NatWest 6 Nations – Round 5 Preview

2018 Fixtures and Results

Rd Date KO* Fixture Stadium 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 1 Sat 3 Feb 34-7 Wales v Scotland Principality Stadium 13-29 27-23 26-23 51-3 28-18 Sat 3 Feb 13-15 France v Ireland Stade de France 9-19 10-9 11-18 20-22 13-13

Sun 4 Feb 15-46 Italy v England Stadio Olimpico 15-36 9-40 17-47 11-52 11-18

2 Sat 10 Feb 56-19 Ireland v Italy Aviva Stadium 63-10 58-15 26-3 46-7 15-22 Sat 10 Feb 12-6 England v Wales Twickenham Stadium 21-16 25-21 21-16 29-18 3-30 Sun 11 Feb 32-26 Scotland v France BT Murrayfield 16-22 29-18 8-15 17-19 16-23 3 Fri 23 Feb 34-17 France v Italy Orange Vélodrome 40-18 23-21 29-0 30-10 18-23 Sat 24 Feb 37-27 Ireland v Wales Aviva Stadium 9-22 16-16 16-23 26-3 30-22

Sat 24 Feb 25-13 Scotland v England BT Murrayfield 21-61 9-15 13-25 0-20 18-38

4 Sat 10 Mar 28-8 Ireland v Scotland Aviva Stadium 22-27 35-25 40-10 28-6 8-12 Sat 10 Mar 22-16 France v England Stade de France 16-19 21-31 35-55 26-24 13-23 Sun 11 Mar 38-14 Wales v Italy Principality Stadium 33-7 67-14 61-20 23-15 26-9 5 Sat 17 Mar 13:30 Italy v Scotland Stadio Olimpico 0-29 20-36 22-19 20-21 10-34 Sat 17 Mar 14:45 England v Ireland Twickenham Stadium 9-13 21-10 9-19 13-10 12-6

Sat 17 Mar 17:00 Wales v France Principality Stadium 18-20 19-10 20-13 27-6 16-6

* KO times local

2018 Standings

Pos Team PL W D L PF PA DIFF TF TA TB LB PTS 1 Ireland 4 4 0 0 136 67 69 17 8 3 0 19 2 Wales 4 2 0 2 105 70 35 12 10 2 1 11 3 England 4 2 0 2 87 68 19 11 6 1 1 10 4 France 4 2 0 2 95 80 15 7 5 0 2 10 5 Scotland 4 2 0 2 72 101 -29 7 11 0 0 8 6 Italy 4 0 0 4 65 174 -109 9 23 0 0 0

2018 Top Point and Try Scorers

Rank Player Team Matches Points Pens Conversions Drop Goals Tries 1 Maxime Machenaud France 4 45 13 3 0 0 2 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 40 4 9 0 2 2 Johnny Sexton Ireland 4 40 5 11 1 0 4 Owen Farrell England 4 39 5 7 0 2 5 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 4 32 8 4 0 0 6 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 30 0 0 0 6 7 Italy 4 19 2 4 0 1 8 Huw Jones Scotland 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Jonny May England 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 15 0 0 0 3 8 Teddy Thomas France 2 15 0 0 0 3

Rank Player Team Matches Tries 1 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 6 2 Huw Jones Scotland 4 3 2 Jonny May England 4 3 2 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 3 2 Teddy Thomas France 2 3 6 Anthony Watson England 4 2 6 Bundee Aki Ireland 4 2 6 Conor Murray Ireland 4 2 6 Gareth Davies Wales 4 2 6 George North Wales 3 2 6 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 2 6 Mattia Bellini Italy 4 2 6 Owen Farrell England 4 2 6 Robbie Henshaw Ireland 2 2 6 Sam Simmonds England 3 2 6 Sean Maitland Scotland 4 2 6 Steff Evans Wales 4 2

Italy v Scotland Saturday, 17 March 2018, Kick-off: 13:30, Stadio Olimpico, Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)

Match Facts • Scotland have won four of the last five matches between these sides in the Six Nations, including the last two in a row; they’ve not won three consecutive games against the Azzurri in the Championship since 2001-2003. • Scotland have won on each of their last two trips to Rome in the Six Nations, this after winning just two of their previous seven away to Italy (L5). • Scotland have lost 17 of their last 19 away games in the Six Nations (W2), however their two victories in that run both came in Rome. • Meanwhile Italy have lost their last 16 games in the Six Nations, the longest such run in the Championship’s history; one more defeat would equal the longest losing run in the Five or Six Nations (France – L17, 1911-1920). • Pascal Gauzère will take charge of his sixth Six Nations game, with his previous five all involving either Italy or Scotland, including the clash between these sides in last year’s Championship which Scotland won 29-0.

All-time record Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Italy 489 182 14 291 37% 8328 11090 917 Scotland 679 291 32 356 43% 9355 10209 1192

Head to head Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Italy 28 8 0 20 29% 468 687 39 Scotland 28 20 0 8 71% 687 468 65

Last five meetings Home Away Score Winner Ground Date Italy Scotland 12-16 Scotland Stadio Olimpico di Torino 22-Aug-15 Scotland Italy 48-7 Scotland BT Murrayfield 29-Aug-15 Italy Scotland 20-36 Scotland Stadio Olimpico 27-Feb-16 Scotland Italy 29-0 Scotland BT Murrayfield 18-Mar-17 Italy Scotland 13-34 Scotland Kallang National Stadium, Singapore 10-Jun-17

Italy last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 Scotland 13 34 H L L 2 5 17-Jun-17 Fiji 19 22 A L L 1 3 24-Jun-17 Australia 27 40 A L L 3 6 11-Nov-17 Fiji 19 10 H W D 1 1 18-Nov-17 Argentina 15 31 H L W 0 3 25-Nov-17 South Africa 6 35 H L L 0 5 04-Feb-18 England 15 46 H L L 2 7 10-Feb-18 Ireland 19 56 A L L 3 8 23-Feb-18 France 17 34 A L L 2 3 11-Mar-18 Wales 14 38 A L L 2 5

Scotland last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 Italy 34 13 A W W 5 2 17-Jun-17 Australia 24 19 A W W 3 3 24-Jun-17 Fiji 22 27 A L L 3 2 11-Nov-17 Samoa 44 38 H W W 6 5 18-Nov-17 New Zealand 17 22 H L D 2 3 25-Nov-17 Australia 53 24 H W W 8 4 03-Feb-18 Wales 7 34 A L L 1 4 11-Feb-18 France 32 26 H W L 2 2 24-Feb-18 England 25 13 H W W 3 1 10-Mar-18 Ireland 8 28 A L L 1 4

Last meeting stats Scotland 29 - 0 Italy (2017-03-18 Six Nations) Scotland Italy 4 Tries 0 3 Conversions 0 1 Penalty Goals 0 133 Carries 83 2 Offloads 0 3 Clean Breaks 0 14 Defenders Beaten 4 331 Metres 168 98 Tackles 156 4 Missed Tackles 14 3 Turnovers Won 0 7 Turnovers Conceded 8 9 Throws Won 14 2 Throws Lost 5 13 Penalties Conceded 11 33 Kicks from hand 30

Last meeting player info

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg; 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Alex Dunbar, 11 Tim Visser; 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price; 1 Gordon Reid, 2 Ross Ford, 3 Zander Fagerson, 4 Grant Gilchrist, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 John Barclay, 7 Hamish Watson, 8 Ryan Wilson Bench: 16 Fraser Brown, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Tim Swinson, 20 Cornell Du Preez, 21 Henry Pyrgos, 22 Duncan Weir, 23 Matt Scott

Replacements used: Matt Scott for Huw Jones (26), Cornell Du Preez for Ryan Wilson (48), Henry Pyrgos for Ali Price (53), Allan Dell for Gordon Reid (55), Tim Swinson for Grant Gilchrist (56), Fraser Brown for Ross Ford (65), Simon Berghan for Zander Fagerson (65), Duncan Weir for Matt Scott (74) Tries: 4 – Russell, Scott, Visser, Seymour Kicking: Russell (3/4 Conv) Hogg (1/1 Pen)

Italy: 15 Edoardo Padovani; 14 Angelo Esposito, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Luke McLean, 11 ; 10 , 9 ; 1 , 2 Ornel Gega, 3 , 4 , 5 George Biagi, 6 Braam Steyn, 7 Maxime Mbanda, 8 Bench: 16 , 17 Sami Panico, 18 Dario Chistolini, 19 Dries van Schalkwyk, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 , 22 , 23 Luca Sperandio

Replacements used: Dario Chistolini for Lorenzo Cittadini (40), Leonardo Ghiraldini for Ornel Gega (40), Dries van Schalkwyk for Marco Fuser (52), Francesco Minto for Maxime Mbanda (52), Marcello Violi for Edoardo Gori (52), Sami Panico for Andrea Lovotti (62), Luca Sperandio for Carlo Canna (62), Federico Ruzza for George Biagi (74) Tries: None Kicking: Canna (0/3 Pen)

Referee: Pascal Gauzere Attendance: 67,144 NatWest 6 Nations Man of the Match: Finn Russell

England v Ireland Saturday, 17 March 2018, Kick-off: 14:45, Twickenham Stadium, Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Match Facts • Ireland come into this game having won the Six Nations already, they’ve won three of the last five Championships, all under Joe Schmidt. • Ireland will be aiming to complete the Grand Slam for just the third time, having previously managed it in 1948 and 2009. • England have won four of the last six meetings between these sides in the Six Nations (L2), with each of the last four games being won by the home side on the day. • England have won their last 15 home games in all competitions, only on four occasions has a tier one side won more consecutive matches at home (New Zealand three times, England once). • Meanwhile, Ireland have won their last 11 Test matches, their longest ever winning run; only New Zealand (seven occasions), South Africa (three occasions) and England (twice) have gone on longer such runs in all competitions.

All-time record Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries England 719 396 50 273 55% 12260 9109 1603 Ireland 682 302 32 348 44% 10170 9619 1258

Head to head Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries England 132 76 8 48 58% 1535 1092 257 Ireland 132 48 8 76 36% 1092 1535 149

Last five meetings Home Away Score Winner Ground Date England Ireland 13-10 England Twickenham 22-Feb-14 Ireland England 19-9 Ireland Aviva Stadium 01-Mar-15 England Ireland 21-13 England Twickenham 05-Sep-15 England Ireland 21-10 England Twickenham 27-Feb-16 Ireland England 13-9 Ireland Aviva Stadium 18-Mar-17

England last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 18-Mar-17 Ireland 9 13 A L L 0 1 10-Jun-17 Argentina 38 34 A W L 4 4 17-Jun-17 Argentina 35 25 A W W 4 3 11-Nov-17 Argentina 21 8 H W W 2 1 18-Nov-17 Australia 30 6 H W W 4 0 25-Nov-17 Samoa 48 14 H W W 7 2 04-Feb-18 Italy 46 15 A W W 7 2 10-Feb-18 Wales 12 6 H W W 2 0 24-Feb-18 Scotland 13 25 A L L 1 3 10-Mar-18 France 16 22 A L D 1 1

Ireland last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 USA 55 19 A W W 9 3 17-Jun-17 Japan 50 22 A W W 7 3 24-Jun-17 Japan 35 13 A W W 5 2 11-Nov-17 South Africa 38 3 H W W 4 0 18-Nov-17 Fiji 23 20 H W W 3 2 25-Nov-17 Argentina 28 19 H W W 3 3 03-Feb-18 France 15 13 A W W 0 1 10-Feb-18 Italy 56 19 H W W 8 3 24-Feb-18 Wales 37 27 H W W 5 3 10-Mar-18 Scotland 28 8 H W W 4 1

Last meeting stats Ireland 13 - 9 England (2017-03-18 Six Nations) Ireland England 1 Tries 0 1 Conversions 0 2 Penalty Goals 3 146 Carries 90 4 Offloads 3 4 Clean Breaks 3 16 Defenders Beaten 10 337 Metres 241 107 Tackles 172 10 Missed Tackles 16 4 Turnovers Won 5 13 Turnovers Conceded 11 13 Throws Won 9 1 Throws Lost 2 13 Penalties Conceded 13 24 Kicks from hand 29

Last meeting player info

Ireland: 15 Jared Payne; 14 Keith Earls, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Simon Zebo; 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Kieran Marmion; 1 Jack McGrath, 2 Rory Best, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 4 Donnacha Ryan, 5 Iain Henderson, 6 Peter O'Mahony, 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 CJ Stander Bench: 16 Niall Scannell, 17 Cian Healy, 18 John Ryan, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Dan Leavy, 21 Luke McGrath, 22 Paddy Jackson, 23 Andrew Conway

Replacements used: Niall Scannell for Rory Best (9), Rory Best for Niall Scannell (17), Andrew Conway for Keith Earls (40), Cian Healy for Jack McGrath (59), Devin Toner for Donnacha Ryan (64), Dan Leavy for Sean O'Brien (65), Luke McGrath for Kieran Marmion (68), Niall Scannell for Rory Best (72), John Ryan for Tadhg Furlong (75)

Tries: 1 - Henderson Kicking: Sexton (1/1 Conv, 2/2 Pen)

England: 15 Mike Brown; 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Owen Farrell (3P), 11 Elliot Daly; 10 George Ford, 9 Ben Youngs; 1 Joe Marler, 2 Dylan Hartley, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Courtney Lawes, 6 Maro Itoje, 7 James Haskell, 8 Billy Vunipola Bench: 16 Jamie George, 17 Mako Vunipola, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tom Wood, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Danny Care, 22 Ben Te'o, 23 Jack Nowell

Replacements used: Mako Vunipola for Joe Marler (40), Jamie George for Dylan Hartley (54), Tom Wood for James Haskell (59), Nathan Hughes for Billy Vunipola (62), Danny Care for Ben Youngs (62), Ben Te'o for George Ford (62), Jack Nowell for Jonathan Joseph (67), George Ford for Ben Te'o (69), Kyle Sinckler for Dan Cole (77)

Tries: None Kicking: Farrell (3/3 Pen)

Referee: Jerome Garces (France) Attendance: 51,700 NatWest 6 Nations Man of the Match: Peter O'Mahony

Wales v France Saturday, 17 March 2018, Kick-off: 17:00, Principality Stadium, Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Match Facts • Wales have won five of the last six games between these sides in the Six Nations, however France won their most recent encounter last year. • Wales have won their last three matches against France at the Principality Stadium, restricting Les Bleus to no more than 10 points on each occasion, this after losing five of their previous six at home to France in the Championship. • France have won just two of their last nine away games in the Six Nations (L7), while Wales have won seven of their last eight at home (L1). • Ben O’Keeffe will take charge of a Six Nations game for the second time, with Les Bleus involved in his only previous Championship game – a 40-18 victory against Italy last year. • Wales’ next victory will be their 250th in Four/Five/Six Nations history, a tally only England (258) have reached.

All-time record Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Wales 709 366 29 314 52% 12091 10689 1534 France 750 404 33 310 54% 13640 11320 1721

Head to head Team Matches Won Draw Lost Win % For Against Tries Wales 95 48 3 44 51% 1421 1368 180 France 95 44 3 48 46% 1368 1421 166

Last five meetings Home Away Score Winner Ground Date France Wales 6-16 Wales Stade de France 09-Feb-13 Wales France 27-6 Wales Principality Stadium 21-Feb-14 France Wales 13-20 Wales Stade de France 28-Feb-15 Wales France 19-10 Wales Principality Stadium 26-Feb-16 France Wales 20-18 France Stade de France 18-Mar-17

Wales last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 16-Jun-17 Tonga 24 6 A W W 2 0 23-Jun-17 Samoa 19 17 A W L 2 2 11-Nov-17 Australia 21 29 H L L 2 4 18-Nov-17 Georgia 13 6 H W W 1 0 25-Nov-17 New Zealand 18 33 H L L 2 5 02-Dec-17 South Africa 24 22 H W W 3 3 03-Feb-18 Scotland 34 7 H W W 4 1 10-Feb-18 England 6 12 A L L 0 2 24-Feb-18 Ireland 27 37 A L L 3 5 11-Mar-18 Italy 38 14 H W W 5 2

France last 10 matches Date Opponent F A Venue Result HT Result Tries For Tries Against 10-Jun-17 South Africa 14 37 A L L 2 4 17-Jun-17 South Africa 15 37 A L L 2 4 24-Jun-17 South Africa 12 35 A L L 0 4 11-Nov-17 New Zealand 18 38 H L L 2 5 18-Nov-17 South Africa 17 18 H L L 2 2 25-Nov-17 Japan 23 23 H D W 2 3 03-Feb-18 Ireland 13 15 H L L 1 0 11-Feb-18 Scotland 26 32 A L W 2 2 23-Feb-18 Italy 34 17 H W W 3 2 10-Mar-18 England 22 16 H W D 1 1

Last meeting stats France 20 - 18 Wales (2017-03-18 Six Nations) France Wales 2 Tries 0 2 Conversions 0 2 Penalty Goals 6 157 Carries 111 11 Offloads 7 9 Clean Breaks 2 25 Defenders Beaten 16 550 Metres 332 126 Tackles 205 16 Missed Tackles 25 6 Turnovers Won 8 15 Turnovers Conceded 15 4 Throws Won 14 2 Throws Lost 2 13 Penalties Conceded 18 25 Kicks from hand 25

Last meeting player info France: 15 ; 14 Noa Nakaitaci, 13 Remi Lamerat, 12 Gael Fickou, 11 ; 10 Camille Lopez, 9 Baptiste Serin; 1 Cyril Baille, 2 , 3 , 4 Sebastien Vahaamahina, 5 , 6 Fabien Sanconnie, 7 Kevin Gourdon, 8 Bench: 16 Camille Chat, 17 , 18 , 19 Julien Ledevedec, 20 , 21 Antoine Dupont, 22 Francois Trinh-Duc, 23

Replacements used: Antoine Dupont for Baptiste Serin (18), Baptiste Serin for Antoine Dupont (24), Francois Trinh-Duc for Camille Lopez (32), Camille Lopez for Francois Trinh-Duc (39), Yoann Huget for Virimi Vakatawa (53), Damien Chouly for Fabien Sanconnie (54), Eddy Ben Arous for Cyril Baille (54), Uini Atonio for Rabah Slimani (54), Francois Trinh-Duc for Remi Lamerat (65), Camille Chat for Guilhem Guirado (71), Antoine Dupont for Baptiste Serin (71), Julien Ledevedec for Sebastien Vahaamahina (77), Rabah Slimani for Uini Atonio (80)

Tries: 2 - Lamerat, Chouly Kicking: Lopez (2/2 Conv, 2/3 Pen)

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny; 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Scott Williams, 11 Liam Williams; 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb; 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ken Owens, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Jake Ball, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 6 Sam Warburton, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 Ross Moriarty Bench: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Samson Lee, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 Taulupe Faletau, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Sam Davies, 23 Jamie Roberts

Replacements used: Luke Charteris for Alun Wyn Jones (51), Taulupe Faletau for Ross Moriarty (53), Jamie Roberts for Scott Williams (53), Samson Lee for Tomas Francis (59), Scott Baldwin for Jake Ball (59), Ross Moriarty for Scott Baldwin (71), Tomas Francis for Leigh Halfpenny (80+5), Leigh Halfpenny for Tomas Francis (80+12), Nicky Smith for Rob Evans (80+16)

Tries: None Kicking: Halpenny (6/6 Pen)

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Attendance: 78,688 NatWest 6 Nations Man of the Match: Guilhem Guirado

2018 Player Performance Stats

Rank Player Team Matches Goals Misses PG PG Missed C C Missed % 1 Maxime Machenaud France 4 16 1 13 0 3 1 94% 2 Johnny Sexton Ireland 4 16 6 5 4 11 2 73% 3 Leigh Halfpenny Wales 3 13 1 4 1 9 0 93% 4 Greig Laidlaw Scotland 4 12 2 8 0 4 2 86% 5 Owen Farrell England 4 12 4 5 0 7 4 75% 6 Tommaso Allan Italy 4 6 3 2 1 4 2 67% 7 Gareth Anscombe Wales 4 5 0 2 0 3 0 100% 8 Joey Carbery Ireland 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 100% 9 Baptiste Serin France 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 100% 9 Finn Russell Scotland 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 100% 9 Carlo Canna Italy 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 100%

Rank Player Team Matches Carries 1 CJ Stander Ireland 4 72 2 Sebastian Negri Italy 4 59 3 Bundee Aki Ireland 4 53 3 Stuart Hogg Scotland 4 53 5 Dan Leavy Ireland 4 47 6 Chris Robshaw England 4 45 6 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 45 6 Rob Kearney Ireland 4 45 6 Steff Evans Wales 4 45 10 Jonny May England 4 44

Rank Player Team Matches Metres 1 Stuart Hogg Scotland 4 368 2 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 316 3 Steff Evans Wales 4 286 4 Rob Kearney Ireland 4 283 5 Jonny May England 4 239 6 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 238 7 Huw Jones Scotland 4 231 8 Remy Grosso France 2 211 9 Keith Earls Ireland 4 205 10 George North Wales 3 193

Rank Player Team Matches Clean Breaks 1 Steff Evans Wales 4 10 2 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 8 2 Jonny May England 4 8 4 Huw Jones Scotland 4 7 5 Keith Earls Ireland 4 6 5 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 6 5 Remy Grosso France 2 6 8 Conor Murray Ireland 4 5 8 George North Wales 3 5 8 Owen Farrell England 4 5 8 Peter Horne Scotland 4 5 8 Sean Maitland Scotland 4 5

Rank Player Team Matches Defenders Beaten 1 Hadleigh Parkes Wales 4 15 2 Bundee Aki Ireland 4 14 3 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 12 4 Huw Jones Scotland 4 11 4 Keith Earls Ireland 4 11 4 Remy Grosso France 2 11 4 Sebastian Negri Italy 4 11 8 Anthony Watson England 4 10 8 George North Wales 3 10 8 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 10 8 Steff Evans Wales 4 10

Rank Player Team Matches Offloads 1 Yacouba Camara France 4 7 2 Keith Earls Ireland 4 6 2 Stuart Hogg Scotland 4 6 4 Aaron Shingler Wales 3 5 4 Gareth Anscombe Wales 4 5 4 Jacob Stockdale Ireland 4 5 4 Remy Grosso France 2 5 8 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 4 8 Mattia Bellini Italy 4 4 8 Owen Farrell England 4 4 8 Steff Evans Wales 4 4 8 Wenceslas Lauret France 4 4

Rank Player Team Matches Tackles Missed Tackles 1 Jonny Gray Scotland 4 80 2 2 Guilhem Guirado France 4 69 9 3 Hamish Watson Scotland 4 59 3 4 John Barclay Scotland 4 56 3 4 Josh Navidi Wales 3 56 2 6 Italy 4 54 1 6 Mako Vunipola England 4 54 6 8 Courtney Lawes England 4 52 3 8 Joe Launchbury England 4 52 4 8 Sebastien Vahaamahina France 4 52 3 8 Stuart McInally Scotland 4 52 9

Rank Player Team Matches Turnovers Won 1 John Barclay Scotland 4 6 2 Josh Navidi Wales 3 5 2 France 2 5 4 Chris Robshaw England 4 4 4 Maxime Machenaud France 4 4 4 Owen Farrell England 4 4 7 Aaron Shingler Wales 3 3 7 Alessandro Zanni Italy 4 3 7 Courtney Lawes England 4 3 7 Dan Leavy Ireland 4 3 7 Guilhem Guirado France 4 3 7 Marcello Violi Italy 4 3 7 Matteo Minozzi Italy 4 3 7 Sebastien Vahaamahina France 4 3

Rank Player Team Matches Throws Taken Misses Throw % 1 Rory Best Ireland 4 47 5 89% 2 Stuart McInally Scotland 4 38 7 82% 3 Leonardo Ghiraldini Italy 4 37 4 89% 4 Guilhem Guirado France 4 34 8 76% 5 Ken Owens Wales 4 32 2 94% 6 Dylan Hartley England 3 22 0 100% 7 Jamie George England 4 17 2 88% 8 Elliot Dee Wales 4 13 0 100% 9 Luca Bigi Italy 3 8 2 75% 10 Sean Cronin Ireland 4 5 0 100% 10 Fraser Brown Scotland 1 5 1 80% 10 Luke Cowan-Dickie England 1 5 1 80%

Rank Player Team Matches Lineouts Won (inc. steals) Lineout Steals 1 Courtney Lawes England 4 15 2 1 Maro Itoje England 4 15 1 3 Dean Budd Italy 4 14 0 3 Devin Toner Ireland 4 14 2 3 Sergio Parisse Italy 4 14 2 6 Aaron Shingler Wales 3 13 2 6 Peter O'Mahony Ireland 4 13 0 8 Yacouba Camara France 4 12 1 9 Cory Hill Wales 4 10 0 9 Joe Launchbury England 4 10 0

NatWest 6 Nations Records Match Records Individual Records All-Time Best in 2018 Most points 35 - Jonny Wilkinson (England v Italy 2001) 24 – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales v Scotland) 2 – Leigh Halfpenny (Wales v Scotland) 2 – Sam Simmonds (England v Italy) 2 – Anthony Watson (England v Italy) 2 - Robbie Henshaw (Ireland v Italy) 2- Jacob Stockdale (Ireland v Italy) Most tries 4 - Chris Ashton (England v Italy 2011) 2 - Jacob Stockdale (Ireland v Wales) 2 - Jacob Stockdale (Ireland v Scotland) 2 - Jonny May (England v Wales) 2 - Teddy Thomas (France v Scotland) 2 - Huw Jones (Scotland v England) 2 - George North (Wales v Italy) 9 - Jonny Wilkinson (England v Italy 2001) Most conversions 5 – Johnny Sexton (Ireland v Italy) 9 – Paddy Jackson (Ireland v Italy 2017) 7 - Neil Jenkins (Wales v Italy 2000) Most penalty goals 7 - Gerald Merceron (France v Italy 2002) 6 - Greig Laidlaw (Scotland v France) 7 - Chris Paterson (Scotland v Wales 2007) 3 - Diego Dominguez (Italy v Scotland 2000) Most drop goals 1 - Johnny Sexton (Ireland v France) 3 - Neil Jenkins (Wales in Scotland 2001) Fastest try 20s – (Italy v Scotland 2007) 2m 21s – Teddy Thomas (France v Scotland)

Team Records All-Time Best in 2018 Most points in a home game 80-23 England v Italy on 17.2.2001 56-19 Ireland v Italy Most points in an away game 63-10 Ireland in Italy on 11.2.2017 46-15 England in Italy Highest aggregate of points in a game 103pts - England 80 Italy on 23 17.2.2001 75pts – Ireland 56, Italy 19 Biggest home win 57pts - England 80 Italy 23 on 17.2.2001 37pts – Ireland 56, Italy 19 Biggest away win 53pts – Italy 10, Ireland 63 on 11.2.2017 31pts – Italy 15, England 46

NatWest 6 Nations Top 10s Points Appearances Tries Ronan O’Gara 557 Brian O'Driscoll 65 Brian O'Driscoll 26

Jonny Wilkinson 486 Sergio Parisse 64 Shane Williams 22

Stephen Jones 467 Ronan O'Gara 63 George North 17

Chris Paterson 403 60 Ben Cohen 16

Leigh Halfpenny 379 Rory Best 59 Will Greenwood 14

Jonathan Sexton 353 Gethin Jenkins 56 Jason Robinson 14

Owen Farrell 343 Ross Ford 55 Tommy Bowe 14

Greig Laidlaw 260 John Hayes 54 Shane Horgan 13

Dimitri Yachvili 217 Chris Paterson 53 Vincent Clerc 11

David Humphreys 195 P O’Connell/M Bortolami 51 Four players 10

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