Six Nations Championship team guide 2020

February 1 – March 14

Charles Ollivon
Stuart Hogg
Owen Farrell
Alun Wyn Jones
Luca Bigi
Jonathan Sexton


England		IRB rank 3
Coach
Eddie Jones
Captain
Owen Farrell 
RECORD (since 1883*)
28 Titles 13 Slams
W261-L177-D40
Points (F/A): 6,859-5,108
2019: 2nd
2018: 5th
2017: 1st

Wales		IRB rank 4
Coach:
Wayne Pivac
Captain
Alun Wyn Jones 
RECORD (since 1883)
27 Titles 12 Slams
W255-L195-D26
Points (F/A): 6,506-5,645
2019: 1st
2018: 2nd
2017: 5th

Ireland	IRB rank 5
Coach
Andy Farrell
Captain
Jonathan Sexton 
RECORD (since 1883)
14 Titles 3 Slams
W208-L244-D26
Points (F/A): 5,628-5,947
2019: 3rd
2018: 1st
2017: 2nd

Scotland	IRB rank 7
Coach: Gregor Townsend
Captain
Stuart Hogg
RECORD (since 1883)
15 Titles 3 Slams
W197-L258-D24
Points (F/A): 5,336-6,340
2019: 5th
2018: 3rd
2017: 4th

France 		IRB rank 9
Coach: Fabien Galthié
Captain 
Charles Ollivon 
RECORD (since 1910)
17 Titles 9 Slams
W194-L166-D19
Points (F/A): 5,713-5,099
2019: 4th
2018: 4th
2017: 3rd

Italy 		IRB rank 12
Coach
Franco Smith
Captain
Luca Bigi
RECORD (since 2000)
0 Titles 0 Slams
W12-L87-D1
Points (F/A): 1,460-3,363
2019: 6th
2018: 6th
2017: 6th

*Inaugural year of tournament


2019 champions Wales – under new coach Wayne Pivac, who succeeds Warren Gatland – begin title defence against Scotland

RIVAL NATIONS: All-time head-to-head records†	Win Loss Draw
		France 	Ireland Italy 	Scotland 	Wales
England 	58 40 7	78 49 8	26 0 0	75 43 19	63 59 12
Wales 		51 44 3 69 53 7	24 2 1	73 49 3
Scotland 	37 55 3	67 64 5	22 8 0
Italy 		3 39 0	4 27 0
Ireland		35 57 7
   
†Win/loss/draw reads horizontally, e.g. England have 58 wins v France

 
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Sources: IRB, Scrum.com 
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