2005 Six Nations Championship

2005 Six Nations Championship
Murrayfield, 13 March 2005
Date	5 February 2005 – 19 March 2005
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (23rd title)
Grand Slam	Wales
Triple Crown	Wales
Matches played	15
Top point scorer(s)	Ronan O'Gara (60 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Mark Cueto (4 tries)
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The 2005 RBS 6 Nations Championship was the sixth series of the Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 111th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

Unlike most contemporary rugby union competitions, the 2005 Six Nations did not use a bonus point system. Match winners receive two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker is point differential.

In this year, Wales won the Grand Slam, becoming the first team ever to win a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Andy Robinson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis, Paris	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	John Kirwan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Matt Williams
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Mike Ruddock

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 2005 Six Nations Championship, see 2005 Six Nations Championship squads.

Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	Wales	5	5	0	0	151	77	+74	17	10
2	France	5	4	0	1	134	82	+52	13	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	126	101	+25	12	6
4	England	5	2	0	3	121	77	+44	16	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	84	155	−71	8	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	55	179	−124	5	0

Results

Week 1

5 February 2005 14:00 GMT	France	16 – 9	Scotland	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris Attendance: 78,069 Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)
	Try: Traille 80+4' c Con: Michalak Pen: Delaigue 51', 57' Drop: Delaigue 78'		Pen: Paterson (3) 3', 40', 43'

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5 February 2005 17:30 GMT	Wales	11 – 9	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)
	Try: S. Williams 11' m Pen: S. Jones 25' Henson 77'		Pen: Hodgson (3) 16', 50', 74'

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6 February 2005 14:30 GMT	Italy	17 – 28	Ireland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,026 Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Try: Castrogiovanni 80+7' m Pen: Orquera 8' de Marigny (3) 38', 44', 63'		Try: Murphy 29' m Stringer 50' c Hickie 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara (3) 22', 55', 79'

Week 2

12 February 2005 13:30 GMT	Italy	8 – 38	Wales	Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,800 Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)
	Try: Orquera 11' m Pen: de Marigny 45'		Try: J. Thomas 5' c Shanklin 22' m M. Williams 40+4' c Cockbain 56' c S. Williams 60' c Sidoli 77' m Con: S. Jones (4)

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12 February 2005 16:00 GMT	Scotland	13 – 40	Ireland	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 64,826 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)
	Try: Southwell 13' m Petrie 60' m Pen: Paterson 10'		Try: O'Kelly 25' c O'Connell 40+2' m Hickie 44' c Hayes 75' m Duffy 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Humphreys Pen: O'Gara (3) 19', 39', 50'

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13 February 2005 15:00 GMT	England	17 – 18	France	Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)
	Try: Barkley 19' c Lewsey 36' c Con: Hodgson (2) Pen: Hodgson 27'		Pen: Yachvili (6) 5', 30', 55', 61', 68', 75'

Week 3

26 February 2005 14:00 GMT	Scotland	18 – 10	Italy	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 63,823 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
	Pen: Paterson (6) 5', 33', 51', 54', 76', 80+2'		Try: Masi 80+6' c Con: de Marigny Pen: de Marigny 23'

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26 February 2005 16:00 GMT	France	18 – 24	Wales	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
	Try: Yachvili 4' c Rougerie 14' m Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili 28' Drop: Michalak 65'		Try: M. Williams (2) 42' c, 45' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 26', 40+5', 68' Drop: S. Jones 75'

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27 February 2005 15:00 GMT	Ireland	19 – 13	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
	Try: O'Driscoll 59' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (2) 10', 13' Drop: O'Gara (2) 4', 35'		Try: Corry 7' c Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson 26' Drop: Hodgson 57'

Week 4

12 March 2005 13:30 GMT	Ireland	19 – 26	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 48,452 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)
	Try: O'Driscoll 77' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 9', 21', 28', 49'		Try: Dominici (2) 31' m, 80+3' m Baby 36' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (2) 23', 64' Drop: Delaigue 12'

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12 March 2005 16:00 GMT	England	39 – 7	Italy	Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 81,736 Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
	Try: Cueto (3) 10' c, 40+7' m, 69' m Thompson 40+3' c Balshaw 65' m Hazell 80+8' c Con: Hodgson (2) Andy Goode Pen: Hodgson 7'		Try: Troncon 46' c Con: Peens

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13 March 2005 15:00 GMT	Scotland	22 – 46	Wales	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,274 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
	Try: Craig 54' c R. Lamont 71' m Paterson 74' c Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 24'		Try: R. Jones 4' c R. Williams (2) 10' c, 50' m S. Williams 14' c Morgan (2) 29' c, 40+3' c Con: S. Jones (5) Pen: S. Jones (2) 19', 78'

Week 5

19 March 2005 13:00 GMT	Italy	13 – 56	France	Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 23,638 Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)
	Try: Robertson 28' c Con: Peens Pen: Peens (2) 3', 43'		Try: Nyanga 11' c Jauzion 18' c Laharrague 40+2' c Marty (2) 70' c, 80+2' m Lamboley 75' c Mignoni 80+4' c Con: Yachvili (4) Michalak (2) Pen: Yachvili (3) 8', 52', 54'

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19 March 2005 15:30 GMT	Wales	32 – 20	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,376 Referee: Chris White (England)
	Try: Jenkins 17' c Morgan 61' c Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: Henson 24' S. Jones (4) 33', 43', 51', 74' Drop: Henson 13'		Try: Horan 69' c Murphy 77' c Con: Humphreys (2) Pen: O'Gara (2) 3', 37'

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19 March 2005 18:00 GMT	England	43 – 22	Scotland	Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 82,000 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
	Try: Noon (3) 14' c, 25' c, 78' m Worsley 29' m Lewsey 40+1' c Ellis 49' c Cueto 72' m Con: Hodgson (4)		Try: S. Lamont 40+8' c Craig 46' c Taylor 51' m Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 23'

2005 Six Nations Champions
Wales Grand slam title

Scorers

Leading try scorers

Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Mark Cueto	4	England
	Jamie Noon	3	England
2	Kevin Morgan	3	Wales
	Shane Williams	3	Wales
	Martyn Williams	3	Wales

Leading point scorers

Pos	Name	Points	Team
1	Ronan O'Gara	60	Ireland
2	Stephen Jones	57	Wales
3	Dimitri Yachvili	53	France
4	Chris Paterson	49	Scotland

External links

• RBS 6 Nations