The greatest Six Nations gets a fitting finale
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
The Telegraph
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
The 2026 Six Nations is in the history books and it will be remembered as arguably the greatest instalment of the tournament.
Alan Dymock, Gavin Mairs and Charles Richardson reflect on Super Saturday which ended with France beating England with the final kick of the game to claim the title ahead of Ireland.
England saved their best performance until last but ultimately it was another defeat for Steve Borthwick's side, and it meant they finished with four defeats for the first time ever in Six Nations history. We look ahead to the summer and if Borthwick's future is still up in the air.
It was also a topsy turvy day for Ireland! They kickstarted Super Saturday by hammering Scotland only to miss out on the title thanks to Thomas Ramos' penalty, but overall it's been a positive campaign for Andy Farrell who faced questions heading into the competition.
We also discuss another mixed campaign for Scotland, the arrival of Italy as genuine contenders and a long overdue win for Wales. Plus we pick out some winners and losers from the last six weeks and tackle your questions as usual.
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:05.0 | Don't be sad. It's over. Just be thrilled that it happened. We've reached the end of the Six Nations |
| 0:19.4 | and we're going to pick through it all because, well, geez, how good. This is the Telegraph Rugby podcast. My name is |
| 0:25.0 | Alan Dimmick. I'm a commissioner for sport here at the Tell and I'm joined by Chief Rugby |
| 0:29.8 | correspondent Gavin Mayors and with rugby reporter Charles Richardson and guys, having been here |
| 0:36.2 | there and everywhere and Gab you might need a bit of coffee this morning as well, |
| 0:40.1 | having hot-footed it back from Paris. |
| 0:42.6 | How good? |
| 0:44.2 | Yeah, well, I mean, I think I said in my match report, |
| 0:48.7 | filed under intense pressure on the whistle on Saturday night, |
| 0:53.2 | greatest ever six stations. |
| 0:56.0 | I think it's fair to say, I have covered all 26 and there has been some memorable standout |
| 1:03.5 | moments. |
| 1:04.1 | We were talking earlier. |
| 1:05.5 | Some terrible hotels you've stayed in as well. |
| 1:07.0 | Some terrible hotels. |
| 1:09.4 | Things are standout. |
| 1:10.4 | I mean, I still remember the history of covering 2000 when Italy joined and covering England |
| 1:16.1 | in Rome that day. |
| 1:16.9 | And just what a wonderful experience that was. |
| 1:19.2 | England utterly dominant for those years, although didn't quite clinch the deal until |
| 1:24.0 | 2003, a brilliant Grand Slam showdown victory against Ireland. Parallels from 2000 to 20206 as well for Scotland. Lost to Italy and both. Absolutely, yeah. We'll get to that. We've seen Ronan O'Gara dropped goal to go on a grand slam for Ireland's first time since 9048 I think 2015 when we look at |
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