What is the Six Nations 2024 prize money and is there a bonus prize?

IT'S Six Nations time once again and Europe's top teams are battling for rugby's ultimate prize pot in 2024.

Six-time winners France are second favourites to win the tournament behind Ireland - who dominated last year on their way to a Grand Slam.

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Ireland fittingly won the 2023 Grand Slam on St Patrick’s Day weekend with a 29-16 victory over Steve Borthwick's England.

The Six Nations will be hosted in eight different cities around Europe.

England will host games at London's Twickenham Stadium with Ireland hosting at the Aviva.

Gregor Townsend's Scotland have their home games scheduled at Murrayfield Stadium, while Wales will be playing at the Millennium Stadium.

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Six Nations 2024 prize money

Prize money for the 2024 Six Nations has not changed from last year's tournament.

• Winner – £6m
• Runner-up – £3.5m
• Third – £2.5m
• Fourth – £2m
• Fifth – £1.5m
• Sixth – £1m

A bonus reward of £1million is up for grabs for any nation that wins all FIVE games to take home the Grand Slam - like Ireland did last year.

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SIX NATIONS FIXTURES AND RESULTS

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All Six Nations 2024 fixtures - dates, kick-off times and TV channels

(All times GMT)

ROUND 1

• France 17-38 Ireland
• Italy 24-27 England
• Wales 26-27 Scotland

ROUND 2

Saturday, February 10, 2024

• Scotland vs France- 2.45pm, BBC
• England vs Wales - 4.45pm, ITV

Sunday, February 11, 2024

• Ireland vs Italy - 3.00pm, ITV Sport

ROUND 3

Saturday, February 24, 2024

• Ireland vs Wales - 2.15pm, ITV
• Scotland vs England - 4.45pm, BBC

Sunday, February 25, 2024

• France vs Italy - 3pm, ITV

ROUND 4

Saturday, March 9, 2024

• Italy vs Scotland - 2.15pm, ITV
• England vs Ireland - 4.45pm, ITV

Sunday, March 10, 2024

• Wales vs France - 3pm, BBC

ROUND 5

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Saturday, March 16, 2024

• Wales vs Italy - 2.15pm, BBC
• Ireland vs Scotland - 4.15pm, ITV
• France vs England - 8pm, ITV