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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Participants
Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London Eddie Jones
 France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis Fabien Galthié
 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin Andy Farrell
 Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome Franco Smith
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh Gregor Townsend
 Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff Wayne Pivac

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 scored four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scored four tries in a match 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 ensured that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points – a team could lose a match but still win two bonus points and win the other four matches with four try bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
  • Tiebreakers
    • If two or more teams were tied on match points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
    • If the above tiebreaker failed to separate tied teams, the team that scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remained 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.[1]

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

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. "Fixtures announced for 2020 and 2021 Championships". Six Nations Rugby. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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