2024 Six Nations Championship

2024 Six Nations Championship
Date2 February – 16 March 2024
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (16th title)
Matches played15
Attendance982,687 (65,512 per match)
Tries scored79 (5.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Thomas Ramos (63)
Top try scorer(s)Ireland Dan Sheehan
Scotland Duhan van der Merwe (5)
Player of the tournamentItaly Tommaso Menoncello
2023 (Previous) (Next) 2025

The 2024 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Men's Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was a rugby union competition that took place in February and March 2024, and featured the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It was the 130th season of the competition (including its incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship), but the 25th since it expanded to become the Six Nations Championship in 2000. It started on 2 February 2024 with a Friday night match between France and Ireland, and concluded with France against England on 16 March.[1] France played their home fixtures away from their normal venue, the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, as the stadium was being prepared for use in the 2024 Summer Olympics later in the year.[2]

Ireland entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the Grand Slam for the fourth time in 2023.[3] They retained the championship – the third time they had won back-to-back championships, having done so previously in 1949 and 2015 – but did not secure a second successive Grand Slam.[4][5]

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  2. ^ Burke, Patrick (14 February 2023). "Olympic preparations set to make Stade de France unavailable from start of 2024". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ Aylwin, Michael (31 January 2024). "Six Nations 2024: team-by-team guide to this year's tournament". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Ireland 17-13 Scotland: Andy Farrell's side claim back-to-back Six Nations titles with win". Sky Sports. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Six Nations 2024: Ireland 17-13 Scotland - Irish retain title by wearing down heroic Scottish defence". BBC Sport. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.