The 2025 Men’s Six Nations came to a dramatic conclusion on Super Saturday. We’ve collected the standout stats from Round 5 and the tournament as a whole.
France’s emphatic win over Ireland in Round 4 had already placed them firmly in the driving seat heading into the final weekend. With a superior points difference, Les Bleus knew that simply winning their final game against Scotland would be enough to secure the title.
Of course, they didn’t stop at that. France ran in a bonus-point victory anyway, sealing their seventh Six Nations title, drawing level with England as the joint-most successful team in the Championship’s history.
Elsewhere, an unconvincing Ireland held off Italy in the opening match of Super Saturday, while England closed their tournament with a record-breaking demolition of Wales — who finished with the Wooden Spoon for the second year running.
We pick out the best facts from the final round, highlight some of the best stats from the tournament as a whole and select our Team of the Championship.
Want to dig into all the numbers? You can compare all the teams and players in this year’s Men’s Six Nations using our Six Nations Stats Hub.
Italy 17-22 Ireland
Ireland finished the 2025 Six Nations with a record of four victories and one defeat, the fourth year in a row that they’ve won at least four games, their longest such run in the Five/Six Nations. Italy have lost three Six Nations matches in a row after losing just one in five previously (W3 D1). However, their defeat here came by a gap of just five points after their previous two had come by a combined margin of 72 points. Ireland beat Italy despite having a lower expected points total (25.5) than the Azzurri (28.4), just the third match this year to be won by the team with the lower xP, alongside France’s win against Ireland and England’s Calcutta Cup victory. Dan Sheehan’s hat-trick was just the second by a forward in Men’s Six Nations history, after CJ Stander who also scored three for Ireland against Italy in Rome (2017). Tommaso Menoncello beat nine defenders against Ireland, only Ange Capuozzo (14 vs England in 2023) has beaten more in a Six Nations game for the Azzurri – it was the highest tally by any centre in a Championship game since Nick Tompkins beat nine v France in 2020. Ross Vintcent and Giacomo Nicotera became just the fourth and fifth players respectively to be red carded in a men’s Six Nations game after coming on as a replacement, after Rabah Slimani (vs Italy, 2014), Michele Rizzo (vs France, 2014) and Hame Faiva (vs Ireland, 2022). Conor Murray and Peter O’Mahony made their final appearances for Ireland, with Murray earning his 62nd Six Nations cap, the seventh most of any player, and O’Mahony moving joint-10th on 56 Championship games (also Gethin Jenkins).Wales 14-68 England
England’s 54-point margin of victory was the biggest by any team against Wales in a Home/Five/Six Nations game, overtaking France’s 51-0 victory against the Welsh in 1998; only once before have Wales conceded more points in a Test match (96-13 vs South Africa in 1998). Wales have suffered defeat in each of their last 17 Test matches, the longest losing run by any men’s Tier 1 side in the professional era, overtaking Italy’s 16-game stretch between 2019 and 2021 – it’s Wales’ longest ever losing run. Wales have picked up the Wooden Spoon in the Men’s Six Nations for the second year in a row, after doing so just once in the previous 24 years of the Championship. England scored 10 tries against Wales taking their tally to 25 in this year’s Men’s Six Nations, their second most in an edition of the Championship (29 in 2001). Wales have conceded 25 tries this year, the first time they’ve conceded 20 or more. Tommy Freeman scored a try in each of his five games in this year’s Men’s Six Nations, just the second player to score in all five rounds of a campaign after France’s Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001. At 20 years and 60 days, Henry Pollock became the youngest player to score in the Men’s Six Nations for England, overtaking Henry Arundell, who was 20 years and 96 days old when he scored against Italy in 2023.France 35-16 Scotland
France won a seventh Men’s Six Nations title, the joint-most of any team alongside England. It also meant this was the first time they had won both the U20 and Men’s titles in the same year. France scored four tries against Scotland, bringing their total to 30 in this year’s Men’s Six Nations, the most by any team in an edition of the Championship, surpassing England’s tally of 29 in 2001. France had just one more 22 entry (10) than Scotland (9) in this game, however they averaged almost twice as many points per entry (3.2) as Scotland (1.8). Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored his eighth try in this year’s Men’s Six Nations, surpassing Jacob Stockdale’s record of seven in 2018. Bielle-Biarrey’s try against Scotland meant he became the third player to score in every round of an edition of the Men’s Six Nations, after Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001 and Tommy Freeman this year. Thomas Ramos scored 20 points against Scotland, bringing his total to 450 in Test rugby, overtaking Frédéric Michalak (436) as France’s all-time top points scorer. He’s also finished as the top points scorer (71) in the tournament for a third straight year, just the second player to achieve that feat after Ronan O’Gara (2005-07). Gaël Fickou made his 94th appearance for France in this match, moving past Serge Blanco (93) as the player with the fourth-most caps for Les Bleus. Fickou assisted two tries for the first time in a single match for France.A Record Breaking Championship
France were more than deserving of their title and they won in devastating fashion. On their way to winning the Championship, they crossed the try line a record 30 times, surpassing the previous best of 29, set by England back in 2001.
This had us wondering, what other records were broken this year? Here are some of the best:
108 tries overall: The 2025 edition smashed the previous tournament best of 91 tries (2023), becoming the first Six Nations to break the 100-try barrier. 829 total points: The most ever scored in a Six Nations, beating the previous high of 803 (2000). Defenders beaten – Scotland (154): Scotland set a new benchmark for defenders beaten across a single campaign, surpassing France’s 152 in 2000 France’s Louis Bielle-Biarrey scored eight tries in the 2025 Men’s Six Nations, the most by any player in an edition of the Championship, overtaking Jacob Stockdale’s tally of seven in 2018. In addition to his eight tries, Bielle-Biarrey also assisted four tries, with his 12 try involvements the most of any player in an edition of the Championship. No other player has recorded more than nine in a campaign, with Antoine Dupont (2 tries, 7 assists) also reaching that tally this year (also Jonny Wilkinson in 2001, Will Greenwood in 2002, George Ford in 2015). Tommy Freeman (England) and Louis Bielle-Biarrey (France) became just the second and third players ever to score in all five rounds of a Six Nations campaign (after Philippe Bernat-Salles in 2001). Blair Kinghorn (Scotland) gained 580 metres, the most ever by a player in a single Six Nations edition, eclipsing Mike Brown’s 543m from 2014. Dan Sheehan (Ireland) scored five tries, taking his Championship tally to 13 — making him the highest-scoring forward in Six Nations history. Maro Itoje (England) claimed five turnovers, bringing his all-time tally to 53, tying Brian O’Driscoll for the most in Six Nations history. Jac Morgan (Wales) made 88 tackles, the most by any player this year and a new record for a Welsh player in a single campaign, surpassing Justin Tipuric’s tally of 84 in 2017. Henry Pollock (England) became the youngest England try scorer in Six Nations history (20 years, 60 days), breaking Henry Arundell’s record (20y, 96d in 2023). Damian Penaud (France) scored two tries, moving to 38 in his Test career, level with Serge Blanco as France’s all-time leading try scorer. Cian Healy (Ireland) made his 67th Six Nations appearance, overtaking Brian O’Driscoll (65) as Ireland’s most-capped player in the competition. He retires with the joint-second most Six Nations appearances of all time, alongside Alun Wyn Jones, and behind only Sergio Parisse (69).Team of the Championship
Using the Opta Index, which scores every player based on their in-game actions, we’ve selected our Team of the Championship.
Players from all six nations made the final XV, with Scotland leading the way (4 players), narrowly ahead of France and England. Italy and Wales each had two players in the team, while Ireland had one representative.
Unsurprisingly, Louis Bielle-Biarrey topped the overall player rankings after his sensational campaign. We suspect it might not be the last time he features in a Six Nations Team of the Championship.
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