{"id":10583,"date":"2026-03-15T03:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10583"},"modified":"2026-03-15T03:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T03:40:14","slug":"six-nations-2026-france-v-england-finale-worthy-of-greatest-ever-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=10583","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations 2026: France v England finale worthy of greatest ever Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The tournament opened with Italy shocking Scotland in Rome to put Gregor Townsend under pressure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His side then delivered an emphatic win over England at Murrayfield to end their rivals&#8217; 12-game unbeaten run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pressure then mounted on Borthwick as his side were outclassed by Ireland at Allianz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While all that was happening, France cruised past Ireland, Wales and Italy to start a narrative that anything other than a Grand Slam would be a failure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland then blew away Galthie&#8217;s side, before conceding a late flurry of tries, to head into the final round with a genuine shot of a first Six Nations title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">To add more drama into the mix, Italy overcame England in Rome to mount further pressure on Borthwick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wales may have lost their opening four games, but they improved as the championship went on, producing an impressive bonus-point win over Italy to end the tournament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They finished with a third consecutive Wooden Spoon &#8211; but a first win in the championship since 2023 offered huge relief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Despite an improved display in Paris, England finished the tournament with four defeats &#8211; their worst-ever campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It was one of the most captivating Six Nations in history, fitting it came down to one final moment of drama,&#8221; BBC rugby correspondent Chris Jones said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 2015 Six Nations has been regarded as the greatest tournament for entertainment because of the three-team Super Saturday title race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It similarly went right down to the wire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, this year&#8217;s competition delivered from round one right to the final kick, with each nation having their own story &#8211; and surely leaps to the top of the list.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tournament opened with Italy shocking Scotland in Rome to put Gregor Townsend under pressure. His side then delivered an emphatic win over England at Murrayfield to end their rivals&#8217; 12-game unbeaten run. The pressure then mounted on Borthwick as his side were outclassed by Ireland at Allianz Stadium. While all that was happening, France<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}