2024 Six Nations Championship


The 2024 Six Nations Championship was a rugby union competition that took place in February and March 2024, and featured the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It was the 130th season of the competition, but the 25th since it expanded to become the Six Nations Championship in 2000. It started on 2 February 2024 with a Friday night match between France and Ireland, and concluded with France against England on 16 March. France played their home fixtures away from their normal venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, as the stadium was being prepared for use in the 2024 Summer Olympics later in the year.
Ireland entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the Grand Slam for the fourth time in 2023. They retained the championship – the third time they had won back-to-back championships, having done so previously in 1949 and 2015 – but did not secure a second successive Grand Slam. Wales finished bottom of the table, and was also the only team not to win any of their five matches.

Participants

Squads

Table

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. 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

The fixtures for the 2024 Six Nations were announced on 28 February 2023, beginning with France hosting Ireland in a Friday night clash at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille on 2 February 2024. The final round of matches was played on 16 March 2024, beginning with Wales vs Italy, followed by Ireland vs Scotland and France vs England.

Round 1

Notes:
  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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

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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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Player statistics

Most points

RankNameTeamPoints
1Thomas Ramos63
2Finn Russell55
3Jack Crowley52
4George Ford48
5Paolo Garbisi31
6Dan Sheehan25
6Duhan van der Merwe25
8James Lowe20
9Gaël Fickou15
9Ollie Lawrence15