2022 Six Nations Championship

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.

2022 Six Nations Championship
Date5 February – 19 March 2022
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions France (18th title)
Grand Slam France (10th title)
Triple Crown Ireland (12th title)
Matches played15
Attendance964,370 (64,291 per match)
Tries scored73 (4.87 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Marcus Smith (71 points)
Top try scorer(s)Ireland James Lowe
France Damian Penaud
France Gabin Villière (3 tries)
Player of the tournamentFrance Antoine Dupont[1]
2021 (Previous) (Next) 2023

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

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Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  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

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Table

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

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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

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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'
ReportTry: 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:


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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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:

Round 2

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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'
ReportTry: 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


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'
ReportTry: 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)
ReportTry: 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:

Round 3

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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:


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'
ReportPen: 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

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11 March 2022
20:00 GMT (UTC+0)
(1 BP) Wales  9–13  France
Pen: Biggar (3/3) 5', 17', 39'ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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:


12 March 2022
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England  15–32  Ireland (1 BP)
Pen: Smith (5/6) 18', 33', 40+1', 53', 61'ReportTry: 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

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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'
ReportTry: 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'
ReportTry: 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:


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'
ReportTry: 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

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Broadcasting

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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

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  1. ^ 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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