Six Nations 2020

Guinness Six Nations 2020
Number of nations	6th
winner	England England (39th title)
Opening game	February 1, 2020
Tournament end	October 31, 2020
Games	15th
Points	592 (⌀: 39.47 per game)
tries	68 (⌀: 4.53 per game)
spectator	727,458 (⌀: 48,497 per game)
Most of the points	France Romain Ntamack (57)
Most attempts	France Charles Ollivon (4)
yellow cards	11 (⌀: 0.73 per game)
Yellow-red cards	0
Red cards	2 (⌀: 0.13 per game)
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Six Nations 2020 was the 21st edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union tournament (with all previous tournaments since 1883 the 126th edition). Participants were the national teams of England , France , Ireland , Italy , Scotland and Wales , who competed against each other in 15 games. The tournament winner was England, which prevailed over France with the same number of points because of a better game point ratio and also achieved the Triple Crown with wins against all Home Nations .

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe severely affected the course of the tournament. For this reason, four games had to be postponed until the end of October. Although those responsible had initially hoped that the pandemic would be contained by then, these games finally took place in front of empty stands.

Attendees

country	Stadion	city	Trainer	captain
England England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
France France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié	Charles Ollivon
Ireland Ireland	Aviva Stadium	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Jonathan Sexton
Italy Italy	Olympic Stadium	Rome	Franco Smith	Luca Bigi
Scotland Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	Stuart Hogg
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Wayne Pivac	Alun Wyn Jones

Rulebook and mode

The tournament was played as a round-robin tournament, with each team playing once against each other team. The teams received the home right alternately to the previous year.

The points were distributed as follows:

4 points if you win
2 points in case of a tie
0 points in the event of a loss (before possible bonus points)
3 bonus points for a Grand Slam (five wins)
1 bonus point for four or more attempts , regardless of the final score
1 bonus point for a loss of seven or less points

The order was determined as follows:

Number of table points
Point difference
Number of attempts achieved

If two or more teams had done the same based on the three criteria mentioned, they would have been placed equally.

table

	country	Games	Victories	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Table points
1.	England England	5	4th	1	121: 77	+ 44	2	18th
2.	France France	5	4th	1	138: 117	+ 21	2	18th
3.	Ireland Ireland	5	3	2	132: 102	+ 30	2	14th
4th	Scotland Scotland	5	3	2	77:59	+ 18	2	14th
5.	Wales	5	1	4th	119: 98	+ 21	4th	8th
6th	Italy Italy	5	0	5	44: 178	- 134	0	0

Results

All times are in Central European Time .

First round

February 1, 2020 3:15 p.m.	Wales	42-0	Italy Italy	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 68,582 Referee: Luke PearceEngland
February 1, 2020 3:15 p.m.	Attempts: Adams 18th, 30th, 80th + 2th Tompkins 59th, North 76th, increased: Biggar (2/3) Halfpenny (2/2) Penalty: Biggar (3 / 3) 4th, 11th, 16th	(21: 0) report

February 1, 2020 5:45 pm	Ireland Ireland	19:12	Scotland Scotland	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,000 Referee: Mathieu RaynalFrance
February 1, 2020 5:45 pm	Experiments: Sexton . 10. erh increases: Sexton (1/1) penalty kicks: Sexton (4/5) 35., 45., 57., 73.	(10: 6) Report	Penalty kicks: Hastings (4/5) 5th, 16th, 52nd, 66th

February 2, 2020 16:00	France France	24: 17	England England	Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 79,310 Referee: Nigel OwensWales
February 2, 2020 16:00	Attempts: Rattez 6th, Ollivon 20th, 55th, incremental: Ntamack (3/3) Penalty kicks : Ntamack (1/1) 16.	(17: 0) report	Attempts: May 57th incremental, 65th incremental increments: Farrell (2/2) Penalty kicks: Farrell (1/1) 80th + 2

Second round

February 8, 2020 15:15	Ireland Ireland	24:14	Wales	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 51,000 Referee: Romain PoiteFrance
February 8, 2020 15:15	Attempts: Larmour 19th n.erh. Furlong 32nd received van der Flier 47th received Conway 75th received Increases: six tones (2/4)	(12: 7) Report	Attempts: T. Williams 28. Increase Tipuric 80. + 2 Increase Increase: Biggar (1/1) Halfpenny (1/1)

February 8, 2020 5:45 PM	Scotland Scotland	6: 13	England England	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 67,144 Referee: Pascal GaüzèreFrance
February 8, 2020 5:45 PM	Penalty kicks: Hastings (2/2) 46th, 78th	(0: 3) report	Attempts: Enge 70. Increments : Farrell (1/1) Penalty kicks: Farrell (2/5) 11., 77.

February 9, 2020 16:00	France France	35:22	Italy Italy	Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 52,000 Referee: Andrew BraceIreland
February 9, 2020 16:00	Attempts: Thomas 7. n.erh. Ollivon 18 AD All third 39th received Ntamack 59th received Serine 74th increments: Ntamack (1/4) Jalibert (1/1) Penalty kicks : Ntamack (2/3) 3rd, 32nd	(23:10) Report	Attempts: Minozzi 24th received Zani 65th received Bellini 80th received Elevations: Allan (2/2) Penalty kicks: Allan (1/2) 29.

Third round

February 22, 2020 3:15 pm	Italy Italy	0-17	Scotland Scotland	Olympic Stadium , Rome Spectators: 54,349 Referee: Ben O'KeeffeNew Zealand
February 22, 2020 3:15 pm		(0: 5) report	Attempts: Hogg 23rd n.erh. Harris 47th amendment Hastings 79th increments: Hastings (1/3)

February 22, 2020 5:45 pm	Wales	23:27	France France	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Attendance: 73,931 Referee: Matthew CarleyEngland
February 22, 2020 5:45 pm	Attempts: Lewis 48th raised Biggar 75th raised raises: Biggar (1/2) Penalty kicks: Biggar (3/3) 4th, 26th, 35th	(9:17) Report	Attempts: Bouthier 7. Increased Willemse 30. Increased Ntamack 52. Increased increases: Ntamack (3/3) Penalty kicks : Ntamack (2/2) 19., 63.

February 23, 2020 16:00	England England	24:12	Ireland Ireland	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,476 Referee: Jaco PeyperSouth Africa
February 23, 2020 16:00	Attempts: Ford 8th, Daly 25th, Cowan-Dickie 62, Incredible : Farrell (3/3) Penalty kicks: Farrell (1/1) 40.	(17: 0) report	Attempts: Henshaw 50th n.erh. Porter 80th + 2 increases: Porter (1/1)

Fourth round

March 7, 2020 5:45 pm	England England	33:30	Wales	Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 81,522 Referee: Ben O'KeeffeNew Zealand
March 7, 2020 5:45 pm	Attempts: Watson 4th received Daly 32nd received Tuilagi 61st increased increases: Farrell (3/3) Penalties: Farrell (3/3) 16th, 39th, 45th Ford (1/1) 52.	(20: 9) Report	Attempts: Tipuric 41st increased, 80th + 1 increased Biggar 78th increased increases: Biggar (3/3) Penalty kicks: Halfpenny (2/2) 10th, 22nd Biggar (1/1) 40th + 1st

March 8, 2020 16:00	Scotland Scotland	28: 17	France France	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 67,144 Referee: Paul WilliamsNew Zealand
March 8, 2020 16:00	Attempts: Maitland 40th + 1 incremental, 45th incremental McInally 64th incremental increment: Hastings (2/3) Penalty kicks: Hasting (3/3) 11th, 19th, 37th	(14: 7) Report	Attempts: Penaud 33. Ollivon 76. Increase increases: Jalibert (2/2) Penalty kicks : Jalibert (1/1) 61.

October 24, 2020 4:30 p.m.	Ireland Ireland	50:17	Italy Italy	Aviva Stadium , Dublin Spectators: 0 Referee: Matthew CarleyEngland
October 24, 2020 4:30 p.m.	: Try Stander 8. erh. Keenan 30 erh erh 36... Connors . 61. erh Sexton 65. n.erh. Aki 69th raised Heffernan 80th raised increases: Sexton (5/6) Byrne (1/1) Penalty kicks: Sexton (1/1) 14.	(24: 3) Report	Attempts: Padovani 55. increased Garbisi 80 + 2 increased increases: Garbisi (2/2) Penalty kicks : Garbisi (1/2) 4.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the game did not take place on March 7, 2020, as recommended by the Irish Ministry of Health. It was made up on October 24, 2020.

Fifth round

October 31, 2020 3:15 pm	Wales	10: 14	Scotland Scotland	Parc y Scarlets , Llanelli Spectators: 0 Referee: Andrew BraceIreland
October 31, 2020 3:15 pm	Attempts: Carré 32. Increments : Biggar (1/1) Penalty kicks: Halfpenny (1/1) 66.	(7: 6) Report	Attempts: McInally 61. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Russell (1/2) 10. Hastings (1/1) 40. Hogg (1/1) 80.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game did not take place on March 13, 2020 , according to the decision of the Welsh Rugby Union . It was made up on October 31, 2020.

October 31, 2020 5:45 PM	Italy Italy	5:34	England England	Olympic Stadium , Rome Spectators: 0 Referee: Pascal GaüzèreFrance
October 31, 2020 5:45 PM	Attempts: Polledri 18th n.erh.	(5:10) Report	Attempts: Youngs 5th received, 41st received George 51st received Curry 67th received Slade 72nd ad. Raise: Farrell (3/5) Penalty: Farrell (1/1) 13.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game did not take place on March 14th, according to an instruction from the Italian government. It was made up on October 31, 2020.

October 31, 2020 9:10 PM	France France	35: 27	Ireland Ireland	Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 0 Referee: Wayne BarnesEngland
October 31, 2020 9:10 PM	Attempts: Dupont . 7. erh penalty try 30 Ntamack n.erh 43. Vakatawa 70th increments: Ntamack (2/3) Penalty kicks : Ntamack (3/3) 37th, 48th, 52nd	(17:13)	Attempts: Healy 18th raised Henshaw 59th raised Stockdale 80th + 1 raised raises: Sexton (2/2) Byrne (1/1) Penalty kicks: Sexton (2/2) 25th, 33rd

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the game did not take place on March 14, according to an instruction from the French government. It was made up on October 31, 2020.

statistics

Most attempts made

	Surname	tries
1.	France Charles Ollivon	4th
2.	Wales Josh Adams	3
	Wales Justin Tipuric
	France Romain Ntamack
5.	Wales Dan Biggar	2
	England Elliot Daly
	Ireland Robbie Henshaw
	Ireland Hugo Keenan
	Scotland Sean Maitland
	Scotland Stuart McInally
	England Jonny May
	Ireland Jonathan Sexton
	England Ben Youngs

Most points scored

	Surname	Points
1.	France Romain Ntamack	57
2.	Ireland Jonathan Sexton	51
3.	Wales Dan Biggar	49
4th	England Owen Farrell	48
5.	Scotland Adam Hastings	41
6th	France Charles Ollivon	20th
7th	Wales Josh Adams	15th
	Wales Leigh Halfpenny
	Wales Justin Tipuric
10.	Italy Paolo Garbisi	12

Television broadcast

In Germany, ProSiebenSat.1 Media acquired the transmission rights to the Six Nations 2020. All games are to be broadcast as part of the ran Rugby television program on the free TV channel ProSieben Maxx and on the ran.de website . The games will be commented on by Jan Lüdecke as well as Manuel Wilhelm and Simon Jung as experts.

Web links

Website of the Six Nations (English)

Individual evidence

^ World Rugby announces calendar for Six Nations and autumn internationals. Irish Examiner, July 22, 2020, accessed July 26, 2020 .
^ World Rugby outlines window for Six Nations conclusion. www.rte.ie, July 22, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 (English).
↑ Rules on the Six Nations website, accessed March 20, 2019.
^ Statement on Ireland v Italy matches 6/7/8 March. Six Nations, February 26, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
^ Gerry Thornley: Bernard Laporte confirms October 31st date for France v Ireland Six Nations clash. The Irish Times , July 21, 2020, accessed July 26, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Six Nations confirms rescheduled dates for men's and women's tournaments. BBC , August 5, 2020, accessed September 26, 2020 .
^ Six Nations Statement on Italy V England games, weekend 13/14/15 March. Six Nations, March 5, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .
^ Six Nations Statement: France v Ireland. Six Nations, March 9, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ProSieben Maxx secures further rugby rights. Oddsmeter.de, January 17, 2020, accessed on January 17, 2020 .

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[3] Rules on the Six Nations website, accessed March 20, 2019.

[4] Statement on Ireland v Italy matches 6/7/8 March. Six Nations, February 26, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .

[5] Gerry Thornley: Bernard Laporte confirms October 31st date for France v Ireland Six Nations clash. The Irish Times , July 21, 2020, accessed July 26, 2020 .

[Confirms-6] Six Nations confirms rescheduled dates for men's and women's tournaments. BBC , August 5, 2020, accessed September 26, 2020 .

[7] Six Nations Statement on Italy V England games, weekend 13/14/15 March. Six Nations, March 5, 2020, accessed March 7, 2020 .

[8] Six Nations Statement: France v Ireland. Six Nations, March 9, 2020, accessed March 9, 2020 .

[Rechte-9] ProSieben Maxx secures further rugby rights. Oddsmeter.de, January 17, 2020, accessed on January 17, 2020 .