Women's Six Nations Championship
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The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 competition contested between six European women's national teams. The competition began as a "Home International Championship" for the four home nations in 1996.

In 1999 and 2000 France and Spain joined the competition to create a the Five/Six Nations championship.

In 2007, the decision of the Six Nations committee to formally adopt the tournament saw Italy Women subsitituted for Spain Women and the title sponsorship of RBS included to produce a parallel tournament with the men's competition.
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....


Champions, Grand Slams, and Triple Crowns

  • Champions:   England 12;   France 3;   Scotland 1
  • Grand Slams:   England 11;   France 3;   Scotland 1
  • Triple Crowns:   England 14;   Scotland 1;   Wales 1


Home International Championship
  • 1996
    Women's home nations 1996
    The 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship was the first Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Triple Crown. England also gained the Grand Slam by beating France outside of the championship.-Final table:-Results:...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 1997
    Women's home nations 1997
    The 1997 Women's Home Nations Championship was the second women's rugby union Home Championship.It was won by England.The tournament was again held between the four British Isles home nations, Wales, England, Ireland and Scotland.-Final table:-Results:...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 1998
    Women's home nations 1998
    The 1998 Women's Home Nations Championship was the third and final Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by Scotland, who achieved the Triple Crown. In addition Scotland also beat France outside the championship to claim a Grand Slam.-Final table:...

     -   Scotland (triple crown & grand slam)


Five Nations
  • 1999
    Women's five nations 1999
    The 1999 Women's Five Nations Championship was the first Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Final table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2000
    Women's five nations 2000
    The 2000 Women's Five Nations Championship was the second Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Grand Slam. Spain took part for the first time, replacing Ireland.-Final table:-Results:----------------...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2001
    Women's five nations 2001
    The 2001 Women's Five Nations Championship was the third and final series of the rugby union Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam. It should have been a six nations championship, but for the second year running Ireland withdrew from some fixtures.-Final...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)


Six Nations
  • 2002
    Women's six nations 2002
    The 2002 Women's Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...

     -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
  • 2003
    Women's six nations 2003
    The 2003 Women's Six Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2004
    Women's six nations 2004
    The 2004 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2004 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the third series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand...

     -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
  • 2005
    Women's six nations 2005
    The 2005 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2005 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fourth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved their second successive Grand...

     -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
  • 2006
    Women's six nations 2006
    The 2006 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2006 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fifth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam...

     -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2007 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2008 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2009 -   England (champions);   Wales (triple crown)
  • 2010 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
  • 2011 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)

Final positions

Home Nations

Five Nations Six Nations
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
England 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st  1st  1st  1st 
France - - - 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd  3rd 4th  2nd  2nd
Ireland 3rd 4th 4th 5th - - 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th  4th 3rd 3rd 3rd
Italy - - - - - - - - - - - 6th  5th 6th 5th 5th
Scotland 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 6th  5th  4th  6th
Spain - - - - 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 4th 6th - - - - -
Wales 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 6th 2nd 3rd  2nd  2nd  6th 4th

Matches won

Home Nations

Five Nations Six Nations
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 P W L Percent
England 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 71 66 5 92.7
France - - - 3 3 2 5 3 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 62 46 16 74.2
Scotland 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 71 27 43 38.0
Wales 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 4 4 1 2 71 25 46 35.2
Spain - - -   2 2 2 0 3 1 0 - - - - - 33 10 23 30.3
Ireland 1 0 0 0 - - 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 63 17 45 27.0
Italy - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 1 2 25 4 17 16.0

 


Highest team scores










89
v Scotland (89-0) at Twickenham 08/03/2011 [523]

86
v Spain (86-3) at Madrid 11/02/2006 [523]

83
v Wales (83-11) at Swansea 10/04/1999 [239]

81
v Wales (81-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 04/02/2005 [474]:

79
v Ireland (79-0) at Worcester 17/02/2002
[346]

76
v Spain (76-0) at Imber Court 12/03/2005 [483]:
v Italy (76-6) at Rome 09/02/2008 [657]

72
v Scotland (72-3) at London
Welsh 21/3/2009 [733]

71
v Spain (71-3) at Zaragoza 15/2/2004 [427]

Other nations:


48 v
Scotland (48-18) at Melun 9/4/1999 [238]
35 v
Italy (35-17) at Colleferro 14/2/2009 [724]
31 v
Scotland (31-10) at Mira 16/3/2008 [124]
48 v
Spain (48-7) at Edinburgh 29/3/2004 [408]
20 v
Wales (20-0) at Madrid 2/3/2002 [348]
44 v
Spain (44-0) at Cardiff 15/2/2003 [395]

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