Six Nations standings: What Ireland, England and France need to win the title

The 2020 Six Nations is set for a dramatic finale with three teams still able to win the title going into the last match.

Ireland, England and France all have the chance to win the championship - seven months later than originally scheduled - with France hosting Ireland in the final match of the day.

England lead the standings with 18 points after a bonus-point win over Italy - here's what Ireland or France have to do to take the title from them.

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Ireland

If they earn a bonus-point win against France - achieved by scoring four tries or more - they will take the title with 19 points.

They could still secure the title with a four-point win if they triumph by seven points or more.

If points and points difference is the same then it's down to tries... which is 14-14 as it stands.

But if Ireland win by six points without scoring a try, the Championship will be shared.

France

For France to win the 2020 Six Nations they need a bonus-point and to win by at least 31 points.

If it comes down to the number of tries scored, France have scored 13 to England's 14 but would overtake England if they secure the bonus-point tries they need.

What about the women's championship?

Unbeaten England have already secured the women's title but will complete back-to-back Grand Slams if they beat Italy in Parma on Sunday.

The match between France and Ireland and Wales' game against Scotland have both been postponed because of positive Covid-19 tests.

The championship will not finish until December after Scotland had three matches disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Comment posted by Jon, at 10:52 30 Oct 2020
Looking forward to 4th Place play off macth between Wales & Scotland. The scots l will be way too fast for the tired old welsh side that looked incredibly ponderous last Saturday.
Comment posted by Display name, at 10:36 30 Oct 2020
England Should win. I think the winner of France v Ireland will get a BP as they both chase the game. That will most likely be France but the points dif will be slim so England will win on points dif.
Comment posted by Llion, at 10:54 30 Oct 2020
England to win championship easy BP victory.
France to beat IRE, i was really impressed with FRA last week. They will be kicking themselves for the red card against SCOT they should be going for Grand Slam.
I fear for WAL against SCOT, without the home advantage of crowd ans SCOT look like improved unit, where's WAL have gone back and for some reason have many out injured, SCOT win.
Comment posted by DerWolf, at 10:47 30 Oct 2020
Pressure is all on England. Their game is 1st and they will want to secure the BP and rack up a high score. Clearly they have the talent and man-power to do this BUT this is their 1st outing in months and pressure might get to them. France & Ireland will then know what they have to do as their game is last. Hopefully we'll get a thrilling climax
Comment posted by Tungsten Anchor, at 10:52 30 Oct 2020
Fairly sure Eddie Jones will be livid with the Barbarian players messing up his watm up match whilst Italy got a fully competitive game against Ireland.

Don't think it will affect the result, but given that point difference could be key to the title, a rusty England might take a little longer to get up to speed.
Comment posted by Unknown, at 10:49 30 Oct 2020
I think France have a good shot at it but who knows. I'd guess between France and Eng but whatever as long as all games on that's good enough.
Roll on tomorrow!
Comment posted by D1679546639595, at 10:49 30 Oct 2020
Should be a great day of rugby. No surprise that Wales and Scotland are off the Pace again. It should just be a Tri-Nations with England, Ireland & France.
Reply posted by Scott, at 10:52 30 Oct 2020
Scott replied:
"again"...? Wales won the grandslam last year. Back under your rock you go...
Comment posted by TheNightmanCometh, at 10:48 30 Oct 2020
I'm not quite sure England are the most likely champions - they'd need to beat Italy by quite a reasonable amount in case Ireland beat France, assuming Ireland don't score 4 tries and win anyway.

I still think victory should be based on head-to-head too though - if Ireland and England ended on the same points, England should win because them beat them earlier in the tournament.
Reply posted by D1679546639595, at 10:51 30 Oct 2020
D1679546639595 replied:
Ever heard of points difference?
Comment posted by James, at 10:48 30 Oct 2020
England are the most likely champions.

Really - how many times have a half baked England thrown it away through arrogance or just not being ready for a well planned opponent.

Italy's run out last week is not to be underestimated especially are the ridiculous Baa-Baas effort will have been a distraction.

EJ has a very bad record in crunch encounters.

And England do not have clutch players.
Reply posted by Unknown, at 10:50 30 Oct 2020
Unknown replied:
You a Welsh fan by any chance? Just wondering.
Comment posted by Casper, at 10:39 30 Oct 2020
Can see both France and Ireland scoring 4 tries, hoping for a French win. England to struggle against Italy as the points difference needed is a big mental factor.
Comment posted by User0356482100, at 10:53 30 Oct 2020
The only thing we know for sure is that England will not win the 6N.