2021 Six Nations Championship

The 2021 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 the tournament's previous versions as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship).

2021 Six Nations Championship
Date6 February – 20 March 2021
Countries
Tournament statistics
Official websitesixnationsrugby.com
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England enter the tournament as defending champions,[1] having beaten Italy at the Stadio Olimpico on the final day of the 2020 tournament to top the table and win on points difference.

Participants
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 Jonathan 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
Main article: 2021 Six Nations Championship squads

Table
Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points Table
points
Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA GS Tries Loser
1 England 0000000000000
2 France 0000000000000
3 Ireland 0000000000000
4 Italy 0000000000000
5 Scotland 0000000000000
6 Wales 0000000000000

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, but 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)
Italy  v  France
FB15Jacopo Trulla
RW14Luca Sperandio
OC13Marco Zanon
IC12Ignacio Brex
LW11Monty Ioane
FH10Paolo Garbisi
SH9Stephen Varney
N88Michele Lamaro
OF7Johan Meyer
BF6Sebastian Negri
RL5David Sisi
LL4Marco Lazzaroni
TP3Marco Riccioni
HK2Luca Bigi (c)
LP1Cherif Traorè
Replacements:
HK16Gianmarco Lucchesi
PR17Danilo Fischetti
PR18Giosuè Zilocchi
LK19Niccolò Cannone
LK20Federico Ruzza
FL21Maxime Mbanda
SH22Guglielmo Palazzani
FH23Carlo Canna
Coach:
Franco Smith
FB15Brice Dulin
RW14Teddy Thomas
OC13Arthur Vincent
IC12Gaël Fickou
LW11Gabin Villière
FH10Matthieu Jalibert
SH9Antoine Dupont
N88Grégory Alldritt
OF7Charles Ollivon (c)
BF6Dylan Cretin
RL5Paul Willemse
LL4Bernard Le Roux
TP3Mohamed Haouas
HK2Julien Marchand
LP1Cyril Baille
Replacements:
HK16Pierre Bourgarit
PR17Jean-Baptiste Gros
PR18Dorian Aldegheri
LK19Romain Taofifénua
FL20Anthony Jelonch
SH21Baptiste Serin
FH22Louis Carbonel
FH23Damian Penaud
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

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

6 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England  v  Scotland
FB15Elliot Daly
RW14Anthony Watson
OC13Henry Slade
IC12Ollie Lawrence
LW11Jonny May
FH10Owen Farrell (c)
SH9Ben Youngs
N88Billy Vunipola
OF7Tom Curry
BF6Mark Wilson
RL5Jonny Hill
LL4Maro Itoje
TP3Will Stuart
HK2Jamie George
LP1Ellis Genge
Replacements:
HK16Luke Cowan-Dickie
PR17Beno Obano
PR18Harry Williams
LK19Courtney Lawes
FL20Ben Earl
SH21Dan Robson
FH22George Ford
FB23Max Malins
Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB15Stuart Hogg (c)
RW14Sean Maitland
OC13Chris Harris
IC12Cameron Redpath
LW11Duhan van der Merwe
FH10Finn Russell
SH9Ali Price
N88Matt Fagerson
OF7Hamish Watson
BF6Jamie Ritchie
RL5Jonny Gray
LL4Scott Cummings
TP3Zander Fagerson
HK2George Turner
LP1Rory Sutherland
Replacements:
HK16David Cherry
PR17Oli Kebble
PR18Simon Berghan
LK19Richie Gray
N820Gary Graham
SH21Scott Steele
FH22Jaco van der Walt
CE23Huw Jones
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

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

7 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  v  Ireland
FB15Leigh Halfpenny
RW14Louis Rees-Zammit
OC13George North
IC12Johnny Williams
LW11Hallam Amos
FH10Dan Biggar
SH9Tomos Williams
N88Taulupe Faletau
OF7Justin Tipuric
BF6Dan Lydiate
RL5Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL4Adam Beard
TP3Tomas Francis
HK2Ken Owens
LP1Wyn Jones
Replacements:
HK16Elliot Dee
PR17Rhodri Jones
PR18Leon Brown
LK19Will Rowlands
FL20Josh Navidi
SH21Gareth Davies
FH22Callum Sheedy
CE23Nick Tompkins
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
FB15Hugo Keenan
RW14Keith Earls
OC13Garry Ringrose
IC12Robbie Henshaw
LW11James Lowe
FH10Jonathan Sexton (c)
SH9Conor Murray
N88CJ Stander
OF7Josh van der Flier
BF6Peter O'Mahony
RL5James Ryan
LL4Tadhg Beirne
TP3Andrew Porter
HK2Rob Herring
LP1Cian Healy
Replacements:
HK16Rónan Kelleher
PR17Dave Kilcoyne
PR18Tadhg Furlong
LK19Iain Henderson
FL20Will Connors
SH21Jamison Gibson-Park
FH22Billy Burns
WG23Jordan Larmour
Coach:
Andy Farrell

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

Round 2
13 February 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
England  v  Italy
13 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  v  Wales
14 February 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  v  France

Round 3
27 February 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  v  Ireland
27 February 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  v  England
28 February 2021
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  v  Scotland

Round 4
13 March 2021
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  v  Wales
13 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England  v  France
14 March 2021
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  v  Ireland

Round 5
20 March 2021
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  v  Italy
20 March 2021
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  v  England
20 March 2021
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  v  Wales

References
  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.
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