The Six Nations Championship is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions are Ireland, who won the 2023 tournament.
The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England have won the championship on 29 occasions, winning the Grand Slam 14 times and the Triple Crown 26 times, making them the most successful outright winners in the tournament's history. They are currently the only team from the Northern Hemisphere to win the Rugby World Cup, having won the tournament in 2003, and have been runners-up on three further occasions.
The Wales national rugby union team represents the Welsh Rugby Union in men's international rugby union. Its governing body, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU), was established in 1881, the same year that Wales played their first international against England. The team plays its home matches at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which replaced Cardiff Arms Park as the national stadium of Wales in 1999.
Andrew David Farrell is an English professional rugby union coach and former rugby league and rugby union player who has been head coach of the Ireland national team since 2019.
Fabien Galthié is a French rugby union coach and former player, currently the head coach of the France national team.
Stuart William Hogg is a Scottish former professional rugby union player. He has represented Scotland at international level, having made his test debut against Wales during the 2012 Six Nations Championship. He is Scotland's all time leading try-scorer.
Elliot Fitzgerald Daly is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and the England national team.
James Thomas Ritchie is a Scottish professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for United Rugby Championship club Edinburgh and captains the Scotland national team.
Antoine Dupont is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Toulouse and captains the France national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the world and of his generation.
Cyril Baille is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team.
Thomas Ramos is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Toulouse and the France national team. Ramos is considered to be one of the best fullbacks and place-kickers in the world.
William James Stuart is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Bath and the England national team.
Lindsay Yoan Zouma is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for National League South club Havant & Waterlooville.
Maxime Lucu is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Top 14 club Bordeaux Bègles and the France national team.
Jules Favre is a French rugby union player, who plays for Stade Rochelais.
Léo Berdeu is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Top 14 club Lyon.
Andrew Chidozie Robert Onyeama-Christie is a professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Gallagher Premiership club Saracens. Born in England, he represents Scotland at international level after qualifying on ancestry grounds.
Ethan Dumortier is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Top 14 club Lyon and the France national team.
The 2023 Six Nations Championship is the 24th Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union tournament contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Unlike the Rugby World Cup, teams are not required to name a limited squad for the tournament, and may call up players freely for each match.
