2022 Six Nations Championship
The 2022 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 128th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). Wales entered the tournament as defending champions.
| 2022 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 5 February – 19 March 2022 | ||
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | France (18th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | France (10th title) | ||
| Triple Crown | Ireland (12th title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 964,370 (64,291 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 73 (4.87 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Marcus Smith (71 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | James Lowe Damian Penaud Gabin Villière (3 tries) | ||
| Player of the tournament | Antoine Dupont | ||
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France won the Championship and the Grand Slam – both for the first time since 2010 – clinching the title with a 25–13 win over England at the Stade de France. Runners-up Ireland won the Triple Crown for the sixth time in the Six Nations era.
Italy came into the tournament on the back of 36 successive Six Nations losses since they beat Scotland, in 2015. Trailing 21–15 with less than two minutes remaining in their final game against Wales, Edoardo Padovani scored a try to win the match for Italy, ending a 40-match winless run in the Six Nations.