2021 Six Nations Championship

2021 Six Nations Championship
2021 Six Nations Championship
Date	6 February – 26 March 2021
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (28th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (22nd title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
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
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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.

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

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
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

Table

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

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

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:

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 in the warm-up.
France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

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:

Beno Obano (England), Dave Cherry and Cameron Redpath (both Scotland) made their international debuts.
Scotland won the Calcutta Cup.
Scotland won at Twickenham for the first time since 1983.
Joy Neville became the first woman to perform television match official duties in the men's Six Nations.^[8]

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

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:

Willis Halaholo (Wales) made his international debut.
Wales reclaimed the Doddie Weir Cup.^[11]

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:

This was the 100th meeting between Ireland and France.
Ireland lost successive games at the start of a Six Nations campaign for the first time.^[12]

Round 3

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:

Carlo Canna (Italy) and Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) earned their 50th test caps.
Ryan Baird and Craig Casey (both Ireland) made their international debuts.
Andy Farrell named an all-Leinster starting backline, the first time this has happened since 1931 and only the third time in history.^[13]
Stephen Varney had been named to start, but was injured in the warm-up and Callum Braley started in his place, with Guglielmo Palazzani coming onto the bench.

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

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:

Anthony Watson (England) earned his 50th test cap.^[18]

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

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

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

Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	65
2	Owen Farrell	England	50
3	Dan Biggar	Wales	36
4	Finn Russell	Scotland	35
5	Matthieu Jalibert	France	34
6	Stuart Hogg	Scotland	26
7	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland	25
8	Callum Sheedy	Wales	24
9	Paolo Garbisi	Italy	23
10	Louis Rees-Zammit	Wales	20
10	Anthony Watson	England	20

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland	5
2	Louis Rees-Zammit	Wales	4
2	Anthony Watson	England	4
4	Josh Adams	Wales	3
	Dave Cherry	Scotland
	Brice Dulin	France
	Antoine Dupont	France
	Damian Penaud	France
9	14 players		2

Notes

^ The postponed round 3 match between France and Scotland was ultimately played on a Friday.
^ Postponed to 26 March 2021 due to a number of positive COVID-19, tests in the France camp.^[14]^[15]
^ 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.
^ Andrew Brace replaces Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.
^ Pascal Gaüzère replaced Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.

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[18] 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.

[21] Andrew Brace replaces Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.

[24] Pascal Gaüzère replaced Jaco Peyper, who was unable to travel due to travel restrictions.

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2021 Six Nations Championship

Participants

Squads

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Rescheduled Round 3 match

Player statistics

Most points

Most tries

See also

Notes

References