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2027 Men’s Six Nations fixtures – every match in next year’s championship
Antoine Dupont lifts the Six Nations trophy as France celebrate retaining the title in Paris (AFP/Getty) Your quick guide to the 2027 Men's Six Nations fixtures, in which France will be chasing a hat-trick of titles The 2026 tournament was an epic full of twists and turns
Who has won the Six Nations? Every Men’s Championship winner from 2000 to 2026
France have won the Six Nations eight times, including the 2025 and 2026 editions (FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images) Every men's Six Nations winner since Italy entered the tournament in 2000, including this year's champions France A guide to who has won the Six Nations every year since Italy entered the tournament in 2000 including last year's champions Ireland
Super Rugby R6: Slipper to set new caps mark
James Slipper is set to become the most-capped Super Rugby player of all time when he runs out for his 203rd appearance on Friday night. Check out all the Round 6 team news here!
Six Nations grades: Did England fail? Results for every team, from champions France to Wales
ESPN grades each team after the 2026 Six Nations, with France crowned champions once more.
Six Nations 2026 awards: Moment, try and team of the tournament
ESPN's 2026 Six Nations awards including try, moment and tournament team of the year.
Sale warn England ‘superhuman’ Tom Curry needs time off to prolong career
Sanderson suggests player should miss summer tour Back-rower sustained calf injury during Six Nations Alex Sanderson has warned that Tom Curry’s physical playing style will shorten his career and has suggested England should give him the summer off with the World Cup next year in mind. The back-rower sustained a calf injury in the warmup for England’s Six Nations defeat by Italy in Rome. Sanderson, the Sale director of rugby, said on Tuesday that Curry has a grade-three calf tear and “he’ll be
The Raeburn Shield: Rugby Union’s unknown honour
Rugby Union fans often take jokes at the seemingly endless amount of trophies to be won, but there is one unofficial trophy which perhaps holds the biggest bragging rights amongst fans. The post The Raeburn Shield: Rugby Union’s unknown honour appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Four summary: Peñarol beat Cobras as Pampas hit top spot
Peñarol backed up their first win of the season with a deserved 38-20 home victory over Cobras in Round Four of the 2026 Super Rugby Americas. The post 2026 Super Rugby Americas – Round Four summary: Peñarol beat Cobras as Pampas hit top spot appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
How to watch PREM Rugby: TV & streaming guide for 2025-26 season
Watch PREM Rugby live streams this weekend to see if Bath can do the double over Saracens after beating them 36-29 at the StoneX (David Rogers/Getty Images) How to watch Gallagher PREM live streams as the competition returns from its Six Nations break. This guide explains how to watch PREM Rugby when the 2025-26 season returns this weekend after its Six Nations break. …Continue reading »
The Breakdown | From Ramos to Carré: selecting the best XV of the 2026 Six Nations
The champions France lead with five players but every side is represented in pick from a tournament to savour 15. Thomas Ramos France Plays like the lovechild of Mike Brown and Thomas Castaignède with Jonny Wilkinson levels of marksmanship thrown in. There was never any doubt he would nail that decisive final winning penalty in Paris, just as he did against England in Lyon two years ago. The 30-year-old is the first player to be the top points-scorer in four successive championships and now tops
Inside NSB - the state school at the top of English rugby union
In a sport often dominated by private schools, Northampton School for Boys are one win away from securing a league and cup double.
What is the Six Nations Triple Crown and how can teams win it?
Ireland have claimed four Six Nations Triple Crowns in the last five years (Brendan Moran/Sportsfile via Getty Images) Ireland have won four of the last five Six Nations Triple Crowns available. The Triple Crown is an honour only the four Home Nations can lift within the Six Nations
Eddie Jones says RFU would be ‘foolhardy’ to sack Borthwick before World Cup
‘He is the right man, they should support him’ England finished fifth in the Six Nations Eddie Jones believes the Rugby Football Union should not replace Steve Borthwick as England head coach before the World Cup in Australia next year. England went into the Six Nations on a run of 11 wins and extended that to 12 in the opening game against Wales. They then lost four matches – the first time England had been beaten in four games in a Six Nations campaign – including a first defeat by Italy in
What is the longest losing streak in Men’s Six Nations history?
Defeat has become all-too familiar for the current crop of Wales players (David Rogers/Getty Images) Did Wales' recent run come close to troubling the record books? How many more defeats before Wales start troubling the record books?
Six Nations trophies: All the prizes up for grabs in the tournament
Antoine Dupont holds aloft the Six Nations trophy after Frande’s 2026 victory (Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images) You don’t need to top the championship table to win a Six Nations trophy... What trophies are won during the Six Nations? There are plenty up for grabs so lets take a look at all of them.
2026 Six Nations analysis: What we learned from this year’s tournament
And breathe. After a whirlwind six weeks, the 2026 Six Nations has come and gone just like that. The post 2026 Six Nations analysis: What we learned from this year’s tournament appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Men’s Six Nations: All you need to know including 2026 results, 2027 fixtures and previous winners
Louis Bielle-Biarrey’s France team won the Men’s Six Nations for the second year in a row in 2026 (Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images) The northern hemisphere’s greatest rugby tournament is over for another year. The men's Six Nations concludes on Saturday 15 March with Super Saturday. Three sides can still win the championship. Here’s all you need to know about the northern hemisphere’s biggest and most beloved rugby tournament.
From Rugby Star to All Black Slot – The Biggest Rugby Games to Try This Year
Rugby fans are known for their passion. Even when the weekend matches are over, there’s still the need to keep the rugby energy going somehow. These days, gaming has become one of the easiest ways to do exactly that. Over the years developers have experimented with plenty of rugby-inspired titles. Some games recreate the tactics […] The post From Rugby Star to All Black Slot – The Biggest Rugby Games to Try This Year appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Rare Irish cheers for England in vain but Ireland finish strong in Dublin
Ireland's Six Nations dream fell agonisingly short in the end, but spirits remain high after a promising campaign for Andy Farrell's side which was capped off with a Triple Crown.
The rugby number that says the most about 2026 is 7.4
That was the average number of tries per match in this year’s men’s Six Nations, after the tournament produced a record 111 tries across 15 games according to a report from WinSportsOnline. For a sport that used to treat 20 points as a solid winning total, that figure says everything about where elite rugby is […] The post The rugby number that says the most about 2026 is 7.4 appeared first on The Rugby Paper.
Six Nations 2026: our writers pick their tournament highlights
From the brilliance of Bielle-Biarrey to Carré’s jaw-dropping try, our highs and lows from a sensational championship Player of the tournament Impossible to look past Louis Bielle-Biarrey who, among assorted records, has become the first player to score a try in every Six Nations game in successive seasons. But Italy’s Tommaso Menoncello and Ireland’s Stuart McCloskey also deserve a podium place. Continue reading...
Who makes BBC pundits' Six Nations team of the tournament?
BBC Sport pundits John Barclay and Sam Warburton picks for their teams of the tournament for the 2026 Six Nations.
Who did BBC pundits pick in their Six Nations teams of tournament?
Former Wales captain Sam Warburton and former Scotland skipper John Barclay discuss their Six Nations teams of the tournament.
England's worst-ever Six Nations ends with blueprint, but frustration - and a search for answers
After England suffered their worst-ever Six Nation's campaign, ESPN's Tom Hamilton looks at where it all unravelled -- and if there's any hope for the future.
Still crazy: chaotic Six Nations showed the timeless appeal of great sporting drama | Robert Kitson
France’s dramatic triumph was proof that Test rugby played at full throttle ranks among the most compelling spectacles L’Équipe’s front page headline summed it up perfectly. “So Crazy” did not just reflect Saturday night’s dizzying blur of a game in the Stade de France but pretty much the entire 2026 men’s Six Nations championship. Wales beat Italy who defeated Scotland who beat France who beat Ireland who beat England who, you’ve guessed it, beat Wales. Rugby, eh? And maybe that is the single b
How the Welsh forwards stepped up this Six Nations
BBC Sport pundit Sam Warburton analyses how Wales have made their "powerful" forward pack the foundation of their attack over the course of the 2026 Six Nations.
How England 'threw away' chance at famous win
BBC Sport pundits Ugo Monye, Sam Warburton and John Barclay look at how England's lack of discipline in the final minutes of both halves led to England's 48-46 defeat to France on Six Nations Super Saturday at the Stade de France.
Paris paradox: did Borthwick liberate England or was it down to player power? | Gerard Meagher
Despite a huge upswing in performance against France, the head coach still has a case to answer for what went wrong in the Six Nations Did England play like that because of Steve Borthwick or in spite of him? For all that the Rugby Football Union will deep dive, look under the bonnet, get into the weeds – pick your own favourite bit of corporate speak – it is the fundamental question that Bill Sweeney and his review panel must ask in the coming weeks. Did Borthwick liberate his players against F
George backs Borthwick despite worst-ever 6N
Jamie George has backed head coach Steve Borthwick and his staff to continue coaching the team into the 2027 Rugby World Cup after England fell to their worst ever return in the Six Nations.
George backs Borthwick to lead England at World Cup and takes aim at South Africa
Coach ‘the perfect person’ to lead side into World Cup Springboks game ‘an amazing opportunity’ for players Jamie George has insisted England can go toe-to-toe with South Africa when they lock horns with the world champions in July and believes his side will be among the favourites for next year’s World Cup if Steve Borthwick remains as head coach. England are on a disappointing run of four straight defeats but, while Saturday’s 48-46 loss to France condemned them to their worst Six Nations c