2020 Women's Six Nations Championship

The 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship is the 19th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches are held in February and March 2020, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.[1] Seven matches in the tournament were postponed due to health and safety reasons. The match between Scotland and England was originally scheduled for Sunday 9 February but was postponed to the following day with no public admission due to Storm Ciara.[2] The game between Ireland and Wales was played as planned on 9 February.[3] Italy's matches with Scotland, Ireland and England, scheduled for 23 February, 8 March and 15 March respectively, were all postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[4][5] Scotland's game against France was also postponed due to an undisclosed player testing positive of the virus and seven other players and management self-isolating.[6] The remaining 5th round matches, scheduled for 15th March: Wales v Scotland and France v Ireland, were also postponed due to coronavirus.

2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date2 February – 5 December 2020
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Triple Crown England (21st title)
Matches played15
Official websiteOfficial website
← 2019 (Previous)

A reschedule was announced on 5 August for the resumption of the competition, with the Italy v Scotland match also playing part in Europe's 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier, which was also postponed due to the coronavirus.

Table
Position Nation Matches Points Tries Bonus
points		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff T BP L BP GS BP
1 England 4400 16520+145 26 300 19
2 France 3201 10829+79 15 210 11
3 Ireland 3201 4953-4 8 100 9
4 Italy 2101 2960-31 4 000 4
5 Scotland 2002 1471-57 2 010 1
6 Wales 4004 34166-132 5 010 1

Fixtures

Week 1
Test: 2 February 2020 (1 BP) France  13–19  England Stade du Hameau, Pau  
13:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Sansus 24' c
Con: Tremouliere (1/1) 25'
Pen: Tremouliere (2/2) 36', 75'
 Report Try: Dow 9' m
Fleetwood 18' c
Scarratt 62' c
Con: Scarratt (2/3) 20', 63'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)


Test: 2 February 2020 Ireland  18–14  Scotland (1 BP) Donnybrook, Dublin  
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Moloney 10' m
Naoupu 15' m
Parsons 67' m
Pen: Murphy (1/1) 5'
 Report Try: Thomson 40' +2 c
Wassell 76' c
Con: Nelson (1/1) 40' +3
Skeldon (1/1) 77'
 Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France)


Test: 2 February 2020 (1 BP) Wales  15–19  Italy Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff  
14:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: H. Jones 37' c
K. Jones 64' m
Con: Wilkins (1/2) 38'
Pen: Wilkins (1/1) 3'
 Report Try: Bettoni 33' m
Magatti 54' c
Stefan 59' c
Con: Sillari (2/3) 56', 60'
 Referee: Sara Cox (England)

Week 2
Test: 8 February 2020 (1 BP) France  45–10  Italy Stade Beaublanc, Limoges  
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Forlani 5' c
Banet (2) 17' c, 32' c
Annery 44' c
Penalty try 78'
Sansus 80' +1 c
Con: Tremouliere (4/4) 6', 18', 33', 45'
Bourdon (1/1) 80' +2
Pen: Tremouliere (1/1) 12'
 Report Try: Barattin 40' +5 c
Con: Sillari (1/1) 40' +6
Pen: Sillari (1/1) 27'
 Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)


Test: 9 February 2020 Scotland  (Postponed)  England Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
12:10 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report


Test: 9 February 2020 (1 BP) Ireland  31–12  Wales Donnybrook, Dublin  
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Parsons 17' m
Moloney 26' c
Delany 33' m
Djougang 42' c
Penalty try 80' +1
Con: Keohane (2/4) 27', 44'
 Report Try: Smyth 40' m
Lillicrap 47' c
Con: Wilkins (1/2) 47'
 Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)


Test: 10 February 2020 Scotland  0–53  England (1 BP) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh  
13:30 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report Try: Bern 3' c
Breach 31' m
Dow (2) 37' c, 56' m
E. Scott (2) 43' m, 49' c
Hunter 64' c
MacDonald 77' c
Con: Scarratt (5/8) 4', 38', 49', 65', 78'
Pen: Scarratt (1/1) 19'
 Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy)

Week 3
Test: 23 February 2020 Wales  0–50  France (1 BP) Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff  
12:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report Try: Banet (2) 3' m, 37' c
Sansus (2) 30' c, 51' m
N'Diaye 47' c
M. Ménager 63' c
Annery 67' m
Boudard 76' c
Con: Tremouliere (5/8) 31', 39', 48', 64', 78'
 Referee: Nikki O'Donnell (England)


Test: 23 February 2020 (1 BP) England  27–0  Ireland Castle Park, Doncaster  
12:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Hunter 4' c
Dow 14' m
Breach 27' m
Fleetwood 40' m
McKenna 59' m
Con: Scarratt (1/5) 4'
 Report Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)


Test: 23 February 2020 Italy  (Postponed)  Scotland Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano  
18:10 CET (UTC+01:00) Report

Week 4
Test: 7 March 2020 (1 BP) England  66–7  Wales Twickenham Stoop, London  
12:05 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: P. Cleall (3) 7' c, 12' c, 51' c
Daley-McLean 28' m
Fleetwood 39' c
Millar-Mills 43' c
Cokayne 56' c
Aldcroft 66' c
Botterman 71' c
McKenna 79' m
Con: Scarratt (8/10) 8', 13', 40', 44', 52', 56', 67', 72'
 Try: Penalty try 63'
 Referee: Amber McLachlan (Australia)


Test: 7 March 2020 Scotland  (Postponed)  France Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00)


Test: 8 March 2020 Ireland  (Postponed)  Italy Donnybrook, Dublin  
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report

Week 5
Test: 15 March 2020 Wales  (Postponed)  Scotland Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff  
13:10 GMT (UTC±00:00) Report
Test: 15 March 2020 Italy  (Postponed)  England Stadio Plebiscito, Padua  
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Report
Test: 15 March 2020 France  (Postponed)  Ireland Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq  
14:30 CET (UTC+01:00)

Reschedule
Test: 24 October 2020 Scotland  v  France Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
BST (UTC+01:00)
Test: 24 October 2020 Ireland  v  Italy Donnybrook, Dublin  
BST (UTC+01:00)
Test: 31 October 2020 Wales  v  Scotland  
GMT (UTC+00:00)
Test: 31 October 2020 Italy  v  England Stadio Plebiscito, Padua  
CET (UTC+01:00)
Test: 31 October 2020 France  v  Ireland Stadium Lille Métropole, Villeneuve-d'Ascq  
CET (UTC+01:00)
Test: 5 December 2020 Italy  v  Scotland Stadio Giovanni Mari, Legnano  
CET (UTC+01:00)

Statistics

References
  1. "2020 Women's Six Nations". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. "Storm Ciara: Man City v West Ham, rugby, WSL matches, horse racing all off". BBC Sport. 9 February 2020.
  3. The Journal: "Five-try Ireland get the better of Wales and Storm Ciara to go two from two in Six Nations"
  4. "Coronavirus: Italy v Scotland Women among games postponed". BBC Sport. 23 February 2020.
  5. "Coronavirus: Ireland v Italy Six Nations games postponed over health concerns". BBC Sport. 26 February 2020.
  6. "Coronavirus: Scotland v France Women postponed due to positivity and self-isolation". BBC Sport. 6 March 2020.
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