2023 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2023 Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the TikTok Women's Six Nations for marketing purposes, was the 22nd series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It began on 25 March and concluded on 29 April 2023.[1]
2023 Women's Six Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 25 March – 29 April 2023 | ||
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Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | ![]() | ||
Grand Slam | ![]() | ||
Triple Crown | ![]() | ||
Matches played | 15 | ||
Tries scored | 122 (8.13 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | ![]() | ||
Top try scorer(s) | ![]() | ||
Official website | Official website | ||
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England entered the tournament as defending champions, having completed a Grand Slam in 2022 and retained their title with a 38–33 victory over France in the final game.
Participants
Nation | Stadiums | Head coach | Captain | ||
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Home stadium | Capacity | Location | |||
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Kingston Park[2] | 10,200 | Newcastle | ![]() |
Sarah Hunter Marlie Packer[lower-alpha 1] |
Franklin's Gardens | 15,200 | Northampton | |||
Twickenham Stadium | 82,000 | London | |||
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Stade de la Rabine[4] | 11,303 | Vannes | ![]() ![]() |
Gaëlle Hermet |
Stade des Alpes | 20,068 | Grenoble | |||
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Musgrave Park | 8,008 | Cork | ![]() |
Nichola Fryday |
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Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi | 5,000 | Parma | ![]() |
Manuela Furlan |
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Edinburgh Rugby Stadium[7] | 7,800 | Edinburgh | ![]() |
Rachel Malcolm |
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Cardiff Arms Park | 12,125 | Cardiff | ![]() |
Hannah Jones |
Squads
Table
Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points |
Table points | ||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | T BP | L BP | GS BP | |||
1 | ![]() |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 48 | +223 | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
2 | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 202 | 67 | +135 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
3 | ![]() |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 135 | –17 | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 178 | –84 | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 162 | –90 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
6 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | 192 | –167 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Table ranking rules
- Four points are awarded for a win.
- Two points are awarded for a draw.
- A bonus point is awarded to a team that scores four or more tries, or loses by seven points or fewer.
- Three bonus points are awarded to a team that wins all five of their matches (a Grand Slam). This ensures that a Grand Slam winning team would top the table with at least 23 points, as another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
- Tiebreakers
- If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored against points conceded) is ranked higher.
- If the above tiebreaker fails to separate tied teams, the team that scores the higher number of total tries (including penalty tries) in their matches is ranked higher.
- If two or more teams remain tied after applying the above tiebreakers then those teams will be placed at equal rank; if the tournament has concluded and more than one team is placed first then the title will be shared between them.
Fixtures
Round 1
25 March 2023 14:15 GMT (UTC+0) |
(1 BP) Wales ![]() | 31–5 | ![]() |
Try: Callender 4' m Bevan 13' c Harries 23' c H. Jones 33' c Tuipulotu 46' m Con: Bevan (3/5) 14', 24', 34' | Report | Try: Fryday 67' m |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Attendance: 4,962 Referee: Amber McLachlan (Australia) |
Player of the Match:
Assistant referees:
Notes:
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