6 NATIONS 2022. Thanks to its success on the lawn of Wales, the French rugby team offers itself a dream final against England.
[Mis à jour le 14 mars 2022 à 8h00] The road to the Grand Slam is no longer very long for the French rugby team. Thanks to its victory on the lawn of Wales, the Blues offer themselves a dream final at the Stade de France against England. The English, badly beaten at home against Ireland, can no longer hope to win the 6 Nations Tournament, but will be keen to defeat the French team at home to save their tournament. On the other hand, Ireland, second only two points from the Blues, can still hope to win the tournament in the event of a home victory against Scotland and in the event of a misstep by the Blues in the “crunch”.
The classification of the 6 Nations Tournament is established as follows: victory is worth 4 points, a draw 2 points and a defeat 0 point. Each of the six teams can also collect bonus points: 1 offensive bonus point if they score at least four tries in the match, 1 defensive bonus point if they lose the match with a maximum gap of seven points. Finally, if one of the selection achieves the Grand Slam, it is granted an additional bonus of 3 points. In the event of a tie at the end of the tournament, the teams were decided on the basis of the difference in points per game.
The schedule of matches for the 6 Nations Tournament is established over five days. Each team meets its opponents only once. For this 2022 edition, France travels only twice (since it had received twice during the previous edition). The schedule of matches in 2022:
- 5th day – Saturday March 19: France – England, Wales – Italy, Ireland – Scotland.
On the next day, the Blues will face Wales in a match that could already look like a small final. Here is the group of 42 called for the meeting:
Hookers: Gaëtan Barlot (Castres), Julien Marchand (Toulouse), Peato Mauvaka (Toulouse).
Pillars: Uini Atonio (La Rochelle), Cyril Baille (Toulouse), Demba Bamba (Lyon), Sipili Falatea (ASM Clermont), Jean-Baptiste Gros (Toulon), Mohamed Haouas (Montpellier), Jerome Rey (Lyon).
Second line: Thomas Jolmès (Union. Bordeaux-Bègles) Thibaud Flament (Toulouse), Thomas Lavault (La Rochelle), Romain Taofifenua (Lyon), Paul Willemse (Montpellier).
Third line: Grégory Alldritt (La Rochelle), Alexandre Bécognée (Montpellier), Paul Boudehent (La Rochelle), Dylan Cretin (Lyon), François Cros (Toulouse), Anthony Jelonch (Toulouse), Jordan Joseph (Pau), Cameron Woki (Bordeaux-Bègles ).
Scrum half: Baptiste Couilloud (Lyon), Antoine Dupont (Toulouse), Maxime Lucu (Bordeaux-Bègles).
Fly-half: Matthieu Jalibert (Bordeaux-Bègles), Romain Ntamack (Toulouse).
Centers: Pierre-Louis Barassi (Lyon), Jonathan Danty (La Rochelle), Jules Favre (La Rochelle), Gael Fickou (Racing), Yoram Moefana (Bordeaux-Bègles), Virimi Vakatawa (Racing).
Wingers: Matthis Lebel (Toulouse), Damian Penaud (Clermont), Teddy Thomas (Racing 92), Gabin Villière (Toulon).
Rears: Brice Dulin (La Rochelle), Melvyn Jaminet (Perpignan), Thomas Ramos (Toulouse).
In France, the matches of this 2022 6 Nations Tournament will be broadcast on FranceTV. The pair made up of Matthieu Lartot and Dimitri Yachvili, accompanied by Cécile Grès for the interviews on the sidelines, will be on commentary for nine matches in the competition, including all those of the Blues, scheduled on France 2. For the other matches, the broadcast will also be available on France TV, with the Laurent Bellet – Jérôme Cazalbou duo on the microphone.
You can get a ticket for the 2022 6 Nations Tournament by going to the official website of the French Rugby Federation. Several matches are still available with prices ranging from 13 to 120 euros for the match against Italy and from 25 to 155 euros for the match against Ireland. On the other hand, the shock against England is no longer bookable.