2022 Six Nations Championship

2022 Six Nations Championship
2022 Six Nations Championship
Date	5 February – 19 March 2022
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (18th title)
Grand Slam	France (10th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (12th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	964,370 (64,291 per match)
Tries scored	73 (4.87 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Marcus Smith (71 points)
Top try scorer(s)	James Lowe; Damian Penaud; Gabin Villière (3 tries)
Player of the tournament	Antoine Dupont
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The 2022 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 128th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). Wales entered the tournament as defending champions.

France won the Championship and the Grand Slam – both for the first time since 2010 – clinching the title with a 25–13 win over England at the Stade de France.^[2] Runners-up Ireland won the Triple Crown for the sixth time in the Six Nations era.^[3]

Italy came into the tournament on the back of 36 successive Six Nations losses since they beat Scotland, in 2015. Trailing 21–15 with less than two minutes remaining in their final game against Wales, Edoardo Padovani scored a try to win the match for Italy, ending a 40-match winless run in the Six Nations.^[4]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Eddie Jones	Tom Curry, Courtney Lawes¹
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié, Raphaël Ibañez ²	Antoine Dupont
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Johnny Sexton, James Ryan, Peter O'Mahony ³
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	73,261	Rome	Kieran Crowley	Michele Lamaro
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	Stuart Hogg
Wales	Millennium Stadium	73,931	Cardiff	Wayne Pivac	Dan Biggar

¹ Owen Farrell was originally named in the England squad as captain ahead of the Championship, but was later ruled out due to injury. Tom Curry captained the team for the first two matches, and Courtney Lawes was captain for the final three rounds.
² Fabien Galthié tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the opening round and Raphaël Ibañez took on the role for France's match against Italy.^[5]
³ Johnny Sexton was ruled out in round 2 and James Ryan captained in his absence. Ryan was not selected in round 3 and Peter O'Mahony was named as captain.

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	TB	LB	Pts	FRA	IRE	ENG	SCO	WAL	ITA
1	France	5	5	0	141	73	+68	17	7	3	2	0	25	—	30–24	25–13			37–10
2	Ireland	5	4	1	168	63	+105	24	4	0	4	1	21		—		26–5	29–7	57–6
3	England	5	2	3	101	96	+5	8	11	0	1	1	10		15–32	—		23–19
4	Scotland	5	2	3	92	121	−29	11	15	0	1	1	10	17–36		20–17	—
5	Wales	5	1	4	76	104	−28	8	8	0	0	3	7	9–13			20–17	—	21–22
6	Italy	5	1	4	60	181	−121	5	27	0	0	0	4			0–33	22–33		—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Table ranking rules

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 28 April 2021, and included a Friday night game – Wales hosting France in round 4 – for the first time since the opening match of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.^[6]

Round 1

5 February 2022
14:15 WET (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	29–7	Wales
Try: Aki 3' c Conway (2) 44' c, 51' c Ringrose 60' m Con: Sexton (3/4) 5', 45', 53' Pen: Sexton (1/3) 21'	Report	Try: Basham 75' c Con: Sheedy 76' (1/1)

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Andrew Conway	62'
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Mack Hansen
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	64'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	69'
N8	8	Jack Conan	53'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Caelan Doris
RL	5	James Ryan	66'
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	53'
HK	2	Rónan Kelleher	62'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dan Sheehan	62'
PR	17	Cian Healy	66'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	53'
LK	19	Ryan Baird	66'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	53'
SH	21	Conor Murray	69'
FH	22	Joey Carbery	64'
CE	23	James Hume	62'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Liam Williams
RW	14	Johnny McNicholl		62'
OC	13	Josh Adams	48'
IC	12	Nick Tompkins
LW	11	Louis Rees-Zammit
FH	10	Dan Biggar (c)		71'
SH	9	Tomos Williams		57'
N8	8	Aaron Wainwright
OF	7	Taine Basham
BF	6	Ellis Jenkins		53'
RL	5	Adam Beard
LL	4	Will Rowlands		74'
TP	3	Tomas Francis		53'
HK	2	Ryan Elias		53'
LP	1	Wyn Jones		53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dewi Lake		53'
PR	17	Gareth Thomas		53'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis		53'
LK	19	Ben Carter		74'
N8	20	Ross Moriarty		53'
SH	21	Gareth Davies		57'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy		71'
CE	23	Owen Watkin		62'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Mack Hansen (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Television match official:
Stuart Terheege (England)

Notes:

Seb Davies (Wales) was originally named on the bench but was replaced by Ben Carter prior to kick-off due to a back spasm.^[7]
Mack Hansen (Ireland) and Dewi Lake (Wales) made their international debuts.^[8]
Ross Moriarty (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.

5 February 2022
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	20–17	England (1 BP)
Try: White 18' c Penalty try 66' Con: Russell (1/1) 20' Pen: Russell (2/2) 41', 72'	Report	Try: Smith 53' m Pen: Smith (4/4) 17', 34', 48', 63'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sam Johnson	60'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ali Price	12'	24'	63'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie	60'
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist
LL	4	Jonny Gray	63'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	52'
HK	2	George Turner	52'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	52'
PR	17	Pierre Schoeman	52'
PR	18	WP Nel	52'
LK	19	Sam Skinner	63'
FL	20	Magnus Bradbury	60'
SH	21	Ben White	12'	24'	63'
FB	22	Blair Kinghorn
CE	23	Sione Tuipulotu	60'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Elliot Daly
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Joe Marchant		80+1'
FH	10	Marcus Smith		63'
SH	9	Ben Youngs
N8	8	Sam Simmonds		70'	77'
OF	7	Tom Curry (c)
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam		63'
RL	5	Nick Isiekwe		77'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler		63'
HK	2	Luke Cowan-Dickie	65'		77'
LP	1	Ellis Genge		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George		70'
PR	17	Joe Marler		63'
PR	18	Will Stuart		63'
LK	19	Charlie Ewels		77'
N8	20	Alex Dombrandt		63'
SH	21	Harry Randall
FH	22	George Ford		63'
WG	23	Jack Nowell		80+1'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Matt Fagerson (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Nic Berry (Australia)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Ben White (Scotland) made his international debut.
Scotland achieved back-to-back wins against England for the first time since 1984.
Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup.^[9]
Tom Curry became England's youngest captain since Will Carling against Australia in 1988.

6 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) France	37–10	Italy
Try: Jelonch 26' m Villière (3) 40+1' c, 49' m, 80+2' c Penaud 68' c Con: Jaminet (2/4) 40+2', 70' Ntamack (1/1) 80+3' Pen: Jaminet (2/2) 5', 34'	Report	Try: Menoncello 17' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 18' Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 30'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,750
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)


FB	15	Melvyn Jaminet	75'
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty	58'
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	70'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt	70'
OF	7	Dylan Cretin
BF	6	Anthony Jelonch
RL	5	Paul Willemse	56'
LL	4	Cameron Woki
TP	3	Uini Atonio	50'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	58'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	58'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	50'
PR	18	Demba Bamba	50'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	56'
FL	20	François Cros	70'
SH	21	Maxime Lucu	70'
CE	22	Yoram Moefana	58'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos	75'
Caretaker coach:
Raphaël Ibañez


FB	15	Edoardo Padovani
RW	14	Tommaso Menoncello	58'
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Marco Zanon
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Stephen Varney	65'
N8	8	Toa Halafihi	56'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	70'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza		65'
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone	50'	65'
TP	3	Tiziano Pasquali	50'
HK	2	Gianmarco Lucchesi	50'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Hame Faiva	50'
PR	17	Ivan Nemer	50'
PR	18	Giosuè Zilocchi	50'
LK	19	Marco Fuser	50'
FL	20	Giovanni Pettinelli	56'
FL	21	Manuel Zuliani	70'
SH	22	Callum Braley	65'
FH	23	Leonardo Marin	58'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Gabin Villière (France)

Assistant referees:
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Damon Murphy (Australia)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)

Notes:

Toa Halafihi, Leonardo Marin, Tommaso Menoncello and Manuel Zuliani (all Italy) made their international debuts.

France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.^[10]

Round 2

12 February 2022
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	20–17	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Francis 32' m Pen: Biggar (4/5) 5', 8', 25', 58' Drop: Biggar (1/1) 70'	Report	Try: Graham 12' m Pen: Russell (4/4) 16', 20', 29', 50'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,782
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)


FB	15	Liam Williams
RW	14	Alex Cuthbert
OC	13	Owen Watkin
IC	12	Nick Tompkins	68'
LW	11	Louis Rees-Zammit
FH	10	Dan Biggar (c)	79'
SH	9	Tomos Williams
N8	8	Ross Moriarty	58'
OF	7	Jac Morgan
BF	6	Taine Basham
RL	5	Adam Beard
LL	4	Will Rowlands	76'
TP	3	Tomas Francis	60'
HK	2	Ryan Elias	65'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dewi Lake	65'
PR	17	Gareth Thomas	65'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	60'
LK	19	Seb Davies	76'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright	58'
SH	21	Gareth Davies
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	79'
CE	23	Jonathan Davies	68'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu		71'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe		79'
FH	10	Finn Russell	68'
SH	9	Ali Price		63'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson		32'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Sam Skinner
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist
LL	4	Jonny Gray		63'
TP	3	WP Nel		45'
HK	2	Stuart McInally		45'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman		45'	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	George Turner		45'
PR	17	Rory Sutherland		45'	63'
PR	18	Zander Fagerson		45'
FL	19	Magnus Bradbury		32'
FL	20	Rory Darge		63'
SH	21	Ben White		63'
FB	22	Blair Kinghorn		71'
CE	23	Cameron Redpath		79'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Ryan Elias (Wales)

Assistant referees:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)

Notes

Wales retained the Doddie Weir Cup.
Jac Morgan (Wales) and Rory Darge (Scotland) made their international debuts.
Dan Biggar and Jonathan Davies (both Wales) won their 100th test caps, including caps for the British & Irish Lions.^[11]

12 February 2022
17:45 CET (UTC+1)

France	30–24	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Dupont 2' c Baille 54' m Con: Jaminet (1/2) 3' Pen: Jaminet (6/6) 7', 17', 36', 41', 44', 79'	Report	Try: Hansen 7' c Van der Flier 45' c Gibson-Park 49' c Con: Carbery (3/3) 9', 46', 50' Pen: Carbery 73'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Melvyn Jaminet
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Yoram Moefana
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	70'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Anthony Jelonch
BF	6	François Cros	73'
RL	5	Paul Willemse	53'
LL	4	Cameron Woki	53'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	55'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	55'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	55'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	55'
PR	18	Demba Bamba	55'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	53'
LK	20	Thibaud Flament	53'
FL	21	Dylan Cretin	73'
SH	22	Maxime Lucu	70'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki	64'
LW	11	Mack Hansen
FH	10	Joey Carbery	79'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	64'
N8	8	Jack Conan	53'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Caelan Doris
RL	5	James Ryan (c)
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	73'
HK	2	Rónan Kelleher	26'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dan Sheehan	26'
PR	17	Cian Healy	73'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	73'
LK	19	Iain Henderson		58'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	53'	58'
SH	21	Conor Murray	64'
FH	22	Jack Carty	79'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw	64'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Grégory Alldritt (France)

Assistant referees:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

13 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	0–33	England (1 BP)
	Report	Try: Smith 10' c George (2) 20' c, 40' c Daly 45' m Sinckler 73' c Con: Smith (4/5) 12', 21', 40+2', 74'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 29,015
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)


FB	15	Edoardo Padovani
RW	14	Federico Mori	55'
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Marco Zanon
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Stephen Varney	65'
N8	8	Toa Halafihi	38'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Braam Steyn
RL	5	Federico Ruzza	72'
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone
TP	3	Pietro Ceccarelli	40'
HK	2	Gianmarco Lucchesi	52'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	46'
Replacements:
HK	16	Hame Faiva	52'
PR	17	Cherif Traorè	46'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali	40'
LK	19	Andrea Zambonin	72'
FL	20	Sebastian Negri	38'	55'
FL	21	Giovanni Pettinelli		55'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco	65'
FH	23	Leonardo Marin	55'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Joe Marchant	74'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jack Nowell	17'
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Harry Randall	55'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt
OF	7	Tom Curry (c)	65'
BF	6	Maro Itoje
RL	5	Nick Isiekwe	55'
LL	4	Charlie Ewels
TP	3	Will Stuart	40'
HK	2	Jamie George	56'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie	56'
PR	17	Joe Marler	65'
PR	18	Kyle Sinckler	40'
LK	19	Ollie Chessum	65'
N8	20	Sam Simmonds	55'
SH	21	Ben Youngs	55'
FH	22	George Ford	74'
WG	23	Elliot Daly	17'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Marcus Smith (England)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Pierre Brousset (France)
Television match official:
Brian MacNiece (Ireland)

Notes:

Andrea Zambonin (Italy) and Ollie Chessum (England) made their international debuts.
Ben Youngs made his 114th appearance for England, equalling Jason Leonard's record as England's most-capped player.^[12]
England kept a clean sheet against Italy in the Six Nations for the first time.^{[citation needed]}

Round 3

26 February 2022
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	17–36	France (1 BP)
Try: Darge 29' c Van der Merwe 80' c Con: Russell (1/1) 30' Hogg (1/1) 80' Pen: Russell (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Willemse 8' c Moefana 13' m Fickou 40+2' c Danty 42' c Penaud (2) 59' m, 74' m Con: Jaminet (3/6) 9', 40+4', 44'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham
OC	13	Chris Harris	40'
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell	61'
SH	9	Ali Price	48'	58'	69'
N8	8	Magnus Bradbury
OF	7	Rory Darge
BF	6	Nick Haining	44'
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist	61'
LL	4	Sam Skinner
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	56'
HK	2	Stuart McInally	56'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	George Turner	56'
PR	17	Oli Kebble	61'
PR	18	WP Nel	56'
LK	19	Jamie Hodgson	61'
FL	20	Andy Christie	44'
SH	21	Ben White	48'	58'	69'
FB	22	Blair Kinghorn	61'
CE	23	Mark Bennett	40'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Melvyn Jaminet	71'
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty
LW	11	Yoram Moefana
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	74'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Anthony Jelonch	54'
BF	6	François Cros
RL	5	Paul Willemse	54'
LL	4	Cameron Woki	68'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	47'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	54'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	54'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	58'
PR	18	Demba Bamba	47'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	54'
LK	20	Thibaud Flament	54'
FL	21	Dylan Cretin	68'
SH	22	Maxime Lucu	74'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos	71'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Antoine Dupont (France)

Assistant referees:
Luke Pearce (England)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

Hamish Watson (Scotland) was originally named to start, but was forced to withdraw the day before the match after testing positive for COVID-19. He was replaced by Nick Haining, whose place on the bench was taken by Andy Christie.
Andy Christie (Scotland) made his international debut.
France reclaimed the Auld Alliance Trophy, having lost it in 2020.

26 February 2022
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	23–19	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Dombrandt 43' m Pen: Smith (6/7) 3', 6', 31', 40+2', 68', 72'	Report	Try: Adams 54' m Tompkins 61' c Hardy 80' c Con: Biggar (2/3) 61', 80'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,621
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Elliot Daly	74'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jack Nowell
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Harry Randall	62'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt
OF	7	Tom Curry	40'
BF	6	Courtney Lawes (c)
RL	5	Maro Itoje
LL	4	Charlie Ewels	68'
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	68'
HK	2	Luke Cowan-Dickie	25'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	72'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George	25'
PR	17	Joe Marler	72'
PR	18	Will Stuart	68'
LK	19	Nick Isiekwe	68'
N8	20	Sam Simmonds	40'
SH	21	Ben Youngs	62'
FH	22	George Ford
CE	23	Joe Marchant	74'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Liam Williams	20'	71'	78'
RW	14	Alex Cuthbert
OC	13	Owen Watkin		20'	24'	65'
IC	12	Nick Tompkins
LW	11	Josh Adams			78'
FH	10	Dan Biggar (c)
SH	9	Tomos Williams		68'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Taine Basham		55'
BF	6	Ross Moriarty		70'
RL	5	Adam Beard
LL	4	Will Rowlands
TP	3	Tomas Francis		20'	28'	55'
HK	2	Ryan Elias		68'
LP	1	Wyn Jones		44'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dewi Lake		68'
PR	17	Gareth Thomas		44'
PR	18	Leon Brown		20'	28'	55'
LK	19	Seb Davies		70'
FL	20	Jac Morgan		55'
SH	21	Kieran Hardy		68'
FH	22	Gareth Anscombe		71'
CE	23	Jonathan Davies		20'	24'	65'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Marcus Smith (England)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNiece (Ireland)

Notes:

Manu Tuilagi (England) was originally named to start, but was forced to withdraw due to injury. His place in the starting line-up was taken by Elliot Daly, who was replaced on the bench by Joe Marchant.^[13]
Ben Youngs made his 115th appearance for England to surpass Jason Leonard's record as England's most capped international player.
Kyle Sinckler (England) and Alex Cuthbert (Wales) earned their 50th test caps.
Courtney Lawes (England) and Dan Biggar (Wales) became the sixth club mates (Northampton Saints) in the history of the Championship to captain their countries against each other.

27 February 2022
15:00 WET (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	57–6	Italy
Try: Carbery 4' c Gibson-Park 21' c Lowry (2) 30' m, 57' c O'Mahony 38' m Lowe (2) 52' m, 76' c Baird 70' c Treadwell 80+2' c Con: Carbery (2/5) 5', 22' Sexton (4/4) 58', 71', 77', 80+3'	Report	Pen: Padovani (1/1) 14' Garbisi (1/1) 40+1'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)


FB	15	Michael Lowry
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Garry Ringrose	3' to 9'		53'	68'
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw				68'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Joey Carbery	53'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	62'
N8	8	Caelan Doris	54'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony (c)
RL	5	Ryan Baird
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne	62'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	62'
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	69'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	44'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	69'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	44'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	62'
LK	19	Kieran Treadwell	62'
N8	20	Jack Conan	54'
SH	21	Craig Casey	62'
FH	22	Johnny Sexton	53'
CE	23	James Hume	3'	9'	53'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Edoardo Padovani
RW	14	Pierre Bruno		20'
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Leonardo Marin		66'	78'
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi			78'
SH	9	Stephen Varney		40'
N8	8	Toa Halafihi		20'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)			62'	78'
BF	6	Giovanni Pettinelli		54'	62'	78'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza		68'
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone		49'
TP	3	Pietro Ceccarelli		40'
HK	2	Gianmarco Lucchesi		9'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti
Replacements:
HK	16	Hame Faiva	18'	9'
PR	17	Ivan Nemer		20'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali		40'
LK	19	David Sisi		68'
FL	20	Manuel Zuliani		49'
N8	21	Braam Steyn	74'	54'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco		40'
CE	23	Marco Zanon		66'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Josh van der Flier (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Eric Gauzins (France)

Notes:

Michael Lowry (Ireland) made his international debut.^[14]
Italy played with 13 players from the 19th minute of the match due to World Rugby Law 3.20, which requires a team that is unable to continue with contested scrums as a result of a player being sent off to lose an additional player. This meant that no replacement was made for Toa Halafihi.^[15]
Italy suffered their 100th defeat in the Six Nations Championship.
Referee Nika Amashukeli became the first Georgian and Tier 2 union official to referee in this Six Nations Championship.

Round 4

11 March 2022
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	9–13	France
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 5', 17', 39'	Report	Try: Jelonch 9' c Con: Jaminet (1/1) 10' Pen: Jaminet (2/3) 3', 47'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 63,208
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Liam Williams	67'
RW	14	Alex Cuthbert
OC	13	Owen Watkin
IC	12	Jonathan Davies	65'
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar (c)
SH	9	Tomos Williams	11'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Josh Navidi	76'
BF	6	Seb Davies	62'
RL	5	Adam Beard
LL	4	Will Rowlands
TP	3	Tomas Francis	60'
HK	2	Ryan Elias	55'
LP	1	Gareth Thomas	20'	33'	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dewi Lake	55'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	20'	33'	67'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	60'
FL	19	Ross Moriarty	62'
FL	20	Jac Morgan	76'
SH	21	Kieran Hardy	11'
FH	22	Gareth Anscombe	67'
WG	23	Louis Rees-Zammit	65'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Melvyn Jaminet
RW	14	Yoram Moefana
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty	80'
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	72'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt	65'
OF	7	Anthony Jelonch
BF	6	François Cros
RL	5	Paul Willemse
LL	4	Cameron Woki	65'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	40'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	53'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	53'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	53'
PR	18	Mohamed Haouas	40'
LK	19	Thibaud Flament	65'
FL	20	Dylan Cretin	65'
SH	21	Maxime Lucu	72'
FB	22	Thomas Ramos
WG	23	Matthis Lebel	80'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Julien Marchand (France)

Assistant referees:
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

12 March 2022
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	22–33	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Braley 30' c Capuozzo (2) 66' c, 80+3' m Con: Garbisi (2/3) 31', 67' Pen: Garbisi (1/3) 4'	Report	Try: Johnson 18' m Harris (2) 22' c, 37' c Graham 48' c Hogg 61' c Con: Russell (4/5) 23', 38', 49', 62'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 41,214
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Edoardo Padovani			67'
RW	14	Pierre Bruno	46'
OC	13	Ignacio Brex	35'	40'
IC	12	Leonardo Marin
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Callum Braley	52'
N8	8	Toa Halafihi
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)	16'	23'
BF	6	Giovanni Pettinelli			72'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone	54'
TP	3	Pietro Ceccarelli	52'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera	52'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	52'
PR	17	Ivan Nemer	52'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali	52'
LK	19	David Sisi	54'
FL	20	Braam Steyn	16'	23'	72'
SH	21	Alessandro Fusco	52'
CE	22	Marco Zanon	35'	40'	67'
FB	23	Ange Capuozzo	46'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sam Johnson	76'
LW	11	Kyle Steyn
FH	10	Finn Russell	76'
SH	9	Ali Price	76'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson	63'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Rory Darge
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist
LL	4	Sam Skinner	76'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	60'
HK	2	George Turner	60'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	60'
PR	17	Allan Dell	60'
PR	18	WP Nel	60'
LK	19	Jamie Hodgson	76'
FL	20	Magnus Bradbury	63'
SH	21	Ben Vellacott	76'
FH	22	Adam Hastings	76'
CE	23	Sione Tuipulotu	76'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Ali Price (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Stuart Terheege (England)

Notes:

Ben Vellacott (Scotland) and Ange Capuozzo (Italy) made their international debuts.
Ali Price (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
Giosuè Zilocchi and Manuel Zuliani (Italy) were originally named on the bench, but were later replaced by Tiziano Pasquali and Braam Steyn.
Scotland won the inaugural Cuttitta Cup.^[16]

12 March 2022
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	15–32	Ireland (1 BP)
Pen: Smith (5/6) 18', 33', 40+1', 53', 61'	Report	Try: Lowe 6' m Keenan 37' c Conan 72' c Bealham 76' c Con: Sexton (3/4) 39', 74', 78' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 3', 66'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,658
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Freddie Steward		80'
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Joe Marchant		70'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jack Nowell
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Harry Randall		53'
N8	8	Sam Simmonds
OF	7	Tom Curry		15'
BF	6	Courtney Lawes (c)
RL	5	Charlie Ewels	2'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler		39'
HK	2	Jamie George		80'
LP	1	Ellis Genge		67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie Blamire		80'
PR	17	Joe Marler		67'
PR	18	Will Stuart		39'
LK	19	Joe Launchbury			67'
N8	20	Alex Dombrandt		15'	67'
SH	21	Ben Youngs		53'
FH	22	George Ford		80'
CE	23	Elliot Daly		70'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki	66'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	80'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	68'
N8	8	Caelan Doris
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	61'
RL	5	James Ryan	2'
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	74'
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	53'
LP	1	Cian Healy	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	53'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	53'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	74'
LK	19	Iain Henderson	2'
N8	20	Jack Conan	61'
SH	21	Conor Murray	68'
FH	22	Joey Carbery	80'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw	66'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Pierre Brousset (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes

Ireland retain the Millennium Trophy.^[17]
This was Ireland's biggest win over England at Twickenham since 1964, surpassing the 13-point margin in 1964.^[18]
Charlie Ewels' red card was the quickest to be given (at 82 seconds) in Championship history.^[19]

Round 5

19 March 2022
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	21–22	Italy
Try: Watkin 27' c Lake 51' c Adams 68' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 27', 52', 68'	Report	Try: Padovani 79’ c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 80’ Pen: Garbisi (3/3) 12', 31', 56' Padovani (2/3) 15', 33'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 67,134
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Johnny McNicholl	59'
RW	14	Louis Rees-Zammit
OC	13	Owen Watkin
IC	12	Willis Halaholo	46'
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar (c)
SH	9	Gareth Davies	66'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Josh Navidi
BF	6	Seb Davies	49'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones	59'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Dillon Lewis	40'
HK	2	Dewi Lake	75'
LP	1	Gareth Thomas	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Bradley Roberts	75'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	59'
PR	18	Leon Brown	40'
LK	19	Will Rowlands	59'
N8	20	Ross Moriarty	49'
SH	21	Kieran Hardy	66'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	59'
CE	23	Nick Tompkins	46'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Ange Capuozzo
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Leonardo Marin	52'
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Callum Braley	59'
N8	8	Toa Halafihi	63'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Giovanni Pettinelli	74'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Marco Fuser	47'
TP	3	Pietro Ceccarelli	52'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera	52'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	52'
PR	17	Cherif Traorè	69'
PR	18	Filippo Alongi	52'
LK	19	David Sisi	74'
LK	20	Niccolò Cannone	47'
N8	21	Braam Steyn	63'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco	59'
CE	23	Marco Zanon	52'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Josh Adams (Wales) ^[a]

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Tual Trainini (France)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

Notes:

Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) made his 150th appearance, the first player to achieve this.
Dan Biggar (Wales) became the seventh Welshman to earn his 100th test cap.
Braam Steyn (Italy) earned his 50th test cap.
Tiziano Pasquali (Italy) had been named on the bench but withdrew ahead of the game and replaced by Filippo Alongi.
Filippo Alongi (Italy) made his international debut.
Italy won in the Six Nations Championship for the first time since their victory over Scotland in Edinburgh in 2015 (19–22), ending a 36–match losing streak in the Championship.
Italy defeated Wales for the first time since 2007, and achieved their first away victory against Wales.
Italy won against a Tier 1 nation for the first time since their victory over South Africa in 2016 (20–18).

19 March 2022
16:45 WET (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	26–5	Scotland
Try: Sheehan 16' c Healy 27' c Van der Flier 59' c Murray 78' m Con: Sexton (3/4) 18', 28', 59'	Report	Try: Schoeman 34' m

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Hugo Keenan	73'
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki	55'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	66'
N8	8	Jack Conan	51'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Caelan Doris
RL	5	Iain Henderson	62'
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne	67'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	62'
LP	1	Cian Healy	51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	62'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	51'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	67'
LK	19	Kieran Treadwell	62'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	51'
SH	21	Conor Murray	66'
FH	22	Joey Carbery	73'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw	55'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham
OC	13	Chris Harris		66'
IC	12	Sam Johnson		60'
LW	11	Kyle Steyn
FH	10	Blair Kinghorn
SH	9	Ali Price		60'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson		62'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Rory Darge
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist		51'
LL	4	Jonny Gray
TP	3	Zander Fagerson		54'
HK	2	George Turner		51'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman		73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown		51'
PR	17	Allan Dell		73'
PR	18	WP Nel		54'
LK	19	Sam Skinner		51'
FL	20	Josh Bayliss		62'
SH	21	Ben White	77'	60'
FH	22	Finn Russell		66'
CE	23	Mark Bennett		60'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Dan Sheehan (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Karl Dickson (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Stuart Terheege (England)

Notes:

Ireland won the Triple Crown for the first time since 2018, and the first time at home since 2004.^[3]
Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich.

19 March 2022
21:00 CET (UTC+1)

France	25–13	England
Try: Fickou 14' m Cros 39' c Dupont 60' c Con: Jaminet (2/3) 40', 61' Pen: Jaminet (2/2) 8', 23'	Report	Try: Steward 47' c Con: Smith (1/1) 49' Pen: Smith (2/2) 19', 29'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Melvyn Jaminet	76'
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	76'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Anthony Jelonch
BF	6	François Cros	71'
RL	5	Paul Willemse	49'
LL	4	Cameron Woki	71'
TP	3	Uini Atonio	54'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	49'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	49'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros	49'
PR	18	Mohamed Haouas	54'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	49'
LK	20	Thibaud Flament	71'
FL	21	Dylan Cretin	71'
SH	22	Maxime Lucu	76'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos	76'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	George Furbank	76'
RW	14	Freddie Steward
OC	13	Joe Marchant
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jack Nowell	25'
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Ben Youngs	64'
N8	8	Sam Simmonds
OF	7	Sam Underhill	64'
BF	6	Courtney Lawes (c)
RL	5	Nick Isiekwe	61'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Will Stuart	49'
HK	2	Jamie George
LP	1	Ellis Genge	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Nic Dolly
PR	17	Joe Marler	64'
PR	18	Kyle Sinckler	49'
LK	19	Ollie Chessum	61'
N8	20	Alex Dombrandt	64'
SH	21	Harry Randall	64'
FH	22	George Ford	76'
CE	23	Elliot Daly	25'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Antoine Dupont (France)

Assistant referees:
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

France won their first Grand Slam title for the first time since 2010, the last time they won the Championship.
France ended a 12-year wait to reclaim the Championship, their longest ever period between titles since their first title in 1959.

Player statistics

Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Marcus Smith	England	71
2	Melvyn Jaminet	France	54
3	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	35
4	Dan Biggar	Wales	34
5	Finn Russell	Scotland	33
6	Paolo Garbisi	Italy	26
7	Joey Carbery	Ireland	18
8	James Lowe	Ireland	15
	Damian Penaud	France
	Gabin Villière	France

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	James Lowe	Ireland	3
	Damian Penaud	France
	Gabin Villière	France
4	Josh Adams	Wales	2
	Ange Capuozzo	Italy
	Andrew Conway	Ireland
	Antoine Dupont	France
	Gaël Fickou	France
	Jamie George	England
	Jamison Gibson-Park	Ireland
	Darcy Graham	Scotland
	Chris Harris	Scotland
	Anthony Jelonch	France
	Michael Lowry	Ireland
	Marcus Smith	England
	Josh van der Flier	Ireland

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom, each game was broadcast live on a free-to-air terrestrial TV channel, either the BBC or ITV, as a result of a new deal covering the four years from 2022 to 2025. The BBC broadcast all Scotland and Wales home fixtures, with ITV airing all England, France, Ireland and Italy home fixtures.^[21] All of Wales' games were also broadcast on S4C in the Welsh language^[22]

In the Republic of Ireland, all games were shown free-to-air on either RTÉ or Virgin Media under the terms of the new TV rights share.^[23]

Notes

^ Despite Adams formally being awarded Player of the Match on the 77th minute by the host broadcaster, Adams later presented Ange Capuozzo the medal after the game.^[20]

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