Autumn Nations Cup

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]

Autumn Nations Cup

Date	13 November 2020 – 6 December 2020
Countries	England  Fiji  France  Georgia  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Final positions
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]

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	Jonathan 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[lower-alpha 1]	9,500	Vannes
Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin
Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh
Stadio Artemio Franchi	43,147	Florence
Stadio del Conero[lower-alpha 1]	23,967	Ancona
Parc y Scarlets	14,870	Llanelli

Fixtures

Group A

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Tries		Bonus points		Table points
		Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Tries	Loser
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 Jonathan 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.
• Jonathan 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).

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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 Akaki 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)

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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 Akaki 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)

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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 Akaki 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
		Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	Tries	Loser
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.

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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)

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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)

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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]

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 Akaki 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 Grigol 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 Jonathan 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.

1st/2nd place play-off

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[lower-alpha 2] 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 Duncan Weir  Scotland 4 Callum Sheedy  Wales 21 5 Paolo Garbisi  Italy 14 Matthieu Jalibert  France 7 Jonathan Sexton  Ireland 18 8 Jamie George  England 15 Nemani Nadolo  Fiji 10 Thomas Ramos  France 14 Tedo Abzhandadze  Georgia

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

See also

• 2020 end-of-year rugby union internationals
• 2020 Six Nations Championship

Notes

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

References

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External links

• Autumn Nations Cup Website
• Autumn Nations Cup on Twitter