Autumn Nations Cup

Unique rugby union competition

Autumn Nations Cup
Final positions

Date	13 November 2020 – 6 December 2020
Countries	England Fiji France Georgia Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Champions	England
Runner-up	France
Third place	Ireland
Fourth place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Tries scored	53 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Owen Farrell (46)
Most tries	Jamie George Nemani Nadolo (3)
Player of the tournament	Brice Dulin^[1]

The Autumn Nations Cup was a rugby union competition held in November and December 2020 in place of the usual Autumn internationals series typically held in the same period each year, as many teams were avoiding extended travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight teams participated – the teams involved in the Six Nations Championship (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales) plus Georgia and Fiji – divided into two groups of four. Japan were originally going to take part but withdrew due to travel restrictions, resulting in them being replaced by Georgia and moving Fiji to Group B.^[2]

Each team played the others in its group once to determine the final group standings; the teams in first place in each group then played each other, as did the teams in second, third, and fourth, to determine the overall standings. The tournament opened with a match between Ireland and Wales at the Aviva Stadium on 13 November 2020, and the final matches were hosted by the teams from Group A on the weekend of 5/6 December 2020 (Georgia's "home" match was played at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland).^[3] Wales' home matches were played at Parc y Scarlets due to the Millennium Stadium being decommissioned as a COVID-19 hospital. Fiji were forced to concede all of their group games due to a COVID-19 outbreak in their team camp, but they were able to face Georgia in the 7th/8th-place playoff.^[4]

England won the tournament after wins over Ireland, Wales, Georgia, and France.^[5]

Overview

Participants

World Rugby rankings denoted in (parentheses) as per start of the tournament

Nation	Head coach	Captain
England (3)	Eddie Jones	Owen Farrell
Fiji (11)	Vern Cotter	Semi Radradra
France (4)	Fabien Galthié	Charles Ollivon
Georgia (12)	Levan Maisashvili	Merab Sharikadze
Ireland (5)	Andy Farrell	Johnny Sexton
Italy (14)	Franco Smith	Luca Bigi
Scotland (7)	Gregor Townsend	Stuart Hogg
Wales (8)	Wayne Pivac	Alun Wyn Jones

Venues

Stadium	Capacity	Location
Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London
Stade de France	80,698	Saint-Denis
Stade de la Rabine^[a]	9,500	Vannes
Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin
Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh
Stadio Artemio Franchi	43,147	Florence
Stadio del Conero^[a]	23,967	Ancona
Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli

Fixtures

Group A

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Table points
Position	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Tries	Loser	Table points
1	England	3	3	0	0	82	20	+62	10	2	1	0	13
2	Ireland	3	2	0	1	62	37	+25	5	3	0	0	8
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	40	56	–16	3	4	0	0	4
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	10	81	–71	1	10	0	0	0

Round 1

13 November 2020
19:00 WET (UTC+0)

Ireland	32–9	Wales
Try: Roux 23' c Lowe 80+1' c Con: Sexton (1/1) 24' Murray (1/1) 80+2' Pen: Sexton (2/2) 10', 28' Burns (2/2) 36', 54' Murray (2/2) 67', 72'	Report	Pen: Halfpenny (3/5) 17', 31', 50'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Team details


FB	15	Hugo Keenan
RW	14	Andrew Conway
OC	13	Chris Farrell
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw	71'
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Johnny Sexton (c)	29'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park
N8	8	Caelan Doris
OF	7	Josh van der Flier	70'
BF	6	Peter O'Mahony
RL	5	James Ryan
LL	4	Quinn Roux	65'
TP	3	Andrew Porter	65'
HK	2	Rónan Kelleher	65'
LP	1	Cian Healy	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dave Heffernan	65'
PR	17	Ed Byrne	60'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham	65'
LK	19	Tadhg Beirne	65'
FL	20	Will Connors	70'
SH	21	Conor Murray		65'
FH	22	Billy Burns	29'	65'
WG	23	Keith Earls	71'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny
RW	14	Liam Williams
OC	13	Jonathan Davies	60'
IC	12	Owen Watkin
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar	67'
SH	9	Gareth Davies	54'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau	71'
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	Shane Lewis-Hughes
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)		79'
LL	4	Will Rowlands	52'	79'
TP	3	Tomas Francis	52'
HK	2	Ryan Elias	52'
LP	1	Rhys Carré	40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	52'
PR	17	Wyn Jones	40'
PR	18	Samson Lee	52'
LK	19	Jake Ball	52'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright	71'
SH	21	Lloyd Williams	54'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	67'
WG	23	George North	60'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac

Player of the Match:
Caelan Doris (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Romain Poite (France)

Notes:

Jacob Stockdale and Iain Henderson were named to start but were ruled out on matchday and replaced by Quinn Roux and Andrew Conway; Tadhg Beirne was added to the bench.^[6]
Billy Burns and James Lowe (both Ireland) and Callum Sheedy (Wales) made their international debuts.
Tomas Francis (Wales) earned his 50th test cap.
George North became the seventh Wales player to earn 100 test caps (97 for Wales, 3 for the British and Irish Lions). He also became the youngest player to earn his 100th cap at 28 years and 225 days, surpassing Australia's Michael Hooper's record of 28 years and 348 days.
Johnny Sexton became the seventh Ireland player to earn 100 test caps (94 for Ireland, 6 for the British and Irish Lions).
Alun Wyn Jones became the first player to earn 150 test caps (141 for Wales, 9 for the British and Irish Lions).

14 November 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) England	40–0	Georgia
Try: Willis 15' c George (3) 30' c, 34' m, 58' c Daly 38' c Robson 69' c Con: Farrell (5/6) 17', 31', 39', 59', 70'	Report

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Team details


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Jonathan Joseph	39'
OC	13	Ollie Lawrence	62'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Ben Youngs	62'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola
OF	7	Jack Willis	47'
BF	6	Maro Itoje
RL	5	Joe Launchbury
LL	4	Charlie Ewels	65'
TP	3	Will Stuart	48'
HK	2	Jamie George	65'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	48'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tom Dunn	65'
PR	17	Mako Vunipola	48'
PR	18	Kyle Sinckler	48'
FL	19	Ben Earl	47'
FL	20	Tom Curry	65'
SH	21	Dan Robson	62'
FH	22	Max Malins	62'
CE	23	Joe Marchant	39'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
LW	11	Sandro Svanidze	80'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze	66'
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze	60'
OF	7	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	73'
BF	6	Beka Saghinadze
RL	5	Grigor Kerdikoshvili	65'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	60'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	47'
LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jaba Bregvadze	47'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	47'
PR	18	Lekso Kaulashvili	60'
FL	19	Otar Giorgadze	60'
FL	20	Tornike Jalaghonia	73'
LK	21	Giorgi Javakhia	65'
SH	22	Vasil Lobzhanidze	66'
WG	23	Alexander Todua	80'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Player of the Match:
Jamie George (England)

Assistant refereess:
Craig Evans (Wales)
Adam Jones (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Demur Tapladze had been named on the bench for Georgia, but was withdrawn ahead of kick off and replaced by Giorgi Javakhia.
Max Malins, Jack Willis (both England) and Sandro Svanidze (Georgia) made their international debuts.
Jamie George became the first England men's hooker to score a hat-trick.^[7]
The two nations faced each other outside of a Rugby World Cup for the first time.^[8]

Round 2

21 November 2020
15:00 GMT (UTC+0)

England	18–7	Ireland
Try: May (2) 17' m, 21' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 22' Pen: Farrell (2/2) 46', 52'	Report	Try: Stockdale 74' c Con: Burns (1/1) 75'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

Team details


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Jonathan Joseph	72'
OC	13	Ollie Lawrence	69'
IC	12	Henry Slade
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	Owen Farrell (c)
SH	9	Ben Youngs	63'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola
OF	7	Sam Underhill	63'
BF	6	Tom Curry
RL	5	Joe Launchbury	69'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	69'
HK	2	Jamie George	80'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tom Dunn	80'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	63'
PR	18	Will Stuart	69'
LK	19	Jonny Hill	69'
FL	20	Ben Earl	63'
SH	21	Dan Robson	63'
FH	22	George Ford	69'
FH	23	Max Malins	72'
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Hugo Keenan	58'
RW	14	Keith Earls
OC	13	Chris Farrell
IC	12	Bundee Aki
LW	11	James Lowe
FH	10	Ross Byrne	69'
SH	9	Jamison Gibson-Park	51'
N8	8	Caelan Doris
OF	7	Peter O'Mahony
BF	6	CJ Stander	66'
RL	5	James Ryan (c)
LL	4	Quinn Roux	51'
TP	3	Andrew Porter
HK	2	Rónan Kelleher	51'
LP	1	Cian Healy	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rob Herring	51'
PR	17	Finlay Bealham	66'
PR	18	John Ryan
LK	19	Iain Henderson	51'
FL	20	Will Connors	66'
SH	21	Conor Murray	51'
FH	22	Billy Burns	69'
WG	23	Jacob Stockdale	58'
Coach:
Andy Farrell

Player of the Match:
Maro Itoje (England)

Assistant referees:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Nigel Owens (Wales)

21 November 2020
17:15 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	18–0	Georgia
Try: Rees-Zammit 26' c Webb 76' m Con: Sheedy (1/2) 27' Pen: Sheedy (2/3) 10', 52'	Report

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Team details


FB	15	Liam Williams	59'
RW	14	Johnny McNicholl	43'
OC	13	Nick Tompkins
IC	12	Johnny Williams
LW	11	Louis Rees-Zammit
FH	10	Callum Sheedy
SH	9	Kieran Hardy	56'
N8	8	Aaron Wainwright
OF	7	Justin Tipuric (c)	56'
BF	6	James Botham
RL	5	Seb Davies	63'
LL	4	Jake Ball
TP	3	Samson Lee	63'
HK	2	Elliot Dee	71'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Sam Parry	71'
PR	17	Nicky Smith	68'
PR	18	Leon Brown	63'
LK	19	Cory Hill	63'
FL	20	James Davies	56'
SH	21	Rhys Webb	56'
FH	22	Ioan Lloyd	59'
WG	23	Jonah Holmes	43'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze		78'
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
LW	11	Alexander Todua		78'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze		56'
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze	56' to 68'
BF	6	Otari Giorgadze		56'
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze		38'
LL	4	Grigor Kerdikoshvili
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili		55'
HK	2	Jaba Bregvadze		63'
LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili		55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze		63'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili		55'
PR	18	Lekso Kaulashvili		55'
LK	19	Lasha Jaiani		38'
FL	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili		56'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze		56'
WG	22	Demur Tapladze		78'
WG	23	Tamaz Mchedlidze		78'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Player of the Match:
Aaron Wainwright (Wales)

Assistant refereess:
Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Television match official:
Joy Neville (Ireland)

Notes:

James Botham, Kieran Hardy, Ioan Lloyd and Johnny Williams (all Wales) made their international debuts.
Joy Neville became the first woman to perform television match official duties in a major men's international competition.^[9]

Round 3

28 November 2020
16:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	13–24	England
Try: J. Williams 10' c Con: Halfpenny (1/1) 12' Pen: Biggar (2/2) 56', 59'	Report	Try: Slade 15' m M. Vunipola 51' c Con: Farrell (1/2) 52' Pen: Farrell (4/6) 31', 40', 67', 73'

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Team details


FB	15	Leigh Halfpenny	67'
RW	14	Louis Rees-Zammit
OC	13	Nick Tompkins	74'
IC	12	Johnny Williams
LW	11	Josh Adams
FH	10	Dan Biggar
SH	9	Lloyd Williams	49'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	James Botham
BF	6	Shane Lewis-Hughes	52'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)
LL	4	Jake Ball	49'
TP	3	Samson Lee	43'
HK	2	Ryan Elias	48'
LP	1	Wyn Jones	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee	48'
PR	17	Rhys Carré	70'
PR	18	Tomas Francis	43'
LK	19	Will Rowlands	49'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright	52'
SH	21	Rhys Webb	49'
FH	22	Callum Sheedy	67'
CE	23	Owen Watkin	74'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Jonathan Joseph	52'
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs	77'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola
OF	7	Sam Underhill	74'
BF	6	Tom Curry	61'
RL	5	Joe Launchbury	67'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	73'
HK	2	Jamie George	67'
LP	1	Mako Vunipola	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie	67'
PR	17	Ellis Genge	67'
PR	18	Will Stuart	73'
LK	19	Jonny Hill	67'
FL	20	Ben Earl	74'
FL	21	Jack Willis	61'
SH	22	Dan Robson	77'
FB	23	Anthony Watson	52'
Coach:
Eddie Jones

Player of the Match:
Sam Underhill (England)

Assistant referees:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

29 November 2020
14:00 WET (UTC+0)

Ireland	23–10	Georgia
Try: Burns 9' c Keenan 34' c Con: Burns (2/2) 10', 35' Pen: Burns (2/2) 14', 23' Byrne (1/1) 59'	Report	Try: Kveseladze 17' c Con: Abzhandadze (1/1) 18' Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1) 48'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)

Team details


FB	15	Jacob Stockdale
RW	14	Hugo Keenan
OC	13	Chris Farrell
IC	12	Stuart McCloskey
LW	11	Keith Earls	63'
FH	10	Billy Burns	46'
SH	9	Conor Murray	57'
N8	8	CJ Stander
OF	7	Will Connors	67'
BF	6	Tadhg Beirne	62'
RL	5	James Ryan (c)	62'
LL	4	Iain Henderson
TP	3	Andrew Porter	41'
HK	2	Rob Herring
LP	1	Finlay Bealham	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dave Heffernan	67'
PR	17	Cian Healy	57'
PR	18	John Ryan	41'
LK	19	Quinn Roux	62'
FL	20	Peter O'Mahony	62'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion	57'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	46'
FB	23	Shane Daly	63'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Soso Matiashvili
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)	67'
LW	11	Tamaz Mchedlidze	65'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	74'
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze	63'
OF	7	Tornike Jalaghonia
BF	6	Beka Saghinadze
RL	5	Lasha Jaiani
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili	62'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	71'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	9' to 19'		65'
LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili	50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze	9'	19'	65'
PR	17	Lekso Kaulashvili	50'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	71'
LK	19	Giorgi Javakhia	62'
FL	20	Mikheil Gachechiladze	63'
SH	21	Mikheil Alania	74'
WG	22	Demur Tapladze	65'
FB	23	Davit Niniashvili	67'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Player of the Match:
Iain Henderson (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Luke Pearce (England)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Notes:

Shane Daly (Ireland) and Mikheil Alania and Davit Niniashvili (both Georgia) made their international debuts.

Group B

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Table points
Position	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Tries	Loser	Table points
1	France	3	3	0	0	86	20	+66	10	1	2	0	14
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	71	39	+32	8	2	2	1	11
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	50	64	–14	6	9	1	0	5
4	Fiji	3	0	0	3	0	84	–84	0	12	0	0	0

Round 1

14 November 2020
13:45 CET (UTC+01)

Italy	17–28	Scotland (1 BP)
Try: Minozzi 26' m Pen: Garbisi (4/4) 7', 18', 43', 61'	Report	Try: Van der Merwe 24' c Z. Fagerson 49 'c Cummings 67' c Turner 77' c Con: Weir (4/4) 25', 50', 68', 78'

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence
Attendance: 0
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Team details


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi	66'	77'
RW	14	Jacopo Trulla
OC	13	Marco Zanon	55'
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Mattia Bellini
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Marcello Violi	55'
N8	8	Jake Polledri	68'
OF	7	Braam Steyn
BF	6	Sebastian Negri	49'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi	55'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	47'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini	47'
PR	17	Simone Ferrari	66'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	55'
N8	19	Johan Meyer	49'
FL	20	Maxime Mbanda	68'
SH	21	Stephen Varney	55'
FH	22	Tommaso Allan	66'	77'
CE	23	Federico Mori	55'
Coach:
Franco Smith


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham	66'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sam Johnson	68'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Duncan Weir
SH	9	Ali Price	72'
N8	8	Blade Thomson
OF	7	Hamish Watson
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie	13'
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Zander Fagerson	66'
HK	2	Stuart McInally	61'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland	16'
Replacements:
HK	16	George Turner	61'
PR	17	Oli Kebble	16'
PR	18	WP Nel	66'
LK	19	Sam Skinner		61'
FL	20	Nick Haining	13'	61'
SH	21	Sam Hidalgo-Clyne	72'
CE	22	James Lang	68'
FB	23	Blair Kinghorn	66'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland)

Assistant referees:
Karl Dickson (England)
Christophe Ridley (England)
Television match official:
Wayne Barnes (England)

Notes:

Jacopo Trulla and Stephen Varney (both Italy) made their international debuts.

15 November 2020
16:15 CET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) France	28–0^[10] (Cancelled)^[11]	Fiji

Stade de la Rabine, Vannes
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Round 2

21 November 2020
13:45 CET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) Italy	28–0 (Cancelled)^[12]	Fiji

Stadio del Conero, Ancona
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

22 November 2020
15:15 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	15–22	France
Pen: Weir (5/5) 17', 21', 28', 38', 47'	Report	Try: Vakatawa 42' c Con: Ramos (1/1) 43' Pen: Ramos (4/5) 4', 10', 30', 61' Drop: Jalibert (1/1) 24'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Team details


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Blair Kinghorn	62'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Sam Johnson	73'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Duncan Weir
SH	9	Ali Price
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Hamish Watson	62'
BF	6	Jamie Ritchie
RL	5	Jonny Gray	68'
LL	4	Scott Cummings
TP	3	Simon Berghan	43'
HK	2	Fraser Brown	68'
LP	1	Oli Kebble	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	George Turner	68'
PR	17	Jamie Bhatti	68'
PR	18	Zander Fagerson	43'
LK	19	Sam Skinner	68'
FL	20	Blade Thomson	62'
SH	21	Sam Hidalgo-Clyne
CE	22	Duncan Taylor	73'
WG	23	Sean Maitland	62'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend


FB	15	Thomas Ramos
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Virimi Vakatawa
IC	12	Gaël Fickou
LW	11	Vincent Rattez	71'
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert
SH	9	Antoine Dupont
N8	8	Grégory Alldritt
OF	7	Charles Ollivon (c)
BF	6	Dylan Cretin
RL	5	Romain Taofifénua	62'
LL	4	Bernard Le Roux
TP	3	Demba Bamba	56'
HK	2	Camille Chat	54'
LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Gros	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Julien Marchand	54'
PR	17	Cyril Baille	54'
PR	18	Mohamed Haouas	56'
LK	19	Paul Willemse	62'
FL	20	Cameron Woki
SH	21	Baptiste Couilloud
FH	22	Louis Carbonel
WG	23	Arthur Vincent	71'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Virimi Vakatawa (France)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Scotland lost at home to France for the first time since 2014.^[13]

Round 3

28 November 2020
13:45 GMT (UTC+0)

(1 BP) Scotland	28–0 (Cancelled)^[14]	Fiji

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

28 November 2020
21:10 CET (UTC+01)

(1 BP) France	36–5	Italy
Try: Danty 36' c Villière 55' c Serin 61' c Thomas 63' m Macalou 80' c Con: Jalibert (3/4) 37', 55', 62' Carbonel (1/1) 80' Pen: Jalibert (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Canna 26' m

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Team details


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Teddy Thomas
OC	13	Jean-Pascal Barraque	69'
IC	12	Jonathan Danty
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert	70'
SH	9	Baptiste Serin (c)	70'
N8	8	Anthony Jelonch
OF	7	Sekou Macalou
BF	6	Cameron Woki
RL	5	Baptiste Pesenti	75'
LL	4	Kilian Geraci	60'
TP	3	Dorian Aldegheri	52'
HK	2	Peato Mauvaka	52'
LP	1	Rodrigue Neti	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Teddy Baubigny	52'
PR	17	Hassane Kolingar	52'
PR	18	Uini Atonio	52'
LK	19	Cyril Cazeaux	60'
FL	20	Swan Rebbadj	75'
SH	21	Baptiste Couilloud	70'
FH	22	Louis Carbonel	70'
CE	23	Yoram Moefana	69'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié


FB	15	Matteo Minozzi
RW	14	Jacopo Trulla	53' to 64'
OC	13	Marco Zanon		52'
IC	12	Carlo Canna		43'
LW	11	Luca Sperandio
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Marcello Violi		64'
N8	8	Braam Steyn
OF	7	Johan Meyer
BF	6	Maxime Mbanda		62'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni		75'
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi		62'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)		52'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti		62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini		52'
PR	17	Simone Ferrari		62'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli		62'
LK	19	Cristian Stoian		75'
FL	20	Michele Lamaro		62'
SH	21	Stephen Varney		64'
FH	22	Tommaso Allan		52'
CE	23	Federico Mori		43'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Brice Dulin (France)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Carley (England)
Mike Adamson (Scotland)
Television match official:
Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Notes:

Jean-Pascal Barraque, Teddy Baubigny, Louis Carbonel, Cyril Cazeaux, Kilian Geraci, Hassane Kolingar, Yoram Moefana, Rodrigue Neti, Baptiste Pesenti, Swan Rebbadj, Gabin Villière (all France), Michele Lamaro and Cristian Stoian (both Italy) made their international debuts.
Nigel Owens became the first referee to officiate 100 test matches.^[15]

Finals

7th/8th place play-off

5 December 2020
12:00 GMT (UTC+0)

Georgia	24–38	Fiji
Try: Melikidze 23' c Saghinadze (2) 68' c, 79' c Con: Abzhandadze (3/3) 24', 68', 80' Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Nadolo (3) 2' m, 59' m, 63' c Dyer 6' c Tuisova 18' c Kunavula 54' c Con: Volavola (4/6) 8', 19', 56', 64'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Team details


FB	15	Soso Matiashvili	61'
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
LW	11	Alexander Todua
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	61'
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze
BF	6	Otar Giorgadze	61'
RL	5	Kote Mikautadze	69'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	11'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	50'
LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Jaba Bregvadze	50'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	69'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	11'
LK	19	Grigor Kerdikoshvili	69'
FL	20	Mikheil Gachechiladze	61'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	61'
CE	22	Demur Tapladze
FB	23	Davit Niniashvili	61'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili


FB	15	Kini Murimurivalu	69'
RW	14	Josua Tuisova
OC	13	Semi Radradra (c)
IC	12	Levani Botia	74'
LW	11	Nemani Nadolo
FH	10	Ben Volavola
SH	9	Frank Lomani	74'
N8	8	Albert Tuisue	69'
OF	7	Mesulame Kunavula
BF	6	Johnny Dyer
RL	5	Temo Mayanavanua	65'
LL	4	Tevita Ratuva
TP	3	Mesake Doge	61'
HK	2	Sam Matavesi	73'
LP	1	Peni Ravai	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tevita Ikanivere	73'
PR	17	Haereiti Hetet	73'
PR	18	Samu Tawake	61'
LK	19	Chris Minimbi	65'
FL	20	Manueli Ratuniyarawa	69'
SH	21	Simione Kuruvoli	74'
CE	22	Seru Vularika	74'
WG	23	Waisea Nayacalevu	69'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Player of the Match:
Nemani Nadolo (Fiji)

Assistant referees:
Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Television match official:
Brian MacNeice (Ireland)

Notes:

Haereiti Hetet, Tevita Ikanivere, Mesulame Kunavula, Simione Kuruvoli, Temo Mayanavanua, Chris Minimbi, Manueli Ratuniyarawa and Samu Tawake (all Fiji) made their international debuts.

5th/6th place play-off

5 December 2020
16:45 GMT (UTC+0)

Wales	38–18	Italy
Try: Hardy 7' c Parry 17' c G. Davies 58' c North 69' c Tipuric 76' c Con: Sheedy (5/5) 8', 18', 59', 70', 77' Pen: Sheedy (1/1) 46'	Report	Try: Zanon 33' c Meyer 49' m Con: Garbisi (1/2) 35' Pen: Garbisi (2/2) 29', 39'

Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli
Attendance: 0
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Team details


FB	15	Liam Williams		19'
RW	14	Josh Adams	38' to 51'
OC	13	George North
IC	12	Jonathan Davies
LW	11	Louis Rees-Zammit
FH	10	Callum Sheedy
SH	9	Kieran Hardy		50'
N8	8	Taulupe Faletau
OF	7	Justin Tipuric
BF	6	James Botham		50'
RL	5	Alun Wyn Jones (c)		63'
LL	4	Will Rowlands		54'
TP	3	Tomas Francis		70'
HK	2	Sam Parry
LP	1	Nicky Smith		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Elliot Dee		63'
PR	17	Wyn Jones		51'
PR	18	Leon Brown		70'
LK	19	Cory Hill		54'
FL	20	Aaron Wainwright		50'
SH	21	Gareth Davies		50'
FB	22	Ioan Lloyd		19'	59'
WG	23	Jonah Holmes			59'
Coach:
Wayne Pivac


FB	15	Jacopo Trulla
RW	14	Luca Sperandio	55'
OC	13	Marco Zanon	77'
IC	12	Carlo Canna
LW	11	Monty Ioane
FH	10	Paolo Garbisi
SH	9	Stephen Varney	70'
N8	8	Braam Steyn
OF	7	Johan Meyer
BF	6	Maxime Mbanda	63'
RL	5	Niccolò Cannone	77'
LL	4	Marco Lazzaroni
TP	3	Giosuè Zilocchi	70'
HK	2	Luca Bigi (c)	63'
LP	1	Danilo Fischetti	77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Leonardo Ghiraldini	63'
PR	17	Simone Ferrari	77'
PR	18	Pietro Ceccarelli	70'
LK	19	Cristian Stoian	77'
FL	20	Michele Lamaro	63'
SH	21	Guglielmo Palazzani	70'
FH	22	Tommaso Allan	77'
CE	23	Federico Mori	55'
Coach:
Franco Smith

Player of the Match:
Taulupe Faletau (Wales)

Assistant referees:
Luke Pearce (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Pascal Gaüzère (France)

Notes:

Monty Ioane (Italy) made his international debut.
Johnny Williams (Wales) was named to start at inside centre, but picked up an injury ahead of kick-off and Jonathan Davies replaced him in the starting XV.

3rd/4th place play-off

5 December 2020
14:15 WET (UTC+0)

Ireland	31–16	Scotland
Try: Earls (2) 38' m, 50' c Healy 44' c Con: Sexton (2/3) 44', 51' Pen: Sexton (2/3) 23', 32' Byrne (2/2) 66', 76'	Report	Try: Van der Merwe 56' c Con: Van der Walt (1/1) 57' Pen: Van der Walt (3/4) 13', 20', 27'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Team details


FB	15	Jacob Stockdale
RW	14	Hugo Keenan
OC	13	Bundee Aki
IC	12	Robbie Henshaw	78'
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Johnny Sexton	64'
SH	9	Conor Murray	79'
N8	8	Caelan Doris			66'	75'
OF	7	Peter O'Mahony	51'	63'
BF	6	CJ Stander
RL	5	James Ryan (c)				75'
LL	4	Iain Henderson	38'
TP	3	Andrew Porter	75'
HK	2	Rob Herring	66'
LP	1	Cian Healy	66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ronan Kelleher	66'
PR	17	Eric O'Sullivan	66'
PR	18	John Ryan	75'
LK	19	Quinn Roux	38'
FL	20	Josh van der Flier	51'	63'	66'
SH	21	Jamison Gibson-Park	79'
FH	22	Ross Byrne	64'
CE	23	Chris Farrell	78'
Coach:
Andy Farrell


FB	15	Stuart Hogg (c)
RW	14	Darcy Graham		57'
OC	13	Chris Harris
IC	12	Duncan Taylor	31' to 41'	45' to 51'		64'
LW	11	Duhan van der Merwe
FH	10	Jaco van der Walt
SH	9	Ali Price		75'
N8	8	Matt Fagerson
OF	7	Jamie Ritchie		66'
BF	6	Blade Thomson
RL	5	Jonny Gray
LL	4	Scott Cummings		64'
TP	3	Zander Fagerson		68'
HK	2	Fraser Brown		68'
LP	1	Rory Sutherland		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	George Turner		68'
PR	17	Oli Kebble		64'
PR	18	WP Nel		68'
LK	19	Sam Skinner		64'
FL	20	Blair Cowan		66'
SH	21	Sam Hidalgo-Clyne		75'
CE	22	Huw Jones		45'	51'	64'
WG	23	Sean Maitland		57'
Coach:
Gregor Townsend

Player of the Match:
Caelan Doris (Ireland)

Assistant referees:
Romain Poite (France)
Karl Dickson (England)
Television match official:
Dan Jones (Wales)

Notes:

Eric O'Sullivan (Ireland) and Jaco van der Walt (Scotland) made their international debuts.
Sean Maitland (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
Stuart McInally (Scotland) was named among the replacements, but was replaced before kick-off by George Turner.

Final

6 December 2020
14:00 GMT (UTC+0)

England	22–19 (a.e.t.)	France
Try: Cowan-Dickie 80' c Con: Farrell (1/1) 80' Pen: Farrell (4/8) 8', 48', 73', 96' Daly (1/1) 19'	Report	Try: Dulin 15' c Con: Jalibert (1/1) 16' Pen: Jalibert (2/2) 28', 36' Carbonel (2/2) 70', 76'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 2,000^[b]
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Team details


FB	15	Elliot Daly
RW	14	Anthony Watson	70'
OC	13	Henry Slade
IC	12	Owen Farrell (c)
LW	11	Jonny May
FH	10	George Ford
SH	9	Ben Youngs	70'
N8	8	Billy Vunipola
OF	7	Sam Underhill	44'
BF	6	Tom Curry
RL	5	Joe Launchbury	44'
LL	4	Maro Itoje
TP	3	Kyle Sinckler	66'
HK	2	Jamie George	66'
LP	1	Ellis Genge	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Luke Cowan-Dickie	66'
PR	17	Joe Marler	59'
PR	18	Will Stuart	66'
LK	19	Jonny Hill	44'
FL	20	Ben Earl	44'
SH	21	Dan Robson	70'
FB	22	Max Malins	70'
CE	23	Joe Marchant
Coach:
Eddie Jones


FB	15	Brice Dulin
RW	14	Alivereti Raka
OC	13	Yoram Moefana
IC	12	Jonathan Danty	48'
LW	11	Gabin Villière
FH	10	Matthieu Jalibert	62'
SH	9	Baptiste Couilloud (c)	81'
N8	8	Selevasio Tolofua
OF	7	Anthony Jelonch
BF	6	Cameron Woki	56'
RL	5	Baptiste Pesenti	56'
LL	4	Kilian Geraci
TP	3	Dorian Aldegheri	40'
HK	2	Pierre Bourgarit	53'
LP	1	Hassane Kolingar	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peato Mauvaka	53'
PR	17	Rodrigue Neti	53'
PR	18	Uini Atonio	40'
LK	19	Guillaume Ducat	56'
FL	20	Sekou Macalou	56'
SH	21	Sébastien Bézy	81'
FH	22	Louis Carbonel	62'
CE	23	Pierre-Louis Barassi	48'
Coach:
Fabien Galthié

Player of the Match:
Billy Vunipola (England)

Assistant referees:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Craig Evans (Wales)
Television match official:
Ben Whitehouse (Wales)

Notes:

Guillaume Ducat and Selevasio Tolofua (both France) made their international debuts.

Final standings

Position	Nation
1st	England
2nd	France
3rd	Ireland
4th	Scotland
5th	Wales
6th	Italy
7th	Fiji
8th	Georgia

Player statistics

Most points

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Owen Farrell	England	46
2	Billy Burns	Ireland	23
2	Duncan Weir	Scotland	23
4	Callum Sheedy	Wales	21
5	Paolo Garbisi	Italy	14
5	Matthieu Jalibert	France	14
7	Johnny Sexton	Ireland	18
8	Jamie George	England	15
8	Nemani Nadolo	Fiji	15
10	Thomas Ramos	France	14
10	Tedo Abzhandadze	Georgia	14

Most tries

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Jamie George	England	3
1	Nemani Nadolo	Fiji	3
3	Keith Earls	Ireland	2
	Jonny May	England
	Beka Saghinadze	Georgia
	Duhan van der Merwe	Scotland
7	39 players		1

Notes

^ ^a ^b Originally scheduled to host cancelled match against Fiji
^ Spectators numbers limited to 2,000 due to local restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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