2006 Six Nations Championship

2006 Six Nations Championship
Date	4 February – 18 March 2006
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (15th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (8th title)
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Millennium Trophy	Ireland
Centenary Quaich	Ireland
Matches played	15
Tries scored	61 (4.07 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ronan O'Gara (72)
Top try scorer(s)	Mirco Bergamasco (3); Shane Horgan (3)
Player of the tournament	Brian O'Driscoll
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The 2006 Six Nations Championship was the seventh series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 112th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the fourth edition sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland.

This was the last Six Nations to be held before the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road into today's Aviva Stadium. Ireland played their 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Six Nations home fixtures at Croke Park, also in Dublin.

In this year, France won the competition on points difference over Ireland. Ireland received the consolation prize of the Triple Crown Trophy, presented for the first time that year, by winning their matches against the other Home Nations: Wales, Scotland and England. Italy once more collected the Wooden Spoon, but showed considerable improvement over past years, earning a first-ever competition point away from home in a draw against Wales. For the first time since 2000, Scotland won the Calcutta Cup.

Participants

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Andy Robinson	Martin Corry
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte	Fabien Pelous
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan	Brian O'Driscoll
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Pierre Berbizier	Marco Bortolami
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Frank Hadden	Jason White
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Mike Ruddock Scott Johnson (caretaker)	Gareth Thomas/Michael Owen

Squads

Table

Place	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Table points
1	France	5	4	0	1	148	85	+63	18	8
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	131	97	+34	12	8
3	Scotland	5	3	0	2	78	81	−3	5	6
4	England	5	2	0	3	120	106	+14	12	4
5	Wales	5	1	1	3	80	135	−55	9	3
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	72	125	−53	5	1

Results

Week 1

4 February 2006
13:30 GMT

Ireland	26–16	Italy
Try: Flannery 26' c Bowe 48' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 40+2', 60', 70', 80+4'	Report	Try: Mi. Bergamasco 30' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (2/3) 13', 64' Griffen (1/1) 45'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

4 February 2006
15:30 GMT

England	47–13	Wales
Try: Cueto 15' c Moody 31' m Tindall 65' m Dallaglio 75' c Dawson 78' c Voyce 80+7' c Con: Hodgson (2/3) Goode (2/3) Pen: Hodgson (3/4) 28', 45', 55'	Report	Try: M. Williams 35' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 21', 53'

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 81,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

This was England's biggest win against Wales since 2002.

5 February 2006
15:00 GMT

Scotland	20–16	France
Try: Lamont (2) 11' c, 46' c Con: Paterson (2/2) Pen: Paterson (2/3) 22', 33'	Report	Try: Bonnaire 50' m Bruno 80+2' m Pen: Élissalde (2/2) 40+2', 62'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 66,028
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

This was Scotland's first victory against France at Murrayfield Stadium since 1996.
This was Scotland's first victory against France since 1999.
Scotland won their opening match for the first time in the Six Nations.
This was Nicolas Brusque's last game for France.

Week 2

11 February 2006
13:30 GMT

France	43–31	Ireland
Try: Rougerie 3' m Magne 8' c Marty (2) 18' c, 48' c Heymans (2) 37' c, 45' c Con: Élissalde (5/6) Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 32'	Report	Try: O'Gara 57' c D'Arcy 61' c O'Callaghan 66' c Trimble 70' c Con: O'Gara (4/4) Pen: O'Gara (1/2) 30'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Ronan O'Gara becomes Ireland's all time top point scorer after converting Andrew Trimble's try.

11 February 2006
16:00 GMT

Italy	16–31	England
Try: Mi. Bergamasco 80+4' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (1/2) 37' Drop: Pez (2/2) 40+1', 42'	Report	Try: Tindall 30' c Hodgson 57' c Cueto 70' c Simpson-Daniel 80+9' c Con: Hodgson (4/4) Pen: Hodgson (1/2) 51'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)

12 February 2006
15:00 GMT

Wales	28–18	Scotland
Try: Penalty try 7' c G. Thomas (2) 35' c, 64' c Sidoli 54' c Con: S. Jones (4/4)	Report	Try: Southwell 80+4' m Paterson 80+7' c Con: Paterson (1/2) Pen: Paterson (2/2) 19', 39'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,340
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Steve Walsh showed Scott Murray a red card after he kicked Ian Gough in the face in a ruck. This was the first red card issued in the Six Nations since Alessandro Troncon was sent off against Ireland in 2001.
Mike Ruddock resigned as Wales coach after this match due to a conflict with the Welsh Rugby Union.

Week 3

25 February 2006
14:00 GMT

France	37–12	Italy
Try: Lièvremont 31' m Nyanga 59' m de Villiers 72' c Rougerie 80+6' c Michalak 80+10' c Con: Yachvili (3/5) Pen: Élissalde (1/2) 5' Yachvili (1/2) 47'	Report	Pen: Pez (3/4) 10', 20', 28' Drop: Pez (1/1) 38'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 73,978
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

25 February 2006
17:30 GMT

Scotland	18–12	England
Pen: Paterson (5/5) 3', 43', 48', 75', 80+1' Drop: Parks (1/1) 58'	Report	Pen: Hodgson (4/5) 8', 41', 64', 78'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

This was Scotland's first victory against England since 2000.
Scotland won the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2000.
England's defeat meant no team was able to win the Grand Slam.
Scott Murray's suspension meant he missed his first match in the Championship, bringing to an end a run of 36 consecutive appearances.

26 February 2006
15:00 GMT

Ireland	31–5	Wales
Try: Wallace 29' m Horgan 44' c Stringer 80+12' c Con: O'Gara (2/3) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 18', 40+1', 48', 59'	Report	Try: M. Jones 9' m

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,500
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

This was Wales' biggest defeat against Ireland since 2002.

Week 4

11 March 2006
13:30 GMT

Wales	18–18	Italy
Try: M. Jones 12' m S. Jones 29' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 4', 63'	Report	Try: Galon 17' m Canavosio 40+6' c Con: Pez (1/2) Pen: Pez (2/5) 40', 47'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

Italy won their first points in an away match in the competition.
This was the first draw in the Six Nations since Scotland and Wales drew 28–28 in 2001.

11 March 2006
15:30 GMT

Ireland	15–9	Scotland
Pen: O'Gara (5/7) 3', 10', 24', 38', 58'	Report	Pen: Paterson (3/3) 11', 17', 28'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

This was Ireland's narrowest victory over Scotland since 1988.
This was the last game ever played at Lansdowne Road in the Championship.

12 March 2006
15:00 GMT

France	31–6	England
Try: Fritz 1' c Traille 70' m Dominici 80+3' c Con: Yachvili (2/3) Pen: Yachvili (4/6) 7', 11', 34', 77'	Report	Pen: Hodgson 40+4' (1/2) Goode (1/1) 43'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 74,000
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

This was France's biggest victory against England since 1972.
Florian Fritz's opening try was the quickest try scored in the Six Nations.

Week 5

18 March 2006
13:30 GMT

Italy	10–13	Scotland
Try: Mi. Bergamasco 7' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (1/1) 58'	Report	Try: Paterson 13' c Con: Paterson (1/1) Pen: Paterson (1/1) 78' Drop: Ross (1/1) 40'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,062
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

This was Scotland's highest finish in the Six Nations since 2001.

18 March 2006
15:30 GMT

Wales	16–21	France
Try: Luscombe 34' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 5', 27' Henson (1/1) 60'	Report	Try: Szarzewski 50' m Fritz 80' c Con: Élissalde (1/2) Pen: Yachvili (2/2) 12', 40+2' Élissalde (1/3) 80+6'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Chris White (England)

This was France's fourth consecutive victory at the Millennium Stadium.

18 March 2006
17:30 GMT

England	24–28	Ireland
Try: Noon 2' m Borthwick 52' c Con: Goode (1/2) Pen: Goode (4/6) 38', 44', 69', 75'	Report	Try: Horgan (2) 8' m, 79' c Leamy 59' c Con: O'Gara (2/3) Pen: O'Gara (3/5) 17', 37', 43'

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 81,986
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

This was Ireland's second win in a row at Twickenham Stadium.
Ireland won the Triple Crown.
Ireland needed to win by 34 points to win the Championship.

Scorers

Leading try scorers
Rank	Name	Team	Tries
1	Mirco Bergamasco	Italy	3
1	Shane Horgan	Ireland	3
3	Mark Cueto	England	2
	Florian Fritz	France	2
	Cédric Heymans	France	2
	Mark Jones	Wales	2
	Sean Lamont	Scotland	2
	David Marty	France	2
	Aurélien Rougerie	France	2
	Gareth Thomas	Wales	2
	Mike Tindall	England	2
	Chris Paterson	Scotland	2

Leading point scorers
Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Ronan O'Gara	Ireland	72
2	Chris Paterson	Scotland	57
3	Charlie Hodgson	England	44
3	Ramiro Pez	Italy	44

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