn
PR 17 Ellis Genge   57'
PR 18 Will Stuart
LK 19 Joe Launchbury   71'
LK 20 Courtney Lawes   52'
FL 21 Ben Earl   66'
SH 22 Ben Youngs   59'
CE 23 Ollie Devoto
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Sam Underhill (England)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

9 February 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) France  35–22  Italy
Try: Thomas 7' m
Ollivon 18' m
Alldritt 39' c
Ntamack 59' m
Serin 74' c
Con: Ntamack (1/4) 40'
Jalibert (1/1) 75'
Pen: Ntamack (2/3) 3', 32'		Report
Match data		Try: Minozzi 24' c
Zani 65' c
Bellini 80' m
Con: Allan (2/2) 26', 66'
Pen: Allan (1/2) 29'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 52,000[21]
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
FB 15 Anthony Bouthier
RW 14 Teddy Thomas
OC 13 Arthur Vincent
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Vincent Rattez   77'
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   70'   77'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   72'
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 François Cros   61'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   44'
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux   70'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   58'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   61'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peato Mauvaka   61'
PR 17 Jefferson Poirot   58'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   58'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   44'
LK 20 Boris Palu   70'
FL 21 Cameron Woki   61'
SH 22 Baptiste Serin   72'
FH 23 Matthieu Jalibert   70'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
 
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Mattia Bellini
OC 13 Luca Morisi
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Matteo Minozzi
FH 10 Tommaso Allan   75'
SH 9 Callum Braley   61'
N8 8 Braam Steyn
OF 7 Jake Polledri   61'
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   52'
RL 5 Niccolò Cannone
LL 4 Dean Budd   77'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   52'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   61'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Federico Zani   61'
PR 17 Danilo Fischetti   52'
PR 18 Marco Riccioni   52'
LK 19 Jimmy Tuivaiti   61'
LK 20 Federico Ruzza   77'
FL 21 Giovanni Licata   52'
SH 22 Guglielmo Palazzani   61'
CE 23 Giulio Bisegni   75'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Grégory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Round 3

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22 February 2020
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  0–17  Scotland
Report
Match data		Try: Hogg 23' m
Harris 47' m
Hastings 79' c
Con: Hastings (1/3) 80'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 54,349
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Mattia Bellini   74'   80+1'
OC 13 Luca Morisi
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Matteo Minozzi   80'
FH 10 Tommaso Allan   74'   80'
SH 9 Callum Braley   59'
N8 8 Braam Steyn
OF 7 Sebastian Negri   44'
BF 6 Jake Polledri
RL 5 Niccolò Cannone   68'
LL 4 Alessandro Zanni   44'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   31'   54'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   60'   74'   80+1'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Federico Zani   70'   60'
PR 17 Danilo Fischetti   59'
PR 18 Marco Riccioni   31'   54'
LK 19 Marco Lazzaroni   68'
LK 20 Dean Budd   44'
FL 21 Giovanni Licata   44'
SH 22 Guglielmo Palazzani   59'
CE 23 Giulio Bisegni   74'
Coach:
Franco Smith
 
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Sean Maitland   68'
OC 13 Chris Harris   60'
IC 12 Sam Johnson
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Adam Hastings
SH 9 Ali Price   55'
N8 8 Magnus Bradbury   55'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Scott Cummings   68'
LL 4 Ben Toolis
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   55'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   60'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   60'
PR 17 Allan Dell   55'
PR 18 W. P. Nel   55'
LK 19 Grant Gilchrist   68'
FL 20 Matt Fagerson   55'
SH 21 George Horne   55'
CE 22 Rory Hutchinson   60'
WG 23 Byron McGuigan   68'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Hamish Watson (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

22 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Wales  23–27  France
Try: Lewis 48' c
Biggar 75' c
Con: Biggar (2/2) 49', 75'
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 4', 26', 35'		Report
Match data		Try: Bouthier 7' c
Willemse 30' c
Ntamack 52' c
Con: Ntamack (3/3) 8', 31', 53'
Pen: Ntamack (2/2) 19', 63'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,931
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North   11'
OC 13 Nick Tompkins
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes
LW 11 Josh Adams   70'
FH 10 Dan Biggar
SH 9 Gareth Davies   56'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau   65'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Ross Moriarty
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Jake Ball   66'
TP 3 Dillon Lewis   70'
HK 2 Ken Owens   73'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryan Elias   73'
PR 17 Rob Evans   59'
PR 18 Leon Brown   70'
LK 19 Will Rowlands   66'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   65'
SH 21 Tomos Williams   56'
FH 22 Jarrod Evans   70'
WG 23 Johnny McNicholl   11'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
 
FB 15 Anthony Bouthier
RW 14 Teddy Thomas   66'
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa
IC 12 Arthur Vincent
LW 11 Gaël Fickou
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   74'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   74'
N8 8 Gregory Alldritt   40'
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 François Cros   69'
RL 5 Paul Willemse
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux   65'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   69'   79'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   56'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   41'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   56'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   41'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   69'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   65'
FL 20 Dylan Cretin   79'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   75'
FH 22 Matthieu Jalibert   66'
FB 23 Thomas Ramos   75'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Romain Ntamack (France)

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

Notes:

23 February 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England  24–12  Ireland
Try: Ford 8' c
Daly 25' c
Cowan-Dickie 62' c
Con: Farrell (3/3) 9', 25', 64'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 40'		Report
Match data		Try: Henshaw 50' m
Porter 80+2' c
Con: Cooney (1/1) 80+3'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,476
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Jonny May
OC 13 Manu Tuilagi   74'
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)
LW 11 Jonathan Joseph
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs   58'
N8 8 Tom Curry   66'
OF 7 Sam Underhill
BF 6 Courtney Lawes   58'
RL 5 George Kruis   60'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   69'
HK 2 Jamie George   52'
LP 1 Joe Marler   58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   52'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   58'
PR 18 Will Stuart   69'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury   60'
LK 20 Charlie Ewels   58'
FL 21 Ben Earl   66'
SH 22 Willi Heinz   58'
CE 23 Henry Slade   74'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Jordan Larmour   64'
RW 14 Andrew Conway   66'
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)
SH 9 Conor Murray   55'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Josh van der Flier   60'
BF 6 Peter O'Mahony
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Devin Toner   60'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   58'
HK 2 Rob Herring   60'
LP 1 Cian Healy   26'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   60'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   26'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   58'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   60'
N8 20 Caelan Doris   60'
SH 21 John Cooney   55'
FH 22 Ross Byrne   66'
WG 23 Keith Earls   64'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Courtney Lawes (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Round 4

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7 March 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England  33–30  Wales (1 BP)
Try: Watson 4' c
Daly 32' c
Tuilagi 61' c
Con: Farrell (3/3) 6', 34', 62'
Pen: Farrell (3/3) 16', 39', 45'
Ford (1/1) 52'		Report
Match data		Try: Tipuric (2) 41' c, 80+1' c
Biggar 78' c
Con: Biggar (3/3) 42', 78', 80+1'
Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 9', 21'
Biggar (1/1) 40+1'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,522
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Manu Tuilagi   75'
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)
LW 11 Jonny May   8'
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs   70'
N8 8 Tom Curry
OF 7 Mark Wilson   76'
BF 6 Courtney Lawes   66'
RL 5 George Kruis   58'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   77'
HK 2 Jamie George   58'
LP 1 Joe Marler   66'   76'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   58'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   73'   66'
PR 18 Will Stuart   77'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury   58'
LK 20 Charlie Ewels   66'   76'
FL 21 Ben Earl   76'
SH 22 Willi Heinz   70'
CE 23 Henry Slade   8'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Nick Tompkins
IC 12 Hadleigh Parkes
LW 11 Liam Williams   66'
FH 10 Dan Biggar
SH 9 Tomos Williams   46'
N8 8 Josh Navidi
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Ross Moriarty   58'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Jake Ball   58'
TP 3 Dillon Lewis   41'
HK 2 Ken Owens   75'
LP 1 Rob Evans   58'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ryan Elias   75'
PR 17 Rhys Carré   58'
PR 18 Leon Brown   41'
FL 19 Aaron Shingler   58'
N8 20 Taulupe Faletau   58'
SH 21 Rhys Webb   46'
FH 22 Jarrod Evans
WG 23 Johnny McNicholl   66'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Ben Youngs (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

8 March 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  28–17  France
Try: Maitland (2) 40+1' m, 45' c
McInally 64' c
Con: Hastings (2/3) 46', 66'
Pen: Hastings (3/3) 11', 19', 37'		Report
Match data		Try: Penaud 33' c
Ollivon 76' c
Con: Jalibert (2/2) 34', 76'
Pen: Jalibert (1/1) 61'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Sean Maitland   67'
OC 13 Chris Harris
IC 12 Sam Johnson   79'
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Adam Hastings
SH 9 Ali Price   59'
N8 8 Nick Haining   59'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist
LL 4 Scott Cummings   71'
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   67'
HK 2 Fraser Brown   59'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally   59'
PR 17 Allan Dell   59'
PR 18 W. P. Nel   67'
LK 19 Sam Skinner   71'
N8 20 Magnus Bradbury   59'
SH 21 George Horne   59'
FH 22 Duncan Weir   79'
WG 23 Kyle Steyn   67'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Anthony Bouthier   71'
RW 14 Damian Penaud   59'
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa
IC 12 Arthur Vincent
LW 11 Gaël Fickou
FH 10 Romain Ntamack   8'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   77'
N8 8 Gregory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 François Cros   5'   48'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   48'
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   37'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   64'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot   51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peato Mauvaka   64'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   51'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   48'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   48'
FL 20 Dylan Cretin   59'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   77'
FH 22 Matthieu Jalibert   8'
FB 23 Thomas Ramos   71'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Jamie Ritchie (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

  • Kyle Steyn (Scotland) made his international debut.
  • Fraser Brown (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
  • With France's defeat, no team could win the Grand Slam.
  • Scotland reclaimed the Auld Alliance Trophy.
  • This was Scotland's 200th win in the Six Nations, including Home Nations and Five Nations tournaments.
  • Scotland won back-to-back matches against France, after also defeating them in August 2019, for the first time since 1964.
  • Camille Chat was named on the bench for France as hooker, but withdrew in the warm-up ahead of the game due to a hamstring injury, with Peato Mauvaka replacing him.
24 October 2020[b]
15:30 IST (UTC+01)
(1 BP) Ireland  50–17  Italy
Try: Stander 8' c
Keenan (2) 30' c, 36' c
Connors 61' c
Sexton 65' m
Aki 69' c
Heffernan 80' c
Con: Sexton (5/6) 9', 31', 38', 63', 71'
R. Byrne (1/1) 80'
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 14'		Report
Match data		Try: Padovani 55' c
Garbisi 80+2' c
Con: Garbisi (2/2) 56', 80+3'
Pen: Garbisi (1/2) 4'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)[c]
FB 15 Jacob Stockdale
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Garry Ringrose   27'
IC 12 Bundee Aki
LW 11 Hugo Keenan
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)   71'
SH 9 Conor Murray   3'   67'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Will Connors
BF 6 Caelan Doris   67'
RL 5 James Ryan   63'
LL 4 Tadhg Beirne
TP 3 Andrew Porter   63'
HK 2 Rob Herring   51'
LP 1 Cian Healy   56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dave Heffernan   51'
PR 17 Ed Byrne   56'
PR 18 Finlay Bealham   63'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   63'
FL 20 Peter O'Mahony   67'
SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park   67'
FH 22 Ross Byrne   71'
CE 23 Robbie Henshaw   27'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
 
FB 15 Jayden Hayward
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani
OC 13 Luca Morisi   54'
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi
SH 9 Marcello Violi   72'
N8 8 Jake Polledri
OF 7 Braam Steyn
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   67'
RL 5 Niccolò Cannone   47'
LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni   63'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   47'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   47'
LP 1 Danilo Fischetti   47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi   47'
PR 17 Simone Ferrari   47'
PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli   47'
FL 19 David Sisi   47'
N8 20 Johan Meyer   63'
FL 21 Maxime Mbanda   67'
SH 22 Callum Braley   72'
CE 23 Federico Mori   54'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Will Connors (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Note:

Round 5

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31 October 2020[d]
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Wales  10–14  Scotland
Try: Carré 31' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 32'
Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 66'		Report
Match data		Try: McInally 61' m
Pen: Russell (1/2) 10'
Hastings (1/1) 40'
Hogg (1/1) 80'
Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)[e]
FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny
RW 14 Liam Williams
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Owen Watkin   74'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   43'
SH 9 Gareth Davies   72'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau   70'
OF 7 James Davies
BF 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Will Rowlands   57'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   57'   73'
HK 2 Ryan Elias   70'
LP 1 Rhys Carré   49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Parry   70'
PR 17 Wyn Jones   49'
PR 18 Dillon Lewis   57'   73'
LK 19 Cory Hill   57'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   70'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams   72'
FH 22 Rhys Patchell   43'
CE 23 Nick Tompkins   74'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
 
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Darcy Graham   66'
OC 13 Chris Harris
IC 12 James Lang
LW 11 Blair Kinghorn
FH 10 Finn Russell   32'
SH 9 Ali Price
N8 8 Blade Thomson   54'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Scott Cummings
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   54'
HK 2 Fraser Brown   54'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   54'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally   54'
PR 17 Oli Kebble   54'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   54'
LK 19 Ben Toolis
N8 20 Cornell du Preez   54'
SH 21 Scott Steele   70'
FH 22 Adam Hastings   32'   70'
WG 23 Duhan van der Merwe   66'
Coach:
  Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Jamie Ritchie (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

  • Wales made 19 changes to the team that was selected for the original fixture on 14 March, while Scotland made 15 changes.[27][28]
  • Justin Tipuric was named in the starting XV at openside flanker, but was ruled out ahead of kick-off. James Davies replaced him in the starting team with Aaron Wainwright joining the replacements.
  • Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) earned his 149th international cap (140 for Wales, 9 for the British and Irish Lions) to surpass New Zealand's Richie McCaw's record as the most capped international rugby player.
  • Shane Lewis-Hughes (Wales) and Scott Steele (Scotland) made their international debuts.
  • Scotland won three consecutive Six Nations matches for the first time since 1996.
  • This was Scotland's first win in Wales since 2002.
  • Wales finished in fifth place with one win, their worst performance since 2007.
  • Wales played a home game away from the Millennium Stadium for the first time since playing Romania at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham in 2003. It was also the first Welsh international played in Llanelli since 1998 and the first Six Nations game in Llanelli since 1893, making this the first international match played at Parc y Scarlets.
  • Scotland won the Doddie Weir Cup for the first time.
31 October 2020[f]
17:45 CET (UTC+01)
Italy  5–34  England (1 BP)
Try: Polledri 18' mReport
Match data		Try: Youngs (2) 5' c, 41' c
George 51' c
Curry 67' m
Slade 72' m
Con: Farrell (3/5) 6', 42', 52'
Pen: Farrell (1/1) 13'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
FB 15 Matteo Minozzi   47'
RW 14 Edoardo Padovani   22'
OC 13 Luca Morisi
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi
SH 9 Marcello Violi
N8 8 Jake Polledri   38'
OF 7 Braam Steyn
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   73'
RL 5 Niccolò Cannone   61'
LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni   78'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   61'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   61'
LP 1 Danilo Fischetti   42'   52'   61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi   61'
PR 17 Simone Ferrari   42'   52'   61'
PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli   61'
FL 19 David Sisi   61'
N8 20 Johan Meyer   78'
FL 21 Maxime Mbanda   73'
SH 22 Guglielmo Palazzani   47'
CE 23 Federico Mori   22'
Coach:
Franco Smith
 
FB 15 George Furbank
RW 14 Anthony Watson   54'
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph   68'
IC 12 Henry Slade
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 Owen Farrell (c)
SH 9 Ben Youngs   73'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Sam Underhill   33' to 41'   54'
BF 6 Tom Curry
RL 5 Jonny Hill   22'   68'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   63'
HK 2 Jamie George   79'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tom Dunn   79'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   59'
PR 18 Will Stuart   63'
LK 19 Charlie Ewels   68'
FL 20 Ben Earl   36'   40'   54'
SH 21 Dan Robson   73'
CE 22 Ollie Lawrence   68'
WG 23 Ollie Thorley   54'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Ben Youngs (England)

Touch judges:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Television match official:
Romain Poite (France)

Notes:

31 October 2020[g]
21:10 CET (UTC+01)
(1 BP) France  35–27  Ireland
Try: Dupont 7' c
Penalty try 30'
Ntamack 44' m
Vakatawa 71' c
Con: Ntamack (2/3) 8', 72'
Pen: Ntamack (3/3) 38', 48', 52'		Report
Match data		Try: Healy 19' c
Henshaw 60' c
Stockdale 80' c
Con: Sexton (2/2) 19', 61'
R. Byrne (1/1) 80+1'
Pen: Sexton (2/2) 26', 33'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Anthony Bouthier   10'   73'
RW 14 Vincent Rattez
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa   73'
IC 12 Arthur Vincent
LW 11 Gaël Fickou
FH 10 Romain Ntamack
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   77'
N8 8 Gregory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 François Cros   34'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   73'
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   58'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   56'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   56'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   58'
PR 18 Demba Bamba   56'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   73'
FL 20 Dylan Cretin   34'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   77'
WG 22 Arthur Retière   73'
FB 23 Thomas Ramos   73'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
 
FB 15 Jacob Stockdale
RW 14 Andrew Conway
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Bundee Aki   53'
LW 11 Hugo Keenan
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)   69'
SH 9 Conor Murray   66'
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Will Connors   54'
BF 6 Caelan Doris   29'
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Tadhg Beirne   61'
TP 3 Andrew Porter   69'
HK 2 Rob Herring   58'
LP 1 Cian Healy   26'   38'   61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dave Heffernan   58'
PR 17 Ed Byrne   26'   38'   61'
PR 18 Finlay Bealham   69'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   61'
FL 20 Peter O'Mahony   54'
SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park   66'
FH 22 Ross Byrne   69'
CE 23 Chris Farrell   53'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Gregory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Luke Pearce (England)

Notes:

  • Arthur Retière (France) made his international debut.
  • Cian Healy became the sixth Ireland player to earn his 100th test cap.
  • France required a win by 28 points to win the championship, while Ireland needed a bonus-point win or a margin of seven points (or six if they scored at least one try). As neither side met their requirements, England won a record 29th outright title.[32][33]

Player statistics

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Wales final game was scheduled for Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli as the Millennium Stadium was unavailable due to being used as Dragon's Heart Hospital.
  2. ^ Initially scheduled for 7 March 2020.[24]
  3. ^ Nic Berry was initially appointed as referee, but travel restrictions meant the match was reassigned to Matthew Carley.
  4. ^ This game was originally due to go ahead on 14 March, and teams had been announced, but it was postponed on 13 March.[26]
  5. ^ Angus Gardner was initially appointed as referee, but travel restrictions meant the match was reassigned to Andrew Brace.
  6. ^ Due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, this game was first arranged to be played behind closed doors on 14 March, but was postponed the following day,[29] and ultimately rescheduled for 31 October.[30]
  7. ^ *The match between France and Ireland, initially scheduled for 14 March, was postponed on 9 March due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.[31]

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