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2021 Six Nations Championship

Summary

The 2021 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was 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 took place without spectators.

2021 Six Nations Championship
Date6 February – 26 March 2021
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (28th title)
Triple Crown Wales (22nd title)
Matches played15
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Tries scored86 (5.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ireland Johnny Sexton (65 points)
Top try scorer(s)Scotland Duhan van der Merwe (5 tries)
Player of the tournamentScotland Hamish Watson[1]
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England began the tournament as defending champions, having won the 2020 tournament on points difference,[2] but only managed two wins in this tournament and finished fifth, ahead of only Italy.[3] Wales, having finished fifth in 2020, entered the final weekend with four wins out of four and the possibility of a Grand Slam, but were beaten 32–30 by France in Saint-Denis following a late try.[4]

France's third match, against Scotland, had to be rescheduled after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the French camp; the match was moved to the Friday night following the final round of matches,[5] with France needing to win by at least 21 points with a try-scoring bonus point to overtake Wales at the top of the table. They led by three points going into the final minute, only for Scotland to score a try that gave them the win and Wales the title.[6]

Participants edit

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

Squads edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA GS TB LB Pts   WAL   FRA   IRE   SCO   ENG   ITA
1   Wales 5 4 0 1 164 103 +61 20 11 0 3 1 20 — 21–16 40–24
2   France 5 3 0 2 140 103 +37 18 10 0 2 2 16 32–30 — 23–27
3   Ireland 5 3 0 2 136 88 +48 12 10 0 1 2 15 13–15 — 32–18
4   Scotland 5 3 0 2 138 91 +47 18 10 0 1 2 15 24–25 24–27 — 52–10
5   England 5 2 0 3 112 121 −9 12 11 0 1 1 10 23–20 6–11 — 41–18
6   Italy 5 0 0 5 55 239 −184 6 34 0 0 0 0 7–48 10–50 10–48 —
Source: [citation needed]

Table ranking rules

  • Four points are awarded for a win.
  • Two points are awarded for a draw.
  • Bonus points are awarded to any team that scores four or more tries in a match and/or loses by seven points or fewer.
  • Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a team that wins a Grand Slam tops the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning 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 (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures edit

The fixtures were announced on 20 March 2019. As with 2020, no matches were scheduled on a Friday night[a] and the final match of the tournament was scheduled for peak time.[7]

Round 1 edit

6 February 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  10–50  France (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:

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'   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'
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 Dave 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)

Notes:

7 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  21–16  Ireland (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 Johnny 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 became the first Ireland player to receive a red card in a Six Nations match.[9]

Round 2 edit

13 February 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England  41–18  Italy
Try: Hill 14' m
Watson (2) 26' c, 50' c
May 40' m
Willis 61' c
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.[10]
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 Dave Cherry   69'
PR 17 Oli Kebble   69'
PR 18 WP Nel   57'
LK 19 Richie Gray   56'
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:

14 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Ireland  13–15  France
Try: Kelleher 57' c
Con: R. Byrne (1/1) 58'
Pen: Burns (1/2) 21'
R. Byrne (1/1) 65'		Report
Match data		Try: Ollivon 29' c
Penaud 55' m
Con: Jalibert (1/2) 31'
Pen: Jalibert (1/3) 39'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Hugo Keenan
RW 14 Keith Earls   68'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 James Lowe
FH 10 Billy Burns   42'
SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Josh van der Flier   65'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock
RL 5 Iain Henderson (c)   42'   59'
LL 4 Tadhg Beirne   73'
TP 3 Andrew Porter   53'
HK 2 Rob Herring   54'
LP 1 Cian Healy   42'   57'   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   54'
PR 17 Ed Byrne   42'   57'   70'
PR 18 Tadhg Furlong   53'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane   42'   59'   73'
FL 20 Will Connors   65'
SH 21 Craig Casey
FH 22 Ross Byrne   42'
WG 23 Jordan Larmour   68'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
 
FB 15 Brice Dulin
RW 14 Damian Penaud   67'
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   67'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   70'
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux   24'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   56'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   76'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   76'
Replacements:
HK 16 Pierre Bourgarit   76'
PR 17 Hassane Kolingar   76'
PR 18 Uini Atonio   56'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   70'
FL 20 Dylan Cretin   67'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin
FB 22 Anthony Bouthier
WG 23 Teddy Thomas   67'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Brice Dulin (France)

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

Notes:

Round 3 edit

27 February 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  10–48  Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Meyer 40' c
Con: Garbisi (1/1) 40'
Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 4'		Report
Match data		Try: Ringrose 11' c
Keenan 31' c
Connors (2) 36' c, 66' c
Stander 43' c
Earls 80' c
Con: Sexton (6/6) 12', 33', 37', 44', 67', 80'
Pen: Sexton (2/2) 6', 18'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
FB 15 Jacopo Trulla
RW 14 Luca Sperandio   41'
OC 13 Ignacio Brex   67'
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Monty Ioane   60'   75'
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi
SH 9 Callum Braley   78'
N8 8 Michele Lamaro
OF 7 Johan Meyer
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   75'
RL 5 David Sisi
LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni   44'
TP 3 Marco Riccioni   44'   60'   70'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   65'   75'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti   44'   69'
Replacements:
HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi   70'
PR 17 Cherif Traorè   44'   69'
PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi   59'   44'
LK 19 Niccolò Cannone   44'
FL 20 Maxime Mbanda   75'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani   78'
CE 22 Federico Mori   67'
WG 23 Mattia Bellini   41'
Coach:
Franco Smith
 
FB 15 Hugo Keenan
RW 14 Jordan Larmour   41'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw   71'
LW 11 James Lowe
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)
SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park   63'
N8 8 CJ Stander   63'
OF 7 Will Connors
BF 6 Tadhg Beirne
RL 5 James Ryan
LL 4 Iain Henderson   63'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   47'
HK 2 Rónan Kelleher   63'
LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne   47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rob Herring   63'
PR 17 Cian Healy   47'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   47'
LK 19 Ryan Baird   63'
N8 20 Jack Conan   63'
SH 21 Craig Casey   63'
FH 22 Billy Burns   71'
WG 23 Keith Earls   41'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Romain Poite (France)

Notes:

27 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Wales  40–24  England
Try: Adams 16' c
Williams 30' c
Hardy 48' c
Hill 79' c
Con: Biggar (2/2) 17', 31'
Sheedy (2/2) 50', 80'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 6'
Sheedy (3/3) 67', 70', 75'		Report
Match data		Try: Watson 36' m
Youngs 62' c
Con: Farrell (1/2) 63'
Pen: Farrell (4/5) 12', 20', 40', 53'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit
OC 13 George North
IC 12 Jonathan Davies   50'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   45'
SH 9 Kieran Hardy   65'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi   70'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Adam Beard   56'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   67'
HK 2 Ken Owens   63'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   63'
PR 17 Rhodri Jones   63'
PR 18 Leon Brown   67'
LK 19 Cory Hill   56'
FL 20 James Botham   70'
SH 21 Gareth Davies   65'
FH 22 Callum Sheedy   45'
CE 23 Willis Halaholo   50'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
 
FB 15 Elliot Daly   75'
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   70'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry
BF 6 Mark Wilson   71'
RL 5 Jonny Hill   58'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler
HK 2 Jamie George   61'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   67'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie   61'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   67'
PR 18 Will Stuart
LK 19 Charlie Ewels   58'
FL 20 George Martin
FL 21 Ben Earl   71'
SH 22 Dan Robson   70'
FB 23 Max Malins   75'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

Touch judges:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Notes:

  • George North (Wales) – at the age of 28 and 320 days – became the youngest player to earn 100 caps for his country, surpassing Australia's Michael Hooper by 28 days.
  • Elliot Daly (England) earned his 50th test cap.
  • Owen Farrell scored his 1,000th point for England.
  • Wales' 40 points scored were the most they had ever scored against England, surpassing the 34 points scored in 1967.
  • Wales recorded a bonus point victory over England for the first time since the bonus-point system was introduced in 2017.
  • Wales won the Triple Crown for the 22nd time.
28 February 2021
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  Postponed[b]  Scotland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Round 4 edit

13 March 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  7–48  Wales (1 BP)
Try: Ioane 51' c
Con: Garbisi (1/1) 52'		Report
Match data		Try: Adams 8' c
Faletau 14' m
Owens (2) 21' c, 30' m
North 42' c
Sheedy 60' c
Rees-Zammit 64' c
Con: Biggar (3/5) 9', 22', 43'
Sheedy (2/2) 61', 65'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 3'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)[c]
FB 15 Jacopo Trulla   36'
RW 14 Mattia Bellini
OC 13 Ignacio Brex
IC 12 Carlo Canna
LW 11 Monty Ioane   7'   18'   66'   68'
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi   54'
SH 9 Stephen Varney   63'
N8 8 Michele Lamaro
OF 7 Johan Meyer   18'   36'
BF 6 Sebastian Negri
RL 5 David Sisi
LL 4 Niccolò Cannone   52'
TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi   26'   66'   68'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   7'
LP 1 Danilo Fischetti   65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani   7'   18'
PR 17 Andrea Lovotti   65'
PR 18 Marco Riccioni   57'   33'
LK 19 Marco Lazzaroni   52'   63'
FL 20 Maxime Mbanda   26'   33'   63'
SH 21 Marcello Violi   63'
CE 22 Federico Mori   54'
FB 23 Edoardo Padovani   43'
Coach:
Franco Smith
 
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit
OC 13 George North   46'
IC 12 Jonathan Davies
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   52'
SH 9 Gareth Davies   52'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau   52'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)   54'
LL 4 Cory Hill
TP 3 Tomas Francis   45'
HK 2 Ken Owens   54'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   54'
PR 17 Rhys Carré   57'
PR 18 Leon Brown   45'
LK 19 Jake Ball   54'
FL 20 Aaron Wainwright   52'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams   52'
FH 22 Callum Sheedy   52'
CE 23 Willis Halaholo   46'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Josh Navidi (Wales)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

  • Jake Ball (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.
  • George North scored a try in his sixth consecutive Six Nations game against Italy, the best run for a player against a single team in the tournament.[16]
  • Ken Owens was the first hooker to score two or more tries in a Six Nations game since Shane Byrne scored two against Wales for Ireland in 2004.[17]
13 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England  23–20  France (1 BP)
Try: Watson 10' c
Itoje 76' c
Con: Farrell (2/2) 12', 78'
Pen: Farrell (3/3) 15', 20', 54'		Report
Match data		Try: Dupont 2' c
Penaud 32' c
Con: Jalibert (2/2) 3', 33'
Pen: Jalibert (2/2) 29', 50'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)[d]
FB 15 Max Malins   63'
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Henry Slade   72'
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs   76'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 Tom Curry
BF 6 Mark Wilson   63'
RL 5 Charlie Ewels   78'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   72'
HK 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie   72'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie George   72'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   63'
PR 18 Will Stuart   72'
LK 19 Jonny Hill   78'
FL 20 Ben Earl   63'
SH 21 Dan Robson   76'
CE 22 Ollie Lawrence   72'
FB 23 Elliot Daly   63'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
 
FB 15 Brice Dulin
RW 14 Teddy Thomas
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Damian Penaud
FH 10 Matthieu Jalibert
SH 9 Antoine Dupont
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 Dylan Cretin   72'
RL 5 Paul Willemse
LL 4 Romain Taofifénua   59'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   59'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   72'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   68'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   72'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   68'
PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri   59'
LK 19 Cyril Cazeaux   59'
FL 20 Cameron Woki   72'
FL 21 Anthony Jelonch
SH 22 Baptiste Serin
FH 23 Romain Ntamack
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Anthony Watson (England)

Touch judges:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

Notes:

14 March 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland  24–27  Ireland
Try: Russell 28' c
Jones 60' c
Watson 74' c
Con: Russell (1/1) 28'
Hogg (2/2) 61', 74'
Pen: Russell (1/2) 12'		Report
Match data		Try: Henshaw 8' m
Beirne 49' c
Con: Sexton (1/2) 50'
Pen: Sexton (5/5) 4', 35', 40', 55', 77'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)
RW 14 Sean Maitland
OC 13 Chris Harris   55'
IC 12 Sam Johnson
LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe
FH 10 Finn Russell   63'
SH 9 Ali Price
N8 8 Matt Fagerson
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie   63'
RL 5 Jonny Gray   55'
LL 4 Scott Cummings   66'
TP 3 WP Nel   55'
HK 2 George Turner   64'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dave Cherry   64'
PR 17 Jamie Bhatti   66'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   55'
LK 19 Grant Gilchrist   55'
N8 20 Nick Haining   63'
SH 21 Scott Steele   66'
FH 22 Huw Jones   55'
WG 23 Darcy Graham   63'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Hugo Keenan
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Garry Ringrose
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 James Lowe   69'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)
SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park
N8 8 CJ Stander
OF 7 Will Connors
BF 6 Tadhg Beirne   64'
RL 5 James Ryan   71'
LL 4 Iain Henderson
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   55'
HK 2 Rob Herring   64'
LP 1 Cian Healy   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   64'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne   55'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   55'
LK 19 Ryan Baird   71'
N8 20 Jack Conan   64'
SH 21 Conor Murray
FH 22 Billy Burns
WG 23 Jordan Larmour   69'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Tadhg Beirne (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Notes:

  • CJ Stander (Ireland) earned his 50th test cap.
  • Ireland retain the Centenary Quaich.[19]
  • With this victory, Ireland lead their series with Scotland for the first time at 67 wins to 66.[citation needed]

Round 5 edit

20 March 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland  52–10  Italy
Try: Cherry (2) 11' m, 44' c
Van der Merwe (2) 14' c, 71' c
Graham 21' m
Jones 28' c
Steele 53' c
Johnson 65' c
Con: Hogg (6/8) 14', 29', 46', 54', 66', 72'		Report
Match data		Try: Bigi 6' c
Con: Garbisi (1/1) 7'
Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 17'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France) [e]
FB 15 Sean Maitland   55'
RW 14 Darcy Graham
OC 13 Huw Jones
IC 12 Sam Johnson   66'
LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe
FH 10 Stuart Hogg (c)
SH 9 Scott Steele   55'
N8 8 Matt Fagerson
OF 7 Hamish Watson   66'
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist   62'
LL 4 Sam Skinner
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   49'
HK 2 Dave Cherry   49'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   49'
Replacements:
HK 16 George Turner   49'
PR 17 Jamie Bhatti   49'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   49'
LK 19 Alex Craig   62'
N8 20 Nick Haining   66'
SH 21 Ali Price   55'
FH 22 Jaco van der Walt   55'
CE 23 Chris Harris   66'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
 
FB 15 Edoardo Padovani
RW 14 Mattia Bellini
OC 13 Ignacio Brex
IC 12 Federico Mori   20'   54'
LW 11 Monty Ioane   61'
FH 10 Paolo Garbisi   54'
SH 9 Stephen Varney   70'
N8 8 Michele Lamaro
OF 7 Johan Meyer   76'
BF 6 Sebastian Negri   52'
RL 5 Federico Ruzza   62'
LL 4 Niccolò Cannone
TP 3 Marco Riccioni   33'
HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)   70'
LP 1 Danilo Fischetti   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi   70'
PR 17 Andrea Lovotti   70'
PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi   33'
LK 19 Riccardo Favretto   76'
FL 20 Maxime Mbanda   62'
SH 21 Marcello Violi   70'
FH 22 Carlo Canna   54'
CE 23 Marco Zanon   54'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Hamish Watson (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Karl Dickson (England)
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Notes:

  • Alex Craig (Scotland) and Riccardo Favretto (Italy) made their international debuts.
  • Scotland recorded their biggest win in any of the Six Nations, Five Nations or Home Nations tournaments, surpassing their previous record of 29 points, set against Italy in 2017.[20]
20 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  32–18  England
Try: Earls 22' c
Conan 37' c
Con: Sexton (2/2) 24', 38'
Pen: Sexton (6/6) 18', 30', 51', 62', 69', 74'		Report
Match data		Try: Youngs 64' m
May 79' c
Con: Daly (1/2) 79'
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 9', 27'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
FB 15 Hugo Keenan
RW 14 Keith Earls
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw   79'
IC 12 Bundee Aki   64'
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale   78'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)
SH 9 Conor Murray   78'
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Josh van der Flier   64'
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Tadhg Beirne
LL 4 Iain Henderson   64'
TP 3 Tadhg Furlong   64'
HK 2 Rob Herring   71'
LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne   20'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rónan Kelleher   71'
PR 17 Cian Healy   20'
PR 18 Andrew Porter   64'
LK 19 Ryan Baird   64'
FL 20 Peter O'Mahony   64'
SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park
FH 22 Ross Byrne   79'
WG 23 Jordan Larmour   78'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
 
FB 15 Elliot Daly
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Ollie Lawrence
IC 12 Owen Farrell (c)   56'
LW 11 Jonny May
FH 10 George Ford   51'
SH 9 Ben Youngs
N8 8 Billy Vunipola   64'
OF 7 Tom Curry
BF 6 Mark Wilson   51'
RL 5 Charlie Ewels   56'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Kyle Sinckler   64'
HK 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie   41'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola   41'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie George   41'
PR 17 Ellis Genge   41'
PR 18 Will Stuart   64'
LK 19 Jonny Hill   56'
FL 20 Ben Earl   51'
LK 21 George Martin   64'
SH 22 Dan Robson   56'
CE 23 Joe Marchant   51'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Robbie Henshaw (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Romain Poite (France)

Notes:

  • Billy Burns (Ireland) had been named on the bench, but was ruled out ahead of kick off through injury and replaced by Ross Byrne.
  • Max Malins (England) had been named to start at fullback, but was ruled out ahead of kick-off through injury; Elliot Daly moved to fullback from centre, Ollie Lawrence replaced him at 13 and George Martin came onto the bench.
  • Ireland reclaimed the Millennium Trophy.[21]
  • England lost to Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the same championship for the first time since 1976.[22]
20 March 2021
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) France  32–30  Wales (1 BP)
Try: Taofifénua 6' c
Dupont 14' c
Ollivon 77' c
Dulin 80' m
Con: Jalibert (2/2) 7', 15'
Ntamack (1/2) 77'
Pen: Ntamack (2/2) 34', 54'		Report
Match data		Try: Biggar 12' c
Navidi 18' c
Adams 50' c
Con: Biggar (3/3) 12', 20', 51'
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 25', 46', 59'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Brice Dulin
RW 14 Teddy Thomas   57'
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa
IC 12 Gaël Fickou
LW 11 Damian Penaud
FH 10 Matthieu Jalibert   30'
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   74'
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt   60'   69'
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 Dylan Cretin   51'
RL 5 Paul Willemse   68'
LL 4 Romain Taofifénua   22'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   59'   69'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   69'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   69'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   59'
PR 18 Uini Atonio   60'
LK 19 Swan Rebbadj   22'
FL 20 Anthony Jelonch   51'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   74'
FH 22 Romain Ntamack   30'
CE 23 Arthur Vincent   57'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
 
FB 15 Liam Williams   73'
RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit
OC 13 George North
IC 12 Jonathan Davies   68'
LW 11 Josh Adams
FH 10 Dan Biggar   68'
SH 9 Gareth Davies   49'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau   72'
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Josh Navidi   77'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL 4 Adam Beard   57'
TP 3 Tomas Francis   68'
HK 2 Ken Owens   68'
LP 1 Wyn Jones   77'
Replacements:
HK 16 Elliot Dee   68'
PR 17 Nicky Smith   77'
PR 18 Leon Brown   68'
LK 19 Cory Hill   57'
FL 20 James Botham   77'
SH 21 Tomos Williams   49'
FH 22 Callum Sheedy   68'
CE 23 Willis Halaholo   68'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Brice Dulin (France)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Wayne Barnes (England)

Notes:

  • Wales' three tries took them to a total of 20 for the tournament, the most they have scored in a single Six Nations.[23]

Rescheduled Round 3 match edit

26 March 2021
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) France  23–27  Scotland
Try: Dulin 36' c
Penaud 46' m
Rebbadj 66' m
Con: Ntamack (1/3) 37'
Pen: Ntamack (2/2) 9', 28'		Report
Match data		Try: Van der Merwe (2) 15' c, 80' c
Cherry 61' c
Con: Russell (2/2) 15', 62'
Hastings (1/1) 80'
Pen: Russell (2/2) 19', 53'
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Brice Dulin
RW 14 Damian Penaud
OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa   60'
IC 12 Arthur Vincent
LW 11 Gaël Fickou
FH 10 Romain Ntamack
SH 9 Antoine Dupont   71'
N8 8 Grégory Alldritt
OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c)
BF 6 Anthony Jelonch   63'
RL 5 Swan Rebbadj
LL 4 Bernard Le Roux   50'
TP 3 Mohamed Haouas   61'
HK 2 Julien Marchand   56'
LP 1 Cyril Baille   56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat   56'
PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros   56'
PR 18 Uini Atonio   61'
LK 19 Romain Taofifénua   50'
FL 20 Dylan Cretin   63'
SH 21 Baptiste Serin   74'   71'
FB 22 Anthony Bouthier
WG 23 Teddy Thomas   60'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié
 
FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c)   40'
RW 14 Darcy Graham   67'
OC 13 Chris Harris
IC 12 Sam Johnson   73'
LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe
FH 10 Finn Russell   71'
SH 9 Ali Price
N8 8 Nick Haining   67'
OF 7 Hamish Watson
BF 6 Jamie Ritchie
RL 5 Grant Gilchrist
LL 4 Sam Skinner   75'
TP 3 Zander Fagerson   63'   70'
HK 2 George Turner   59'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dave Cherry   59'
PR 17 Oli Kebble   49'
PR 18 Simon Berghan   63'   70'
LK 19 Alex Craig   75'
N8 20 Ryan Wilson   67'
SH 21 Scott Steele
FH 22 Adam Hastings   73'
CE 23 Huw Jones   67'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Gaël Fickou (France)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

  • Matt Fagerson was originally named at number 8 for Scotland, but suffered an injury in training and was replaced by Nick Haining; Ryan Wilson replaced Haining among the substitutes.[24]
  • Ryan Wilson (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
  • Scotland won in Paris for the first time since a 36–22 victory in 1999.
  • With this victory, Scotland beat both England and France away from home for the first time in the tournament since 1926 and only the second time in 45 attempts.
  • Scotland retained the Auld Alliance Trophy.

Player statistics edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The postponed round 3 match between France and Scotland was ultimately played on a Friday.
  2. ^ Postponed to 26 March 2021 due to a number of positive COVID-19, tests in the France camp.[14][15]
  3. ^ Andrew Brace was originally appointed to this fixture, but was moved to officiate the England v France game with Jaco Peyper unable to travel due to travel restrictions.
  4. ^ Andrew Brace replaces Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.
  5. ^ Pascal Gaüzère replaced Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.

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