Six Nations Championship team guide 2019



Ireland	IRB rank 2

Coach Joe Schmidt
Captain Rory Best

RECORD (since 1883*)
14 Titles 3 Slams
W205-L242-D26
Points (F/A): 5,527-5,847
2018: 1st	2017: 2nd	2016: 3rd


Wales	IRB rank 3

Coach: Warren Gatland
Captain Alun Wyn Jones

RECORD (since 1883)
26 Titles 11 Slams
W250-L195-D26
Points (F/A): 6,392-5,580
2018: 2nd	2017: 5th	2016: 2nd


England	IRB	rank 4

Coach Eddie Jones
Captain Owen Farrell

RECORD (since 1883)
28 Titles 13 Slams
W258-L176-D39
Points (F/A): 6,675-5,007
2018: 5th	2017: 1st	2016: 1st


Scotland	IRB rank 7

Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain Greig Laidlaw

RECORD (since 1883)
15 Titles 3 Slams
W196-L255-D23
Points (F/A): 5,231-6,215
2018: 3rd	2017: 4th	2016: 4th

France	IRB rank 9

Coach: Jacques Brunel
Captain Guilhem Guirado

RECORD (since 1910)
17 Titles 9 Slams
W192-L163-D19
Points (F/A): 5,620-4,981
2018: 4th	2017: 3rd	2016: 5th


Italy	IRB rank 15

Coach Conor O’Shea
Captain Sergio Parisse

RECORD (since 2000)
0 Titles 0 Slams
W12-L82-D1
Points (F/A): 1,381-3,196
2018: 6th	2017: 6th	2016: 6th

*Inaugural year of tournament

2018 champions Ireland begin defence of title against England – teams have won last five titles between them


RIVAL NATIONS: All-time head-to-head records†	Win Loss Draw
		France		Ireland		Italy		Scotland	Wales
England 	57 40 7		76 49 8		24 0 0		75 43 18	62 57 12
Wales		49 44 3		68 51 7		24 2 1		71 49 3
Scotland	36 53 3		67 62 5		20 8 0

Italy		3 37 0		4 24 0
Ireland		34 57 7

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



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Sources: IRB, Scrum.com
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