2019 Six Nations Championship 2019 Six Nations Championship The 2019 Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations as it is sponsored by Guinness) will be the 20th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The championship will be contested by France, England, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions Ireland. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it will be the 125th edition of the tournament. The fixtures were announced on 16 May 2017. The first game of the championship will be a Friday night game between France and Wales.
1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship 1954–55 French Rugby Union Championship The 1954-55 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was contested by 48 clubs divided into six pools of eight. The five better of each pool and the two better sixths (for a sum of 32 clubs) were qualified to play a "single match play-off" tournament. Previously the FFR created three divisions: Nationale (or first division), Fédérale (second division) and Excellence (third division). The Championship of first division was won by the Perpignan that defeated Lourdes in the final. It was the sixth won by Perpignan. The 1955 Five Nations Championship was won by Wales