2020 Six Nations Championship

The 2020 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) was the 21st Six Nations Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales, and the 126th edition of the competition (including all the tournament's previous versions as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship). The tournament began on 1 February 2020, and was scheduled to conclude on 14 March; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy's penultimate match against Ireland and all three of the final weekend's matches were postponed with the intention of being rescheduled.^[2]^[3] It was the first time any match had been postponed since 2012, and the first time more than one match had been delayed since the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001.^[4] In July 2020, a revised fixture schedule was announced, with the last four games being played in October.^[5]^[6]

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Date

1 February – 31 October 2020

Countries

Tournament statistics

Champions

England (29th title)

Triple Crown

England (26th title)

Matches played

Attendance

727,458 (48,497 per match)

Tries scored

74 (4.93 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Romain Ntamack (57)

Top try scorer(s)

Charles Ollivon (4)

Player of the tournament

Antoine Dupont^[1]

Official website

sixnationsrugby.com

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England became the first team to win the title despite losing their first game since Wales did so in 2013. It was England's 39th title overall (including shared titles), drawing them level with the record Wales set the previous year, and extended their record of 29 outright titles.^[7]

Participants

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Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Fabien Galthié	Charles Ollivon
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Andy Farrell	Johnny Sexton
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	73,261	Rome	Franco Smith	Luca Bigi
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Gregor Townsend	Stuart Hogg
Wales	Millennium Stadium	73,931	Cardiff	Wayne Pivac	Alun Wyn Jones
Wales	Parc y Scarlets^[a]	14,870	Llanelli	Wayne Pivac	Alun Wyn Jones

Squads

Table

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Perspective

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	England	5	4	1	121	77	+44	14	9	1	1	18
2	France	5	4	1	138	117	+21	17	13	2	0	18
3	Ireland	5	3	2	132	102	+30	17	11	2	0	14
4	Scotland	5	3	2	77	59	+18	7	5	0	2	14
5	Wales	5	1	4	119	98	+21	13	10	1	3	8
6	Italy	5	0	5	44	178	−134	6	24	0	0	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

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 in a match or loses a match by seven points or fewer. If a team scores four tries in a match 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 will always top the table with a minimum of 23 points. A team that loses a single match could only achieve a maximum of 22 points – they could win four matches with four try bonus points and lose the remaining match but still win two bonus points while losing that game.
Tiebreakers:
- If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better match 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 in its matches is ranked higher.
- If two or more teams remain tied for first place at the end of the championship after applying the above tiebreakers, the title will be shared between them.

Fixtures

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The fixtures were announced on 20 March 2019. For the first time since 2013, no matches were scheduled on a Friday night. The final match of the tournament also returned to peak time for the first time since 2016.^[8]

Round 1

1 February 2020
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	42–0	Italy
Try: Adams (3) 18' m, 30' c, 80+2' c Tompkins 59' c North 76' c Con: Biggar (2/3) 31', 61' Halfpenny (2/2) 77', 80+4' Pen: Biggar (3/3) 4', 11', 16'	Report Match data

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 68,582^[9]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Johnny McNicholl	11' to 22'
OC	13	George North
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes			53'
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar	69'
SH	9	Tomos Williams	61'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau	53'
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Aaron Wainwright
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Jake Ball	56'
TP	3	Dillon Lewis	61'
HK	2	Ken Owens	64'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ryan Elias	64'
PR	17	Rob Evans	56'
PR	18	Leon Brown	61'
LK	19	Cory Hill	56'
N8	20	Ross Moriarty	53'
SH	21	Rhys Webb	61'
FH	22	Jarrod Evans	69'
CE	23	Nick Tompkins	11'	22'	53'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Leonardo Sarto	56'
OC	13	Luca Morisi
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Tommaso Allan
SH	9	Callum Braley	71'
N8	8	Braam Steyn
OF	7	Sebastian Negri	56'
BF	6	Jake Polledri
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone	71'
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni	47'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi	47'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	69'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Federico Zani	69'
PR	17	Danilo Fischetti	47'
PR	18	Marco Riccioni	47'
LK	19	Marco Lazzaroni	47'
LK	20	Dean Budd	71'
FL	21	Giovanni Licata	56'
SH	22	Guglielmo Palazzani	71'
FB	23	Jayden Hayward	56'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Justin Tipuric (Wales)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

Johnny McNicholl and Nick Tompkins (both Wales) and Niccolò Cannone and Danilo Fischetti (both Italy) made their international debuts.
Josh Adams became the second Welsh player to score a hat-trick in the Six Nations after George North scored three times against Italy in 2015.
Italy were held to zero points for the first time since losing 29–0 to Scotland in 2017.

1 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Ireland	19–12	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Sexton 10' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 12' Pen: Sexton (4/5) 35', 45', 57', 73'	Report Match data	Pen: Hastings (4/5) 5', 16', 52', 66'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000^[10]
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)


FB	15	Jordan Larmour
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Garry Ringrose	41'
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	73'
SH	9	Conor Murray	61'
N8	8	Caelan Doris	5'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	CJ Stander
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Iain Henderson	67'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong				78'
HK	2	Rob Herring	73'
LP	1	Cian Healy	50'	51'	66'	78'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher	73'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	50'	51'
PR	18	Andrew Porter			66'
LK	19	Devin Toner	67'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	5'
SH	21	John Cooney	61'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	73'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw	41'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Sean Maitland
OC	13	Huw Jones	65'
IC	12	Sam Johnson	73'
LW	11	Blair Kinghorn
FH	10	Adam Hastings
SH	9	Ali Price	65'
N8	8	Nick Haining	73'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Jonny Gray	65'
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	73'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	47' to 51'		57'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	47'	51'	57'
PR	17	Allan Dell	65'
PR	18	W. P. Nel	73'
LK	19	Ben Toolis	65'
N8	20	Cornell du Preez	73'
SH	21	George Horne	65'
CE	22	Rory Hutchinson	73'
CE	23	Chris Harris	65'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Caelan Doris and Rónan Kelleher (both Ireland), and Nick Haining (Scotland) made their international debuts.^[11]
Simon Berghan (Scotland) was originally named as a replacement, but he was replaced on the day of the game by WP Nel.^[12]
Ireland retained the Centenary Quaich.

2 February 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

France	24–17	England (1 BP)
Try: Rattez 6' c Ollivon (2) 20' c, 55' c Con: Ntamack (3/3) 7', 21', 56' Pen: Ntamack (1/1) 16'	Report Match data	Try: May (2) 57' c, 65' c Con: Farrell (2/2) 58', 65' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 80+2'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,310^[13]
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Anthony Bouthier
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Virimi Vakatawa	80'
IC	12	Gaël Fickou
LW	11	Vincent Rattez
FH	10	Romain Ntamack	77'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	François Cros	57'
RL	5	Paul Willemse	57'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	49'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	67'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	67'
PR	17	Jefferson Poirot	49'
PR	18	Demba Bamba	49'
LK	19	Boris Palu	57'
FL	20	Cameron Woki	57'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin
FH	22	Matthieu Jalibert	77'
CE	23	Arthur Vincent	80'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	George Furbank
RW	14	Jonny May
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi	16'
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Elliot Daly
FH	10	George Ford	76'
SH	9	Ben Youngs	62'
N8	8	Tom Curry
OF	7	Sam Underhill
BF	6	Courtney Lawes	55'
RL	5	Charlie Ewels	56'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	73'
HK	2	Jamie George	49'
LP	1	Joe Marler	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie	49'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	52'
PR	18	Will Stuart	73'
LK	19	George Kruis	56'
FL	20	Lewis Ludlam	55'
SH	21	Willi Heinz	62'
CE	22	Ollie Devoto	76'
CE	23	Jonathan Joseph	16'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Grégory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Anthony Bouthier, Mohamed Haouas, Boris Palu, Arthur Vincent and Cameron Woki (all France) and George Furbank and Will Stuart (both England) made their international debuts.
Damian Penaud (France) was originally named in the starting line-up, but was ruled out with a calf injury. Vincent Rattez replaced him, while Arthur Vincent took Rattez's place on the bench.^[14]
France won their opening Six Nations match for the first time since beating Italy 23–21 in 2016.^[15] England lost their opening Six Nations match for the first time since 2014, which was also a loss to France in Paris.^{[citation needed]}
England failed to score points in the first half for the first time in a Six Nations match since their 35–3 victory over Ireland in 1988.^[16]

Round 2

8 February 2020
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Ireland	24–14	Wales
Try: Larmour 19' m Furlong 32' c Van der Flier 47' c Conway 75' m Con: Sexton (2/4) 33', 48'	Report Match data	Try: T. Williams 27' c Tipuric 80+1' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 28' Halfpenny (1/1) 80+2'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 51,000^[17]
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Jordan Larmour
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw		45'
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)		71'
SH	9	Conor Murray		73'
N8	8	CJ Stander	80'
OF	7	Josh van der Flier
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony		71'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Iain Henderson		67'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong		67'
HK	2	Rob Herring		67'
LP	1	Cian Healy		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher		67'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne		51'
PR	18	Andrew Porter		67'
LK	19	Devin Toner		67'
FL	20	Max Deegan		71'
SH	21	John Cooney		73'
FH	22	Ross Byrne		71'
WG	23	Keith Earls		45'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	George North
OC	13	Nick Tompkins
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Josh Adams	25'
FH	10	Dan Biggar	45'
SH	9	Tomos Williams	49'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Aaron Wainwright	49'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Jake Ball	71'
TP	3	Dillon Lewis	67'
HK	2	Ken Owens	74'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ryan Elias	74'
PR	17	Rhys Carré	64'
PR	18	Leon Brown	67'
LK	19	Adam Beard	71'
N8	20	Ross Moriarty	49'
SH	21	Gareth Davies	49'
FH	22	Jarrod Evans	45'
WG	23	Johnny McNicholl	25'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
CJ Stander (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Max Deegan (Ireland) made his international debut.^[18]
Owen Williams was named on the bench for Wales but was replaced by Jarrod Evans due to a calf injury.^[19]

8 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	6–13	England
Pen: Hastings (2/2) 46', 78'	Report Match data	Try: Genge 70' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 71' Pen: Farrell (2/5) 11', 77'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144^[20]
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Sean Maitland
OC	13	Huw Jones	56'
IC	12	Sam Johnson
LW	11	Blair Kinghorn
FH	10	Adam Hastings
SH	9	Ali Price
N8	8	Magnus Bradbury	75'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings	56'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	60'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	52'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	52'
PR	17	Allan Dell	60'
PR	18	Simon Berghan	60'
LK	19	Ben Toolis	56'
N8	20	Nick Haining	75'
SH	21	George Horne
CE	22	Rory Hutchinson
CE	23	Chris Harris	56'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	George Furbank
RW	14	Jonny May
OC	13	Jonathan Joseph
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Elliot Daly
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Willi Heinz	59'
N8	8	Tom Curry
OF	7	Sam Underhill	66'
BF	6	Lewis Ludlam	52'
RL	5	George Kruis	71'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler
HK	2	Jamie George
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tom Dunn
PR	17	Ellis Genge	57'
PR	18	Will Stuart
LK	19	Joe Launchbury	71'
LK	20	Courtney Lawes	52'
FL	21	Ben Earl	66'
SH	22	Ben Youngs	59'
CE	23	Ollie Devoto
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Sam Underhill (England)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Television match official:
James Leckie (Australia)

Notes:

Ben Earl (England) made his international debut.
England reclaimed the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2017.

9 February 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+1)

(1 BP) France	35–22	Italy
Try: Thomas 7' m Ollivon 18' m Alldritt 39' c Ntamack 59' m Serin 74' c Con: Ntamack (1/4) 40' Jalibert (1/1) 75' Pen: Ntamack (2/3) 3', 32'	Report Match data	Try: Minozzi 24' c Zani 65' c Bellini 80' m Con: Allan (2/2) 26', 66' Pen: Allan (1/2) 29'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 52,000^[21]
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Anthony Bouthier
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Arthur Vincent
IC	12	Gaël Fickou
LW	11	Vincent Rattez		77'
FH	10	Romain Ntamack	70'	77'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont	72'
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	François Cros	61'
RL	5	Paul Willemse	44'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux	70'
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	58'
HK	2	Julien Marchand	61'
LP	1	Cyril Baille	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	61'
PR	17	Jefferson Poirot	58'
PR	18	Demba Bamba	58'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua	44'
LK	20	Boris Palu	70'
FL	21	Cameron Woki	61'
SH	22	Baptiste Serin	72'
FH	23	Matthieu Jalibert	70'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Jayden Hayward
RW	14	Mattia Bellini
OC	13	Luca Morisi
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Matteo Minozzi
FH	10	Tommaso Allan	75'
SH	9	Callum Braley	61'
N8	8	Braam Steyn
OF	7	Jake Polledri	61'
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	52'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone
LL	4	Dean Budd	77'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi	52'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	61'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Federico Zani	61'
PR	17	Danilo Fischetti	52'
PR	18	Marco Riccioni	52'
LK	19	Jimmy Tuivaiti	61'
LK	20	Federico Ruzza	77'
FL	21	Giovanni Licata	52'
SH	22	Guglielmo Palazzani	61'
CE	23	Giulio Bisegni	75'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Grégory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Nigel Owens (Wales)
Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Alessandro Zanni (Italy) was originally named in the starting line-up, but suffered an injury in the pre-match warm-up and replaced by Dean Budd. Budd's place on the bench was taken by Jimmy Tuivaiti.^[22]
France retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy.

Round 3

22 February 2020
15:15 CET (UTC+1)

Italy	0–17	Scotland
	Report Match data	Try: Hogg 23' m Harris 47' m Hastings 79' c Con: Hastings (1/3) 80'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 54,349
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Jayden Hayward
RW	14	Mattia Bellini			74'	80+1'
OC	13	Luca Morisi
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Matteo Minozzi			80'
FH	10	Tommaso Allan		74'	80'
SH	9	Callum Braley		59'
N8	8	Braam Steyn
OF	7	Sebastian Negri		44'
BF	6	Jake Polledri
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone		68'
LL	4	Alessandro Zanni		44'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi		31'	54'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)		60'	74'	80+1'
LP	1	Andrea Lovotti		59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Federico Zani	70'	60'
PR	17	Danilo Fischetti		59'
PR	18	Marco Riccioni		31'	54'
LK	19	Marco Lazzaroni		68'
LK	20	Dean Budd		44'
FL	21	Giovanni Licata		44'
SH	22	Guglielmo Palazzani		59'
CE	23	Giulio Bisegni		74'
Coach:
Franco Smith


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Sean Maitland	68'
OC	13	Chris Harris	60'
IC	12	Sam Johnson
LW	11	Blair Kinghorn
FH	10	Adam Hastings
SH	9	Ali Price	55'
N8	8	Magnus Bradbury	55'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Scott Cummings	68'
LL	4	Ben Toolis
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	55'
HK	2	Stuart McInally	60'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Fraser Brown	60'
PR	17	Allan Dell	55'
PR	18	W. P. Nel	55'
LK	19	Grant Gilchrist	68'
FL	20	Matt Fagerson	55'
SH	21	George Horne	55'
CE	22	Rory Hutchinson	60'
WG	23	Byron McGuigan	68'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Hamish Watson (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

22 February 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	23–27	France
Try: Lewis 48' c Biggar 75' c Con: Biggar (2/2) 49', 75' Pen: Biggar (3/3) 4', 26', 35'	Report Match data	Try: Bouthier 7' c Willemse 30' c Ntamack 52' c Con: Ntamack (3/3) 8', 31', 53' Pen: Ntamack (2/2) 19', 63'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,931
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	George North	11'
OC	13	Nick Tompkins
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Josh Adams	70'
FH	10	Dan Biggar
SH	9	Gareth Davies	56'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau	65'
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Ross Moriarty
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Jake Ball	66'
TP	3	Dillon Lewis	70'
HK	2	Ken Owens	73'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ryan Elias	73'
PR	17	Rob Evans	59'
PR	18	Leon Brown	70'
LK	19	Will Rowlands	66'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright	65'
SH	21	Tomos Williams	56'
FH	22	Jarrod Evans	70'
WG	23	Johnny McNicholl	11'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Anthony Bouthier
RW	14	Teddy Thomas		66'
OC	13	Virimi Vakatawa
IC	12	Arthur Vincent
LW	11	Gaël Fickou
FH	10	Romain Ntamack		74'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont		74'
N8	8	Gregory Alldritt	40'
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	François Cros		69'
RL	5	Paul Willemse
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux		65'
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	69'	79'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		56'
LP	1	Cyril Baille		41'
Replacements:
HK	16	Camille Chat		56'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros		41'
PR	18	Demba Bamba		69'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		65'
FL	20	Dylan Cretin		79'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin		75'
FH	22	Matthieu Jalibert		66'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos		75'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Romain Ntamack (France)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Notes:

Will Rowlands (Wales), Dylan Cretin and Jean-Baptiste Gros (both France) made their international debuts.
This was France's first Six Nations win in Cardiff since 2010.

23 February 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

England	24–12	Ireland
Try: Ford 8' c Daly 25' c Cowan-Dickie 62' c Con: Farrell (3/3) 9', 25', 64' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 40'	Report Match data	Try: Henshaw 50' m Porter 80+2' c Con: Cooney (1/1) 80+3'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,476
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Jonny May
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi	74'
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Jonathan Joseph
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs	58'
N8	8	Tom Curry	66'
OF	7	Sam Underhill
BF	6	Courtney Lawes	58'
RL	5	George Kruis	60'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	69'
HK	2	Jamie George	52'
LP	1	Joe Marler	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie	52'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	58'
PR	18	Will Stuart	69'
LK	19	Joe Launchbury	60'
LK	20	Charlie Ewels	58'
FL	21	Ben Earl	66'
SH	22	Willi Heinz	58'
CE	23	Henry Slade	74'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Jordan Larmour	64'
RW	14	Andrew Conway	66'
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)
SH	9	Conor Murray	55'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Josh van der Flier	60'
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Devin Toner	60'
TP	3	Tadhg Furlong	58'
HK	2	Rob Herring	60'
LP	1	Cian Healy	26'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rónan Kelleher	60'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	26'
PR	18	Andrew Porter	58'
LK	19	Ultan Dillane	60'
N8	20	Caelan Doris	60'
SH	21	John Cooney	55'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	66'
WG	23	Keith Earls	64'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Courtney Lawes (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Jonathan Joseph (England) earned his 50th test cap.
England retained the Millennium Trophy.
Iain Henderson was named as a lock for Ireland, but withdrew from the team for family reasons; he was replaced by Devin Toner, whose place on the bench was taken by Ultan Dillane.

Round 4

7 March 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

England	33–30	Wales (1 BP)
Try: Watson 4' c Daly 32' c Tuilagi 61' c Con: Farrell (3/3) 6', 34', 62' Pen: Farrell (3/3) 16', 39', 45' Ford (1/1) 52'	Report Match data	Try: Tipuric (2) 41' c, 80+1' c Biggar 78' c Con: Biggar (3/3) 42', 78', 80+1' Pen: Halfpenny (2/2) 9', 21' Biggar (1/1) 40+1'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,522
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Anthony Watson
OC	13	Manu Tuilagi	75'
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Jonny May		8'
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs		70'
N8	8	Tom Curry
OF	7	Mark Wilson		76'
BF	6	Courtney Lawes		66'
RL	5	George Kruis		58'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler		77'
HK	2	Jamie George		58'
LP	1	Joe Marler		66'	76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie		58'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	73'	66'
PR	18	Will Stuart		77'
LK	19	Joe Launchbury		58'
LK	20	Charlie Ewels		66'	76'
FL	21	Ben Earl		76'
SH	22	Willi Heinz		70'
CE	23	Henry Slade		8'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	George North
OC	13	Nick Tompkins
IC	12	Hadleigh Parkes
LW	11	Liam Williams	66'
FH	10	Dan Biggar
SH	9	Tomos Williams	46'
N8	8	Josh Navidi
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Ross Moriarty	58'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Jake Ball	58'
TP	3	Dillon Lewis	41'
HK	2	Ken Owens	75'
LP	1	Rob Evans	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ryan Elias	75'
PR	17	Rhys Carré	58'
PR	18	Leon Brown	41'
FL	19	Aaron Shingler	58'
N8	20	Taulupe Faletau	58'
SH	21	Rhys Webb	46'
FH	22	Jarrod Evans
WG	23	Johnny McNicholl	66'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Ben Youngs (England)

Touch judges:
Romain Poite (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

England secured their 26th Triple Crown, their first since 2016.^[23]
Manu Tuilagi became the first England player to be sent off since Elliot Daly was dismissed against Argentina in 2016. It was also the first red card in a Six Nations match since Stuart Hogg was sent off for Scotland against Wales in 2014.^{[citation needed]}
Alun Wyn Jones made a record 57th Six Nations appearance for Wales.^{[citation needed]}

8 March 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Scotland	28–17	France
Try: Maitland (2) 40+1' m, 45' c McInally 64' c Con: Hastings (2/3) 46', 66' Pen: Hastings (3/3) 11', 19', 37'	Report Match data	Try: Penaud 33' c Ollivon 76' c Con: Jalibert (2/2) 34', 76' Pen: Jalibert (1/1) 61'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,144
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Sean Maitland	67'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sam Johnson	79'
LW	11	Blair Kinghorn
FH	10	Adam Hastings
SH	9	Ali Price	59'
N8	8	Nick Haining	59'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Grant Gilchrist
LL	4	Scott Cummings	71'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	67'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	59'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	59'
PR	17	Allan Dell	59'
PR	18	W. P. Nel	67'
LK	19	Sam Skinner	71'
N8	20	Magnus Bradbury	59'
SH	21	George Horne	59'
FH	22	Duncan Weir	79'
WG	23	Kyle Steyn	67'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Anthony Bouthier		71'
RW	14	Damian Penaud		59'
OC	13	Virimi Vakatawa
IC	12	Arthur Vincent
LW	11	Gaël Fickou
FH	10	Romain Ntamack		8'
SH	9	Antoine Dupont		77'
N8	8	Gregory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	François Cros	5'	48'
RL	5	Paul Willemse		48'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas	37'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		64'
LP	1	Jefferson Poirot		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka		64'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros		51'
PR	18	Demba Bamba		48'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		48'
FL	20	Dylan Cretin		59'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin		77'
FH	22	Matthieu Jalibert		8'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos		71'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Jamie Ritchie (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Wayne Barnes (England)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Kyle Steyn (Scotland) made his international debut.
Fraser Brown (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
With France's defeat, no team could win the Grand Slam.
Scotland reclaimed the Auld Alliance Trophy.
This was Scotland's 200th win in the Six Nations, including Home Nations and Five Nations tournaments.
Scotland won back-to-back matches against France, after also defeating them in August 2019, for the first time since 1964.
Camille Chat was named on the bench for France as hooker, but withdrew in the warm-up ahead of the game due to a hamstring injury, with Peato Mauvaka replacing him.

24 October 2020^[b]
15:30 IST (UTC+01)

(1 BP) Ireland	50–17	Italy
Try: Stander 8' c Keenan (2) 30' c, 36' c Connors 61' c Sexton 65' m Aki 69' c Heffernan 80' c Con: Sexton (5/6) 9', 31', 38', 63', 71' R. Byrne (1/1) 80' Pen: Sexton (1/1) 14'	Report Match data	Try: Padovani 55' c Garbisi 80+2' c Con: Garbisi (2/2) 56', 80+3' Pen: Garbisi (1/2) 4'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)^[c]


FB	15	Jacob Stockdale
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Garry Ringrose		27'
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	Hugo Keenan
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)		71'
SH	9	Conor Murray	3'	67'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Will Connors
BF	6	Caelan Doris		67'
RL	5	James Ryan		63'
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne
TP	3	Andrew Porter		63'
HK	2	Rob Herring		51'
LP	1	Cian Healy		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dave Heffernan		51'
PR	17	Ed Byrne		56'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham		63'
LK	19	Ultan Dillane		63'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony		67'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park		67'
FH	22	Ross Byrne		71'
CE	23	Robbie Henshaw		27'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Jayden Hayward
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani
OC	13	Luca Morisi	54'
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Marcello Violi	72'
N8	8	Jake Polledri
OF	7	Braam Steyn
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	67'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone	47'
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni	63'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi	47'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	47'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gianmarco Lucchesi	47'
PR	17	Simone Ferrari	47'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	47'
FL	19	David Sisi	47'
N8	20	Johan Meyer	63'
FL	21	Maxime Mbanda	67'
SH	22	Callum Braley	72'
CE	23	Federico Mori	54'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Will Connors (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Note:

Ed Byrne, Will Connors, Jamison Gibson-Park, Hugo Keenan (all Ireland), Gianmarco Lucchesi, Paolo Garbisi and Federico Mori (all Italy) made their international debuts.^[25]
This result meant Italy won the Wooden Spoon for the fifth consecutive year, and their 15th since joining the Six Nations.

Round 5

31 October 2020^[d]
14:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Wales	10–14	Scotland
Try: Carré 31' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 32' Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 66'	Report Match data	Try: McInally 61' m Pen: Russell (1/2) 10' Hastings (1/1) 40' Hogg (1/1) 80'

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)^[e]


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Liam Williams
OC	13	Jonathan Davies
IC	12	Owen Watkin	74'
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar	43'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	72'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau	70'
OF	7	James Davies
BF	6	Shane Lewis-Hughes
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Will Rowlands	57'
TP	3	Tomas Francis	57'	73'
HK	2	Ryan Elias	70'
LP	1	Rhys Carré	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Sam Parry	70'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	49'
PR	18	Dillon Lewis	57'	73'
LK	19	Cory Hill	57'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright	70'
SH	21	Lloyd Williams	72'
FH	22	Rhys Patchell	43'
CE	23	Nick Tompkins	74'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham	66'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	James Lang
LW	11	Blair Kinghorn
FH	10	Finn Russell	32'
SH	9	Ali Price
N8	8	Blade Thomson	54'
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	54'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	54'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Stuart McInally	54'
PR	17	Oli Kebble	54'
PR	18	Simon Berghan	54'
LK	19	Ben Toolis
N8	20	Cornell du Preez	54'
SH	21	Scott Steele		70'
FH	22	Adam Hastings	32'	70'
WG	23	Duhan van der Merwe	66'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Jamie Ritchie (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Tom Foley (England)

Notes:

Wales made 19 changes to the team that was selected for the original fixture on 14 March, while Scotland made 15 changes.^[27]^[28]
Justin Tipuric was named in the starting XV at openside flanker, but was ruled out ahead of kick-off. James Davies replaced him in the starting team with Aaron Wainwright joining the replacements.
Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) earned his 149th international cap (140 for Wales, 9 for the British and Irish Lions) to surpass New Zealand's Richie McCaw's record as the most capped international rugby player.
Shane Lewis-Hughes (Wales) and Scott Steele (Scotland) made their international debuts.
Scotland won three consecutive Six Nations matches for the first time since 1996.
This was Scotland's first win in Wales since 2002.
Wales finished in fifth place with one win, their worst performance since 2007.
Wales played a home game away from the Millennium Stadium for the first time since playing Romania at the Racecourse Ground in Wrexham in 2003. It was also the first Welsh international played in Llanelli since 1998 and the first Six Nations game in Llanelli since 1893, making this the first international match played at Parc y Scarlets.
Scotland won the Doddie Weir Cup for the first time.

31 October 2020^[f]
17:45 CET (UTC+01)

Italy	5–34	England (1 BP)
Try: Polledri 18' m	Report Match data	Try: Youngs (2) 5' c, 41' c George 51' c Curry 67' m Slade 72' m Con: Farrell (3/5) 6', 42', 52' Pen: Farrell (1/1) 13'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi		47'
RW	14	Edoardo Padovani		22'
OC	13	Luca Morisi
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Marcello Violi
N8	8	Jake Polledri	38'
OF	7	Braam Steyn
BF	6	Sebastian Negri		73'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone		61'
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni		78'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi		61'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)		61'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti		42'	52'	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gianmarco Lucchesi		61'
PR	17	Simone Ferrari		42'	52'	61'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli		61'
FL	19	David Sisi		61'
N8	20	Johan Meyer		78'
FL	21	Maxime Mbanda		73'
SH	22	Guglielmo Palazzani		47'
CE	23	Federico Mori		22'
Coach:
Franco Smith


FB	15	George Furbank
RW	14	Anthony Watson		54'
OC	13	Jonathan Joseph		68'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Ben Youngs		73'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola
OF	7	Sam Underhill		33' to 41'		54'
BF	6	Tom Curry
RL	5	Jonny Hill	22'	68'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler		63'
HK	2	Jamie George		79'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola		59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tom Dunn		79'
PR	17	Ellis Genge		59'
PR	18	Will Stuart		63'
LK	19	Charlie Ewels		68'
FL	20	Ben Earl		36'	40'	54'
SH	21	Dan Robson		73'
CE	22	Ollie Lawrence		68'
WG	23	Ollie Thorley		54'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Ben Youngs (England)

Touch judges:
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Television match official:
Romain Poite (France)

Notes:

Ben Youngs became the second England player after Jason Leonard to earn his 100th test cap.
Jamie George (England) earned his 50th test cap.
Tom Dunn, Jonny Hill, Ollie Lawrence and Ollie Thorley (all England) made their international debuts.
Italy were whitewashed for the fifth consecutive year.

31 October 2020^[g]
21:10 CET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) France	35–27	Ireland
Try: Dupont 7' c Penalty try 30' Ntamack 44' m Vakatawa 71' c Con: Ntamack (2/3) 8', 72' Pen: Ntamack (3/3) 38', 48', 52'	Report Match data	Try: Healy 19' c Henshaw 60' c Stockdale 80' c Con: Sexton (2/2) 19', 61' R. Byrne (1/1) 80+1' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 26', 33'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)


FB	15	Anthony Bouthier	10'	73'
RW	14	Vincent Rattez
OC	13	Virimi Vakatawa		73'
IC	12	Arthur Vincent
LW	11	Gaël Fickou
FH	10	Romain Ntamack
SH	9	Antoine Dupont		77'
N8	8	Gregory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	François Cros		34'
RL	5	Paul Willemse		73'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Mohamed Haouas		58'
HK	2	Julien Marchand		56'
LP	1	Cyril Baille		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Camille Chat		56'
PR	17	Jean-Baptiste Gros		58'
PR	18	Demba Bamba		56'
LK	19	Romain Taofifénua		73'
FL	20	Dylan Cretin		34'
SH	21	Baptiste Serin		77'
WG	22	Arthur Retière		73'
FB	23	Thomas Ramos		73'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Jacob Stockdale
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Robbie Henshaw
IC	12	Bundee Aki		53'
LW	11	Hugo Keenan
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)		69'
SH	9	Conor Murray		66'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Will Connors		54'
BF	6	Caelan Doris	29'
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Tadhg Beirne		61'
TP	3	Andrew Porter		69'
HK	2	Rob Herring		58'
LP	1	Cian Healy		26'	38'	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dave Heffernan		58'
PR	17	Ed Byrne		26'	38'	61'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham		69'
LK	19	Ultan Dillane		61'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony		54'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park		66'
FH	22	Ross Byrne		69'
CE	23	Chris Farrell		53'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Gregory Alldritt (France)

Touch judges:
Matthew Carley (England)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Luke Pearce (England)

Notes:

Arthur Retière (France) made his international debut.
Cian Healy became the sixth Ireland player to earn his 100th test cap.
France required a win by 28 points to win the championship, while Ireland needed a bonus-point win or a margin of seven points (or six if they scored at least one try). As neither side met their requirements, England won a record 29th outright title.^[32]^[33]

Player statistics

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Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Romain Ntamack	France	57
2	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	51
3	Dan Biggar	Wales	49
4	Owen Farrell	England	48
5	Adam Hastings	Scotland	41
6	Charles Ollivon	France	20
7	Josh Adams	Wales	15
	Leigh Halfpenny	Wales
	Justin Tipuric	Wales
10	Paolo Garbisi	Italy	12

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Charles Ollivon	France	4
2	Josh Adams	Wales	3
	Romain Ntamack	France
	Justin Tipuric	Wales
5	Dan Biggar	Wales	2
	Elliot Daly	England
	Robbie Henshaw	Ireland
	Hugo Keenan	Ireland
	Sean Maitland	Scotland
	Stuart McInally	Scotland
	Jonny May	England
	Johnny Sexton	Ireland
	Ben Youngs	England

Notes

Wales final game was scheduled for Parc y Scarlets in Llanelli as the Millennium Stadium was unavailable due to being used as Dragon's Heart Hospital.
Initially scheduled for 7 March 2020.^[24]
Nic Berry was initially appointed as referee, but travel restrictions meant the match was reassigned to Matthew Carley.
This game was originally due to go ahead on 14 March, and teams had been announced, but it was postponed on 13 March.^[26]
Angus Gardner was initially appointed as referee, but travel restrictions meant the match was reassigned to Andrew Brace.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak in Italy, this game was first arranged to be played behind closed doors on 14 March, but was postponed the following day,^[29] and ultimately rescheduled for 31 October.^[30]
- The match between France and Ireland, initially scheduled for 14 March, was postponed on 9 March due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.^[31]