2018 Six Nations Championship

2018 Six Nations Championship
2018 Six Nations Championship
Date	3 February – 17 March 2018
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (14th title)
Grand Slam	Ireland (3rd title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (11th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	991,844 (66,123 per match)
Tries scored	78 (5.2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Maxime Machenaud (50)
Top try scorer(s)	Jacob Stockdale (7)
Player of the tournament	Jacob Stockdale
Official website	sixnationsrugby.com
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The 2018 Six Nations Championship (known as the Natwest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th Six Nations Championship, the annual international rugby union tournament for the six major European rugby union nations.

The championship was contested by France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions England. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 124th edition of the tournament.^[3]

The Championship was won by Ireland on 10 March 2018, with their four wins (three with try bonus points) from the first four matches sufficient to place them out of reach of the other participants ahead of the final round.^[4]^[5] This was the third tournament running where the championship and Wooden Spoon had been decided by the end of round four. After a 24–15 victory against England on the final day, Ireland secured a Grand Slam, their third ever, alongside a Triple Crown.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Eddie Jones	Dylan Hartley ¹
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Jacques Brunel	Guilhem Guirado ²
France	Stade Vélodrome	67,394	Marseille	Jacques Brunel	Guilhem Guirado ²
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Joe Schmidt	Rory Best
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	73,261	Rome	Conor O'Shea	Sergio Parisse
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	John Barclay
Wales	Millennium Stadium	74,500	Cardiff	Warren Gatland	Alun Wyn Jones ³

¹ Dylan Hartley was ruled out of round 4 due to injury, and Owen Farrell captained England in his absence.^[9]
² Guilhem Guirado was ruled out of round 5 due to injury, and Mathieu Bastareaud captained France in his absence.^[10] ³ Alun Wyn Jones was dropped from the match-day team to play Italy in round 4, and Taulupe Faletau captained Wales in his absence.^[11]

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	TB	LB	Pts
1	Ireland	5	5	0	160	82	+78	20	11	3	3	0	26
2	Wales	5	3	2	119	83	+36	13	11	0	2	1	15
3	Scotland	5	3	2	101	128	−27	11	14	0	1	0	13
4	France	5	2	3	108	94	+14	8	6	0	0	3	11
5	England	5	2	3	102	92	+10	14	9	0	1	1	10
6	Italy	5	0	5	92	203	−111	12	27	0	0	1	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Table ranking rules

Four match points are awarded for a win.
Two match points are awarded for a draw.
A bonus match point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
Three bonus match points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (known as a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team always ranks over a team who won four matches in which they also were awarded four try bonus points and were also awarded two bonus points in the match that they lost.
Tiebreakers –
- If two or more teams be tied on match 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 scored the higher number of total tries in their matches is ranked higher.
- If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title is shared between them.

Fixtures

The fixtures were announced on 16 May 2017.^[12] France hosted games in more than one venue, with their Friday night game against Italy taking place at the Stade Vélodrome, Marseille.^[13]

Round 1

3 February 2018
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	34–7	Scotland
Try: G. Davies 6' c Halfpenny (2) 12' c, 61' c S. Evans 73' c Con: Halfpenny (4/4) 8', 13', 63', 74' Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 44', 49'	Report	Try: Horne 79' c Con: Russell (1/1) 79'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,169
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Josh Adams
OC	13	Scott Williams	71'
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Steff Evans
FH	10	Rhys Patchell	63'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	66'
N8	8	Ross Moriarty	65'
OF	7	Josh Navidi
BF	6	Aaron Shingler
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Cory Hill	56'
TP	3	Samson Lee	51'
HK	2	Ken Owens	63'
LP	1	Rob Evans	51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	63'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	51'
PR	18	Tomas Francis	51'
LK	19	Bradley Davies	56'
FL	20	Justin Tipuric	65'
SH	21	Aled Davies	66'
FH	22	Gareth Anscombe	63'
CE	23	Owen Watkin	71'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Tommy Seymour
OC	13	Chris Harris	55'
IC	12	Huw Jones
LW	11	Byron McGuigan	55'
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ali Price	49'
N8	8	Cornell du Preez	49'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	John Barclay (c)
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Ben Toolis	55'
TP	3	Jon Welsh	65'
HK	2	Stuart McInally	70'
LP	1	Gordon Reid	49'	76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson	70'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	49'	76'
PR	18	Murray McCallum	65'
LK	19	Grant Gilchrist	55'
N8	20	Ryan Wilson	49'
SH	21	Greig Laidlaw	49'
FH	22	Peter Horne	55'
WG	23	Sean Maitland	55'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Man of the Match:
Aaron Shingler (Wales)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Matthew Carley (England)
Television match official:
David Grashoff (England)

Notes:

Josh Adams (Wales) and Murray McCallum (Scotland) made their international debuts.^[14]
This was Wales' first try bonus point in the Six Nations.

3 February 2018
17:45 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) France	13–15	Ireland
Try: Thomas 72' c Con: Belleau (1/1) 74' Pen: Machenaud (2/2) 36', 54'	Report	Pen: Sexton (4/5) 3', 22', 39', 47' Drop: Sexton (1/1) 80+3'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 74,878
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Geoffrey Palis
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Rémi Lamerat
IC	12	Henry Chavancy
LW	11	Virimi Vakatawa
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert	30'
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud	67'	76'
N8	8	Kevin Gourdon
OF	7	Yacouba Camara
BF	6	Wenceslas Lauret	67'
RL	5	Sébastien Vahaamahina
LL	4	Arthur Iturria	61'
TP	3	Rabah Slimani	55'
HK	2	Guilhem Guirado (c)	74'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié	74'
PR	17	Dany Priso	55'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa	55'
LK	19	Paul Gabrillagues	61'
N8	20	Marco Tauleigne	67'
SH	21	Antoine Dupont	67'	76'
FH	22	Anthony Belleau	30'
WG	23	Benjamin Fall
Coach:
Jacques Brunel


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Keith Earls
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale	75'
FH	10	Johnny Sexton
SH	9	Conor Murray
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Josh van der Flier	37'
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony
RL	5	James Ryan	68'
LL	4	Iain Henderson
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	70'
HK	2	Rory Best (c)	68'
LP	1	Cian Healy	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	68'
PR	17	Jack McGrath	61'
PR	18	John Ryan	70'
LK	19	Devin Toner	68'
FL	20	Dan Leavy	37'
SH	21	Luke McGrath
FH	22	Joey Carbery
WG	23	Fergus McFadden	75'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Guilhem Guirado (France)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

Matthieu Jalibert, Geoffrey Palis, Adrien Pélissié, Dany Priso, Cedate Gomes Sa and Marco Tauleigne (all France) made their international debuts.^[15]

4 February 2018
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	15–46	England (1 BP)
Try: Benvenuti 20' c Bellini 58' m Con: Allan (1/2) 22' Pen: Allan (1/1) 39'	Report	Try: Watson (2) 3' m, 11' m Farrell 26' c Simmonds (2) 52' c, 75' c Ford 68' c Nowell 77' m Con: Farrell (4/7) 27', 53', 69', 76' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 47'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 61,464
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Tommaso Boni		80'
IC	12	Tommaso Castello	73'	80'
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan	73'
SH	9	Marcello Violi	63'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Renato Giammarioli	50'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri
RL	5	Dean Budd	61'
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni
TP	3	Simone Ferrari	54'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	54'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	41'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	54'
PR	17	Nicola Quaglio	41'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali	54'
LK	19	George Biagi	61'
FL	20	Maxime Mbanda	50'
SH	21	Edoardo Gori	63'
FH	22	Carlo Canna	73'
FB	23	Jayden Hayward	73'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea


FB	15	Mike Brown	61'
RW	14	Anthony Watson
OC	13	Ben Te'o	59'
IC	12	Owen Farrell
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs	10'
N8	8	Sam Simmonds
OF	7	Chris Robshaw	67'
BF	6	Courtney Lawes	59'
RL	5	Maro Itoje
LL	4	Joe Launchbury
TP	3	Dan Cole	54'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley (c)	54'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George	54'
PR	17	Alec Hepburn	73'
PR	18	Harry Williams	54'
LK	19	George Kruis	59'
FL	20	Sam Underhill	67'
SH	21	Danny Care	10'
CE	22	Jonathan Joseph	59'
WG	23	Jack Nowell	61'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Anthony Watson (England)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Nic Berry (Australia)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Alessandro Zanni (Italy) became the seventh Italian international to earn his 100th test cap.
Alec Hepburn (England) made his international debut.

Round 2

10 February 2018
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	56–19	Italy
Try: Henshaw (2) 11' c, 44' c Murray 14' c Aki 21' c Earls 35' c Best 53' c Stockdale (2) 60' c, 70' c Con: Sexton (5/5) 12', 16', 22', 37', 45' Carbery (3/3) 54', 61', 71'	Report	Try: Allan 56' c Gori 66' c Minozzi 75' m Con: Allan (2/3) 58', 66'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Keith Earls
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw	45'
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	51'
SH	9	Conor Murray	51'
N8	8	Jack Conan	41'
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony
RL	5	Devin Toner
LL	4	Iain Henderson	41'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	4'
HK	2	Rory Best (c)	61'
LP	1	Jack McGrath	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	61'
PR	17	Cian Healy	68'
PR	18	Andrew Porter	4'
LK	19	Quinn Roux	41'
N8	20	CJ Stander	41'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion	51'
FH	22	Joey Carbery	51'
FB	23	Jordan Larmour	45'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Tommaso Boni	54'
IC	12	Tommaso Castello
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan
SH	9	Marcello Violi	58'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Braam Steyn	45'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	58'
RL	5	Dean Budd
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni
TP	3	Simone Ferrari	54'
HK	2	Luca Bigi	45'
LP	1	Nicola Quaglio	37'
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini	45'
PR	17	Andrea Lovotti	37'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali	54'
LK	19	Federico Ruzza	58'
FL	20	Maxime Mbanda	45'
SH	21	Edoardo Gori	58'
FH	22	Carlo Canna
FB	23	Jayden Hayward	54'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Man of the Match:
Conor Murray (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Matthew Carley (England)
Television match official:
David Grashoff (England)

Notes:

Jordan Larmour (Ireland) made his international debut.^[16]
This was Ireland's 300th Test win.

10 February 2018
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	12–6	Wales (1 BP)
Try: May (2) 3' m, 20' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 21'	Report	Pen: Patchell (1/2) 24' Anscombe (1/1) 77'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)


FB	15	Mike Brown
RW	14	Anthony Watson	45'
OC	13	Jonathan Joseph
IC	12	Owen Farrell
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford	68'
SH	9	Danny Care	65'
N8	8	Sam Simmonds	41'
OF	7	Chris Robshaw
BF	6	Courtney Lawes
RL	5	Maro Itoje
LL	4	Joe Launchbury	68'
TP	3	Dan Cole	65'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley (c)	1'	11'	52'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George	1'	11'	52'
PR	17	Alec Hepburn	77'
PR	18	Harry Williams	65'
LK	19	George Kruis	68'
FL	20	Sam Underhill	41'
SH	21	Richard Wigglesworth	65'
CE	22	Ben Te'o	68'
WG	23	Jack Nowell	45'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Gareth Anscombe
RW	14	Josh Adams
OC	13	Scott Williams
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Steff Evans
FH	10	Rhys Patchell	56'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	66'
N8	8	Ross Moriarty	65'
OF	7	Josh Navidi
BF	6	Aaron Shingler
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Cory Hill	74'
TP	3	Samson Lee	58'
HK	2	Ken Owens	65'
LP	1	Rob Evans	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	65'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	58'
PR	18	Tomas Francis	58'
LK	19	Bradley Davies	73'
FL	20	Justin Tipuric	65'
SH	21	Aled Davies	66'
CE	22	Owen Watkin
WG	23	George North	56'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Mike Brown (England)

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Nic Berry (Australia)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

With this win, England won their 15th consecutive Six Nations home game, breaking their previous record of 14 between 1998 and 2003.^[17]
Leigh Halfpenny was originally named in the starting XV but fell ill the night before the match. Gareth Anscombe replaced him in the starting XV, and centre Owen Watkin came onto the bench.
This was the lowest aggregate score in a Six Nations match since England beat Ireland 12–6 in 2013.

11 February 2018
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	32–26	France (1 BP)
Try: Maitland 13' c Jones 32' c Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 14', 33' Pen: Laidlaw (6/6) 44', 49', 61', 65', 71', 77'	Report	Try: Thomas (2) 3' c, 27' c Con: Machenaud (2/2) 4', 28' Pen: Machenaud (2/2) 10', 40+2' Serin (2/2) 47', 58'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Tommy Seymour
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Peter Horne
LW	11	Sean Maitland
FH	10	Finn Russell	65'
SH	9	Greig Laidlaw
N8	8	Ryan Wilson
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	John Barclay (c)	65'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Grant Gilchrist	58'
TP	3	Simon Berghan
HK	2	Stuart McInally
LP	1	Gordon Reid	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	58'
PR	18	Jon Welsh
LK	19	Ben Toolis	58'
N8	20	David Denton	65'
SH	21	Ali Price	65'
CE	22	Chris Harris
FB	23	Blair Kinghorn
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Geoffrey Palis
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Rémi Lamerat
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW	11	Virimi Vakatawa	71'
FH	10	Lionel Beauxis	71'
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud	41'
N8	8	Marco Tauleigne	58'
OF	7	Yacouba Camara
BF	6	Wenceslas Lauret
RL	5	Sébastien Vahaamahina	71'
LL	4	Arthur Iturria
TP	3	Rabah Slimani	58'
HK	2	Guilhem Guirado (c)	75'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié	75'
PR	17	Eddy Ben Arous	58'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa	58'
LK	19	Paul Gabrillagues	71'
N8	20	Louis Picamoles	58'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin	41'
FH	22	Anthony Belleau	71'
WG	23	Benjamin Fall	71'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

Scotland claim the first ever Auld Alliance Trophy.^[18]

Round 3

23 February 2018
21:00 CET (UTC+1)

France	34–17	Italy
Try: Gabrillagues 4' m Bonneval 59' c Bastareaud 72' c Con: Machenaud (1/2) 60' Trinh-Duc (1/1) 73' Pen: Machenaud (5/5) 28', 39', 45', 64', 70'	Report	Try: Penalty try 9' Minozzi 78' c Con: Canna (1/1) 78' Pen: Allan (1/1) 49'

Stade Vélodrome, Marseille
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Hugo Bonneval
RW	14	Benjamin Fall
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou	65'
LW	11	Rémy Grosso
FH	10	Lionel Beauxis	70'
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud	70'
N8	8	Marco Tauleigne
OF	7	Yacouba Camara	56'
BF	6	Wenceslas Lauret
RL	5	Sébastien Vahaamahina	65'
LL	4	Paul Gabrillagues
TP	3	Rabah Slimani	70'
HK	2	Guilhem Guirado (c)	38'	40'	70'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié	38'	40'	70'
PR	17	Dany Priso	60'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa	70'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	65'
N8	20	Kélian Galletier	56'
SH	21	Baptiste Couilloud	70'
FH	22	François Trinh-Duc	70'
CE	23	Gaël Fickou	65'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti
OC	13	Tommaso Boni		62'
IC	12	Tommaso Castello
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan		70'
SH	9	Marcello Violi
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Maxime Mbanda
BF	6	Sebastian Negri		70'
RL	5	Dean Budd		33'
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni
TP	3	Simone Ferrari		61'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini		67'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi		67'
PR	17	Nicola Quaglio		56'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali		61'
LK	19	George Biagi	80+2'	33'
LK	20	Federico Ruzza		70'
SH	21	Edoardo Gori		48'
FH	22	Carlo Canna		70'
FB	23	Jayden Hayward		62'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Man of the Match:
Yacouba Camara (France)

Touch judges:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
David Grashoff (England)

Notes:

Baptiste Couilloud (France) made his international debut.
France retain the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

24 February 2018
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	37–27	Wales
Try: Stockdale (2) 6' m, 80' c Aki 40' c Leavy 44' c Healy 53' m Con: Sexton (2/4) 40', 45' Carbery (1/1) 80' Pen: Sexton (1/3) 35' Murray (1/1) 75'	Report	Try: G. Davies 20' c Shingler 61' c S. Evans 76' c Con: Halfpenny (3/3) 21', 63', 77' Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 2', 30'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Keith Earls	63'
OC	13	Chris Farrell
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	76'
SH	9	Conor Murray
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	66'
RL	5	Devin Toner	73'
LL	4	James Ryan
TP	3	Andrew Porter	66'
HK	2	Rory Best (c)	70'
LP	1	Cian Healy	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	70'
PR	17	Jack McGrath	63'
PR	18	John Ryan	66'
LK	19	Quinn Roux	73'
N8	20	Jack Conan	66'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion
FH	22	Joey Carbery	76'
WG	23	Fergus McFadden	63'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Liam Williams	63'
OC	13	Scott Williams
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Steff Evans
FH	10	Dan Biggar	63'
SH	9	Gareth Davies
N8	8	Ross Moriarty	63'
OF	7	Josh Navidi
BF	6	Aaron Shingler
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Cory Hill	63'
TP	3	Samson Lee	55'
HK	2	Ken Owens	55'
LP	1	Rob Evans	55'	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	55'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	55'	73'
PR	18	Tomas Francis	55'
LK	19	Bradley Davies	63'
FL	20	Justin Tipuric	63'
SH	21	Aled Davies
FH	22	Gareth Anscombe	63'
WG	23	George North	63'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Chris Farrell (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Matthew Carley (England)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

Notes:

This was Warren Gatland's 100th test match in charge of Wales.

24 February 2018
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	25–13	England
Try: Jones (2) 14' c, 37' c Maitland 30' m Con: Laidlaw (2/3) 15', 38' Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 2' Russell (1/1) 66'	Report	Try: Farrell 43' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 43' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 13', 17'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Tommy Seymour	64'
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Peter Horne	71'
LW	11	Sean Maitland
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Greig Laidlaw	62'
N8	8	Ryan Wilson	68'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	John Barclay (c)
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Grant Gilchrist	55'
TP	3	Simon Berghan	68'
HK	2	Stuart McInally
LP	1	Gordon Reid	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Lawson
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	55'
PR	18	WP Nel	68'
LK	19	Tim Swinson	55'
N8	20	David Denton	68'
SH	21	Ali Price	62'
CE	22	Nick Grigg	71'
FB	23	Blair Kinghorn	64'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Mike Brown		55'
RW	14	Anthony Watson
OC	13	Jonathan Joseph
IC	12	Owen Farrell
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford		64'
SH	9	Danny Care		71'
N8	8	Nathan Hughes		54'
OF	7	Chris Robshaw
BF	6	Courtney Lawes
RL	5	Maro Itoje
LL	4	Joe Launchbury		71'
TP	3	Dan Cole		64'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley (c)		55'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola		68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George		55'
PR	17	Joe Marler		68'
PR	18	Harry Williams		64'
LK	19	George Kruis		71'
FL	20	Sam Underhill	65'	54'
SH	21	Richard Wigglesworth		71'
CE	22	Ben Te'o		64'
WG	23	Jack Nowell		55'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Finn Russell (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Simon McDowell (Ireland)

Notes:

Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) made his international debut.
Joe Launchbury (England) earned his 50th test cap.
This was Scotland's first victory over England since 2008.
Scotland reclaimed the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2008.
Huw Jones' first try was Scotland's first scored against England in Edinburgh since Simon Danielli in 2004.
Scotland extended their home winning record in the Six Nations to 6 games, their best ever run in the Six Nations.
This was Scotland's largest victory over England in the Six Nations, and their biggest since they won 33–6 in 1986. That match was also the last time that Scotland had scored three tries against England at Murrayfield.

Round 4

10 March 2018
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	28–8	Scotland
Try: Stockdale (2) 22' c, 40+2' c Murray 46' c Cronin 69' c Con: Sexton (4/4) 24', 40+3', 47', 71'	Report	Try: Kinghorn 52' m Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 13'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Rob Kearney	75'
RW	14	Keith Earls
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	73'
SH	9	Conor Murray	71'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	55'
RL	5	Devin Toner	55'
LL	4	James Ryan
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	62'
HK	2	Rory Best (c)	66'
LP	1	Cian Healy	51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin	66'
PR	17	Jack McGrath	51'
PR	18	Andrew Porter	62'
LK	19	Iain Henderson	55'
FL	20	Jordi Murphy	55'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion	71'
FH	22	Joey Carbery	73'
WG	23	Jordan Larmour	75'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Blair Kinghorn	29'	37'
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Peter Horne	73'
LW	11	Sean Maitland
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Greig Laidlaw	67'
N8	8	Ryan Wilson	18'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	John Barclay (c)
RL	5	Jonny Gray	71'
LL	4	Grant Gilchrist
TP	3	Simon Berghan	55'
HK	2	Stuart McInally	60'
LP	1	Gordon Reid	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown	60'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	55'
PR	18	WP Nel	55'
LK	19	Tim Swinson	71'
N8	20	David Denton	18'
SH	21	Ali Price	67'
CE	22	Nick Grigg	73'
WG	23	Lee Jones	29'	37'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Man of the Match:
Rob Kearney (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Ireland reclaim the Centenary Quaich.

10 March 2018
17:45 CET (UTC+1)

France	22–16	England (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try 49' Pen: Machenaud (4/4) 25', 33', 37', 63' Beauxis (1/1) 78'	Report	Try: May 74' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 75' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 4', 29' Daly (1/1) 21'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,060
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Hugo Bonneval	15'	24'	41'
RW	14	Benjamin Fall
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW	11	Rémy Grosso
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc	71'
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud	71'
N8	8	Marco Tauleigne
OF	7	Yacouba Camara
BF	6	Wenceslas Lauret	66'
RL	5	Sébastien Vahaamahina	66'
LL	4	Paul Gabrillagues
TP	3	Rabah Slimani	59'
HK	2	Guilhem Guirado (c)	66'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Adrien Pélissié	66'
PR	17	Dany Priso	66'
PR	18	Cedate Gomes Sa	59'
FL	19	Bernard Le Roux	66'
N8	20	Kélian Galletier	66'
SH	21	Baptiste Couilloud	71'
FH	22	Lionel Beauxis	71'
CE	23	Gaël Fickou	15'	24'	41'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel


FB	15	Anthony Watson	49'	68'
RW	14	Jonny May
OC	13	Ben Te'o
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Elliot Daly
FH	10	George Ford		60'
SH	9	Danny Care		68'
N8	8	Nathan Hughes		24'
OF	7	Chris Robshaw
BF	6	Courtney Lawes
RL	5	Maro Itoje
LL	4	Joe Launchbury		52'
TP	3	Dan Cole		58'
HK	2	Jamie George		64'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie		64'
PR	17	Joe Marler		64'
PR	18	Kyle Sinckler		58'
FL	19	James Haskell		52'
N8	20	Sam Simmonds		24'
SH	21	Richard Wigglesworth		68'
CE	22	Jonathan Joseph		60'
FB	23	Mike Brown		68'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Rémy Grosso (France)

Touch judges:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

With this English loss, Ireland claimed the Championship with the final round yet to be played.
This was the first time since 2015 that England lost two consecutive games; 2015 was also the last time France beat England.
This was the first time since 2010 England lost multiple games in a single Six Nations tournament.
With Dylan Hartley's injury, Owen Farrell captained England for the first time.

11 March 2018
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	38–14	Italy
Try: Parkes 3' c North (2) 5' c, 65' c Hill 42' c Tipuric 70' c Con: Anscombe (3/3) 4', 7', 43' Halfpenny (2/2) 67', 71' Pen: Anscombe (1/1) 36'	Report	Try: Minozzi 9' c Bellini 75' c Con: Allan (1/1) 11' Canna (1/1) 76'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 65,242
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)


FB	15	Liam Williams	40+3'	50'
RW	14	George North
OC	13	Owen Watkin
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Steff Evans
FH	10	Gareth Anscombe		60'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	48'	60'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau (c)
OF	7	James Davies		65'
BF	6	Justin Tipuric
RL	5	Bradley Davies
LL	4	Cory Hill		65'
TP	3	Tomas Francis		67'
HK	2	Elliot Dee		60'
LP	1	Nicky Smith		60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ken Owens		60'
PR	17	Rob Evans		60'
PR	18	Rhodri Jones		67'
LK	19	Seb Davies		65'
FL	20	Ellis Jenkins		65'
SH	21	Aled Davies		60'
FH	22	Rhys Patchell		60'
FB	23	Leigh Halfpenny		50'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti	77'
OC	13	Giulio Bisegni
IC	12	Tommaso Castello		4'
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan		68'
SH	9	Marcello Violi		63'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Maxime Mbanda		14'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri		67'
RL	5	Dean Budd
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni
TP	3	Simone Ferrari		63'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini		68'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti		60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Oliviero Fabiani		68'
PR	17	Nicola Quaglio		60'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali		63'
LK	19	Federico Ruzza		67'
FL	20	Giovanni Licata		14'
SH	21	Guglielmo Palazzani		63'
FH	22	Carlo Canna		68'
FB	23	Jayden Hayward		4'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea

Man of the Match:
Hadleigh Parkes (Wales)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

James Davies (Wales) made his international debut.
Samson Lee was named on the bench, but withdrew from the squad due to illness on match-day. He was replaced with Rhodri Jones.
Wales's win guaranteed Italy would win the "wooden spoon" for coming last.

Round 5

17 March 2018
13:30 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) Italy	27–29	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Allan (2) 14' c, 45' c Minozzi 21' c Con: Allan (3/3) 15', 22', 46' Pen: Allan (2/2) 7', 76'	Report	Try: Brown 10' m Barclay 25' c Maitland 61' c Hogg 71' c Con: Laidlaw (3/4) 26', 62', 72' Pen: Laidlaw (1/1) 79'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 60,412
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Tommaso Benvenuti	59'
OC	13	Giulio Bisegni
IC	12	Tommaso Castello	74'
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan
SH	9	Marcello Violi	67'
N8	8	Sergio Parisse (c)
OF	7	Jake Polledri	67'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri
RL	5	Dean Budd
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni	53'
TP	3	Simone Ferrari	60'
HK	2	Leonardo Ghiraldini	77'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Oliviero Fabiani	77'
PR	17	Nicola Quaglio	59'
PR	18	Tiziano Pasquali	60'
N8	19	Braam Steyn	53'
FL	20	Giovanni Licata	67'
SH	21	Guglielmo Palazzani	67'
FH	22	Carlo Canna	74'
FB	23	Jayden Hayward	59'
Coach:
Conor O'Shea


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Tommy Seymour
OC	13	Huw Jones	53'
IC	12	Nick Grigg
LW	11	Sean Maitland
FH	10	Finn Russell	54'
SH	9	Greig Laidlaw
N8	8	Ryan Wilson	67'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	John Barclay (c)
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Tim Swinson	53'
TP	3	WP Nel	40'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	40'
LP	1	Gordon Reid	40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	40'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	40'
PR	18	Zander Fagerson	40'
LK	19	Richie Gray	53'
N8	20	David Denton	67'
SH	21	Ali Price	54'
FH	22	Peter Horne	53'
FB	23	Blair Kinghorn
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Man of the Match:
Tommaso Allan (Italy)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Jake Polledri (Italy) made his international debut.
Tommaso Benvenuti (Italy) earned his 50th test cap.
The losing bonus point obtained by Italy was their first point under the new points structure introduced in 2017.
This loss was Sergio Parisse's 100th test loss, the first time the figure has been reached.

17 March 2018
14:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	15–24	Ireland (3 BP)
Try: Daly (2) 32' m, 65' m May 80+2' m	Report	Try: Ringrose 6' c Stander 24' c Stockdale 40+2' c Con: Sexton (2/2) 7', 24' Carbery (1/1) 40+5' Pen: Murray (1/1) 60'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,062
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Anthony Watson	34'
RW	14	Jonny May
OC	13	Jonathan Joseph	56'
IC	12	Ben Te'o
LW	11	Elliot Daly
FH	10	Owen Farrell
SH	9	Richard Wigglesworth	61'
N8	8	Sam Simmonds	67'
OF	7	James Haskell
BF	6	Chris Robshaw
RL	5	George Kruis	71'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	53'
HK	2	Dylan Hartley (c)	58'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jamie George	58'
PR	17	Joe Marler	53'
PR	18	Dan Cole	53'
LK	19	Joe Launchbury	71'
FL	20	Don Armand	67'
SH	21	Danny Care	61'
FH	22	George Ford	56'
FB	23	Mike Brown	34'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Rob Kearney
RW	14	Keith Earls		74'
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Bundee Aki		56'
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton		34'	41'	67'
SH	9	Conor Murray
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Dan Leavy
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	29'	74'
RL	5	Iain Henderson
LL	4	James Ryan		67'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong		65'
HK	2	Rory Best (c)		65'
LP	1	Cian Healy		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seán Cronin		65'
PR	17	Jack McGrath		51'
PR	18	Andrew Porter		65'
LK	19	Devin Toner		67'
FL	20	Jordi Murphy		74'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion		74'
FH	22	Joey Carbery		34'	41'	67'
WG	23	Jordan Larmour		56'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Marius van der Westhuizen was originally named as a touch judge, but was replaced with Nigel Owens by World Rugby, after attending an England training session in midweek.^[19]
England's defeat was their first loss at Twickenham in the Six Nations since 2012 (a run of 15 matches), their first loss at home overall since 2015 (a run of 14 games), and Ireland's first win against England at Twickenham since 2010.^[20]
Ireland retained the Millennium Trophy for the first time since their three consecutive victories over England between 2009 and 2011.^[21]
Ireland won their third Grand Slam and their eleventh Triple Crown; the first time they had won either since 2009.^[22]
With this win, Ireland became the first team to earn the three-point bonus for completing a Grand Slam.

17 March 2018
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	14–13	France (1 BP)
Try: L. Williams 4' m Pen: Halfpenny (3/3) 10', 16', 32'	Report	Try: Fickou 21' c Con: Machenaud (1/1) 22' Pen: Machenaud (1/2) 49' Drop: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 4'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,169
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	George North
OC	13	Scott Williams
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Liam Williams
FH	10	Dan Biggar
SH	9	Gareth Davies
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Josh Navidi
BF	6	Justin Tipuric	56'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Cory Hill	69'
TP	3	Tomas Francis	64'
HK	2	Ken Owens	69'
LP	1	Rob Evans	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	69'
PR	17	Nicky Smith	64'
PR	18	Samson Lee	64'
LK	19	Bradley Davies	69'
FL	20	Aaron Shingler	56'
SH	21	Aled Davies
FH	22	Gareth Anscombe
WG	23	Steff Evans
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Benjamin Fall
RW	14	Gaël Fickou
OC	13	Mathieu Bastareaud (c)
IC	12	Geoffrey Doumayrou
LW	11	Rémy Grosso
FH	10	François Trinh-Duc	71'
SH	9	Maxime Machenaud	62'
N8	8	Marco Tauleigne
OF	7	Yacouba Camara	26'
BF	6	Wenceslas Lauret		77'
RL	5	Sébastien Vahaamahina
LL	4	Paul Gabrillagues	71'	77'
TP	3	Cedate Gomes Sa	51'
HK	2	Adrien Pélissié	51'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Camille Chat	51'
PR	17	Dany Priso	60'
PR	18	Rabah Slimani	51'
FL	19	Bernard Le Roux	71'
FL	20	Mathieu Babillot	26'
SH	21	Baptiste Couilloud	62'
FH	22	Lionel Beauxis	71'
FB	23	Geoffrey Palis
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Alun Wyn Jones (Wales)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Mathieu Babillot (France) made his international debut.
The losing bonus point secured by France ensured that England finished 5th outright for the first time since 1983.

Statistics

Top points scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Maxime Machenaud	France	50
2	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales	49
3	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	44
4	Tommaso Allan	Italy	41
4	Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	41
6	Owen Farrell	England	39
7	Jacob Stockdale	Ireland	35
8	Jonny May	England	20
8	Matteo Minozzi	Italy	20
10	Conor Murray	Ireland	16

Top try scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Jacob Stockdale	Ireland	7^[a]
2	Jonny May	England	4
2	Matteo Minozzi	Italy	4
4	Tommaso Allan	Italy	3
	Huw Jones	Scotland
	Sean Maitland	Scotland
	Teddy Thomas	France
8	Bundee Aki	Ireland	2
	Mattia Bellini	Italy
	Elliot Daly	England
	Gareth Davies	Wales
	Steff Evans	Wales
	Owen Farrell	England
	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales
	Robbie Henshaw	Ireland
	Conor Murray	Ireland
	George North	Wales
	Sam Simmonds	England
	Anthony Watson	England

Notes

^ ^a ^b This is a record for the most tries scored in a single Championship in the Six Nations era.^[1] The overall record is 8 by Cyril Lowe in 1914 and Ian Smith in 1925.

References

^ Andy Bull. "Ireland's Jacob Stockdale in rush to make mark in Ireland record books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
^ "Jacob Stockdale named 2018 NatWest Player of the Championship". The Telegraph. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
^ "Six Nations 2018 Guide". Six Nations. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Ireland crowned Six Nations champions and set up grand slam shot in England". Guardian. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[Stockdale-2] This is a record for the most tries scored in a single Championship in the Six Nations era.^[1] The overall record is 8 by Cyril Lowe in 1914 and Ian Smith in 1925.

[Stockdale-1] Andy Bull. "Ireland's Jacob Stockdale in rush to make mark in Ireland record books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-13.

[3] "Jacob Stockdale named 2018 NatWest Player of the Championship". The Telegraph. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2017.

[4] "Six Nations 2018 Guide". Six Nations. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[5] "Ireland crowned Six Nations champions and set up grand slam shot in England". Guardian. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

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2018 Six Nations Championship

Participants

Squads

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Notes

References

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