Six Nations Championship team guide 2021


England		IRB rank 2

Coach Eddie Jones
Captain Owen Farrell 

RECORD (since 1883*)
29 Titles 13 Slams
W265-L178-D40
Points (F/A): 6,980-5,185
2020: 1st 2019: 2nd 2018: 5th 


France		IRB rank 4

Coach Fabien Galthié
Captain Charles Ollivon 

RECORD (since 1910)
17 Titles 9 Slams
W198-L167-D19
Points (F/A): 5,851-5,216
2020: 2nd 2019: 4th 2018: 4th 


Ireland		IRB rank 5

Coach Andy Farrell
Captain Jonathan Sexton 

RECORD (since 1883)
14 Titles 3 Slams
W211-L246-D26
Points (F/A): 5,760-6,049
2020: 3rd 2019: 3rd 2018: 1st 


Scotland 	IRB rank 7

Coach: Gregor Townsend 
Captain Stuart Hogg

RECORD (since 1883) 
15 Titles 3 Slams
W200-L260-D24
Points (F/A): 5,413-6,399
2020: 4th 2019: 5th 2018: 3rd


Wales		IRB rank 9

Coach Wayne Pivac
Captain Alun Wyn Jones 

RECORD (since 1883)
27 Titles 12 Slams
W256-L199-D26
Points (F/A): 6,625-5,743
2020: 5th 2019: 1st 2018: 2nd


Italy		IRB rank 14

Coach Franco Smith
Captain Luca Bigi

RECORD (since 2000)
0 Titles 0 Slams
W12-L92-D1
Points (F/A): 1,504-3,541
2020: 6th 2019: 6th 2018: 6th

*Inaugural year of tournament


England secured both Six Nations and Autumn Nations Cup titles in 2020 – recovering from surprise defeat to France in Six Nations opener

RIVAL NATIONS: All-time head-to-head records†	Win Loss Draw
		France 	Ireland	Italy	Scotland	Wales
England 	59 41 7	80 49 8	27 0 0	76 43 19	65 59 12
Wales 		51 45 3	69 55 7	26 2 1	73 50 3
Scotland	38 56 3	67 66 5	24 8 0
Italy		3 41 0	4 28 0
Ireland		35 58 7

†Win/loss/draw reads horizontally, e.g. England have 59 wins v France
 

Eddie Jones
England head coach since 2015


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Sources: IRB, Scrum.com 
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