2024 Six Nations Championship

Table

• 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. This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as there would otherwise be a scenario where a team could win all five matches with no bonus points for a total of 20 points and another team could win four matches with bonus points and lose their fifth match while claiming one or more bonus points giving a total of 21 or 22 points.
• Tiebreakers
• * If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference 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 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

Round 1

• Romain Taofifénua was originally named among the replacements in the France squad; however, he was withdrawn the day before the match because of illness, and his place on the bench was taken by Posolo Tuilagi.
• Nolann Le Garrec and Posolo Tuilagi made their international debuts.
• This was Ireland's biggest ever away win over France.
• This was France's heaviest home defeat in the competition in 110 years.

• Ange Capuozzo was originally named in the starting line-up for Italy; however, he was withdrawn the day before the match because of illness. He was replaced by Lorenzo Pani, whose place on the bench was taken by Federico Mori.
• Edoardo Iachizzi was originally named among the replacements for Italy; however, he was withdrawn the day of the match because of injury, and his place on the bench was taken by Alessandro Izekor.
• Ellis Genge was originally named among the replacements for England; however, he was withdrawn the day of the match because of a foot injury, and his place on the bench was taken by Beno Obano.
• Federico Ruzza earned his 50th test cap.
• Alessandro Izekor, Mirco Spagnolo, Chandler Cunningham-South, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Ethan Roots and Fin Smith made their international debuts.
• The final score was the narrowest ever margin in a test match between England and Italy, and also Italy's highest points total against England.

• Alex Mann, Cameron Winnett and Elliot Millar-Mills made their international debuts; Alec Hepburn made his debut for Scotland, having previously played six times for England.
• This was Scotland's first win at the Millennium Stadium for 22 years. Their previous victory in Cardiff occurred on 6 April 2002.
• Scotland retained the Doddie Weir Cup.

Round 2

• Kyle Steyn was originally named in the starting line-up for Scotland; however, he was withdrawn on the day of the match for personal reasons. He was replaced on the wing by Kyle Rowe, whose place at full-back was taken by Harry Paterson.
• Harry Paterson and Alexandre Roumat made their international debuts.
• Damian Penaud earned his 50th test cap.
• France retained the Auld Alliance Trophy, and became the first of the two nations to win it on three consecutive occasions.

• Archie Griffin made his international debut.
• England recorded their largest ever second-half comeback in the Six Nations, and equalled their test match record for biggest half-time deficit overcome to secure victory.
• Assistant referee Hollie Davidson became the first woman to be part of the on-field officiating team in a men's Six Nations match.

• Ross Vintcent made his international debut.
• Ireland recorded a clean sheet for the first time in the Six Nations era; their previous clean sheet in the tournament was within the Five Nations format in 1987, when they achieved a 17–0 victory against England.
• Italy failed to score a point against Ireland for the first time.

Round 3

• Oli Jager and Mackenzie Martin made their international debuts.
• Ireland equalled England's record of 11 consecutive wins in the Six Nations set between 2015 and 2017.
• Andrea Piardi became the first Italian to officiate as referee in the Six Nations Championship.

• Duhan van der Merwe became the first Scottish player to score a hat-trick against England, and the first player to score a hat-trick against England in the Six Nations era.
• Scotland recorded their fourth consecutive victory over England, matching their longest winning streaks in the fixture, set in 1896 and 1972.
• Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup.

• Louis Bielle-Biarrey was originally named in the starting line-up for France; however, he was withdrawn the day before the match due to a neck injury. He was replaced by Matthis Lebel.
• Esteban Abadie made his international debut.
• This was the first ever draw between France and Italy across 49 test matches.

Round 4

• Louis Lynagh made his international debut.
• This was Italy's first home victory in the Six Nations for 11 years, since defeating Ireland in 2013.
• Italy won against Scotland for the first time in 9 years, since their away win in 2015, and thereby claimed the Cuttitta Cup for the first time in history.

• England reclaimed the Millennium Trophy for the first time since 2020.
• Danny Care earned his 100th test cap, becoming the sixth England player to reach this milestone.
• Chandler Cunningham-South left the field due to injury in the 78th minute; with no replacements remaining, England finished the match with 14 players.

• Ryan Elias was originally named in the starting line-up for Wales; however, he was withdrawn the day of match because of injury. He was replaced by Elliot Dee, whose place on the bench was taken by Evan Lloyd.
• Elliot Dee earned his 50th test cap.
• Evan Lloyd, Léo Barré, Nicolas Depoortère, Georges-Henri Colombe and Emmanuel Meafou made their international debuts.

Round 5

• Wales received the Wooden Spoon after losing all five of their matches for the first time since 2003.
• Italy ended the tournament on 11 points, following two wins and a draw; their best ever performance in the Six Nations.
• Harri O'Connor made his international debut.
• This was George North's 121st and final test cap before retirement, ending his international career as the most-capped Wales back in test history.
• George North left the field due to injury in the 79th minute; with no replacements remaining, Wales finished the match with 14 players.
• Andrea Zambonin was originally named among the replacements for Italy; however, he was withdrawn the day of the match because of illness, and his place on the bench was taken by Riccardo Favretto.

• Ireland retained the Six Nations Championship, winning back-to-back titles for the second time in the Six Nations era.
• Hugo Keenan was originally named in the starting line-up for Ireland; however, he was withdrawn shortly before kick-off after sustaining an injury during the pre-match warm-up. He was replaced by Jordan Larmour.
• Tadhg Beirne earned his 50th test cap.

Player statistics

Most points

Discipline

Yellow cards

• Peter O'Mahony

• Ollie Chessum
• Elliot Daly
• Ethan Roots
• Uini Atonio
• Paul Willemse
• Tadhg Beirne
• Harry Byrne
• James Ryan
• Michele Lamaro
• Tommaso Menoncello
• Ewan Ashman
• Sione Tuipulotu
• George Turner
• Duhan van der Merwe
• Mason Grady

Red cards

• Jonathan Danty
• Paul Willemse

Citings/bans

Awards

Player of the Championship

Team	Nominee	Position	Winner
	Ben Earl	Number 8	ru|IRE Try of the Championship Four tries were nominated for the 2024 Six Nations Try of the Championship on 22 March 2024. The winner was announced on 3 April 2024. Team Nominee Try Winner Nolann Le Garrec vs. England ru|IRE Team of the Championship The 15 players voted in as the 2024 Six Nations Team of the Championship were announced on 5 April 2024. No. Team Player 1 Andrew Porter 2 Dan Sheehan 3 Uini Atonio 4 Tadhg Beirne 5 Joe McCarthy 6 Caelan Doris 7 Michele Lamaro 8 Ben Earl No. Team Player 9 Jamison Gibson-Park 10 Finn Russell 11 James Lowe 12 Tommaso Menoncello 13 Bundee Aki 14 Duhan van der Merwe 15 Thomas Ramos