Women's Six Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1996 |
No. of teams | 6 (from 2002) 5 (1999–2001) 4 (1996–1998) |
Country | England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
Most recent champion(s) | England (15th title in 2019) |
Most titles | England (15 titles) |
The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995/96 season as the Five Nations, all four home nations plus France. It remained a Five nations Competition in the 1996/97 season. In the 1997/98 season, which was a World Cup Year, it was simply a 'Home Nations' competition.
In the 1998/99 season it was back to the Five Nations, England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In 2001/02 the women's six nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing. Spain, at that time, were higher ranked than Italy and therefore deserved their place in the competition on merit.
In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries.[1]
In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted for Italy to replace Spain as the sixth national team member in the championship, in parallel with the men's competition.
Overall (1996 – 2019)
England | France | Ireland | Italy | Scotland | Spain | Wales | |
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Tournaments | 24 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 24 |
Outright Wins | 15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grand Slams | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Triple Crowns | 21 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 |
Wooden Spoons | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
Roll of Honour (1996 – 2019)
Home Nations (1996 – 1998)
Year | Champions | Grand Slam | Triple Crown | Wooden Spoon |
---|---|---|---|---|
1996 | England | England | England | Wales |
1997 | England | England | England | Ireland |
1998 | Scotland | Scotland | Scotland | Ireland |
Five Nations (1999 – 2001)
Year | Champions | Grand Slam | Triple Crown | Wooden Spoon |
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1999 | England | England | England | Ireland |
2000 | England | England | England | Wales |
2001 | England | England | England | Wales |
Six Nations (2002 – Present)
Final positions
Five Nations | Six Nations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
England | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
France | - | - | - | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd |
Ireland | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | - | - | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th |
Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 2nd |
Scotland | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 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 | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 4th |
Matches won
Five Nations | Six Nations | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | P | W | L | % | |
England | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 111 | 98 | 13 | 88.3 |
France | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 102 | 77 | 24 | 70.6 |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 42 | 61 | 40.8 |
Scotland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 30 | 81 | 27.0 |
Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 111 | 38 | 71 | 34.2 |
Spain | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 10 | 23 | 30.3 | |
Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 65 | 19 | 45 | 29.2 |
Tables
Home Nations (1996-1998)
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Table points |
Awards | ||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
1 | England | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 72 | +183 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
2 | Scotland | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 66 | +55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
3 | Wales | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 184 | -59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Ireland | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 56 | 235 | -179 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Five Nations (1999-2001)
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Table points |
Awards | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
1 | England | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 68 | +423 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
2 | France | 3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 141 | +99 | 16 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
3 | Scotland | 3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 246 | -74 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Spain | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 135 | -61 | 8 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
5 | Wales | 3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 77 | 341 | -264 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Ireland | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 128 | -123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Six Nations without bonus point scoring (2002-2016)
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Table points |
Awards | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
1 | England | 15 | 75 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 2810 | 335 | +2475 | 128 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
2 | France | 15 | 75 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 1726 | 701 | +1025 | 100 | 5 | 4 | N/A | 0 |
3 | Ireland | 15 | 75 | 35 | 0 | 40 | 1055 | 1097 | -42 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | Wales | 15 | 75 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 861 | 1042 | -181 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Scotland | 15 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 59 | 597 | 2065 | -1468 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
6 | Italy | 10 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 579 | 1216 | -637 | 29 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3 |
7 | Spain | 5 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 156 | 764 | -604 | 13 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2 |
Six Nations with bonus point scoring (2017-)
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points |
Table points |
Awards | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | GS BP | TW | GS | TC | WS | |||||
1 | England | 4 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 846 | 144 | +702 | 136 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
2 | France | 4 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 594 | 217 | +378 | 77 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 0 |
3 | Ireland | 4 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 287 | 370 | -83 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Italy | 4 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 226 | 429 | -203 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 |
5 | Wales | 4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 201 | 573 | -392 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Scotland | 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 150 | 486 | -401 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Bonus points |
Table points |
Awards | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | GS BP | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
1 | England | 25 | 115 | 102 | 0 | 13 | 4402 | 608 | +3794 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 263 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 0 |
2 | France | 22 | 105 | 71 | 0 | 34 | 2563 | 1059 | +1504 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 186 | 6 | 5 | N/A | 0 |
3 | Ireland | 23 | 106 | 45 | 0 | 61 | 1403 | 1829 | -426 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
4 | Wales | 25 | 115 | 38 | 2 | 75 | 1310 | 2248 | -938 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Scotland | 25 | 113 | 29 | 1 | 83 | 1050 | 2958 | -1908 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
6 | Italy | 14 | 67 | 20 | 2 | 45 | 800 | 1645 | -845 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4 |
7 | Spain | 7 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 22 | 250 | 899 | -645 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 2 |
Highest Team Scores
Wins by 50 points or more:
89 | England v Scotland (89-0) at Twickenham 08/03/2011 [523] |
86 | England v Spain (86-3) at Madrid 11/02/2006 [523] |
83 | England v Wales (83-11) at Swansea 10/04/1999 [239] |
81 | England v Wales (81-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 04/02/2005 [476] |
80 | England v Scotland (80-0) at Twickenham 16/03/2019 [1308] |
79 | England v Ireland (79-0) at Worcester 17/02/2002 [346] |
76 | England v Spain (76-0) at Imber Court, London 12/03/2005 [485] England v Scotland (76-0) at Molesey Road, Esher 02/02/2013 [969] France v Scotland (76-0) at Dijon 15/03/2013 [980] England v Italy (76-6) at Rome 09/02/2008 [657] |
73 | Ireland v Scotland (73-3) at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 22/03/2015 [1107] |
72 | England v Scotland (73-3) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 21/03/2009 [736] |
71 | England v Spain (71-3) at Zaragoza 15/02/2004 [429] |
69 | England v Spain (69-0) at Twickenham Stoop 21/02/2003 [403] England v Wales (69-7) at Cardiff Arms Park 21/02/2003 [399] England v Italy (69-13) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 07/02/2009 [724] |
68 | England v Italy (68-5) at Molesey Road, Esher 12/02/2011 [871] |
66 | England v Wales (66-7) at Twickenham Stoop 07/03/2020 [] |
64 | England v Scotland (64-0) at Twickenham Stoop 11/03/2017 [1186] England v Scotland (64-9) at Edinburgh 01/04/2000 [270] |
63 | England v Scotland (63-0) at Rubislaw Playing Fields, Aberdeen 09/02/2014 [1027] England v Wales (63-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 11/02/2017 [1179] |
62 | England v Ireland (62-8) at Worcester 05/04/1998 [199] |
60 | England v Scotland (60-0) at St Albans 03/02/2007 [598] |
59 | Ireland v Scotland (59-0) at Ashbourne 31/01/2014 [1022] |
57 | England v France (57-0) at Twickenham 15/02/2003 [396] France v Italy (57-0) at Stade Furiani, Furiani 24/02/2018 [1248] |
56 | England v Ireland (56-0) at Dublin 07/03/1999 [237] England v Wales (56-3) at Leicester 04/02/1996 [138] |
55 | England v Wales (55-0) at London Irish 02/02/2008 [657] France v Scotland (55-0) at Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 11/02/2017 [1180] England v Italy (55-0) at Sandy Park, Exeter 09/02/2019 [1302] |
53 | England v Scotland (53-0) at Murrayfield 10/02/2020 [] England v Wales (53-3) at Twickenham Stoop 20/03/2004 [437] France v Scotland (53-3) at Viry-Chatillon 04/02/2011 [867] England v Spain (53-14) at Madrid 07/04/2002 [359] |
52 | England v Wales (52-0) at Twickenham Stoop 10/02/2018 [1244] France v Wales (52-3) at Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 02/02/2019 [1295] England v France (52-7) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 15/03/2009 [733] |
51 | England v Wales (51-0) at Newbury 15/03/2000 [266] England v Scotland (51-0) at Edinburgh 13/03/2010 [803] England v Ireland (51-7) at Donnybrook 01/02/2019 [1293] England v Ireland (51-10) at Twickenham 06/03/2004 [434] England v Wales (51-12) at Cardiff Arms Park 24/02/2019 [1302] |
50 | France v Wales (50-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 23/02/2020 [] England v France (50-6) at Northampton 08/04/2001 [308] |
Other nations:
48 | Scotland v Spain (48-7) at Edinburgh 29/3/2004 [408] |
45 | Italy v Scotland (45-5) at Rome 23/2/2014 [1029] |
44 | Wales v Spain (44-0) at Cardiff 15/2/2003 [395] |
20 | Spain v Wales (20-0) at Madrid 2/3/2002 [348] |
See also
- Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results