Six Nations 2016
| RBS 6 Nations 2016 | |
| Number of nations | 6th |
| winner |
 England (27th title)
|
| Opening game | February 6, 2016 |
| Tournament end | 19th March 2016 |
| Games | 15th |
| Points | 693 (⌀: 46.2 per game) |
| tries | 71 (⌀: 4.73 per game) |
| spectator | 1,034,521 (⌀: 68,968 per game) |
| Most of the points |
Owen Farrell (69)
|
| Most attempts |
 George North (4)
|
| Best player |
 Stuart Hogg
|
 yellow cards
|
10 (⌀: 0.67 per game) |
 Yellow-red cards
|
0 |
 Red cards
|
0 |
| ← Six Nations 2015 | |
| Six Nations 2017 → | |
Six Nations 2016 was the 17th edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union tournament (with all previous tournaments since 1883 the 122nd edition). The national teams of England , France , Ireland , Italy , Scotland and Wales competed in 15 games over five weekends from February 6 to March 19, 2016 .
The tournament was won by England, who won the Grand Slam for the 13th time against all other teams (for the first time since 2003).
table
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
England
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 132: 70 | + 62 | 10 |
| 2. |
.svg){kind=small} Wales
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 150: 88 | + 62 | 7th |
| 3. |
 Ireland
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 128: 87 | + 41 | 5 |
| 4th |
Scotland
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 122: 115 | + 7 | 4th |
| 5. |
 France
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 82: 109 | - 27 | 4th |
| 6th |
 Italy
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 79: 224 | - 145 | 0 |
Games and results
First round
| February 6, 2016 3:25 pm CET |
France
|
23:21 |
Italy
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 64,000 Referee: JP Doyle ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Vakatawa 13. n.erh. Chouly 32nd n.erh. Bonneval 59th increments: Plisson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Plisson (2/2) 68th, 75th |
(10: 8) Report |
Attempts: Parisse 25th n.erh. Canna 45. Incremental increases: Canna (1/2) Penalty kicks : Canna (1/2) 43. Haimona (1/1) 73.Dropgoals : Canna (1/1) 7. |
| February 6, 2016 4:50 PM GMT |
Scotland
|
9:15 |
England
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 67,144 Referee: John Lacey ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (3/4) 16., 37., 68. |
(6: 7) Report |
Attempts: Kruis 13th. Nowell 50th. Raise: Farrell (1/2) Penalty: Farrell (1/2) 62. |
| February 7, 2016 3:00 PM GMT |
Ireland
|
16:16 |
Wales
|
Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,700 Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Murray 26th increments: sixth tone (1/1) Penalty kicks: sixth tone (3/3) 4th, 13th, 74th |
(13:10) Report |
Attempts: Faletau 37th increases: Priestland (1/1) Penalties: Priestland (3/3) 31st, 46th, 72nd |
Second round
| February 13, 2016 3:25 pm CET |
France
|
10: 9 |
Ireland
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 78,000 Referee: Jaco Peyper ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Médard 70. Increments : Plisson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Plisson (1/2) 32. |
(3: 9) Report |
Penalty kicks: Sexton (3/3) 15., 29., 39. |
| February 13, 2016 4:50 PM GMT |
Wales
|
27:23 |
Scotland
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 74,500 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Davies 7th. Roberts 64th. North 70th. Increases: Biggar (3/3) Penalties: Biggar (2/2) 34., 46. |
(10:13) report |
Attempts: Seymour 12th. Taylor 78th. Increases: Laidlaw (1/1) Weir (1/1) Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (3/3) 30., 40., 54. |
| February 14, 2016 15:00 CET |
Italy
|
9:40 |
England
|
Stadio Olimpico , Rome Spectators: 70,000 Referee: Glen Jackson ( New Zealand ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: Canna (3/3) 8., 18., 35. |
(9:11) Report |
Attempts: Ford 24th n.erh. Joseph 52nd received, 57th received, 70th received Farrell 74th increments: Farrell (3/5) Penalty kicks: Ford (1/1) 16. Farrell (2/2) 11th, 62nd |
Third round
| February 26, 2016 8:05 pm GMT |
Wales
|
19:10 |
France
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 74,160 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: North 45th increments: Biggar (1/1) Penalty kicks: Biggar (4/5) 21st, 30th, 42nd, 65th |
(6: 3) Report |
Attempts: Guirado 78. Increased increases: Trinh-Duc (1/1) Penalty kicks: Plisson (1/2) 33. |
| February 27, 2016 3:25 PM CET |
Italy
|
20:36 |
Scotland
|
Stadio Olimpico , Rome Spectators: 67,721 Referee: Jaco Peyper ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Ghiraldini . 29 erh Fuser . 62. erh increases: Haimona (2/2) penalty kicks: Haimona (2/2) 9., 49. |
(10:17) report |
Attempts: Barclay 9th, Hardie, 16th, Seymour 77th, raised increases: Laidlaw (3/3) Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (5/6) 25th, 45th, 53rd, 58th, 65th |
| February 27, 2016 4:50 PM GMT |
England
|
21:10 |
Ireland
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,826 Referee: Romain Poite ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Watson 57th n.erh. Brown 62nd increases: Farrell (1/2) Penalty kicks: Farrell (3/4) 11th, 34th, 50th |
(6: 3) Report |
Attempts: Murray 45. Increments : Sexton (1/1) Penalty kicks: Sexton (1/1) 5. |
Fourth round
| March 12, 2016 13:30 GMT |
Ireland
|
58:15 |
Italy
|
Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,700 Referee: Angus Gardner ( Australia ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Trimble 6th n.erh. McGrath 14 erh. Stander 29 n.erh. Heaslip 39th received, 48th received Payne 42nd received Cronin 53rd received Madigan 63rd received McFadden 78th increments: sixth tone (3/6) Madigan (2/3) penalty kicks: sixth tone (1/1) 26th |
(25: 3) Report |
Attempts: Odiete 57th received Sarto 74th received Elevations: Haimona (1/2) Penalty kicks : Padovani (1/1) 23. |
| March 12, 2016 4:00 PM GMT |
England
|
25:21 |
Wales
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,916 Referee: Craig Joubert ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Watson 31. Increased raises: Farrell (1/1) Penalty kicks: Farrell (6/6) 9th, 18th, 20th, 45th, 65th, 67th |
(16: 0) report |
Attempts: Biggar 53rd raised North 73rd raised Faletau 76th raised elevations: Biggar (1/1) Priestland (2/2) |
| March 13, 2016 3:00 PM GMT |
Scotland
|
29:18 |
France
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 67,500 Referee: Glen Jackson ( New Zealand ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Hogg 32nd n.erh. Taylor 35th increased Visser 65th increased increases: Laidlaw (1/3) Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (3/3) 15th, 21st, 74th Hogg (1/1) 46. |
(18:12) Report |
Attempts: Guirado 4th after. Fickou 40th increments: Machenaud (1/1) Penalty kicks : Machenaud (2/2) 51st, 57th |
Fifth round
| March 19, 2016 2:30 PM GMT |
Wales
|
67: 14 |
Italy
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 74,160 Referee: Romain Poite ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Webb 4th received Biggar 28th received J. Davies 32nd received Roberts 44th received North 48th received Williams 56th received Moriarty 64th received, 78th received G. Davies 80th + 2 increased increases: Biggar (5/6) Priestland (3/3) Penalties: Biggar (2/2 ) 14., 20. |
(27: 0) report |
Attempts: Palazzani 53rd elevated García 61st elevated elevation: Haimona (2/2) |
| March 19, 2016 5:00 PM GMT |
Ireland
|
35:25 |
Scotland
|
Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,700 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Stander 27. received Earls 30. A.D. Murray 47th incremental toner 68th incremental increment: sixth tone (3/4) penalty kicks: sixth tone (3/4) 5th, 12th, 17th |
(21:13) Report |
Attempts: Hogg 19th received Gray 55th received Dunbar 77th received Elevations: Laidlaw (2/3) Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (2/2) 14., 40. |
| March 19, 2016 at 9:00 p.m. CET |
France
|
21:31 |
England
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 78,750 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks : Machenaud (7/7) 2nd, 15th, 28th, 39th, 43rd, 50th, 58th |
(12:17) Report |
Attempts: Care 11th received Cole 19th received Watson 55th received Raise: Farrell (2/3) Penalty: Farrell (4/5) 4th, 44th, 71st, 77th |