The 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes except in France where due to alcohol sponsorship prohibitions the tournament was unsponsored, was the 23rd series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It began on 23 March and ended on 27 April 2024.

The competition was part of the qualification process for the 2025 World Cup, with a qualifying place awarded to the highest finisher other than England and France who had already qualified automatically for the tournament.

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.
• 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 another team could lose one match while winning two bonus points and win the other four matches while winning four bonus points for a maximum of 22 points.
• Tiebreakers
  • If two or more teams are tied on table points, the team with the better points difference (points scored against 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

Round 1

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• Katie Corrigan (Ireland) and Lina Tuy (France) made their international debuts.

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• Jenny Hesketh and Sian Jones (both Wales) made their international debuts.
• Alex Stewart (Scotland) made her international debut.
• Scotland won their seventh consecutive test, making this their longest winning streak in terms of games played, surpassing the six successive victories between 1997 and 1998.

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• Maddie Feaunati (England) made her international debut.
• Marlie Packer became the 7th Englishwoman to earn her 100th test cap.

Round 2

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• Louise McMillan (Scotland) earned her 50th test cap.

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• Molly Reardon (Wales) made her international debut.
• Zoe Aldcroft (England) earned her 50th test cap.
• Jasmine Joyce-Butchers, Kelsey Jones, and Nel Metcalfe were originally named in the respectively in the Welsh starting line-up on the wing, bench at hooker and bench on the wing, but withdrew before the match due to injuries. They were replaced by Lisa Neumann, Molly Reardon, and Courtney Keight respectively.

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• This was Italy's first away win against Ireland.

Round 3

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• Fiona McIntosh (Scotland) made her international debut.
• Emma Wassell was originally named in the second row for Scotland, but withdrew prior to the match due to injury. She was replaced by Fiona McIntosh, whose place on the bench was taken by Eva Donaldson.

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• Shannon Ikahifo (Ireland) and Gwennan Hopkins (Wales) made their international debuts.
• No replacement was made for Aoife Wafer (Ireland) when she came off in the 74th minute.

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• Teani Feleu (France) made her international debut.
• This was the last test as an official for Joy Neville, who announced her retirement before the beginning of the tournament.

Round 4

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• Lizzie Hanlon (England) made her international debut.
• Rosie Galligan was originally named in the England second row, but withdrew through injury during the warm-up. She was replaced by Morwenna Talling, whose place on the bench was taken by Lizzie Hanlon. Talling resumed wearing 19 while Hanlon wore 24.
• With this win, England won their 24th Triple Crown, their 8th in succession.

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• This was Scotland's first victory over Italy in Italy since defeating them 43–15 in the 1999 European Championship.

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• Anne-Cécile Ciofani (France) made her international debut.

Round 5

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• Lucia Gai became the second Italian woman, after Sara Barattin, to earn her 100th Test cap.
• Wales received the Wooden Spoon, after finishing bottom of the Six Nations table for the first time since 2021, and for the first time in the traditional round robin format since 2018.
• This was the first Italy–Wales match won by the home team since 2015.

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• Lana Skeldon was named as Scotland hooker, but withdrew before kick-off due to injury. She was replaced by Elis Martin.

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• Joanna Grisez was originally named on the right wing for France, but withdrew due to injury. She was replaced by Anne-Cécile Ciofani, whose place on the bench was taken by Axelle Berthoumieu.
• With this win, England secured their 20th Six Nations title and their 18th Grand Slam.

Player statistics

Discipline

Summary

Yellow cards

2 yellow cards

1 yellow card

Red cards

1 red card

Citings/bans

Note: The cited player's team is listed in bold italics.

Awards

Player of the Match awards

Player of the Championship

Four players were nominated for the 2024 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship on 30 April 2024. The winner was announced on 17 May 2024.

Try of the Championship

Four tries were nominated for the 2024 Women's Six Nations Try of the Championship on 2 May 2024. The winner was announced on 14 May 2024.

Team of the Championship

The 15 players voted in as the 2024 Women's Six Nations Team of the Championship were announced on 16 May 2024.

Broadcast

Notes

References