Rugby Six Nations
The Rugby Six Nations Championship is also known as the Guinness Six Nations. It is an annual international men’s rugby union competition in which six teams compete for the championship.
The six teams are:
- France
- England
- Ireland
- Italy
- Scotland
- Wales
The present 2022 champion is France. This time again all six teams are going to compete in the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
The rugby six nations tournament is organized under the banner of Six Nations Rugby. The main responsibilities of the Six Nation Rugby are to promote and operate the men’s, women’s and under-20s tournaments, and the Autumn International Series. It also negotiates and manages their centralized commercial rights.
The headquarters of Rugby six nations Championship is in Dublin, Ireland by the name of Six Nations Rugby Ltd. Present CEO of the Six Nations Championship is Benjamin Morel, he replaced John Feehan.
Rugby Six Nations is the successor of the Home Nations Championship which was held during 1883 to 1909 and 1932 to 39, where teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales participated.
After the addition of France, it became the Five Nations Championship during 1910–31 and 1947–99. Finally it became the Six Nations Championship after the addition of Italy in 2000.
England and Wales both have won 39 championship titles. As of now Italy and Scotland have never won the Six Nations title. The women’s tournament started in 1996 as the Women’s Home Nations.
Point System
Each year rugby six nations tournament begins on the first weekend in February and reaches its climax on the second or third Saturday in March.
It’s a league kind of tournament where each team plays with every other team once (a total of 15 matches), with additional home ground advantage alternating from one year to the next.
As per the point system before the 2017 tournament, there was no bonus point system. But the bonus points system was first introduced in the 2017 Championship.
Rest of the system is similar as other used rugby championships, 4 for a win, 2 for a draw, 0 points for a loss, 1 for scoring four or more tries in a match, and 1 for losing by 7 points or fewer.
The team that wins all their games, and wins a Grand Slam, are automatically awarded 3 extra points to ensure they remain at the top irrespective of any situation.
If in any situation teams tie on both match points and points difference, the team that scored the most tries wins the championship.
The Wooden Spoon a special award is given to the team that finishes in last place, or alternatively by a team that loses all of its games in a championship. Since the inaugural Six Nations tournament in 2000, Italy had won this award, by finishing last 15 times, they lost every match for consecutively 11 times
Trophies And Awards
The winners of the Rugby Six Nations are presented with the Championship Trophy, which was designed and crafted by Thomas Lyte silversmiths in 2015.
A team that wins all the matches wins the ‘Grand Slam’. One more prestigious award, the Triple Crown which may only be won by one of the Home Nations of England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, when one nation wins all three of their matches against the others. Since the beginning this triple crown have won four times by Ireland and Wales and three times by England..
Rugby Six Nation 2023 Venues
Six Nations matches are held in the following stadiums:
England
Twickenham Stadium, London
- Opened: 2 October 1909
- Owner: Rugby Football Union
- Architect: Archibald Leitch
France
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
- Opened: 28 January 1998
- Height: 35 m
- Architects:Michel Macary, Michel Regembal, Claude Constantini, Aymeric Zublena
Wales
Italy
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
- Opened: 1937Height: 34 m
- Architects: Luigi Moretti, Enrico Del Debbio, Annibale Vitellozzi
- Owner: Italian National Olympic Committee
Scotland
Ireland
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
- Opened: 14 May 2010
- Owners: Football Association of Ireland, Irish Rugby Football Union
- Architects: David Hines, Christopher David Lee
Broadcasting
- UK- BBC Sport, ITV Sport, S4C
- France- France 2
- Republic of Ireland- RTÉ,Virgin Media Television
- Italy- Sky Italia
Rugby Six Nation 2023 Schedule
| DATE | MATCH | TIME | ROUND | STADIUM |
| 04 Feb | Wales Vs Ireland | 19:45 | 1 | Principality Stadium |
| 04 Feb | England Vs Scotland | 22:15 | 1 | Twickenham Stadium |
| 05 Feb | Italy Vs France | 20:30 | 1 | Stadio Olimpico |
| 11 Feb | Ireland Vs France | 19:45 | 2 | Aviva Stadium |
| 11 Feb | Scotland Vs Wales | 22:15 | 2 | BT Murrayfield Stadium |
| 12 Feb | England Vs Italy | 20:30 | 2 | Twickenham Stadium |
| 25 Feb | Italy Vs Ireland | 19:45 | 3 | Stadio Olimpico |
| 25 Feb | Wales Vs England | 22:15 | 3 | Principality Stadium |
| 26 Feb | France Vs Scotland | 20:30 | 3 | Stade de France |
| 11 Mar | Italy Vs Wales | 19:45 | 4 | Stadio Olimpico |
| 11 Mar | England Vs France | 22:15 | 4 | Twickenham Stadium |
| 12 Mar | Scotland Vs Ireland | 20:30 | 4 | BT Murrayfield Stadium |
| 18 Mar | Scotland Vs Italy | 18:00 | 5 | BT Murrayfield Stadium |
| 18 Mar | France Vs Wales | 20:15 | 5 | Stade de France |
| 18 Mar | Ireland Vs England | 22:30 | 5 | Aviva Stadium |
Rugby Six Nations Squads
England
Head coach: Australia Eddie Jones
Jamie Blamire- Hooker
Luke Cowan-Dickie- Hooker
Jamie George- Hooker
Ellis Genge- Prop
Joe Heyes- Prop
Joe Marler- Prop
Bevan Rodd M- Prop
Kyle Sinckler- Prop
Will Stuart- Prop
Ollie Chessum- Lock
Charlie Ewels- Lock
Jonny Hill- Lock
Maro Itoje- Lock
Courtney Lawes- Lock
Alfie Barbeary- Back row
Tom Curry- Back row
Alex Dombrandt- Back row
Lewis Ludlam- Back row
Sam Simmonds- Back row
Raffi Quirke- Scrum-half
Harry Randall- Scrum-half
Ben Youngs- Scrum-half
Orlando Bailey- Fly-half
Owen Farrell- Fly-half
Marcus Smith- Fly-half
Mark Atkinson- Centre
Joe Marchant- Centre
Luke Northmore- Centre
Henry Slade- Centre
Ollie Hassell-Collins- Wing
Jonny May- Wing
Jack Nowell- Wing
Tommy Freeman- Fullback
George Furbank- Fullback
Max Malins- Fullback
Freddie Steward- Fullback
France
Head coach: Fabien Galthié
Gaëtan Barlot- Hooker
Julien Marchand- Hooker
Peato Mauvaka- Hooker
Uini Atonio- Prop
Cyril Baille- Prop
Demba Bamba- Prop
Daniel Bibi Biziwu- Prop
Jean-Baptiste Gros- Prop
Mohamed Haouas- Prop
Thibaud Flament- Lock
Bernard Le Roux- Lock
Romain Taofifénua- Lock
Florent Vanverberghe- Lock
Florian Verhaeghe- Lock
Paul Willemse- Lock
Grégory Alldritt- Back row
Dylan Cretin- Back row
François Cros- Back row
Ibrahim Diallo- Back row
Anthony Jelonch- Back row
Sekou Macalou- Back row
Yoan Tanga- Back row
Cameron Woki- Back row
Baptiste Couilloud- Scrum-half
Antoine Dupont- Scrum-half
Maxime Lucu- Scrum-half
Léo Berdeu- Fly-half
Antoine Hastoy- Fly-half
Romain Ntamack- Fly-half
Jonathan Danty- Centre
Jules Favre- Centre
Gaël Fickou- Centre
Yoram Moefana- Centre
Virimi Vakatawa- Centre
Tani Vili- Centre
Matthis Lebel- Wing
Damian Penaud- Wing
Teddy Thomas- Wing
Gabin Villière- Wing
Brice Dulin- Fullback
Melvyn Jaminet- Fullback
Thomas Ramos- Fullback
Ireland
Head coach: England Andy Farrell
Rob Herring- Hooker
Rónan Kelleher- Hooker
Dan Sheehan- Hooker
Finlay Bealham- Prop
Tadhg Furlong- Prop
Cian Healy- Prop
Tom O’Toole- Prop
Andrew Porter- Prop
Ryan Baird- Lock
Tadhg Beirne- Lock
Iain Henderson- Lock
James Ryan- Lock
Kieran Treadwell- Lock
Jack Conan- Back row
Gavin Coombes- Back row
Caelan Doris- Back row
Peter O’Mahony- Back row
Cian Prendergast- Back row
Nick Timoney- Back row
Josh van der Flier- Back row
Craig Casey- Scrum-half
Jamison Gibson-Park- Scrum-half
Conor Murray- Scrum-half
Jack Carty- Fly-half
Joey Carbery- Fly-half
Johnny Sexton ©- Fly-half
Bundee Aki- Centre
Robbie Henshaw- Centre
James Hume- Centre
Garry Ringrose- Centre
Robert Baloucoune- Wing
Andrew Conway- Wing
Keith Earls- Wing
Mack Hansen- Wing
Hugo Keenan- Fullback
Jordan Larmour- Fullback
Michael Lowry- Fullback
Italy
Head coach: New Zealand Kieran Crowley
Hame Faiva- Hooker
Gianmarco Lucchesi- Hooker
Giacomo Nicotera- Hooker
Pietro Ceccarelli- Prop
Danilo Fischetti- Prop
Ivan Nemer- Prop
Tiziano Pasquali- Prop
Cherif Traorè- Prop
Giosuè Zilocchi- Prop
Niccolò Cannone- Lock
Marco Fuser- Lock
Federico Ruzza- Lock
David Sisi- Lock
Toa Halafihi- Back row
Michele Lamaro ©- Back row
Sebastian Negri- Back row
Giovanni Pettinelli- Back row
Braam Steyn- Back row
Manuel Zuliani – Back row
Callum Braley- Scrum-half
Alessandro Fusco- Scrum-half
Stephen Varney- Scrum-half
Giacomo Da Re- Fly-half
Paolo Garbisi- Fly-half
Leonardo Marin- Fly-half
Ignacio Brex- Centre
Luca Morisi- Centre
Marco Zanon- Centre
Pierre Bruno- Wing
Monty Ioane- Wing
Tommaso Menoncello- Wing
Federico Mori- Wing
Edoardo Padovani- Fullback
Scotland
Head coach: Gregor Townsend
Ewan Ashman- Hooker
Stuart McInally- Hooker
George Turner- Hooker
Jamie Bhatti- Prop
Zander Fagerson- Prop
WP Nel- Prop
Pierre Schoeman- Prop
Javan Sebastian- Prop
Rory Sutherland- Prop
Scott Cummings- Lock
Grant Gilchrist- Lock
Jonny Gray- Lock
Jamie Hodgson- Lock
Sam Skinner- Lock
Josh Bayliss- Back row
Magnus Bradbury- Back row
Andy Christie- Back row
Rory Darge- Back row
Matt Fagerson- Back row
Nick Haining- Back row
Jamie Ritchie- Back row
Hamish Watson- Back row
Ali Price- Scrum-half
Ben White- Scrum-half
Finn Russell- Fly-half
Mark Bennett- Centre
Chris Harris- Centre
Rory Hutchinson- Centre
Sam Johnson- Centre
Cameron Redpath- Centre
Sione Tuipulotu- Centre
Darcy Graham – Wing
Rufus McLean- Wing
Kyle Rowe- Wing
Kyle Steyn- Wing
Duhan van der Merwe- Wing
Stuart Hogg- Fullback
Blair Kinghorn- Fullback
Wales
Head coach: New Zealand Wayne Pivac
Ryan Elias- Hooker
Dewi Lake- Hooker
Bradley Roberts- Hooker
Leon Brown- Prop
Rhys Carré- Prop
Tomas Francis – Prop
Wyn Jones- Prop
Dillon Lewis- Prop
Gareth Thomas- Prop
Adam Beard- Lock
Ben Carter- Lock
Seb Davies- Lock
Will Rowlands- Lock
Christ Tshiunza- Lock
Taine Basham- Back row
Ellis Jenkins- Back row
Jac Morgan- Back row
Ross Moriarty- Back row
James Ratti- Back row
Aaron Wainwright- Back row
Gareth Davies- Scrum-half
Kieran Hardy- Scrum-half
Tomos Williams- Scrum-half
Gareth Anscombe- Fly-half
Dan Biggar ©- Fly-half
Rhys Priestland- Fly-half
Callum Sheedy- Fly-half
Jonathan Davies- Centre
Willis Halaholo- Centre
Nick Tompkins- Centre
Owen Watkin- Centre
Josh Adams- Wing
Alex Cuthbert- Wing
Louis Rees-Zammit- Wing
Johnny McNicholl- Fullback
Liam Williams- Fullback
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