2016 Six Nations Championship

2016 Six Nations Championship
Date 6 February – 19 March 2016
Countries
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Official website Six Nations Website
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The 2016 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2016 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland, will be the 17th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

It will be 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 will be the 122nd edition of the tournament.[1]

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity City
 England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 London
 France Stade de France 81,338 Saint-Denis
 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 Dublin
 Italy Stadio Olimpico 73,261 Rome
 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh
 Wales Millennium Stadium 74,500 Cardiff

    Table

    Position Nation Games Points Tries Table
    points
    Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
    1 Ireland 000000000
    2 England 000000000
    3 Wales 000000000
    4 France 000000000
    5 Italy 000000000
    6 Scotland 000000000
    Source: RBS 6 Nations Table (accessed 25 March 2015)

    Fixtures

    Week 1

    6 February 2016
    15:25 CET (UTC+1)
    France  v  Italy
    6 February 2016
    16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
    Scotland  v  England
    7 February 2016
    15:25 GMT (UTC+0)
    Ireland  v  Wales

    Week 2

    13 February 2016
    15:25 CET (UTC+1)
    France  v  Ireland
    13 February 2016
    16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
    Wales  v  Scotland
    14 February 2016
    15:00 CET (UTC+1)
    Italy  v  England

    Week 3

    26 February 2016
    20:05 GMT (UTC+0)
    Wales  v  France
    27 February 2016
    15:25 CET (UTC+1)
    Italy  v  Scotland
    27 February 2016
    16:50 GMT (UTC+0)
    England  v  Ireland

    Week 4

    12 March 2016
    13:30 GMT (UTC+0)
    Ireland  v  Italy
    12 March 2016
    16:00 GMT (UTC+0)
    England  v  Wales
    13 March 2016
    15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
    Scotland  v  France

    Week 5

    19 March 2016
    14:30 GMT (UTC+0)
    Wales  v  Italy
    19 March 2016
    17:00 GMT (UTC+0)
    Ireland  v  Scotland
    19 March 2016
    21:00 CET (UTC+1)
    France  v  England

    References

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