Six Nations 2021
| Guinness Six Nations 2021 | |
| Number of nations | 6th |
| Opening game | February 6, 2021 |
| Tournament end | March 20, 2021 |
| Games | 15 completed 2 so far |
| Points | 77 (⌀: 38.5 per game) |
| tries | 9 (⌀: 4.5 per game) |
| spectator | 0 (⌀: 0 per game) |
| Most of the points |
 Matthieu Jalibert (15)
|
| Most attempts |
Teddy Thomas (2)
|
 yellow cards
|
2 (⌀: 1 per game) |
 Yellow-red cards
|
0 |
 Red cards
|
0 |
| ← Six Nations 2020 | |
| Six Nations 2022 → | |
The Six Nations 2021 is the 22nd edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union tournament (with all previous tournaments since 1883, the 127th edition). On five weekends between February 6, 2021 and March 20, 2021, the national teams of England , France , Ireland , Italy , Scotland and Wales will compete in 15 games.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , no spectators are allowed to watch the games.
Attendees
| nation | Stadion | Trainer | captain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | capacity | place | |||
 England
|
Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London |
 Eddie Jones
|
Owen Farrell |
|
France
|
Stade de France | 80,698 | Saint-Denis |
Fabien Galthié
|
Charles Ollivon |
 Ireland
|
Aviva Stadium | 51,700 | Dublin |
Andy Farrell
|
Jonathan Sexton |
 Italy
|
Olympic Stadium | 72,698 | Rome |
 Franco Smith
|
Luca Bigi |
 Scotland
|
Murrayfield Stadium | 67,130 | Edinburgh |
Gregor Townsend
|
Stuart Hogg |
.svg){kind=small} Wales
|
Millennium Stadium | 74,500 | Cardiff |
 Wayne Pivac
|
Alun Wyn Jones |
Rulebook and mode
The tournament is played as a round-robin tournament, with each team playing once against each other team. The teams receive the home right alternately to the previous year.
The points are distributed as follows:
- 4 points if you win
- 2 points in case of a tie
- 0 points in case of defeat (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 points or less
The order is determined as follows:
- Number of table points
- Point difference
- Number of attempts achieved
If two or more teams score tied on the three criteria mentioned, they share the same ranking.
table
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Bonus points |
Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
France
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50:10 | + 40 | 1 | 5 |
| 2. |
Scotland
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11: 6 | + 5 | 0 | 4th |
| 3. |
England
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6:11 | - 5th | 1 | 1 |
| 4th |
Ireland
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. |
Wales
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6th |
Italy
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 | - 40 | 0 | 0 |
Games and results
All times are in Central European Time .
First round
| February 6, 2021 3:15 p.m. |
Italy
|
10:50 |
France
|
Olympic Stadium , Rome Spectators: 0 Referee: Matthew Carley ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Sperandio 64. Increments : Garbisi (1/1) Penalty kicks : Garbisi (1/1) 19. |
(3:24) Report |
Attempts: Cretin 5th received Fickou 26th received Vincent 29th received Dulin 48th received Dupont 52nd received Thomas (2) 56th received, 73rd received Increases: Jalibert (6/6) Penalty kicks : Jalibert (1/1) 10. |
- France defended the Giuseppe Garibaldi trophy with this victory .
| February 6, 2021 5:45 pm |
England
|
6: 11 |
Scotland
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: Farrell (2/2) 34th, 39th |
(6: 8) Report |
Attempts: van der Merwe 30. n.erh. Penalty kicks: Russell (2/3) 9., 49. |
- This was the Scots' first win at Twickenham since 1983 and only their fifth ever at the stadium.
- England suffered an opening game loss for the first time since 2008.
- Scotland won the Calcutta Cup with this victory .
| February 7, 2021 16:00 |
Wales
|
v |
Ireland
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Second round
| February 13, 2021 3:15 p.m. |
England
|
v |
Italy
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 13, 2021 5:45 p.m. |
Scotland
|
v |
Wales
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Referee: Matthew Carley ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 14, 2021 16:00 |
Ireland
|
v |
France
|
Aviva Stadium , Dublin Referee: Luke Pearce ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Third round
| February 27, 2021 3:15 p.m. |
Italy
|
v |
Ireland
|
Olympic Stadium , Rome Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 27, 2021 5:45 pm |
Wales
|
v |
England
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 28, 2021 16:00 |
France
|
v |
Scotland
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fourth round
| March 13, 2021 3:15 p.m. |
Italy
|
v |
Wales
|
Olympic Stadium , Rome Referee: Andrew Brace ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2021 5:45 p.m. |
England
|
v |
France
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Referee: Jaco Peyper ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 14, 2021 16:00 |
Scotland
|
v |
Ireland
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Referee: Romain Poite ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fifth round
| March 20, 2021 3:15 p.m. |
Scotland
|
v |
Italy
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Referee: Jaco Peyper ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2021 5:45 pm |
Ireland
|
v |
England
|
Aviva Stadium , Dublin Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 20, 2021 9:00 p.m. |
France
|
v |
Wales
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Referee: Luke Pearce ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Web links
- Website of the Six Nations (English)