2000 Six Nations Championship

2000 Six Nations Championship
Six Nations Championship trophy
Date	5 February – 2 April 2000
Countries	England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (23rd title)
Matches played	15
Tries scored	75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jonny Wilkinson (78)
Top try scorer(s)	Ben Cohen (5) Austin Healey (5) Brian O'Driscoll (5)
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The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, following the addition of Italy to the Five Nations. It was the 106th season of the championship overall.

The title was won by England. England won their first four games and met winless Scotland in their final match. Scotland earned a surprising victory and denied England the Grand Slam.

Italy won their first game in the championship with a surprising 34–20 win over Scotland, who had won the previous year's Five Nations. Italy did not win any of their other games, and finished in sixth place.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Clive Woodward	Matt Dawson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte	Fabien Pelous
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Warren Gatland	Keith Wood
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone	Alessandro Troncon
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan	John Leslie/Bryan Redpath
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry	Dai Young

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

Round 1

5 February 2000

Italy	34–20	Scotland
Try: De Carli Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (6) Drop: Dominguez (3)	Report	Try: Bulloch, M. Leslie Con: Logan, Townsend Pen: Townsend Drop: Townsend

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

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5 February 2000

England	50–18	Ireland
Try: Cohen (2), Tindall, Healey (2), Back Con: Wilkinson (4) Pen: Wilkinson (4)	Report	Try: Maggs, Galwey Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (2)

Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

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5 February 2000

Wales	3–36	France
Pen: Jenkins	Report	Try: Castaignède, Magne, Ntamack Con: Lamaison (3) Pen: Lamaison (4) Drop: Lamaison

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Chris White (England)

Round 2

19 February 2000

Wales	47–16	Italy
Try: S. Quinnell, S. Williams, Bateman, Howarth Con: Jenkins (3) Pen: Jenkins (7)	Report	Try: Visser Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (2) Drop: Dominguez

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Iain Ramage (Scotland)

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19 February 2000

France	9–15	England
Pen: Dourthe (3)	Report	Pen: Wilkinson (5)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 79,310 Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

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19 February 2000

Ireland	44–22	Scotland
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

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

Round 3

4 March 2000

Scotland	16–28	France
Try: Nicol Con: Paterson Pen: Logan, Paterson (2)	Report	Try: Magne (2), Castaignède Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (3)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Steve Lander (England)

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4 March 2000

England	46–12	Wales
Try: Cohen, Greening, Hill, Back, Dallaglio Con: Wilkinson (3) Pen: Wilkinson (5)	Report	Pen: Jenkins (3) Drop: Jenkins

Twickenham, London Attendance: 73,500 Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

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4 March 2000

Ireland	60–13	Italy
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)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Round 4

18 March 2000

Italy	12–59	England
Try: Martin, Stoica Con: Dominguez	Report	Try: Healey (3), Cohen (2), Dawson (2), Penalty try Con: Wilkinson (5) Pen: Wilkinson (2) Drop: Back

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

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18 March 2000

Wales	26–18	Scotland
Try: S. Williams (2) Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones (4)	Report	Try: Townsend, M. Leslie Con: Hodge Pen: Hodge (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

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19 March 2000

France	25–27	Ireland
Try: Laussucq Con: Merceron Pen: Merceron (6)	Report	Try: O'Driscoll (3) Con: O'Gara (3) Pen: Humphreys (2)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 78,500 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Round 5

1 April 2000

France	42–31	Italy
Try: Penaud (2), Castaignède, Pelous, Benazzi Con: Dourthe (4) Pen: Dourthe (3)	Report	Try: Martin, Troncon (2), Mazzucato Con: Dominguez (4) Drop: Dominguez

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 77,000 Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)

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1 April 2000

Ireland	19–23	Wales
Try: Horgan Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4)	Report	Try: S. Jones, Budgett Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones, Jenkins (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

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2 April 2000

Scotland	19–13	England
Try: Hodge Con: Hodge Pen: Hodge (4)	Report	Try: Dallaglio Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

External links

• 2000 Six Nations Championship at ESPN
• 2000 Six Nations Championship Coverage at RTÉ (Archived)