2019 Six Nations Championship

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2019 Six Nations Championship
Date1 February – 16 March 2019
Countries
Tournament statistics
Official websitesixnationsrugby.com
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The 2019 Six Nations Championship will be the 20th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The championship will be contested by France, England, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions Ireland. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it will be the 125th edition of the tournament.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 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

The fixtures were announced on 16 May 2017. The first game of the championship will be a Friday night game between France and Wales.[1]

Round 1

1 February 2019
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
France v Wales
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
2 February 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland v Italy
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
2 February 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland v England
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Round 2

9 February 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland v Ireland
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
9 February 2019
17:45 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Wales
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
10 February 2019
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England v France
Twickenham Stadium, London

Round 3

23 February 2019
15:15 CET (UTC+1)
France v Scotland
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
23 February 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales v England
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
24 February 2019
16:00 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v Ireland
Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Round 4

9 March 2019
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland v Wales
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
9 March 2019
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)
England v Italy
Twickenham Stadium, London
10 March 2019
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland v France
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Round 5

16 March 2019
13:30 CET (UTC+1)
Italy v France
Stadio Olimpico, Rome
16 March 2019
14:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales v Ireland
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
16 March 2019
17:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England v Scotland
Twickenham Stadium, London

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Fixtures announced for 2018 and 2019 Championships". Six Nations Rugby. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

External links

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