2017 Six Nations Championship

Date

4 February – 18 March 2017

Countries

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Official website

Six Nations Website

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The 2017 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2017 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland, will be the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

It will be contested by defending champions England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it will be the 123rd edition of the tournament.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
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

Fixtures

Week 1

4 February 2017
14:25 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	v	Ireland

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

4 February 2017
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)

England	v	France

Twickenham Stadium, London

5 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	v	Wales

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Week 2

11 February 2017
15:25 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	v	Ireland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

11 February 2017
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	v	England

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

12 February 2017
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

France	v	Scotland

Stade de France, Paris

Week 3

25 February 2017
14:25 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	v	Wales

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

25 February 2017
16:50 GMT (UTC+0)

Ireland	v	France

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

26 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+0)

England	v	Italy

Twickenham Stadium, London

Week 4

10 March 2017
20:05 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	v	Ireland

Principality Stadium, Cardiff

11 March 2017
14:30 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	v	France

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

11 March 2017
16:00 GMT (UTC+0)

England	v	Scotland

Twickenham Stadium, London

Week 5

18 March 2017
12:30 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	v	Italy

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

18 March 2017
15:45 CET (UTC+1)

France	v	Wales

Stade de France, Paris

18 March 2017
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Ireland	v	England

Aviva Stadium, Dublin

References

External links

Official site

Six Nations Championship

Teams

Stadiums

Tournaments

Home	1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

Five	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931

Home	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Five	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Six	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Honours

Championship records • Hat-tricks • Under 20s Championship • Women's Championship

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