Six Nations Championship 2022
FEBRUARY 5 - MARCH 19

The northern hemisphere’s premier rugby union tournament kicks off, with England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy set for six weeks of fierce rivalries, tough tackles and thrilling sporting theatre


Proud heritage

1871: England and Scotland contest first-ever rugby union international

1883: Inaugural Home International Championship includes Ireland and Wales 

1910: Tournament expands to include France

2000: Addition of Italy establishes current format


England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales 	France 		Italy
Home Nations Championship		Five Nations 	Six Nations 


GLORY DAYS: Wales secured 28th title in 2021, but were denied record-equalling Grand Slam with defeat to France on final day

Outright titles 	Grand Slams: Winning all matches in tournament
England 	Matches: 488 Match wins: 267	29 13 
Wales 		486		260		28 12 
Ireland 	488 		214		14 3 
Scotland 	489 		203		15 3 
France 		389 		201		17 9
Italy		110 		12 		0 0


Performance comparison
Four different teams have claimed Six Nations Championships since 2000 – with 11 Grand Slams

Champion
Grand Slam

2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021 


New bonus-point system introduced in 2017 to encourage and reward try scoring and attacking play

STANDINGS	P W D L F A Pts
1 2 3 4 5 6

Six Nations points system:
4pts Match win
3pts Grand Slam (5 wins) 
2pts Draw
1pt Score four or more tries 
1pt Lose by fewer than 7pts


Competition schedule

Teams play each other home and away in alternate years

3 4 5 7 8 14 0 World Rugby rank (Jan 2022)


Week 1 Feb 5 14:15 
Ireland		Wales
Aviva Stadium
Head-to-head*: Won 55 Drawn 7 Won 70

Feb 5 16:45
Scotland	England
Murrayfield
Won 44 Drawn 19 Won 76

Feb 6 15:00
France		Italy
Stade de France
Won 42 Drawn 0 Won 3


Week 2 Feb 12 14:15
Wales		Scotland
Principality Stadium	
Head-to-head: Won 74 Drawn 3 Won 50

Feb 12 16:45
France		Ireland
Stade de France
Won 59 Drawn 7 Won 35

Feb 13 15:00
Italy 		England
Stadio Olimpico
Won 0 Drawn 0 Won 28


Week 3 Feb 26 14:15
Scotland	France 
Murrayfield
Head-to-head: Won 39 Drawn 3 Won 56

Feb 26 16:45
England		Wales
Twickenham
Won 65 Drawn 12 Won 60

Feb 27 15:00
Ireland		Italy
Aviva Stadium
Won 29 Drawn 0 Won 4


Week 4 Mar 11 20:00
Wales		France 
Principality Stadium
Head-to-head: Won 51 Drawn 3 Won 46

Mar 12 14:15
Italy	Scotland 
Stadio Olimpico
Won 8 Drawn 0 Won 25

Mar 12 16:45
England		Ireland
Twickenham
Won 80 Drawn 8 Won 50


Week 5 Mar 19 14:15
Wales 		Italy 
Principality Stadium
Head-to-head: Won 27 Drawn 1 Won 2

Mar 19 16:45
Ireland		Scotland 
Aviva Stadium
Won 67 Drawn 5 Won 67

Mar 19 20:00
France		England 
Stade de France
Won 41 Drawn 7 Won 60


*In all competitions
 
All kick-off times GMT


Source: Six Nations
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