# List of Six Nations Championship hat-tricks

A hat-trick in rugby union, the scoring of three tries or three drop goals in a single match, has been achieved 55 times in the history of the Six Nations Championship. The annual competition, established in 1882, was originally known as the Home Nations Championship and contested between England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was expanded to the Five Nations when France joined in 1910, and then to the Six Nations with the addition of Italy in 2000.
The first player to achieve the feat was Charles Wade, who was an Australian student at Oxford University when he was called up as a travelling reserve for England's match against Wales. When Philip Newton got lost on his way to the match, Wade was instated in his place. He scored three tries in England's 2–0 victory, which was the first match of the championship. At that time, a try by itself was not worth any points but allowed the team to try and kick a goal. George Lindsay scored five tries in Scotland's 4–0 win over Wales in 1887, the most tries scored by a single player in a Championship match.
Besides Lindsay, six players have scored more than three tries in a Championship match; of these Ian Smith is the only player to achieve the feat twice. He scored four tries in successive matches during the 1925 Five Nations Championship. Wales' Jehoida Hodges normally played as a forward, but after an injury to winger Tom Pearson during a match against England, Hodges was moved to the wing. Despite playing out of position, he scored a hat-trick in a 21–5 victory for Wales. As of 2017, the only forwards to score a Championship hat-trick while actually playing in the forwards are Michel Crauste; he scored three tries for France in their 13–0 victory over England in 1962 and CJ Stander; he scored three tries for Ireland in a 63–10 win over Italy in 2017.
Four players have scored a hat-trick of drop goals: Pierre Albaladejo, Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, Diego Dominguez and Neil Jenkins. No Italian has scored a hat-trick of tries in the competition, with Dominguez's hat-trick of drop goals the only one by an Italian player. English players have scored the most hat-tricks with 18, while France, Ireland and Scotland have conceded the most, with 12 each. Three players have scored a hat-trick and been on the losing side; Robert Montgomery in Ireland's 0–1 loss to Wales in 1887, Howard Marshall in England's 11–12 defeat to Wales in 1893, and Émile Ntamack in France's 33–34 loss to Wales in 1999. Lescarboura's hat-trick against England in 1985 and Jenkins' against Scotland in 2001, are the only times the feat has been achieved with the match ending in a draw. The most recent hat-trick was achieved by Huw Jones (Scotland) against Italy on 1 February 2025.

## Hat-tricks

* All statistics are correct as of 25 November 2024.
Key :
| $^4$ | Player scored four tries |
| $^5$ | Player scored five tries |

### Tries

Six Nations Championship try hat-tricks :
| No. | Player | For | Against | Result | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Charles Wade | England | Wales | 2–0 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 16 December 1882 |
| 2 | George Lindsay$^5$ | Scotland | Wales | 4–0 | Raeburn Place, Edinburgh | 26 February 1887 |
| 3 | Robert Montgomery | Ireland | Wales | 0–1 | Birkenhead Park | 12 March 1887 |
| 4 | William Wotherspoon | Scotland | Ireland | 14–0 | Ballynafeigh, Belfast | 21 February 1891 |
| 5 | Howard Marshall | England | Wales | 11–12 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 7 January 1893 |
| 6 | Willie Llewellyn$^4$ | Wales | England | 26–3 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 7 January 1899 |
| 7 | Jehoida Hodges | Wales | England | 21–5 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 10 January 1903 |
| 8 | Johnny Williams | Wales | Ireland | 29–0 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 9 March 1907 |
| 9 | Reggie Gibbs | Wales | France | 49–14 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 1 January 1910 |
| 10 | James Tennent | Scotland | France | 27–0 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 22 January 1910 |
| 11 | Johnny Williams | Wales | Ireland | 19–3 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 12 March 1910 |
| 12 | Reggie Gibbs | Wales | Scotland | 32–10 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 4 February 1911 |
| 13 | Bill Stewart | Scotland | France | 21–3 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 1 January 1913 |
| 14 | Vincent Coates | England | France | 20–0 | Twickenham, London | 25 January 1913 |
| 15 | Bill Stewart$^4$ | Scotland | Ireland | 29–14 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 22 February 1913 |
| 16 | Joseph Quinn | Ireland | France | 24–0 | Mardyke, Cork | 24 March 1913 |
| 17 | Cyril Lowe | England | Scotland | 16–15 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 21 March 1914 |
| 18 | Cyril Lowe | England | France | 39–13 | Stade Olympique de Colombes | 13 April 1914 |
| 19 | Ronald Poulton-Palmer$^4$ | England | France | 39–13 | Stade Olympique de Colombes | 13 April 1914 |
| 20 | Brinley Williams | Wales | Ireland | 28–4 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 13 March 1920 |
| 21 | Ian Smith | Scotland | Wales | 35–10 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 2 February 1924 |
| 22 | Jake Jacob | England | France | 19–7 | Twickenham, London | 23 February 1924 |
| 23 | Ian Smith$^4$ | Scotland | France | 25–4 | Inverleith, Edinburgh | 24 January 1925 |
| 24 | Ian Smith$^4$ | Scotland | Wales | 24–14 | St. Helen's, Swansea | 7 February 1925 |
| 25 | Johnnie Wallace | Scotland | France | 20–6 | Stade Olympique de Colombes | 2 January 1926 |
| 26 | Eugene Davy | Ireland | Scotland | 14–11 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 22 February 1930 |
| 27 | Seamus Byrne | Ireland | Scotland | 26–8 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 28 February 1953 |
| 28 | Michel Crauste | France | England | 13–0 | Stade Olympique de Colombes | 24 February 1962 |
| 29 | Christian Darrouy | France | Ireland | 24–5 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 26 January 1963 |
| 30 | Maurice Richards$^4$ | Wales | England | 30–9 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | 12 April 1969 |
| 31 | John Carleton | England | Scotland | 30–18 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 15 March 1980 |
| 32 | Éric Bonneval | France | Scotland | 28–22 | Parc des Princes, Paris | 7 March 1987 |
| 33 | Chris Oti | England | Ireland | 35–3 | Twickenham, London | 19 March 1988 |
| 34 | Iwan Tukalo | Scotland | Ireland | 37–21 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 4 March 1989 |
| 35 | David Venditti | France | Ireland | 32–15 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 18 January 1997 |
| 36 | Émile Ntamack | France | Wales | 33–34 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 6 March 1999 |
| 37 | Austin Healey | England | Italy | 59–12 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 18 March 2000 |
| 38 | Brian O'Driscoll | Ireland | France | 27–25 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 19 March 2000 |
| 39 | Rob Henderson | Ireland | Italy | 41–22 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 3 February 2001 |
| 40 | Will Greenwood | England | Wales | 44–15 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 3 February 2001 |
| 41 | Brian O'Driscoll | Ireland | Scotland | 43–22 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | 2 March 2002 |
| 42 | Jason Robinson | England | Italy | 50–9 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 15 February 2004 |
| 43 | Mark Cueto | England | Italy | 39–7 | Twickenham, London | 12 March 2005 |
| 44 | Jamie Noon | England | Scotland | 43–22 | Twickenham, London | 19 March 2005 |
| 45 | Vincent Clerc | France | Ireland | 26–21 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 9 February 2008 |
| 46 | Chris Ashton$^4$ | England | Italy | 59–13 | Twickenham, London | 12 February 2011 |
| 47 | George North | Wales | Italy | 61–20 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 21 March 2015 |
| 48 | Jonathan Joseph | England | Italy | 40–9 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 14 February 2016 |
| 49 | CJ Stander | Ireland | Italy | 63–10 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 11 February 2017 |
| 50 | Craig Gilroy | Ireland | Italy | 63–10 | Stadio Olimpico, Rome | 11 February 2017 |
| 51 | Jonathan Joseph | England | Scotland | 61–21 | Twickenham, London | 11 March 2017 |
| 52 | Blair Kinghorn | Scotland | Italy | 33–20 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 2 February 2019 |
| 53 | Jonny May | England | France | 44–8 | Twickenham, London | 10 February 2019 |
| 54 | Josh Adams | Wales | Italy | 42–0 | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | 1 February 2020 |
| 55 | Gabin Villière | France | Italy | 37–10 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | 6 February 2022 |
| 56 | Blair Kinghorn | Scotland | Italy | 26–14 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 18 March 2023 |
| 57 | Duhan van der Merwe | Scotland | England | 30–21 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 25 February 2024 |
| 58 | Huw Jones | Scotland | Italy | 31–19 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 1 February 2025 |

### Multiple hat-tricks

Multiple hat-tricks :
| Player | No. | Years |
| Ian Smith | 3 | 1924, 1925 |
| Johnny Williams | 2 | 1907, 1910 |
| Reggie Gibbs | 2 | 1910, 1911 |
| Bill Stewart | 2 | 1913 |
| Cyril Lowe | 2 | 1914 |
| Brian O'Driscoll | 2 | 2000, 2002 |
| Jonathan Joseph | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Blair Kinghorn | 2 | 2019, 2023 |

### Drop goals

Six Nations Championship drop goal hat-tricks :
| No. | Player | For | Against | Result | Venue | Date |
| 1 | Pierre Albaladejo | France | Ireland | 23–6 | Stade Olympique de Colombes | 9 April 1960 |
| 2 | Jean-Patrick Lescarboura | France | England | 9–9 | Twickenham, London | 2 February 1985 |
| 3 | Diego Domínguez | Italy | Scotland | 34–20 | Stadio Flaminio, Rome | 5 February 2000 |
| 4 | Neil Jenkins | Wales | Scotland | 28–28 | Murrayfield, Edinburgh | 17 February 2001 |

### Player hat-tricks by their national team

Player's hat-tricks by their national team :
| Team | Tries for | Tries against | Drop goals for | Drop goals against | Total for | Total against |
| England | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 |
| Scotland | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 |
| Wales | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 |
| Ireland | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 |
| France | 7 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
| Italy | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |