| tries = { { #expr: + 1 + 4 + 3 + 4 + 2 + 4 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 3 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 7 + 1 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 1 }} | top point scorer = Thomas Ramos (84 points) | top try scorer = Damian Penaud (5 tries) | Player of the tournament = Antoine Dupont | previous year = 2022 | previous tournament = 2022 Six Nations Championship | next year = 2024 | next tournament = 2024 Six Nations Championship }} The 2023 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It was the 129th edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). France entered the tournament as defending champions, having won the Grand Slam in 2022.
Ireland won the tournament for a 15th time, along with a 13th Triple Crown and a fourth Grand Slam; it was also the first time they won the title in Dublin. In beating England in their final game on 18 March, Ireland completed a full set of consecutive victories over all the other tier-one international sides. In total 91 tries were scored in the Championship, a Championship record.
Participants
Squads
Table
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. If a team scores four or more tries, and loses by seven points or fewer, they are awarded both bonus points. 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 there would otherwise be a scenario where a team could win all five matches with no bonus points for a total of 20 points and another team could win four matches with bonus points and lose their fifth match while claiming one or more bonus points giving a total of 21 or 22 points. Tiebreakers If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored less 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
The tournament's fixtures were announced on 20 April 2022. There were no Friday night fixtures. Other than the final weekend, the three kick-off time slots were the same each weekend of the tournament.
Round 1
Notes: Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) was originally named at full-back, but he was replaced by Liam Williams ahead of the match, after suffering a back spasm in training. Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland) was originally named at scrum-half, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. He was replaced in the starting line-up by Conor Murray, whose place in the bench was taken by Craig Casey. Cian Healy (Ireland) was originally named among the replacements, but withdrew on the day of the match due to injury. His place was taken by Dave Kilcoyne. Ireland won at the Millennium Stadium in a Six Nations match for the first time since 2013.
Notes: Ollie Hassell-Collins (England) made his international debut. Scotland retained the Calcutta Cup. Scotland won three consecutive games against England for the first time since 1972, and registered successive away wins against England for the first time since 1909. With this win, Scotland moved up to fifth in the World Rugby Rankings, equalling their highest position, last set in May 2018.
Notes: Edoardo Iachizzi (Italy) and Ethan Dumortier (France) made their international debuts. France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.
Round 2
Notes: Dave Kilcoyne, Andrew Porter and James Ryan (all Ireland) earned their 50th international test caps. Prior to this game, Ireland were ranked 1st in the men's World Rugby Rankings and France were 2nd, the first time that a Six Nations Championship match had brought the world's top two teams together. This was Ireland's 13th consecutive win at home, their longest consecutive run of home victories. Ireland brought to an end France's 14-match unbeaten run dating back to November 2021.