How long does six nations last

In a pupil called William Webb Ellis got a bit bored during a match of football and decided that picking up the ball would make things more interesting. Although the game has come a long way since, even splitting into two codes - Rugby Union and Rugby League - that's where it started. Will you be watching the Six Nations? Who do you think will win? Let us know in the comments. Meet the boy playing rugby one-handed. Rugby World Cup Kids inspired to take up wheelchair rugby. The rules of touch rugby.

These comments are now closed. Should the number of dislikes on YouTube videos be hidden? Cumbre Vieja volcano continues to erupt on La Palma. Home Menu. Six Nations What is the rugby union tournament all about? Getty Images. Rugby union. The Six Nations tournament. England won the Women's Six Nations. To call it a mad whirl would be an understatement. So what have we learned amid the relentless chaos? It was all the more impressive given the lack of crowds, which traditionally supply the Six Nations with its life-giving fluids.

The biggest compliment you can pay the players is that, more often than not, the emptiness of the stadiums ceased to matter. The organisers certainly owe the participants a vote of thanks after opting to stage a tournament during a pandemic with no prearranged spare weekend or enforced points split in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.

Largely they have got away with it: who will now be reluctant to tune into the final act at the Stade de France? Either way, it underlines the importance of free-to-air reach and neutral eyeballs.

Ex-England scrum-half Matt Dawson says he still has flashbacks to times his Grand Slam hopes were ended and the same will be true for Wales players.

Watch highlights from a dramatic match as France beat Wales in the dying seconds to end the visitors' Grand Slam hopes and keep alive their chances of winning the Six Nations title.

England coach Eddie Jones says he needs "to reset the team" after their Six Nations title defence ended in defeat by Ireland and a fifth-place finish. Wales wake up to Grand Slam devastation with hopes Scotland can repay a year debt to at least give Wayne Pivac's side the Six Nations title.

Watch highlights as Ireland put in a superb performance to beat England in Dublin despite Bundee Aki's red card. The nature of the emphatic win over England will have changed the perception of Andy Farrell's Ireland in the mind of fans.

Watch highlights as Scotland run in eight tries to punish a poor Italy performance at Murrayfield with a victory. New Zealand's Devon Conway punches his bat in the T20 World Cup semi-final win over England, breaking his hand and ruling him out of the final. Harry Kane has endured a difficult start to the season but his latest England hat-trick was evidence of him playing to his strengths, says Phil McNulty.

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