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The 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship was the 20th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition featuring England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The format for the 2021 tournament was changed from the traditional eight-week round-robin format to a four-week format consisting of two pools of three teams with a final, inspired by the format of the Autumn Nations Cup, which replaced the 2020 Autumn Internationals. The tournament was held from 3 to 24 April 2021.
As not all teams played each other, the Grand Slam and Triple Crown were not contested.
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Traditionally, the Women's Six Nations Championship is run concurrently with the men's tournament. However, in January 2021, the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] which caused travel and time restrictions issues due to qualification of the 2021 Rugby World Cup needing to be completed before the tournament starting in September.[3] Most of the players have jobs outside of rugby, and some players are key workers. This, combined with national lockdowns and the need for COVID-19 testing, made it more difficult to schedule the matches during the pandemic.[4][5]
On 3 February, it was announced that the 2021 Women's Six Nations Championship would take place between 3 and 25 April, in a condensed format.[6][7] The six teams were split into two pools of three teams. Each team played the other two teams in their pool, with one match at home and one away.[6][7] Each team had one bye weekend.[7] The winners of the two pools met in the final, as did the two second and third-placed teams from each pool.[6] The team in Pool A hosted regardless of who performed better in their pool, and the winner of the play-off between the two first-ranked sides won the tournament.[6] The format is similar to the 2020 men's Autumn Nations Cup.[7][8] Provisional fixture lists were also announced on 3 February,[6] and the venues and kick-off times were announced on 23 March.[9]
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Pool stage
Pool A
Fixtures
Test: 1401 | 3 April 2021 | (1 BP) England ![]() |
52–10 | ![]() |
Castle Park, Doncaster | |
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Try: Packer 9' c Riley 16' m Davies 27' c B. Cleall 35' c Breach 37' c Rowland 43' c P. Cleall 70' m Penalty try 77' Con: Scarratt (5/6) 9', 27', 35', 38', 44' |
Report | Try: Smith 54' c Con: Nelson (1/1) 55' Pen: Nelson (1/1) 23' |
Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France) |
Test: 1403 | 10 April 2021 | Italy ![]() |
3–67 | ![]() |
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma | |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Pen: Sillari (1/1) 35' | Report | Try: Scarratt 23' c Fleetwood 30' c Dow (2) 55' c, 61' c Millar-Mills 58' c Rowland 60' c B. Cleall 70' c MacDonald 79' c Davies 80' +3 m Con: Scarratt (8/9) 24', 32', 56', 58', 61', 63', 71', 80' Pen: Rowland (1/1) 37' Scarratt (1/1) 47' |
Referee: Aurélie Groizeleau (France) |
Test: 1405 | 17 April 2021 | Scotland ![]() |
20–41 | ![]() |
Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow | |
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Try: Skeldon 23' c Wassell 73' c Con: Nelson (2/2) 24', 74' Pen: Nelson (2/2) 40', 46' |
Report | Try: Rigoni (2) 7' c, 68' m Furlan (3) 10' m, 59' m, 79' c Arrighetti 40' +1 c Ostuni Minuzzi 42' m Con: Sillari (3/7) 8', 40' +2, 80' |
Referee: Nikki O'Donnell (England) |
Pool B
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Test: 1402 | 3 April 2021 | (1 BP) France ![]() |
53–0 | ![]() |
Stade de la Rabine, Vannes | |
20:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Boujard (3) 3' c, 6' c, 15' c Sochat 35' c Gros (2) 53' m, 62' c Boulard 78' m Touyé 80' +4 m Con: Bourdon (5/8) 4', 7', 16', 36', 63' Pen: Bourdon (1/1) 31' |
Report | Referee: Nikki O'Donnell (England) |
Test: 1404 | 10 April 2021 | Wales ![]() |
0–45 | ![]() |
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | |
18:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Report | Try: Considine (2) 3' m, 18' c Parsons (2) 10' c, 15' m Naoupu 28' c Wall 72' c Tyrrell 80' +1 c Con: Tyrrell (5/7) 12', 19', 28', 74', 80' +2 |
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) |
Test: 1406 | 17 April 2021 | Ireland ![]() |
15–56 | ![]() |
Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin | |
14:15 IST (UTC+01:00) | Try: Moloney 27' m Hooban 74' c Con: Flood (1/1) 75' Pen: Tyrrell (1/1) 6' |
Report | Try: Boujard (2) 14' c, 47' m Boulard 19' c Penalty try 22' N'Diaye 34' c Banet (2) 39' c, 72' m R. Ménager 57' m Con: Drouin (4/7) 15', 20', 35', 40' Pen: Drouin (2/2) 31', 66' |
Referee: Sara Cox (England) |
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Finals
5th/6th place
Test: 1407 | 24 April 2021 | Scotland ![]() |
27–20 | ![]() |
Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow | |
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Try: Gaffney 5' m Kennedy 29' c Belisle 35' m Gallagher 54' c Con: Nelson (2/4) 30', 55' Pen: Nelson (1/1) 70' |
Report | Try: Neumann 42' c C. Lewis 80' +3 c Con: Wilkins (2/2) 43', 80' +4 Pen: Wilkins (2/3) 21', 26' |
Referee: Clara Munarini (Italy) |
3rd/4th place
Test: 1408 | 24 April 2021 | Ireland ![]() |
25–5 | ![]() |
Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin[10] | |
12:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Wall 9' m Murphy Crowe (2) 44' c, 80' +1 m Moloney 52' m Con: Flood (1/4) 45' |
Report | Try: Bettoni 69' m | Referee: Sara Cox (England) |
1st/2nd place
Test: 1409 | 24 April 2021 | England ![]() |
10–6 | ![]() |
Twickenham Stoop, London | |
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00) | Try: P. Cleall 39' c Con: Scarratt (1/1) 40' Pen: Scarratt (1/3) 79' |
Report | Pen: Drouin (2/4) 45', 72' | Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland) |
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