Round 1 •
Nicolas Mas and
Thierry Dusautoir (both France) earned their 50th caps. • Wesley Fofana, Yoann Maestri (both France), Tobias Botes and Giovanbattista Venditti (both Italy) made their international debuts in this match. • Vincent Clerc's try was the 32nd of his international career, placing him joint second with his coach Philippe Saint-André on the French try scoring list. (To this date,
Serge Blanco remains the top French try scorer with 38.) ---- • Brad Barritt, Lee Dickson, Phil Dowson, Owen Farrell, Ben Morgan, Geoff Parling, Jordan Turner-Hall (all England) and Lee Jones (Scotland) made their international debuts. • Chris Robshaw of England captained his team earning only his second cap in this match. • This match turned out to be Dan Parks's last appearance with the Scotland jersey as he announced his retirement from international rugby a few days after the game. ---- •
Huw Bennett (Wales) earned his 50th cap. • Coming off the bench in the 76th minute to replace Johnny Sexton, Ronan O'Gara became the most capped Irish player with 117 caps, jointly with
Brian O'Driscoll. O'Gara also took sole possession of the all-time lead for appearances in the Championship, with 57. He had previously been level with his countryman
Mike Gibson, who made 56 appearances in the Five Nations between
1964 and
1979.
Round 2 • Luca Morisi (Italy) and Rob Webber (England) made their international debuts. • The four-point margin in this match is the joint-closest Italy have ever come to beating England. ---- This match was postponed due to an unplayable pitch. It was the first weather-related postponement of a Five/Six Nations game since
1985. The match was rescheduled for 4 March. ---- • Lou Reed, Aaron Shingler (both Wales), Stuart Hogg and Ed Kalman (both Scotland) made their international debuts.
Round 3 • Peter O'Mahony (Ireland) made his international debut. • Coming off the bench in the 69th minute to replace Gordon D'Arcy, Ronan O'Gara overtook
Brian O'Driscoll as the most-capped Irish player with 118 caps. ---- • Wales won their 20th
Triple Crown. ---- • Duncan Weir (Scotland) made his international debut.
Rescheduled match Round 4 • Rhys Webb (Wales) and Fabio Staibano (Italy) made their international debuts. ---- • Matt Scott (Scotland) made his international debut. ----
Round 5 • Scotland were whitewashed. This was the first time since
2007 that Italy avoided the wooden spoon. • Italy's starting pack in this match was the most capped ever to play an international match. ---- •
Matthew Rees (Wales) earned his 50th cap. • Jean-Marcellin Buttin (France) made his international debut. • William Servat and Julien Bonnaire (both France) played their final matches. • Wales won the
Grand Slam. ---- == Media coverage ==