2023 Six Nations Championship

The 2023 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the 129th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). France entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the Grand Slam in 2022.

2023 Six Nations Championship
Date4 February – 18 March 2023
Countries
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Attendance397,730 (66,288 per match)
Tries scored36 (6 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Thomas Ramos (28 points)
Top try scorer(s) James Lowe
Max Malins
Kyle Steyn
Duhan van der Merwe
(2 tries each)
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Participants
Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London Steve Borthwick Owen Farrell
 France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis Fabien Galthié Antoine Dupont
 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin Andy Farrell Johnny Sexton
 Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome Kieran Crowley Michele Lamaro
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh Gregor Townsend Jamie Ritchie
 Wales Millennium Stadium 73,931 Cardiff Warren Gatland Ken Owens

Squads
Main article: 2023 Six Nations Championship squads

Table
Pos Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points Table
points
Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA GS Tries Losing
1 Ireland 22006629+378202010
2 Scotland 22006430+349402010
3 England 21015443+11860116
4 France 21014856–8560105
5 Italy 20023860–22490011
6 Wales 20021769–52290000

Table ranking rules[1]

  • Four points are awarded for a win.
  • Two points are awarded for a draw.
  • A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries, or loses by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four or more tries, and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
  • Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
  • Tiebreakers
    • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
    • If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
    • If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures

The tournament's fixtures were announced on 20 April 2022.[2] There will be no Friday night fixtures. Other than the final weekend, the three kick-off time slots will be the same each weekend of the tournament.

Round 1
4 February 2023
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 10–34 Ireland (1 BP)
Try: L. Williams 46' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 46'
Pen: Biggar (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Doris 2' c
Ryan 9' c
Lowe 21' c
Van der Flier 73' c
Con: Sexton (3/3) 3', 10', 22'
Byrne (1/1) 73'
Pen: Sexton (2/2) 19', 28'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)
FB15Liam Williams 64' to 74'
RW14Josh Adams
OC13George North
IC12Joe Hawkins
LW11Rio Dyer 69'
FH10Dan Biggar 68'
SH9Tomos Williams 64'
N88Taulupe Faletau
OF7Justin Tipuric 54'
BF6Jac Morgan
RL5Alun Wyn Jones 61'
LL4Adam Beard
TP3Tomas Francis 40'
HK2Ken Owens (c) 61'
LP1Gareth Thomas 54'
Replacements:
HK16Scott Baldwin 61'
PR17Rhys Carré 54'
PR18Dillon Lewis 40'
LK19Dafydd Jenkins 61'
FL20Tommy Reffell 54'
SH21Rhys Webb 64'
FH22Owen Williams 68'
WG23Alex Cuthbert 69'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
FB15Hugo Keenan
RW14Mack Hansen
OC13Garry Ringrose
IC12Stuart McCloskey 60'
LW11James Lowe
FH10Johnny Sexton (c) 69'
SH9Conor Murray 64'
N88Caelan Doris
OF7Josh van der Flier
BF6Peter O'Mahony 60'
RL5James Ryan
LL4Tadhg Beirne 54'
TP3Finlay Bealham 60'
HK2Dan Sheehan 74'
LP1Andrew Porter 74'
Replacements:
HK16Rob Herring 74'
PR17Dave Kilcoyne 74'
PR18Tom O'Toole 60'
LK19Iain Henderson 54'
N820Jack Conan 60'
SH21Craig Casey 64'
FH22Ross Byrne 69'
CE23Bundee Aki 60'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Hugo Keenan (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

  • Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) was originally named at full-back, but he was replaced by Liam Williams ahead of the match, after suffering a back spasm in training.[3]
  • Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland) was originally named at scrum-half, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. He was replaced in the starting line-up by Conor Murray, whose place in the bench was taken by Craig Casey.[4]
  • Cian Healy (Ireland) was originally named among the replacements, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. His place was taken by Dave Kilcoyne.[4]
  • Ireland win at the Millennium Stadium in a Six Nations match for the first time since 2013.
4 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England 23–29 Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Malins (2) 24' m, 38' m
Genge 48' c
Con: Farrell (1/3) 49'
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 43', 65'		ReportTry: Jones 15' c
Van der Merwe (2) 29' m, 74' c
White 51' c
Con: Russell (3/4) 16', 53', 76'
Pen: Russell (1/1) 69'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,545
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
FB15Freddie Steward
RW14Max Malins
OC13Joe Marchant 76'
IC12Owen Farrell (c)
LW11Ollie Hassell-Collins 65'
FH10Marcus Smith
SH9Jack van Poortvliet 59'
N88Alex Dombrandt 56'
OF7Ben Curry 61'
BF6Lewis Ludlam
RL5Ollie Chessum
LL4Maro Itoje
TP3Kyle Sinckler 61'
HK2Jamie George
LP1Ellis Genge 61'
Replacements:
HK16Jack Walker
PR17Mako Vunipola 61'
PR18Dan Cole 61'
LK19Nick Isiekwe 61'
FL20Ben Earl 56'
SH21Ben Youngs 59'
CE22Ollie Lawrence 76'
WG23Anthony Watson 65'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick
FB15Stuart Hogg 66'
RW14Kyle Steyn
OC13Huw Jones 76'
IC12Sione Tuipulotu
LW11Duhan van der Merwe
FH10Finn Russell
SH9Ben White 70'
N88Matt Fagerson
OF7Luke Crosbie 59'
BF6Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL5Grant Gilchrist 66'
LL4Richie Gray
TP3WP Nel 59'
HK2George Turner 59'
LP1Pierre Schoeman 66'
Replacements:
HK16Fraser Brown 59'
PR17Jamie Bhatti 66'
PR18Simon Berghan 59'
LK19Jonny Gray 66'
FL20Jack Dempsey 59'
SH21George Horne 70'
FH22Blair Kinghorn 66'
CE23Chris Harris 76'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
James Doleman (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Ollie Hassell-Collins (England) made his international debut.[5]
  • Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup.
  • Scotland won three consecutive games against England for the first time since 1972, and registered successive away wins against England for the first time since 1909.[6]
  • With this win, Scotland moved up to fifth in the World Rugby Rankings, equalling their highest position, last set in May 2018.[7]
5 February 2023
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
(1 BP) Italy 24–29 France (1 BP)
Try: Capuozzo 32' m
Penalty try 51'
Pen: Allan (4/5) 14', 23', 40+2', 62'		ReportTry: Flament 5' c
Ramos 19' m
Dumortier 27' c
Jalibert 67' c
Con: Ramos (3/4) 6', 28', 68'
Pen: Ramos (1/2) 47'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 41,232
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
FB15Ange Capuozzo
RW14Pierre Bruno 67'
OC13Ignacio Brex
IC12Luca Morisi
LW11Tommaso Menoncello
FH10Tommaso Allan
SH9Stephen Varney 75'
N88Lorenzo Cannone 69'
OF7Michele Lamaro (c)
BF6Sebastian Negri 66'
RL5Federico Ruzza
LL4Niccolò Cannone 69'
TP3Simone Ferrari 57'
HK2Giacomo Nicotera 69'
LP1Danilo Fischetti 69'
Replacements:
HK16Luca Bigi 69'
PR17Federico Zani 69'
PR18Pietro Ceccarelli 57'
LK19Edoardo Iachizzi 69'
FL20Giovanni Pettinelli 69'
FL21Manuel Zuliani 66'
SH22Alessandro Fusco 75'
FB23Edoardo Padovani 67'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley
FB15Thomas Ramos
RW14Damian Penaud
OC13Gaël Fickou
IC12Yoram Moefana
LW11Ethan Dumortier
FH10Romain Ntamack 65'
SH9Antoine Dupont (c)
N88Gregory Alldritt 62'
OF7Charles Ollivon 52' to 62'
BF6Anthony Jelonch
RL5Paul Willemse 54'
LL4Thibaud Flament
TP3Uini Atonio 52'
HK2Julien Marchand 62'
LP1Cyril Baille 52'
Replacements:
HK16Gaëtan Barlot 62'
PR17Reda Wardi 52'
PR18Sipili Falatea 52'
LK19Romain Taofifénua 54'
LK20Thomas Lavault
FL21Sekou Macalou 62'
SH22Nolann Le Garrec
FH23Matthieu Jalibert 65'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Antoine Dupont (France)

Assistant referees:
Nic Berry (Australia)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Round 2
11 February 2023
14:15 WET (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Ireland 32–19 France
Try: Keenan 8' c
Lowe 21' m
Porter 26' c
Ringrose 71' c
Con: Sexton (2/3) 10', 26'
Byrne (1/1) 73'
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 40'
Byrne (1/1) 59'		ReportTry: Penaud 17' c
Con: Ramos (1/1) 18'
Pen: Ramos (3/4) 4', 14', 32'
Drop: Ramos (1/1) 61'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700[9]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB15Hugo Keenan
RW14Mack Hansen
OC13Garry Ringrose
IC12Stuart McCloskey 65'
LW11James Lowe
FH10Johnny Sexton (c) 47'
SH9Conor Murray 51'
N88Caelan Doris
OF7Josh van der Flier
BF6Peter O'Mahony 51'
RL5James Ryan
LL4Tadhg Beirne 45'
TP3Finlay Bealham 61'
HK2Rob Herring 25'
LP1Andrew Porter 69'
Replacements:
HK16Rónan Kelleher 25'
PR17Dave Kilcoyne 69'
PR18Tom O'Toole 61'
LK19Iain Henderson 45'
N820Jack Conan 56'
SH21Craig Casey 56'
FH22Ross Byrne 47'
CE23Bundee Aki 65'
Coach:
Andy Farrell
FB15Thomas Ramos 61'
RW14Damian Penaud
OC13Gaël Fickou
IC12Yoram Moefana 25' 37'
LW11Ethan Dumortier
FH10Romain Ntamack
SH9Antoine Dupont (c)
N88Gregory Alldritt 51'
OF7Charles Ollivon 69'
BF6Anthony Jelonch
RL5Paul Willemse 45'
LL4Thibaud Flament
TP3Uini Atonio 24' to 34' 51'
HK2Julien Marchand 73'
LP1Cyril Baille 51'
Replacements:
HK16Gaëtan Barlot 73'
PR17Reda Wardi 51'
PR18Sipili Falatea 25' 37' 51'
LK19Romain Taofifénua 45'
FL20François Cros 69'
FL21Sekou Macalou 51'
SH22Baptiste Couilloud
FH23Matthieu Jalibert 61'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Caelan Doris (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Notes:

11 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Scotland 35–7 Wales
Try: Turner 29' c
Steyn (2) 50' c, 57' m
Kinghorn 70' m
M. Fagerson 78' m
Con: Russell (2/5) 31', 52'
Pen: Russell (2/2) 8', 14'		ReportTry: Owens 33' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 35'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
FB15Stuart Hogg 13'
RW14Kyle Steyn
OC13Huw Jones
IC12Sione Tuipulotu 71'
LW11Duhan van der Merwe
FH10Finn Russell
SH9Ben White 58'
N88Matt Fagerson
OF7Luke Crosbie 36' 42' 44'
BF6Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL5Grant Gilchrist 64'
LL4Richie Gray
TP3Zander Fagerson 64'
HK2George Turner 32' to 42' 58'
LP1Pierre Schoeman 64'
Replacements:
HK16Fraser Brown 36' 42' 58'
PR17Jamie Bhatti 64'
PR18WP Nel 64'
LK19Jonny Gray 64'
FL20Jack Dempsey 44'
SH21George Horne 58'
FH22Blair Kinghorn 13'
CE23Chris Harris 71'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend
FB15Liam Williams 56' to 66'
RW14Josh Adams 58'
OC13George North 33' 40'
IC12Joe Hawkins
LW11Rio Dyer
FH10Dan Biggar 56'
SH9Tomos Williams 56'
N88Jac Morgan 52'
OF7Tommy Reffell
BF6Christ Tshiunza
RL5Adam Beard
LL4Dafydd Jenkins 65'
TP3Dillon Lewis 64'
HK2Ken Owens (c) 64'
LP1Wyn Jones 52'
Replacements:
HK16Scott Baldwin 64'
PR17Rhys Carré 52'
PR18Leon Brown 64'
LK19Rhys Davies 65'
N820Taulupe Faletau 52'
SH21Rhys Webb 82' 56'
FH22Rhys Patchell 56'
WG23Alex Cuthbert 33' 40' 58'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Player of the Match:
Finn Russell (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

  • Rhys Davies (Wales) made his international debut.[15]
  • Stuart Hogg (Scotland) earned his 100th international cap (98 for Scotland, 2 for the British & Irish Lions).[16]
  • This was Scotland's biggest win over Wales, surpassing the 25-point winning margin set in 1924.[17]
  • Scotland won back-to-back matches in the opening rounds of the Six Nations for the first time.[18]
  • Wales lost their opening two Six Nations games for the first time since 2007.[19]
  • Scotland reclaimed the Doddie Weir Cup.[20]
12 February 2023
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) England 31–14 Italy
Try: Willis 12' c
Chessum 27' c
George 36' m
Penalty try 49'
Arundell 69' m
Con: Farrell (2/4) 13', 28'		ReportTry: Riccioni 43' c
Fusco 63' c
Con: Allan (2/2) 43', 63'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,609
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
FB15Freddie Steward
RW14Max Malins
OC13Henry Slade 72'
IC12Ollie Lawrence
LW11Ollie Hassell-Collins 54'
FH10Owen Farrell (c)
SH9Jack van Poortvliet 59'
N88Alex Dombrandt 65'
OF7Jack Willis 52'
BF6Lewis Ludlam
RL5Ollie Chessum
LL4Maro Itoje
TP3Kyle Sinckler 49'
HK2Jamie George 73'
LP1Ellis Genge 54'
Replacements:
HK16Jack Walker 73'
PR17Mako Vunipola 54'
PR18Dan Cole 49'
LK19Nick Isiekwe 65'
FL20Ben Earl 52'
SH21Alex Mitchell 59'
FH22Marcus Smith 72'
FB23Henry Arundell 54'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick
FB15Ange Capuozzo
RW14Edoardo Padovani
OC13Ignacio Brex
IC12Luca Morisi 46'
LW11Tommaso Menoncello
FH10Tommaso Allan
SH9Stephen Varney 62'
N88Lorenzo Cannone 26' to 36' 56' 78'
OF7Michele Lamaro (c) 23'
BF6Sebastian Negri 54' 60'
RL5Federico Ruzza
LL4Niccolò Cannone 74' 80'
TP3Marco Riccioni 47' 54' 60'
HK2Giacomo Nicotera 60'
LP1Danilo Fischetti 54'
Replacements:
HK16Luca Bigi 60'
PR17Federico Zani 54'
PR18Simone Ferrari 49' to 59' 47'
LK19Edoardo Iachizzi 74'
N820Jake Polledri 56' 80'
FL21Manuel Zuliani 23' 78'
SH22Alessandro Fusco 62'
WG23Pierre Bruno 46'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Ollie Lawrence (England)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Tual Trainini (France)
Television match official:
Eric Gauzins (France)

Notes:

Round 3
25 February 2023
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Ireland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
25 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales v England
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
26 February 2023
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
France v Scotland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Round 4
11 March 2023
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)
11 March 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England v France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
12 March 2023
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland v Ireland
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Round 5
18 March 2023
12:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland v Italy
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
18 March 2023
15:45 CET (UTC+1)
France v Wales
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
18 March 2023
17:00 WET (UTC+0)
Ireland v England
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Player statistics

Statistics as of 12 February.[22]

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