6 NATIONS 2022. By winning the “Crunch”, the French team won the 10th Grand Slam in its history, the final ranking.
[Mis à jour le 21 mars 2022 à 08h00] Winner of England on the last day of the 6 Nations Tournament, the French team is back at the top by signing the Grand Slam, a year and a half before the 2023 World Cup. “When you win, it means saying that you are working well, that you are building the right team. Tomorrow, we will be world number 2 with a young team that will still grow and improve. There is no reason for the team not to continue to progress. It was good to play with this tension which suddenly jumped on us. You have to live these matches, these finals, to continue to grow and acquire common experience. It was our 25th match. The 46th will be the World Cup final. It’s pretty clear in our heads” analyzed the coach of the France team Fabien Galthié after the victory.
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
In France, the matches of this 2022 6 Nations Tournament are broadcast on FranceTV. The pair made up of Matthieu Lartot and Dimitri Yachvili, accompanied by Cécile Grès for the interviews on the pitch, are on the comments of the nine matches of the competition, including all those of the Blues, scheduled on France 2. For the other matches, the broadcast is also available on France TV, with the Laurent Bellet – Jérôme Cazalbou duo on the microphone.