2016 Six Nations Championship

2016 Six Nations Championship
2016 Six Nations Championship
Date	6 February – 19 March 2016
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales;
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (27th title)
Grand Slam	England (13th title)
Triple Crown	England (25th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	1,034,521 (68,968 per match)
Tries scored	71 (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 website	Six 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
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
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

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:

Sébastien Bezy, Yacouba Camara, Jonathan Danty, Paul Jedrasiak, Jefferson Poirot, Virimi Vakatawa (all France), Mattia Bellini, Ornel Gega, Andrea Lovotti, David Odiete, Dries van Schalkwyk and Matteo Zanusso (all Italy) made their international debuts.^[28]
France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy for the third consecutive year.

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:

Zander Fagerson (Scotland) and Jack Clifford (England) made their international debuts.
England retained the Calcutta Cup.

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:

CJ Stander (Ireland) made his international debut.
Bradley Davies (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.
This was the first time that Ireland and Wales had drawn since the 21–21 draw in Cardiff during the 1991 Five Nations Championship.^[31]

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:

Camille Chat (France) made his international debut.
This was France's first victory over Ireland since their 26–22 win during the 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.

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:

Braam Steyn and Edoardo Padovani (both Italy), Paul Hill and Maro Itoje (both England) made their international debuts.

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:

Djibril Camara and Vincent Pelo (France) made their international debuts.

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:

Ultan Dillane, Stuart McCloskey and Josh van der Flier (all Ireland), Elliot Daly (England) made their international debuts.
England regained the Millennium Trophy, having lost it in 2015.

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:

Finlay Bealham (Ireland), Oliviero Fabiani, Pietro Ceccarelli and Alberto Lucchese (all Italy) made their international debuts.
Seán Cronin (Ireland) earned his 50th test cap.
Sergio Parisse equalled Martin Castrogiovanni's record as Italy's most capped player.^[41]
The nine tries scored by Ireland is the most tries they have scored in a Six Nations match.^[42]

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:

England secured their 25th Triple Crown trophy; the previous one was in 2014.

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:

Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich for the third consecutive year.
Rory Sutherland (Scotland) made his international debut.
Keith Earls (Ireland) and John Barclay (Scotland) earned their 50th test caps.
Ross Ford (Scotland) made his 100th international appearance; 99 for Scotland, 1 for the British and Irish Lions.

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:

England secured their first Grand Slam since the 2003 Six Nations Championship
Owen Farrell became England's second-highest points scorer in history, behind only Jonny Wilkinson and overtaking Paul Grayson.

Statistics

Points scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Owen Farrell	England	69
2	Greig Laidlaw	Scotland	62
3	Dan Biggar	Wales	54
4	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	49
5	Maxime Machenaud	France	29
6	Carlo Canna	Italy	22
7	Rhys Priestland	Wales	21
8	George North	Wales	20
9	Kelly Haimona	Italy	19
10	Jules Plisson	France	16

Try scorers

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	George North	Wales	4
2	Jonathan Joseph	England	3
	Conor Murray	Ireland
	Anthony Watson	England
5	Dan Biggar	Wales	2
	Gareth Davies	Wales
	Taulupe Faletau	Wales
	Guilhem Guirado	France
	Jamie Heaslip	Ireland
	Stuart Hogg	Scotland
	Ross Moriarty	Wales
	Jamie Roberts	Wales
	Tommy Seymour	Scotland
	CJ Stander	Ireland
	Duncan Taylor	Scotland

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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^ "Rampant Wales sign off in style in Cardiff". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Ireland finish on a high in Dublin thriller". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Clinical England seal the Grand Slam". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "England beat France to complete Grand Slam". ESPN. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
^ "France hang on to edge out Italy". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Six Nations preview: France and Italy field new-look sides". ESPN Rugby. ESPN. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "England battle to victory in tight BT Murrayfield encounter". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Sexton's late penalty earns Ireland a draw". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ Bagchi, Bob. "Jonny Sexton seals draw after fierce battle". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Medard's magic leaves Ireland's hat-trick hopes in tatters". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "North stars as Wales hold off Scotland". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ Goodlad, Phil (14 February 2016). "Six Nations 2016: Scotland tired of defeat – Ruaridh Jackson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^ "Joseph hat-trick inspires England to cut loose in Rome". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "North's score keeps Wales unbeaten". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Scotland down Italy to end losing streak". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ Bathgate, Stuart (27 February 2016). "Italy 20 Scotland 36: Six Nations victory at last for Cotter's team". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Ireland's hat-trick hopes ended by patient England". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Record-breaking Ireland bounce back in style". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Sergio Parisse laughs off 'pressure' on Ireland suggestion". RTE Sport. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ Fanning, Brendan (13 March 2016). "Ireland thump Italy and set their Six Nations try record with nine". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "England claim Triple Crown in face of frenzied Welsh fightback". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Guinness Six Nations Rugby News".
^ "Six Nations: Winning before milestones for Greig Laidlaw".
^ Anderson, Gavin (14 March 2016). "Scotland urged to finish Six Nations in style after handing England title with France win". Daily Express. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
^ "Rampant Wales sign off in style in Cardiff". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Ireland finish on a high in Dublin thriller". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Clinical England seal the Grand Slam". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "BBC and ITV bid wins Six Nations TV rights until 2021". BBC News. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
^ "Rugbyimweb.de".
^ "How to follow the Six Nations on RTÉ Sport". RTÉ Sport. 3 February 2016.

External links

Official site

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[2] "England win 2016 Six Nations: Scotland's 29–18 triumph over France gifts England the title for the first time since 2011". The Independent. 14 March 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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[4] "England win 2016 Six Nations thanks to Scotland beating France". Guardian. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[5] "Six Nations 2016: England win Grand Slam with France victory". BBC Sport. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[6] "England win Six Nations grand slam for Eddie Jones against France". Guardian. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[7] Eccleshare, Charlie (19 March 2016). "France 21 England 31: Eddie Jones promises more is to come from England after Grand Slam success". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[8] Bagchi, Rob (14 March 2016). "England crowned champions after Scotland defeat France". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[9] Broadley, Luke (15 March 2016). "WALES TEAM TO FACE ITALY". wru.co.uk. Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[10] "France hang on to edge out Italy". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[11] "England battle to victory in tight encounter". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[12] "Sexton's late penalty gives Ireland a draw". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[13] "Medard's magic leaves Ireland's hat-trick hopes in tatters". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[14] "North starsas Wales hold off Scotland". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[15] "Joseph hat-trick inspires England". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[16] "North's score keeps Wales unbeaten". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[17] "Scotland down Italy to end losing streak". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[18] "Ireland's hat-trick hopes ended by patient England". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[19] "Why this England v Wales match will decide who has been the best Six Nations team of the Warren Gatland era". Wales Online. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[20] "Record-breaking Ireland bounce back in style". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[21] "England claim Triple Crown in face of frenzied Welsh fightback". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[22] "Hogg inspires Scotland to end ten-year wait against France". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[23] "Rampant Wales sign off in style in Cardiff". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[24] "Ireland finish on a high in Dublin thriller". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[25] "Clinical England seal the Grand Slam". rbs6nations.com. RBS 6 Nations. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[26] "England beat France to complete Grand Slam". ESPN. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.

[27] "France hang on to edge out Italy". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[28] "Six Nations preview: France and Italy field new-look sides". ESPN Rugby. ESPN. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[29] "England battle to victory in tight BT Murrayfield encounter". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[30] "Sexton's late penalty earns Ireland a draw". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[31] Bagchi, Bob. "Jonny Sexton seals draw after fierce battle". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[32] "Medard's magic leaves Ireland's hat-trick hopes in tatters". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[33] "North stars as Wales hold off Scotland". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[34] Goodlad, Phil (14 February 2016). "Six Nations 2016: Scotland tired of defeat – Ruaridh Jackson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[35] "Joseph hat-trick inspires England to cut loose in Rome". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[36] "North's score keeps Wales unbeaten". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[37] "Scotland down Italy to end losing streak". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[38] Bathgate, Stuart (27 February 2016). "Italy 20 Scotland 36: Six Nations victory at last for Cotter's team". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[39] "Ireland's hat-trick hopes ended by patient England". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[40] "Record-breaking Ireland bounce back in style". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[41] "Sergio Parisse laughs off 'pressure' on Ireland suggestion". RTE Sport. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[42] Fanning, Brendan (13 March 2016). "Ireland thump Italy and set their Six Nations try record with nine". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[43] "England claim Triple Crown in face of frenzied Welsh fightback". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[44] "Guinness Six Nations Rugby News".

[45] "Six Nations: Winning before milestones for Greig Laidlaw".

[46] Anderson, Gavin (14 March 2016). "Scotland urged to finish Six Nations in style after handing England title with France win". Daily Express. Retrieved 21 March 2016.

[47] "Rampant Wales sign off in style in Cardiff". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[48] "Ireland finish on a high in Dublin thriller". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[49] "Clinical England seal the Grand Slam". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[50] "BBC and ITV bid wins Six Nations TV rights until 2021". BBC News. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

[51] "Rugbyimweb.de".

[52] "How to follow the Six Nations on RTÉ Sport". RTÉ Sport. 3 February 2016.

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