2021 Six Nations Championship

2021 Six Nations Championship
2021 Six Nations Championship
Date	6 February – 20 March 2021
Countries	England; Frankreich; Irland; Italien; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	26 (5.2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Owen Farrell (17 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Louis Rees-Zammit (3 tries)
Official website	sixnationsrugby.com
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The 2021 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is the 22nd Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 127th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship).

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament started just three months after the end of the previous tournament and all matches are set to take place without spectators.

England enter the tournament as defending champions, having beaten Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on the final day of the 2020 tournament to top the table and win on points difference.^[1]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Standort	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
Frankreich	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié	Charles Ollivon
Irland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Jonathan Sexton
Italien	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

Squads

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points			Table points
Position	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	Tries	Loser	Table points
1	Wales	2	2	0	0	46	40	6	6	4	0	1	0	9
2	England	2	1	0	1	47	29	18	6	3	0	1	1	6
3	Frankreich	1	1	0	0	50	10	40	7	1	0	1	0	5
4	Scotland	2	1	0	1	35	31	4	4	4	0	0	1	5
5	Irland	1	0	0	1	16	21	−5	1	2	0	0	1	1
6	Italien	2	0	0	2	28	91	−63	3	13	0	0	0	0

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, or loses by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four or more tries, 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 would top the table with at least 23 points, as a team could lose a match and still win two bonus points, and win the other four matches with four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
Tiebreakers
- If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better 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 their 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

The fixtures were announced on 20 March 2019 along with the previous year's fixtures. As with 2020, no matches were scheduled on a Friday night and the final match of the tournament was scheduled for peak time.^[2]

Round 1

6 February 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italien	10–50	Frankreich (1 BP)
Try: Sperandio 65' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 66' Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 19'	Report Match data	Try: Cretin 6' c Fickou 27' c Vincent 30' c Dulin 49' c Dupont 53' c Thomas (2) 57' c, 74' m Con: Jalibert (6/6) 7', 28', 31', 51', 54', 58' Pen: Jalibert (1/1) 11'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Jacopo Trulla
RW	14	Luca Sperandio
OC	13	Marco Zanon			44'
IC	12	Ignacio Brex
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi	36'	41'
SH	9	Stephen Varney
N8	8	Michele Lamaro
OF	7	Johan Meyer	51'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	59'
RL	5	David Sisi	59'
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni
TP	3	Marco Riccioni	31'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	59'
LP	1	Daniele Rimpelli	31'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gianmarco Lucchesi	59'
PR	17	Danilo Fischetti	31'
PR	18	Giosuè Zilocchi	31'
LK	19	Niccolò Cannone	59'
LK	20	Federico Ruzza	59'
FL	21	Maxime Mbanda	51'	74'
SH	22	Guglielmo Palazzani		74'
FH	23	Carlo Canna	36'	41'	44'
Coach:
Franco Smith


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Arthur Vincent
IC	12	Gaël Fickou	59'
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert	59'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont	59'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt	58'
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	Dylan Cretin
RL	5	Paul Willemse	58'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	53'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	46'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Pierre Bourgarit	46'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	53'
PR	18	Dorian Aldegheri	53'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	58'
FL	20	Anthony Jelonch	58'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin	59'
FH	22	Louis Carbonel	59'
WG	23	Damian Penaud	59'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Antoine Dupont (France)

Touch judges:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Karl Dickson (England)

Notes:

Ignacio Brex and Daniele Rimpelli (both Italy) made their international debuts.
Cherif Traorè was originally due to start, but was replaced by Daniele Rimpelli after being injured the in the warm-up.
France retain the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.
Italy suffered their 28th consecutive Six Nations defeat.

6 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	6–11	Scotland
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 34', 39'	Report Match data	Try: Van der Merwe 30' m Pen: Russell (2/3) 6', 49'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Anthony Watson		76'
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Ollie Lawrence		69'
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Ben Youngs		56'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola	24' to 34'	67'
OF	7	Tom Curry
BF	6	Mark Wilson		53'
RL	5	Jonny Hill
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Will Stuart		62'
HK	2	Jamie George		56'
LP	1	Ellis Genge		72'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie		56'
PR	17	Beno Obano		72'
PR	18	Harry Williams		62'
LK	19	Courtney Lawes		53'
FL	20	Ben Earl		67'
SH	21	Dan Robson		56'
FH	22	George Ford		69'
FB	23	Max Malins		76'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Sean Maitland		72'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Cameron Redpath
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell	38' to 48'
SH	9	Ali Price		69'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson		64'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie		66'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson		64'
HK	2	George Turner		67'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	David Cherry		67'
PR	17	Oli Kebble		64'
PR	18	WP Nel		64'
LK	19	Richie Gray		66'
N8	20	Gary Graham		64'
SH	21	Scott Steele		69'
FH	22	Jaco van der Walt
CE	23	Huw Jones		72'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Stuart Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

This was Scotland's first win at Twickenham since 1983, and only their fifth ever victory there.
This was England's first opening round defeat at home in the Six Nations since 2008, against Wales.
This was England's first home loss in the Six Nations since losing to Ireland in 2018.
Beno Obano (England), David Cherry and Cameron Redpath (both Scotland) made their international debuts.
Scotland reclaim the Calcutta Cup.

7 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	21–16	Irland (1 BP)
Try: North 49' m Rees-Zammit 59' c Con: Halfpenny (1/2) 60' Pen: Halfpenny (3/3) 5', 19', 66'	Report Match data	Try: Beirne 37' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 39' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 29', 35' Burns (1/1) 72'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Louis Rees-Zammit
OC	13	George North
IC	12	Johnny Williams	24'
LW	11	Hallam Amos	66'
FH	10	Dan Biggar
SH	9	Tomos Williams	41'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Dan Lydiate	13'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Adam Beard	66'
TP	3	Tomas Francis	66'
HK	2	Ken Owens
LP	1	Wyn Jones	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee
PR	17	Rhodri Jones	66'
PR	18	Leon Brown	66'
LK	19	Will Rowlands	66'
FL	20	Josh Navidi	13'
SH	21	Gareth Davies	41'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	66'
CE	23	Nick Tompkins	24'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Keith Earls		62'
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw		54'	64'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Jonathan Sexton (c)				70'
SH	9	Conor Murray		73'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Josh van der Flier		60'
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	14'
RL	5	James Ryan		24'
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Andrew Porter		54'
HK	2	Rob Herring		73'
LP	1	Cian Healy		52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher		73'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne		52'
PR	18	Tadhg Furlong		54'
LK	19	Iain Henderson		24'
FL	20	Will Connors		60'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park		73'
FH	22	Billy Burns		54'	64'	70'
WG	23	Jordan Larmour		62'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Wyn Jones (Wales)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

Peter O'Mahony is the first Ireland player to receive a red card in a Six Nations Championship match.^[3]

Round 2

13 February 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	41–18	Italien
Try: Hill 14' m Watson (2) 26' c, 50' c May 40' m Willis 61' m Daly 68' c Con: Farrell (4/6) 27', 50', 62', 69' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 9'	Report Match data	Try: Ioane 3' m Allan 66' c Con: Allan (1/1) 67' Pen: Garbisi (2/2) 20', 44'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Anthony Watson
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs	51'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola	59'
OF	7	Tom Curry
BF	6	Courtney Lawes	59'
RL	5	Jonny Hill	51'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	74'
HK	2	Luke Cowan-Dickie	52'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George	52'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	52'
PR	18	Will Stuart	74'
LK	19	Charlie Ewels	51'
FL	20	Ben Earl	59'
FL	21	Jack Willis	59'	65'
SH	22	Dan Robson	51'
FB	23	Max Malins		65'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Jacopo Trulla
RW	14	Luca Sperandio
OC	13	Ignacio Brex		59'
IC	12	Carlo Canna	51' to 59'
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi	65'
SH	9	Stephen Varney	70'
N8	8	Michele Lamaro	45'
OF	7	Johan Meyer
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	25' to 31'
RL	5	David Sisi			79'
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni
TP	3	Marco Riccioni	16' to 25'		41'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	69'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	31'	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gianmarco Lucchesi	69'
PR	17	Danilo Fischetti	31'	54'
PR	18	Giosuè Zilocchi	16'	25'	41'
LK	19	Niccolò Cannone	45'
LK	20	Federico Ruzza	25'	31'	79'
SH	21	Guglielmo Palazzani	70'
FH	22	Tommaso Allan	65'
CE	23	Federico Mori	51'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Kyle Sinckler (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Ben Blain (Scotland)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

Notes:

Mike Adamson became the first Scottish referee to officiate a Six Nations match since Rob Dickson in 2002.^[4]

13 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	24–25	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Graham 18' c Hogg (2) 25' c, 65' c Con: Russell (3/3) 19', 26', 66' Pen: Russell (1/1) 11'	Report Match data	Try: Rees-Zammit (2) 38' m, 70' m Williams 51' c W. Jones 55' m Con: Sheedy (1/3) 52' Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 8'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham		57'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	James Lang		71'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ali Price
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Blade Thomson		13'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	54'
HK	2	George Turner		69'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland		69'
Replacements:
HK	16	David Cherry		69'
PR	17	Oli Kebble		69'
PR	18	WP Nel		57'
LK	19	Richie Gray		57'
N8	20	Gary Graham		13'	56'
SH	21	Scott Steele
FH	22	Jaco van der Walt
CE	23	Huw Jones		71'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny	33'
RW	14	Louis Rees-Zammit
OC	13	Owen Watkin
IC	12	Nick Tompkins
LW	11	Liam Williams
FH	10	Dan Biggar	49'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	49'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Aaron Wainwright	63'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)	71'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Tomas Francis	63'
HK	2	Ken Owens	71'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	78'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	71'
PR	17	Rhodri Jones	78'
PR	18	Leon Brown	63'
LK	19	Will Rowlands	71'
FL	20	James Botham	63'
SH	21	Kieran Hardy	49'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	49'
CE	23	Willis Halaholo	33'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Karl Dickson (England)

Notes:

Willis Halaholo (Wales) made his international debut.
Wales reclaimed the Doddie Weir Cup.

14 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Irland	v	Frankreich

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Keith Earls
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Billy Burns
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock
RL	5	Iain Henderson (c)
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Andrew Porter
HK	2	Rob Herring
LP	1	Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher
PR	17	Ed Byrne
PR	18	Tadhg Furlong
LK	19	Ultan Dillane
FL	20	Will Connors
SH	21	Craig Casey
FH	22	Ross Byrne
WG	23	Jordan Larmour
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Arthur Vincent
IC	12	Gaël Fickou
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert
SH	9	Antoine Dupont
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	Anthony Jelonch
RL	5	Paul Willemse
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas
HK	2	Julien Marchand
LP	1	Cyril Baille
Replacements:
HK	16	Pierre Bourgarit
PR	17	Hassane Kolingar
PR	18	Uini Atonio
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua
FL	20	Dylan Cretin
SH	21	Baptiste Serin
FB	22	Anthony Bouthier
WG	23	Teddy Thomas
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Round 3

27 February 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italien	v	Irland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

27 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	v	England

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

28 February 2021
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Frankreich	v	Scotland

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Round 4

13 March 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italien	v	Wales

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

13 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	v	Frankreich

Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

14 March 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	v	Irland

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Round 5

20 March 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	v	Italien

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

20 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Irland	v	England

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

20 March 2021
21:00 CET (UTC+1)

Frankreich	v	Wales

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Player statistics

Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Owen Farrell	England	17
2	Finn Russell	Scotland	15
	Matthieu Jalibert	Frankreich
	Louis Rees-Zammit	Wales
5	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales	14
6	Paolo Garbisi	Italien	11
7	Stuart Hogg	Scotland	10
	Anthony Watson	England
	Teddy Thomas	Frankreich
10	Johnny Sexton	Irland	8

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Louis Rees-Zammit	Wales	3
2	Anthony Watson	England	2
	Stuart Hogg	Scotland
	Teddy Thomas	Frankreich
5	18 players		1

References

^ Dawnay, Oliver (31 October 2020). "England crowned 2020 Six Nations champions on points difference as France defeat Ireland". talkSPORT. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
^ "Fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021 Championships". Six Nations Rugby. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ Griffiths, Gareth (7 February 2021). "Six Nations: Wales beat 14-man Ireland 21-16 in tense opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
^ Mairs, Gavin (13 February 2021). "Mike Adamson: Scotland's first Six Nations referee in 19 years – who will not tolerate backchat". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

[1] Dawnay, Oliver (31 October 2020). "England crowned 2020 Six Nations champions on points difference as France defeat Ireland". talkSPORT. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

[2] "Fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021 Championships". Six Nations Rugby. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[3] Griffiths, Gareth (7 February 2021). "Six Nations: Wales beat 14-man Ireland 21-16 in tense opener". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2021.

[4] Mairs, Gavin (13 February 2021). "Mike Adamson: Scotland's first Six Nations referee in 19 years – who will not tolerate backchat". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 13 February 2021.

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