2012 Women's Six Nations Championship

2012 Women's Six Nations Championship
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (13th title)
Grand Slam	England
Triple Crown	England
Matches played	15
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The 2012 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2012 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 11th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were held in February and March 2012, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.

The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. England were favourites to win the tournament, and did so - their victory being be their seventh title in a row, winning without conceding a try - the first time this had been achieved in the Six Nations.

The tournament marked a significant step-forward in the broadcasting of matches. Three of England's five games were available to the armchair viewer - their home matches against Wales (broadcast live in the UK by the BBC), their game against Ireland (webcast by the RFU), and their away game against France (broadcast in France by France4 and in the UK by Sky – the first time any women's international had been shown on French national TV). Ireland v Scotland was also webcast by the IRFU - the first Irish women's home game ever broadcast. In addition Wales played at the Millennium Stadium for the first time, following the men's game between Wales and Italy, though this was not broadcast.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	England	5	5	0	0	161	12	149	26	10
2	France	5	4	0	1	97	22	75	13	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	109	41	68	16	6
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	50	113	−63	8	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	55	157	−102	6	2
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	12	149	−137	2	0

Leading scorers

Point scorers

Points	Name	Team	Notes
34	Emily Scarratt	England	4 tries, 4 cons, 2 pens
27	Niamh Briggs	Ireland	9 cons, 3 pens
25	Michaela Staniford	England	5 tries
22	Katy McLean	England	1 try, 4 cons, 3 pens
15	Aurelie Bailon	France	3 conv, 3 pen
15	Caroline Ladagnous	France	3 tries
15	Niamh Kavanagh	Ireland	3 tries
13	Aurelie Bailon	France	2 cons, 3 pens
11	Michela Tondinelli	Italy	1 con, 2 pen, 1 drop

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site