Celebrating a Historic 2026 Guinness Women's Six Nations

The Guinness Women’s Six Nations is over for another year, concluded with a “Super Sunday” which lived up to its name.

With a dedicated window in the global rugby calendar, national stadiums sold out, double-digit surges in audience numbers and visibility, a growing community of fans connecting online, and a new development pathway for future stars – The 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations surpassed all expectations, and proved that momentum in the women's game is not slowing down.

Celebrating the 2026 Champions: England’s Red Roses secure their 22^nd Championship

• In the final fixture of the 2026 Championship, England defeated France 43-28 in a winner-takes-all showdown for the Championship and Grand Slam, in front of a record crowd at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Métropole.
• England claimed an historic eighth straight Championship and fifth straight Grand Slam, extending their unbeaten run to 38 Tests and reaffirming their status as one of the most dominant sides in world sport.

Record Viewership across markets

• 18.12M -the highest recorded Championship audience across Six Nations core markets in Women’s Six Nations history, representing a +23% Year-on-Year increase from 2025.
• Record audiences were observed by national broadcasters across all Six Nations markets during the 2026 Championship.

Attendance: 2026, a record year for the Championship

• 279,750 -the highest recorded championship attendance in Women’s Six Nations history, representing a 85% Year-on-Year increase from 2025 (Previous record: 188,128 fans in 2024).
• New Championship attendance records have been set in five of the six participating nations in 2026: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland.

1. England: 77,120 (vs Ireland at Allianz Stadium in Round 1)
2. France: 35.062 (vs England at Stade Atlantique Bordeaux Metropole in Round 5)
3. Ireland: 31,294 (vs Scotland at Aviva Stadium in Round 5)
4. Scotland: 30,498 (vs England at Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium in Round 2)
5. Italy: 4,787 (vs Scotland at Stade Sergio Lanfranchi in Round 3)

• England’s opening fixture against Ireland at Allianz Stadium was the biggest match attendance in Guinness Women’s Six Nations history. While attendance for Scotland vs England in Edinburgh, was the largest attendance ever recorded for a standalone women’s sporting event in Scotland.

Record Engagement Online

• 94.9M & 2.8M - (Views & Engagements) Record engagement across Guinness Women’s Six Nations social channels during a Championship, representing a 128% Year-on-Year increase in view count and a 131% Year-on-Year increase in terms of Women’s Six Nations channels engagements.

Records on the Pitch - The 2026 Championship Delivered Pure Sporting Entertainment

955 - Record Number of Points Scored during a Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign (average of 63.6 per game), surpassing the previous record of 839 points scored in 2025.

• 147 - Record Number of Tries Scored during a Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign (average of 9.8 per game), surpassing the previous record of 126 tries scored in 2025.
• 283 – England’s Record Number of Points Scored by a team in a Guinness Women’s Six Nations campaign (+1 better than their points record of 2022).

“Super Sunday” Viewership Highlights

Round 5 Audiences – A Super “Super Sunday”

• 5.27M – The combined audience produced across Six Nations core markets in the final round of Guinness Women’s Six Nations – representing a +64% Year-on-Year increase from 2025 and the highest recorded audience for a single round of fixtures in the Championships’ history.

Round 5 Audiences – Records Across Six Nations Core Markets

• 4.7M - The combined audience from the France vs England title decider was the highest for a Women’s Six Nations game in history and represented a 60% Year-On-Year increase from the reverse fixture in 2025.
• 3.1M - France TV’s audience for the France vs England fixture resulted in an audience share of 25.8% - both representing French records for a Women’s Six Nations game.
• 3.7M – France TV also set the record for the highest peak audience for a Women’s Six Nations game.
• 1.6M - BBC1’s audience for the France vs England fixture resulted in the highest audience share of 17.9%,  both UK records for a Women’s Six Nations game.
• 455K – Audience for the Wales vs Italy opener which was broadcast on BBC2 and Sky Italia, a +300% Year-on-Year increase from the fixture last year and highest on record for a Wales vs Italy game.
• 104K - Virgin Media’s audience in the Ireland vs Scotland game was the highest recorded in Ireland for this fixture.
• 127K – Viewership on the Women’s Six Nations Youtube channel on Super Sunday, a record for the channel.

Celebrating Standout Individual Performances During the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations

• England’s Marlie Packer finishes as the top try scorer of the 2026 Guinness Women’s Six Nations.

Packer is one of eight players to have scored 5 or more tries during this year’s Championship

• France's Pauline Barrat wins BKT Rising Player Award

In her maiden Guinness Women's Six Nations campaign, France's Pauline Barrat has won the BKT Rising Player award, assigned to the most promising young international rugby players.

• England’s Ellie Kildunne voted the British Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year

England’s Ellie Kildunne capped a superb season by being voted the British Rugby Union Writers' Club personality of the year on Monday, a day after scoring ‌two tries in the country's 43-28 Six Nations Grand Slam-winning victory over France.

Coming off the back of a record-breaking 2026 Championship, Six Nations Rugby has confirmed that every single round of the 2027 Guinness Women’s Six Nations will take place on a Saturday.

The move to a "Super Saturday" format for every round is designed to give fans a consistent takeover experience. Whether you're watching at the stadium or settled in on the sofa, you can now enjoy three back-to-back international fixtures every single Saturday.

All venues for the 2027 Championship will be confirmed in due course.