2024 Six Nations Championship
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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. 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. Ireland entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the Grand Slam for the fourth time in 2023. 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. Wales finished bottom of the table, and was also the only team not to win any of their five matches.
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| Nation | Stadium | Coach | Captain | World Rugby Ranking | |||
| Home stadium | Capacity | Location | Start | End | |||
| England | Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London | Steve Borthwick | Jamie George | 5th | 5th |
| France | Stade Vélodrome | 67,394 | Marseille (vs Ireland) | Fabien Galthié | Grégory Alldritt | 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 | 2nd | 2nd |
| Italy | Stadio Olimpico | 73,261 | Rome | Gonzalo Quesada | Michele Lamaro | 11th | 8th |
| Scotland | Murrayfield Stadium | 67,144 | Edinburgh | Gregor Townsend | Rory Darge | 6th | 6th |
| Finn Russell | |||||||
| Wales | Millennium Stadium | 73,931 | Cardiff | Warren Gatland | Dafydd Jenkins | 8th | 10th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | GS | TB | LB | Pts | IRE | FRA | ENG | SCO | ITA | WAL | |
| 1 | Ireland | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 144 | 60 | +84 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | — | 17–13 | 36–0 | 31–7 | |||
| 2 | France | 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 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 92 | 143 | −51 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24–45 | 26–27 | 21–24 | — |
| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Thomas Ramos | France | 63 |
| 2 | Finn Russell | Scotland | 55 |
| 3 | Jack Crowley | Ireland | 52 |
| 4 | George Ford | England | 48 |
| 5 | Paolo Garbisi | Italy | 31 |
| 6 | Dan Sheehan | Ireland | 25 |
| Duhan van der Merwe | Scotland | ||
| 8 | James Lowe | Ireland | 20 |
| 9 | Gaël Fickou | France | 15 |
| Ollie Lawrence | England |
| Rank | Name | Team | Tries |
| 1 | Dan Sheehan | Ireland | 5 |
| Duhan van der Merwe | Scotland | ||
| 3 | James Lowe | Ireland | 4 |
| 4 | Gaël Fickou | France | 3 |
| Ollie Lawrence | England | ||
| 6 | 9 players tied | 2 | |
| Team | | | Total |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Ireland | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Scotland | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Wales | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Match | Citing date | Law breached | Result | Ref |
| Paul Willemse | France vs. Ireland | 6 February 2024 | Dangerous Tackling(Red card) | 3-match ban | |
| Jonathan Danty | France vs. Italy | 25 February 2024 | Dangerous Tackling(Red card) | 4-match ban |
| mw- Awards | Player | Team | Opponent |
| 2 | Ben Earl | England | Wales (R2) |
| Ireland (R4) | |||
| Ignacio Brex | Italy | Scotland (R4) | |
| Wales (R5) | |||
| 1 | Ethan Roots | England | Italy (R1) |
| Léo Barré | France | England (R5) | |
| Gaël Fickou | France | Scotland (R2) | |
| Nolann Le Garrec | France | Wales (R4) | |
| Bundee Aki | Ireland | Wales (R3) | |
| Jamison Gibson-Park | Ireland | Scotland (R5) | |
| James Lowe | Ireland | Italy (R2) | |
| Joe McCarthy | Ireland | France (R1) | |
| Tommaso Menoncello | Italy | France (R3) | |
| Duhan van der Merwe | Scotland | England (R3) | |
| Aaron Wainwright | Wales | Scotland (R1) |
| Team | Nominee | Position | Winner |
| England | Ben Earl | Number 8 | Tommaso Menoncello |
| Ireland | Bundee Aki | Centre | |
| Italy | Tommaso Menoncello | Centre | |
| Scotland | Duhan van der Merwe | Wing |
| Team | Nominee | Try | Winner |
| France | Nolann Le Garrec | vs. England | Lorenzo Pani |
| Ireland | Calvin Nash | vs. Italy | |
| Italy | Lorenzo Pani | vs. Wales | |
| Scotland | Duhan van der Merwe | vs. England |
| No. | Team | Player |
| 1 | Ireland | Andrew Porter |
| 2 | Ireland | Dan Sheehan |
| 3 | France | Uini Atonio |
| 4 | Ireland | Tadhg Beirne |
| 5 | Ireland | Joe McCarthy |
| 6 | Ireland | Caelan Doris |
| 7 | Italy | Michele Lamaro |
| 8 | England | Ben Earl |
| No. | Team | Player |
| 9 | Ireland | Jamison Gibson-Park |
| 10 | Scotland | Finn Russell |
| 11 | Ireland | James Lowe |
| 12 | Italy | Tommaso Menoncello |
| 13 | Ireland | Bundee Aki |
| 14 | Scotland | Duhan van der Merwe |
| 15 | France | Thomas Ramos |
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