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The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
Feb 8, 2024 · The Six Nations has had a long and illustrious history as the premier international rugby tournament in the northern hemisphere. Ireland, Wales and Scotland have competed in all 128 tournaments since its inception. England have competed in 126, France 93, and Italy 23.
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Six Nations. France competes annually in the Six Nations Championship, which is played against five other European nations: England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. France first contested the tournament in 1910 when the Home Nations became the Five Nations.
Jan 17, 2023 · A 42-player France squad has been named for the upcoming Six Nations as they bid to become the first men's team to win back-to-back Grand Slams. Head coach Fabien Galthie has been left...
- Early Years
- The Five Nations and The Olympics
- Expelled from Five Nations
- Post War
- The Sixties
- The Seventies
- The Eighties and Early Nineties
- Professional Era
- 21st Century
- Sources
Rugby was introduced to the Le Havre region of France by British merchants and students in the 1870s and was subsequently spread throughout the schools and colleges. The first clubs were established in the late 1870s and early 1880s, with a club championship soon formed, and games against English clubs organised. The first involvement a national ru...
France played Wales for the first time on 2 March 1908, losing 36 – 14 away from home. On March 20, 1909, France played Irelandfor the first time, falling 19–8. When Scotland played France in the first official international match between the two countries in 1910, the foundation was laid for a Five Nations competition. Their first win in the compe...
The mid to late 1920s was a period of disappointment for the French, that is until they won their first games over England and Wales, in 1927 and 1928 respectively. France had mediocre results on field during the latter end of the decade and the start of the 1930s, but showed definite signs of improvements in the Five Nations. However, they were ex...
The Five nations resumed after the second World War in 1947 and French rugby came of age. Lucien Mias was the innovative captain whose line-out ploys brought a new attacking dimension to forward play. France beat Wales in 1948 and England in 1951. In 1952, France played their second match against the Springboks and again lost 25–3. France claimed a...
Les Bleus scored four tries to one at Cardiff Arms Park and beating Ireland with a record score, 23–6. France's match against England ended in a stalemate and the two sides had to share the 1960 Five Nations trophy. Pierre Albaladejo set a record for the most drop goals, three, in the 23–6 victory over Ireland. France then embarked on a tour of Arg...
Les Bleus continued to feature as a major player in the five nations, finishing first equal in 1970, second in 1971. In 1972, in the final international played at the Yves du Manoir Stadium at Colombes, France marked the occasion by scoring six tries to one and racking up their biggest ever win against England 37–12. Jean Desclaux coached France be...
On the 8th of November 1980, France play their last international against South Africa in the apartheid era. They were led by Jean-Pierre Rives and lost 15–37 to the Springboks at Newlands in what was termed the "Summer Test". Jacques Fouroux became the coach of France shortly before the 1981 Five Nations tournament. In the ten years that he manage...
As the game adjusted to the new professional era, the Championship was very much dominated by England, who coming off the 1995 win, backed up with a tournament win in 1996. During the tournament, France actually defeated England, but it was their one-point loss to Wales that prevented them from taking the title. After the Five Nations France hosted...
In 2000, Italy joined the Five Nations, making the tournament the Six Nations. France did not perform to expectations in the revamped tournament, losing to both England and Ireland and finishing second behind England. After defeating Romania 67 to 20, France hosted Australia in Paris, who beat them 18 to 13 in a 1999 World Cup final re-match. This ...
Jan 17, 2024 · France have revealed that La Rochelle’s Gregory Alldritt will captain the side for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. The number eight has been a key part of the squad under head coach Fabien Galthie over the last few years and has now been handed the extra leadership responsibility.
France ended their 12-year wait for a men’s Six Nations Championship title as victory over England wrapped up a 10th Grand Slam. World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year 2021, in association with Mastercard, Antoine Dupont scored Les Bleus’ decisive third try in Paris, which secured a 25-13 win.
