2020 Six Nations Championship

Participants

Squads

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 in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores 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. This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team will always top the table with a minimum of 23 points. A team that loses a single match could only achieve a maximum of 22 points – they could win four matches with four try bonus points and lose the remaining match but still win two bonus points while losing that game.
• Tiebreakers:
• * If two or more teams are tied on match 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 its matches is ranked higher.
• * If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title will be shared between them.

  Fixtures

Round 1

• Johnny McNicholl and Nick Tompkins and Niccolò Cannone and Danilo Fischetti made their international debuts.
• Josh Adams became the second Welsh player to score a hat-trick in the Six Nations after George North scored three times against Italy in 2015.
• Italy were held to zero points for the first time since losing 29–0 to Scotland in 2017.

• Caelan Doris and Rónan Kelleher, and Nick Haining made their international debuts.
• Simon Berghan was originally named as a replacement, but he was replaced on the day of the game by W. P. Nel.
• Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich.

• Anthony Bouthier, Mohamed Haouas, Boris Palu, Arthur Vincent and Cameron Woki and George Furbank and Will Stuart made their international debuts.
• Damian Penaud was originally named in the starting line-up, but was ruled out with a calf injury. Vincent Rattez replaced him, while Arthur Vincent took Rattez's place on the bench.
• France won their opening Six Nations match for the first time since beating Italy 23–21 in 2016. England lost their opening Six Nations match for the first time since 2014, which was also a loss to France in Paris.
• England failed to score points in the first half for the first time in a Six Nations match since their 35–3 victory over Ireland in 1988.

  Round 2

• Max Deegan made his international debut.
• Owen Williams was named on the bench for Wales but was replaced by Jarrod Evans due to a calf injury.

• Ben Earl made his international debut.
• England reclaimed the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2017.

• Alessandro Zanni was originally named in the starting line-up, but suffered an injury in the pre-match warm-up and replaced by Dean Budd. Budd's place on the bench was taken by Jimmy Tuivaiti.
• France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

  Round 3

• Will Rowlands, Dylan Cretin and Jean-Baptiste Gros made their international debuts.
• This was France's first Six Nations win in Cardiff since 2010.

• Jonathan Joseph earned his 50th test cap.
• England retained the Millennium Trophy.
• Iain Henderson was named as a lock for Ireland, but withdrew from the team for family reasons; he was replaced by Devin Toner, whose place on the bench was taken by Ultan Dillane.

  Round 4

• England secured their 26th Triple Crown, their first since 2016.
• Manu Tuilagi became the first England player to be sent off since Elliot Daly was dismissed against Argentina in 2016. It was also the first red card in a Six Nations match since Stuart Hogg was sent off for Scotland against Wales in 2014.
• Alun Wyn Jones made a record 57th Six Nations appearance for Wales.

• Kyle Steyn made his international debut.
• Fraser Brown earned his 50th test cap.
• With France's defeat, no team could win the Grand Slam.
• Scotland reclaimed the Auld Alliance Trophy.
• This was Scotland's 200th win in the Six Nations, including Home Nations and Five Nations tournaments.
• Scotland won back-to-back matches against France, after also defeating them in August 2019, for the first time since 1964.
• Camille Chat was named on the bench for France as hooker, but withdrew in the warm-up ahead of the game due to a hamstring injury, with Peato Mauvaka replacing him.

• Initially scheduled for 7 March 2020.

  Round 5

• Despite initially set to go ahead, and teams announced, this game was later postponed on 13 March.

• Due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, this game was first arranged to be played behind closed doors on 14 March, but was postponed the following day with the intention to be rescheduled.

• The match between France and Ireland, initially set for 14 March, was postponed on 9 March due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

  Player statistics

Most points

Most tries