This was due to the fact that a team could win all five games (the Grand Slam) but still miss out on the title if another team won four games with a bonus point and lost the other match by seven points or fewer.However, organisers solved this problem by awarding an additional three points should a team complete the Grand Slam.Pat Whelan, Six Nations chairman at the time, said: “We have been looking at the feasibility of a bonus point system for a while and examining what kind of bonus point system would work best, given the unique properties and format of our Championships.“We needed to ensure that whatever bonus point system we selected would work with the already proven structure of the Championships, and would serve to materially improve what is already there.“We are happy that the system that we have decided to trial is the one best-suited to our Championships, and we are delighted to be going ahead with this new development.“We believe that the initiative will enhance our competitions for fans, teams, broadcasters and all of those for whom the Championship means so much.”Ireland were the first team to earn three bonus points for a Grand Slam in 2018, with Wales achieving the feat last year.As per the official rules of the tournament, the nation that wins a match earns four Match Points but a bonus point is added if they score four or more tries during the game (thus claiming five Match Points in total).The losing country will not receive any Match Points but can claim a bonus point if they score four tries or more or lose by a margin of seven points or less.If a team scores four or more tries and also loses the game by a margin of seven points or fewer, they will collect two bonus points.Countries that draw a match shall each be awarded two Match Points and any of them that scores four tries or more in the process shall be awarded an additional one Match Point.Matches that end in a draw will see countries awarded two Match Points, plus any bonus they may have earned from the above criteria.A nation that wins all five of their fixtures (known as the Grand Slam) will be awarded an additional three Match Points at the end of the tournament.If two or more nations end up with the same number of points, they will be placed according to the difference between the total points scored and the total points conceded during the matches they have played.If any such nations also have the same points difference, they will be placed according to the total number of tries they have scored (this includes penalty tries).If any such nations have also scored the same amount of tries, the teams will be placed equally.Six Nations 2020 bonus points: How does the table work? Sexton’s conversion attempt went all wrong.

The predicted Storm Ciara didn’t quite arrive for kick-off, but a blustery wind was prevalent which made for tricky conditions as Ireland edged the first period thanks to Larmour and Furlong. Dan Biggar exchanged passes with his captain Alun Wyn Jones and had half-back partner Williams steaming up inside him to score.

Try by position against. Away league table. Latest Results. Larmour still had plenty to do when he received possession, but he bumped off poor tackle attempts from Nick Tompkins and Williams to score. Discipline. Leading top scorers.

Six Nations 2020: Ireland grind down Wales to earn bonus-point victory This was the first real challenge of Wayne Pivac’s Wales era and it was one they failed as … Scoring stats. Six Nations Sponsor 2020 .

From the resulting scrum Furlong crashed over and Sexton improved the effort. Leading scorers. Try by position. Wales’ defence held firm impressively.

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Home league table. On the day the Irish went to the polls to vote on their next leader it was the men in green who ensured it was Pivac who was left to contemplate his first defeat since succeeding Warren Gatland. It was the game’s crucial moment and Furlong and the rest of the Irish front row knew it too as they celebrated like they had won the game.

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Romain Poite consulted his TMO Glenn Newman and while there didn’t appear to be conducive proof of grounding, the try was given to Van der Flier.

Evans replaced Biggar, but even with the wind now slightly in their favour, Wales’ line-out wobbles continued and another Ken Owens set-piece went AWOL.It gave Ireland another platform in the Welsh 22 from which they rumbled over.

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Bonus points won. Still, it was now all Wales as they battered away at the Irish line. Finally, Ireland deservedly broke through.

Points given up. League table. It meant Ireland led 12-7 at the break with Johnny McNicholl on the field for Adams.

It left Jarrod Evans to step in as a huge pre-match roar greeted Johnny Sexton’s kick-off and it was the Irish fly-half’s team who started positively.

The Guinness Six Nations table featuring current standings of the six competing nations and historic tables from 1883 to the current competition Note: Read an article we released about the trial of the 6 Nations bonus point award system when it first happened back in 2017. Tries scored. Points given up.

Discipline. Try by position against. Der Ablauf des Turniers wird durch den Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie in Europa stark beeinträchtigt. Newman was then at the centre of more drama.

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