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Charles Wade of England scored the championship's first hat-trick.

Since the inception of the Home Nations Championships in 1883, which became the Five Nations with the addition of France in 1930 and the current Six Nations Championship in 2000 with the addition of Italy, over 40 players have scored three tries or drop goals (a hat-trick) in a single match. The first player to achieve the feat was Charles Wade, who scored three tries in the first match of the championship, a 2–0 victory for England against Wales in 1882. At that time a try by itself wasn't worth any points but allowed the team to try a kick at goal.[1] George Lindsay scored five tries in Scotland's 4–0 win over Wales in 1887. This is most tries scored in a single match.[2] Besides Lindsay, six players have scored more than three tries in a match; of these Ian Smith is the only player to achieve the feat twice. He scored four tries in successive matches during the 1925 Five Nations Championship.[3]

Four players have scored a hat-trick of drop goals: Pierre Albaladejo, Jean-Patrick Lescarboura, Diego Dominguez and Neil Jenkins.[4] Dominguez's hat-trick is the only one by an Italian player in the competition. English players have scored the most hat-tricks with 15, while France and Ireland have conceded the most, with 11 each. Three players have scored a hat-trick and been on the losing side; Robert Montgomery in Ireland's 0–1 loss to Wales in 1887, Howard Marshall in England's 11–12 defeat to Wales in 1893 and Émile Ntamack in France's 33–34 loss to Wales in 1999.[5] Lescarboura's hat-trick against England in 1985 is the only time the feat has been achieved with the match ending in a draw.[6]

Hat-tricks

Unless noted otherwise, the players listed below scored a hat-trick of tries.

Reggie Gibbs of Wales scored a hat-trick in both the 1910 and 1911 tournaments.
Brian O'Driscoll is the only Irishman to have scored two hat-tricks in the tournament's history.
Chris Ashton's four tries in 2011 is the most by anyone since 1969.
Key
D3 Player scored a hat-trick of drop goals
T4 Player scored four tries
T5 Player scored five tries
Six Nations Championship hat-tricks
No. Player For Against Result Venue Date
1 Charles Wade  England  Wales 2–0 St. Helen's, Swansea 16 December 1882
2 George LindsayT5  Scotland  Wales 4–0 Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 26 February 1887
3 Robert Montgomery  Ireland  Wales 0–1 Birkenhead Park 12 March 1887
4 William Wotherspoon  Scotland  Ireland 14–0 Ballynafeigh, Belfast 21 February 1891
5 Howard Marshall  England  Wales 11–12 National Stadium, Cardiff 7 January 1893
6 Willie LlewellynT4  Wales  England 26–3 St. Helen's, Swansea 7 January 1899
7 Jehoida Hodges  Wales  England 21–5 St. Helen's, Swansea 10 January 1903
8 Johnnie Williams  Wales  Ireland 29–0 National Stadium, Cardiff 9 March 1907
9 Reggie Gibbs  Wales  France 49–14 St. Helen's, Swansea 1 January 1910
10 James Tennent  Scotland  France 27–0 Inverleith, Edinburgh 22 January 1910
11 Johnnie Williams  Wales  Ireland 19–3 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 12 March 1910
12 Reggie Gibbs  Wales  Scotland 32–10 Inverleith, Edinburgh 4 February 1911
13 Bill Stewart  Scotland  France 21–3 Parc des Princes, Paris 1 January 1913
14 Vincent Coates  England  France 20–0 Twickenham, London 25 January 1913
15 Bill StewartT4  Scotland  Ireland 29–14 Inverleith, Edinburgh 22 February 1913
16 Joseph Quinn  Ireland  France 24–0 Mardyke, Cork 24 March 1913
17 Cyril Lowe  England  Scotland 16–15 Inverleith, Edinburgh 21 March 1914
18 Cyril Lowe  England  France 39–13 Stade Olympique de Colombes 13 April 1914
19 Ronald Poulton-PalmerT4  England  France 39–13 Stade Olympique de Colombes 13 April 1914
20 Brinley Williams  Wales  Ireland 28–4 National Stadium, Cardiff 13 March 1920
21 Ian Smith  Scotland  Wales 35–10 Inverleith, Edinburgh 2 February 1924
22 Jake Jacob  England  France 19–7 Twickenham, London 23 February 1924
23 Ian SmithT4  Scotland  France 25–4 Inverleith, Edinburgh 24 January 1925
24 Ian SmithT4  Scotland  Wales 24–14 St. Helen's, Swansea 7 February 1925
25 Johnnie Wallace  Scotland  France 20–6 Stade Olympique de Colombes 2 January 1926
26 Eugene Davy  Ireland  Scotland 14–11 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 22 February 1930
27 Seamus Byrne  Ireland  Scotland 26–8 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 28 February 1953
28 Pierre AlbaladejoD3  France  Ireland 23–6 Stade Olympique de Colombes 9 April 1960
29 Michel Crauste  France  England 13–0 Stade Olympique de Colombes 24 February 1962
30 Christian Darrouy  France  Ireland 24–5 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 26 January 1963
31 Maurice RichardsT4  Wales  England 30–9 National Stadium, Cardiff 12 April 1969
32 John Carleton  England  Scotland 30–18 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 15 March 1980
33 Jean-Patrick LescarbouraD3  France  England 9–9 Twickenham, London 2 February 1985
34 Éric Bonneval  France  Scotland 28–22 Parc des Princes, Paris 7 March 1987
35 Chris Oti  England  Ireland 35–3 Twickenham, London 19 March 1988
36 Iwan Tukalo  Scotland  Ireland 37–21 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 4 March 1989
37 David Venditti  France  Ireland 32–15 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18 January 1997
38 Émile Ntamack  France  Wales 33–34 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 6 March 1999
39 Diego DomínguezD3  Italy  Scotland 34–20 Stadio Flamino, Rome 5 February 2000
40 Austin Healey  England  Italy 59–12 Stadio Flamino, Rome 18 March 2000
41 Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland  France 27–25 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 19 March 2000
42 Rob Henderson  Ireland  Italy 41–22 Stadio Flamino, Rome 3 February 2001
43 Will Greenwood  England  Wales 44–15 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 3 February 2001
44 Neil JenkinsD3  Wales  Scotland 28–28 Murrayfield, Edinburgh 17 February 2001
45 Brian O'Driscoll  Ireland  Scotland 43–22 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 2 March 2002
46 Jason Robinson  England  Italy 50–9 Stadio Flamino, Rome 15 February 2004
47 Mark Cueto  England  Italy 39–7 Twickenham, London 12 March 2005
48 Jamie Noon  England  Scotland 43–22 Twickenham, London 19 March 2005
49 Vincent Clerc  France  Ireland 26–21 Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9 February 2008
50 Chris AshtonT4  England  Italy 59–13 Twickenham, London 12 February 2011
51 George North  Wales  Italy 61–20 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 21 March 2015
52 Jonathan Joseph  England  Italy 40–9 Stadio Olimpico, Rome 14 February 2016

Multiple hat-tricks

Multiple hat-tricks
Player No. Years
Scotland Ian Smith 3 1924, 1925
Wales Johnnie Williams 2 1907, 1910
Wales Reggie Gibbs 2 1910, 1911
Scotland Bill Stewart 2 1913
England Cyril Lowe 2 1914
Brian O'Driscoll 2 2000, 2002

By national team

Hat-tricks by national team
Team For Against
 England 16 5
 Wales 10 8
 Scotland 10 10
 France 8 11
 Ireland 7 11
 Italy 1 7

References

General

  • "Six Nations – Most tries scored". ESPN. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  • "Six Nations – Most drop goals". ESPN. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

Specific

  1. ^ "Wales 0G - 2G England (FT)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Facts and figures". The Daily Telegraph. 31 January 2005. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  3. ^ Reed, Alasdair (1 March 2011). "Ian Smith's record safe as Scotland try hard but fail to cross line at Murrayfield". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Six nations facts and figures". BBC Sport. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  5. ^ Glover, Tim (23 October 2011). "The day Wales painted Paris red". The Independent. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  6. ^ Proome, Jeremy (31 January 2014). "The day Andrew rescued England". SA Rugby Magazine. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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