2000 Six Nations Championship

2000 Six Nations Championship
Date	5 February 2000 - 2 April 2000
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (23rd title)
Matches played	15
Top point scorer(s)	Jonny Wilkinson (78 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Ben Cohen Austin Healey Brian O'Driscoll (5 tries)
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The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the Six Nations Championship, following the inclusion of Italy into the Five Nations championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

The championship was won by England. England had appeared ready to be the first nation in the expanded Championship to win all its games and complete a 'Grand Slam' - the English side had won its first 4 games and met winless Scotland for its final match. Scotland earned a surprising victory and denied England the Grand Slam. (France, the last winner of a Five Nations slam in 1998, would win the first Six Nations slam in 2002).

Italy won their first points of the championship with a 34-20 win over Scotland in their first ever game in this championship tournament.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Clive Woodward
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Warren Gatland
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 2000 Six Nations Championship, see 2000 Six Nations Championship squads.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	England	5	4	0	1	183	70	+113	20	8
2	France	5	3	0	2	140	92	+48	12	6
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	168	133	+35	17	6
4	Wales	5	3	0	2	111	135	−24	8	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	95	145	−50	9	2
6	Italy	5	1	0	4	106	228	−122	9	2

Results

5 February 2000	Italy	34–20	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try de Carli Con Dominguez Pen Dominguez 6 DG Dominguez 3	Report	Try Bulloch, M.Leslie Con Logan, Townsend Pen Townsend DG Townsend

5 February 2000	England	50–18	Ireland	Twickenham, London
	Try Ben Cohen 2, Mike Tindall, Austin Healey 2, Neil Back Con Jonny Wilkinson 4 Pen Jonny Wilkinson 4	Report	Try Kevin Maggs, Galwey Con David Humphreys Pen David Humphreys 2

5 February 2000	Wales	3–36	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	Pen Jenkins	Report	Try Castaignede, Magne, Ntamack Con Lamaison 3 Pen Lamaison 4 DG Lamaison

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19 February 2000	France	9–15	England	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Pen Dourthe 3	Report	Pen Wilkinson 5

19 February 2000	Wales	47–16	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	Try Howarth, Bateman, S.Williams, S.Quinell Con Jenkins 3 Pen Jenkins 7	Report	Try Visser Con Domnguez Pen Dominguez 2 DG Dominguez

19 February 2000	Ireland	44–22	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try O'Driscoll, Humphreys, Wood, Horgan, O'Kelly Con O'Gara 2, Humphreys 3 Pen O'Gara 2, Humphreys	Report	Try Logan, Metcalfe, Graham Con Logan 2 Pen Logan

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4 March 2000	Scotland	16–28	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
	Try Nicol Con Paterson Pen Logan, Paterson 2	Report	Try Magne 2, Castaignede Con Merceron 2 Pen Merceron 3

4 March 2000	England	46–12	Wales	Twickenham, London
	Try Cohen, Greening, Hill, Back, Dallaglio Con Wilkinson 3 Pen Wilkinson 5	Report	Pen Jenkins 3 DG Jenkins

4 March 2000	Ireland	60–13	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try Wood, Dawson, Dempsey, O'Driscoll, Horgan 2 Con O'Gara 6 Pen O'Gara 6	Report	Try de Rossi Con Dominguez Pen Dominguez 2

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18 March 2000	Italy	12–59	England	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try Martin, Stoica Con Dominguez	Report	Try Healey 3, Cohen 2, Dawson 2, Penalty Con Wilkinson 5 Pen Wilkinson 2 DG Back

18 March 2000	Wales	26–18	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
	Try S.Williams 2 Con S.Jones 2 Pen S.Jones 4	Report	Try Townsend, M.Leslie Con Hodge Pen Hodge 2

19 March 2000	France	25–27	Ireland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Try Laussucq Con Merceron Pen Merceron 6	Report	Try O'Driscoll 3 Con O'Gara 3 Pen Humphreys 2

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1 April 2000	France	42–31	Italy	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
	Try Penaud 2, Castaignede, Pelous, Benazzi Con Dourthe 4 Pen Dourthe 3	Report	Try Martin, Troncon 2, Mazzucato Con Dominguez 4 DG Dominguez

1 April 2000	Ireland	19–23	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Try Horgan Con O'Gara Pen O'Gara 4	Report	Try S.Jones, Budgett Con S.Jones 2 Pen S.Jones, Jenkins 2

2 April 2000	Scotland	19–13	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
	Try Hodge Con Hodge Pen Hodge 4	Report	Try Dallaglio Con Wilkinson Pen Wilkinson 2

2000 Six Nations Champions
England

References

WRU