2023 Six Nations Championship

2023 Six Nations Championship
2023 Six Nations Championship
Date	4 February – 18 March 2023
Countries	England ; France ; Ireland ; Italy ; Scotland ; Wales ;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (15th title)
Grand Slam	Ireland (4th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (13th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	1,010,930 (67,395 per match)
Tries scored	91 (6.07 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Thomas Ramos ; (84 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Damian Penaud ; (5 tries)
Player of the tournament	Antoine Dupont
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Last updated April 29, 2024

The men's 2023 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It was the 129th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). France entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the Grand Slam in 2022.

Ireland won the tournament for a 15th time, along with a 13th Triple Crown and a fourth Grand Slam; it was also the first time they won the title in Dublin.^[2] In beating England in their final game on 18 March, Ireland completed a full set of consecutive victories over all the other tier-one international sides.^[3] In total 91 tries were scored in the Championship, a Championship record.^[4]

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Steve Borthwick	Owen Farrell
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié	Antoine Dupont
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Johnny Sexton
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	73,261	Rome	Kieran Crowley	Michele Lamaro
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	Jamie Ritchie
Wales	Millennium Stadium	73,931	Cardiff	Warren Gatland	Ken Owens

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	GS	TB	LB	Pts	IRE	FRA	SCO	ENG	WAL	ITA
1	Ireland	5	5	0	151	72	+79	20	6	3	4	0	27	—	32–19		29–16
2	France	5	4	1	174	115	+59	21	14	0	4	0	20		—	32–21		41–28
3	Scotland	5	3	2	118	98	+20	17	12	0	3	0	15	7–22		—		35–7	26–14
4	England	5	2	3	100	135	−35	13	18	0	1	1	10		10–53	23–29	—		31–14
5	Wales	5	1	4	84	147	−63	11	19	0	2	0	6	10–34			10–20	—
6	Italy	5	0	5	89	149	−60	9	22	0	0	1	1	20–34	24–29			17–29	—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Table ranking rules^[5]

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

The tournament's fixtures were announced on 20 April 2022.^[6] There were no Friday night fixtures. Other than the final weekend, the three kick-off time slots were the same each weekend of the tournament.

Round 1

4 February 2023
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	10–34	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: L. Williams 46' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 46' Pen: Biggar (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Doris 2' c Ryan 9' c Lowe 21' c Van der Flier 73' c Con: Sexton (3/3) 3', 10', 22' Byrne (1/1) 73' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 19', 28'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Karl Dickson (England)


FB	15	Liam Williams	64'
RW	14	Josh Adams
OC	13	George North
IC	12	Joe Hawkins
LW	11	Rio Dyer		69'
FH	10	Dan Biggar		68'
SH	9	Tomos Williams		64'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric		54'
BF	6	Jac Morgan
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones		61'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Tomas Francis		40'
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)		61'
LP	1	Gareth Thomas		54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Baldwin		61'
PR	17	Rhys Carré		54'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis		40'
LK	19	Dafydd Jenkins		61'
FL	20	Tommy Reffell		54'
SH	21	Rhys Webb		64'
FH	22	Owen Williams		68'
WG	23	Alex Cuthbert		69'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Stuart McCloskey	60'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	69'
SH	9	Conor Murray	64'
N8	8	Caelan Doris
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	60'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne	54'
TP	3	Finlay Bealham	60'
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	74'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	74'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	74'
PR	18	Tom O'Toole	60'
LK	19	Iain Henderson	54'
N8	20	Jack Conan	60'
SH	21	Craig Casey	64'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	69'
CE	23	Bundee Aki	60'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Hugo Keenan (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Angus Gardner (Australia)
Luke Pearce (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) was originally named at full-back, but he was replaced by Liam Williams ahead of the match, after suffering a back spasm in training.^[7]
Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland) was originally named at scrum-half, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. He was replaced in the starting line-up by Conor Murray, whose place in the bench was taken by Craig Casey.^[8]
Cian Healy (Ireland) was originally named among the replacements, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. His place was taken by Dave Kilcoyne.^[8]
Ireland won at the Millennium Stadium in a Six Nations match for the first time since 2013.

4 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	23–29	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Malins (2) 24' m, 38' m Genge 48' c Con: Farrell (1/3) 49' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 43', 65'	Report	Try: Jones 15' c Van der Merwe (2) 29' m, 74' c White 51' c Con: Russell (3/4) 16', 53', 76' Pen: Russell (1/1) 69'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,545
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Joe Marchant	76'
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Ollie Hassell-Collins	65'
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Jack van Poortvliet	59'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt	56'
OF	7	Ben Curry	61'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam
RL	5	Ollie Chessum
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	61'
HK	2	Jamie George
LP	1	Ellis Genge	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jack Walker
PR	17	Mako Vunipola	61'
PR	18	Dan Cole	61'
LK	19	Nick Isiekwe	61'
FL	20	Ben Earl	56'
SH	21	Ben Youngs	59'
CE	22	Ollie Lawrence	76'
WG	23	Anthony Watson	65'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick


FB	15	Stuart Hogg	66'
RW	14	Kyle Steyn
OC	13	Huw Jones	76'
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ben White	70'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Luke Crosbie	59'
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist	66'
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	WP Nel	59'
HK	2	George Turner	59'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown	59'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	66'
PR	18	Simon Berghan	59'
LK	19	Jonny Gray	66'
FL	20	Jack Dempsey	59'
SH	21	George Horne	70'
FH	22	Blair Kinghorn	66'
CE	23	Chris Harris	76'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
James Doleman (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Notes:

Ollie Hassell-Collins (England) made his international debut.^[9]
Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup.
Scotland won three consecutive games against England for the first time since 1972, and registered successive away wins against England for the first time since 1909.^[10]
With this win, Scotland moved up to fifth in the World Rugby Rankings, equalling their highest position, last set in May 2018.^[11]

5 February 2023
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) Italy	24–29	France (1 BP)
Try: Capuozzo 32' m Penalty try 51' Pen: Allan (4/5) 14', 23', 40+2', 62'	Report	Try: Flament 5' c Ramos 19' m Dumortier 27' c Jalibert 67' c Con: Ramos (3/4) 6', 28', 68' Pen: Ramos (1/2) 47'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 41,232
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Ange Capuozzo
RW	14	Pierre Bruno	67'
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Luca Morisi
LW	11	Tommaso Menoncello
FH	10	Tommaso Allan
SH	9	Stephen Varney	75'
N8	8	Lorenzo Cannone	69'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	66'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone	69'
TP	3	Simone Ferrari	57'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera	69'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	69'
PR	17	Federico Zani	69'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	57'
LK	19	Edoardo Iachizzi	69'
FL	20	Giovanni Pettinelli	69'
FL	21	Manuel Zuliani	66'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco	75'
FB	23	Edoardo Padovani	67'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Thomas Ramos
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Yoram Moefana
LW	11	Ethan Dumortier
FH	10	Romain Ntamack		65'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt		62'
OF	7	Charles Ollivon	52'
BF	6	Anthony Jelonch
RL	5	Paul Willemse		54'
LL	4	Thibaud Flament
TP	3	Uini Atonio		52'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		62'
LP	1	Cyril Baille		52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaëtan Barlot		62'
PR	17	Reda Wardi		52'
PR	18	Sipili Falatea		52'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		54'
LK	20	Thomas Lavault
FL	21	Sekou Macalou		62'
SH	22	Nolann Le Garrec
FH	23	Matthieu Jalibert		65'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Antoine Dupont (France)

Assistant referees:
Nic Berry (Australia)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Edoardo Iachizzi (Italy) and Ethan Dumortier (France) made their international debuts.^[12]
France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

Round 2

11 February 2023
14:15 WET (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	32–19	France
Try: Keenan 8' c Lowe 21' m Porter 26' c Ringrose 71' c Con: Sexton (2/3) 10', 26' Byrne (1/1) 73' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 40' Byrne (1/1) 59'	Report	Try: Penaud 17' c Con: Ramos (1/1) 18' Pen: Ramos (3/4) 4', 14', 32' Drop: Ramos (1/1) 61'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700^[13]
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Garry Ringrose
IC	12	Stuart McCloskey	65'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	47'
SH	9	Conor Murray	51'
N8	8	Caelan Doris
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	51'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne	45'
TP	3	Finlay Bealham	61'
HK	2	Rob Herring	25'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher	25'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	69'
PR	18	Tom O'Toole	61'
LK	19	Iain Henderson	45'
N8	20	Jack Conan	56'
SH	21	Craig Casey	56'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	47'
CE	23	Bundee Aki	65'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Thomas Ramos		61'
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Yoram Moefana		25'	37'
LW	11	Ethan Dumortier
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt		51'
OF	7	Charles Ollivon		69'
BF	6	Anthony Jelonch
RL	5	Paul Willemse		45'
LL	4	Thibaud Flament
TP	3	Uini Atonio	24'			51'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		73'
LP	1	Cyril Baille		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaëtan Barlot		73'
PR	17	Reda Wardi		51'
PR	18	Sipili Falatea		25'	37'	51'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		45'
FL	20	François Cros		69'
FL	21	Sekou Macalou		51'
SH	22	Baptiste Couilloud
FH	23	Matthieu Jalibert		61'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Caelan Doris (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Jordan Way (Australia)
Television match official:
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Notes:

Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter and James Ryan (all Ireland) earned their 50th international test caps.^[14]
Prior to this game, Ireland were ranked 1st in the men's World Rugby Rankings and France were 2nd, the first time that a Six Nations Championship match had brought the world's top two teams together.^[15]^[16]
This was Ireland's 13th consecutive win at home, their longest consecutive run of home victories.^[17]
Ireland brought to an end France's 14-match unbeaten run dating back to November 2021.^[18]

11 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	35–7	Wales
Try: Turner 29' c Steyn (2) 50' c, 57' m Kinghorn 70' m M. Fagerson 78' m Con: Russell (2/5) 31', 52' Pen: Russell (2/2) 8', 14'	Report	Try: Owens 33' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 35'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg		13'
RW	14	Kyle Steyn
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu		71'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ben White		58'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Luke Crosbie		36'	42'	44'
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist		64'
LL	4	Richie Gray
TP	3	Zander Fagerson		64'
HK	2	George Turner	32'			58'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown		36'	42'	58'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti		64'
PR	18	WP Nel		64'
LK	19	Jonny Gray		64'
FL	20	Jack Dempsey				44'
SH	21	George Horne		58'
FH	22	Blair Kinghorn		13'
CE	23	Chris Harris		71'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Liam Williams	56'
RW	14	Josh Adams				58'
OC	13	George North		33'	40'
IC	12	Joe Hawkins
LW	11	Rio Dyer
FH	10	Dan Biggar		56'
SH	9	Tomos Williams		56'
N8	8	Jac Morgan		52'
OF	7	Tommy Reffell
BF	6	Christ Tshiunza
RL	5	Adam Beard
LL	4	Dafydd Jenkins		65'
TP	3	Dillon Lewis		64'
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)		64'
LP	1	Wyn Jones		52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Baldwin		64'
PR	17	Rhys Carré		52'
PR	18	Leon Brown		64'
LK	19	Rhys Davies		65'
N8	20	Taulupe Faletau		52'
SH	21	Rhys Webb	82'	56'
FH	22	Rhys Patchell		56'
WG	23	Alex Cuthbert		33'	40'	58'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Player of the Match:
Finn Russell (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Rhys Davies (Wales) made his international debut.^[19]
Stuart Hogg (Scotland) earned his 100th international cap (98 for Scotland, 2 for the British & Irish Lions).^[20]
This was Scotland's biggest win over Wales, surpassing the 25-point winning margin set in 1924.^[21]
Scotland won back-to-back matches in the opening rounds of the Six Nations for the first time.^[22]
Wales lost their opening two Six Nations games for the first time since 2007.^[23]
Scotland reclaimed the Doddie Weir Cup.^[24]

12 February 2023
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	31–14	Italy
Try: Willis 12' c Chessum 27' c George 36' m Penalty try 49' Arundell 69' m Con: Farrell (2/4) 13', 28'	Report	Try: Riccioni 43' c Fusco 63' c Con: Allan (2/2) 43', 63'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,609
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins
OC	13	Henry Slade	72'
IC	12	Ollie Lawrence
LW	11	Ollie Hassell-Collins	54'
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Jack van Poortvliet	59'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt	65'
OF	7	Jack Willis	52'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam
RL	5	Ollie Chessum
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	49'
HK	2	Jamie George	73'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jack Walker	73'
PR	17	Mako Vunipola	54'
PR	18	Dan Cole	49'
LK	19	Nick Isiekwe	65'
FL	20	Ben Earl	52'
SH	21	Alex Mitchell	59'
FH	22	Marcus Smith	72'
FB	23	Henry Arundell	54'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick


FB	15	Ange Capuozzo
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Luca Morisi		46'
LW	11	Tommaso Menoncello
FH	10	Tommaso Allan
SH	9	Stephen Varney		62'
N8	8	Lorenzo Cannone	26'	56'	78'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)		23'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri			54'	60'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone		74'	80'
TP	3	Marco Riccioni		47'	54'	60'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera		60'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti		54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi		60'
PR	17	Federico Zani		54'
PR	18	Simone Ferrari	49'	47'
LK	19	Edoardo Iachizzi		74'
N8	20	Jake Polledri		56'	80'
FL	21	Manuel Zuliani		23'	78'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco		62'
WG	23	Pierre Bruno		46'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Ollie Lawrence (England)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Tual Trainini (France)
Television match official:
Eric Gauzins (France)

Notes:

Jack Walker (England) made his international debut.^[25]
Dan Cole (England) earned his 100th international cap (97 for England, 3 for the British & Irish Lions).^{[ citation needed ]}

Round 3

25 February 2023
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	20–34	Ireland (1 BP)
Try: Varney 6' c Bruno 40' c Con: P. Garbisi (2/2) 7', 40' Pen: P. Garbisi (2/2) 18', 55'	Report	Try: Ryan 2' m Keenan 12' c Aki 19' c Hansen (2) 34' m, 70' c Con: Byrne (3/5) 13', 21', 71' Pen: Byrne (1/1) 64'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 51,034^[26]
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)


FB	15	Ange Capuozzo
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Tommaso Menoncello	77'
LW	11	Pierre Bruno
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi	72'
SH	9	Stephen Varney	67'
N8	8	Lorenzo Cannone	64'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Sebastian Negri
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone	64'
TP	3	Simone Ferrari	46'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera	30'	40'	60'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi	30'	40'	60'
PR	17	Federico Zani	60'
PR	18	Marco Riccioni	46'
LK	19	Edoardo Iachizzi	64'
FL	20	Giovanni Pettinelli	64'
SH	21	Alessandro Fusco	67'
CE	22	Luca Morisi	77'
FH	23	Tommaso Allan	72'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Bundee Aki
IC	12	Stuart McCloskey	72'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Ross Byrne	77'
SH	9	Craig Casey	64'
N8	8	Jack Conan	56'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Caelan Doris
RL	5	James Ryan (c)
LL	4	Iain Henderson	52'
TP	3	Finlay Bealham	36'
HK	2	Rónan Kelleher	56'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dan Sheehan	56'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	64'
PR	18	Tom O'Toole	36'
LK	19	Ryan Baird	52'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	56'
SH	21	Conor Murray	64'
FH	22	Jack Crowley	77'
WG	23	Jimmy O'Brien	72'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Mack Hansen (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Garry Ringrose (Ireland) was originally named to start at outside centre, but withdrew the day before the match due to injury. He was replaced in the starting line-up by Stuart McCloskey, who started at inside centre with Bundee Aki moving to outside centre. McCloskey's place on the bench was taken by Jimmy O'Brien.^[27]

25 February 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	10–20	England
Try: Rees-Zammit 40' c Con: Halfpenny (1/1) 41' Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 21'	Report	Try: Watson 18' m Sinckler 44' c Lawrence 74' m Con: Farrell (1/3) 44' Pen: Farrell (1/3) 9'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,007
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Josh Adams	54'
OC	13	Mason Grady
IC	12	Joe Hawkins
LW	11	Louis Rees-Zammit
FH	10	Owen Williams	54'
SH	9	Tomos Williams	68'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Christ Tshiunza	63'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones	63'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Tomas Francis	55'
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)	68'
LP	1	Gareth Thomas	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Bradley Roberts	68'
PR	17	Rhys Carré	55'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	55'
LK	19	Dafydd Jenkins	63'
FL	20	Tommy Reffell	63'
SH	21	Kieran Hardy	68'
FH	22	Dan Biggar	54'
CE	23	Nick Tompkins	54'
Coach:
Warren Gatland


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins	79'
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Ollie Lawrence
LW	11	Anthony Watson
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)	79'
SH	9	Jack van Poortvliet	72'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt	68'
OF	7	Jack Willis	59'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam
RL	5	Ollie Chessum
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	64'
HK	2	Jamie George	79'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jack Walker	79'
PR	17	Mako Vunipola	54'
PR	18	Dan Cole	64'
LK	19	Courtney Lawes	68'
FL	20	Ben Curry	59'
SH	21	Alex Mitchell	72'
FH	22	Marcus Smith	79'
FB	23	Henry Arundell	79'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick

Player of the Match:
Freddie Steward (England)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Mason Grady (Wales) made his international debut.^[28]
England won in Cardiff for the first time since their 21–16 victory in 2017.^[29]
Wales fell to tenth in the World Rugby Rankings, equalling their worst-ever placement.^[30]

26 February 2023
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) France	32–21	Scotland
Try: Ntamack 4' c Dumortier 7' m Ramos 18' c Fickou 79' c Con: Ramos (3/4) 5', 20', 80+1' Pen: Ramos (2/2) 35', 57'	Report	Try: Jones (2) 25' c, 47' c Russell 67' c Con: Russell (3/3) 25', 48', 68'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)


FB	15	Thomas Ramos
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Yoram Moefana
LW	11	Ethan Dumortier
FH	10	Romain Ntamack		68'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt		12'
OF	7	Charles Ollivon
BF	6	Anthony Jelonch		6'	13'	24'
RL	5	Paul Willemse		53'
LL	4	Thibaud Flament
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	12'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		68'
LP	1	Cyril Baille		62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaëtan Barlot		68'
PR	17	Reda Wardi		62'
PR	18	Sipili Falatea		12'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		53'
FL	20	François Cros		6'	13'	24'
FL	21	Sekou Macalou
SH	22	Baptiste Couilloud
FH	23	Matthieu Jalibert		68'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Stuart Hogg
RW	14	Kyle Steyn		68'
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell
SH	9	Ben White		57'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson		57'
OF	7	Hamish Watson		10'
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist	7'
LL	4	Richie Gray		70'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson		63'
HK	2	George Turner		63'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown		63'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti		63'
PR	18	WP Nel		63'
LK	19	Jonny Gray		10'
LK	20	Sam Skinner		70'
FL	21	Jack Dempsey		57'
SH	22	Ali Price		57'
FH	23	Blair Kinghorn		68'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Gaël Fickou (France)

Assistant referees:
Karl Dickson (England)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

France retained the Auld Alliance Trophy.
Mohamed Haouas (France) became the first player to receive two career red cards in Six Nations Championship matches, his first also coming against Scotland in 2020.^[31]
This was the 100th meeting between France and Scotland.^[32]

Round 4

11 March 2023
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	17–29	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Negri 42' c Brex 67' c Con: Allan (2/2) 43', 67' Pen: Allan (1/1) 15'	Report	Try: Dyer 8' c L. Williams 17' m Penalty try 33' Faletau 49' c Con: O. Williams (2/3) 9', 50' Pen: O. Williams (1/1) 6'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 61,536
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)


FB	15	Tommaso Allan
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Tommaso Menoncello		59'
LW	11	Pierre Bruno	44'
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Stephen Varney		56'
N8	8	Lorenzo Cannone	33'	60'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)		76'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri		52'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Niccolò Cannone
TP	3	Simone Ferrari		32'	38'	48'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera		52'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti		61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luca Bigi		52'
PR	17	Federico Zani		61'
PR	18	Marco Riccioni		32'	38'	48'
LK	19	Edoardo Iachizzi		60'
FL	20	Giovanni Pettinelli		76'
FL	21	Manuel Zuliani		52'
SH	22	Alessandro Fusco		56'
CE	23	Luca Morisi		59'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Liam Williams	61'
RW	14	Josh Adams	51'
OC	13	Mason Grady
IC	12	Joe Hawkins
LW	11	Rio Dyer
FH	10	Owen Williams
SH	9	Rhys Webb	53'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Jac Morgan	59'
RL	5	Dafydd Jenkins	68'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Tomas Francis	52'
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)	68'	73'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	45'
Replacements:
HK	16	Scott Baldwin	68'	73'
PR	17	Gareth Thomas	45'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	52'
LK	19	Rhys Davies	68'
FL	20	Tommy Reffell	59'
SH	21	Tomos Williams	53'
CE	22	George North	61'
WG	23	Louis Rees-Zammit	51'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Player of the Match:
Rhys Webb (Wales)

Assistant referees:
Karl Dickson (England)
Chris Busby (Ireland)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

11 March 2023
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	10–53	France (1 BP)
Try: Steward 47' c Con: Smith (1/1) 48' Pen: Smith (1/1) 33'	Report	Try: Ramos 1' c Flament (2) 25' c, 56' c Ollivon (2) 40' c, 59' c Penaud (2) 71' c, 74' m Con: Ramos (6/7) 3', 26', 42', 58', 60', 72' Pen: Ramos (2/2) 6', 35'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Freddie Steward
RW	14	Max Malins	58'
OC	13	Henry Slade	45'
IC	12	Ollie Lawrence	60'
LW	11	Anthony Watson
FH	10	Marcus Smith
SH	9	Jack van Poortvliet	45'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt	75'
OF	7	Jack Willis	52'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam
RL	5	Ollie Chessum
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	64'
HK	2	Jamie George
LP	1	Ellis Genge (c)	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jack Walker	60'
PR	17	Mako Vunipola	64'
PR	18	Dan Cole	64'
LK	19	David Ribbans	75'
FL	20	Ben Curry	52'
SH	21	Alex Mitchell	45'
FH	22	Owen Farrell	45'
FB	23	Henry Arundell	58'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick


FB	15	Thomas Ramos
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty	64'
LW	11	Ethan Dumortier
FH	10	Romain Ntamack	73'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	68'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon	62'
BF	6	François Cros
RL	5	Paul Willemse	49'
LL	4	Thibaud Flament
TP	3	Dorian Aldegheri	49'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	60'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	60'
PR	17	Reda Wardi	60'
PR	18	Sipili Falatea	49'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	49'
FL	20	Sekou Macalou	62'
SH	21	Maxime Lucu	68'
CE	22	Yoram Moefana	64'
FB	23	Melvyn Jaminet	73'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Thomas Ramos (France)

Assistant referees:
Jaco Peyper (South Africa)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)

Notes:

France won against England at Twickenham for the first time since 2007, and in a Six Nations match at Twickenham for the first time since 2005.^[33]
France scored their most points against England (previously 37 points in 1972) to set a new record winning margin over England (previously 25 last set in 2006).
This was England's heaviest defeat at home (43-point difference), surpassing the 36 points to South Africa in 2008, and was the most points they had conceded at home, surpassing the 42 points conceded in the same game.^[34]
This was England's heaviest defeat in any Home, Five or Six Nations match, surpassing the 43–13 loss to Ireland in 2007, and the most points conceded (surpassing the same game).

12 March 2023
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	7–22	Ireland
Try: Jones 16' c Con: Russell (1/1) 17'	Report	Try: Hansen 27' m Lowe 56' c Conan 61' c Con: Sexton (2/3) 57', 62' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 12'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg	64'
RW	14	Kyle Steyn
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Finn Russell	80'
SH	9	Ben White	58'
N8	8	Jack Dempsey
OF	7	Jamie Ritchie (c)
BF	6	Matt Fagerson	66'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Richie Gray	5'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	53'
HK	2	George Turner	58'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown	58'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	53'
PR	18	Simon Berghan	53'
LK	19	Scott Cummings	5'
FL	20	Hamish Watson	66'
SH	21	Ali Price	58'
FH	22	Blair Kinghorn	64'
CE	23	Chris Harris	80'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Garry Ringrose		72'
IC	12	Bundee Aki	66'	72'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	70'
SH	9	Conor Murray	53'
N8	8	Caelan Doris	12'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Iain Henderson	23'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	64'
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	18'
LP	1	Andrew Porter
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher	18'	48'
PR	17	Cian Healy		48'
PR	18	Tom O'Toole	64'
LK	19	Ryan Baird	23'
N8	20	Jack Conan	12'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park	53'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	70'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw	66'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Mack Hansen (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Stuart Terheege (England)

Notes:

Stuart Hogg (Scotland) became the fourth Scotsman to earn his 100th test cap for Scotland.^[35]
Garry Ringrose (Ireland) earned his 50th international test cap.
Johnny Sexton (Ireland) matched Ronan O'Gara's record as the leading point scorer in Six Nations Championship (557 points).^[36]
Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich.
Ireland become the first team to record 80 wins across all editions of the Six Nations Championship.

Round 5

18 March 2023
12:30 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	26–14	Italy
Try: Van der Merwe 12' m Kinghorn (3) 29' c, 43' c, 80' c Con: Kinghorn (3/4) 30', 45', 80+1'	Report	Try: Allan 61' m Pen: Allan (2/2) 7', 15' P. Garbisi (1/1) 65'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)


FB	15	Ollie Smith	67'
RW	14	Kyle Steyn
OC	13	Huw Jones
IC	12	Sione Tuipulotu	67'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Blair Kinghorn
SH	9	Ben White	59'
N8	8	Jack Dempsey
OF	7	Hamish Watson	50'
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie (c)
RL	5	Jonny Gray	59'
LL	4	Sam Skinner
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	70'
HK	2	George Turner	50'
LP	1	Pierre Schoeman	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ewan Ashman	50'
PR	17	Rory Sutherland	59'
PR	18	WP Nel	70'
LK	19	Scott Cummings	59'
FL	20	Matt Fagerson	50'
SH	21	Ali Price	59'
FH	22	Ben Healy	67'
CE	23	Cameron Redpath	67'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Tommaso Allan
RW	14	Pierre Bruno
OC	13	Ignacio Brex
IC	12	Luca Morisi		70'
LW	11	Simone Gesi		28'	39'
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Alessandro Fusco		50'
N8	8	Lorenzo Cannone		59'
OF	7	Michele Lamaro (c)
BF	6	Sebastian Negri		45'
RL	5	Federico Ruzza
LL	4	Edoardo Iachizzi		22'	32'	45'
TP	3	Marco Riccioni	28'			56'	78'
HK	2	Giacomo Nicotera		72'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Marco Manfredi		72'
PR	17	Federico Zani		56'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli		28'	39'	56'	78'
LK	19	Niccolò Cannone		22'	32'	45'
FL	20	Giovanni Pettinelli		59'
FL	21	Manuel Zuliani		45'
SH	22	Alessandro Garbisi		50'
CE	23	Marco Zanon		70'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Player of the Match:
Jack Dempsey (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Brett Cronan (Australia)

Notes:

Ben Healy (Scotland), Simone Gesi and Marco Manfredi (both Italy) made their international debuts.^[37]
Tommaso Menoncello (Italy) had been named to start but withdrew ahead of the game and was replaced by Luca Morisi and Marco Zanon replaced Morisi on the bench.
Scotland retained the Cuttitta Cup.

18 March 2023
15:45 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) France	41–28	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Penaud (2) 9' c, 76' Danty 33' c Atonio 43' c Fickou 48' c Con: Ramos (5/5) 11', 34', 44', 49', 76' Pen: Ramos (2/2) 25', 29'	Report	Try: North 7' c Roberts 55' c T. Williams 65' c Dyer 79' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 7', 56', 66' Halfpenny (1/1) 80'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,635
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)


FB	15	Thomas Ramos
RW	14	Damian Penaud
OC	13	Gaël Fickou
IC	12	Jonathan Danty
LW	11	Ethan Dumortier	74'
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont (c)	74'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon	74'
BF	6	François Cros
RL	5	Romain Taofifenua	59'
LL	4	Thibaud Flament
TP	3	Uini Atonio	47'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	49'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	49'
PR	17	Reda Wardi	49'
PR	18	Sipili Falatea	47'
LK	19	Bastien Chalureau	59'
FL	20	Sekou Macalou	74'
SH	21	Maxime Lucu	74'
CE	22	Yoram Moefana	74'
FB	23	Melvyn Jaminet
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Louis Rees-Zammit	74'
RW	14	Josh Adams
OC	13	George North
IC	12	Nick Tompkins
LW	11	Rio Dyer
FH	10	Dan Biggar	74'
SH	9	Rhys Webb	54'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau	62'
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Aaron Wainwright
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones	24'	37'	44'
LL	4	Adam Beard
TP	3	Tomas Francis	57'
HK	2	Ken Owens (c)	44'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	44'
Replacements:
HK	16	Bradley Roberts	44'
PR	17	Gareth Thomas	44'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	57'
LK	19	Dafydd Jenkins	24'	37'	44'
FL	20	Tommy Reffell	62'
SH	21	Tomos Williams	54'
FH	22	Owen Williams	74'
FB	23	Leigh Halfpenny	74'
Coach:
Warren Gatland

Player of the Match:
Romain Ntamack (France)

Assistant referees:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

Notes:

Taulupe Faletau (Wales) became the eighth Welshman to earn 100 test caps for Wales.^[38]
Uini Atonio (France) and Dillon Lewis (Wales) earned their 50th test caps.
France scored their most points against Wales when at home, surpassing the 38 points scored in 2020.
George North (Wales) surpassed Shane Williams's record of 22 Six Nations tries to become Wales' top try scorer in the Six Nations.
France surpass their record of 18 tries scored in a Six Nations campaign set in 2006 and 2021 and surpass their own record of 156 points scored in a campaign set in 2002.
Wales surpass their worst defensive record in a Six Nations campaign, conceding a total of 19 tries. It was previously 18 tries conceded in 2002.

18 March 2023
17:00 WET (UTC+0)

(4 BP) Ireland	29–16	England
Try: Sheehan (2) 32' c, 67' c Henshaw 61' c Herring 76' m Con: Sexton (3/3) 34', 62', 69' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 18'	Report	Try: George 72' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 72' Pen: Farrell (3/3) 7', 14', 50'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,700
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Hugo Keenan	40'
RW	14	Mack Hansen
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	73'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	73'
N8	8	Caelan Doris		78'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony	55'	78'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Ryan Baird	73'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	58'
HK	2	Dan Sheehan	69'
LP	1	Andrew Porter	75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	69'
PR	17	Cian Healy	75'
PR	18	Tom O'Toole	58'
LK	19	Kieran Treadwell	73'
N8	20	Jack Conan	55'
SH	21	Conor Murray	73'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	73'
FB	23	Jimmy O'Brien	40'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Freddie Steward	40'
RW	14	Anthony Watson
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Manu Tuilagi
LW	11	Henry Arundell		58'
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Jack van Poortvliet		69'
N8	8	Alex Dombrandt			64'
OF	7	Jack Willis	75'	52' to 64'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam
RL	5	David Ribbans		69'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler		67'
HK	2	Jamie George
LP	1	Ellis Genge		63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jack Walker
PR	17	Mako Vunipola		63'
PR	18	Dan Cole		67'
LK	19	Nick Isiekwe		69'
FL	20	Ben Curry		52'
SH	21	Alex Mitchell		69'
FH	22	Marcus Smith
CE	23	Joe Marchant		58'
Coach:
Steve Borthwick

Player of the Match:
Dan Sheehan (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Pierre Brousset (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Dan Cole (England) became the fourth player to earn 100 test caps for England.^[39]
Freddie Steward was contentiously sent off during the game following a collision with Hugo Keenan. The red card was later rescinded by a World Rugby citing committee as they ruled that referee Jaco Peyper and his team were wrong to have sent Steward off. ^[40]
Josh van der Flier (Ireland) earned his 50th test cap.^[41]
Ireland won the Championship for the 15th time and a fourth Grand Slam, their first won at home since 1948 and a first home Championship win since 1985.^[42]
Ireland became the first team to win the Triple Crown in back-to-back consecutive years since they last did it in 2006 and 2007.^[43]
Ireland became the first nation to see their senior men's side and under-20s' side win the Grand Slam in the same year.^[44]
Johnny Sexton (Ireland) surpassed Ronan O'Gara's record of 557 points scored in the Six Nations to become the competition's all-time leading point scorer.^[45]
Ireland retained the Millennium Trophy.

Player statistics

Most points

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Thomas Ramos	France	84
2	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	35
3	Tommaso Allan	Italy	34
4	Finn Russell	Scotland	32
5	Owen Farrell	England	28
6	Blair Kinghorn	Scotland	26
7	Damian Penaud	France	25
8	Huw Jones	Scotland	20
9	Ross Byrne	Ireland	16
10	Thibaud Flament	France	15
	Mack Hansen	Ireland
	James Lowe	Ireland
	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland

Most tries

Rank	Name	Team	Tries
1	Damian Penaud	France	5
2	Huw Jones	Scotland	4
2	Blair Kinghorn	Scotland	4
4	Thibaud Flament	France	3
	Mack Hansen	Ireland
	James Lowe	Ireland
	Thomas Ramos	France
	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland
9	Ethan Dumortier	France	2
	Rio Dyer	Wales
	Gaël Fickou	France
	Jamie George	England
	Hugo Keenan	Ireland
	Max Malins	England
	Charles Ollivon	France
	James Ryan	Ireland
	Dan Sheehan	Ireland
	Kyle Steyn	Scotland
	Liam Williams	Wales

Broadcasting

In the United Kingdom, each game was broadcast live on a free-to-air terrestrial TV channel, either the BBC or ITV, as a result of a new deal covering the four years from 2022 to 2025. All of Wales' games were also broadcast on S4C in the Welsh language^[46]

In the Republic of Ireland, all games were shown free-to-air on either RTÉ or Virgin Media under the terms of the new TV rights share.^[47]

References

↑ "Antoine Dupont: France captain named Six Nations player of the championship". BBC Sport. 29 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
↑ Kitson, Robert (18 March 2023). "Ireland clinch Six Nations grand slam after victory over 14-man England". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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2023 Six Nations Championship

Contents

Participants

Squads

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Player statistics

Most points

Most tries

Broadcasting

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