2020 Women's Six Nations Championship

2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date2 February – 6 December 2020
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (16th title)
Grand Slam England (15th title)
Triple Crown England (21st title)
Matches played12
Tries scored73 (6.08 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Emily Scarratt (55)
Top try scorer(s)France Cyrielle Banet (4)
France Laure Sansus (4)
England Abigail Dow (4)
England Poppy Cleall (4)
Player of the tournamentEngland Emily Scarratt[1]
Official websiteOfficial website
2019 (Previous) (Next) 2021

The 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship was the 19th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were originally scheduled for February and March 2020, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.[2]

Seven matches in the tournament were postponed due to health and safety reasons. The match between Scotland and England was originally scheduled for Sunday 9 February but was postponed to the following day with no public admission due to Storm Ciara.[3] The game between Ireland and Wales was played as planned on 9 February.[4] Italy's matches with Scotland, Ireland and England, scheduled for 23 February, 8 March and 15 March respectively, were all postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[5][6] Scotland's game against France was also postponed due to an undisclosed player testing positive of the virus and seven other players and management self-isolating.[7] On 10 November, it was announced that the remaining three fixtures would be cancelled.[8]

  1. ^ "Dupont and Scarratt win Player of the Championship awards". Six Nations Rugby. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Women's Six Nations". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Storm Ciara: Man City v West Ham, rugby, WSL matches, horse racing all off". BBC Sport. 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ Duffy, Emma (9 February 2020). "Five-try Ireland get the better of Wales and Storm Ciara to go two from two in Six Nations". The 42. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Coronavirus: Italy v Scotland Women among games postponed". BBC Sport. 23 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Coronavirus: Ireland v Italy Six Nations games postponed over health concerns". BBC Sport. 26 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus: Scotland v France Women postponed due to positivity and self-isolation". BBC Sport. 6 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Remaining Women's Six Nations games cancelled, RWC qualifiers postponed". BBC Sport. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2020.