2022 Six Nations Championship

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2022 Six Nations Championship
Date	5 February – 19 March 2022
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
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The 2022 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) will be 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 enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table despite losing to France at the Stade de France in their final match of the 2021 tournament.^[1]

Participants[]

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	Jonathan Sexton
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	Alun Wyn Jones

Table[]

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points			Table points
		Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	Tries	Loser
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Scotland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Table ranking rules

• Four points are awarded for a win.
• Two points are awarded for a draw.
• A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries, or loses by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four or more tries, and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points.
• Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
• Tiebreakers
  • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less points conceded) is ranked higher.
  • If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
  • If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures[]

The tournament's fixtures were announced on 28 April 2021, and included a Friday night game – Wales hosting France in round 4 – for the first time since the opening match of the 2019 Six Nations Championship.^[2]

All times local (Greenwich Mean Time in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Central European Time in France and Italy).

Round 1[]

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Round 2[]

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Round 3[]

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Round 4[]

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Round 5[]

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