2021 Six Nations Championship

2021 Six Nations Championship
Date	6 February – 26 March 2021
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (28th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (22nd title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	86 (5.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Johnny Sexton (65 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Duhan van der Merwe (5 tries)
Player of the tournament	Hamish Watson[1]
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The 2021 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 127th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament started just three months after the end of the previous tournament and all matches took place without spectators.

England began the tournament as defending champions, having won the 2020 tournament on points difference,^[2] but only managed two wins in this tournament and finished fifth, ahead of only Italy.^[3] Wales, having finished fifth in 2020, entered the final weekend with four wins out of four and the possibility of a Grand Slam, but were beaten 32–30 by France in Saint-Denis following a late try.^[4]

France's third match, against Scotland, had to be rescheduled after an outbreak of COVID-19 in the French camp; the match was moved to the Friday night following the final round of matches,^[5] with France needing to win by at least 21 points with a try-scoring bonus point to overtake Wales at the top of the table. They led by three points going into the final minute, only for Scotland to score a try that gave them the win and Wales the title.^[6]

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
	Home stadium	Capacity	Location
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié	Charles Ollivon
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Johnny Sexton
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	73,261	Rome	Franco Smith	Luca Bigi
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	Stuart Hogg
Wales	Millennium Stadium	73,931	Cardiff	Wayne Pivac	Alun Wyn Jones

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	TB	LB	Pts		WAL	FRA	IRE	SCO	ENG	ITA
1	Wales	5	4	0	1	164	103	+61	20	11	0	3	1	20		—		21–16		40–24
2	France	5	3	0	2	140	103	+37	18	10	0	2	2	16		32–30	—		23–27
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	136	88	+48	12	10	0	1	2	15			13–15	—		32–18
4	Scotland	5	3	0	2	138	91	+47	18	10	0	1	2	15		24–25		24–27	—		52–10
5	England	5	2	0	3	112	121	−9	12	11	0	1	1	10			23–20		6–11	—	41–18
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	55	239	−184	6	34	0	0	0	0		7–48	10–50	10–48			—

Table ranking rules

• Four points are awarded for a win.
• Two points are awarded for a draw.
• Bonus points are awarded to any team that scores four or more tries in a match and/or loses by seven points or fewer.
• Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a team that wins a Grand Slam tops 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.

The fixtures were announced on 20 March 2019. As with 2020, no matches were scheduled on a Friday night^[a] and the final match of the tournament was scheduled for peak time.^[7]

6 February 2021 15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	10–50	France (1 BP)
Try: Sperandio 65' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 66' Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 19'	Report Match data	Try: Cretin 6' c Fickou 27' c Vincent 30' c Dulin 49' c Dupont 53' c Thomas (2) 57' c, 74' m Con: Jalibert (6/6) 7', 28', 31', 51', 54', 58' Pen: Jalibert (1/1) 11'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

FB 15 Jacopo Trulla RW 14 Luca Sperandio OC 13 Marco Zanon  44' IC 12 Ignacio Brex LW 11 Monty Ioane FH 10 Paolo Garbisi  36'  41' SH 9 Stephen Varney N8 8 Michele Lamaro OF 7 Johan Meyer  51' BF 6 Sebastian Negri  59' RL 5 David Sisi  59' LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni TP 3 Marco Riccioni  31' HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)  59' LP 1 Daniele Rimpelli  31' Replacements: HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi  59' PR 17 Danilo Fischetti  31' PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi  31' LK 19 Niccolò Cannone  59' LK 20 Federico Ruzza  59' FL 21 Maxime Mbanda  51'  74' SH 22 Guglielmo Palazzani  74' FH 23 Carlo Canna  36'  41'  44' Coach: Franco Smith

FB 15 Brice Dulin RW 14 Teddy Thomas OC 13 Arthur Vincent IC 12 Gaël Fickou  59' LW 11 Gabin Villière FH 10 Matthieu Jalibert  59' SH 9 Antoine Dupont  59' N8 8 Grégory Alldritt  58' OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c) BF 6 Dylan Cretin RL 5 Paul Willemse  58' LL 4 Bernard Le Roux TP 3 Mohamed Haouas  53' HK 2 Julien Marchand  46' LP 1 Cyril Baille  53' Replacements: HK 16 Pierre Bourgarit  46' PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros  53' PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri  53' LK 19 Romain Taofifénua  58' FL 20 Anthony Jelonch  58' SH 21 Baptiste Serin  59' FH 22 Louis Carbonel  59' WG 23 Damian Penaud  59' Coach: Fabien Galthié

Notes:

• Ignacio Brex and Daniele Rimpelli (both Italy) made their international debuts.
• Cherif Traorè was originally due to start, but was replaced by Daniele Rimpelli after being injured in the warm-up.
• France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

6 February 2021 16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	6–11	Scotland
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 34', 39'	Report Match data	Try: Van der Merwe 30' m Pen: Russell (2/3) 6', 49'

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

FB 15 Elliot Daly RW 14 Anthony Watson  76' OC 13 Henry Slade IC 12 Ollie Lawrence  69' LW 11 Jonny May FH 10 Owen Farrell (c) SH 9 Ben Youngs  56' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  24'  67' OF 7 Tom Curry BF 6 Mark Wilson  53' RL 5 Jonny Hill LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Will Stuart  62' HK 2 Jamie George  56' LP 1 Ellis Genge  72' Replacements: HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  56' PR 17 Beno Obano  72' PR 18 Harry Williams  62' LK 19 Courtney Lawes  53' FL 20 Ben Earl  67' SH 21 Dan Robson  56' FH 22 George Ford  69' FB 23 Max Malins  76' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c) RW 14 Sean Maitland  72' OC 13 Chris Harris IC 12 Cameron Redpath LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe FH 10 Finn Russell  38' SH 9 Ali Price  69' N8 8 Matt Fagerson  64' OF 7 Hamish Watson BF 6 Jamie Ritchie  66' RL 5 Jonny Gray LL 4 Scott Cummings TP 3 Zander Fagerson  64' HK 2 George Turner  67' LP 1 Rory Sutherland  64' Replacements: HK 16 Dave Cherry  67' PR 17 Oli Kebble  64' PR 18 WP Nel  64' LK 19 Richie Gray  66' N8 20 Gary Graham  64' SH 21 Scott Steele  69' FH 22 Jaco van der Walt CE 23 Huw Jones  72' Coach: Gregor Townsend

Notes:

• Beno Obano (England), Dave Cherry and Cameron Redpath (both Scotland) made their international debuts.
• Scotland won the Calcutta Cup.
• Scotland won at Twickenham for the first time since 1983.
• Joy Neville became the first woman to perform television match official duties in the men's Six Nations.^[8]

7 February 2021 15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	21–16	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: North 49' m Rees-Zammit 59' c Con: Halfpenny (1/2) 60' Pen: Halfpenny (3/3) 5', 19', 66'	Report Match data	Try: Beirne 37' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 39' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 29', 35' Burns (1/1) 72'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 0 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit OC 13 George North IC 12 Johnny Williams  24' LW 11 Hallam Amos  66' FH 10 Dan Biggar SH 9 Tomos Williams  41' N8 8 Taulupe Faletau OF 7 Justin Tipuric BF 6 Dan Lydiate  13' RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c) LL 4 Adam Beard  66' TP 3 Tomas Francis  66' HK 2 Ken Owens LP 1 Wyn Jones  66' Replacements: HK 16 Elliot Dee PR 17 Rhodri Jones  66' PR 18 Leon Brown  66' LK 19 Will Rowlands  66' FL 20 Josh Navidi  13' SH 21 Gareth Davies  41' FH 22 Callum Sheedy  66' CE 23 Nick Tompkins  24' Coach: Wayne Pivac

FB 15 Hugo Keenan RW 14 Keith Earls  62' OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Robbie Henshaw  54'  64' LW 11 James Lowe FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c)  70' SH 9 Conor Murray  73' N8 8 CJ Stander OF 7 Josh van der Flier  60' BF 6 Peter O'Mahony  14' RL 5 James Ryan  24' LL 4 Tadhg Beirne TP 3 Andrew Porter  54' HK 2 Rob Herring  73' LP 1 Cian Healy  52' Replacements: HK 16 Rónan Kelleher  73' PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  52' PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  54' LK 19 Iain Henderson  24' FL 20 Will Connors  60' SH 21 Jamison Gibson-Park  73' FH 22 Billy Burns  54'  64'  70' WG 23 Jordan Larmour  62' Coach: Andy Farrell

Notes:

• Peter O'Mahony became the first Ireland player to receive a red card in a Six Nations match.^[9]

13 February 2021 14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	41–18	Italy
Try: Hill 14' m Watson (2) 26' c, 50' c May 40' m Willis 61' c Daly 68' c Con: Farrell (4/6) 27', 50', 62', 69' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 9'	Report Match data	Try: Ioane 3' m Allan 66' c Con: Allan (1/1) 67' Pen: Garbisi (2/2) 20', 44'

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

FB 15 Elliot Daly RW 14 Anthony Watson OC 13 Henry Slade IC 12 Owen Farrell (c) LW 11 Jonny May FH 10 George Ford SH 9 Ben Youngs  51' N8 8 Billy Vunipola  59' OF 7 Tom Curry BF 6 Courtney Lawes  59' RL 5 Jonny Hill  51' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Kyle Sinckler  74' HK 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie  52' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  52' Replacements: HK 16 Jamie George  52' PR 17 Ellis Genge  52' PR 18 Will Stuart  74' LK 19 Charlie Ewels  51' FL 20 Ben Earl  59' FL 21 Jack Willis  59'  65' SH 22 Dan Robson  51' FB 23 Max Malins  65' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Jacopo Trulla RW 14 Luca Sperandio OC 13 Ignacio Brex  59' IC 12 Carlo Canna 51' to 59' LW 11 Monty Ioane FH 10 Paolo Garbisi  65' SH 9 Stephen Varney  70' N8 8 Michele Lamaro  45' OF 7 Johan Meyer BF 6 Sebastian Negri 25' to 31' RL 5 David Sisi  79' LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni TP 3 Marco Riccioni 16' to 25'  41' HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)  69' LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  31'  54' Replacements: HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi  69' PR 17 Danilo Fischetti  31'  54' PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi  16'  25'  41' LK 19 Niccolò Cannone  45' LK 20 Federico Ruzza  25'  31'  79' SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani  70' FH 22 Tommaso Allan  65' CE 23 Federico Mori  51' Coach: Franco Smith

Notes:

• Mike Adamson became the first Scottish referee to officiate a Six Nations match since Rob Dickson in 2002.^[10]

13 February 2021 16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	24–25	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Graham 18' c Hogg (2) 25' c, 65' c Con: Russell (3/3) 19', 26', 66' Pen: Russell (1/1) 11'	Report Match data	Try: Rees-Zammit (2) 38' m, 70' m Williams 51' c W. Jones 55' m Con: Sheedy (1/3) 52' Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 8'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 0 Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c) RW 14 Darcy Graham  57' OC 13 Chris Harris IC 12 James Lang  71' LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe FH 10 Finn Russell SH 9 Ali Price N8 8 Matt Fagerson OF 7 Hamish Watson BF 6 Blade Thomson  13' RL 5 Jonny Gray LL 4 Scott Cummings TP 3 Zander Fagerson  54' HK 2 George Turner  69' LP 1 Rory Sutherland  69' Replacements: HK 16 Dave Cherry  69' PR 17 Oli Kebble  69' PR 18 WP Nel  57' LK 19 Richie Gray  56' N8 20 Gary Graham  13'  56' SH 21 Scott Steele FH 22 Jaco van der Walt CE 23 Huw Jones  71' Coach: Gregor Townsend

FB 15 Leigh Halfpenny  33' RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit OC 13 Owen Watkin IC 12 Nick Tompkins LW 11 Liam Williams FH 10 Dan Biggar  49' SH 9 Gareth Davies  49' N8 8 Taulupe Faletau OF 7 Justin Tipuric BF 6 Aaron Wainwright  63' RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)  71' LL 4 Adam Beard TP 3 Tomas Francis  63' HK 2 Ken Owens  71' LP 1 Wyn Jones  78' Replacements: HK 16 Elliot Dee  71' PR 17 Rhodri Jones  78' PR 18 Leon Brown  63' LK 19 Will Rowlands  71' FL 20 James Botham  63' SH 21 Kieran Hardy  49' FH 22 Callum Sheedy  49' CE 23 Willis Halaholo  33' Coach: Wayne Pivac

Notes:

• Willis Halaholo (Wales) made his international debut.
• Wales reclaimed the Doddie Weir Cup.^[11]

14 February 2021 15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	13–15	France
Try: Kelleher 57' c Con: R. Byrne (1/1) 58' Pen: Burns (1/2) 21' R. Byrne (1/1) 65'	Report Match data	Try: Ollivon 29' c Penaud 55' m Con: Jalibert (1/2) 31' Pen: Jalibert (1/3) 39'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin Attendance: 0 Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

FB 15 Hugo Keenan RW 14 Keith Earls  68' OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Robbie Henshaw LW 11 James Lowe FH 10 Billy Burns  42' SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park N8 8 CJ Stander OF 7 Josh van der Flier  65' BF 6 Rhys Ruddock RL 5 Iain Henderson (c)  42'  59' LL 4 Tadhg Beirne  73' TP 3 Andrew Porter  53' HK 2 Rob Herring  54' LP 1 Cian Healy  42'  57'  70' Replacements: HK 16 Rónan Kelleher  54' PR 17 Ed Byrne  42'  57'  70' PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  53' LK 19 Ultan Dillane  42'  59'  73' FL 20 Will Connors  65' SH 21 Craig Casey FH 22 Ross Byrne  42' WG 23 Jordan Larmour  68' Coach: Andy Farrell

FB 15 Brice Dulin RW 14 Damian Penaud  67' OC 13 Arthur Vincent IC 12 Gaël Fickou LW 11 Gabin Villière FH 10 Matthieu Jalibert SH 9 Antoine Dupont N8 8 Grégory Alldritt OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c) BF 6 Anthony Jelonch  67' RL 5 Paul Willemse  70' LL 4 Bernard Le Roux  24' TP 3 Mohamed Haouas  56' HK 2 Julien Marchand  76' LP 1 Cyril Baille  76' Replacements: HK 16 Pierre Bourgarit  76' PR 17 Hassane Kolingar  76' PR 18 Uini Atonio  56' LK 19 Romain Taofifénua  70' FL 20 Dylan Cretin  67' SH 21 Baptiste Serin FB 22 Anthony Bouthier WG 23 Teddy Thomas  67' Coach: Fabien Galthié

Notes:

• This was the 100th meeting between Ireland and France.
• Ireland lost successive games at the start of a Six Nations campaign for the first time.^[12]

27 February 2021 15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	10–48	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Meyer 40' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 40' Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 4'	Report Match data	Try: Ringrose 11' c Keenan 31' c Connors (2) 36' c, 66' c Stander 43' c Earls 80' c Con: Sexton (6/6) 12', 33', 37', 44', 67', 80' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 6', 18'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

FB 15 Jacopo Trulla RW 14 Luca Sperandio  41' OC 13 Ignacio Brex  67' IC 12 Carlo Canna LW 11 Monty Ioane  60'  75' FH 10 Paolo Garbisi SH 9 Callum Braley  78' N8 8 Michele Lamaro OF 7 Johan Meyer BF 6 Sebastian Negri  75' RL 5 David Sisi LL 4 Marco Lazzaroni  44' TP 3 Marco Riccioni  44'  60'  70' HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)  65'  75' LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  44'  69' Replacements: HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi  70' PR 17 Cherif Traorè  44'  69' PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi  59'  44' LK 19 Niccolò Cannone  44' FL 20 Maxime Mbanda  75' SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani  78' CE 22 Federico Mori  67' WG 23 Mattia Bellini  41' Coach: Franco Smith

FB 15 Hugo Keenan RW 14 Jordan Larmour  41' OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Robbie Henshaw  71' LW 11 James Lowe FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c) SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park  63' N8 8 CJ Stander  63' OF 7 Will Connors BF 6 Tadhg Beirne RL 5 James Ryan LL 4 Iain Henderson  63' TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  47' HK 2 Rónan Kelleher  63' LP 1 Dave Kilcoyne  47' Replacements: HK 16 Rob Herring  63' PR 17 Cian Healy  47' PR 18 Andrew Porter  47' LK 19 Ryan Baird  63' N8 20 Jack Conan  63' SH 21 Craig Casey  63' FH 22 Billy Burns  71' WG 23 Keith Earls  41' Coach: Andy Farrell

Notes:

• Carlo Canna (Italy) and Robbie Henshaw (Ireland) earned their 50th test caps.
• Ryan Baird and Craig Casey (both Ireland) made their international debuts.
• Andy Farrell named an all-Leinster starting backline, the first time this has happened since 1931 and only the third time in history.^[13]
• Stephen Varney had been named to start, but was injured in the warm-up and Callum Braley started in his place, with Guglielmo Palazzani coming onto the bench.

27 February 2021 16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	40–24	England
Try: Adams 16' c Williams 30' c Hardy 48' c Hill 79' c Con: Biggar (2/2) 17', 31' Sheedy (2/2) 50', 80' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 6' Sheedy (3/3) 67', 70', 75'	Report Match data	Try: Watson 36' m Youngs 62' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 63' Pen: Farrell (4/5) 12', 20', 40', 53'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 0 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

FB 15 Liam Williams RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit OC 13 George North IC 12 Jonathan Davies  50' LW 11 Josh Adams FH 10 Dan Biggar  45' SH 9 Kieran Hardy  65' N8 8 Taulupe Faletau OF 7 Justin Tipuric BF 6 Josh Navidi  70' RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c) LL 4 Adam Beard  56' TP 3 Tomas Francis  67' HK 2 Ken Owens  63' LP 1 Wyn Jones  63' Replacements: HK 16 Elliot Dee  63' PR 17 Rhodri Jones  63' PR 18 Leon Brown  67' LK 19 Cory Hill  56' FL 20 James Botham  70' SH 21 Gareth Davies  65' FH 22 Callum Sheedy  45' CE 23 Willis Halaholo  50' Coach: Wayne Pivac

FB 15 Elliot Daly  75' RW 14 Anthony Watson OC 13 Henry Slade IC 12 Owen Farrell (c) LW 11 Jonny May FH 10 George Ford SH 9 Ben Youngs  70' N8 8 Billy Vunipola OF 7 Tom Curry BF 6 Mark Wilson  71' RL 5 Jonny Hill  58' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Kyle Sinckler HK 2 Jamie George  61' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  67' Replacements: HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  61' PR 17 Ellis Genge  67' PR 18 Will Stuart LK 19 Charlie Ewels  58' FL 20 George Martin FL 21 Ben Earl  71' SH 22 Dan Robson  70' FB 23 Max Malins  75' Coach: Eddie Jones

Notes:

• George North (Wales) – at the age of 28 and 320 days – became the youngest player to earn 100 caps for his country, surpassing Australia's Michael Hooper by 28 days.
• Elliot Daly (England) earned his 50th test cap.
• Owen Farrell scored his 1,000th point for England.
• Wales' 40 points scored were the most they had ever scored against England, surpassing the 34 points scored in 1967.
• Wales recorded a bonus point victory over England for the first time since the bonus-point system was introduced in 2017.
• Wales won the Triple Crown for the 22nd time.

28 February 2021 16:00 CET (UTC+1)

France	Postponed[b]	Scotland

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

13 March 2021 15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	7–48	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Ioane 51' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 52'	Report Match data	Try: Adams 8' c Faletau 14' m Owens (2) 21' c, 30' m North 42' c Sheedy 60' c Rees-Zammit 64' c Con: Biggar (3/5) 9', 22', 43' Sheedy (2/2) 61', 65' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 3'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 0 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)[c]

FB 15 Jacopo Trulla  36' RW 14 Mattia Bellini OC 13 Ignacio Brex IC 12 Carlo Canna LW 11 Monty Ioane  7'  18'  66'  68' FH 10 Paolo Garbisi  54' SH 9 Stephen Varney  63' N8 8 Michele Lamaro OF 7 Johan Meyer  18'  36' BF 6 Sebastian Negri RL 5 David Sisi LL 4 Niccolò Cannone  52' TP 3 Giosuè Zilocchi  26'  66'  68' HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)  7' LP 1 Danilo Fischetti  65' Replacements: HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani  7'  18' PR 17 Andrea Lovotti  65' PR 18 Marco Riccioni  57'  33' LK 19 Marco Lazzaroni  52'  63' FL 20 Maxime Mbanda  26'  33'  63' SH 21 Marcello Violi  63' CE 22 Federico Mori  54' FB 23 Edoardo Padovani  43' Coach: Franco Smith

FB 15 Liam Williams RW 14 Louis Rees-Zammit OC 13 George North  46' IC 12 Jonathan Davies LW 11 Josh Adams FH 10 Dan Biggar  52' SH 9 Gareth Davies  52' N8 8 Taulupe Faletau  52' OF 7 Justin Tipuric BF 6 Josh Navidi RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c)  54' LL 4 Cory Hill TP 3 Tomas Francis  45' HK 2 Ken Owens  54' LP 1 Wyn Jones  57' Replacements: HK 16 Elliot Dee  54' PR 17 Rhys Carré  57' PR 18 Leon Brown  45' LK 19 Jake Ball  54' FL 20 Aaron Wainwright  52' SH 21 Lloyd Williams  52' FH 22 Callum Sheedy  52' CE 23 Willis Halaholo  46' Coach: Wayne Pivac

Notes:

• Jake Ball (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.
• George North scored a try in his sixth consecutive Six Nations game against Italy, the best run for a player against a single team in the tournament.^[16]
• Ken Owens was the first hooker to score two or more tries in a Six Nations game since Shane Byrne scored two against Wales for Ireland in 2004.^[17]

13 March 2021 16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	23–20	France (1 BP)
Try: Watson 10' c Itoje 76' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 12', 78' Pen: Farrell (3/3) 15', 20', 54'	Report Match data	Try: Dupont 2' c Penaud 32' c Con: Jalibert (2/2) 3', 33' Pen: Jalibert (2/2) 29', 50'

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)[d]

FB 15 Max Malins  63' RW 14 Anthony Watson OC 13 Henry Slade  72' IC 12 Owen Farrell (c) LW 11 Jonny May FH 10 George Ford SH 9 Ben Youngs  76' N8 8 Billy Vunipola OF 7 Tom Curry BF 6 Mark Wilson  63' RL 5 Charlie Ewels  78' LL 4 Maro Itoje TP 3 Kyle Sinckler  72' HK 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie  72' LP 1 Mako Vunipola  63' Replacements: HK 16 Jamie George  72' PR 17 Ellis Genge  63' PR 18 Will Stuart  72' LK 19 Jonny Hill  78' FL 20 Ben Earl  63' SH 21 Dan Robson  76' CE 22 Ollie Lawrence  72' FB 23 Elliot Daly  63' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Brice Dulin RW 14 Teddy Thomas OC 13 Virimi Vakatawa IC 12 Gaël Fickou LW 11 Damian Penaud FH 10 Matthieu Jalibert SH 9 Antoine Dupont N8 8 Grégory Alldritt OF 7 Charles Ollivon (c) BF 6 Dylan Cretin  72' RL 5 Paul Willemse LL 4 Romain Taofifénua  59' TP 3 Mohamed Haouas  59' HK 2 Julien Marchand  72' LP 1 Cyril Baille  68' Replacements: HK 16 Camille Chat  72' PR 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros  68' PR 18 Dorian Aldegheri  59' LK 19 Cyril Cazeaux  59' FL 20 Cameron Woki  72' FL 21 Anthony Jelonch SH 22 Baptiste Serin FH 23 Romain Ntamack Coach: Fabien Galthié

Notes:

• Anthony Watson (England) earned his 50th test cap.^[18]

14 March 2021 15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	24–27	Ireland
Try: Russell 28' c Jones 60' c Watson 74' c Con: Russell (1/1) 28' Hogg (2/2) 61', 74' Pen: Russell (1/2) 12'	Report Match data	Try: Henshaw 8' m Beirne 49' c Con: Sexton (1/2) 50' Pen: Sexton (5/5) 4', 35', 40', 55', 77'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 0 Referee: Romain Poite (France)

FB 15 Stuart Hogg (c) RW 14 Sean Maitland OC 13 Chris Harris  55' IC 12 Sam Johnson LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe FH 10 Finn Russell  63' SH 9 Ali Price N8 8 Matt Fagerson OF 7 Hamish Watson BF 6 Jamie Ritchie  63' RL 5 Jonny Gray  55' LL 4 Scott Cummings  66' TP 3 WP Nel  55' HK 2 George Turner  64' LP 1 Rory Sutherland  66' Replacements: HK 16 Dave Cherry  64' PR 17 Jamie Bhatti  66' PR 18 Simon Berghan  55' LK 19 Grant Gilchrist  55' N8 20 Nick Haining  63' SH 21 Scott Steele  66' FH 22 Huw Jones  55' WG 23 Darcy Graham  63' Coach: Gregor Townsend

FB 15 Hugo Keenan RW 14 Keith Earls OC 13 Garry Ringrose IC 12 Robbie Henshaw LW 11 James Lowe  69' FH 10 Johnny Sexton (c) SH 9 Jamison Gibson-Park N8 8 CJ Stander OF 7 Will Connors BF 6 Tadhg Beirne  64' RL 5 James Ryan  71' LL 4 Iain Henderson TP 3 Tadhg Furlong  55' HK 2 Rob Herring  64' LP 1 Cian Healy  55' Replacements: HK 16 Rónan Kelleher  64' PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  55' PR 18 Andrew Porter  55' LK 19 Ryan Baird  71' N8 20 Jack Conan  64' SH 21 Conor Murray FH 22 Billy Burns WG 23 Jordan Larmour  69' Coach: Andy Farrell

Notes:

• CJ Stander (Ireland) earned his 50th test cap.
• Ireland retain the Centenary Quaich.^[19]
• With this victory, Ireland lead their series with Scotland for the first time at 67 wins to 66.^{[citation needed]}

20 March 2021 14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	52–10	Italy
Try: Cherry (2) 11' m, 44' c Van der Merwe (2) 14' c, 71' c Graham 21' m Jones 28' c Steele 53' c Johnson 65' c Con: Hogg (6/8) 14', 29', 46', 54', 66', 72'	Report Match data	Try: Bigi 6' c Con: Garbisi (1/1) 7' Pen: Garbisi (1/1) 17'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 0 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France) [e]

FB 15 Sean Maitland  55' RW 14 Darcy Graham OC 13 Huw Jones IC 12 Sam Johnson  66' LW 11 Duhan van der Merwe FH 10 Stuart Hogg (c) SH 9 Scott Steele  55' N8 8 Matt Fagerson OF 7 Hamish Watson  66' BF 6 Jamie Ritchie RL 5 Grant Gilchrist  62' LL 4 Sam Skinner TP 3 Zander Fagerson  49' HK 2 Dave Cherry  49' LP 1 Rory Sutherland  49' Replacements: HK 16 George Turner  49' PR 17 Jamie Bhatti  49' PR 18 Simon Berghan  49' LK 19 Alex Craig  62' N8 20 Nick Haining  66' SH 21 Ali Price  55' FH 22 Jaco van der Walt  55' CE 23 Chris Harris  66' Coach: Gregor Townsend

FB 15 Edoardo Padovani RW 14 Mattia Bellini OC 13 Ignacio Brex IC 12 Federico Mori  20'  54' LW 11 Monty Ioane  61' FH 10 Paolo Garbisi  54' SH 9 Stephen Varney  70' N8 8 Michele Lamaro OF 7 Johan Meyer  76' BF 6 Sebastian Negri  52' RL 5 Federico Ruzza  62' LL 4 Niccolò Cannone TP 3 Marco Riccioni  33' HK 2 Luca Bigi (c)  70' LP 1 Danilo Fischetti  70' Replacements: HK 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi  70' PR 17 Andrea Lovotti  70' PR 18 Giosuè Zilocchi  33' LK 19 Riccardo Favretto  76' FL 20 Maxime Mbanda  62' SH 21 Marcello Violi  70' FH 22 Carlo Canna  54' CE 23 Marco Zanon  54' Coach: Franco Smith