2001 Six Nations Championship

2001 Six Nations Championship
Date	3 February – 20 October 2001
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (24th title)
Matches played	15
Tries scored	75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jonny Wilkinson (89)
Top try scorer(s)	Will Greenwood (6)
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The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, and the 107th international championship overall. The tournament was affected by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease foot-and-mouth in Britain. As a consequence, there were restrictions on travel and Ireland's three fixtures against the home nations were postponed until September and October.

The eventual winners were England for the second year running, although they once again missed out on the Grand Slam at the final hurdle, losing to Ireland in the final match of the tournament in October. Despite their final match defeat, England set new records for points scored (229), tries scored (29) and overall points difference (+149).

Participants

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Clive Woodward	Martin Johnson/Matt Dawson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte	Fabien Pelous
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan	Keith Wood
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone	Alessandro Moscardi
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan	Andy Nicol/Budge Pountney
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry	Dai Young

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 2001 Six Nations Championship, see 2001 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	229	80	+149	29	8
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	129	89	+40	11	8
3	Scotland	5	2	1	2	92	116	−24	8	5
4	Wales	5	2	1	2	125	166	−41	10	5
5	France	5	2	0	3	115	138	−23	9	4
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	106	207	−101	8	0

Results

Round 1

3 February 2001

Italy	22–41	Ireland
Try: Bergamasco Checchinato Pilat Con: Pez (2/3) Pen: Pilat (1)	Report	Try: Henderson (3) Horgan O'Gara Con: O'Gara (2/5) Pen: O'Gara (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

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3 February 2001

Wales	15–44	England
Try: Howley Quinnell Con: Jenkins (1/2) Pen: Jenkins (1)	Report	Try: Greenwood (3) Dawson (2) Cohen Con: Wilkinson (4/6) Pen: Wilkinson (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,300 Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

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4 February 2001

France	16–6	Scotland
Try: Bernat-Salles Con: Lamaison (1/1) Pen: Lamaison (3)	Report	Pen: Logan (2)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Round 2

17 February 2001

Ireland	22–15	France
Try: O'Driscoll Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (5)	Report	Try: Bernat-Salles Pelous Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 47,500 Referee: Scott Young (Australia)

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17 February 2001

England	80–23	Italy
Try: Balshaw (2) Cohen Dallaglio Greenwood Healey (2) Regan Wilkinson Worsley Con: Wilkinson (9) Pen: Wilkinson (4)	Report	Try: Checchinato Dallan Con: Scanavacca (2) Pen: Scanavacca (3)

Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

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17 February 2001

Scotland	28–28	Wales
Try: McLaren T. Smith Paterson Con: Logan Hodge Pen: Logan (3)	Report	Try: M. Taylor Con: Jenkins Pen: Jenkins (4) Drop: Jenkins (3)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Steve Lander (England)

Round 3

3 March 2001

Italy	19–30	France
Try: Perziano Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (4)	Report	Try: Bernat-Salles Bonetti Sadourny Con: Lamaison (3) Pen: Lamaison (3)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,973 Referee: Chris White (England)

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3 March 2001

England	43–3	Scotland
Try: Balshaw (2) Dallaglio (2) Greenwood R. Hill Con: Wilkinson (5) Pen: Wilkinson	Report	Pen: Hodge

Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Robert Davies (Wales)

Round 4

17 March 2001

France	35–43	Wales
Try: Bernat-Salles Bonetti Con: Lamaison Merceron Pen: Merceron (4) Lamaison (3)	Report	Try: Howley Jenkins James Quinnell Con: Jenkins (4) Pen: Jenkins (3) Drop: Jenkins (2)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

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17 March 2001

Scotland	23–19	Italy
Try: T. Smith Pen: Hodge (5) Drop: Hodge	Report	Try: Ma. Bergamasco Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (4)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,708 Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

Round 5

7 April 2001

England	48–19	France
Try: Balshaw Catt Greening Greenwood R. Hill Perry Con: Wilkinson (6) Pen: Wilkinson (2)	Report	Try: Bernat-Salles Con: Merceron Pen: Merceron (3) Drop: Merceron

Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)

• Referee Tappe Henning was injured during the game and replaced by touch judge David McHugh.

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8 April 2001

Italy	23–33	Wales
Try: Checchinato Pen: Domínguez (5) Drop: Domínguez	Report	Try: Cooper (2) Gibbs Con: Jenkins (3) Pen: Jenkins (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Postponed matches

22 September 2001

Scotland	32–10	Ireland
Try: Henderson Leslie Pountney T. Smith Con: Paterson (2) Townsend Pen: Paterson (2)	Report	Try: Dempsey Con: D. Humphreys Pen: O'Gara

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Chris White (England)

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13 October 2001

Wales	6–36	Ireland
Pen: S. Jones (2)	Report	Try: Hickie Horgan O'Driscoll Con: D. Humphreys (3) Pen: D. Humphreys (5)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

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20 October 2001

Ireland	20–14	England
Try: Wood Pen: D. Humphreys (3) O'Gara (2)	Report	Try: Healey Pen: Wilkinson (3)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)