Six Nations Championship team guide 2018

England IRB rank 2
RECORD (since 1883*)
2017: 1st
28 Titles 13 Slams
Coach Eddie Jones
Captain Dylan Hartley
W256-L173-D39
Points (F/A):
6,573-4,915
2016: 1st
2015: 2nd

Ireland
IRB rank 3
RECORD (since 1883)
2017: 2nd
13 Titles 2 Slams
Coach Joe Schmidt
Captain Rory Best
W200-L242-D26
Points (F/A):
5,367-5,765
2016: 3rd
2015: 1st

Wales
IRB rank 7
RECORD (since 1883)
2017: 5th
26 Titles 11 Slams
Coach: Warren Gatland
Captain Alun Wyn Jones
W247-L193-D26
Points (F/A):
6,272-5,494
2016: 2nd
2015: 3rd

Scotland
IRB rank 5
RECORD (since 1883)
2017: 4th
15 Titles 3
Slams
Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain John Barclay
W193-L253-D23
Points (F/A):
5,127-6,086
2016: 4th
2015: 6th

France
IRB rank 9
RECORD (since 1910)
2017: 3rd
17 Titles 9 Slams
Coach: Jacques Brunel
Captain Guilhem Guirado
W190-L160-D19
Points (F/A):
5,512-4,887
2016: 5th
2015: 4th
2017: 6th
2016: 6th
2015: 5th
Italy
IRB rank 14
RECORD (since 2000)
0 Titles
0 Slams
Coach Conor O’Shea
Captain Sergio Parisse
W12-L77-D1
Points (F/A):
1,289-2,993

*Inaugural year of tournament

†Win/loss/draw reads horizontally, e.g. England have 57 wins v France

Ireland aiming to return to winning ways in Six Nations after wins over South Africa, Fiji and Argentina in Autumn Internationals

RIVAL NATIONS: All-time head-to-head records†    Win  Loss  Draw

	France	    Ireland    Italy   Scotland  Wales
England 57 39 7    76 48 8   23 0 0   75 42 18  61 57 12


Wales 48 44  3     68 50 7   23  2  1  70 49 3

Scotland 35 53 3   67 61 5    19 8 0

Italy 	 3 36 0     4  23  c
 
Ireland  33  57 7


Veteran Ireland captain Rory Best, winner of three Six Nations championships in 2009, 2014 and 2015

Picture: Getty Images
Sources: IRB, Scrum.com