2016 Six Nations Championship

2016 Six Nations Championship
Date6 February – 19 March 2016
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions England (27th title)
Grand Slam England (13th title)
Triple Crown England (25th title)
Matches played15
Attendance1,034,521 (68,968 per match)
Tries scored71 (4.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Owen Farrell (69)
Top try scorer(s) George North (4)
Player of the tournament Stuart Hogg
Official websiteSix Nations Website
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The 2016 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2016 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 17th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

It was contested by England, France, defending champions Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 122nd edition of the tournament.[1]

England won the Championship on 13 March with a game to play, winning their first Championship since 2011.[2][3][4] On 19 March, they earned the Grand Slam for the 13th time, their first since 2003.[5][6][7]

The 2016 Championship was the first time in the Six Nations era that both the champions and the wooden spoon "winners" had been decided before the final day, as Italy were confirmed to finish in sixth place for the 11th time on 13 March with Scotland's victory over France.[8] Italy went on to lose their final match, and were thus whitewashed for the seventh time. The 29 tries conceded by Italy was also a Championship record, exceeding the 25 tries they conceded in 2000 and 2003.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London Eddie Jones Dylan Hartley
 France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis Guy Novès Guilhem Guirado
 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin Joe Schmidt Rory Best
 Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome Jacques Brunel Sergio Parisse
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh Vern Cotter Greig Laidlaw
 Wales Millennium Stadium 74,500 Cardiff Warren Gatland Sam Warburton*

* Except the final match at home against Italy, when Warburton was ruled out due to concussion protocol. Dan Lydiate took his place as captain, with championship vice-captain Alun Wyn Jones also ruled out injured.[9]

Squads

Main article: 2016 Six Nations Championship squads

Story of the tournament

Round 1 (6–7 February)

The tournament started with a surprisingly narrow 23–21 win for France over Italy. At one point, Italy had led 18–10 and then 21–20, but a late penalty from Jules Plisson gave France the points.[10] The same day, another tight game saw England retain the Calcutta Cup in a narrow 15–9 win over Scotland, with tries from George Kruis and Jack Nowell.[11] The following day, two of the three tournament favourites, Ireland and Wales, drew 16–16 in Dublin. Ireland had led 13–0 before Wales battled back to lead 16–13. Johnny Sexton's late penalty gave Ireland a share of the spoils.[12]

Round 2 (13–14 February)

Ireland's defence of the title was damaged further in Week 2 when they were beaten 10–9 in a second successive narrow victory for France. Ireland had led 9–3 from before half-time, but Maxime Médard's 69th minute converted try proved to be the winner.[13] Another comeback later that day saw Wales beat Scotland 27–23 in Cardiff. Scotland had led 13–10 at half time, but tries from Jamie Roberts and George North gave Wales a 27–16 lead before a late Scotland score.[14] On Sunday, England easily beat Italy 40–9 after a tight first half, with Jonathan Joseph scoring a hat-trick of tries.[15]

Round 3 (26–27 February)

In the Friday evening kick-off, Wales maintained their title hopes with a 19–10 win over France. Another George North try helped them to a comfortable 19–3 lead before a France try in the last minute.[16] On Saturday, Scotland won their first Six Nations game in 10 attempts, winning 36–20 in Rome with Greig Laidlaw kicking 21 points.[17] Ireland's title hopes were extinguished when they were beaten 21–10 by England at Twickenham; Ireland had led 10–6 early in the second half, but conceded 15 unanswered points in 13 minutes with tries by Anthony Watson and Mike Brown.[18]

Round 4 (12–13 March)

Entering the fourth round of matches, the England-Wales game was touted as a Championship decider,[19] although France – a point behind Wales and two behind England – still had an outside chance of winning it. The first match of the weekend saw Ireland trounce Italy 58–15, running in nine tries.[20] England then beat Wales 25–21 in a thrilling encounter at Twickenham; England had led 25–7 with less than 10 minutes remaining before two converted Wales tries made it a tense ending.[21] England thus won the Triple Crown, and the next day won the Championship outright, as France, needing to win to take the tournament to a final week, lost 29–18 to Scotland in Edinburgh, the Scots' first win over the French in 10 years.[22] In addition to guaranteeing that England would win the tournament, Scotland's victory over France also guaranteed that Italy would finish last and "win" the wooden spoon as a result.

Round 5 (19 March)

All three matches were played on the same day in the last round, with England needing to win in Paris to complete the Grand Slam for the first time since 2003. In the first match, Wales scored nine tries to easily beat Italy 67–14 in Cardiff, effectively whitewashing Italy; they had lost all five of their matches.[23] Ireland then beat Scotland 35–25 in Dublin in an open game where the sides shared seven tries.[24] In the final game in Paris, England scored two early tries through Danny Care and Dan Cole but the excellent kicking of Maxime Machenaud – who scored all of his side's points with seven penalties – kept France in the game until two late Owen Farrell penalties stretched England's lead to 31–21, enough to win the game and the Grand Slam, and to leave Farrell the leading points scorer in the Championship.[25][26]

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts
1  England 5 5 0 0 132 70 +62 13 10
2  Wales 5 3 1 1 150 88 +62 17 7
3  Ireland 5 2 1 2 128 87 +41 15 5
4  Scotland 5 2 0 3 122 115 +7 11 4
5  France 5 2 0 3 82 109 −27 7 4
6  Italy 5 0 0 5 79 224 −145 8 0
Source: RBS 6 Nations Table (accessed 19 March 2016)

Fixtures

Round 1

6 February 2016
15:25 CET (UTC+1)
France 23–21 Italy
Try: Vakatawa 13' m
Chouly 32' m
Bonneval 59' c
Con: Plisson (1/1) 59'
Pen: Plisson (2/2) 68', 75'		Report[27]Try: Parisse 25' m
Canna 45' c
Con: Canna (1/2) 46'
Pen: Canna (1/2) 43'
Haimona (1/1) 73'
Drop: Canna (1/1) 7'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 64,000
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
FB 15 Maxime Médard  77'
RW 14 Hugo Bonneval
OC 13 Gaël Fickou  56'
IC 12 Jonathan Danty
LW 11 Virimi Vakatawa
FH 10 Jules Plisson
SH 9 Sébastien Bézy  68'
N8 8 Louis Picamoles  15'
OF 7 Damien Chouly
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Yoann Maestri
LL 4 Paul Jedrasiak  72'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  50'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)
LP 1 Eddy Ben Arous  50'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat
PR 17 Uini Atonio  50'
PR 18 Jefferson Poirot  50'
LK 19 Alexandre Flanquart  72'
FL 20 Yacouba Camara  15'
SH 21 Maxime Machenaud  68'
FH 22 Jean-Marc Doussain  77'
CE 23 Maxime Mermoz  56'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB 15 David Odiete  55'
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro
IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia  70'
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Carlo Canna  77'
SH 9 Edoardo Gori
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni 12' to 20'  66'
BF 6 Francesco Minto
RL 5 Marco Fuser
LL 4 George Biagi  43'
TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini  65'
HK 2 Ornel Gega  56'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Davide Giazzon  56'
PR 17 Matteo Zanusso  65'
PR 18 Martin Castrogiovanni  65'
LK 19 Valerio Bernabò  43'
N8 20 Dries Van Schalkwyk  12'  20'  66'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani  77'
CE 22 Kelly Haimona  70'
FB 23 Luke McLean  55'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Virimi Vakatawa (France)

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

6 February 2016
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland 9–15 England
Pen: Laidlaw (3/4) 16', 37', 68'Report[29]Try: Kruis 13' c
Nowell 50' m
Con: Farrell (1/2) 14'
Pen: Farrell (1/2) 62'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Sean Maitland
OC 13 Mark Bennett
IC 12 Matt Scott
LW 11 Tommy Seymour  65'
FH 10 Finn Russell
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 David Denton
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay  58'
RL 5 Jonny Gray  69'
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel  69'
HK 2 Ross Ford  64'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally  64'
PR 17 Gordon Reid  57'
PR 18 Zander Fagerson  69'
LK 19 Tim Swinson  69'
FL 20 Blair Cowan  58'
FH 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
FH 22 Duncan Weir
CE 23 Duncan Taylor  65'
Coach:
Vern Cotter
FB 15 Mike Brown
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph
IC 12 Owen Farrell
LW 11 Jack Nowell
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Danny Care  54'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  69'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Joe Launchbury  46'
TP 3 Dan Cole
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  76'
LP 1 Joe Marler  48'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie George  76'
PR 17 Mako Vunipola  48'
PR 18 Paul Hill
LK 19 Courtney Lawes  46'
FL 20 Jack Clifford  69'
SH 21 Ben Youngs  54'
CE 22 Ollie Devoto
FB 23 Alex Goode
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Billy Vunipola (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

7 February 2016
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland 16–16 Wales
Try: Murray 26' c
Con: Sexton (1/1) 27'
Pen: Sexton (3/3) 4', 13', 74'		Report[30]Try: Faletau 37' c
Con: Priestland (1/1) 38'
Pen: Priestland (3/3) 31', 46', 72'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
FB 15 Simon Zebo
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Jared Payne
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Keith Earls  71'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  75'
SH 9 Conor Murray
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell  48'
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Mike McCarthy  63'
TP 3 Nathan White  63'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)  75'
LP 1 Jack McGrath
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin  75'
PR 17 James Cronin
PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  63'
LK 19 Donnacha Ryan  63'
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock  48'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion
FH 22 Ian Madigan  75'
WG 23 Dave Kearney  71'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Tom James
FH 10 Dan Biggar  21'
SH 9 Gareth Davies  71'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Justin Tipuric
BF 6 Sam Warburton (c)  72'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Luke Charteris  61'
TP 3 Samson Lee  57'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  63'
LP 1 Rob Evans  52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ken Owens  63'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins  52'
PR 18 Tomas Francis  57'
LK 19 Bradley Davies  61'
FL 20 Dan Lydiate  72'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams  71'
FH 22 Rhys Priestland  21'
WG 23 Alex Cuthbert
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

Round 2

13 February 2016
15:25 CET (UTC+1)
France 10–9 Ireland
Try: Médard 69' c
Con: Plisson (1/1) 70'
Pen: Plisson (1/2) 31'		Report[32]Pen: Sexton (3/3) 14', 28', 38'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
FB 15 Maxime Médard
RW 14 Teddy Thomas  44'
OC 13 Maxime Mermoz
IC 12 Jonathan Danty  76'
LW 11 Virimi Vakatawa
FH 10 Jules Plisson
SH 9 Sébastien Bézy  56'
N8 8 Damien Chouly
OF 7 Yacouba Camara  67'
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Yoann Maestri  58'
LL 4 Alexandre Flanquart
TP 3 Uini Atonio  44'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c) 47' to 57'  73'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot  44'  73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat  47'  57'  73'
PR 17 Rabah Slimani  44'
PR 18 Eddy Ben Arous  44'  73'
LK 19 Paul Jedrasiak  58'
N8 20 Loann Goujon  67'
SH 21 Maxime Machenaud  56'
FH 22 Jean-Marc Doussain  76'
WG 23 Hugo Bonneval  44'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Jared Payne
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Dave Kearney  29'
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  69'
SH 9 Conor Murray
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Seán O'Brien  19'
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Mike McCarthy 34' to 40'  62'
TP 3 Nathan White  62'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)  71'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Richardt Strauss  71'
PR 17 James Cronin  73'
PR 18 Tadhg Furlong  62'
LK 19 Donnacha Ryan  34'  40'  62'
FL 20 Tommy O'Donnell  19'
SH 21 Eoin Reddan
FH 22 Ian Madigan  69'
WG 23 Fergus McFadden  29'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Guilhem Guirado (France)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Stuart Berry (South Africa)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

13 February 2016
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 27–23 Scotland
Try: G. Davies 6' c
Roberts 64' c
North 70' c
Con: Biggar (3/3) 7', 64', 71'
Pen: Biggar (2/2) 34', 46'		Report[33]Try: Seymour 12' c
Taylor 78' c
Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 13'
Weir (1/1) 79'
Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 30', 40', 54'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,160
Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Tom James  65'
FH 10 Dan Biggar  75'
SH 9 Gareth Davies
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Justin Tipuric  61'
BF 6 Sam Warburton (c)
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones
LL 4 Luke Charteris  47'
TP 3 Samson Lee  68'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  47'
LP 1 Rob Evans  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ken Owens  47'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins  47'
PR 18 Tomas Francis  68'
LK 19 Bradley Davies  47'
FL 20 Dan Lydiate  61'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams
FH 22 Rhys Priestland  75'
FB 23 Gareth Anscombe  65'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
FB 15 Stuart Hogg  28'
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Mark Bennett
IC 12 Duncan Taylor
LW 11 Sean Lamont
FH 10 Finn Russell  68'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)  77'
N8 8 David Denton
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay  65'  75'
RL 5 Jonny Gray  68'
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel
HK 2 Ross Ford  65'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally  65'
PR 17 Gordon Reid  65'
PR 18 Zander Fagerson
LK 19 Tim Swinson  68'
FL 20 Blair Cowan  65'  75'
SH 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne  77'
FH 22 Duncan Weir  68'
FB 23 Ruaridh Jackson  28'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Jamie Roberts (Wales)

Touch judges:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

  • Jonathan Davies (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.
  • This was Scotland's ninth consecutive loss in the competition, their worst run of losses ever in the six-team format.[34]
14 February 2016
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Italy 9–40 England
Pen: Canna (3/4) 8', 18', 35'Report[35]Try: Ford 24' m
Joseph (3) 52' c, 57' c, 70' m
Farrell 74' c
Con: Farrell (3/5) 53', 58', 75'
Pen: Farrell (2/2) 11', 62'
Ford (1/1) 16'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
FB 15 Luke McLean
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro
IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia  32'
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Carlo Canna  60'
SH 9 Edoardo Gori  75'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni  30'
BF 6 Francesco Minto
RL 5 Marco Fuser  14'
LL 4 George Biagi
TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini  58'
HK 2 Ornel Gega  41'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Davide Giazzon  41'
PR 17 Matteo Zanusso  62'
PR 18 Martin Castrogiovanni  58'
LK 19 Valerio Bernabò  14'
FL 20 Braam Steyn  30'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani  75'
FH 22 Edoardo Padovani  60'
CE 23 Andrea Pratichetti  32'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel
FB 15 Mike Brown  69'
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph
IC 12 Owen Farrell  15'  21'
LW 11 Jack Nowell
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs  49'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell  54'
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  62'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Courtney Lawes  47'
TP 3 Dan Cole  69'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  69'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie George  69'
PR 17 Joe Marler  47'
PR 18 Paul Hill  69'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury  47'
LK 20 Maro Itoje  54'
FL 21 Jack Clifford  62'
SH 22 Danny Care  49'
FB 23 Alex Goode  15'  21'  69'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Ben Youngs (England)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

Round 3

26 February 2016
20:05 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 19–10 France
Try: North 45'
Con: Biggar (1/1) 47'
Pen: Biggar (4/5) 21', 30', 42', 65'		Report[36]Try: Guirado 78'
Con: Trinh-Duc (1/1) 79'
Pen: Plisson (1/2) 33'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,160
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
FB 15 Liam Williams  73'
RW 14 Alex Cuthbert
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 George North
FH 10 Dan Biggar  70'
SH 9 Gareth Davies  76'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)
BF 6 Dan Lydiate  76'
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones  76'
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Samson Lee  66'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  66'
LP 1 Rob Evans  55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ken Owens  66'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins  55'
PR 18 Tomas Francis  66'
LK 19 Jake Ball  76'
FL 20 Justin Tipuric  76'
SH 21 Lloyd Williams  76'
FH 22 Rhys Priestland  70'
FB 23 Gareth Anscombe  73'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
FB 15 Maxime Médard  70'
RW 14 Virimi Vakatawa
OC 13 Maxime Mermoz  66'
IC 12 Jonathan Danty
LW 11 Djibril Camara
FH 10 Jules Plisson  62'
SH 9 Maxime Machenaud
N8 8 Damien Chouly  62'
OF 7 Antoine Burban  29'  33'  52'
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Alexandre Flanquart
LL 4 Paul Jedrasiak  43'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  62'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot  62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat  62'
PR 17 Uini Atonio  62'
PR 18 Vincent Pelo  62'
LK 19 Yoann Maestri  43'
N8 20 Loann Goujon  29'  33'  52'
SH 21 Sébastien Bézy  70'
FH 22 François Trinh-Duc  62'
CE 23 Gaël Fickou  66'
Coach:
Guy Novès

Man of the Match:
Gareth Davies (Wales)

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

27 February 2016
15:25 CET (UTC+1)
Italy 20–36 Scotland
Try: Ghiraldini 29' c
Fuser 62' c
Con: Haimona (2/2) 30', 63'
Pen: Haimona (2/2) 9', 49'		Report[37]Try: Barclay 9' c
Hardie 16' c
Seymour 77'
Con: Laidlaw (3/3) 10', 17', 78'
Pen: Laidlaw (5/6) 25', 45', 53', 58', 65'
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 67,721
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
FB 15 David Odiete
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro
IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia  75'
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Kelly Haimona  72'
SH 9 Edoardo Gori  79'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Francesco Minto  67'
RL 5 Joshua Furno  36'
LL 4 Marco Fuser
TP 3 Lorenzo Cittadini  57'
HK 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini  57'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Davide Giazzon  57'
PR 17 Matteo Zanusso  57'
PR 18 Martin Castrogiovanni  57'
LK 19 Valerio Bernabò  36'
N8 20 Dries van Schalkwyk  67'
SH 21 Guglielmo Palazzani  79'
FH 22 Edoardo Padovani  72'
CE 23 Andrea Pratichetti  75'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Mark Bennett  62'
IC 12 Duncan Taylor
LW 11 Tim Visser  72'
FH 10 Finn Russell  61'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 Ryan Wilson  67'
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay  79'
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Richie Gray  79'
TP 3 WP Nel  75'
HK 2 Ross Ford  63'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally  63'
PR 17 Rory Sutherland
PR 18 Moray Low  79'
LK 19 Tim Swinson  79'
FL 20 Josh Strauss  67'
SH 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
CE 22 Peter Horne  62'
WG 23 Sean Lamont  72'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Greig Laidlaw (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

  • Edoardo Gori (Italy) earned his 50th test cap.
  • The 36 points scored by Scotland was the most they have scored in any Six Nations game.[38]
27 February 2016
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
England 21–10 Ireland
Try: Watson 57' m
Brown 62' c
Con: Farrell (1/2) 63'
Pen: Farrell (3/4) 11', 34', 50'		Report[39]Try: Murray 45' c
Con: Sexton (1/1) 46'
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 5'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,826
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Mike Brown
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph
IC 12 Owen Farrell  65'
LW 11 Jack Nowell
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Ben Youngs  59'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell  44'  76'
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  70'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  70'
LP 1 Joe Marler  59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie George  70'
PR 17 Mako Vunipola  59'
PR 18 Paul Hill
LK 19 Courtney Lawes  76'
FL 20 Jack Clifford  70'
SH 21 Danny Care  70'  59'
CE 22 Elliot Daly  65'
FB 23 Alex Goode
Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB 15 Rob Kearney
RW 14 Andrew Trimble
OC 13 Robbie Henshaw
IC 12 Stuart McCloskey  63'
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  76'
SH 9 Conor Murray  70'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 CJ Stander  66'
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Donnacha Ryan  65'
TP 3 Mike Ross  59'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)  70'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Richardt Strauss  70'
PR 17 Cian Healy  59'
PR 18 Nathan White  59'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane  65'
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock  66'
SH 21 Eoin Reddan  70'
FH 22 Ian Madigan  76'
WG 23 Simon Zebo  63'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Man of the Match:
Billy Vunipola (England)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

Round 4

12 March 2016
13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland 58–15 Italy
Try: Trimble 6' m
McGrath 14' c
Stander 29' m
Heaslip (2) 39' m, 48' c
Payne 42' c
Cronin 53' c
Madigan 63' m
McFadden 78' c
Con: Sexton (3/6) 14', 43', 49'
Madigan (2/3) 54', 79'
Pen: Sexton (1/1) 26'		Report[40]Try: Odiete 57'
Sarto 74' m
Con: Haimona (1/2) 58'
Pen: Padovani (1/1) 23'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
FB 15 Simon Zebo
RW 14 Andrew Trimble 20' to 28'
OC 13 Jared Payne  71'
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw  36'  40'
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  49'
SH 9 Conor Murray  59'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Josh van der Flier
BF 6 CJ Stander  61'
RL 5 Devin Toner  54'
LL 4 Donnacha Ryan
TP 3 Mike Ross  54'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)  49'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Seán Cronin  49'
PR 17 Finlay Bealham  65'
PR 18 Nathan White  54'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane  54'
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock  61'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion  59'
FH 22 Ian Madigan  49'
WG 23 Fergus McFadden  20'  28'  36'  40'  71'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt
FB 15 David Odiete
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto
OC 13 Michele Campagnaro
IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia  54'
LW 11 Mattia Bellini
FH 10 Edoardo Padovani  59'
SH 9 Guglielmo Palazzani  61'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Francesco Minto
RL 5 Marco Fuser  26'
LL 4 George Biagi  35'
TP 3 Dario Chistolini  54'
HK 2 Davide Giazzon  54'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani  54'
PR 17 Matteo Zanusso  71'
PR 18 Pietro Ceccarelli  54'
LK 19 Quintin Geldenhuys  26'
FL 20 Braam Steyn  35'
SH 21 Alberto Lucchese  61'
CE 22 Kelly Haimona  54'
FB 23 Luke McLean  59'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
Donnacha Ryan (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Television match official:
George Ayoub (Australia)

Notes:

12 March 2016
16:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England 25–21 Wales
Try: Watson 31' c
Con: Farrell (1/1) 32'
Pen: Farrell (6/6) 9', 18', 20', 45', 65', 67'		Report[43]Try: Biggar 53' c
North 73' c
Faletau 76' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 54'
Priestland (2/2) 74', 77'
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,916
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
FB 15 Mike Brown
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph  74'
IC 12 Owen Farrell
LW 11 Jack Nowell
FH 10 George Ford  63'
SH 9 Ben Youngs  63'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell  67'
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  71'
RL 5 George Kruis  78'
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole  71'
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  71'
LP 1 Joe Marler  56'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  71'
PR 17 Mako Vunipola  56'
PR 18 Kieran Brookes  71'
LK 19 Joe Launchbury  78'
FL 20 Jack Clifford  67'
SH 21 Danny Care  63'
CE 22 Manu Tuilagi  63'
CE 23 Elliot Daly  74'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 Alex Cuthbert
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 George North
FH 10 Dan Biggar  73'
SH 9 Gareth Davies  63'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Sam Warburton (c)  56'
BF 6 Dan Lydiate
RL 5 Alun Wyn Jones  63'
LL 4 Bradley Davies
TP 3 Samson Lee  53'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  53'
LP 1 Rob Evans  53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ken Owens  53'
PR 17 Paul James  53'
PR 18 Tomas Francis  53'
LK 19 Luke Charteris  63'
FL 20 Justin Tipuric  56'
SH 21 Rhys Webb  63'
FH 22 Rhys Priestland  73'
FB 23 Gareth Anscombe
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Man of the Match:
Maro Itoje (England)

Touch judges:
Jérôme Garcès (France)
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

13 March 2016
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland 29–18 France
Try: Hogg 32' m
Taylor 35' c
Visser 65' m
Con: Laidlaw (1/3) 37'
Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 15', 21', 74'
Hogg (1/1) 46'		Report[44]Try: Guirado 4' m
Fickou 40' c
Con: Machenaud (1/1) 40'
Pen: Machenaud (2/2) 51', 57'
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor
IC 12 Alex Dunbar
LW 11 Tim Visser
FH 10 Finn Russell  5'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 Josh Strauss  61'
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Richie Gray  77'
TP 3 WP Nel  72'
HK 2 Ross Ford  67'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally  67'
PR 17 Rory Sutherland
PR 18 Moray Low  72'
LK 19 Tim Swinson  77'
N8 20 Ryan Wilson  61'
SH 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
CE 22 Peter Horne  5'
WG 23 Sean Lamont
Coach:
Vern Cotter
FB 15 Scott Spedding
RW 14 Wesley Fofana
OC 13 Gaël Fickou
IC 12 Maxime Mermoz  68'
LW 11 Virimi Vakatawa
FH 10 François Trinh-Duc  68'
SH 9 Maxime Machenaud  74'
N8 8 Damien Chouly
OF 7 Yacouba Camara  64'
BF 6 Wenceslas Lauret
RL 5 Yoann Maestri
LL 4 Alexandre Flanquart  51'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  61'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)  69'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot  61'  64'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat  69'
PR 17 Uini Atonio  61'
PR 18 Vincent Pelo  61'  64'
LK 19 Sébastien Vahaamahina  51'
N8 20 Loann Goujon  64'
SH 21 Sébastien Bézy  74'
FH 22 Jules Plisson  68'
WG 23 Maxime Médard  68'
Coach:
Guy Novès

Man of the Match:
Stuart Hogg (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

  • Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap, and equalled David Sole's record of 25 matches as Scottish captain.[45]
  • Scotland beat France for the first time since their 20–16 victory at Murrayfield during the 2006 Six Nations Championship.[46]
  • This was also Scotland's first win at Murrayfield in the Six Nations since they beat Ireland in round three of the 2013 Championship, breaking a 7-game losing streak at home.
  • France's loss guaranteed that England won the championship. This was the first time that a nation has been sure of winning the championship title before their final match during the competition's current six-team format.
  • Scotland's win also guaranteed Italy would win the "wooden spoon" for coming last. This was also the first time that a nation has been confirmed as coming bottom of the Championship table before their final match in the competition's current six-team format.

Round 5

19 March 2016
14:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales 67–14 Italy
Try: Webb 4' c
Biggar 28' c
J. Davies 32' c
Roberts 44' m
North 48' c
Williams 56' c
Moriarty (2) 64' c, 78' c
G. Davies 80+2' c
Con: Biggar (5/6) 4', 29', 32', 49', 58'
Priestland (3/3) 65', 79', 80+2'
Pen: Biggar (2/2) 14', 20'		Report[47]Try: Palazzani 53' c
Garcia 61' c
Con: Haimona (2/2) 54', 62'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,160
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
FB 15 Liam Williams
RW 14 George North
OC 13 Jonathan Davies
IC 12 Jamie Roberts
LW 11 Hallam Amos  48'
FH 10 Dan Biggar  58'
SH 9 Rhys Webb  63'
N8 8 Taulupe Faletau
OF 7 Justin Tipuric  16'
BF 6 Dan Lydiate (c)
RL 5 Luke Charteris
LL 4 Bradley Davies  58'
TP 3 Samson Lee  58'
HK 2 Scott Baldwin  49'
LP 1 Rob Evans  49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ken Owens  49'
PR 17 Gethin Jenkins  49'
PR 18 Aaron Jarvis  58'
LK 19 Jake Ball  58'
FL 20 Ross Moriarty  16'
SH 21 Gareth Davies  63'
FH 22 Rhys Priestland  58'
FB 23 Gareth Anscombe  48'
Coach:
Warren Gatland
FB 15 David Odiete
RW 14 Leonardo Sarto
OC 13 Andrea Pratichetti  35'
IC 12 Gonzalo Garcia
LW 11 Mattia Bellini  33'
FH 10 Tommaso Allan
SH 9 Guglielmo Palazzani  18'  64'
N8 8 Sergio Parisse (c)
OF 7 Alessandro Zanni
BF 6 Francesco Minto  58'
RL 5 Valerio Bernabò  46'
LL 4 Quintin Geldenhuys
TP 3 Martin Castrogiovanni  46'
HK 2 Davide Giazzon  49'
LP 1 Andrea Lovotti  64'
Replacements:
HK 16 Oliviero Fabiani  49'
PR 17 Matteo Zanusso  64'
PR 18 Dario Chistolini  46'
FL 19 Jacopo Sarto  46'
FL 20 Braam Steyn  58'
SH 21 Alberto Lucchese  64'
CE 22 Kelly Haimona  35'
FB 23 Luke McLean  33'
Coach:
Jacques Brunel

Man of the Match:
George North (Wales)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

  • Jacopo Sarto (Italy) made his international debut.
  • Wales' 53-point margin of victory was their biggest winning margin over Italy, surpassing the previous record of 41 set during the previous 2015 tournament.
  • This was Wales' biggest winning margin in a Six Nations match, surpassing the 48-point winning margin set against Scotland in 2014.
19 March 2016
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland 35–25 Scotland
Try: Stander 27' c
Earls 30' m
Murray 47' c
Toner 68' c
Con: Sexton (3/4) 28', 49', 68'
Pen: Sexton (3/4) 5', 12', 17'		Report[48]Try: Hogg 19' c
Gray 55' c
Dunbar 77' m
Con: Laidlaw (2/3) 20', 55'
Pen: Laidlaw (2/2) 14', 40'
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)
FB 15 Simon Zebo
RW 14 Andrew Trimble  78'
OC 13 Jared Payne
IC 12 Robbie Henshaw
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Johnny Sexton  76'
SH 9 Conor Murray  78'
N8 8 Jamie Heaslip
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell  68'
BF 6 CJ Stander
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Donnacha Ryan  68'
TP 3 Mike Ross  62'
HK 2 Rory Best (c)  67'
LP 1 Jack McGrath  67'
Replacements:
HK 16 Richardt Strauss  67'
PR 17 Cian Healy  67'
PR 18 Nathan White  62'
LK 19 Ultan Dillane  68'
FL 20 Rhys Ruddock  68'
SH 21 Eoin Reddan  78'
FH 22 Ian Madigan
WG 23 Fergus McFadden  78'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor
IC 12 Alex Dunbar  67'
LW 11 Tim Visser  68'
FH 10 Duncan Weir  62'
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 Ryan Wilson
OF 7 John Hardie  52'
BF 6 John Barclay  24'
RL 5 Tim Swinson  62'
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 WP Nel  67'
HK 2 Ross Ford  50'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Stuart McInally  50'
PR 17 Rory Sutherland  66'
PR 18 Moray Low  67'
LK 19 Rob Harley  62'
FL 20 Josh Strauss  52'
SH 21 Henry Pyrgos
CE 22 Peter Horne  62'
WG 23 Sean Lamont  68'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Man of the Match:
Jamie Heaslip (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)

Notes:

19 March 2016
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
France 21–31 England
Pen: Machenaud (7/7) 2', 15', 28', 39', 43', 50', 58'Report[49]Try: Care 11' c
Cole 19' c
Watson 55' m
Con: Farrell (2/3) 12', 20'
Pen: Farrell (4/5) 4', 44', 71', 77'
Stade de France, Paris
Attendance: 78,750
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
FB 15 Scott Spedding
RW 14 Wesley Fofana
OC 13 Gaël Fickou
IC 12 Maxime Mermoz  69'
LW 11 Virimi Vakatawa
FH 10 François Trinh-Duc  13'
SH 9 Maxime Machenaud  75'
N8 8 Loann Goujon  69'
OF 7 Bernard Le Roux  79'
BF 6 Damien Chouly
RL 5 Yoann Maestri
LL 4 Alexandre Flanquart  57'
TP 3 Rabah Slimani  57'
HK 2 Guilhem Guirado (c)  66'
LP 1 Jefferson Poirot  57'  79'
Replacements:
HK 16 Camille Chat  66'
PR 17 Uini Atonio  57'
PR 18 Xavier Chiocci  76'  57'
LK 19 Paul Jedrasiak  57'
FL 20 Wenceslas Lauret  69'
SH 21 Sébastien Bezy  75'
FH 22 Jules Plisson  13'
WG 23 Maxime Médard  69'
Coach:
Guy Novès
FB 15 Mike Brown
RW 14 Anthony Watson
OC 13 Jonathan Joseph
IC 12 Owen Farrell
LW 11 Jack Nowell
FH 10 George Ford
SH 9 Danny Care  43'
N8 8 Billy Vunipola
OF 7 James Haskell
BF 6 Chris Robshaw  75'
RL 5 George Kruis
LL 4 Maro Itoje
TP 3 Dan Cole
HK 2 Dylan Hartley (c)  67'
LP 1 Mako Vunipola  40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie  67'
PR 17 Joe Marler  40'
PR 18 Kieran Brookes
LK 19 Joe Launchbury
FL 20 Jack Clifford  75'
SH 21 Ben Youngs  43'
CE 22 Manu Tuilagi
CE 23 Elliot Daly
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Man of the Match:
Billy Vunipola (England)

Touch judges:
John Lacey (Ireland)
Leighton Hodges (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Skeen (New Zealand)

Notes:

Statistics

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom, 2016 marked the first year that the tournament was broadcast across both the BBC and ITV, with the BBC broadcasting France, Scotland and Wales home matches and ITV screening England, Ireland and Italy home fixtures. In this first year of the split UK TV deal, the BBC covered eight matches from the tournament, and ITV the other seven. This arrangement will alternate every year for the remainder of the deal to 2021. S4C in Wales will also broadcast every Wales game in Welsh for the remainder of this contract.[50]

In France, all of the matches were broadcast on France 2, the traditional French channel for rugby.[51] In the Republic of Ireland, matches are being broadcast by RTÉ.[52] In Italy, all of the matches are being broadcast live on DMAX.

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