2001 Six Nations Championship
2001 Six Nations Championship | |||
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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
Squads
Table
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | ||||||
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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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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.
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) |
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) |
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) |
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