Six Nations: France claim the title in the last second
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Chris Jones, Matt Dawson and Paul Grayson reflect on a dramatic final day of the Six Nations.
France clinch the Six Nations title thanks to a long-range Thomas Ramos penalty with the clock in the red against England. But it was so close to being Ireland's title, after their win over Scotland. Chris speaks to Tommy Bowe and Andy Nicol in Dublin about a day when both teams hoped they'd lift the crown.
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| 0:32.7 | Rugby Union Weekly, Stade de France, north of Paris, France 48, England 46. The end of the most |
| 0:42.4 | captivating Men's Six Nations Championship. France are the champions. It doesn't tell half the |
| 0:48.2 | story. It is precisely midnight local time. Beautiful mild evening, Matt Dawson. Yeah, absolutely |
| 0:54.0 | beautiful. What a sort of |
| 0:56.2 | epitomized the whole day in the game, didn't it? Just sort of mild, relaxed, calm. The in joke there |
| 1:05.4 | is that I've been saying all night, it's mild and Paul Grayson and Matt Dawson, the tough former rugby players |
| 1:09.1 | are actually shivering away. |
| 1:15.4 | Absolutely freezing. Oh, but what a game, what a tournament, what a day. |
| 1:22.4 | Wales have their first win in three years. Ireland have the triple crown. But, but, but, but it could so nearly have been the Six Nations trophy being lifted in Dublin. Instead, it was Antoine de Pont and France |
| 1:28.5 | who have it for the second year in a row |
| 1:30.6 | after a last gasp kick. |
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