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| 2024 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 2 February – 16 March 2024 | ||
| Countries | |||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |  Ireland (16th title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 982,687 (65,512 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 79 (5.27 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |  Thomas Ramos (63) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Dan Sheehan Duhan van der Merwe (5) | ||
| Player of the tournament |  Tommaso Menoncello | ||
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The 2024 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was a rugby union competition that took place in February and March 2024, and featured the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It was the 130th season of the competition (including its incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship), but the 25th since it expanded to become the Six Nations Championship in 2000. It started on 2 February 2024 with a Friday night match between France and Ireland, and concluded with France against England on 16 March.[1] France played their home fixtures away from their normal venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, as the stadium was being prepared for use in the 2024 Summer Olympics later in the year.[2]
Ireland entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the Grand Slam for the fourth time in 2023.[3] They retained the championship – the third time they had won back-to-back championships, having done so previously in 1949 and 2015 – but did not secure a second successive Grand Slam.[4][5]
Participants
| Nation | Stadium | Coach | Captain | World Rugby Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Start[a] | End[b] | |||
 England
|
Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London | Steve Borthwick
|
Jamie George[7] | 5th | 5th |
| France
|
Stade Vélodrome | 67,394 | Marseille (vs Ireland) | Fabien Galthié
|
Grégory Alldritt[8] | 4th | 4th |
| Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 59,186 | Décines-Charpieu (vs England) | |||||
| Stade Pierre-Mauroy | 50,186 | Villeneuve-d'Ascq (vs Italy) | |||||
| Ireland
|
Aviva Stadium | 51,700 | Dublin | Andy Farrell
|
Peter O'Mahony[9] | 2nd | 2nd |
| Italy
|
Stadio Olimpico | 73,261 | Rome |  Gonzalo Quesada
|
Michele Lamaro[10] | 11th | 8th |
| Scotland
|
Murrayfield Stadium | 67,144 | Edinburgh | Gregor Townsend
|
Rory Darge[11] | 6th | 6th |
| Finn Russell[11] | |||||||
 Wales
|
Millennium Stadium | 73,931 | Cardiff |  Warren Gatland
|
Dafydd Jenkins[12] | 8th | 10th |
Squads
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | GS | TB | LB | Pts | IRE
|
FRA
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ENG
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SCO
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ITA
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WAL
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland
|
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 60 | +84 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | — | 17–13 | 36–0 | 31–7 | |||
| 2 | France
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 122 | +6 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 17–38 | — | 33–31 | 13–13 | |||
| 3 | England
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 123 | −5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 23–22 | — | 16–14 | ||||
| 4 | Scotland
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 115 | 115 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16–20 | 30–21 | — | ||||
| 5 | Italy
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 92 | 126 | −34 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 24–27 | 31–29 | — | ||||
| 6 | Wales
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 143 | −51 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24–45 | 26–27 | 21–24 | — |
Table ranking rules[13]
- 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 there would otherwise be a scenario where a team could win all five matches with no bonus points for a total of 20 points and another team could win four matches with bonus points and lose their fifth match while claiming one or more bonus points giving a total of 21 or 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
Round 1
| 2 February 2024 21:00 CET (UTC+1) |
| France | 17–38 | Ireland (1 BP) |
| Try: Penaud 39' c Gabrillagues 52' c Con: Ramos (2/2) 40+1', 52' Pen: Ramos (1/2) 26' | Report | Try: Gibson-Park 15' c Beirne 29' c Nash 45' c Sheehan 61' c Kelleher 77' c Con: Crowley (5/5) 17', 30', 46', 62', 78' Pen: Crowley (1/2) 6' |
| Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Karl Dickson (England)[14] |
