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 17, while france, ireland and scotland have conceded the most, with 11 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 josh adams against italy on 1 february 2020.