It is the most significant international rugby competition that takes place solely in the Northern Hemisphere. The event was known as the Five Nations Championship until Italy joined the five original countries in 2000. Winners of the Six Nations Championship are provided in the table.
Since 2000, Italy has competed annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. However, Italy has not won a Six Nations match since their 22–19 away win against Scotland in Round 3 of the 2015 tournament, losing every game since; this equates to a losing run of 30 matches.
| 2020 Six Nations Championship |
|---|
| Countries | England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
| Tournament statistics |
| Champions | England (29th title) |
| Triple Crown | England (26th title) |
| 2021 Six Nations Championship |
|---|
| Tries scored | 86 (5.73 per match) |
| Top point scorer(s) | Johnny Sexton (65 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) | Duhan van der Merwe (5 tries) |
| Player of the tournament | Hamish Watson |
The Six Nations started out as the Home Nations Championship in 1883, with Scotland sharing the championship with England in 1886 before winning the title outright for the first time a year later. Scotland have won the title outright 15 times and shared the championship a further nine times.
The visitors could not claw it back despite Bundee Aki's red card just after the hour.
Six Nations: We need to reset England team - Eddie Jones after Ireland defeat.
| England's Six Nations finishes under Jones |
|---|
| 2018 | 5th |
| 2019 | 2nd |
| 2020 | 1st |
| 2021 | 5th |
The 2021 Guinness Six Nations kicked off on the weekend of 6-7 February and concluded on Friday 26 March – six days later than scheduled after the third-round fixture between France and Scotland had to be rearranged due to a Covid-19 outbreak in the French camp.
How old is Alun Wyn Jones?
35 years (September 19, 1985)
Six Nations teams receive four points for a win, two points for a draw and nothing for a defeat by more than eight points. A team will receive ONE extra point if they score four or more tries in a single match, and ONE extra point if they lose by eight or less.
It originally started in 1882 and was known as the Home Nations Championships. Chiefly because it was held between the 4 home nation countries; England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Originally Answered: How are the fixtures decided for the Six Nations? As Vaughan has pointed out already, the 6 Nations is based on the premise that teams play each other once, alternating on an annual basis between home and away games.
How many teams are in the Six Nations?
Grand Slams, Triple Crowns and Championship winsShare this page: Wales have won the Championship outright 28 times (counting the initial Home Nations Championship, the Five Nations Championship and the Six Nations Championship together) and shared the title a further 11 times making it 38 achievements overall.
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the "Home Nations" – i.e. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship. If any one of these teams defeats all three other teams, they win the Triple Crown.
Overall
| England | Scotland |
|---|
| Overall | 26 | 10 |
| Wooden Spoons |
| Home Nations | 7 | 5 |
| Five Nations | 10 | 15 |
In a test match played between 15,16,17,18 January 1999 between South Africa vs West Indies, the whole South African team was awarded man of the match. In Test matches, Jacques Kallis holds the record for the highest number of awards won, with 23 in 166 matches played.
Wales clinched the Six Nations as 14-man Scotland snatched their first victory in Paris since 1999 to wreck France's title hopes. The hosts, needing a bonus point and a winning margin of 21 points, had only one try and a 13-10 lead at the break.
Table of Grand Slam winners
| Nation | Grand Slams | Grand Slam winning seasons |
|---|
| Wales | 12 | 1908, 1909, 1911, 1950, 1952, 1971, 1976, 1978, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2019 |
| France | 9 | 1968, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2010 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1948, 2009, 2018 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1925, 1984, 1990 |
There is only one way France can win the Six Nations Championship. Les Bleus must beat Scotland with a bonus point on Friday night. That will draw them level with Wales in the table and the title will be decided on points difference.
France need a bonus-point victory and winning margin of 21 points or more to pip Wales to the post. If France win in bonus-point fashion and take the match by exactly 20 points, it will come down to tournament try-count between Les Bleus and Wales.
If Wales lose with a bonus point as France win without one, Wales will win the title. If Wales lose without a bonus point they can still win the title if France fail to overhaul their 19 point tally or match it and do not overhaul the points-difference deficit.
That means that, for France to win the tournament, they must beat Scotland on Friday night by more than 20 points and score four tries. If France score four tries and win by exactly 20 points, then both teams will be level on table points and points difference. The next differentiating factor is tries scored.
If Wales win: They are Grand Slam champions. If it's a draw: Wales are Six Nations champions. Even if France get a bonus point win, Wales will still win the title if they score four tries and lose by seven points or less as they will get two bonus points.
Wales are the European champions. Wayne Pivac's men won the 2021 Guinness Six Nations after France failed to achieve the sizeable victory required to snatch the title from Welsh hands. Wales won four titles, including three Grand Slams, during Gatland's reign from 2007-2019.
The Six Nations is one of the oldest tournaments in rugby, having been played in one form or another for more than 138 years. It takes place every year between the top rugby union-playing countries in Europe.
